Husak speaks to World Marxist
Review editorial council

Dr. Gustav Husak, First Sec-
retary of the Communist Party
of Czechoslovakia, spoke at the
concluding session of the Edi-
torial Council of the World
Marxist Review, held in Prague
on November 3. Dr. Husak said
in part:

“In short, these were the con-
tradictions that had been build-
ing up in our society over 20
years and last year, when we
had to create the conditions for
resolving: them, free play was
given to the anti-socialist forces
which, actually, were counter-
revolutionary in character and
threatened the very existence of
our party and society. That .is
the root cause of the crises that
had their impact on our inter-
national relations, on our rela-
tions with fraternal parties,
with the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union, and with other
countries, with our allies and
fraternal parties. The result was
an international crisis the deve-
lopment of which you know.

“The truth is that Party mem-
bers, even the Central Commit-
tee, and fraternal parties, were
not given detailed information
about the causes of these deve-
lopments, about the reasons for
the crisis in Czechoslovakia.
Even members of the Party Pre-
sidium were not informed of the
various phases, stages, relations
and negotiations with fraternal
parties. And so, within the
Party, within our state and in
relations with fraternal parties,
there was too much misinfor-
mation — I might even say
counter-information — directed
against the aims of our Party
and the international solidarity
of all Communist -Parties.

“At the September plenum we
presented a frank picture to the
Party and had to make certain
personnel changes in our party
leadership. Since April, the new

DANGEROUS

SCOT

Scot—The Life and
Work of an American “Undesir-
able”, by John Williamson.

John Williamson, who immi-
grated from Scotland as a young
man, was for years an outstand-
ing leader of the labor movement
in the United States. He was de-
ported from the U.S. to Britain
in 1955, where he continues his
activity (his articles have often
appeared in the Canadian Tri-
bune as well). :

The author writes in his pre-
face: “The purpose of this book
is to offer an insight into the
many-sided activities: of the
American class struggle as I
have experienced it, together
with comments on some of the
participants and contributions of
the Communist Party.”

The book, itself, makes clear
why the economic royalists and
their government declared John
Williamson an “undesirable.”

. It isa fascinating, informative,

stimulating, and sometimes amu- _

sing personal accqunt of the his-
tory of the U.S. labor movement
and the Communist Party of the
jU.S.A. from the World War I to
“the mid-1950’s.

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party leadership has concentrat-
ed on consolidating our Party
and our society, consolidating
the party on the Marxist-Lenin-
ist principles of party organiza-
tion, and consolidating the so-
ciety on the Marxist-Leninist
principle, the leading role of the
working class and the leading
role of the party. .

“In this short space of time
we have been able to resume
comradely fraternal relations

with the Communist Party of the:

Soviet Union, with fraternal
parties in allied countries. And
we are striving for similar com-
radely and fraternal relations
with all parties of the interna-
tional Communist and workers’
movement. We want our Czecho-
slovak Communist Party to be
an integral part of the interna-
tional Communist movement, to
be a solid base for it, a party
firmly and consistently applying
in its country the principles of

the Communist movement. We

think we have made consider-
able progress in this field.

For several months now. Cze-
choslovakia has been living in a
tranquil inner political atmo-
sphere, although we do not say
we have already overcome every
difficulty or resolved all contro-
versial processes in party or
society.

Capitalist propaganda alleges
that we are returning to the
1950’s, to the period of persecu-
tions and political trials. In
some quarters there is talk of
Stalinism, etc. But to the best
of our knowledge no Communist
Party in the socialist camp is
reverting to the old times—nei-
ther the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union, the Hungarian
Socialist. Workers’ Party, nor
the Polish party, let alone our
own Party. What we want to do
is, on the basis of the past, to

‘Say No to
Austerity’

Say No to Austerity—A reply

‘to Prime Minister Trudeau, by

William Kashtan, is a thought-
ful analysis of the freeze-wages
and increase-unemployment cam-
paign unleashed by Canadian Big
Business through its servile fed-
eral government under the fake
“anti-inflation” cry.

The leader of the Communist
Party answers the arguments
trotted out by Trudeau and the
commercial press on behalf of
the austerity-for-the-people pro-
gram and points out how the
people can and should defeat it.
The Communist Party’s propo-
sals for united action, the vital

_role of the trade unions, the

tasks facing the left wing in the
NDP, etc., are presented in con-
cise form. ;

Published for the Communist
Party by Progress Books, the
pamphlet sells for 25 cents. Bun-
dle lots 15¢.

continue all that was good and
positive in the development of
the party and society and to
eliminate all the mistakes and
shortcomings.

We are fighting and shall con-

tinue to fight revisionist ele-.

ments within the party and anti-
socialist forces in our society.
For without that there can be
no question of strengthening
either the party or our society.

