JOINT TRANSLATION SERVICE SUMMARY OF THE YUGOSLAV PRESS

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SUMMARY OF THE YUGOSLAV PRESS
STATINTL
the participating missions and not for gener
This Bulletin `contains translations from Yugoslav newspapers and periodicals. It is intended for the use of
No,,67Q
P .1, Headlines of Borba of 6th November
Headlines of. Borba continued
Headlines of Te- u lika of '6th November
F4-1 Ii1 ; BCRBA OF 4TH NOVEMBER
F,.j.. 'Discipline of the free,market wrong conceptions of free markets
and'socialist democracy
P,6. Concerning the announcement on the "right" of Radio Belgrade
to take radio sets away from people,
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P?8., Education of "Engineers of Human aouls" in.the USSR
rt9.. British film critic in Belgrade
UNICEF delegation leaves Yugo,lavia
UN experts in Zagreb
6 million dollars of economic aid.to. our ,country from,France
P,YO.. Marshal Tito receives` those taking part in the 3-day consultation
of Judges in the Jupreme Court of.. the .F11'RY
Greetings from Marshal Tito to the citizens-of 8trumica
~Dr.Ribar receives. the. ChileanMjnist~r.,
al. Telegram from the delegation of the Norwegian Labour Party to
F11 4 f(;RBA CF 6TH NOVEMBER
the CC CPY,
Reulation about apprentices' wages
p 12,. ,The "Economist" 'on French economic difficulties
Fr1.3, Cause of high prices in the his. market
P,15, Tax-collecting in Kosovo and Metohi ja . is ?behindhand
FRCP LA .W).CE DEL P. P..LO OF 1ST N(. VEMBER
P.26,. The Rome policy and the problem of co-operation
?A . SI,C)VTENSKI PORJCEVIiLEC CF THE 3RD NOVEMBER
Pt17. Appointment of a Public Prosecutor - in Slovenia.,.' .
4-year sentence for co-operative disrupter
FROM BORBA ' OF 6TH NOVFMBE ti
P,1$. Satellite practice: increased purges and their causes,
P.19.. About 50 million young trees will be planted this autumn in
Bosmia and Hercegovina
P..20,...)ittinguished visitors from abroad
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HEADLINES BORBA
6th November) 1951.
P.l. The system of training, qualified workers is out of date (hxti.cle
by Iviilinko.,D ford jevio )
MARSHAL TITO CONGRATULATES THE PEC `LE OF 3TRUMICA
>F
DR.IVAN ? L3x!,R RECEIVES THE CHILEkN MINISTER
MLRSHAL TITO RECEIVES THOSE TAKING ?1RT IN THE THREE-DAY
CONSULTATION OF JUDGES IN THE SUPREME C4,URT CF- THE 'FPRY
TELEGRAM FROM. THE DELEGATION (?F THE NORWEGIAN LAB )UR' PAIITY' TO
THE CC CPY
Organisation for scientific investigation began its conference
in Belgrade. yesterday: Comrade Kidric presided
End. of the fifth session of 'the General Assembly of the
United Nations (Reuter, Paris)
Preparations by the Western Powers for the session of the ?~'?
.General iAssembly;(Undesignated news report from Paris),.
Question of Ge a be `ore the General' 1,,i semb;
{run signated news report From~, ris)'
P,2; 'Thoughts ,on the October holi.,~ay (Article by Punisa ^erovic~)
DI3'TINOTUISHED VISITORS FROM ASROAD
6 MILLI` N DCr,LARS :_F ECCN _,NiIC LID `Fi: QUIZ C:;tfNTRY FIB M FR #NC '
UNICEF DELEGATI,?N LE1'.'TES YU s, SLSCVC sGNU. METL. HIJA i.;RE B:? ''C 11AN)
?REGULr:.TICN ADJUT A;=J. dENTICES t WR.GEa
Can.part-'ime students get reduced fares
ttl f in
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. arms. .-ca ~-?
;nce and agriculture: inspection o
(Article by EI.sakovic)
Reorganisation of town undertakings for fruit and.ve getables;
fewer purphasing agents and progressive scales of wages
T '*5. 13RITI3H FILM CR,IT'IC IN J LGRADE
YuFoslav art exhibition in Faris.
