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By RICHARD ORLANDINI

Central Organizer,
mmunist Party of Canada

d PRAGUE — In his opening ad-
Tess to the 15th Congress of the

i Mmunist Party of Czechos-
Vakia, the Party general secret-

aty, Dr. Gustav Husak told the’

0 delegates assembled at the
j , US Fucik Sports Palace: ‘‘We
' a the necessary prerequisites

a further dynamic develop-
€nt of our national economy, for
‘ the Preservation and growth of
j “© living standard of our people.

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x mpostovakia were Mel Doig,
4 deal of the Central Executive
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tr and Richard Orlandini, Cen-
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Ae entire Party, the staté and
Bion bodies and trade
aaa every link of the
gent Omy, are faced with the ur-
/ task to step up their en-
Bian to translate this line con-
key ae me reality. This is the
ahead. 10n for us, the only road

een, as Dr. Husak outlined the
it fic YToad ahead,°’ with the spec-
ie the athe Sixth Five-Year Plan,
Ves: €gates and the representa-
e Breet of 84 fraternal” parties
With ed the recommendations
semble ye esiasm. All those as-
Noun €d applauded as he an-
ie oe that under the new
4 iVing ear Plan, the standard of
th a will increase 23-25% and

Wil all public and social services -

3 a be Improved. In addition to
®ases in the average annual
aon of workers the increase in
I clude andard of living would in-
ang ; a wider range of foodstuffs
“ industrial goods available as
Sumer items.

é Stable Prices
reviewing the results of the
Five-Year Plan, Dr. Husak

Phar’ that the level of retail prices
five emained stable in the past
five years and would for the next
i 1,Y€ars, he said.
ity for sins was also a high prior-
his Se next five years, and in
Imo, Tess Dr. Husak noted that
Miceds production and ad-
f Struct; technical methods in con-
® builg On make it possible forus.to
Sixth £10,000 new flats in the
Jliceg lve-Y ear Plan’’ while pub-
ays Stuction will continue ‘‘on

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dor, 10" Of lodgings and hostels,

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WAR ENDED
‘1 YEARS AGO

18, hirty-one years ago, on May
ns in Europe the broken nazi
> Surrendered to the allied
Wong’ bringing .the Second
ter «; ar to an end in Europe
SIX years,
deri 7a” armies began surren-
f tional on May 4, 1945. Uncondi-
; rency, nvender came May 7,
ter, fein Rheims headquar-
Pration eating cessation of op-
Monty S May 9. May 8 is com-
. he Celebrated ds V-E Day.
ially War with Japan was offi-
Vionin nded Sept. 2, 1945 with the
Us “ of surrender aboard the
“9. Missouri.

Gustav Husak, general secretary of the Communist Party of Czecho-
slovakia and president of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, signing

autographs during the Congress.

Tributes to the USSR

Turning from the economic
measures of the next Five-Year
Plan, Dr. Husak then dealt witha
wide range of matters in foreign
affairs. The warm friendship of
the peoples of Czechoslovakia
and the Soviet Union was noted
again and again. Each mention of
the role of the Soviet Union and
its contribution to a lasting world
peace brought standing ovations
from the delegates and the rep-
resentatives of fraternal parties.

In greeting the role played by
the Soviet Union, Dr. Husak
noted: ‘‘ The decisive successes in
the field of international policy are
mainly due to the extensive, crea-
tive and intensive activity of the
Soviet Union, its Communist
Party and the personal contribu-
tion of the General Secretary of
the CPSU Central Committee,
Comrade L.I. Brezhnev, whose
principled attitudes, consistency
and everyday fruitful activity in
securing peace have won him not
only the profound esteem of the
Soviet People, but also of
Czechoslovak Communists, of all
our people and the working
people in the whole world.”

_Proletarian Internationalism

Repeatedly, throughout his
speech, Dr. Husak emphasized
the positive and essential role of
proletarian internationalism in the
world Communist movement.

“In its entire history,”” he said,
“our Party has considered it its
duty to make an active contribu-
tion towards strengthening the un-
ity and the power of the interna-
tional Communist and workers

‘movement on the principles of

Marxism-Leninism and proleta-
rian internationalism.

“Life confirms again and again
that unity, class and international
solidarity are the most effective
weapons of the revolutionary
forces in the struggle for social
and national liberation. We there-
fore regard ‘proletarian inter-
nationalism as one of the essential
principles of our Party.”