I wish to assure all fraternal
parties that they can fully rely
on the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia in their fight for
socialism. and communism in
the world, and we express solid-
arity with those parties that are
working in the difficult condi-
tions of bourgeois reality or of
illegality, and assure them of
our unqualified support.

The

Rebel Thirties

New Masses: An anthology of
the Rebel Thirties, edited b
Joseph North.

The weekly magazine New

. Masses was at the vortex of the
‘cultural upheaval of the 1930’s

and helped to create the heri-
tage of proletarian literature in
the United States.

‘Joseph North, one of its foun-
ders and chief editor, is now the
editor of the Daily World’s
week-end magazine section and
of the magazine Dialogue. He
has made an important selection
of poetry, stories, reportage,
criticisms and columns which
express the revolutionary spirit
and literary quality of New
Masses.

The fiction section is no less
impressive and includes contri-
butions from Thomas Wolfe,
William Saroyan, Millen Brand,
Albert Maltz and Alvah Bessie.
The selection of reportage is of
the highest order and, like the
other sections, serves to ‘repudi-
ate the cold war charge that the
literature of the times was crude
and inferior.

Drawings from the pages of
New Masses by leading artists of
the time illustrate the anthology.

The period of history it repre-
sents was that of the literary and
popular movements to stop
hunger, to save the Spanish
Republic from fascism, the or-
ganization of unemployed and
industrial workers, and so on.

This anthology: is Joseph
North’s attempt to restore to
new generations their most valu-
able heritage. It can be recom-
mended to all -those who still
have living memories of: the
struggles of those times and to
those who have taken up the
banner of the struggle today.

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paperback $4.00.

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“That reminds me, they’ve announced the date of the
Budget!”

Police state danger

‘67 city

in Expo —

In spite of mounting, strong
protests against it, the Montreal
City Council is preparing to
adopt on November 12 a bylaw
which endangers democracy.
The city of the “Man and His
World” theme in 1967: is now

threatened by police state rule. .

The National Committee of the
Communist Party. of Quebec
met in Montreal on Monday,
November 10 and adopted the
following statement:

The draft of a municipal by-
law aimed at banning, in the
public domain, meetings, pa-
rades or other gatherings “which
endanger the calm, peace and
public order” is thoroughly an-
ti-democratic and constitutes a
decisive step towards a police
state.

For it will be on the basis of
a report from the chief of police
and the head of the legal de-
partment of the city that the
Executive Committee will be
able by decree to take measures
to prevent or suppress any de-
monstration. It is they who will
decide that “an exceptional
situation justifies preventive
measures.”

Tax White Paper gives littl |
aid to needy—helps rich |

By WILLIAM KASHTAN

The Benson White Paper is a
mixed bag. It tips its hat to-
wards working mothers with
children, allows a deduction of
$150 for expenses for working
people, eliminates taxes for
some Canadians. However, its
main direction is away from the
Carter tax proposals, and away
from a just taxation system.
This is why the stock market
reacted so favorably to it, show-
ing who will really benefit from
the White Paper. The foreign-

Owned companies are un-
touched, and so is Canadian
monopoly.

A democratic tax system
should be based on redistribu-
tion of the national income on
ability to pay. The White Paper
ignores this. Those Canadians
who are below the poverty line
will still be paying taxes. On the

o the

In practise this gives 4 civie |

police and Montreal’s sent
Party (the party of the pre ‘re:
Drapeau - Saulnier adminis

tion the right to decid mot
group will undertake 4 oi
stration according to ther IY”
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Quebec Minister of Justice the |

Rémi Paul, declares tha onsi

provincial government is ; Evi |

dering similar legislation soc
dently, considering his 45°" 4),

tion with the late Adrien get .
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cand, Mr. Paul does not com,
the nazis or the forces ® ih?
Right in general as people

disturb the peace in ee

perience of the Second ™
War. oa

The Montreal municipal e
ministration and the QU. of
government are utilizin
provocateurs to institute 4
state.

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It is urgent to gather toto
all those who are for the civ
tenance and extension ‘jo.
rights, and that they 1°
clare themselves. _

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other hand, by lowering the yo
rate for the wealthy, the re

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justness of the present a
tem will be further accent ust
So much for Trudeaus

Society.

The capital gains tax Pr tiga”
is so worked out as to oe pm
its effects on undistribute® “9d
fits, accumulated wealt

the land speculators.

The White Paper is ue od
able, and should be reje™ spo!
the labor movement.

basic: tax exemption of

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movement should press #30!
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for single people, and $6,
married people. This wou rand
in line with a minimum 5 ap
ard. It should likewise oe at

a capital gains tax start ing?

$50,000, and exempting
homeowners and family pute!

ers, but including undistt apd ie

rofits, accumulated weal
ae land speculators. The ye
Paper, in effect, still leave
main burden of taxes Of
least able to bear it.

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