No' other c^untry has done so much creative.. work, since the war'
as,,Yu oil ivia - saes Etbin ?Kristan in 3a.ra jQvo
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A13(UT 50 MILLION Y UNG TT.ErS "JILL 73E, L AN~SD THIS UTUMN
B 3NIA .t,..ND HERCEG' VINA ?'`' ` t ` '?
Stop 'press:
Meeting between Churchill -end lldihir?al r echeteler (U.ndesz nat.
repot from London )
Request for' union. of Kashmir. ,1 th Ind is: (Undesignated.revert
ftom New Delhi)
New dt.:mic ~ explosion .in the United 1,'3t6t'e's: (-1.FP, Las.'Vegas )
Italian--I'ersian .negot;iations (Und,es'igriated report from Rcme
REPUBLIKA
,URZ TRADE `WIvITH THE. UNITED' STATES
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DISCIPLINE OF THE FREE MARKET :.WRONG CONCEPTIONS OF FREE MARKETS
DI CRACY..
The conception that the formation of our free market means
that everybody can trade just-as he pleases has spread to a great
extent,THey believe that discipline on the market`s acts as a brake
and that the Cash' :i_Pians~-rare a hindrance and nuisance to enterpris~,a
This has produced even some articles in the press,Such a.coneeption
smooths the way to speculation and hinders the efforts to. etebilir.~~
the market jj,e practical danger of such conceptions is reflected
by all sorts of financial infrigements, speculation and rise in prices
.in the markets of agricultural' products.
Our markets are being stabilized.A number. of measures..has
contributed to the revival of the market and to abolish artificial
'borders between districts and Republics and to create a uniform mar:{et;
to. decrease circulation of money etc,With discipline and uniformity of
prices on the markets important results have been obtained'..But further
stabilization requires a great deal of time and more discipline,
The price of agricultural prices will'dec'rease slowly if en'
terprises run after . goods ,pay what.they are asked for if they do not
abide to financial regulations but buy goods on credit and do not
turn over to the bank their daily receipts but go with them to the
market..Some People's Councils and Party Committees should stop pressing;
.the bank to. give out money above the plan,
We do not think of course that the market can be stabilized
only by measures in the field of the ti;rn.-over.Therefore it would b,
necessary to mention some occurrences in industry, in our taxation..
policy etc. which-hinder the stabilization of our,market at a lowe
price level.One can even say that the decisive influence is the
development of the struggle for greater goods production in Indust-..
increase in the. productivity of work and a more rapid turn-over of
means, Take for example . half-finished production In ' the machine -bui.'
industry..
In the ware-houses of some of our factories are. half. proc(,
;opde to-tba f outdrjn rulatitra $r large qi ant .ties which have not be ..
completed from some reason or another.But the earnings and salaries
are. paid out.regularily,And these sums of money appear on theemarketi-.
to a large extent,,while from the factories do not-come tip the mark.',
the corresponding quantities of finished goods, The case in maehine-
building is not a solitary case,Each increase in the productivity
of work in industry,' a_ rapid turn-over of means and the. coming to
the markets with finished goods helps directly the stabilising of
the market.
According to the analysis of the Yugoslav Federal National
Bank ( excluding Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina ) 50% of the
peasant households in the villages pay 290 to 1,481 dinars each in
annual taxes to the State.For,present.day conditions these sums are'
simply ridicul.ous,It is not a question of surtaxing unjustifiably
peasant households but vn the contrary that they should be taxed
according to their effective ( real ),incomes.A more just taxation
would have its repercussions on the stabilization of the market.
Producers from. the villages can sell on the markets Whaters
they like and at any price they deem f it,On the markets there are
no restriction for them, except cases of evident speculation and ev,-' c .
of. the Laws,And for this very reason the State and Cooperative Trade
Net.-Work,banks and People's Councils should come to the markets in a
disciplined manner and carry out a uniform policy,The presett pract-
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shows a somewhat different picture.
The dash Plans. are now critisised just as they were before.
They are considered as a brake in,busin.ess,It is true the Cash Plan
is an administrative measure,but under present-day conditions it is
a powerful instrument for stabilizing the market,absolutely vital
and precious,For example the Cas Plan shows that money in circulation
has decreased in October by 1 billion and 400 million diriars.Under
present conditions when the great majority of agricultural products
is '.turnedx' ' into money . such a decrease in the circulation of
money represents a great success in the direction of stabilizing
the market at a lower rice level.
