GAULLE
_; &,good example of what. "peaceful.coexistence" really means to the. ‘bureaucrats, heading the. workers. States in Eastern. Europe..is. provided»by..an- article in a-recent isswe. of. the. Czechoslovak Journal Kulturny..Zivot, an. organ of .the Slovak. writers.
The article blasts the radical movement in France for being crbbical:of. General . de,.Gaulle. . Do, .
+ Pimes have. changed. and the- hope’, of. the left will remain.
declares. Kulturn _Zivot...,.\De. Gaulle will stay and’ it even. seems that he decided. to- ‘continue in power a: few. more years if, only to teach the left to think in a reasonable way." oo]
+.;7, The. magazine. contends. that .the progressive press in France cannot. criticize the. general "when he is ready ‘to. go to Moscow, when:,he,. kicks. out. the American. army staffs, from France...when he. supports the. underdeveloped. ‘third-world, ': when he. recognizes or people's.China,. when he seeks peace in Vietnam, when jhe prepares to © ‘communalize' building lands to prevent speculation. '
The: magazine. hails the "realistic views, the intelligence and _the. energy" of the head of Anperialist: France,
"Before beginning their speculations. “and. ‘thei: intrigues,” continues..this. syeophantic article, "the, parties. of the left should | really observe that the Gaullists have a. leader, who is succéeding in proving that he stands above all the political calculations, : Stabists 8s) conventions, percentages, . combinations. and, machinations. "
~The. article ends by saying. that. the “only. chance" “Por the left."is to. ‘elaborate policies of higher quality: ‘and. Sperspectives _ of broader sweep than those of General de Gaulle and likewise to _ reach agreement in order to carry them out." ana . _dIn most, cases the policy of "peaceful coexistence" -- meaning (class. collaboration . -- réquires at least some criticism of the. . demagogy,,of a: bourgeois. politician. like de Gaulle. Otherwise, it‘is difficult, to. ‘sell. the line. of "peaceful | ‘Coexistence™ to radicalminded. workers who want to build their own party in. oppesition, to . the. capitalist. class cand its. political | leaders.
Kulturny Givot is not faced with this problem like the’ Prench .Communist or Social Democratic parties. Hence it is able to express with rare lyricism a policy that..has led. to disaster after disaster. for the cause .of, socialism as in ‘the.’ ‘fresh case of Indonesia.
COST OF LIVING HITS NEW HIGH IN JAPAN
The . Japanese. governnent reported. April 28 that prices of consumer. goods rose, 7.4%. during the fiscal. year. of, 1965. This was the highest. since the 8% jump in 1963. ‘The main article. affected ‘was rice.
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