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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,M,EmW w?Wm Wl,r. ,,, , , ,, ? .,M,m.W 8Myn--. lm?,- qlgwvw M M ' - .1 .v ,' . fc . vu nw 'A V ' .F , 1 a- '-,-'v .Ma awww-am,.wmseer.vsrfewmeaawnvsmwa . JUeMW??4MMm+MmVW' :H '. .H 4,-2 ' if V'fV1f,'ffs:'-, 'lxf TW ' 2' 'f'- . h , ..:?',,41-,-.L -1 nib?-', ,. -1 f .df J J' EU ' .. ' i'-ffm M i'L s-f.1l,j,,..,,f, AT:in ' . I , . ' ' ' . ...A .. , , , . ' yy., Q land about five years ago. 'Under this lan there is previsiensfob 1 free medical attention, including care 'f teeth, for prescription . def medicine, doctor's calls and hospital operations. Each doctor has approximately 2,000 patients to care for. If a person needed dye glasses, he goes to a government oculist for a prescription and the.f1tting for glasses is paid foriby the government. Money for this kind of attention comes from income taxes paid by the workers., Harold E. Stassen, who has recently studied the British plan, claims that the taxes in England are more than double those in the United States. This is because of the Soclalized Medicine, old age pensions and the other welfare agencies that the govern- ment is providing at great costs. We in America have been watching this plan progress. Both Republicans and Democrats in our country have been looking for some kind of improved health program. 'The value of Socialized Medicine has been questioned very much in this v country, because the plan in England isfprobably not working as, Q dwell as it should. For instance, the doctors have to fill out many forms and reports, attend committee'meet1ngs and give service to those who do not need attention.l People jam the doctors' of- fices for minor ailments and imagined'il1nesses. Many people think the taxes are too high for the amount of care which they get. Of course, there are some people who are truly sick and need s .his medical care which they pay for 1nQthe1r taxes. M T Viewing briefly the working of Socialism in England raises, .the question of Socialism in the United?States. Years ago, a party was organized and had a candidate for the presidency. Then grad- A ually the Socialistlc ideas drifted into policies of Democratic and Republican parties. The present leaders of the Republican party accuse the Democrats of leading the United States toward. Socialism. But some Republicans, such as Senator Taft, have been urging Public Housing and Socialized Medicine. The ideas of Boca '3dal1sm are already well established in this country, regardless , T- 2 .J an ,Q , lf. ,,5Af sito an ends ,that of prosperity and happiness for all the people. if ,ull -r T.. -4 xg, if age All J. N44 of political parties. There are pensions, old age assistance and T n Social Security. These are some of the things that developed under Rooseveltis New Deal and Truman's Fair Deal. The struggle is really on in earnest between those who want more Socialism, in the form of government control of business and agriculture' and those who favor more individual enterprise. We have had more and more government control and some groups, such as the potato growers, are really happier under government control than they would be under the old system of a wide open gamble on prices. is For years in Canada, they have had a railroad owned by the pgovernment. All along this railroad there are hotels to accomv ,hodats people who are traveling. This is nothing but Socialism. These facts suggest that Socialism can work very well within a democracy, and seems to be a practical means of solving SOm6 of - yhe problems of democracy. The apparent failure of a labor party, in the elections of England, Australia and New Zealand, because of ' yhat might be called UMe-to-ismn. when all the political parties 5 poast of welfare agencies, the labor party loses votes. But this fact proves that Socialism is popular and can be used by any form pf government. It is therefore not a cause in itself but a means Qt I believe Socialistic ideas are here to stay and developing lfgradually and slowly along with a free democratic way of life.. - Some writers warn us that Socialism will eventually lead us into .X ,M 2 a vpommunism. lMore leaders and thinkers have expressed the idea A :Q ihatdSoc1allsmf1s more likely to prevenh Communism than to encourageff 7. g .3 I lg n 1 2 VH p .iv Q 4