_ ‘Turned off by old party politi-
Cians who serve big business and
doublecross the people?

“Then you, like millions of

Others, are looking for real
Change, a people’s program,
fighting candidates ...”’

That is how the people’s pro-
&tam of the Communist Party of
the United States begins. Gus
Hall and Jarvis Tyner, CPUSA

Candidates for president and
vice-president have been cam-
Paigning, along with thousands of
Supporters in state after state to
Set the Party’s ticket on the ballot.

They have also. been, fighting
hard on the issues and for the plat-
form of the Party in meetings and
Via the media across the country.
The ten-point platform calls for:
_ @ Slash the bloated military
budget by 80% (which now stands
at $120-billion — the highest in
history)

e Create jobs — cut the work
Week to 30 hours at 40 hours’ pay.

e End all cold war policies —
Strengthen détente and trade rela-
tions with the socialist world.

e Independence for Puerto

0.

e Outlaw racism — make ra-
Cism a crime carrying prison

‘ penalties; Strengthen civil rights

WS.

e A secure future for youth —
€nact a National Youth Act.

e End discrimination and estab-
lish equality for women.

e Justice for senior citizens.

e Make people’s health care a

0. 1 priority.

e Abolish all anti-democratic

nd repressive laws — control the
FBI and CIA.

““Nine-tenths of the U.S. people
have no confidence in either the
Republican president or the
Democratic Congress,’’ the pro-
8ram charges. ‘‘They and their

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president and vice-president.

system are responsible for mass
unemployment and inflation -..
they adopted a bloated arms
budget ... they use racism to di-
vide the working people ... they
have ravaged our cities. They've
slashed funds for the people’s
needs — homes, schools, hospi-
tals, health care...”

In an appeal to the widest sec-
tions of Americans, the program,
under a heading ‘‘Unite Against
Big Business, says:

‘Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner say
frankly: we are for socialism.
Capitalism has long ago outlived.

. its usefulness. It is a rotten, dying

system that breeds war, poverty
and racism. :

‘‘Whether you agree with our
socialist ideals or not, we call on
you to join in a giant fight against
big business which dominates the
economic and political life of our
nation. We want to help build a
powerful anti-monopoly front of
labor, small farmers, small busi-

| Week of Solidarity with Cyprus

‘2nd anniversary of coup

HELSINKI — An Interna-
tional Week of Solidarity with
Cyprus will be marked around the
World from July 15 to 20, during
he second anniversary of the
Coup d’état and the Turkish inva-
Sion of Cyprus.

“The Cyprus problem remains
Unsolved,’’ states a letter circu-
lated by the International Com-
Mittee of Solidarity with Cyprus.

In flagrant violation of UN re-
Solutions,”’ it asserts, ‘‘the crisis
M this sensitive area is still con-
tinuing. The fact that 40% of the
territory of the country remains
Under foreign occupation and
One-third of the population are re-

Rees is endangering not only the -

Very existence of a sovereign
State and a UN member, but also
Peace in the region and the
World,’’ ; -

The Committee, with Romesh

handra as president and
“Vvgenia Kiranova as secretary,
Points out that this International

ek of Solidarity ‘‘will be or-
8anized in the framework of the

Preparations for a World Confer- -

€nce of Solidarity with Cyprus,

for Implementation of UN Resol-

Utions, to be held in Frankfurt,
ain. Oct. 29-31.”

‘The urgency of solving the

rus problem on the basis of

the UN resolutions is now widely

understood,’ the International
Committee-notes, ‘‘and the sup-
port of the peace forces in the
world for the Cyprus Republic is
growing. Nevertheless, urgent ac-
tion to save Cyprus, to save
peace, is required.”

The International Committee
urges statements, meetings and
other events ‘‘as a mighty expres-
sion of world opinion in support
of the independence, sovereignty,
territorial integrity and the policy
of non-alignment of Cyprus, and
in solving the great human and
political problems of the refugees
and the missing persons.”

Delegations to government
leaders asking them to ensure the
implementation of the UN resolu-
tions on Cyprus, is one method of
action suggested.

‘In supporting Cyprus,’’ the
Committee asserts, ““we are act-
ing in defense of peace, respect of
human rights, respect of the right
of countries to independence,
sovereignty, territorial integrity.”

In Canada, the executive sec- _

retary of the Canadian Peace
Congress, Jean Vautour, said that
the Congress will be in communi-
cation with the Democratic Cyp-
riot Organization in Canada to
plan activities for the July 15-20
Solidarity Week.

Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner, Communist Party USA candidates for

ness, professionals and cultural
workers which can turn our nation
to dcourse of peace and progress.
‘*We say: don’t stay away from
the elections. Get into the fight.
Help place the Communist Party
on the ballot and exercise your
right to cast the vote with the most
clout — the Communist vote. . .””
By July 1 the nation-wide drive
to put Hall and Tyner on the ballot
topped 200,000 names. ‘‘Despite
mounting legal obstacles placed in
our path,’’ Matty Berkelhammer,
field coordinator at the Hall-Tyner
campaign office said, ‘‘the fact
that we were able to win such a
significant level of support shows

. the mass sentiment for a real polit-
ical alternative.”

