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t

Stalin Auto plant in Moscow.

Party, the Praja- Socialist and
€ right wing Jan.Sangh.
The election is both for the

;| 294 seats in the House of the

€ople and for 2,906 seats in

f the state assemblies.
B For the first time these as-

Stmblies are being elected: in

'\States whose boundaries are
f{drawn more or less: on na-
e/Honality or language lines.

s| The Praja Socialists are
‘| SOntesting 180 seats in the

Ouse of the People and the
Ommunist party 140 for the
House and 720 for the state
’semblies. In the 1951 elec-
1ons the Communist party
Won 26 House seats.

rabbi in Mezeocsat, ,whose
Indows were smashed on
iiree occasions, as saying:
Hatred of the Jews is mount-
Mg. The Jews do not feel
Secure, They want to move
to Budapest.”

* Many Jews had fled Hun-
ary “in fear of their lives,”

‘wo new passenger cars are Now coming off Soviet as-

sembly lines, One, the Volga
the Molotov Auto plant at Gorky.
(bottom), in the small car class,

(top) is being produced by
The other, the Moskvich
is being produced by the

Four parties contest

Indian general election”

The Indian general election campaign has begun in real
“arnest stimulated by the launching of the Congress party’s
‘| “ampaign by Premier Nehru. ; j

Only four national parties are engaged in this election, the
"ling Congress party, the Communist party,

NEW DELHI

largest opposition

Ajoy Ghosh and A. K. Go-
palan, Communist leaders, are
touring the country emphasis-
ing the need for unity of all
left and democratic forces and
formation of a powerful dem-
ocratic opposition to put an
end to the monopoly of pow-
er held by the ‘Congress party.

The Communist party

’ charges the Congress with fail-

ure to solve widespread unem-
ployment in India, with fail-
ure to end poverty and with
imposing heavy indirect taxes
on the people instead of higher
direct taxes on the rich and
foreign-owned industry.

World Jewish Congress
‘accuses Hungarian rebels

NEW YORK

. The World Jewish Congress reported here that anti-J ewish
®xcesses had occurred in more than 20 Hungarian villages and
Small provincial towns during the October-November revolt
and that the situation was still tense in some remote areas.

The congress, which said its information was based on a
‘| Teport from authoritative Jew-
| ‘sh sources in Hungary, quoted

the report stated.

It detailed incidents of phys-
ical violence against Jews, in-
cluding rabbis and teachers,
threats of bodily harm, the
burning down of Jewish prop-
erty, smashing of windows of
Jewish houses and synagogues,
abusive remarks and the ap-
pearance of fascist-style anti-
Jewish slogans.

» FOR MIDDLE EAST

MOSCOW

In his last major policy speech as Soviet foreign minister, Dmitri Shepilov
advanced a six-point peace plan for the Middle Fast. :
Addressing the Supreme Soviet last week, Shepilov said that lasting peace could
be ensured in'this area thrcugh joint efforts by the USSR, the U'S., Britain and France.
For this reason the Soviet government was proposing the adoption of the fol-

lowing principles:

1 Peace in the Middle East
to be preserved through
the settlement of issues
in dispute solely by peace-
ful means and by negiotia-
tions;

2 Non - intervention in the

domestic affairs of the

Middle East countries with

respect for their sSover-

eignty and independence;

Abandonment of all at-

tempts to draw these coun-

tries into great power mil-

itary blocs;

Abolition of foreign bases

and withdrawal of foreign

troops from: the area;

Mutual renunciation of de-

liveries of arms to the

area;

Economic assistance to the

area without political or

military conditions or any
other terms incompatible
with the dignity and sov-
ereignty of these countries.

Shepilov said he hoped the
Soviet initiative would be sup-
ported by the U.S., British and
French government, but in the
meantime the most urgent
question was the complete
withdrawal of Israeli forces
from Egyptian territory.

Shepilov’s speech was not-
able for a further declaration
of intent to try to settle. out-
standing differences with the
U.S., Britain and France.

“The Soviet Union,” said
Shepilov, “is ready to study
favorably any initiative con-
ductive to establishing mutual
understanding” with these
countries.

Shepilov. referred’ particular-
ly to a statement made by
British Foreign Secretary Sel-
wyn Lloyd, when he declared
that a new start in the easing

o

of world tension would have

to be made, and that, although
there was cause for anxiety
-over the situation in many
parts of the world, there were
also great opportunities to be
grasped.

“We agree,” said Shepilov,
“that such great opportunities
do exist and they must be
utilised.

“In view of this it is but
natural that we should again
take up the question of how
Soviet-American relations will
develop in the future.”

He dismissed as a myth the
theory being circulated by cer-
tain quarters abroad that nor-
malization of Soviet-American
relations was impossible.

“The Soviet Union and Brit-

* Dmitri Shepilov (top): has

been replaced as Soviet
foreign minister by Andrei
Gromyko, leading Soviet au-
thority on disarmament, long-
time permanent Soviet dele-
gate to the UN and now a So-
viet deputy premier. Shepilov,
former editor-in-chief of Prav-
da, has been reappointed as
one of the secretaries of the
Soviet. Communist party’s
central committee. He will
concentrate on ideological
work.

ain,” he continued, “have many
matters in common and com-
mon_ interests,

“Tf there are disputed ques-
tions, and there are ‘some, of
course, what prevents us from
finding a solution to them
through joint efforts?

Shepilov stressed that the

.poliicy of peaceful coexistence
-between opposing social sys-

tems was not a political man-
oeuvre ‘that the Soviet Union
had found expedient at the
moment, as some of its enemies
alleged, but the corner-stone

of the policy of the Soviet
Stale.

Then he dealt with the poli-
cies. of. the Western powers.
The imperialist aggression
against Egypt and the counter-
revolutionary attempt in Hun-
gary, he said, were part -of
one widely conceived strate-
gic plan. Defeat of both these
attempts had been a big re-.
verse for imperialism.

Now, through the Eisenhow-
er doctrine, the ruling circles
of the U.S. not only wanted
to push. back their rivals.
Their cbhject was at the same
time to turn Britain and
France from “junior partners”
into “senior vassals.”

Shepilov dealt with the pos-
sibility of establishing peace,
friendship and _ cooperation
among all nations irrespective
of their political or social sys-
tems.

He pointed out that the So-
viet government deemed | it
vitally important to continue
to try to find a solution of
two cardinal problems. They
were:

®@ Disarmament.

@ . The safeguarding of col-
lective security in Europe and
Asia.

The main responsibility for
safeguarding peace and inter-
national security rested with
those great powers who were
members of the historic coali-
tion which had defeated the
Nazis and thus saved civiliza-
tion.

“Tf the great powers, mem-
bers of this coalition, re-estab-
lish mutual confidence . and
good relations, mankind will
heave a sigh of relief know-
ing that no serious danger will
then threaten the world.”

The Soviet government,
Shepilov said, was particular-
ly concerned to improve rela-
lions with Western Germany
and was ready to meet the
West German government
halfway if it displayed a sin-
cere desire to establish friend-
ly cooperation with the Soviet
Union.

But he attacked the remili-
tarism’ of Western Germany.

“We say to the imperialist
ruling circles,’ he concluded:
“Let us carry out universal
disarmament. Let us destroy
and prohibit for all time the
latest destructive weapons.

“Let us trade and exchange
things of scientific and cultur-
al value, Let us prove, through
peaceful endeavor and econ-
omic competition, to which of
the social systems the future
belongs.”

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