POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE EASE IN GREECE.
The victory of Georges Papandreou in the Greek election Febru-~ ary 16 appears to have brought the curtain down on the rabid McCarthy~ ism which.has dominated the country's political scene since the defeat of the partisans through the intervention of British and. American. imperialist forces at. the end of World War II,
Papandreou campaigned on a platform that dineluded the promise to free political prisoners held for decades in the jails and concentration camps, He promised to.repeal the witch-hunt laws,
The official figures on the election results were listed as fol~ lows: 4,445,000 votes out of a possible 5,662,000. Papandreou!s Center Union’ perty got 2,277,750 votes (53.4 476), 173 seats in parliament. Coalition of the Ne bionel Radiea! | Union and the Progressive party 1,576,086 votes (35, 45%), 105 seats, EDA [United Democratic Left , Peprésenting the extreme left, 540, 705 votes (11.16% ); 2e seats,
It is expected that the new governnent will shortly take the fol~ lowing measures;
(1) End deportations by executive order. These in the future will be decided by the courts,
(2) End the use of "loyalty" oaths except for government employes and certain persons working in defense industries,
(3) Free, through the courts, all political prisoners held for more than ten yoars, with the exception of those who have committed "odious crimes," .