In fact the Cash Plans are violated by different enterprises,
It is a general practice more or less with may enterprises that
they do not hand over their daily receipts to the bank and go with
it to the market, T,,,ey draw nigneY in advance, from the next month' s
Cash Plan ,In three'districts of Serbia the overdraft in October was
33 million dinars'and the State and Cooperative. net-work at Grocka
overdrew 14 million dinars on account of the November Cash Plan,.Four
Ward enterprises in Belgrade had an over-draft of 28 million dinars.
For the first 15 days in October the National Bank in Crontiapaid.
129 million dinars to the cooperatives above the planned si eL( for
buying agricultural products) because it gave the means from the Cash
Plan only to the State Trade Net-Work,Many People's Councils exert
pressure on bank directors to give money to their enterprises,
It is natural that such perforation of Ca ii planfit and the
putting into circula.t:on: of millions of ready cash on the markets
must result in the rise of prices,Thus full liberty is given to
speculators and the general efforts for stabilizing the market
are undermined.
It must be. underlined that the distorted treatment of the
free market is helped by a vulgarised and distorted interpretation
of the process of dEvelopment of socialist democracy in our country.
Namely this bold revolutionary process is in some quarters interpreted
as follows : now the State is fading away and the enterprises can
do whatever they like,And for this very reason nobody is called tq
book or punished for evident speculative and illegal activities,,This
is proved by many financial infringements which the banks have re-
ported to the Peoples Councils who took no appropriate action on
their part,
nWhen at the beginning of September the purchasing enterprise
Slavija tt was fined with a 15 days prohibition to purchase goods,
because it paid plums' above the agreed price, comments a-red *in --the
Press,The general trend was : If Why has note the "d ire:,'~mri'baen fined
alone but the whole collective 11, How will the enterprise fulfil its
obligations in regard to Slovenia ( 300 waggon-loads of plums ) Pr
The enterprise has its Workerst Council PP etc,
Enterprises receive millions of dinars from the banks for
purchases.-This is in fact a part of the National Revenue expressed
in money with which the collectives of these enterprises dispose
of .And if the pay more for their, purchases than it is economically
justified they are then executing in fact a redistribution of the
National Revenue ,unjustifiably increasing the purchasing power of the
village to the detriment of the social community.It is quite in-,the
spirit of social democracy that they should be held responsible for
such work by tbb social community,
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At a conference held by the''Federal Council of Trade
it was spoken about a purveyor from Macedonia who appeared in
Bosnia with millions of ready cash end purchased goods at his own
prices,When the local authorities prohibited this If trade It he
spoke about the 11 .freedom of the market's and 11 social democracy 11
and even about the Constitution.,It is in fact in the interest of
the free market and'socialist democracy to forbid work tG such
.purveyors
Such distorted interpretation of's.ocialist-democracy -
regardless that it is often the resftlt of misunderstanding - opens
the doors to arbitrariness and irresponsability in managing. social
property and speculation.Namely this.expresses the resistance of the
small-goods'-wild movement df 'events against the stabilization of the
market and the further development 'of social democracy,
We need not any kind of a 'free market,,but a market stabilized
at a lower price level so that-workers,peasants'and employees can buy
at the markets that which they need at prices which correspond to t:i._..
purchasing power,This is the real and concrete struggle for increasing
-the purchasing power of the dihar and the real earnings of our
working people , Then .the market can be also much . i'6re fre' bhaA it i a'v
present,
( summarised,,
signed R, Vu ovic
BORBA ?,' November 4 , 1951 ) .
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IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 'ARIGHT" OF RADIO
BELGRADE TO TAKE AIWA 'hzD10 SETS FROM PEOPLE
Yesterday and the day before 'yesterday . the daily press curried
an "announcement of Radio Belgrade to the radio.,sub.scribers" which
has been the subject of lively comment. People are asking whether
Radio Belgrade is authorised to issue such decisions. In connection
with this question, a Borba correspondent has interviewed the
President of the Chief Arbitration Board and also the head of some
other institutions and on the basis of all he, has heard it may be
concluded that the "announcement" was illegal. We shall dwell here
only on the most characteristic features. First we shall speak of
the "announcement" itself.
