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NOW *, PAUL JOSBPH AND OTHERS.

AUDU5NCB ASSBMBIJJD FACING S P M B R S .

3-R* p^ g Y CCTTOW. D^ar s p ^ v ™ T •»----* zpmkera, l*die» and G*ntleawc. I

**uit to op«n the meetin* an* t *

absence of the C h a l i W f tt? T h ^ S J ! tonra|>ort tha the speakers, thoro iro « P 2? ' Bofor© I call onregard to tho banning of trudo Bi 1 WMbo InSuppression of Conmu^iam I L T ° n^ Bdor8 undortbc mfiat-J roo 4 . «-u- _ . . am* * notloo that:

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— or uocmuniam t -- uaaor* tijcratin gs is tho moetin* holdiSS h* t ono ° r is tho Peaoo end Friendshic xnootin« today ahd that

rn J? 10rn 08 0 Conmunlst bofy it i?f*h Sln° ° t M a *©etingCommunism. Thct 18 very faJ p^resc‘rde< promotingthought thct our Ruoat 0 trut&* It M r be

p e S ^ o i s 8 n o T a ^ h " ^ . W S .

that la a stop ^ w a r t ^ o l o o f S 0?4! ^ * ° * n

0,t08orl3° * r v ■ s 2 o » * s s , tj s ; £ « • “

to addroL^yoS.t0 Q3k y0U tD allow mo to eali on Sleuiu, i •

to you for h n y in g ^ 'v Q n ^ Q ^ J ? 11̂ 3* 1 cm very grntoful

I hl “ 00J ln6 Qbjut tho littlo I 3sc°5Pi ^ ? ltL i f Q(Ĵ « « l n « I wish to state from tho « i rD til0 So#iot Unioninterests of South Africa ? thftt At is in the■rlth the Soviet Union an* * that th frlentJ1* N a t i o n s should do what thoy oaA t o o t L J * ? °opl0 of South A f r i c a Soriot Union is om of oato that friondahip, Thn

Soviet Union loaves tho feunili os°l8t P0" 01*8 ^ou bavo. The the pooplo who orj doing this r r - ?n?°a° 0 and 1 ft)° 1 th6t

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Union on my way to C M n c .°Pv*?t»o?-y11V Cya ln tho ^ v lo tin colobrutiona on tho 7th Nov mb r to participr.toto sec tho count*

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oountry a$d the U,3.A* Tbs fir il thing I observed in tbs Soviet Union was that in all publio buildings you fint slogans of peace, and all the aoheols I vieited also had these slogans of peaoe. There was one slogan showing the relations between the'Soviot Union and the East, for instenoe India and Pakistan, statins tho history of tho relations between thoeo oountrios. I thought /that was ono of the groatost things to soo in a sohool. That was ono of the things I thought most Important. Onco you tecoh tho youth pouco, thon you are building a real foundation for poaoe and friendship. I saw'Mosoow and the Rod Squaro. It is not tho Rod Squoro sinoo 1918. It has boon thc.t sinoo .tho 17th oontury, and it v/r.s bofbre, and it i 8 still known as tho s'-mo. I also saw Finland

and a building usod by tho kings sinoo the 18th oontury.

Whet Improssod mo most of nil was tho pooplo in tho ( stroot. Thoy woro woll drcssod cnd they all looked quito | happy, and naturally it had to bo so booauso tho most 'important thing in tho Soviot Union is poaoo. I had the opportunity to visit one of the theatres used by tlye highest classes at one time. That theatre is used by all today. I also saw the building oxhibition whoro tho various buildings aro dosignod* Ono was tho university

I of Moscow, thtf biggost in tho world. Four of thorn have been built and four aro still unfler construction. Some of theso buildings aro 32 storoy buildings, and wo woro told that it would tako four years to builfl thorn. Wo also saw tho underground statlonJ Thera you aro not told that you must not smoko; you soo /for yoursolf that you

. must not amoko. Thoro thoy uso prpcious stone and they 1 have beautiful docorations, and thoy dopict cultural bodi

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I also had tho ooofsion to visi^ Baky, tho oapital of bno of the fiftoon states affiliated to tho Soviot Union.

'I visltod ono hospital and ono stato factory, and ono w foqtory* In tho wool faotory I wr.e struok by tho great responsibility given to tho women./ Thoy woro doing Important technical Jobs, thoy worb supervisors and in on factory the director wr.a a woman, { I noticod that people, wore working without supervision, and I askod tho people why thoy did that and they said t^at it was in their own interests. They said that they do not get any assistance from the other countrios and' thoy have to w rk for thoir own survival. That was the workers. I asked them whether they were in the Soviot Union and thoy said that as botwoon tho timo thoy woro undor the Czars and tho

Jprosont loaders, thor. was no comparison. I askod them whothor thoro was any difference in tho Soviot Union now and that was thoir roply. Thon I visited an industrial 1 sohbol with 10,000 students. They woro all heppy. Thr^, of tho pooplc could spoak English and thoy spoko to mo and askod mo about South Africa and I told them about tho so-called position in this country. I myself livod in tho Moscow Hotol. Not only did I stay thoro but I had an opportunity of seeing people sitting down, drinking and dancing, perhaps 1 was struck by the music and sooing tho pooplo dancing boccuso I am fond of music. Theso things moan quito a lot to mo because I oould not imagine

