LPP’ DELEGATION REPORTS-1

Steps taken by CPSU welcomes

Warm approval of the steps being taken by the Com-
munist Party of the Soviet~Union to “eradicate all the un-
democratic and unsccialist practises that came into being
in the USSR under the Stalin cult, together with fraternal
of some aspects of Soviet policy, were registered
adopted here last week by the national
of the suaearsiaias sec oats Renty-

criticism
in a statement
executive

The statement was issued

ollowing several days of dis-
cussion by the executive on
the report of the LPP delega-

tion which met recently in
Moscow with leading mem-

bers of the Soviet Communist
party’s central committee.
Membe the LPP dele-
gation were Tim Buck, Leslie
Morris and J. B. Salsberg of

rs of

Toronto and William Kardash,
MLA, of

MEMRIDEE-

- by the LPP nat-
executive, with Sals-+
berg, former Ontario MPP and
now head of the LPP organi-
zation in Metropolitan Toron-
to, attaching reservations to
his vote in favor.

Full

follows:

text of the statement

TORONTO form that accords with funda-

TIM BUCK

Aim of discussions

the latter part of
national executive

During
August the
of the Labor-Prog
sent a delegation of four mem-
bers to the Soviet Union for
the purpose of holding discus-
sions with the leaders of the
Communist Party of the So-
viet number of
questions high-
lighted by its 20th congress.

2ssive party

Union on a

which were

This was done in the spirit
of the well-known declaration
issued by the communist par-
of the Soviet Union and
of Yugoslavia on June 20,
1956, in the city of Moscow,
which states in part:

= . the two parties have
sreed that their cooperation
shall be based on complete
voluntariness and equality,
friendly criticism and com-
radely exchange of” opinions
on controversial questions.”

ties

And further:

. . the promotion of dur-
able peace, security and social
progress requires broad co-
operation between all progres-
Sive and. peace-loving forces,

which is making itself in-
creasingly felt in diverse
forms and on a world scale.

This cooperation is an essen-

tial need of modern social
development. Such contacts
must be equal, frank demo-

eratic, and accessible to world

public opinion.”

It was the desire of the LPP
its representatives should
further explore all factors
which gave rise to and sus-
tained for so long the cult of
the individual and its evil con-
sequences within the party and

ha
tnat

government of the Soviet Un-

ion, within the parties and
governments of the People’s
Democracies, and its effects

upon the communist and work-

ers’ parties elsewhere.

The delegation spent more
than two weeks in the Soviet

Union. They held a number of
valuable discussions with
leaders of the Communist

Party.of the Soviet Union and
with a substantial number of
other prominent Soviet citi-
zens. :

They exchanged opinions
with members of the CPSU
on a number of questions re-
lated to the great world
changes that were signalized
by the 20th congress of the
CPSU; the fact that it is’ pos-
sible now to prevent a world
war and the prospect that a
peaceful advance to socialism
can develop in varied new
forms in a number of countries.

The delegation stressed that
in Canada the conception of
parliamentary government in-
cludes the idea of the right of
parties to advocate an entirely
different social system from
‘the one served by the govern-
ment of the day. That includes
assumption of the right in a
People’s Parliament, for a
party to advocate maintenance
of private property, in the
means of large-scale produc-
tion.

The prospect of such a par-
liamentary opposition does
conflict with the widespread
erroneous assumption that a
Soviet government with its
one-party system is the only

mental Marxist principle ap-
plicable to all countries.

The delegation emphasized
the necessity for a new and
critical examination of the
scientific historical concept of
working class government in
conditions of a multi-party
parliamentary system.

It emphasized that a num-
ber of other questions of poli-
tical theory require further
study as a result of the fact
that socialism has now em-
erged from the territorial
limits of one country and has

‘become a mighty world sys-

tem.

Socialism is, developing rap-
idly as a world system while
there are still marked varia-
tions in the levels of economic
and cultural life within the
socialist countries. There is
need for critical international
debate and more correct Marx-
ist explanation of the law of
the full conformity of the su-
perstructure of a given society
with its base.

It is necessary to reject the
claim put forward in the
USSR under the influence of
the Stalin cult, that the theory
of the socialist revolution is
completed. With the rejec-
tion of that  anti-Leninist
idea, a further series of new
theoretical questions will com-
mand attention.