About the "depositing" of the radio sets
In 'the "announcement" it is said in part: "If the re istrution
of the r:.c!= o sot is cancelled because it does not work or for othe
reasons, then the subscriber must at. the latest by the end of the
current quarter deposit the set at the place indicated by the radio
station."..
Registration of radio sets and subsequent paying of subscription,__
on the basis of that registration is in fact a form of a contract
between the radio station which possesses the exclusive right to
radio broadcasts and the radio subscriber who has, the right to
listen to those broadcasts. This means that in-th-is, case both
parties lay down their conditions and agree to the conditions of
the other party. These conditions may be changed,.as is now the.
case wita-the increase of radio subscription,, but it is not written
anywhere that the contracting parties must agree to the new condition
In the concrete-case,, t} subscriber.. i s not `?obliga.ted , to agree to
the increased subscription,
The President of the Chief State Arbitration Boa..rd, Dr. Aleksan-
dar Goldstein., has given us the following explanation: "The radio
subscriber has by regis Bring his radio set bought the. right to
listen to radio broadcasts and not to own the radio set. He has
acquired the right to keep the radio set by the,fapt that he has
bought' it or has received it as a present.,. This is like buying an
automobile. When 'a man bays an automobile, it is his property and
later on by registering the automobile, the m,n acquires the right
to use ' it. If someone does not wish. to use.the. automobile., then it
does not mean that he M%sat not have it. From this point of view,
Rad.io Belgrade has, without any authority, taken the said decision--
namely, that those subscribers who cancel the registration of their
sets must deposit the seta at the places indicated by the radio
sta tign> s'
And further, "No regulation exists riving such authority to
the radio station. Now the question is, can, from the formal
legal point of view, such a decision betaken? TIn the concrete
case, only the Cabinet Gouncil for Communications and Connections
could issue such instructions. But, since it is the question of
modificat.^r of one of the principles of our constitution (violation
of ti-, ,. yght of personal property), e r~: the Council itself could
not decide on this without the consent of _.. government of the FPRY
or of the People's Assembly which adopted the Constitution."
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Is the owner of a radio set obligated to pay the subscription?
In the 11 announcemerlt't it is said in-part: "However, by
cancelling-the registration of the radio set, the subscribers
are - not exempt from pay'ibig the subscription for the current
month."
According' ~to this, the. radio subscriber is. obligated to
deposit the amount of his subscription despite the fact that he
has renounced the right to his radio set.' This means that the
radio station in fact forces him to listen to radio broadcasts.
We presume (this is not clearly sta'ted in the announcement) that
the radio station would take away the radio set from the-subscriber
on the day when the subscription which he had deposited expires.
And what would happen in case. ,the owner. .of the '.radio set sells
his set to another person? According to the announcement of Radio
Belgrade; the seller of the set would have to settle the amount
of subscription to the end of the quarter (let us, say, in October
he would have to settle the subscription until.the end of the year),
while.the:.buyer of the set would not be able to listen to radio
broadcasts until he registeres his set--that is, until he pays in
the amount of his subscription. This means that two subscriptions
would. have to be paid on one and the same radio 'set for the same
period.
Possible presumptions and their "explanationPY
The,peeople 'of Radio Belgrade have probably, 'arrived at' the
conclusion that should a radio set be left-with-.the owner after
the cancellation bf the registration, the 0'wner4 would listen to
radio broadcasts. For this reason, probably t,h`yl ha.vo chosen
the easier solution, in order to safeguard' tl ems 1ve's against any
possibilities, the:t of depositing the radio' sot:: at the place
indicated by the radio station. In our opinion, in similar cases,
the Belgrade.power station should take awayall.the hot plates
from all the consumers of electric current-during the time it is
forbidden to use electricity current for ho ehold purposes.
However, ; .such. a decision is completely ur-r-l I.ed because there
exist otheer;p.ossibilitieb for preventing uv ritual abuses. For
example-, why.not seal thy: radio sets when. the:irrregistration is
cancelled and leave the ;gets with their ow;ner-s. because the radio
set is personal. property). And if someone'.is=':cau.ght violating
his obligations., there exist provisions:on penalties and he can
be punished.;
In conclusion let u:i mention also thut., :x-ticl.e 10 of the tulEs
on Keeing tttadio Sets and Plying Zadio iubsoripti.ons (on which
allegecily the said announcement is based), pub ished in the
Official Gazette of the 'PRY, No. B of January 28, 19Z$, does not
give this authority to the radio. station nor, do any of the other
articles of this rulip. they do not give the:a.uthority to the radio
station to take the radio sets from their. . rn-rs regardless of
whether the radio sets are in working ordei ur.:rlot.