, people singing end dancing unless it came from the bottom I of their hearts. I could not imagine people singing end danoing just to please mo. I also had an occasion to go out with an interpreter and I found all tho pooplo

♦ happy. Thoy wero all happy and theroforo I gained the I impression, having soon some of the oountrios, that tho

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I Soviet Union was not only a great power, perhaps militant, but that It was leading the people, and thai'e w m .90 alternative to that impression. The workers did not have to wait for tffte professors to tell them how to do things, they oould make their own suggestion* apd the people naturally took pride in this* I visited a motoroar factory. I was akAkad whothor Johannesburg had more oars than Moscow. The only thing which disturbed mo was that tho Mosoow stroeta were too wldo, oompared to thoso of Johannesburg. I was improssod by tho now buildings of Johannesburg and I was surpriaod to soo the old buildings in Moscow. I asked them why they were still thers and they said that they book pride in them. They th M showed me a plan of tho New Mosoow, tho typos of buildings idiloh wero going to bo usod» and some of tho now buildings had already boon oponod. I wont to tho library whioh had 1 7 , 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 books. I had associations with libraries in this country, and tho ono ia tho Capo Town library* X folt that it wauld bo in tho intorosts of tho people of the Soviot Union, and thus assist in good relationships, not only in Cape Town but in Johannesburg for than to have an association with the library in Moseow, One of the reasons is that these people are engaged 1ft the investigation of great soientifio problems. We ooald borrow from their knowledge. I am not thinking about the selfish motives of the politicians, but that we should borrow what is useful. It would interest you to know that I had a pimple Just horo and I want to a hospital and aaked whether I oould have the pimple taken out. They agreed to do it and they told me that It would be painless. The next day there was a celebration and I went after the oolobration and thon thoro waa another pimplo and the work was dono by an oldorly wman dootor and she addressed mo as, Sir* not that I oared for that, but Judt to show you that I was treated as one of them and there was no oolour bar. Now the celebration was the thing I was most interested in. All the people oould see the celebration iT they wanted to and if they oould get there, went to tho oolobration and we wero near tho government stands, but a little further away, and we were able to sad sothe of the leading people. Naturally we were very interested.We were completely trusted to be present there. Hundreds of thousands of people passed us, and thoro was thd military, the workors and the people from the villagos and thoy wore

I all happy. In spite of the cold, these people were very warm and they took great Interest in our stand, as visitors,, and every time they paasod they threw flowers towards us. The spooach whioh was made by tho Minister of Finance was not in rogard to tho Soviot Union, but ho

| only emphasised jiufljjo. I also had an occasion to visit tho Rod Army Musoum. There thoro was the flag whioh waa hoiatod in Borltn. That waa offered to the Soviet Union and she was praised by tho whole world for tho good work she did. In tho musoum I also saw tho pictures of tho fivo peoplo who playod a groat part In'tho war, all Russian leaders. I also saw the pictures of other people who played a great part in the war and fought tho Nazi a in 1941 for 14 days. Thero were very few.

I havo been speaking in gonorel, tolling you cbout my impressions of tho Soviot/Union, fooling that thoy arc

/ going to load Europo. Tho omphasls is on tho young poopi and I only wish our pooplc will loam that tho young poop!

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_. * * * . . _ _ _ r. loflv who cgive us ft warm, wbIcobb anfl The principal was a laajwno g«v* fc therQ

she agreed to gnawer que;9 w asked why it w purely a

glrlB*”' achool^nd they aiid that it foXt t ^ t ^ t wa.

S i f f u J L r s s S t S i i s i - f f i ; n i h S ^ Sand it maintained a very well fitted library, x Know

Wthtolholl1 th“ lteach“» ■ S f S S d S ^ f e eeoh teachor

T i h ^ ' « c h atudont^oou^chooBc

^v o r v important point which thoy said dominated all

^u o h U o n U° aTho? a'SS tto o a S o a l l T U ® ?thlo .« unlo.a

t u J S S L n tImportant thing in tho So u»hr»n Mutarv is taughtbetween tho different ptacoj.

thoy “ ? § £ £ * ° L e « i o n ^ a » tho roapect endIJjaportent thing in jo woro.j,it up tml .tudonts woro

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thol^o«naor6enlsntlon3^fornponM^°^Thoro lj.^t?#^j|°“cor®

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ln^aomo^subjoot°or^othor, apojta or

, This is not Pr°P“f C tCthTe?itloira gooe on.

; A“ 5o £ S bi5ot5tetr& o ‘ i « f P ^ e e ^ f tjo aoheol^e . in

tho youngest ehlldren, and «hnn we nsto

1 ^ i d h/thr.t thoy^found it bott^ 0t^ I 0oJrSlar.tlona

by tho atudonta end aomotimoa they invito tho euino

oomo r.nd discuss the book with thorn.

