‘ ‘ « 4 ( « ai f; In 1952 the USSR will produce 25 million tons of pig iron, 35 million tons of steel and 27 Photo above shows the Magnitnaya Mountain iron mine at Mag- million tons of rolled steel. nitogorsk. Malenkov asks: ‘Is it Communists or U.S. capitalists who have seized Canada?’ By RALPH PARKER MOSCOW Reviewing the international scene in his keynote speech to the 19th Con- gress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union here G. M. Malenkov uttered the grave words, ‘“The danger of war is growing.” “ “The ruling circles of the United States, Britain and France, he said, “have been devoting their time since the last war for preparations for a new one. By a whole series of aggressive actions, national situation, increasing the danger of a new war. States have openly stated their aims.” ae Declaring the Soviet Union’s willingness to cooperate with the capitalist countries, he said peaceful co-existence of capitalism and communism was ‘‘per- ‘ fectly feasible.”’ eae or Talk of “export of revolution is rubbish,” he said. country desired revolution they would achieve it; if the United States has aggravated the inter- The ‘rulers of the United If the people of a not there would be no revolution, The colonial system was crumbling ‘to pieces, but the Soviet Union was not threatening the British Empire. ‘The empire is being taken over not by Communists, but by the American, billionaires,” he said. “No enemy of Britain has ever dealt her such heavy blows as the American friend who removes her empire bit by bit. “Was it the Communists, the process of capturing Australia and New Suez Canal Zone, the markets of South Ameri East?” he asked. Malenkov said one of the biggest postwar of atomic energy, which it was intent on using for peacef a d at an early signing of a German Peace Treaty, with- The Soviet Union, he pointed out, aime 1 ment of a peaceful, democratic and independent Ger- drawal of all occupation forces, and establish many. It hoped Germany would choose the “right way of peace’ and not become the mercenary of the American and British im- perialists. He declared Russia’s armed forces did not exceed today “in numbers or in striking power” the size of her prewar forces. “The Second World War,” Malenkov said, “has shaken to the roots the very existence of many peoples and states and has changed the face of the world. “The war prepared by the forces of international reaction and unleashed, in the East by militarist Japan and in the West by fascist Germany has upset the calculations’ of its authors and, owing to the heroic struggle of the Soviet Union, has| had an or the American capitalists who seized Canada, who are in Zealand, who are ejecting Britain from the ca and the resources of the Near and Middle discoveries of Soviet science was the production ul purposes. outcome not foreseen by the im- perialists. “Instead of destroying or weakening the Soviet Union it brought about the strengthening of our country. -“The international standing of | the USSR has risen. “Instead of weakening and destruction of democracy what happened was that a string of countries of Central and South- east Europe dropped out of the capitalist system .and became People’s Democracies. i ‘Malenkoy then referred to the “heavy blow’ delivered to world imperialism by the “historic vic- tory of Great China when one- third of humanity was freed from: the imperialist yoke.” ; As the result of the Second World War, three countries, Japan, Germany and Italy, had ceased to be big powers, and France and Britain had lost their former positions. The postwar. period, Malenkov added, was marked by a further weakening of the capitalist sys- tem, and the ‘growth of demo- cratic and socialist forces. He described the postwar years as years of growing economic dif- ficulties in ‘capitalist countries following the expansion of Am- erican imperialism with the re- sulting differences between cap- italists. ‘These differences were enhanced by imperialist attempts to find a way out in preparations for a new war. ; Development compared / In the political field the post- war years were marked by the emergence of two camps. the camp of aggression and anti-de- mocratic :forces of, the United States and the peace-loving camp. “a camp of democracy.”’ He then compared the uninter- rupted upsurge of peaceful econ- omy in the Soviet Union and in the countries of People’s Demo- cracy — an? “economy which knows. of no crisis and which is intended to satisfy to the utmost the materia] and cultural needs of society’—with capitalism. Malenkov said that under capitalism the productive forc- es “move on the same spot, experience convulsions. period- {ic and imereasingly serious crises.” Capitalism was leading to arm- aments, competition among coun- tries and the enslavement of some by others. Comparing the development of production in the USSR and in the capitalist countries. Malen- kov said that. taking 1929 as the starting level. production in the Soviet Union rose in 1951 to more than 12 times the 1929 