Signed '91V1. T.11 .
(BORBA - 4th Npve'mber, 1951)
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SOHO?LING TH 1INGINET RS' OF HUMAN SOULS" IN THE USSR
In, recent months the Soviet press has been?zealously markin?;
a significant 'five-year anniversary--five, years have passed since
the edition of the first series of the well-known.Zdanov postulates
regarding the questions 'on all types of art, The Central Committees
of the CPSU(b)'of the individual 'epublics have, held special sessions
at which they have mentioned the significant conclusions of the past
five years, which were almost proclaimed the individual motivating
force' for, the development of Soviet arts, and. at the.same time they
judged the new appearances of bourgeois nationalism, and decadent,
unproductiye cosmopolitanism.. It is clear that they did not miss.
the opportunity tp counsel the artist's of these republics so that
they would take' ziote of the culture of the great ,Russian people.
Despite,all the bbtdience of none-Russian writers in the major part
of their works, v ry frequently elements of national pride, love of
national history and for national heroes are found in their works.
It seems that the postulates and important Ste.lin.premises were
not sufficient to counteract these appearances, so ?i ow measures
have been undertaken to have a great number of these artists
re-educated. .`
The 'recentschogling of a,great number of Soviet artists has
begun with the'opening..of the school year iri.the?USSR. According,
to the news in'the Iaiteraturna'a Gazeta, eighty writers in Gr-uziya
are regularly attejd,ing lectures in the so-calltd Eveain g Unive'r--
sityfor IMia.rxism, Lenin,i,sm. Besides the general program, they will
listen t m' lectures ' on,.philosophy, aesthetics a'nd the. ?theary of
literature ' and 'arts.. All of these lectures ar'e, given; ;by. lecturers
from Moscow:,
Lithuanian,' writers 'have also become regular students at this
evening university; while writers from Leningrad have promised
that they will mainly study theory but will make use of the
existing seminars to help them.
The question'-of bourgeois nationalism in. U.krai ian .literature
is exceptionally. acute:- ? Pr Pravda was forced to d,e-vote a separate
article to-t" s question. hs is known, after -this 'art.icle came
ti C OP~tb)' of Ukrania issued a new postulate whi'c'h
t
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condemned a? ,nunber of; Ukranian writers. Actor ding to Literaturna 'e'
Gazete,' the' le"ctur. es on #?'iarxist study is the beginning o a new
sc oo Year for the Writers Club. For. the first lect~iure, a t e,q,
obviously elQ~cted ,which, accordinrr_. to' the: profLssor, is iio#`,
was being fayDUra c1y".grasped * by the not-too-young students.
(BORBA - kth November, 1951)
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BRITISH FILM CRITIC IN ;3ELGRA.DE
Dr. Roger Manvell.,.,,Director of the r}ritish Film i emdemy and,
well-known film critic hChs arrived in Bel ride , Yesterday i'.I4anvell
lectured to our film technicians on the projection methods -in British
documentary films,,. and tomorrow he will speak about;~-feature -ru mss
Rogar Manvmll has come to this country as the v
guest.of the
Y'unstav Film Association,
UNICEF DELEGATI,'CN LEAVES YUG ""SLAVIA
A.- 6th'November,.1951).
Yesterday. morning the UNICEF delegation which has been the
,,guest of the Federal Government left Belgrade by air for ;Zurich.
the. delegation was seen off by Dr,,Sloven Smodlaka, : Head of the
Protocol Department, Gustav Vlahov, Assistant Minister to,the
d.Fresident of the Council- for National Health and Socit:Z Pn1iey-a.n,
Mrs? Glassie, Chief of the UNICEF Mission 'to Yugoslavia,.
(B'RBA - 6th November, .1951)..
