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Sin ca ae ctaoe ies Bekins "MIRACULOUS RECOVERY Little hope was held for Gillian Acklam, 13, when she a delicate operation and is making good recovery. (CP Wirephoto) was afflicted by rheumatic fever 18 months ago. But the | brave Victoria girl insisted on Russ Public Opinion Begins To Be Factor If there was one thing | Joseph Stalin didn't worry. about is running the Soviet Union, it was public opinion at home. Now, an Associa- ted Press reporter and stu- dent of Soviet affairs 're- ports, there are indications of a change that may well prove important to the West over the long run. By WILLIAM L, RYAN Associated Press News Analyst If the Soviet leadership's past] performance is a barometer, | the future will yield growing) Stalinization jand airliners. Let's come down/U.S.S.R. jrockets, perhaps there would be) lic is things like electric irons in the trolled, who have visited the doubt the burning de- somewhat lower -- to ordinary|sire among ordinary people for wy world peace A little later, the youth news-| Today's situation seems to re- paper Komsomolskaya Prayda quire gestures, such as publica- printed a letter complaining that!tion of the Ke nnedy interview, if it were not for the cost of|to indicate that the Soviet pub- getting some of the uncon- uncensored information ero : |many appear to desire "Rockets, rockets, rockets!"| All this does not mean there a eo greg ey ol By Fa is any prospect for sudden revo- me better things for my table!" lution from below én the U.5.5.5 |What it can mean for the hopes The renewed and furious de-\of world peace is a gradual campaign under-|softening of the Soviet system ering ourselves with sputniks} Few evidence of Kremlin concerm|taken by Nikita Khrushchev! and a concomitant weakening of with Russian public opinion. years hence, historians may consider the publication last No- [pbskunacs ear FERNS Ren ee seems a reflection of the symp-| the world movement as years toms, vember by the newspaper Izves- tia of an interview with Presi- dent Kennedy as the most sig: * nificant event of 1961. That strengthened a eliet| _ among students of Soviet affairs that public opinion is increas- ingly importamt in a society go-| ing through a long and agonid- ing process of coming of age Soviet public opinion meant, next to nothing while Stalin lived. After Stalin died in 1953, the collective leadership had to 'break up the awesome power of the secret police army. This meant more and more reliance on persuasion. Russians were quick to note the change. USE PERSUASION NOW Upon persuasion now depends the amount of effort expended by Soviet people in the 20-year economic program, and the "amount of effort expended by the manager-professional class in directing it In recent months there have * been many evidences of the * growing influence of public Opinion. Soviet leaders move ~ cautiously. News of Soviet resumption of nuclear tests last year was broken slowly and gradually , The full story of the extent of the tests was not given at all to the Soviet people. On Berlin, the Kremlin has «been careful to avoid the im- pression that the door has been finally slammed on negotiations with the West. In civil defence, the Kremlin' _ has been cautious, as if wary, of frightening the public too) much. There is little public dis-' play of defence measures against the possibility of nuclear war. _. In the Soviet Union one de-| tects among a literate public a hunger for information about the outside world, particularly the United States. People seem to want information free from a suspicion of official tampering. .: People on farms, in factories, at their jobs, at home listening to radio, in public places, are) subjected to constant lectures! "remnants of the past,"| @ catch-all phrase for all stray-| from the approved lines. | here are innumerable com- plaints in the press about hooli- gans and '"'stillyagi," -- the! Gressed-up beatniks of Russia-- about crime, gang warfare, brawling, drunkenness among young people, manifestations of febellion against the elders The controlled press fte-| quently prints readers' com- ints seeming to express pub- moods from time to time. Perhaps this is to provoke other outcries and uncover areas of dissatisfaction TIRED OF SPUTNIKS In October, 1959, the newspa- per Sovietskaya Rossiya printed @ letter from a young man who éaid angrily: "Enough of cov. ALL JAMMED-IN AT YOUR HOUSE? Stop in at BROWN'S! We'll show you how you can expand your present living space to suit the needs of your growing family. You'll be amazed and delighted how little' it costs to add a room to your home. MATERIALS TO ADD A 9 x 12' ROOM COSTS ABOUT $30.00 A MONTH Turn your wasted attic space. into a comfort- able bedroom. Mater- ials cost about 10.00 a month. HAVE A FAMILY FUN ROOM in the basement. About 59.00 for materials to do the job. \ DO IT NOW... 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