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aT AG a - page three . The second acute danger Ties: in the domestic situation of the country. Dr. Kekkonen's Cabinet is in a rather unstab= — le position. It is based on a coalition between the Socialists and the Acrariens. This coalition has recently been torn by the economic fight between the farmers on the one hand, the {industrial and agricultural workers on the other. The main prob: lem, now threatening the governement, 15 as follozs,. Recently the farmers have rather neglected the production ef grains in favour of the better payines cattle raising. Now tho farmers des mand a raise of price for wheet and barley, arcuing that this 4a the incentive needed for raising production of grain and nenee liberating the country, as in the past, from importang these essential goods. the conflict is not so much oh the raises 4t 4a on who is to bear the tmpact of the dearer grains Dr. Kekkomen would like to lay 4% on the grain commerce and the milla. But the Socialists demand now, thart while these measures should be taken to lower the income of the milis and merchants, the farmers should not get the benefit of this measure, but that the prace of grain should be cut for the urban consumer. To this the agrerians can not agree. The quarrel is even more increased by the diffisulties of the Finnish treasury, which not only is short on foreign currency, but furthermore is over= loaded by the needs to pay steeply rising unemployhent compen setion. As it is, the hone for a solution is renote at this writing, and the danger of a crisis of the governement is greate Most political observers fear it before the end of the year, and tear it especially since there is no practical means of solving it, as there is no possibility to visualize any new gover= nement except through the present coalition, The other sclution might only be new elections, and their outcome might render the situation even more complicated. : Because, and this is not the least perturbing of the situation, the Communists are very encouraged by the trend of affairs, Their following in the country, especially in the wor= king magses is on the increase. And their leaders have confidenes at creating soon a situation, in which unexpected events might take place. As long as Finland was producing for the reparations, the Commmists were kept quiet by orders of Moscow; they were not supposed bo perurb the production for Russsia. Now they are given free hand, and a Soviet political support whi ch 46 more powerful potenthaily than ever before, This is the reason why the Gommnist leaders hope to be able to create in 1953 a situation, which would bring them back 4nto governement, and give them the opp ortunity to create situations, in whieh they might seize power without official Soviet action. Despite traditional Finnish courage and patriotism, a situation of unperalelied dan ger is developing in the country e U4,