UNITED NATIC: NS EXI EATS IN ZAGREB
Mr,Paneron Roy, Chief of Technical lid for the Forestry and
Timber Industry with the United Nations and Marcel Lelu, Director
of the United Nations Forestry !Department; have arrived in Zagreb
us, ig;uests of :the Federal Administration for the "Impr yvement of
x reduction.. They are visiting our country in connection with .
arrangements for prviding technical artassistonce to our economy
Mid for the despatch of. orr experts abroad- for special; training,
This morning.they will address -a meeting of f oarestry 'and timber,
e perts from all. republics. They will aals:o advise on the question
o2, 6hettp~-ndatioe to be ,grave of an,_~institute for the control of
atforestatic~n - netics and seleQtion and an i stitute for
e em ea : an t e'd an "ca processing, o wood in Zagre (Tanjug).
B;i -~ 6th N-5v ember, 1951) .
(~ NIILLI N D+.: L'L~;RS )F ECC:N, 1IC AID T+' U t C UNTAY FI3 M FRANCE
Within the framework of the 50 million, dollars of eeonom~-e aid
which the Governments of the United St~t'es, Great L'ritain,.ar4 France
.have promised Yugoslavia. durin- the second half of 1951, 00','-french
,she xe, will amount to 6 mi:Llion dollars , the. equivalent of 2400 milli`?`n,
Thisid ib
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seat
V/V-e sagn tillerorm k,- T, French ~gT)un "Woo
W_-. .eW, cott.on and linen yarn, fi hi g',yarn, arti:fic al at ykil :;~
atil'ine dyes, raw phosphates and fertilisers, o hsrmaeeutieaai raw
materials and prepared drugs, installation, materials and eleegric
-liPht bulbs, motor ear spare parts~s, voorious spices and other. things,
(D-710A - 6?th November, 1951)0".'
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MARSHAL TITO RECEIVES PARTICIPANTS IN THR"E-SA:Y CONSULTATIVE
C N i it NCL OF JUDGE ;~ HLLi ,IN THE SUPrtiEiJ1E COUR' OF TJE FPRY
Yesterday at 5 p.m Marshal Tito received the participants
in the three-day consultative conference of judges of the Supreme
Court of the FPRY and representatives of the Supreme Codrts of
the Republics which was held in Belgrade at the beginning of this
month.
The President of the Supreme Court of the FPRY, Josip Hrncevic,
and the other participants in the conference in a trio-hour talk
aeouainted the Marshal, with the course of the conference which
had been called to consider the current problems of the law courts
and judicial practice in connection with the Decisions of the
Fourth Plenum of the CC CPY pertaining to the judiciary.
The reception was also attended by the Public Prosecutor for
the FPRY, Branko Jevremovic. (Tanjug)
(BORBA - 6th November, 1951)
GREETINGS FROM MARSHAL TITO TO THE CITIZENS OF STRLJMICA
The citizens of Strumica have sent to Marshal Tito a letter
inviting him to attend the gala celebration of the Seventh
Anniversary of the liberation of their town, November 5.
Replying to the invitation, Marshal 'Tito has congratulated
the citizens of Strumica on the anniversary of the liberation of
their town by the following telegram: "2 have received your
invitation to attend the Seventh Anniversary of the liberation
of your tofan. ,Since I am unable to attend, I take this opportgn<
ity to con;-ratulate all the citizens of your town on the Seventh
Anniversary of the liberation and to wish them further success in
the development of the town. Josi'p-Broz Tito"
(BORBA - 6th November, 1951)
:'VAN RIBAR RECEIVES THE CHILEAN ENVOY.
The President of the Praesidium of the, People 1s Assembly of
the FPRY, Dr. Ivan Ribar, received yesterday beforenoon the
Chilean Envoy, 1M1r, Ricardo BOIZARD 3astidas. On that occasion
the Chilean Envoy delivered to the President of the Praesidiw a
personal letter from the President of the Ro;?ublic of Chile, Mrs
Gabriel GONZALZ Videla, acknowledging the receipt of the
credentials of. the Yugoslav Envoy to Chile,, Lazar Lilic. In his
letter, President Gonzalez said that he would extend full help
to the strengthening of friendly relations between the Republie
of Chile and the FPRY.
