Limington Academy - Sokokis Warrior Yearbook (Limington, ME)

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,Qi In respect to religion in Communist countries, although A x -Q ewwwwgmwymfywwffar' fepwefv ,yi'gHwQg um? Eggs ,A N , 0 h , D ,,. . - V' ' f - , 1 . P , The top class is made up of important officials in the partyt 1They have first choioe1of everything in Russlao The second class in- icludes artists, writers and scholarsu The third class is made up of less important party memberso' The lowest class of all are the -workers and peasantsg they get what's left. , ' in ,Some of the characteristics of Communism are - a laborer is assigned to a job and he has to do that job, He has no choice, :neither has he any say about the amount of wages, the number of hours or the general working conditionsg o Another communistic idea is that there shall be no privately owned propertyn All property is owned by the stateo This in- ' G' cludes farms and homest Your farm is taken over by the state and you may or may not live there and it must be managed as the state' sees fits Even your personal effects are owned by the states Again, Communism is operated by a dictatorship where there is no ,freedom of speecho The peasant class and the workers arenlt even Supposed to think. ' . 0 . Communist leaders tell the people they have a democracy but the people may vote only for candidates who are picked by party leaderst' The candidates make up the legislature which vote on the same matters in our own legislative bodies but the laws are already ldetermined beforehand by the Communist partyo They also have an executive department headed by the council of pecplels commlssars, who are handpicked by the leaders. The judicial branch is headed by the supreme-court but the judges are elected by the legislatures The real rulers of the Soviet Union are the Communist party dlctatorso . - Q A 0 There are no capitalists in a country under Communist con- trol. Nothing in your possession is yours, it is the statefs and you are there just to work for the stateqm Q There is also the collective farming idea. That is, small' farms are banded together and are state controlled. The party -leaders are assigned to collective farms and these leaders oblige the owners to work for them. Most of the farm owners have fallen I f , ! -to the condition of slave laboro A . jul' Some people want to know if the Soviet people live as well P as Americanst This can be judged by the figures taken from the Tmagazine, nOur Timesno Soviet skilled workers, the highest paid,' earns about 3l50QOO to 3225,00 a monthon Americans of the same u. e earn about SBOOPOO to 6350000 a monthq Butter costs'about - zSK?OO awpound, about one day's wages. Eggs cost about su.oo for jten, bread SAAC a loaf, bacon S3000 per pound and sugar about . B pO'L1I'1ds 0 A ' f . Y vthere's no law against going to church, the government does all it Koen to discourage church goings' A story told over the-radio the feiher night illustrated this very welll 4The Communists tell the 5children'to pray to God for candy, then they tell them to pray to, ,Sta11n for it and, of course, the communists see that they get it gfrom-Stalina Churches in Communist countries may carry on no act- Qfvities but worship servlceso 'l .E 0 One of the methods by which the Communists gain control of a ecbuntry can be illustrated very well, by the way in which they, ' sgtole the standard oil, subsiding in Hungary, out of American hands qiirst they began by creating discontentgamong the common laborers,' 5 hen they promised them better jobs if they would join the Commune gist N,fg partyt ylf they refused, they were thrown out of their jobs and Qygegparty saw to it that he dldn't get another one,- Apparently, sfo lic f ' QI- l VJ' , ' ' i , . ' Q ' ' 2

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Tto all sorts of means by which they gain control 'coopera 1 lawnol He'should keep s the church and town hall. The c , ectedef l ' .C C C 1 In oncluslon, we should all do our part toward making a better place in which to llveb Those passing by fget a better opinion cf use All'the residents of'Limlng themselves would find, I'm sure, that it pays to be tidy and N. H. 752 1 p V Communism , Q .. . , I ' f The history of the world reveals many struggles of extent, many being death struggles of an idea against an But today this world is viewing a struggle so vast in 1 and so violent that all others seem small in comparison 'not new but an old one that has been gathering strength pyears. 'The chief nations now involved in this struggle United states, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, I ta th and, if something 1sn't done shortly, war will be unav This is not just a fight between three factors but a s by masses of people to get their rights and a fair share ts 3 for a re sia lv, Germany, the Balkan countries, China, Japany Rus M otherst' There are well over a billion people engagedV battle of ideas which is now threatening another world o ldab profitsu The cause of this struggle seems to be the conflict of ideas of these masses. which are represented by those factors, which are Communism, Socialism and Democracy. ism is the idea that all land, resources, factories and distributing goods are owned by the state and citizens' flt only as the state sees fltq There is no private owner Socialism is government ownership of railroads other means of production but they are run as if they we 'all controls are in the hands cf the government officlalsy f .vately owned. Workers can strike against the government' higher wages and,better work1ng'cond1t1ons0 p ll eg Ih'a democracy all those means of production are ' owned,, The profits go to individuals who invest moneyjl the business or contribute their labor. ,sly The amount of ment.controL is determined by the peoplei , 'sfi Th t dreaded st hated d' ' t,f d b the e mos , mo an mos eare y 'DHCP is Com unlsm, because it is championed by a mass of have no fear of'-violenceg as a 'matter of factgfuthey -r5Q' The history of.Communism is both short and first successful communlstic country started with nevolutlon.1n Russia. New all communistichc control. The original communistlcy all we have in the world today is r the label of Communisme et leaders say.there is onlyl ooserversjsay there aregatgle s 9

