International: More Miners

Last week in Prague the Communists began the biggest purge since they seized power in February 1948. Squads of security police roamed the streets; thousands of persons were sent to uranium mines and forced labor camps. The main targets seemed to be businessmen, but a new stigma was strongly in evidence: "Tito-sympathizer."

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