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~ page three ~ fire by many members of his own party, compelled to resign and to hend his office over to a non=party man, Dre Gerd. Peoples’ Party is still far from unduly alarmed, In fact it takes the attacks with great calm, and many in its renks feel, that na Catholic Dayy held in the Middle of September, proved to be the outstanding eveat of the year, The religious fervor which was expressed surprised even the people who had been active in pre= paring it. It is significant to note, that the meetings where the largest held in Austria since the wary, even since many deca= ése Even the Hitlerites were never able to mobilize such huge masses of peoples And whet struck especially the attention of the observers was the wide attendance of the youthe Altogether it was the grent success, and obviously a wide encourzgement to the People's Party which draws its support from the religious mase SeSe While thus the great parties are getting reudy for the big electoral battle end msnoeuver for decisive positions, the Communists ure doing some memoeuvering too, They have few iliu= sions : though they might be gaining a few seats in parliament, this is not the way for them to reachpower, Hence their moves ave more made to terrorize end implement their infivence. The first of these moves is the impending re-organuze= +ion of the whole leadership of the party. It begun early Septem= ber with the elimination of the fomner head of the Communist Youth, Otto fimintiamelta Drichaceke as well as with the high Commu= nist official Karl Pollak. It has been furthemare secretly des cided, that soon the Politiburo would be entirely re-orgenived add that a number of new persons would be calied up, The men elis minateú are mostly texymed ag inefficient und unsuccessful, In most iwtences they are persons who spent their time in « Westem enigration, such as Paris or London, and hence are suspected of being finfeeted with westerly thoughts. 4 The second has been a che in the lesdership of the Communist broadcasts on the Austrian Radio. These broadcasts are orzenized by the Soviet military element, and are made on the Vienna Station in the Soviet Sector, They are carried out against the protest of the Austrim governement. Hitherto this broudcasts were in the hands of one Felix Kreisslere He is now replaced devotion to the Russians, as well as for his ability as a propa~ gandiste The third movey this one made by the Soviet Military authorities, was a change in the set-up of the censorshipe Since