The reception was also attended by Minister Plenipotentiary
and Chief of the Protocol Section, Dr. Sloven Smodlaka. (Tanjug)
(BORBA - 6th November, 1951)
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TELEGRAM FROM'. THE DLLEG ,TiON OF THE LA714 R .. FART -T OF NORWAY TO
THE CENTRAL CUk-1;iI T TEE, F TH: CO vi N T i ,i=0F Y GOSL.'1V A
The d 14;'.tion of the +~orkers Party of Norway which recently
visited Yugosl?via has sent a telegram to the CC of CPY thanking
it' for the cordial reception accorded to it. It is said in the,
telegram: The Norwegian Deleg:;tion wishes to thank you most
heartily for the hospitality:and,the very precious experiences
gained during its stay in your country. t.,Je wish to express to
you our sincerest wishes for the success of the great task of
building-up the new Yugoslavia." The telegrams is signed in the
name of the delegation by the member of the Executive Committee
of the !.Workers Party f Norway and Editor-in-Chief of the Party's
mouthpiece, Arbideblaaet, Olaf Larsen. (Tan.jug)
(BORBA - 6th November, 1951)
DECISION PERTAINING TQ THE WAGES OF APPRENTICES E1,11PLOYED BY
1 R VI- TE E L0 ERS . COOPERATIVES AND 00 i TIVE AND SOCIAL
1. Apprentices employed by private employers, cooperatives
and cooperative and social organisations and their enterprises
shall be paid in accordance with the Decree on ","ages of Workers
and Apprentices of the respective trade.
If certain trades are not embraced by the Decrees on V1ages
of i"orkers and Apprentices for individual branche , cf economy,,
then the apprentices shall be paid in accordance with the duration
of their apprenticeship, namely:
a) For the first year of apprenticeship 1,000 dinars
b) PP ?P second 1? i1 Y4 1,500 41
c) i? sP third PP P PP 2)000' 2. In addition to the wages stipulated in the preceding
paragraph, the apprentices whose parents are not receiving for
them children's allowance shall also receive aid for professional
training in the amount corresponding to the vAUue of-industrial
coupons for buying industrial goods with ? X30, per cent reduction in
accordance with the consumer category IR under the.following
conditions k
a) That the parents do not possess more than two hectares
of arable land, or,iftheir agricultural property is. less than
two hectares of arable; land, that the income from the t land does
not exceed-the sum of :3,000 dinars per member of household annually
or
b) That the income from the private pro?erty and private
economic activity of the apprentice and his 'parents does not
exceed the sum of 2,000 dinars 'monthly per member of household.
As income within the meaning of items a) and b) of the pre-
ceding paragraph is meant as a rule the income which is subject
to taxation.
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3. Thn aid for professional training of the apprentice shall
. be paid ? by.:his, employer with .whom he, is lei rning the trade from .:.Y..
h.i,g personal. funds.
4.-:1n apprentice shall have the right to aid for professional
training in the case when he is entitled to a wage:.
The aid for professional training' she ll' be paid monthly
together with the wage.
6. Explenotions in connection w~,th? this decision. she l;l b,e.
given by the; Councils for Public Health [;nd.: Soeie.l Polities ?of
the People's republics.
7, ? Wages and aids in a'dcord.ance h
. nbventh r. 1, .1951.
rewith. shall be paid
(BORBA. - 6th Nov(,mber, 1951)'
In connection with tie - opening .of ?'the.tnew session of the
French Parliament, the Britieh'ma.ga~irie ' Th- cpi om i t writes
.?tha't. poo.ple in France are speaking about ize-; po:ssiblity? of' new
"''iel"ectionse Nerd elections would not represent c nyth'ing unexpected
r. ; in view of the great .economic 'di?ficulties which the government
t is unable to solve, ~. -
EGONOiIiIST,` ON T H" COHSE "UENCES_ OF COIM iIC ')IIFFICULTIES , IN
ari?s; 5th November)
In the. opinion or The Lc'on-om.i,s?t, the ?Lcon.omic situation in
'''Fr'a'nce is today -so great that -it, represents -a,n obstacle for a
sutcessfu,l carrying-out of the.,tasks imposed upon the 'Western
Powers by the htlantid' Pact, ss.n.oE Fr~T';rice-,? which has not yet
recovered from the last w r R limb]', to take on he $' 8h:oulders
(BORBA, -.,6th November, `195.1)
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THE CAUSE
OF HIGH PRICES ON THE NIS MARKET a
On the Nis markets there are no indications that the price
of agricultural products is gon to decrease.Those who do not know
the real state of affairs migh thl t the relatively high prices are
.due to the lack of products,However this is not the reason in this
particular case,One can say definitely that the Nis market is'the
best and the most varied in inner Serbia.A characteristic of this
market is that the individual producers kept the price of their
products at a high level inspite,of the fact that the socialistic.
sector kept the market well supplied.Exception was made with articles
which were not of basic importance for nutrition.