Soviet trade.
saved thousands

of U.S. jobs

PITTSBURGH Soviet
purchases in the U.S. in 1975
helped ‘‘preserve’’ thousands of
jobs, according to J.B. Perkins,
president of the National
Machine Tool Builders Associa-
tion. Perkins told the Machine
Tool Forum, held here earlier this
month, that trade with the Soviets
would promote world peace, pro-
vide more jobs and improve “‘na-
tional security.”’

210,000 Jobs

Perkins said U.S.-USSR trade
last year was $2.1-billion, which
equals 210,000 jobs.

However, he added, U.S. sales
of machine tools to the Soviets
totaled only $89-million in 1975.

‘*There are,”’ he said, ‘‘virtu-
ally no sales of sophisticated n/c
or CNC (numerically controlled
or computerized n/c) machine
tools sold to the Soviets, the area
where the U.S. has the greatest
technological lead. This is primar-
ily the result of (U.S.) govern-
ment restrictions, plus the lower
level of sophistication of Soviet
industry.”

Perkins detailed the growth of
Soviet purchases of machine
tools from the U.S: from 1972 to
1975; for example, $4-million up
to $43-million for automotive
producing machinery, and $2 mil-
lion to $21 million for power pres-
ses and forming machinery etc.

Calling for greater exploration
of trade with the Soviet Union,
Perkins said, ‘‘the meaning and
benefits of detente have become
blurred by the political pirouettes
of our national leaders.”’

\

MINISTERS REFUSE TO SERVE IN NEW SPANISH
GOVERNMENT

MADRID — Two government ministers have refused to serve under
newly appointed Premier Adolfo Suarez. Suarez was appointed to the
premiership of the fascist government by King Juan Carlos after former
Premier Carlos Arias Navarro was forced to resign two weeks ago.

Foreign Minister Jose Maria de Areilza and Interior Minister Manuel
Frago declared their opposition to the appointment of Suarez and their
refusal to serve under him July 5.

Suarez was a life-long supporter of the late dictator Franco and his
fascist National Movement. The two ministers reportedly objected to
Suarez’ close ties with the fascist movement.

COMMUNIST PARTY GETS POSTS IN ITALIAN PARLIAMENT
~ ROME — The Communist Party of Italy has two positions in the
Italian parliament. Pietro Ingrao was elected president of the Chamber
of Deputies, the first time a Communist has held the post in nearly 30
years. The PCI also holds one of the four vice-presidential positions in
the Senate.

AFRICAN LEADERS MEET IN MARITIUS a
MAURITIUS — Foreign Ministers of the Organization of African
Unity (OAU), at their conference here last week, approved resolutions
calling for a boycott of the Montreal: Olympics if New Zealand is
allowed to participate; condemning the massacres in South Africa and
pledging to extend maximum political, economic and military assis-
tance to the liberation movements of South Africa to “‘enable them to

execute armed struggle”’ if a repetition of such a massacre occurs; and -

calling for a special United Nations Security Council meeting to dis-
cuss the Israeli raid on the Ugandan airport last weekend.

USE OF AFRIKAANS IN SCHOOLS MADE OPTIONAL
PRETORIA — The South African government announced July 6
that the forced use of Afrikaans in Black-classrooms would be dropped.
Protests by Black students last month over the compulsory use of
Akrikaans resulted in the worst police violence against Blacks since the
1960 Sharpeville massacre.
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HANOI -— Opening sessions of the Vietnamese National Assembly
are taking place here. It is the first National Assembly in 30 years. The
first tasks of the Assembly Include choosing a national anthem, a flag, a
coat-of-arms and a name for a reunited Vietnam. :
TIM

Soviet Soyuz 21 flight
will dock with space station

By MIKHAIL CHERNYSHOV ;

BAIKONUR COSMOD-
ROME, USSR (APN) — On July |
6 the spaceship Soyuz-21 lifted off
to carry out joint experiments
with the orbital space station Sal-
yut 5, launched at the end of June.
The ship has a crew of two —
commander Boris Volynov and
flight engineer Vitaly Zholobov.

Volynov, 42, was a crew
member aboard Soyuz-5 in 1969
and has been a cosmonaut for 16
years. Before the flight he told re-
porters that today’s space flights
have become both easier and
more difficult. Easier, because of
the amount of experience
amassed over the years. More

difficult because new technology
allows for the carrying out of an
ever larger number and more

‘complex experiments during

flight.

Volynov was the commander
of a group of Soviet cosmonauts
and trained the back-up crew for
the joint Soviet-American space
project last year.

*

BORIS VOLYNOV

Vitaly Zholobov, 39, after gra-
duating from the Azerbaijan Insti-
tute of Petrochemistry in 1959
joined the family of cosmonauts
in 1963. He has participated in
controlling a number of space
shots and, in the opinion of his
comrades, is an excellent special-
ist in his field.

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