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5?tE? in 1 5 5 .mx ,iw . 1 ,59 we 1 A are ge t 1 A I -4 f 1 --'71 1- tf'f4 r'i7f Wie' 'rt G. - s J . Y, , p, ,,,. ,. . New ,H Lgglg -wa: 1:g,.4.,..f14'- ug: -. rzzqs,-, 5.415 f, s1,e-YQ ,-an el , 1 jf-A Mfg, .. QF'- EW '. :I ,,. k l'4i ' :'? 'Inf 'iugt?ff'lL : ' v w' Lil V113 3 ' lvfgii '?7H 'k'5'f'WF'f 'm-4-fr ' nff ag' WW' - vw '4E r9 '35W? 1 W 1 , W, , f as , ' ,--4 - fry-wfzw my-, tex. ,ww In .I 1- m ' , al M. , W ' fx- 'fu ,QQ f N 'H' ' i'g-5-vggj-QBQW'T-9A,ff 'QlfQl.KT3i'5f, . ,'??':SW--'f,'f'T'Q't:af .L if-p. 1.1 ,:,,v '!i ,I ,v!,! X f, I I 5 -5, .Avy. ability d1dn't mean anything toward getting a job.or holding onbl ww? It was your standing in the party that countedo eAfter 3 workman'fW?H served his purpose for a.party gain, someone else took his place agers already in office. Common laborers work1ng'in the fields, ,were brought in as plant managers, just because they were better o L a w 351 even though they didn't have half of the ability of those mane gi z,E C ga party'members,a' X Our American officials could tell who were party members because they wouldnit speak or be seen in the presence of the Americansa , ' - ' , Many Russians are fleeing Russia because they have seen through Stalinfs lies. ,They are finding out that the Commun- istic form of government doesnft give the common laborer a life equal to that of the richer olasso He told them these lies, then sent them to Berlin for occupation duty, where they saw e'1 that the common German people in the American and British zones were living better than a big percentage of people in their own country, ' ' drives people to fear even their next door neighbor, because- - he might be a secret police of the Communist partyo The way , A brew' , , -mmm, .thaw A , 5 'e3jl'p: Personally, I hate Communismo I hate it for the way 1t. l' fgiw A T ,k ,, 1, is .ls -J 'Q . ljzwfmigd . ' :rams .eg -w' WN Nw .,,.,, .. ,,,., gr . Us I ,IPS t'rwt L 'A PWS ' 'ffl?15'Q.g . , M, 1 fig Alfa? ' I 'sin WL -:LH 'M Q wg. a'??'13f1' swmhi 2-A g fflfulnif 'TEM el -mv .-,3-. Kwai -:mst V- may , Communism is run in Russia, I think it is the most cruel, thievinggggg mess on the face of this eartho When a person like Cardinal ' Minzundy is forced to confess for a crime he never committed, h when they just walk into China and take over, I think lt's time somebody woke up to the fact that something must be done and try, and find out what he can do to throw out Communism and extending - rn egg'-: ff, ,5 .- :'. .1 51 -5115-ycvf J 5:35:55 My 'VN 4 'LMPMW f-A we . A . Aff, 5 -I wfxl tt mi WQM .-Q.. W f,.' a. ...-. A ,gh . :Kg Sz? .,. yu, I . , .., M., ,, ,vw nj? 'Wi ' 1, ':? K dl an everlasting Democracyo . U ' 'A 'nbyd fp. ' R o n w n . Egg So c ial 1 sm e C In this world struggle of ideas, the contestant yhich we' gtg meet most directly in English speaking countries is Socialism , p5Qg rather than Communism. Socialism has made its appearance so ,ingot gradually into the American scene that the people do not realize ,235 its present extent. C jeg Let us try to understand first what ideas the Socialists 35 entertain about several important pointso we can do this by 2 fnyQQ5 observing certain known facts about English Labor Party's-brand ,'QQQQ of Socialism. In that country the government owns the railroadsygfiig mines, mills and factories, thus handling the production and faQhQQW distribution of all goods pertaining to the general welfare of 'W'Whi the state. All of the profits from these different sources are used for research and operation of the businesses. In contrast to Communism, people have their own small businesses, professd ional work, retail trade, barber shops and the like The laborers can choose any job and own their own homes,' land and farms They can change from one job to another They can strike against the government for higher wages just as the labor unions do in this country Another characteristic of So ialigm gg p ti d tid England is Socialized Medicine wkichl 's f A-p ai' get L ay in wt 'fMo. it - 4 1' I 1 8 USC M155 Qutcifl Eine - - -fkgw ,' , lege? 0 -, 1 are given at least one day and one-half rest a weaker The laborersnwii . Us A A .feigffgio ' F - ' ' Q- iff ,,., I fi f lf' aifh rf , gzfthl . ' 1 1 'Hg ' cur ,330 X bw .-3x,,:ff,,