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thoro^is* n®3[Jir^ ^ SQG^ ^ Q i 3maUpor0thon junior a*1 thoy ^ c °

s . - s ^ g s . S ? r £ J SeoantryI° P o o p f f r o fn in c d \ o °o o n o r * oxplM n to tho

atudonta the decisions of tho Supreme Connell.

The children r.ro compelled to go to the tho^tro md

al8o to oct thomaolvoa. ^ ^ “ ^ o y ^ l S disouss whc.t tivoy hf.vc ®°-£ ?rs fnd gomotimcs thoy c.re thoir own reports for tho P£pcr^ m0tllI103 thore esc very aont to tho papors in Moscow, aomotimtJ» mhrtn there uw ful oriticisms from tho young poopla.

ere a lot of amntour whioh rrc held r.t tho Tharo cto the usual oxaminr.tions whion r.re

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ana of tho quartors. The lr.at qurrtcr 1b uaod f o r ^

rovlslon end sta? °J^st« c Univoralty without any farther r?a thoy ocn 6 ^ n* ° 0H ^ t^ vS£« rMhor high. In tho ojeaminntipn. Tho propor** f th toachor.holidays they go ^ o r tho suldrnco^or^a^ picnio.

This is part o f . a f t e r * themBelTes, Aa far asThey are « Children is oonoernai, they are nthe education of the ohildren teachers

a r 8attend all the p Qr,>» t understand from thechildren have a BCh°° * . a -ood fow parties orDirector that tho child ^ intorforeoolobrations during tho w o o k ana .JJ studios . Thowith tho othor studonts, or-with thoir^studios^ ^

•toachors or^ nl8° o n ^ o w to uso u*> tho timo oftoachcrs advise tho P®J\ a c t i n g s whore tho

tho children. Tho t °Jchor® mothode of teaching.Diroctor gives directions on bettor metnoa* ^ lrV t ^ l -

Tho teachers liston each other. Those criti-and thoy go out and criiU * Thero is one mo^p pointclams aro takon L botwoon tho toaoheJrt't*nd thand that is the rcla J phlb. ° S teacher wa» thatchildren. H T W for all timo. That is notI 3 wore that I ^ ^ o t ^ S i o n ; the teacher is the

\ tho position in th , . , t is tho younger coBT^i°» \oldor epmrade onl tho istudent 1b tn. an(J

lWhon wo got ® f ^ rouIS from the one room to theatudonts wore * & l k i n s aro ^ ^ QrQ aia0uo8lng

•' othor, arm in two y founa tho roasoii. 1 matto^e. I Joinod tho® _ Whon I aakod thorn thought It was a wasto ° “ ° ^ ; ctod, p0oplc *o ‘ do after about it, thoy arc % * * * £ * ? a° g d on very neat pinnafore sitting for which, unfortunate Thoy gava as a nunbor of a m a i ^ Qf Qt th0 ^ p o itha South African Polico roll. polico do notI do not know whether the South A fP lc o n w ii

like the friendship b*tw?c^ ° Soil, wo wore• Unlin ana tho children of thoy woro

askod to loin t"“ , 1Sr^ “ a“ wc woro asfcoa to tol-,shouting "Poaco and ®ht- that we would toll thorn*hom something onfl wo attt„ ent. Inabout tho position of tho Nonpar r m n not

\ South Afrioa, and that the staa ono of th01 happy as they woro in tho Soviot uni , ^ ^Q d 3ho was

stufionts oamo up to mo ^ ^utii Afrioa. but, of ooursc, for tho young pionoors of SoutJi Afri a, , ^ galdshe did not know that ttoy wore P • Unlon werr

that before 1917 the ** and she had no doub.the same, but now they had change a ana That ^that the same would happen in o _ ^ * length with this

at this High School. I f to tell you aboutHigh School. Now I would a l s o like to Leix y ^

the ballets. I do not knew playing music and somhundreds c^ ^ r^ n^ TOO?hT t o l d us that after were doing ballet dan ingu comy from

school the children gp dancing and all kindsschool.. t h f Ohuartn ohooso what thoy wontof other subjects and the cniio « 3ectl0n whore thqr

o. Wo went to tne historians ae &boutpictures and nod els and when we astcea

to do.had

ha got'»at h i . little .tick »j«S ^ / ^ ‘ t iB T t o H io S o l

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then tho paronts broko through. Thore wore some of thd students-who could spook English and thoy discussed Potcr Abrahams, K*t>pel Jones end Alan Paton. All tho pcoplo woro happy r.nd calm rnd woll clad. Tho shops wore well filled . I have nevor seon such c traffic Jr.m t-s in Moscow although tho streets r.ro wido onough for 12 oars,

I went to the ballot of tho Swan Lake* .That was the most boautiful thing to no . Tho workers and gr.rbago collectors und so on sc* everything. I mot somo Qt the Mombors of Parlicmant and walking through the lobby I wcs mobbod and thoro wore questions about my country.We wore invitod to the Octobor Colobrations and thoro I met Sisulu and Nokwo. Thoy woro dressed .up liko Poors,

%Thon vo wero invited to visit t bakery. It cost

5, 000, 000, Roublos and there wore five floors and most of the people working thore were women, Tho women would Just work two or three or four hours rnd thon there would

. bo a brock.

