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East, the emergence of countries such
as Libya and Sudan that have broken
from the tutelage and control of im-
Perialism and have advanced in a pro-
&ressive direction?

Who can deny that it is thanks to the
Sovet Union and the assistance of the
SOcialist states that the Arab peoples
are able to withstand the pressures of
American imperialism and its satellite,
the Israeli government, and are show-
ing their ability in the course of so do-
Ing to take a progressive direction,
away from backwardness, away from
feudalism, and in a direction which in-
€vitably will eventually place the work-
Ing people in the asendancy of the
Whole of the Middle East?

Who can deny that it is the strength
Of the Soviet Union, its peaceful policy,
that has had a salutary impact upon
developments in India, and the changes
that are taking place there with state
after state moving away from the con-
trol of the ruling class and in the direc-
lon of cooperation between the Com-
Munists and the truly national and de-
MOcratic forces, moving in the direction
Of socialist policies?

And who can deny likewise the
developments in Europe, increasingly

~ Shaping up in a direction of the forma-
tion of left fronts that are challenging
the Parties of monopoly and are begin-
Ning to ‘assert themselves in ways that
are weakening more and more the po-
Sitions of monopoly in Europe?

Here we see the power and the might
Of socialism, its impact on world
€vents. ;

On this 53rd anniversary we see the
Very sharp contrasts between socialism
and capitalism, with socialism, despite
the difficulties, advancing day by day,

moving forward in the direction of rais-
ing the standards of the people, solving
them. in the interests of the people,
while we ‘find growing sickness, a
malaise in most of the capitalist coun-
tries today.

On the one hand we see confidence
based on the reality of socialism, its
power and capacity to solve the real
problems of the people, and on the
other we see depression, increasing
questioning as to whether the system
of capitalism. can actually protect the
interests of the people.

This is showing that illusions about
capitalism are beginning to disappear.
Capitalism was given all sorts of names
in the past period of time to try to
hide its exploitative character: a ‘“‘wel-
fare state,” “people’s capitalism,” the
“affluent society.”» Now it is being
called the ‘new capitalism” — every-
thing in order to hide the fact that it
is the same old capitalism that exploits
the people and sits upon them. This il-

-lusion that the monopoly interests try

to spread among the mass of people is
breaking down as a consequence of the
growing contradiction in the capitalist
system itself.

On this 53rd anniversary, which is on
the eve of the 24th Congress of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
we have occasion to be part of that tre-
mendous swelling of support and admi-
ration for the great achievements of the
USSR, which will be further buttressed
by what that congress will advance. It
is clear that next year too, the main
point of emphasis will be upon setting
targets for the next Five-Year Plan,
integrated into the plans of other social-
ist countries so that the sum total of
the power of the socialist world can be
utilized not only to advance and raise
the living standards of the peoples of
the socialist countries, not only to pro-
vide thereby a living example for the
peoples of the world, but at the same
time by virtue of that growing strength
increasingly to shape and influence the
course of world development.

We would like to see a strengthen-
ing of the bonds of friendship between
Canada and the Soviet Union. Actually,
Canadian independence, its ability to
strengthen or gain its independence,
depends in a large measure on the
friendship Canada develops with the
Soviet Union and other socialist states.
Reliance on American imperialism
means inevitably subordinating .the
Canadian interests, strengthening Ame-
rican monopoly control over the Cana-
dian economy. Canadian independence
is therefore tied up with a policy of
friendship, trade, cultural and scientific
exchanges between our country and
the Soviet Union.

It is to be deplored that in these
conditions there are still reactionary
forces in our country who would like
to stimulate anti-Sovietism, to build up
hatred and a wall between the Cana-
dian people and the peoples of the
Soviet Union.

We see this in the “anti-Lenin dis-
play” that is presently in the Metro

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This chemical mill in Pervomaisk (Ukraine) takes care its effluents are biologic-
ally cleaned, preventing pollution and making it possible to use the material

repeatedly.

city hall. A shameful thing! Because ~

there is no doubt that those posters,
are a fraud =—— most of the
posters are pictures, I am sure, of the

. fascist camps in the Second World

War. What a terrible shame! And it is
calculated. Because every time capital-
ism is in difficulties, it seeks a way out
of its difficulties by building up anti-
Sovietism.

Here we have a crisis-of Canadian
policy, a questioning of the position
taken by the Canadian government,
and a growing unemployed crisis. So
an effort to becloud the issue is made
by trying to smear the Soviet Union.
This: is a purposeful smokescreen,
taken with the aim of trying to divide
the people of our country and to break
down the bonds of friendship between
Canada and the Soviet Union.

Let this be the occasion to break
down those prejudices that monopoly
builds up, and create those relation-
ships between our country and the
Soviet Union which will be to the ad-
vantage of Canada as well as of the
Soviet Union, and will strengthen

Machinery replaces “cotton pickin’ hands” in Soviet Tadjikistan.

thereby the ability of Canada to be in-

dependent and to pursue a Course in
the real interests of the Canadian
people. ;

We have confidence on this 53rd an-
niversary, because we can see in retro-
spect the growth and development of
socialism, and on the other hand the
growing sickness of the capitalist sys-
tem that has not been able te solve
its problems except at the expense of
the people. More than that, we see at
the same time a process developing on
a world scale which is increasingly
turning mankind- towards socialism as
the only alternative to capitalist slave-
ry and exploitation.

All the struggles of the people move
in one stream—the stream of socialism.
All roads lead to socialism today.

We can say on this 53rd anniversary
that our country too, like the peoples
of other countries, will be increasingly
impelled to overcome the difficulties of
capitalism and to advance to socialism,
and in this we will be helped by the tre-
mendous growth and vitality of social-
ism embodied in the Soviet Union. —

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: Bw. et rr.
che oe Sar, , wie

Young geologists in the great adventure of discovering the wealth in their

country—their people’s own riches.

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