In his address to the Congress,

‘the head of the delegation from

the CPSU, Andrei Kirilenko a
member of the CPSU Political
Bureau and Central Committee

a
also placed special emphasis on
proletarian internationalism and
said, ‘‘It is common knowledge
that Communists in different
countries operate in different

conditions. This naturally gives -

rise to a diversity of tactical
forms of revolutionary struggle
and calls for a creative approach
to the problenis and tasks that
arise.
334,000 Recruited

‘At the same time,’’ Kirilenko
emphasized, ‘‘Marxist-Leninists
are convinced of the need for
strictly taking into account the
general regularities of the socialist
revolution and socialist construc-
tion. They have solid grounds for
considering that the strength and
influence of the Communist and
Workers’ Parties depends to a
large extent on their close interac-
tion in the struggle for our com-
mon goals.”’

The delegates to the Congress
also greeted with enthusiasm the

_report of the auditing and control

committee and the report pre-
sented by Dr. Husak, dealing with
the Party, especially since the
crisis of 1968. The reports noted
that the Party now has 1.4 million
members with 334,000 recruited
in the last five years.

Looking back to the decision of
the 14th Congress to cleanse the
Party of right opportunist, anti-
socialist and anti-people elements
who precipitated the crisis, Dr.
Husak said: ‘‘Developments have
confirmed that the cleansing of

the Party was inevitable and cor- .

rect. Without it, the Communist
Party would have been unable to
overcome the crisis in its own
ranks, and to lead the society onto
the road of further all-round
socialist development’’.

The 15th Congress thus regis-
tered a major political victory in
Czechoslovakia, the victory of
Marxism-Leninism and _proleta-
rian internationalism and the de-
feat of opportunism and re-
visionism. The CP of Czechos-
lovakia clearly has won the
confidence of the working class
and the people.

This is why this Congress was
imbued with confidence and op-
timism.

Israel, S. Africa
make arms deal

Critics of the U.N. resolution
equating Zionism with racism re-
ceived a‘severe setback by the re-
cent visit of South Africa’s racist
prime minister Vorster to Israel.

Fresh from his travels to fascist
Uruguay and Paraguay, Vorster
arrived in Tel Aviv to consolidate
an anti-liberation movement al-
liance with this Zionist state. In
practical terms, South Africa and
Israel agreed to increase trade re-
lations — Israel is to supply Kfir
fighter planes, Reshef patrol boats
and other military hardware in
exchange for coal, chrome,
platinum, titanium and enriched
South African uranium for its nuc-
lear production.

Israel will also assist in training
the South African army in “‘anti-
insurgent techniques.”’ These
deals will be facilitated by thé rais-
ing of diplomatic -relations be-
tween the two countries to full
ambassadorial : status last year.
Trade has also jumped from $3-
million in 1961 to $120-million in
1975.

This move to join forces against
the growing national liberation
movements in Africa can be seen
on the background of South Afri-
ca’s recent defeat in Angola. Is-

rael, on its part, suffering from
severe.economic crisis because of
its war footing (with the world’s

-highest taxes) has viewed with

alarm recent West Bank election
results which saw pro PLO can-
didates make impressive gains in
this Israeli-occupied territory.

Despite the red carpet treat-
ment given the racist South Afri-
can prime minister all was not
rosy. Many Israelis were shocked
that. Vorster, interned during
World War Two for his fascist
leanings, was allowed to place a
wreath on the memorial to the six
million Jews murdered by
fascism.

Canadian banks partners
in loan to Chilean junta .

Three Canadian banks will be
used to widen the U.S. economic
effort to bail out Chilean fascism
from its. fiscal crisis. In a report
May 3, the Financial Times re-
veals that the Royal Bank,
Toronto Dominion and Bank of
Nova Scotia will join with a five-
bank consortium to provide a
$125-million loan to the junta.

“The banks are aware,” the
Times story says, ‘‘that the deal
may confront them with political
problems, and have been con-
cemed to keep their talks with the
Chilean government in New York
private.”’ It further says that
“*U.S. banks were keen to widen
the consortium so that it would

not be a purely American loan. In
an attempt to deflect criticism, no
single bank will be identified
as the leading lender in the syn-
dicate...”

The same. week, Prensa Latina
reports that Chile’s industrial
output has dropped 7.3% in com-
parison with December and that
1975 closed with an inflation rate
of 340%. It quotes Chilean
businessmen as stating that only
external factors, such as spec-
tacular hikes in world copper
prices, the arrival of foreign
capital or a re-negotiation of the

’ foreign debt (estimated today at

$5.2-billion) could help alleviate
the crisis.

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