I also visitod Loningrad which wns tho sito of threo rovolutions. I w«nt to tho Czars* Palroe and thero I saw tho art paintings* many stolon from othor countrios, Thoro wo could soe how tho Czars had livod.

Thon I wns invitod to a toxtilo factory which turns out 100,000 yards of material a day. The pooplo working the machinery wore nostly womon and they work up to tho ago of 50 and tho mon to 55. This factory had fivo blocks of flats for tho workors and each flat had a librrry and a music hall, and this plant had fivo nursory schools. Whon wo. wont thorc wo found that; tho pooplo wore reading Alexander Dumas r.nd othor olnssic works.Wo found that the kids wore reading tho classics as fast

r.s our kids road the oomics. In the factories there wero periods off and bocauso of tho high offioioncy accidonts woro vory raro. Wo found no one sleoping undor bods or in cupboards. Everyone would have his own bod. Every t w hours the mothers would go and food their babios and no pay wn*s taken off for that,

. Then I visitod Loningrad and I found thousands of pooplo at the ballets ongaged in some or other activity and wo found numerous pooplo dancing. Whon thoy saw us thoy rushod at us rnd started asking us questions, I was surprisod to soo those danoos, Tho pooplo wero ol> vory happy,

I also wont to Moscow and thoro I saw somo of tho best placos. My intorprotor told mo what was going on, and I enjoyed mysolf as much as the workers who woro ' also present. It was at a play. Thon I went to soo a 3-D film, Thoy have had it since 1947, At thf t timo I also visitod tho marvellous univorsity. Tho most interesting part was that thoy paid tho studonts 240 Roublos per month. I wc.s not followod by tho N .K .V .B . (? ). .

I askod those pooplo 1 mot whothor thoy wantod war and thoy all said that all thoy wantod was porca, and that i 8 what thoy will work far, I havo not- soon any

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indication thct thqy want to attack South Africa or London or America,

As I said, I wont to Leningrad, which saved the world. It had suffered a great deal during the war.A great deal was destroyed during the war, but I found nothing but reconstruction. People had to oomply with certain conditions.

Stalingrad has many factories. I visited it and I saw the conditions thero. I saw tho Stalingrad tractor plant which was dostroyed during tho war. When the American peoplo came there thoy said that it was no use trying to ro-oontruct it, and thoy should put a wall around it . Thu Soviot peoplo said, no, and now it is humring and it turns out tho tractors it noods.

I found that thoy had all facilitios thoro, including librarios, books on political personalities and individuals, Tho pooplo could cvon discuss tho political situation hero.

I wont to the Caucusus and this is roally a rost resort. Thoro are sanatoria, playing grounds, and tho workors wore sont to places which had minoral waters.I saw 150 people at one of thoso sanatoria and thoy had 19 doctors. Wo wore lnvitod to a conoort thoro ono nigh*- and we found that tho patients wore supposed to too suffering from a heart discaso on tho stago. I found er very prominent doctor thoro and ho spoko good English.Ho told mo what this was ell about,

(Balcnco of spooch inaudlblo duo to noise in h a ll ),

DR. COHEN: I think wc arc indebted to Paul Joseph for his Tery interesting spoooh. Aro thoro any questions the audionco would like to put to tho throo spoakers ?

(Certain quostions rro put and answorod, but not rccordod in view of a considorablo amount of talking at th same timo by various pooplo, )

At this stago the Polioo intcrvono and the mooting is closod.

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>t bogenoemde, het ek ^4c eer oa as rolg__j

Qp Do odl^t* 30 ,4 .55 oa oageveer 8 ,45 na het ek geaerk dat *aar 'n paar karre toor die ou Transvaal Hotel, te Joubert straat Krugeredorp, geperkeer staan. Ek het ook geaerk dat daar llgte brand bione in die gebou.

Ek bat die gebou Tan agteraf b* »ne gegaan en geraark dat daar In die saal 'n aantal Indlere, naturelle en blankes is.Voor by n taftel het *n Indler aan; Alphoaa Jaoueason w Salim galah geslt met tn blanke aan weerskante va/iBoA. Hy was aan'dle woord toe ek lnkou en het net die een blanke Eerw. Thompson aan die wQord

Th0|pPa^ - fc‘— -te* «.n ^ T d 1! , , W wv r^ppZxA ^^ugA rad^t^_w a^aaa r taai t T s m w r i s . Hy het daar on TSFtel dat tor as afgevaar< on w6 s "en weer in 1953la ttuaapeit HQMarv«i Tydene hlerdle besoeke het hy~ook and^r----oaaunlitleee beheerdeiande besoek. Hy het verder aan die gehoor ver*

tel hoe_ wonderllk Hurdle id . in Koskou was hy'ln die kerkdie pous bet hom self ontTamr. Hy~ggB in TaatftrS, imiiSiteseula— &y het

tafflEtjar oor"dle Bftlitou 54 ui't»fehder g e p » » t > f ^ T n a : het Tertel vafl die ~oiidgrm,umi'Be BDQorw^fit.aRisp \iar, w r

