I LLL Socialism's road to happiness — ' Presenting the report of the Central Committee. Nikita Khrushchev declared that ev- ents since the 20th Congress in 1956 had fully confirmed the correctness of the Party’s Policy. The competition between the two world systems — Socialist and capitalist — had become the pivot. the main feature of |: World development. * After recalling that during recent years the imperialists Have made a number of at- tempts to ignite the fires of a ‘ew war and test the strength of the Socialist system. Khrush- chev declared that on each oc- -€asion the Soviet Union and “all the Socialist countries have -checked the aggressor in good “time. ee “In the period since the 20th Party Congress there has been further important change—the Socialist system is becoming a decisive factor in the develop- ment of society. “Phe events of the past years have confirmed the thesis that wars between States are not in- evitable in the present epoch. that they can be prevented. _ After pointing out that the €conomy of the world Socialist ‘System continues to develop at incomparably higher rates than capitalist economy, Krushchev declared: | “The industria! output of the Socialist countries in 1960 was 6.8 times that of 1937, while the capitalist countries had in- €reased theirs less than 2.5 | “Fhe Socialist countries’ Share in the world industrial production was 27 per cent in 1955 and in 1960 it was in- creased to 36 per cent. The de- velopment of world Socialist €conomy has an_ industrial trend.” ' Khrushchev said that the completion of the organization of producer co-operatives in agriculture in the majority of the Peoples’ Democracies was the great revolutionary event of the: period. '\ “The Socialist sector’s share in the total area of farm lands on the scale of the Socialist countries is now more es 90. “per cent. | “This has resulted in- a thange in the class structure ef society, a stronger alliance between the working class and the peasantry and the abolition of the economic basis for the expleitation of man by man. “The moral and political un- ity of the people, first estab- lishea in our country, is grow- ing ‘stronger in all Socialist countries. !- “The growth of the i are of _the Socialist States,” Khrush- they said, “means that the ma- terial and moral factors. for Speacé become stronger. SOCIALISM WILL WIN i “Today it is not imperialism with its wolfish habits, but So- wialism with its ideas of peace and progress that is becoming the decisive factor in world de- |F ; velopment. * a -Khrushchey _ continued: “We are confident that. Socialism will be victorious in the com- petition with capitalism. { “We are confident that the | victory will be won in peace- ful competition and. not through war. { Be: shave taken our stand, and always shall ©n i aceful co-existence of = rae fe _and well-being Summarized extracts from the main report delivered by Nikita Khrushchey at the opening session of the 22nd Con- gress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, The eyes of the world are on this hall where the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is in session. This is the New Kremlin Grand Theatre which seats 6,000 and has facilities for simultaneous translation into 29 languages. Attending as fraternal representatives from Canada are Tim Buck and Leslie Morris. tems: we shall do everything to strengthen peace throughout the world.” The United States has lost: its absolute supremacy in world capitalist production and commerce, The result is that the United States today occupies approxi- mately the same _ position among the capitalist countries as it did before the war. There has been a noticeable weakening of the positions of Britain and France. The defeat- ed countries have made a big leap forward, especially West- ern Germany and Japan. The contradictions that exist-. ed between the imperialist Powers before the war have re- appeared and new ones have emerged. "It is getting more obvious that the imperialist Powers and their leaders fear a slackening of international tension, be- cause in a tense situation it is easier for them to form mili- tary blocs and keep the peoples in fear of an alleged threat coming from the Socialist coun- tries.” Khrushchev noted that the reactionaries count on aggres- sion against the Socialist coun- tries as a way out. : - Today, he said, the role of the chief aggressive force be- longs to the United States which has become the centre of world reaction. The United States imperial- ists are acting in alliance with the West German militarists and revenge - seekers, and threatening the peace and se- curity of the peoples. COLONIALISM DYING Having pointed to the srowth of the national libera- tion movement, Khrushchev said that the 60s of our century would go down in history as years of the ‘complete disinte- gration of the colonial | system | of imperialism. He added is gna a this period the Soviet Union, in fulfilment of its internation- alist duty, has been helping the people who struggled against imperialism and colonialism. “There are those who do not approve of this position, but we cannot help that. Such are our convictions.” Turning to the problems of the international Labor move- ment, Khrushchev said that Communists, while continuing to lay bare the ideological bankruptey and disruptive ac- tions of the right wing Social Democratic officials, wish to co-operate with all the sound elements among the Socialists and join them in the struggle for peace, democracy and soc- ialism. He then stressed that pro- gres in the working-class move- meni is inseparably bound up with the activity of ‘the Com- munist Parties. — He announced that in the last five years the close-knit fam-_| ily of ‘Communists has increas- ed by another 12 Parties and the total number of Commun- ists by seyen million. - We are convinced that i in the end the Socialist system will triumph everywhere. Khrush- chev stressed, but this in no way implies that we will seek to achieve its trumph by inter- fering in the internal affairs of other countries. a “You cannot bring in ideas on bayonets, as people used to Say in the past, or on rockets, as it would be more proper to say now.’ Communists are against the export of revolution. But they do not reeognize anybody’s right to export counter-revolu- tion, to perform the functions of an international gendarme. He then went on to stress the great importance of econ- omic contracts -in- developing international relations as an important element of peaceful co-existence. : Alizatiad thot Area Readers ) a Banquet - Saturday, November 4, 6: 30 p.m. . : KING'S ROAD HALL 804 ‘King’s. Road — Victoria rhe Uf aes ae as eee is 4 ay sey 4 “There is now a prospect of achieving peaceful co- existence for the entire period in which the social and political prob- lems now dividing the world will have to be solved. “The indications are that it may actually be feasible to banish world war from the life of society even before the complete triumph of Socialism on earth, with capitalism sur- viving in a part of the world.” The present international sit- uation sets the following tasks before Soviet foreign policy: e “Steady and consistent ad- herence to the principles of peaceful co- existence of States with different social systems as a general line of the Soviet Un- djon’s foreign policy; © “Strengthening of the un- ity of the Socialist countries through fraternal co-operation and mutual assistance. and con- tributing to the might of the world Socialist system; -® “Promotion of ° contacts and co-operation with allwho champion world peace; e Strengthening of prole- tarian solidarity with the work- ing class and all working peo- ple of the world; : e “Rendering the fullest moral and material support to the peoples fighting to free themselves from imperialist and colonial oppression, or to consolidate their independence; © “Vigorously to extend bus- iness ties, economic co- opera- tion and trade with all coun- tries that are willing to main- tain such relations with the Soviet Union; e “Pursuing. of an active and flexible foreign policy, seeking solution of outstanding world problems through nego- tiations, exposing the intr igues and manoeuyres of the war- mongers. 4 PASS’ U.S.A. Turning to questions connec- ted with the entry of the Sov- _|iet Union into the period of ’ full. ‘scale Communist construc- tion, Khruschey said that the USS. R. had made a great ad- Vance towards the fulfilment of the basic economic task of over- taking _ and | outstripping the most highly developed capital- ist countries in production per head of population. “Keeping far ahead of the Un- ited States: as far as the rate of. growth is concerned, the Us. SR. has begun in recent years ; to ‘outstrip that’ country in the October 27, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pa ‘of the cardinal problems of out ;nuclear reactions. ers now have _ secondary , than 60 per cent of America” production of many importan items. The Soviet Union now ae counts for almost a fifth of a world’s industrial output. Ii spends three-quarters © its national income on the aa isfaction of the personal HS ee quirements .of the es people, A At the end of 1965 there will be no taxes levied on the ~ population in the Soviet ve ion, As regards the volume- and rates of housing construction the Soviet Union holds first place in the world. £ Soviet scientists are engag ed in extensive research on one i day, that of controlling thermo : About 40 per cent of the country’s workers and over 23 ; per cent of its collective farm higher education. The average annual rate of a industrial growth in the Soviet Union in the 1956-61 period amounted to 10.2 per cent, that of the United States to 2.3 pet cent; The average annual output of manufactured goods pe& head of population increase by 8.2 per cent in the Soviet Union and by 0.6 per cent i? the United States; The annual average increase in investments in the past si® years has been 12 per cent iD the USSR, and in the United States there has been no if* — crease, just the reverse, has been the case. Industrial output in #h@ USSR today amounts to mor outpul. Khrushchev recalled thé! some ten or eloven years 29° Soviet industriel output WwW? less than 30 per cent that of ’ the United States. « At the present time. the USSR has already outstripP® the United States in the extrac tion of iron ore and coal, t v4 production of coke, prefab!” cated concrete elements, he@ diesel and electric locomotives . sawn timber, woollen textiles: sugar, butter, fish and a NUM ber of other foodstuffs ane manufactured items. Khrushchev told the ce gress that on the basis of # growth of the national inc? the real incornes of factory! office and professional | worn . ers (per employed eee creased by 27 per cent in ast five years. : Those . collective saxo : increased by 33 per cent len Under the Seven-Year Pe the real incomes of factory aft fice and professional worke ia and collective farmers wil nie crease as much as 40 per ach In recent years the Ue has been building twice st many flats per 1,000 inha ants as have the United St and France, and more © twice as many as Britain ° Italy. a “Every Soviet citizen shoul i attaity take an active part management of public sk —that is our slogan, 5 tas (Next week the P: garry further Epev). Se ‘22nd ‘ongress, CPs ap