Right To Leisure Recognized By WN. SEVRIKOV MOSCOW, USSR (via press wireless) — Soviet citizens are not only guaranteed the right to work. Article 119 of the Consti- tution (fundamental law) of the USSR reads: Citizens of the USSR have the right to rest and leisure. - These two rights, the right to work and the right to leisure, are regarded in the Soviet Union as complementary. In the process of work a certain amount of energy is expended and, in order to effectively restore it, ration- ally organized rest is required. But, as in the case of the right to work, it isn’t enough for the state to stipulate the right ~to rest and leisure; it must guaran- tee the exercise of that right by seeing that proper facilities are provided for its enjoyment. Otherwise, the right will remain a mere formal declaration. First of all, it is necessary that every citizen have time in which to rest. In other words, the state must limit working hours by law, leaving the work- er enough time in which to re- create his physical and mental energies, including time for cult- ural activities, amusements, sports, self-education, intellectu- al and professional development, ete. But even that is not enough. After a prolonged period of work, daily hours of leisure are inadequate for complete recrea- tion and a longer vacation be- comes necessary, sometimes even accompanied by medical treat- ment. For this too, time must be provided. And not only time. Money must likewise be provided, both for subsistence and for the ad- ditional expenses involved in va- cations. Lastly, in order that the periods of leisure may be ration- ally and profitably employed, certain institutions are needed, like sanatoria, rest homes, clubs, libraries ‘and reading rooms, theatres, stadiums, sports fields. THE GUARANTEES All these material guarantees are specifically stipulated in Ar- ticle 119 of the Soviet Constitu- tion which reads: The right to rest and leisure is ensured by the reduction of the working day to 7 hours for the overwhelming majority of the workers, the in- stitution of annual vacations with full pay for workers and Z =, STYLES VALUES QUALITY Always at the Home of UNION MADE Clothing — and Friendly Service. * ~ Established for Over 40 Years 45 EAST HASTINGS ST. is employees, and the provision of a wide network of sanatoria, rest homes and clubs for the accom- modation of the working people. Prior to June, 1940, the work- ing day in nearly all industrial establishments in the Soviet Un- ion and for nearly all workers was seven hours, and for office workers, six hours. In June, 1940, in view of the imminent danger of war and the consequent neces- sity of increasing the output of industrial goods, the eight-hour day was established for all work- ‘ers, industrial and clerical. Even so, these were still the shortest legal working hours in the world. The short working day is the Soviet citizen’s surest guarantee of rest and leisure. It enables him not only te recuperate the cnergy expended in the course of the day’s work and thus pre- serve his health and strength; it also enables him to read, study, regularly attend theatres and cinemas, engage in sport, take part in social activities and even to play his part in the adminis- tration of national or local af- fairs. In addition to this, all workers by hand or brain receive annual vacations ranging from a fort- night to one month, depending on the nature and conditions of their employment. The vacations are in.every case with full pay. Furthermore, in addition to his wages or salary, the worker may receive from the factory or office in- which he is employed a special vacation grant or a free place in a sanatorium or rest home. Numerous sanatoria, rest homes, clubs and other institu- tions of rest and _ recreation placed at disposal of the working people (which in the Soviet Un- ion is synonomous with the popu- lation generally) constitute one of the major guarantees of the right to rest and leisure. Sanatoria and rest homes are located in the most picturesque and healthiest surroundings, on the seacoast, on the banks of rivers, in suburban parks. They are supplemented by tourist bases and in towns by recreation parks, sports grounds, and stadi- ums. Health resorts of the Crim- ea, Caucasias and the Black Sea coast are world famous. BRUCE MICKLEBURGH SPEND MILLIONS Enormous funds are assigned annually for the maintenance of health resorts and rest homes. These appropriations were not suspended even during the war. Last year, for instance, 415,000,- G00 rubles were expended for the