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‘4. MacLeod and Leslie Morris of Tor onto. (See

The new relationships were hammered out both in
No. 43 VANCOUVER, B.C. 10 ¢ the central committee of the Polish Workers party, which

voted to remove Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky from
its politburo and elected Gomulka_as first secretary, and

in discussions with Nikita
Krushchev, first secretary of
the Soviet Communist party,
who went to Warsaw with
other Soviet Communist lead-
ers to present Soviet views.

The initials differences be-
tween the two parties were
reflected in editorials carried
by Pravda and other Soviet
papers citicizing the Polish
Workers party and speeches
made by Gomulka insisting
that Poland must build its own
socialist society with assis-
tance from but without fur-
ther interference by the Soviet
or other Communist parties.

Concern for the Soviet Un-
ion’s own security — it was
through Poland that Nazi Ger-
many launched its war against
the Soviet Union and across
Poland that Soviet armies
fought to liberate the country
—was reportedly a major con-
sideration of Soviet leaders in
their discussions in Moscow.

Polish-born Konstantin Rok-
ossovsky, a marshall of the
Soviet Union, became a mem-
ber of the Polish Workers
party politburo and defense
minister in the Polish govern-
ment around the time Gomulka
was removed from his post as
first secretary. Although he
is no longer a member of the
politburo, he retains his post
of defense minister, in which
he coordinates the activities of
the Polish Army and Soviet
forces in Poland.

Gomulka, who was a leader
of the wartime Polish Resis-
tance within the country, wes
restored to the leadership of
the Polish Workers party at
a meeting of its central com-
mittee last weekend. He was
removed from the post of first
secretary asa ‘right wing de-

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Wages lagging in lumber industry

STORY ON PAGE 13

et relations
placed on new footing

Momentous changes
in Poland, Hungary

By its acceptance of leadership changes in the Polish
Workers party which restored Wieslaw Gomulka to the
post of first secretary, the Soviet Union this week recog-
nized the right of the Polish people to proceed in their
own way to socialism and gave practical effect to the new
and equal relationships established between its own Com-
munist party and the Polish Workers party.

WIESLAW GOMULKA

IMRE NAGY

LPP backs
Polish party

TORONTO

The LPP national executive
on Monday this week cabled
its greetings to the newly-
elected leadership of the Pol-
ish Workers party and at the
same time cabled the central
committee of the Soviet Com-
munist party condemning “any
attempts at interference” with
the right of the Polish Work-
ers party and Polish people
to decide their own course.

Text of the cable to Wies-
law Gomulka, first secretary
of the Polish Workers party,
read:

“The national executive of
the Labor-Progressive party
greets the newly-elected lead-
ership of the Polish Workers
party. The outcome of your
weekend meeting was a great
contribution to the  establish-
ment of new and proper rela-
tionships between Communist
parties based on equality and
independence.

“We express our shock at

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