POLAND: Parliament Session Postponed
Postponement of the session of parliament scheduled for next Wednesday may indicate that Premier Jaruselski is having difficultyrogram. Polish efforts, meanwhile, to improve rela-Honowith "got European governments have encountered rough going.
The first full session of the parliament since the imposition of martial law has been delayed untilranuary, when Jaruzelski presumably will make his schedulodraajor address setting forth government poli-%V Ha
The official Polish Army newspaper yesterday called i sweeping purges of the party and other institutions.
[confirms that several local
lent writers have been detained and that intellectualssecond wave" of arrests in the near future, some prisoners, especially recalcitrant Solidarity activists, irently are receiving progressively harsher treatment.
Comment! Postponement of the parliamentary session mayign that the predominantly military government-which considers its primary responsibility theofhaving problemsroad political-economic program. Jaruzelski probably is not receiving ouch helpfulrom the Communist Party, where moderates and hardliners remain divided. VJ B
While deliberations about future policies continue, hardliners may be using concerns about maintainingto push for tougher actions. The Army newspaper's demands were harsher and more far-reaching than those proposed earlier thle week by the head of the party's Central Control Commission but do not necessarilya rift between the military and the party. The paper has long been known for its stem tone and may only be supporting an overall hardline campaign of repression. fJ
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