------ TgV ■fcl’uer MHliou la. Daar is m e twee wat « « n J --Wy*IT8T illffl lit luaelftg !■ "SpRTrtlBTOl. Hy rict peen ver■ «a— m■— l —r rtr — i- r » **—“ v y.---——

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sirlea i» t?l>p>!ioMol. Hy net ffeen verpelykl* yertel hett het hy aan die Bln toegev

nkb getrefa * ua»nh nr yert/oj. nov, net ny aan aie sin toegevoeg; » Toiasof hy dlt aan~ Tn^- ^oor'qgyiaat oa aelf All v e r g e jn ia & Ite

Iatusaen het die naturelle man8 opgestaan en die saal verlaat. Peter Keetae was een. Hy het 'n aantal boeke by hom gehad. Daar was een dlkhandboek waarvan ek die tltel nle kon alen nle.Daar was dan 'n paar getlteld S .Africans In the Soviet Union."ame word genoem b o o s Sam Khan, Walter Slaulu, Brain Bunting, Duma

Nokwe. Die apreier Thompson won van die nat. mane weet’ of hulledan aoet gaan. Hulle het ges? dat hulle raoet. Intussen het dlt gelyk aeof Jaqueeson aan die ander blanke gesfi het dat ek in die saal 1 b .Hy het toe lets op 'n papier geskryf en dlt voor Thopson neer geslt. Kort daarna het Thompson sy toespraak afgeslult. *aquesson wle dus as Tooreitter opgetree het het toe gesS dat daar tyd is vlr vrae. Nleaand het vrae gestel nle. Thompson het toe gesS dat hy 'n foto albua het wat hy vanoorkant gebrlng het. Hy het cok 'n dagbocik aan- gehou tydens sy besoeke*

M ‘ Die vreralttir het toe die ander blanke vo.rgestel ^ toer^vertal dflt. rtlri vr.t»|pifS ng g l̂inu ^

Tt5Ur"Frlenisoi the Soviet Union *an dat hulle do*?i is om te w « r k vir rrwe rot BUJiaan en dat hulle h U t in die liQ^T^an b.TT ook hulle

iae sal laat hoor oor die onreg In die Ooste. bat hulie sal HeTp ■ t Bfa a a n d i e b 6 6 . 0 0 0 Ac o p Chinese ~aon wle dlt behoort terug

gelTk afiaf-hlp.r If. t.nesorea, wttf Tlr myH ou waa.

w o r a . __Hlerdle tsersol hakkel t s hy proat. .

Die voor Bit ter het die vergaderlng vertiaag nadat—---- - —- — - — — — ■ «̂i » X*hy ay alsnoS ultgeapreek het oor die mln aanweslges. i k

Ek het na die ta/el gestap wear 'n hoeveelheld boeke op wae. *areol het gevra wat ek wll hi en ek )aet ges£ dat ek een van elk van die boeke wou koop. Hy het gee6 dat huxle nle te kope Xjt nle. Ek het hoa toe daarop gewya dat Thompson ges? het dat die boeke te koop la* Hy het toe 6 aan my gegee en twee weggehou van my a f# Ek hat geal dat ek ook van daardle twee sal neem waarop hy gesd het dat hj hulle reeda ultgeboek het. Ek aoes vroeir gettom het en by gavoeg

lea ’re slipping up on your job. ■ Ek hat gea

Die twee boeke was getlteld ; " The Constitution of the PrlenAs ofthe Soviet Union en S.A . In the Soviet Union",

tk het toe 2 /9 vlr die ses boeke Det&aij

1. /Soviet Health Service.2. I Meetl-ig of the Supreme Soviet of the U .S .S .R .3* \ The Danger of War and the promotion of Peace.

t The Great Constructions In the Land of the Soviets.5 1 Questions/Answers on Working conditions In the Soviet Industry.6. \A Palaoe of Learning.

Dear was 12 Indler mans, 13 Iailer klnders, 4 oat. mans die sprekers en dan nog 'n persoon wat veraoedellk 'n blank# was.Die aesste van die Indlers Is van Krugersdorp, ek ken hulle van slen aaar nle hulle name nle bulten die voorslttsr en dan ey groot vrlend Goolam Salojee elenaar van die Star Cyole Works. Dan 00k die bestuur- der van die A .B .C . Cycle Works te Roodepoort. Daar was van die Dadoos Elenaar van die Broadway Juweilers en die seun van Ibraham Dlnath.Die volgende karre was voor die deur geparkeer T .S. 4787 en T.K.2502. In die name van Thompson en Jaquesson onderskeidellk gerlggls- treer. \

Ek het toe die saal verlaat en sommlge van die Indlers het saam ultgestap, meeste het in die saal gebly.

Barsol het opmerkllk ontsteld gelyk nadat Jaquesson veraoedellk aan hom ges8 et dat ek In die saal was.

Die ses boeke soos hlerbo genoem wordd aankgeheg.

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i&gt_,Union, ^nd That it has aohleved on its thirty eighth anniversary, and who would have

thought that in this year pest such great strides would have beei.

made towards the real conciliation of the nations and peace.

