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MEET IN MOSCOW

Youth from 110 countries discuss common struggle

MOSCOW—The World Meet- ing of Working Youth, held in Trade Union House, Nov. 10-15, brought together about 500 fore- ign guests representing youth organizations of more than 110 countries. Besides young work- ers from socialist, capitalist and developing countries, there were representatives of youth sections of trade unions and of socialist, social-democrat and Christian groups.

The leading event of the rally was a conference on the subject, Working youth in the present

’ society and their struggle for

their rights, social progress, na- tional independence and peace. Discussions in various com- missions dealt with the position and role of working youth in modern social production, ques- tions related to the fight against imperialism, for peace, demo- cracy and national independence, and the topical problems of social and economic progress. Claude Demers, a member of the executive committee of the Young Communist League of Canada, dealt in his speech with the fact that in Canada hundreds of thousands of young people are jobless. Exploiting this, he said, the monopolists pay young people low wages. The employ- ers are doing everything they can to divide the workers and foment national strife among them, he told the meeting. Delegates Meet Press

Following the meeting, deleg- ates made trips to the union republics of the country, becom- ing acquainted with the life of the Soviet people. They spoke of their impressions.

Octavio Reyes, representative of the Socialist Youth of Chile, said: “We are proud to be here on the eve of such a great holi- day as the 50th Anniversary of

_the formation of the USSR. For

us these 50 years constitute a real book of life; all the mem- bers of our delegation are sure that the meeting held in Moscow

will promote the ever greater cohesion of all the progressive youth of our planet and strength- en the anti-imperialist front of the fight for democracy, peace, national independence and so- cialism.”

Referring to Chile he said that reactionary forces are still ac- tive in the country.

“Thus, having taken advant- age of the unlawful strike called by the owners of trucks and certain commercial enterprises, the reactionaries tried to para- lyze the supply of food to the population, and create a state of chaos and uncertainty in the country.

“All the progressive forces of Chile, however, including youth, gave a firm rebuff to their inter- nal enemies.

“Recent events in Chile have proven the durability of demo- cratic gain. The strength and unity of the working class and peasantry.

Support Indochina

The envoys of foreign youth declared their solidarity with Indochina. They are united in their demand: the United States must ‘stop its aggression and immediately sign the agreement on restoring peace in Vietnam.

Nhamany Thongsavath, mem- ber of the central committtee of the Lao Haksat Youth League recalled that the people and youth of Laos have been de- fending their independence, dig- nity and vital rights under the leadership of the Patriotic Front for many years now.

“In violation of the Geneva Agreements of 1952, the Ameri- can aggressors are waging a war of destruction on the soil of our country. But it is impossible to break our people. They are de- termined to continue their strug- gle against the aggressor.” More than 2,500 aircraft had been shot down and four-fifths of the ter- ritory of the country liberated, the speaker said. At the same time the Patriotic Front of Laos

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is continuing its efforts to find ways for the peaceful settle- ment of the Laotian problem.

Hoaquin Beitia, of the Na- tional Centre of Working Peo- ple of Panama told reporters:

“In the Moldavian union re- public we visited collective farms and industrial establish- ments and were acquainted with the work of trade union and Komsomol organizations. These meetings enabled us better to understand the nature of so- cialist society.

“At a factory making precise instruments we were interested in the workers’ participation in the distribution, of the plant’s profits, the organization of so- cial maintenance and the kinder- gartens.”

Carvalho Joaquiia Ribeira, re-_

presentative of the Front for the

Liberation of Mozambique (FRE- .

LIMO):

Here youth are exchanging their experience, of struggle against imperialism, telling . of the construction of a new life. The bulk of the FRELIMO fighters are youth, and it was interesting for us to know about

the life of youth in other coun- tries and to apply their knowl- edge to our struggle.

We made a trip over the country, visited the Uzbek union republic, and saw with our own eyes the vast achievements scored by the world’s first so- cialist country.

The Leninist teaching on the nationai question is of vast sig- nificance for our country. Mo- zambique has more than 60 tribes speaking different lan- guages, The Portuguese admin- istration carries out a clear-cut policy of fostering tribal enmity. In its activities it is guided by

the old formula of the imperial-

ists — ‘Divide and Rule.”

People of more than a hun- dred nationalities live in a close- knit family in the Soviet Union. All of them are united by a com- mon aim — the building of a commurrist sGciety?. O°

Youth Jobless:in Sweden

Claes-Gorman: Carlson, mem- ber of a group of socialist youth, Sweden:

Young workers are the first to feel the impact of employers’ will. Unemployment. among youth in Sweden is twice as high as among the adults. The gov- ernment seeks to solve the pro- blem by providing youths and

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