There IS such |ADDRESSES 22ND CONGRESS. a Party 7 _ By LESLIE MORRIS MOSCOW—No doubt the new Palace of Congress in the Kremii:., where the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is meeting, is one of the most beautiful halls in the world. It was built in well under a year. Soft lighting brings out the smooth symmetry of the great auditorium. It is an example of the simple beauty of the new Soviet architecture which is gradually repiacing the gaudy “gingerbread” style of past years. When Nikita Khrushchev was reporting to the Congress, one remark he made stuck in the memory. With the sense of history : which characterizes the Soviet Communist Party he described how the monarchists in 1917 laughed at Lenin when he outlined what the Communists would do to save Russia. ‘“Where is the party that could think of doing what these madmen propose?,” they scornfully asked. “There is such a party”, replied Lenin. “The Bolshevik party can and will remake Russia and lead the people in making great changes.”’ . - - a « 3% % How well Lenin spoke in 1917, in a Russia stricken by war and destruction; with. the civil power in collapse and anarchy funning amok in high places. ° A few -months later ‘the delegates ‘to Second Congress of Soviets in their majority gave support to the Bolsheviks, and the revolution was in good hands. Lenin was proved right by history: The Communist Party led the people through famine and civil war, through economic breakdown and chaos, through economic boycott by the West, through the first Five Year Plan in 1928 to the successful construction of socialism in the 1930’s, through a bloody war which, as Churchill said at the time only Russia could with- Stand, through the cold war, now in climax in the Berlin crisis . =-to the building of communism, a society of Peace, Work, Friendship and Happiness, as the delegates to this Congress repeat again and again. A 3 e i There is such a party—in Germany, in Italy, in France, in Canada, in the USA (where the Communists have.a party “small in size but big in soul.’”’-as Khrushchev told the delegates) and in all couniries of NATO. : There are those who sneer at the Communist Party ‘of Can- ada ‘and say that it is so small and never destined to accomplish its program. Let them think again. Are they really certain: of what they say? How many times was the same thing said about Russia, China, Poland, Hungry, about all the socialist countries. And look at them, today. * * It is not because of any “pre-degfination”’ that this is so. _ Et is because all the ills of capitalism, from” war to cheap ad- vertising, are incurable by capitalist forces. Nothing that eapitalists can do can change their system. How could they? Yet the problems that beset our country cry out for solution; unemployment, economic stagnation, our subordination to the USA, cultural backwardness, the howling contradiction between our ability to produce and the restriction of the people’s purchas- ing power, ‘ 3 The Communist program has tif answers to these problems; no other party, including the New Democratic Party can say the Same, because in one way or another, they basically defend the capitalist system and are opposed to radical social changes. ' True, the Communist Party is small. But that is a matter of quantity, which time will inevitably change for the better, as it did in Russia where the 10,000 Communists of 1917 are the 10,000,000 Communists of. 1961, Quality is the main thing, the: poltiical and moral substance of the party’s program. That is what Lenin meant when he said, “There is such a party.’’ He knew that Russia was ripe for a second, socialist: revolution, and-that only his party stood con- sistently for socialism as the first-stage of the communist society which is now being discussed in detail at this great Congress in the Kremlin’s beautiful new hall. | © | cs * * % Nothing can stop this social ang political progress. It is the supreme law of modern. times: all countries, great and small, will go to socialism and then to communism, with the Commu- mists as the people’s leaders. : “Aath PUR aS — Russian Revolution BANQUET | -. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12 — - DREAMLAND HALL 27 CHURCH ST., NEW WESTMINSTER i (Across from Eaton’s). ~~ is SUPPER SERVED — 4 TO 6 P.M. GUEST SPEAKER — ENTERTAINMENT Everyone Welcome | material framework of the rich Tim Buck, who together with -Leslie Morris is attend- ing the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, extended fraternal greetings on behalf of the Communist Party . of Canada. After greeting the delegates and Soviet people, Buck de- clared: e We greet the unprecedented advance achieved by the Soviet people, the advance guard of all mankind in the building of communism, since your histor- ic and history-making 20th Congress. These achievements, com- bined with the policy of con- sistent struggle for peace pur- sued by your ¢entrak commit- tee and government; under the brilliant leadership. of Com- rade Krushchev, are the con- crete immediate reason why socialism is winning position after position in world-wide peaceful competition. They show why it is inevit- able that imperialism will con- tinue to lose’ position after position and why its crisis and decay must become more and more evident. These facts are of direct im- portance to Canadian workers and farmers. : In depressing contrast to the surging all-round growth of so- cialist economy in the Soviet Union, the people of Canada have been