This is a great time, dear audienoe, you and I are in

it , witnessing events taking plaoe in very great numbers, fie

Will gather as part of the publio of Johannesburg in appreciation

and celebrate this thirty eighth anniversary. Now, I declare

thia meeting open and my first speaker this afternoon is Mr.

V. Pieter Beyle v eld .. . . . / 2

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v «. 2 «•

Pieter Beyleveld who is going to speak on the progress of

the Soviet Union in this period."

PISTflR KEYU5.VSLX) : "Mr. Chairaan end friends, you Kr. Chairman

have rightly said, spcken about the progress 0f tvje Soviet

Union, and the achievements of the Soviet Union over the

last thirty eight years. Chairmi^i, we in this country

have become used to it to have the Unfcon of the Soviet

Socialist Republics held up to us as « Licnster - we see it

in the daily precs. It is held up to up ris e rurnster . ^:eh

is out to conqwr the world, it is belt, up av sv e • i-r

that is out to enslave people, it Is held up as a tyranny in

which the people fear their own government.

*

But alter a careful rwading, BSr. Chairman, after

oarefully reading our own newspapets it sometimes becomes

apparent through glimmerings that we sec in our own press

that things are net really whut they &re mace cut to be ir. that

press . I aa thinking now of the example cf a visit made

by a group of -Americans to the Soviet Union. When they caiiis

back they had a lot to say - cf fc-rse, about the canger3 of

the communist ideology, the danger of the Soviet Union to the

American people, and tne American way of l ife , but they also

let out scna; things that show ue that some of the stcri-:" that

we are used tc here, auo use to read,* dre not quite us true

as they are made out to be.

1 would like to give to you shortly so: e ci the

statements made by sora© of these prominent ncierleant ; r.1 I

want you to remember that they t-re r.oistly ember? of

Republican Party - that is tht pjirty in cc.er in erico vl the

moment, and if you know about the anue-nooaents by that rsrty

and its leaders, you will a^ree with tie that tho so people '

Cannot be regarded in any way as syu -‘whet- c to the Sc,riet

*~Union and Its oeople.

fhis is what a certain Mr. Holt told newspaper aien,

Sdr. Kolt in fact Is a R e o u b M c a n y * i i l - - r e n e m \ ) e r that

that party is very hostile to the.3ovlet 13. ion. he said that

the ordinary Sov?et citizen is an-rlous to be friendly tc.ards

Americans, and Soviet Union officials are congenial towaros

jcaericane. Now, if you will remember how we were told that ti

Government officials and the people of Russia are told to be

hostile to the people of America and the ‘.vestern ,'orld, thi*

speech made by a prominent American shows you tu* :acts.I •

x-ert 5

- Hare an « . r l c » told u . that the S u . . l M . „ .

W i i o ^ J o r £««o« and *e are told that they .ant .a x . „e have

’vllee of I T r i ^ KUSSl“ le “ " rs " • °° frightened of tho

prooa^anda t f’^CBde• ' t • ’ “ «* “ >«?........... »ut that i B allpropaganda - tie congre,. man who 0Mle back

« " t nreC9Ptl° n - - “ “ 18nc. Jaauiiafi tt»ke« p U c e at a i l .

b*.,H * “ V * 4 th“ he 00111(1 listen * th« 'Tola. of aaarloa' fcM o aat. all ,»e r eastern iurope. and hare „ w a 'to ld that 7 «

hroadoe.t, to Hu.sia ax. j ^ . d , so that tho p .ocu In Ruiiii

:r: h' “ ,,nat tbe * • » to say . 6ut here W9 fca„loauee o. a prcmlnoat American citizen who able to

p J® --road cats all over fiusela. Compare that, friends Kith th

statements made * the press - .h e * . L . l Kent ^ t ^

over this statement made by this eminent person, « « « . th. „

h i n g 8

'VB . • ̂. ■ » ' ’, j /• ' * V" w .raoial discrimination is non~*xl#teat in the J .S .a .R .. In eo»e

places the majority of the people are non-white, and thet non-

white people hold reeponelble petitions in the U .S .3 .H . Let

ue W o p are thet tilth our own laws, our own passes, with oux

own Urban Areas kbt, and jnany other lews jrhiph dlacriainute

between people beoauae of their race. Another leader of

the baptist churwh In America, an evangelical ohurohf said :

American officials told me what I should say and what I should

not aay in Russia, and when I got there I said what I wanted to

say - there is great Interest In religion in Russia, you will

hardly get any buildings without a church In Russia, but what

Inpressed me most was the vitality of the Christians in Russia.

