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MEET IN MOSCOW

Youth from 110 countries
discuss common struggle

MOSCOW—The World Meet-
ing of Working Youth, held in
Trade Union House, Nov. 10-15,
brought together about 500 fore-
ign guests representing youth
organizations of more than 110
countries. Besides young work-
ers from socialist, capitalist and
developing countries, there were
representatives of youth sections
of trade unions and of socialist,
social-democrat and Christian
groups.

The leading event of the rally
was a conference on the subject,
Working youth in the present

’ society and their struggle for

their rights, social progress, na-
tional independence and peace.
Discussions in various com-
missions dealt with the position
and role of working youth in
modern social production, ques-
tions related to the fight against
imperialism, for peace, demo-
cracy and national independence,
and the topical problems of
social and economic progress.
Claude Demers, a member of
the executive committee of the
Young Communist League of
Canada, dealt in his speech with
the fact that in Canada hundreds
of thousands of young people
are jobless. Exploiting this, he
said, the monopolists pay young
people low wages. The employ-
ers are doing everything they
can to divide the workers and
foment national strife among
them, he told the meeting.
Delegates Meet Press

Following the meeting, deleg-
ates made trips to the union
republics of the country, becom-
ing acquainted with the life of
the Soviet people. They spoke of
their impressions.

Octavio Reyes, representative
of the Socialist Youth of Chile,
said: “We are proud to be here
on the eve of such a great holi-
day as the 50th Anniversary of

_the formation of the USSR. For

us these 50 years constitute a
real book of life; all the mem-
bers of our delegation are sure
that the meeting held in Moscow

will promote the ever greater
cohesion of all the progressive
youth of our planet and strength-
en the anti-imperialist front of
the fight for democracy, peace,
national independence and so-
cialism.”

Referring to Chile he said that
reactionary forces are still ac-
tive in the country.

“Thus, having taken advant-
age of the unlawful strike called
by the owners of trucks and
certain commercial enterprises,
the reactionaries tried to para-
lyze the supply of food to the
population, and create a state
of chaos and uncertainty in the
country.

“All the progressive forces of
Chile, however, including youth,
gave a firm rebuff to their inter-
nal enemies.

“Recent events in Chile have
proven the durability of demo-
cratic gain. The strength and
unity of the working class and
peasantry.

Support Indochina

The envoys of foreign youth
declared their solidarity with
Indochina. They are united in
their demand: the United States
must ‘stop its aggression and
immediately sign the agreement
on restoring peace in Vietnam.

Nhamany Thongsavath, mem-
ber of the central committtee of
the Lao Haksat Youth League
recalled that the people and
youth of Laos have been de-
fending their independence, dig-
nity and vital rights under the
leadership of the Patriotic Front
for many years now.

“In violation of the Geneva
Agreements of 1952, the Ameri-
can aggressors are waging a war
of destruction on the soil of our
country. But it is impossible to
break our people. They are de-
termined to continue their strug-
gle against the aggressor.” More
than 2,500 aircraft had been shot
down and four-fifths of the ter-
ritory of the country liberated,
the speaker said. At the same
time the Patriotic Front of Laos

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is continuing its efforts to find
ways for the peaceful settle-
ment of the Laotian problem.

Hoaquin Beitia, of the Na-
tional Centre of Working Peo-
ple of Panama told reporters:

“In the Moldavian union re-
public we visited collective
farms and industrial establish-
ments and were acquainted with
the work of trade union and
Komsomol organizations. These
meetings enabled us better to
understand the nature of so-
cialist society.

“At a factory making precise
instruments we were interested
in the workers’ participation in
the distribution, of the plant’s
profits, the organization of so-
cial maintenance and the kinder-
gartens.”

Carvalho Joaquiia Ribeira, re-_

presentative of the Front for the

Liberation of Mozambique (FRE- .

LIMO):

Here youth are exchanging
their experience, of struggle
against imperialism, telling . of
the construction of a new life.
The bulk of the FRELIMO
fighters are youth, and it was
interesting for us to know about

the life of youth in other coun-
tries and to apply their knowl-
edge to our struggle.

We made a trip over the
country, visited the Uzbek
union republic, and saw with our
own eyes the vast achievements
scored by the world’s first so-
cialist country.

The Leninist teaching on the
nationai question is of vast sig-
nificance for our country. Mo-
zambique has more than 60
tribes speaking different lan-
guages, The Portuguese admin-
istration carries out a clear-cut
policy of fostering tribal enmity.
In its activities it is guided by

the old formula of the imperial-

ists — ‘Divide and Rule.”

People of more than a hun-
dred nationalities live in a close-
knit family in the Soviet Union.
All of them are united by a com-
mon aim — the building of a
commurrist sGciety?. O°

Youth Jobless:in Sweden

Claes-Gorman: Carlson, mem-
ber of a group of socialist youth,
Sweden:

Young workers are the first to
feel the impact of employers’
will. Unemployment. among
youth in Sweden is twice as high
as among the adults. The gov-
ernment seeks to solve the pro-
blem by providing youths and

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