The delegaiton offered frank
fraternal criticism of the man-
ner in which the public
struggle to eradicate the cult
of the individual was initiat-
ed.

While welcoming the action
of the leadership of the CPSU
in placing the terrible facts
before the delegates to the
20th congress, the delegation
pointed out that, in Canada,
there is widespread criticism
of the manner in which the
facts became public.

They described the shock felt
by Canadian workers at the
gross violations of ‘socialist
democracy. They reiterated
unqualified condemnation of
the crimes committed against
Soviet nationalities and citi-
zens, including the Jewish
people.

The delegation emphasized
the changed relationship of
the communist parties of the
world to purely fraternal re-
lationships of equal parties, in
no way subordinate one to
the other, and without any in-
ternational organization. All
the questions of concern to the
international labor movement
must be made the subject of
critical public debate.

Towards that objective the

delegation proposed an inter- and the representatives of

national discussion of new
methods by which,,to develop
systematic exchange of critical
opinions between all parties.
They pointed out that, only by
continuous development of
active international debate of
all aspects of Marxism-Lenin-
ism, of its theory and its ap-
plication, can-all parties play
their full role in the enrich-
ment of our world historical
science and secure full bene-
fit in the process of its en-
richment.

The Labor-Progressive party
will play its part in the de-
velopment of such active re-
lationships by strengthening
its fraternal but unequivocal
criticism of weaknesses and
shortcomings; internationally
as well as in Canada.~ The
LPP will develop more fully
the practice of bringing for-
ward questions concerning
the theory and practice of
Marxism-Leninism before fel-
low parties all over the world.

In addition to the above
questions it was the desire of
the LPP that its representa-
tives fully acquaint themselves
with the manner in which the
national question was being
solved in the Soviet Union,
and more particularly with the
way in which the problems
of the Jewish community in
the USSR are being solved.

The discussions between the
representatives of our party

Conclusions drawn

The delegation has now re-
turned and has made its re-
port to the national executive
committee of thé Labor-Pro-
gressive party. On the basis
of their report and the jis-
cussions which followed it, the
LPP national executive com-
mittee draws the following
general conclusions:

The national executive com-
mittee welcomes the informa-
tion of our. representatives
about the progress made in the
restoration of socialist legal-
ity and socialist democracy

in the Soviet Union. An ex-

poate 2 *

WILLIAM KARDASH, MLA
-_
OCTOBER 19, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE

CPSU were indicative ©
new relationship whi
coming into being bet rth
the Communist Party bi
Soviet Union and the ©
nist and workers’ partie
other countries.

This. trend should £9 “i
way towards healing ¢
between the a eamunieeal i
socialists in the worl ett
movement and towards: sit
thening the forces that
for peace and progress:

The delegation was
impressed by the Brera
vances made by the, af
Union on_ the industl®®
ricultural, scientific Re 4
cational fronts. od
vances are te. oe cit!
a number of important 5 tio?
gains, such as the redu isis
of hours of work, the
of the minimum wae
raising of pension pay yc
and the extension 0
tional opportunities: 4 stl”

The delegation gaine ould
er evidence of the ve
desire of the CPSU @
Soviet people ‘fo
lasting peace in ti
The Soviet government iy
solved to purgue with?
ering its course for
ful solution of all outs
international issues,
development of trade
tural relations and £0 ntti
friendship with 4 a
and peoples.

panding effort is peing ™ és
to discover the hat it q
fects of the conditioMS 4, |

prevailed during the Jodi
iod of the cult of the "soit :
ual in every phase cient
social, cultural and ull i" |
life. This process e. ice °
promise for the ae
new, unfettered creal

on all sides.

At the same time the ® mies ;
al executive comm i
obliged to state that ae
discussions which ore
tion carried on helpé
fy some questions ni
thereby marked 4) 4,
it did not as yet prov
understanding om rf |
and challengini c -
which the reve Jatin aes q
posed before all inde '
thinking Marxists é
the world. ve:

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to be found for
question how it W ows | ie
to steadily narrow
finally to make &

and more
1937, a period :
the socialist bas' ‘5 e
gressively broa eres .
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