Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

SlgnlucanJ OF Olo POlanQ. k1lS
mind had been nurtured by
war, brutality and Communist
philosophy.
Tim a communist" he said,
but not a member Of the
Ninth Of o Series
party. I believe there must be
a Marxist and democratic solu-
ton to Poland's problems"
What kind of government
would your like to see?
Poland should have a par
liamentary democracy. The
Communists would be the lead
ing party. and not only the
Communists but the other par
ties, too, should reflect accu-
rateiy the will of the people"
Can you be sure they would
reflect the will of the people?
Not True Dictatorship
"Of course we know it's pos
sible for even the Communists
to act contrary to the popular
will. 1t happened here in Po-
land during the Stalinist days.
And in Russia now you find a
government by small dictato-
rial clique. not a true Dictator
ship of the proletariat acting
in the interests of the people.
But if the Party is run demo-
cratically and if all decisions
are made in the open after pub
lie discussion then it will ac-
curately reflect the will of the
people"
Do all of the people have the
same will?
What do you mean?"
We find in other democratic
countries that people think diff
ferently and organize different.
pposing political parties.
Should this be permitted in
Poland?
well, we have differe n t
parties now, but of course they
are all Marxist."
But can they represent the
will of the people who are not
Marxist."
Every point of view should
be represented"
How should anti Marxist
views be represented?
I'm a true Communist state
there would be no more classes
so everyone's interests would
be the same. The leading party
and the other parties in the
parliament would represent all
the people. l don't think there
would be any group which
would want to liquidate the
gains of Socialism. Certainly
no one would want to go back
to the pre-war government,
which was a Fascist govern
r1ent or back to the illegal
Stalinist government"
Should Be Represented
But just supposing there were
substantial group Of people
in Poland who we're democratic
and progressive, but who were
not MarxistS. Should they be
represented in parliament?
- well. yes. If there were such
people I guess they should have
their own party and elect
people to the parliament if they
could"
Should they be permitted to
advocate capitalism?
why not? I don't think
anyone would want to go back
TO pure capitalism, but there
are many things we can learn
from the capitalist countries,
and I don't see any reason why
we shouldn't adopt anything
that would be useful to Poland
and wouldn't destroy the gains
of Socialism.
Stanislaws friends agreed
with him.
One, who said he was the
son Of an intellectual and
therefore somewhat different
from the others,-all of peas
ant or worker origin-couldn t
understand all the talk about
opposition parties, however.
A Look Into the Future
Look" he said, I'VE are
talking about the future, not
now. In the future the whole
world will be Communist, and
there won't be any need for
representatives of different
groups because everyone will
be in the same class. There
won't even be central govern
ment. People can elect local
administrators. like factory di-
rectors. for instance; but the
only purpose Of a central gov
eminent would be to carry on
foreign relations and with all
countries being Communist
there wouldn't be any need for
that"
The other students. however
said they doubted if the rest OF
the world would 90 Communist
They emphasized also that il
would be wrong for Poland tc
try to force other countries tc
adopt MarXiSm.
And as long as other coun-
tries are on-Communist oil
even anti-Communist, tier
there would be a need for q
central government in Poland,
StaniSlaw pointed out.
1t may sound like these stu
dents have a lot to learn about
the world and about politica
science in a democracy. but
they cannot be dismissed simply
as brain-washed Communists
On the contrary.
One should remember thai
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