Compare that with the reports that religion was suppressed in

Russia, and that all religious leaders in eastern Europe and Russia

are subjeoted to restrictions - that religion are oppressed. ^

Tit have been told that you oan get no information about

Russia, the countries behind the lron_ curtain - this is what

another prominent 4toe*ies«‘ 1Ufs~'to‘ say about this : They were

astonished with the ease with which they could get information

about any question they wished to raise. I did net get anywhere

behind the iron curtain ( where they did not want to help .) K

This from an American who is in no way sympathetic towards the

Russian way of life .

jtfr. Chairman, oompare that with what we have been told/ .

for years* Mr. Chairman, let us l o o k at sci..e of the achievements

of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics over the la st thirty

eight years.. In 191ri Russia was a defeated country. It was then -

I think you oan care to say - one of the luost backward countries

of the world, but in 194-5, that is , twenty seven years later, it

played a mayor part in .the defeat -of Nazi Germany. In 195C

they oommenced with a plan - a five-year plan to increase

Industrial output in the U .3 .3 .R . and according to their plan it

was to be inoreaaed by 70 >. In 19f>4, that is a year before their

j\ plan Would have ended, they had alrtacy achieved an increase of

1 Industrial output of 63 In other words, they have nearly

I completed their plan for standing their heavy industries accor

ding to their original five-year plan.

* in 1954 the industrial output -jpy the U.S.fl.R. has

increased by 2*8 times ooapered with that of 194C, in other words,

ik 14 year a time, the U .S .S .R . has more than doubled, nearly

trebled - 2 .8 times, so that they have nearly trebled the indua-

trial output of their country.

D « H n « that same period ttm wages a * the workers m the

O .S .S .B . in other words, the r e d now when I tuic

about reel wages if you eee at th end of the week, the end

• / t h o ^ n t h , whet here been deduced - h*v« increased by 74

• ‘ •, 'J* ' f " * *■ •*

18 tru# elnce the war real wages hare ale©

lncreasea in South Afrioa and other oottntries, but during thet

'' sane period the prices « f retail goods,' in other words, the

prices at whioh you buy your goods, has^diBftS^) by { * * , lxl other

words, ths prices of goods in 1954- compared with the prices

of the goods in 1940 was 44* ofojhet }t was In 1940. Kood in

that same period dropped by no less than 75*. end eurely, Mr.

Chairman, that shows, not only has wages gone up, but you can

today in the U .S .S .R . buy more with your wagee. In other words,

in relation to food, you can now buy more than 75* than what you

, Sould buy with the wagee in 1940, but on top of that, wa*res

received in 19vemeat, a Movement that

believes in negotiation rather than war.

Let us look at the workers of the U .S .S .R . and let

ue oottpare the state of that workers with the state of the

workers in our own country. The workers of the Soviet Union

play........ / 6

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— ■j j y - j r r r 1 * * * ” * * a t o 'a 'M , t i a « ■ * »* * * * * * p «b c y t « of a m k lad , *jar»buy»*«

' ^ ‘t f rc'u t b T ‘ ! * ’ th° aP" h -1 ' S e , ‘ * ' « “ • «‘ «6 - I - Lb to£ d V * . » • • ■ » • « 1» * « . b . .n sent to out meeting,

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If M oan oitlaens to lira in peace and friendship with the

Sovia£ people, and to honour their achievements in peaoe end

war idx the benefit1 of ell mankind. Yours fraternally, B .T .

buutikg. * '»•

( The Cape Town Peace Council sends this greeting :

The Seoretary .for peace and friendship with the Soviet Union.

Dear Friends, It is with muoh pleasure that we send the nessege

requested by your organisation* We, the Cape Town Peaoe Council,

greet the Soviet Union on the occasion of its thirty eighth

anniversary, of the found ation of the Union of Soviet Socialist

Republics, ius an organisation devoted to furtneria*-; the cause

of world peaoe. We acknowledge the great word of the Soviet

Union leaders towards the attainment of this aim. Their efforts,

perhaps aere than any others, have culminated in the present

Geneva taiks.from which vie are confident there will emanate a

further relaxation of international^tension. With our greetings

comes our profound hope-ttrat^tTil "Sb viet UnloIT may bb' allowed

to oarry on her peaceful re-ooi*struct ion without threat of war,

arid further, that in the near future the A’aole world will

direct its(future) attention to the betterment of mankind aa2

not to its destruction. Yours sincerely. H« Shapiro, Secretary.

— — x,-- —---------- , i ^ ^ ^from the South African Congress of Trade Unions : Dear

Friends, acknowledge with this youl^letter oT the 19tfi October.

On the occasion of the thirty eighth anniversary of the foun

dation oi the Soviet Union, the South African Congress of Trede

Unions wishes to send fraternal greetings. The Soviet Union

is a source of inspiration to workers throughout the world just

as its leaders are fighting for peace, anc earns the respect and

the love of all fighters for a bgt.ter yprld. We wish your

sooloty every success in its efforts toproucte a better under

standing between our country and the Soviet Union. Yours

fraternally, L. fcaslna, General Seoretary.

