ae ‘ * These happy children are symbolic of China’s bright future as a socialist state which Chinese SOcialist they will help to create. As Chairman Mao Tse-tung told the eighth congress of the Communist party, “We shall assuredly be able to build our country into a great industrial state.” Chinese vetoed glorification of On th ‘old here individual | last week. é By ALAN WINNINGTON aders before 1949 PEKING hina’s Cominunist leaders. vetoed gl orification of the individual seven years ago © eve of the revolutionary victory, the Communist party’s eighth congress was In March 1949, at Chairman Mao Tse-Tung’s suggestion, a decision was made ACe {fect | tleation tividuals ” ‘Old the’ "ort wholesome checking the glori- Nd exaltation of in- Tseng Hsiao-ping € delegates during his the na °n proposed changes in 1 Ws constitution. of , /Portant contribution e Party. 20th Soviet Communist congress had been wm Streets or industrial plants after them. ef 1s had a to show what serious conse- quences could follow from deification of the individual, he said. At the same time Teng’s re- port showed that the new con- stitution was aimed at correc- ting relations between. lower and higher bodies of the party a 44 & 4 4 ote be bn he te te te te te te tn te te te _ STORE HOURS PEOPLE’S CO-OP BOOKSTORE 337 West Pender Street Friday - Open to 9 p.m. Other Weekdays - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Store Will Be Open Wednesdays Vy. | YY vwwwwvwv vv vv ohibiting birthday celebrations for party leaders or the naming of towns and other to permit greater initiative’ by individuals and lower hodies. Members will have greater freedom of discussion on views expressed at all levels. “Tf the truth turns out in the end to be on the side of the minority then the protection of the minority’s sights will help the party to discover the truth,” Teng declared. Party members will in future have the right to reserve their opinions and send their views to higher bodies, while mean- time carrying out the decision of the majority. : They will also have the right to criticise any party organi- sation or official at party meet- ings and to address appeals to any level, including the cen- tral committee. All wiil have the .right to be present while their own work, character or offense is being discussed. Increased emphasis in iuture will be placed on helping people who make mistakes rather than disciplining them. To ensure regular party de- mocracy, delegates to the na- tional congress will be elected for five years and will meet at least annually; similarly with lower congresses, After the revolutionary vic- tory there had been a tendency to bureaucracy and swollen- headedness among some mem- bers, and steps like these, said Teng, would help to cope with people who refuse to listen and even take reprisals against critics. FIVE MILLION CUT China armed trims forces By ALAN WINNINGTON PEKING Five million men have been released from the Chinese People’s Army and sent into civilian work, Defense Minister Pang Teh-huai reported to the eighth congress of the Chin- ese Communist party here last week. This meant that, counting newly-conscripted soldiers, the army was 2,700,000 smaller than in 1949, he told cheering delegates. Military expenditure had been reduced from 48 percent to less than 20 percent of the national expenditure, he said, adding: “We fully agree with the Soviet Union’s suggestion for international arms reduction and if agreement is reached on this we are willing to re- duce our forces still further.” China was “not a weak air power,” he declared, but she was not comparable with the greatest. Peng’s report spoke of mod- ernization of the army. He said fullest democracy was be- ing retained despite regulariz- ation of ranks and centraliza- tion. “Not only can officers of higher ‘rank criticize those of lower but vice versa. And common soldiers may also criticize officers. Officers must patiently listen to the views of lower officers and common soldiers and accept their correct criticisms. They are absolutely prohibited from suppressing any ‘criticism or taking reprisals against their critics.” Voluntary discipline — in which everyone imposes dis- cipline on himself — was still necessary. Central authority by compulsion was spurious. China wanted peace but the U.S. made plans for aggres- sion and continued to occupy nearby bases, he declared. The army now had three tasks: “To safeguard socialist construction, .safeguard the country and ‘be always ready to liberate Formosa’.” Public Security Minister Lo Jui-ching reported to the con- gress, “the period of intense class struggles in China is past.” But he’coupled his statement with the warning that special agents were still being sent into China by foreign powers, and gave examples of political assassinations committed with- in past weeks. Lo described how it_had been possible to unmask or reform spies and counter-re- volutionaries in such a short time uSing the basic principle: “Punish few and_ reform many.” He said the central commit- tee of the Chinese Communist party had always set_its face against improper methods of getting apparent results in security work. Making arrests and using torture or. disguised torture to get confessions and on such a SEPTEMBER 28, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE basis making further arrests he described as an anti-Com- munist method that magnified the strength of the enemy. The Communist party throughout had forbidden the use of any form of torture — plain or disguised. This was not to say it had not happen- ed in isolated cases. He said: “Our struggle is just and is supported by the masses. There is no need for such Savage and _ erroneous methods. “Our party has always said that-evidence is important, and no credence should be given to forced confessions. Evidence must be complete and coincide with the facts.” ET Ue ee RECTOR RECTOR CIGAR Only Union Made Cigar in Vancouver Hand Rolled Finest in Dutch and Havana Tobacco SOLD AT HOTELS AND LEGIONS or 214 Union St., Van. UUM ear et Tt in tit tit Tit i MEETING Celebrating 7th Anniversary People’s Republic of China SUNDAY, SEPT. 30 1:30 p.m. RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME 600 Campbell Ave. Speakers, Full Length Film “Daughters of China” with English subtitles, Exhibit of Tapestries & Photographs’ on the progress of China. BANQUET SUNDAY, SEPT. 30 6 -—p.m. FORBIDDEN CITY 90 E. Pender St. . Tickets: $3.00 per person at People’s Co-op Book- store, Pacific Tribune, B.C. Peace Council, Fishermen’s Hall. Everybody Welcome