maintenance of sanatoria anid yest homes. The social insurance budget this year earmarks 800,- 000,000 rubles for this purpose. By the end of 1945 the trade unions alone will own 460 rest homes and sanatoria. During the war these institutions were mainly used for the accommoda- tion of sick and wounded mem- bers of the armed forces. Practically every large factory and institution in the Soviet Union has its rest home or sana- torium, its club, library and sports grounds. During the war many factories instituted night sanatoria, where workers in run- down condition went to recuper- ate after the day’s work and where a special regimen was provided. , Millions of Soviet citizens spend their annual vacations at numerous: health resorts with their first class sanatoria and rest homes. Numberless clubhouses, librar- jes, reading rooms, theatres, cinema houses, cultural centres, recreation parks, stadiums and sports grounds are at the dispos- al of Soviet citizens for the ra- tional and profitable employment of their leisure hours. And be- fore the war their number was increasing from year to year. Such are the Soviet citizen’s miaterial guarantees of his right to rest and leisure, which in the Soviet Union is. regarded as the logical corollary of the right to work. PACIFIC PACIFIC NORTH STAR AND BRANDS B.C. OWNED AND OPERATED MEATS 8950 Shaughnessy Vancouver, B.C. | &e - - = Meet Your Friends at the EMPRESS HOTEL 235 EAST HASTINGS STREET Under New Progressive Management Modern, Strictly Fireproof Building All Outside Rooms Parlors Comfortable Refurnished Rates: $1.50 and up; Weekly, $6 and up PHONE: PAcifie 5364 jointly. This decision was reached during negotiations be- tween CSU and shipowner dele- gations held in Toronto, May 22. Representatives of all leading lake shipping firms, headed by Senator Peter G. Campbell, di- rector of Upper Lakes and St. _Lawrence Transportation Co., were present. With the replace- ment of the 12-hour day, 84-hour week, by the eight-hour day as a top point on the CSU postwar program’ for seamen, the union representatives submitted a brief te the shipowners. It was requested that a labor- management advisory committee to survey costs and difficulties of putting the eight hour day sys- tem into practice. This was cited as an important step towards the reconversion of the lake shipping industry to fit in with an expand- ing Canadian economy. The further request was made that the eight-hour day system be inaugurated not later than the opening of navigation in 1946. This would allow the companies ample time for the construction work necessary to build addition- al crew quarters. While objecting to setting up a joint union-management com- mittee, the employers did agree to establish their own group and expressed readiness to have it meet with a CSU committee af- ter three months study of the problems involved. : The brief to the employer dele- ‘gation attacked the present two- Eight-Hour Day For Seamen Surveyed — A union committee and a committee of Grea shipowners will separately make a survey of change. for the introduction of the eight-hour day on lake and sometime in August the two committees w $4 hours for a seven d saying it had “long been a feudal relic without. our postwar economy.” “Such a working day | day in the week must n be injurious to the he: ciency and welfare of men involved,” it declé effects, we would con detrimental to the operation of shipping. practice totally inacce the kind of working Ir dians expect, and inten in the immediate futur Urge Govt. A End Black M ROME—tThe fundam ution. to the problem o tant prices and a 1 black market in Italy is production because ‘S is not a cause but an famine,” Guisseppe D secretary of the Italiz Confederation of Labo, stated here this week ing the CGIL executiv, tee, he cited the inef the government in fail ercise control over the tion. of products as = eause of the. black amar Di Vittorio recently here from a trip to. Italy, where he went i. channelize the spontan lar movement against watch system of 12 hours a day, ued rise in living cost Gora Goad... REGENT 324 West Hastings Street Suit or Overcoat come to the | | OLD ESTABLISHED RELIABLE FIRM | ( TAILOR: EVERY GARMENT STRICTLY UNION MAD} A Program of Political Comment i “The LPP Ne AL PARKIN Every Saturday at 6:45 DUQUQCUUAGUGQUIGUNSEERCCHACRECDTEUCTADALOMACR ESTER STORES EERE EAD ED STATION CKWX SRUCCOUTOUUCESCOCCOECERERTECRROOCCESECCOGRODERDRDCSOURERCERRSSEERS Record” WITH ee PAGE 16 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE SATURDAY, JUNI