REFORMS PLEDGED

PRAGUE

Head of the new Hungarian
Revolutionary Workers’ and
Peasants’ government, formed
at Solznok, 60. miles southeast
of Budapest on Sunday this
week, is Janos Kadar, recently
appointed first secretary of
the Hungarian Communist
party.

Kadar announced on Friday
last week that a Hungarian
Socialist Workers’ party was
to be formed and called for
arming of the workers in the
factories.

Kadar is premier in the new
government. Imre Horvath,
formerly minister in London,
is foreign minister. Other
ministers are: Ferenc Meun-
nich, deputy premier and min-
ister of defense and public
security; Antal Apro, minister
of heavy industry; Imre Degoe,
minister of agriculture, and
Sandor Ronai, minister of
trade.

Broadcasting an appeal from
the new government, Moscow
Radio said all the achievements
of the last 12 years had been
endangered by counter-revo-
lutionaries who wanted to
bring back to power capital-
ists and landowners.

It was true that the Rakosi
group (led by former Com-
munist leader Matyas Rakosi)
was responsible for many
crimes and shortcomings but
these were mistakes unavoid-
able in building ‘socialism.

The weakness of Imre Nagy
had been exploited by enemies
and misguided friends of so-
cialism, the appeal continued.

Establishment of a strong,
stable government was imper-
atively demanded by the in-
terests of Hungary.

Moscow Radio broadcast an
epen letter by Janos Kadar,
Ferenc Muennich and Antal
Apro saying that they resign-
ed from the Nagy government
on November 1,

The letter, also signed by
Istvan Kossa, appealed “to

the workers and peasants of
Hungary to support the new
workers’ and peasants’ gov-
ernment in its work and strug-
gle.”

The revolutionary govern-
ment’s program as broadcast
by Moscow Radio was:

@ Unconditional independence

and sovereignty of Hun-
gary.
@® Defense of the socialist

and democratic system and
of the achievements of the
last 12 years.

@ Liquidation of -fratricidal
iighting and no persecution
of workers who took part
in it.

@ Cooperation with all social-
ist and people’s democratic
states on the basis of ab-
solute political and econ-

.

_ Newprogram
_ for Hungary

omic equality.
Further points from the gov-
ernment program were:

Peaceful cooperation with all
states irrespective of their
social system and form of gov-
ernment.

A speedy and considerable
improvement. in the standard
of living, especially. of the
working class, and more houses:
for the workers.

Reorganization of national
economy plans and a change
in methods in the direction of
the economy, taking into ac-
count the characteristics of
the country.

Ending of bureaucracy, and
a broad development of de-
mocracy for ail workers in
the country.

The new government an-
nounced that in making cab-
inet appointments “we shall
definitely invite representa-
,tives of other parties and non-
party people loyal to our peo-
ple’s democracy, who are
ready to defend with us our
socialist achievements.”

The program continued:

“After the restoration of
order and peace in our coun-
try, the Hungarian govern-
ment will start talks with the
Soviet government and other
participants of the Warsaw
Treaty on the question of sta-
tioning Soviet troops in Hun-
gary.”

The new
promised:

government also

Development of self-govern-
ment in all factories and en-
terprises on the basis of de-
mocracy.

Increase of agricultural pro-
duction, considerable decrease
in compulsory deliveries and
help to individual farm work-
ers,

An end to all illegalities in
the cooperative system in agri-
culture and strict observation
of the principles of voluntary
collectivization.

Guarantee of democratic
elections in the local govern-
ment organs and revolutionary
councils.

Support in towns and vil-
lages for small private indus-
try and trade.

Development of Hungarian
national culture on the basis
of Hungarian progressive tra-
ditions,

“The Hungarian Workers’
and Peasants’ Revolutionary
government, in the interests
of the nation and our work-
ing class, of our motherland,
have appealed to the Soviet
forces’ command to help our
people to bridle the forces of
black reaction and counter-
revolution, restore the people’s
socialist system, restore peace
and order in our country,” the
broadcast concluded.

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