victims of an alarm- ing decline in the rate‘of econ- Omic development during the very years in which the Soviet people’ have made _ unprece- dented gains. ~ _ s Since 1956, in terms of con- stant dollars, the aggregate value of goods produced per head of population has actu- ally declined. The working class is scourged by chronic mass unemployment and there has been an epidemic of bank- ruptcies of -small businesses. It is the first result in Cana- da of the deepening crisis of imperialism. NEW PROGRAM We greet the inspiring new program introduced by Com- rade Khrushchev. This warm, Human, scientifically. elaborat- ed document is, truly, the Communist Manifesto of this epoch, This, the first concrete plan for the full-scale building of communism, delineates the path by which all mankind will within this epoch, make its his- toric “leap” from the realm of necessity to the realm of free- dom. ae The magnificent plan of: all- round economic, scientific and cultural advance which is the and abundant life projected in They‘d rather be ‘cremated unequal’ It finally happened, as confirmed by-this paragraph in an article in the October 7 issue of the Financial Post: | “In Florida, an argument has broken out as to wheth- er or not bomb shelters should admit both whites and Negroes.” Buck hails Soviet program | for building of communism your wonderful historic pro- gram is influencing world pol- itics already; even’ while the draft of it was being subjected to critical study and discussion by tens of millions of Soviet citizens and tens of thousands of proposals were jpeing put forward looking to its further improvement. The prime minister of Cana- da was impelled to attempt to polemize against the new pro- gram but, in his attempt, he was compelled also to acknow- ledge its tremendous import- ance to the future of the world. As early as September a [2B Prime Minister Diefenbaker warned the members of the House of Commons that Berlin is but a symbol of the world- wide conflict between capital- ism and communism. bers of parliament that, if they would grasp the magnitude of this conflict and understand the challenge confronting capi- talism, they should read the new program of the Commu- nist Party of the Soviet Union —which he described correctly as the new Communist Mani- festo. SELL-OUT OF CANADA I should add that the pro- gram of the Canadian Party, which we adopted two years ago, lays bare the fact that the bourgeoisie have sold out con- trol of the country to United States imperialism. : They have reduced Cana- dians to the unenviable posi- tion, of being citizens of an im- periatist state in which the dominant’ onopoly-capitalist influence is that of a foreign power. State-monopoly capitalism in Canada is very highly concen- trated and is completely dom- inant but itself is dependent upon United States imperial- ism. The demand for national in- dependence, to end United States domination of the coun- try, expresses the aspirations of very wide circles of both the nations of Canada, French and English speaking. Our program directs the main blow against United States imperialism and its Ca- nadian partners. Important components of the struggle to restore Canadian independence are: the demands for adoption of a foreign policy He informed his fellow mem-} alienation of the natural sources of the country; for 2 tionalization of key indus now owned by foreign m polies; withdrawal of Canada from NATO and the withdraw al of all United States forees from Canadian soil. Be Thus, every gain made in the’ struggle to restore Canadiat) independence is a blow against. the imperialist instigators 0*” war, Y DISARMAMENT — : We greet Comrade Khrush« chev’s challenging reiterat of the fact that the Soviet Union is prepared to accept any proposals for the most. rigid international control pro: vided that the imperialist gov", ernments will join seriously in general and complete disarm ment. ‘ od wad 4 t This is vital. It is our answe? to the imperialist warmonge!s. and the cultivators of. confit, sion. : Ee . Precisely because no forces; in the world can stem the tide of mankind’s advance it ®. necessary that the world Cont — munist movement. strengthens — more and more the broad) struggle against the aims_ am! provocative schemes of the im" perialist instigators of war. ame em a The monopoly-capitalist {1 terests which dominate Canada are ready to plunge the cout try into war at the behest the United States. a The masses of the people af& opposed to this. In widespreae public meetings and demon” strations and by public. pet tions, they are supporting the. slogan of our party: “No Wa!” Over Berlin!” ¢ But, as Comrade Khrush* “chev pointed out, the struggle for peace must-advance beyond - defensive reactions when th danger of war becomes acute In Canada, as in all capital ist countries, the men and W0 men of various philosophical tendencies who are united 1 the desire for peace must b® helped to grasp the facts that a peace treaty with Germany’ is vital to the peace of the world, that a serious struggle for peace must of necessity 1° clude action to compel the im perialist governments, offici: le ly, to renounce war as an 1” strument. of national policy and to agree to complete ane 4 general world disarmament. ~ of neutrality; for an end to the Herman Titov. November 10, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pageé Tim Buck and Leslie Morris, Canadian fraternal delegat®? to the 22nd Congress, chat with Soviet delegate astronau” 8