To the Secretary for the S.A . Society for Peace and

Friendship with the U.S.S.fi. : Dear Friends, The Transvaal

Region of the Federation of South Afsioan y*ff#2apts this opnor-

tunity to congratulate, on the occasion of the thirty eighth

anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet Union, the South

African Society for Peaoe and Friendship with the Union of

Soviet Socialist Republics. As a multi-racial federation cf

women's organisation we welcome and proolalm our solidarity

with all people who endeavour to work, lor friendly relations

with other oountries. The achievements of the Soviet Union

•ad the« . . . . , / 9

e:id the ^er.sadau* achievements 0 T the

rjv.rr*-r*- r-r;::,'1V .E , S * ; T^ i Z V 'T 0tllet " 6 “ y ' y0Ur 9hlElnS

— „ * l : t s- :r : r , u i • —

rj— * — *« *. jr::::.rin“to gr°*4r'z.zz'tzsr16’ roar‘

^ r f - tfce - Sui" Oongree. of d e r a t e , th i. .*• rieu-j... on the l?th or Sovember iVlV 'thY ' — T "

t « s l e throwing off fro- t h .i , • P*0 P U of ol,Jo jng oir .lo> tbelr „ „ rfc-,0rn shc,ulder. the oara.it .

fc* ' * “rta« . straitened up and set out on their t , . „ I Plng their 0»a freedom charter Th.v r -- - ° eatabllnh-

. — — .. — . Jtr xer» They set out to dnhi-,.

i against apparently hopeless-odds, but this ~ade lt *

r0t * “ * • » * on the Fath , , 1Ch 1 t h .r to a I 'n M

I T 9 m e r -^ 1R SVary f U U ° f fc“ » « »= U v lt7r L a y the * ,• ~ > ' m ‘ *no„, that if lt hug net been f07 \ h l -t

r~—!- g •~Vlet ^ ^ J ^ ”=uld not ncv. be dt .oug .1 , , ~1 nipl6iLulit mir ^u.n r, — — r----------- ----- - now z0

We

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! ia,F - ^ uc ° ur e n ■■*e*dos charter Lr.d r .u fcTTT T r»

' — •■•»••» 0, ,hte { , y g ^ =^ m e r e l y , P1* t B e y l ^ e l d , iiuticnal C h a ir .^T

-ity.

The^TranaTaftl,Indian Youth CqMrese. w r it .. t

Sc a la tv.

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id

# .A . S o c l .t , for P.ace and Prlend.hlp «lth th. Sovl.t Union who

&«* • ....m bled to o . l . b r * . th. thirty .Ighth anniversary 0f th.

foundation or th. Soviet Union. Th. Sovl.t Union today |

, . . bulwark fer p ..o « and .g .i n .t fS .e T »T *«T » < i ^ r r . . 7 ^ . |

. f th . aovj ^ r B g n g

J t n w l w t f t h r o ^ r .t w d p«opl.s thia m ^ n t th. world. w .Tf ltarata i 1% ni* Ar,̂ 4U^i. __ < • .r _ .i u r .t . ,8 ur , t « d that . . -m never to* . up' arm. ^ . i n T T "

■ * F * °M L J m t L J a jU > fr J I> n jl l )1 Ijfa _w . m u n your, 'f i ith fu iiyf, S. Izttkjee and M. Lfcola. Joint h«n„-r«~,............._7“ ^

--- ^ U o _ ^ r ~ " * * * * -jjr u a ■

J* . **>* * • * > .!« , Joint honorary s .o r .t .r l . . ,

... L l ' PbUl J° eSPh Bend* * 1#tt" un'58r M » c«* name :Hlends, I am ^ receipt of your letter i.oujatlnjj e

, * i » ! S 6 1 . t o your meeting this af ternoon"abiut" t h . ' T T ^ i l o n

of th . U .S .3 .R . thltty eight year, ago,I an, highly honoured

to do so. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Is young,

only thirty eight years old and as someone said last nlpht -

a b * y , but whet a mighty baby, since 1917 when It » as born

I t . .chi.v.msnts In Mousing, science, employment ar.d culture

has shsk.n the world, despite the gr.at ob.tacles in I t . way

and it Is this baby that the world has to thank : G r having

kicked Hitler in the rants. It is m v 15 leant that our ocinion

Tor trade and diplomatic relations v.lth ha , at last

found an echo In the sub-ecltorlal 0 f the 'star ' - advocating

th. lessening of travel M .trlctlons tc the U .a .S .h . by the

Union Government. This gesture can go a big way towards

cl.srlng mls-understandlng and may bring material goir towards

both countries. Therefore it Is lo p .r it lv . ,f0 i all oouth

Africans who wish to see this become a reality to nursue ti ls

enthusiastically further. 1 „ BUre th.t the day is not v.rv faf

of wh.n an approach can be made by distinguished citizens

representing a broac section cf public opinion including * W

prosperous wooliarmers, to the Onion Ucvernm.nt for diplomatic

relations, trade end cultural relations with the L . j .o .h .

finally through you accept my warm congratulations urio sincere

greetings to the people of tho U .„ .s ,h . on the thirty eighth

anniversary of the greet October revolutions. Paul Jco.ph.

Fro“ th«-a?'r lcsr.. h 'c ito JX P kiu .r .ess .Youth league :

„ .e s s g . 0 f greetings on the occasion cf t h T T t h a S . l ^ a r y

cf the Soviet Union : « u ew> Chairman, n* to send our '

w.rm.st greetings (fraternal) tc this me ting. In the r.ame of

thirty eighth anniversary of the great October Ac .lei1 .stl

.revolutions. Thirty eight years ago under the le ..,.,„hl»

, ^ * ! ^ L . 1-0ng » ^ l0lt8

Collection Number: AD1812

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