fig- ure, whereas in the United States it was only doubled. In Britain it grew by onl> 60 percent. and in France by only 4 percent over 1929. ' In this: connection Malenkov declared that the rise in the level .of production in the United States had only resulted from the war in- Korea and the armaments race, He. then described at length the economic progress achieved by East Germany, China and the People’s Democracies. He said though they suffered from the war much more than the capitalist countries, they still managed to increase industrial production considerably. In Poland it rose 2.9 times as compared with prewar, in Czecho- slavakia 1.7 times, in Hungary 2.5 times, in Rumania 1.9 times, in Bulgaria 4.6 times and in Al- bania more than five times. In China, Mailenkov said, the volume of production in 1951 was double that. of 1945. In North Korea the progress made was also notable. The volume of production in 1949 -was four times larger than in 1946 but the aggression of Am- erican imperialists had _ inter- rupted this peaceful —develop- ment. He summed up his survey by declaring that “all the avail- able data on the development of capitalist and socialist coun- tries,” show that the rhythm of industrial deveolpment in the former, including the Unit- ed States. is considerably slow- er than in the People’s Demo- cracies, Imperialist This policy of the. Uniged States had led to the intensifica- tion of the antagonism between the American and British mon- opolies, fighting opénly for oil; non-ferrous metals and expor markets, ‘ To this. Malenkov said. must be added the serious contradic- tions: between the United States’ on the one hand'-and Japan, Western Germany and Italy ‘on the other. e ¢s “It would be silly to think that these defeated’ countries “would agree to live for ever under Am- erican occupation. “It would be stupid to imagine that they would not, attempt. in some way or other, to escape from the oppression of the United States and regain freedom of ac- tion and an independent life.” ’ economic assistance, infiltt® \ “These figures also show that” the rate of development in caPy talist countries has risen only % a result of war preparations or during wars when industry ha to feed the war machine. © “The Second World Wat, from removing the economic 4 political controdictions of capital ism, had intensified them. ‘Tt has shaken the economies of capitalist. countries and aggravated the crisis of the world capitalist system.” a Malenkov said the Secom World War failed to justify expectations of capitalists 12 a two opposing camps who been hoping to achieve @ divison of the world by meat armed force, to seize new sources of raw materials and new ye kets for their goods, thu strengthening their own econom ie position at the expense ° their adversaries. ened But the hopes of the capitals states of increasing their pro@ tion after the elimination of many and Japan were in val? ‘China and the People’s Dem? cracies left the capitalist cam? and joined . with the Sove Union. °* iit The single world market ig | up into two separate mat as developing on opposite lines. Be. democratic market was expavt — ing and its production incten ing, while the imperialist ae, ket encountered ever fresh diff culties and crises, sealist The |losses of the capita countries in the Second we War were not equal. Some et fered less, some more, wor caused the present changes : their economic relationship. : The United States made Pi fits by the war, with the amet new s of can “millionaires, strengthen their economic position, but ran still failed in their object of ©, posing American hegemony the world, market, : ee There were 3,000,000 unenl ployed in, the United states , through the fault:of theit rue ing circles who deprived the” selves of the markets of © Soviet Union, China and he European People’s Democt® cies. Malenkov then charged A can capitalism with having organised the economics of 9 capitalist countries by fore them to accept American 92° meth ais ter jos while at the same time erectitt barriers against imports 1° ‘abroad. The result of this was that home the American people bi suffocating in a climate of ge prices-and the West Europ countries were meanwhile © off by American ‘capitalism #° their old markets, and also f°" Eastern Burope, unable to i port the food ‘they needed. — conflicts — Malenkov added: “The cO™ tradictions between the Uxi States and Britain and ©, United States ang France 4 becoming more acute and W? x continue to aggravate in oy degree to which American oot italism, under the guise the 2 ‘into the economies of Brit’. | and France and seizes raw we terials and markets in Briti* and French colonies. ; 8 “Britain. followed by Fra. and other capitalist countle™ were striving: to break loose #4 United States domination # secure for themselves an ind pendent position and higher ?” fits. “British capitalists are 13 ready engaged in a struggle against American mel ods in international trade. Concluded on next page PACIFIO TRIBUNE — OCTOBER 17, 1952 — PAGE ?