The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-04-17

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h. "a dlscredit the person or
. w. Il describes. When pol
a, nun have exhausted every
n.ber doyogdtory nametas Tor
. u.'' opponents, they then call
~ other party's plans Com
.',,snc In short, the word
"'''' Communist has
r,,u In Series been used so
OF Three loosely. often to
Articles describe y
thing one does
-, hn and applied to so
my things TO which 1t does
, -, spriv that the public is
INFUSED What exactly does
commansm mean?
Ths can be answered very
80" Communist Aims
Capn,unism today means
.,ie n The world by Soviet
pnss,a while pretending he
wants IA reform the world, Sta
IN really means TO conquer The
world
Communism also means the
orer,hroV " everything this
eoun,ry ,ands for. When the
commun get the upper hand
In a country all freedom and
slberiv disappear
II. What Is Communism Like?
VIA, exactly does II mean TO
me individual living in . Conn
mgnls,-controlled country? This
can also be answered very spe-
ctfcally Under pure Commun-
ism
!. The government has abso-
Lutte power over all the people
and all the means for producing
wealth in The country. Our con-
utgton and our representative
government vanish completely.
ln,iesd G. tl peoples will pre-
vs.llne the prople arc told what
10 d0 rs an powerful govern
\ vea' r NcaIly speaking. this
Nal.p0werlal government would
be Sovci RuSsia.
2. No one can own any prop
erty. The government owns and
controls oyc vihlne, No man can
twn BIS homo, for instance. The
State can seize a mans apart
mert or house and place another
family " The government
also owns all the land (nO one
csa owu farm. all the mines
and forests and factories. all the
Industries. Il sells all the goods
produceaA In Russia some pri-
vate trading and employing Of a
few workers have been permit
TED, but the government owns all
resources
J, No one can choose his own
work. TIE works where the State
tells hlU "a work He cannot
Choose bis lob, or look around
tog better lob because the
only employee IS the government
and hc must do the Job the
eo'ernmen tells him 10 do. Free
CON Ok action is lost.
=. No one has any control over
Inc wages he receives. He cannot
~ for h.ther wages elseW here.
mere Is nowhere else to work.
communist want equal pay for
eNffyno7r From each according
70 niS 5odiy 10 each according
70 ms roci' is their slogan. No
ha,'e' what the work he does.
yeach ptt>on receives the same
wages In actual practice in
soviet Russia this system has
proven unsuccessful and wages
sIe paid IN proportion 10 pro-
o'r'lon with bonuses and extra
p,Wleees Tor greater skill or
eioi. stu To each accor ding
70 ms need" is an ironic state
men' 20 tho Soviet worker Often
NJ eoretnment has not even
produced enough food TO meet
ns needs. with similar shortages
N housing clothing and all ne
> Money does not exist. Wages
M9aia he paid in labor tickets
.llsh could be exchanged for
Nuoos Russia actually has made
~ attempt TO abolish money.
however the money given as
weges N Soviet Russia has its
.alue only by way OF what
.an oe bought with il inside the
.n1ntir The government will
:, W nan to exchange some
j lor a certain amount of
s sooaS ne rest of the money Is
mo,t0ics> since he is not per-
'er % buy anything with iD.
~, Everyone Is forced 10 save.
wi wi no one has any choice about
. s much he saves. and no one
s Son own any savings since the
f.. el nnent takes them all. Saw
rs Is necessary under any sys-
49,. whether capitalism or Com
r. "lSiu' TO accumulate capital
.llcuS'ry. Since, under Com
an r1, ism the government owns
In '.s instruments OF production
AZ, ,' me farms. all the factories
o Nv. and has complete power
49, everyone in the country. il
- Ilnlnes the amount of goods
niue, produced, and how much
v v'Ss' 3e saved in order TO pro
~ NE capital to produce IL
Isb, burden Of saving Is no
to,ouut because the government
msr, S ms saving. The govern
bo decides how much Shall
m, ,aken out Of the wages Of
~ pgople without their consent
so,; knowledge and possibly
k,oss, 'L,S, their will. This is only
rtbo e under a system where
n nov government has complete
pro Ssr over all the means for
The ' ucg wealth, and over ali
lis,o, mere are no churches. Re-
fr,,s n Is abolished by force. The
Ia - aheglance OF every man is
NJ NC State. There is no room
any cornnet,t;e-.