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Oil and natural gas derricks fit well into the landscape of the
Soviet Northland. During recent years tremendous resources of oil,
gas, coal and minerals of all kinds have been discovered by our
northern neighbors, which are placed at the service of their own
people, not of foreign and native monopolies as is the case in

capitalist countries.

Communist Party of the Soviet
Union rightfully regards itself
to be a mass political party. At
every stage and historical turn-
ing point in the life of the coun-
try its membership has invar-
iably grown and it continues to
do so,

In the matter of constitutional
rights and duties, Communists
in the Soviet Union do not dif-
fer in any way from non-Com-
munists. As for the party itself,
members differ from non-mem-
bers in that they are obliged to
pay dues, attend party meetings
and perform (without compen-
sation) party assignments. In
short, Communists are members
of a political party and as such
are bound by specific demands
which do not apply to non-
members.

In addition to the specific ob-
ligations arising out of the CPSU
Rules, Communists have a num-
ber of other duties to perform
as well: they must continuously

make Viet

Vietnam: (2) the poisons con-
tained substances that kill all
forms of plant life and render
the soil sterile for long periods;
(3) large areas of mangrove in
Vietnam — perhaps 50% of the
total — which are crucial to the
ecology of the Mekong Delta
region, have been destroyed, pos-
sibly permanently; (4) in addi-
tion to poisoning people, starv-
ing them through destruction of
crops, the chemicals also caus-
ed deformities in children, as
evidenced by increasing reports
of stillbirths and deformities de-
spite Saigon’s censorship.

By denying the peasants their
crops and sources of food (fish
streams are polluted and game
animals and fowl are poisoned
or forced to migrate) the chemi-
cal war compels the peasants to
move from the countryside into

improve their political educa-
tion, actively participate in car-
rying out the program. and cur-
rent decisions of the party, etc.
But it is a distinctive feature of
Soviet society that the latter
tasks are performed by non-
party people as well.

In these matters the difference
between Communists and non-
Communists lies, perhaps, only
in the fact that Communists, in

accordance with their aims, are”

in the vanguard of the commu-
nist development of society and
provide an example of initiative
and efficiency.

Free and unrestricted discus-
sion by party members of any
question is allowed until the
party has passed a decision on
it. Once a decision has been
adopted every member is ob-
liged actively to promote its en-
forcement. This important or-
ganizational principle makes for
the party unity required to en-
force decisions.

wasteland

the “pacification zones” and
“strategic hamlets” policed by
the puppet forces under direc-
tion and supervision of the U.S.
overlords, Professor Rose _ be-
lieves. He reported 14% of all
South Vietnamese villages have
been regrouped. :

Professor Rose’s report 1s sup-
ported by the report of U.S. sci-
entists, including Professor M.
Mieselson of Harvard Univer-
sity, who recentiy returned from
a visit to Vietnam. The Ameri-
can scientists estimated the
number of mangrove forests de-
stroyed by poison chemicals at
300,000 acres. They declared that
in 1970 alone, U.S. forces had
used poison chemicals against
the crops and population of 29
provinces of South Vietnam, and
had poisoned 275,000 civilians,
of whom hundreds. died.

Soviet children’s theatre
stages play by Marshak

AMSTERDAM — The play
“Carousel,” based on stories by
the popular writer and poet Sam-
uel Marshak, represented Soviet
art at the International Festival
of Children’s Theatre here. It
was put on by. the Central Mos-
cow Children’s Theatre, the
Soviet Company performing es-
pecially for young audiences. It
is headed by Konstantin Shah-
Azizov, president of the Inter-
national Association of Theatres
for Children and Teenagers.

The play “Carousel” is for
children aged from seven to nine
and is produced in the tradition
of Russian folklore.. Three in-
dependent topics are linked to-
gether. by special interludes,
jokes, pantomime and musical
scenes.

This vivid and bright produc-
tion, director Vladimir Dudin
says, is intended_not only to en-
tertain children but also make
them think about moral and
ethical problems.

“We view theatre art as one
of the most powerful means of
the artistic and ethical educa-
tion of the growing generation

and this principle determines
Our repertoire,” Shah-Azizov
told the press. Many prominent
Soviet playwrights, including
Viktor Rozov, Sergei Mikhalkov
and Alexander Khmelik write
specially for this theatre. These
plays are mostly about the life
of schoolchildren. For children
of pre-school age, stage versions
of fairy tales are produced.

The Central Children’s Thea-
tre was set up on decision of
the Soviet government and cele-
brated its 50th anniversary last
season. The state foots nearly
all the bills connected with the
production of plays and the
maintenance of the company
numbering more than a hundred
members. Tickets to the Chil-
dren’s Theatre are several times
cheaper than in other theatres.

Organized along similar lines
is the work of the other 42
Soviet theatres for children as
well as a hundred puppet thea-
tres. These professional com-
panies have been set up in many
Soviet Republics and perform in
27 languages of the peoples of
the USSR.

Women exiled—to their death

LONDON — Reports from the
prisons and concentration camps
of Greece reveal that the ruling
junta is employing new methods
to. physically destroy political
prisoners. One of them is to ex-
ile women prisoners to different
isolated villages.

These women are veterans of

) Labor Monthly

50 years old

The following message was
sent _to the 50th Anniversary
Celebration Committee of the
Labor Monthly in London, Eng-
land, by William Kashtan, gen-
eral secretary of the Communist
Party of Canada:

“Tt gives me great pleasure to
greet the Labour Monthly on its
50th anniversary. There is no
other English-speaking magazine
that has done so much to clari-
fy events from a Marxist-Lenin-
ist point of view in our Country,
as in others, and add to the ad-
herents of socialism. :

“The Labour Monthly is of
course identified with R. Palme
Dutt who has put his imprint
on its pages and used his sharp
pen to expose capitalism, its
hangers-on, and show the way
forward at every stage of the
struggle.

“Our Party would like to add
its voice to-countless others in
wishing comrade Dutt all the
best on his 75th birthday and
many more years of fruitful and
creative work for our common
cause.

“The 50th anniversary of La-
bour Monthly coincides with the
deepening crisis of imperialism
and particularly of British im-
perialism. It coincides too with
the mighty upsurge now evident
in the British working class—a
portent of the fact, that far from
becoming obsolete, the working
class is forging the weapons of
democratic and socialist ad-
vance. In this forward move-
ment, the Labour Monthly will
continue to play its. honorable
role.”

Greece’s struggle for democra-
cy who are held illegally, have
never been charged, and are all
in an extremely bad state of
health.

Roula Koukoulou has under-
gone operations for cancer re-
cently; Loula Logara for the re-
moval of a tumor in her throat;
Asmina Yannou has practically
lost her sight; Avra Partsalidou
is reported to have recently un-
dergone operations on her eyes;
and Elli Erythriadou is suffering
a general deterioration of her
health.

From the Oropos concentra-
tion camp, these women are to
be taken to isolated villages.
where they will live under a re-
gime of police bans and restric-
tions ‘cutting them off from the
local people and friends. They
will thus be deprived of the help
and assistance they were at
least able to give one another
when they were confined toge-
ther.

An appeal from one of the
women’s friends said: “Not a
single one of these women is fit
and not one can possibly sur-
vive if she has to live in exile
alone. The fascist plan to cut
them off from friends and other
people is tantamount to political

- assassination.”