If one analyzes the causes of the high price of agricul-
tural products one would come to the conclusion that nothing incites
the producers of this extremely important industrial region to sell
their products except the need for industrial commodities,.
On November 3 Nis market was full df agrioOlturll,,prddubts
including i4gs and live-stock as well as cereals to an approximate
value of more than 10 million dinars.There are no official figures
which would show how much was sold that day on the Nis market but
according to our estimate less than 50% of the products were sold,
The rest was taken back by the peasants because they could not find
buyers at prices which they fixed themselves.For example's sake
we will mention that inspite of large supplies the prices of.wheat,
corn,potatoes and.beans were 45, 30.30 and 60 dinars respectively
per kilogramme.
It is quite clear that such high prices are not approachable
to the working people of Nis who are prepared to wait patiently for
a fall in prices on the Nis market...And they must decrease if the
producers of the Nis District were demanded seriously to fulfil their
obligations'to the State.It seems that such demands were not made.
_In a serious form which is necessary in regard to the moments when
the newest economic sures'are being carried out and which are
directed in fjr4R1
ward the stabilization of prices of agricul-
tural products on the market,
For example the peasants of the Nis District are. owing in
taxes for the current year somewhere about 50 million dinars.They
should pay thib sum at the latest by the end of the year,because this
is only a part of the instalment which to appro:kimat~ky equal to last
years's assessment.One should underline that the last year's crop
was bad also in the Nis District.This year was a good one and there
Is no justification whatsoever that in the Nis District only
30 million dinars in taxes have been collected in the past 'ten
months,This proves definitely that the collecting of taxes has not
been taken seriously.Tb16j$ .confirmed by statements given by' the
peasants themselves ? who say that they are selling mainly their
products because they nead money for TI Slavas T- and marriage festi-
vities.
The peasants were freed this year of many compulsory
purchases.And those which have remained in force are paid by the State
at higher prices than those on the markets,In the first place this is
the case of corn on the cob.For'100 kilogrammes the producers get
1,069 dinars in cash and the same amount in coupons,which1tsvi t relation
to prices in many places much higher than the average price on the free
market. .
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As Usual the economically stE'ofigeet regions phy heir
taxes to the State most irregularily and the Nis District 14 no
exception.It is enough to mention that the village of Cokot'an
exclusively vegetable -growing village owes over 5,000.000 din,ra
in State Taxes,,jt is a well-known fact that this particular vitlags
by maintaining high prices obtained tens of millions of dinars
for their vegetables,The'village Belotinac which a tso grows .vege
tables has not paid for the past ten moriths'not even 50% of due
instalments of taxes,The peasants of these and some other villages
are in no hurry to pay their taxes,be,cause they have""calculated it
that-it-would be 11 better " to ground the greater part of their
products and to await spring when they expecat to pay overdue taxes
by selling a.smaller quantity of products than at present,
Similar things.happen in vine- owing places.The villages
of Malta and Sicevo are swing more than 6,000,000'dinars,in taxer,
while ori'the other hand they do not know what to do'-with the grapes,,
Many growers will not sell` grapes.because,they are'expecting still
higher prices.
There is also another reason ,fora the slow :fall in prices
in the Nis District,Namely,the.neighborhood of Nis was proclaimed
as a not-wheat growing .region and the town ::cif. N.i s has 'been included
in the category, Qt towns to which provisions 'are to 'be -applied which
are valid for for non-wheat growing places,Practicaily this means that.
agricultural products in State shops are sold at a highe'r'price t)ax
in places, .with 1 wheat growing surroundings,This influenced to a great
extent peasants 'to keep artificially high prices of their products,
pointing out continually at prices in.State. shops,-S'inee November.
3,this-region is considered no longer ss non-wheat growing and. now
the prices in,,rState shops are decreasing.
This' measure and'a strict control in the payment of taxes
as well as greater efforts by the town purchasing enterprises can
contribute and make the Nis market even this Autumn one of the cheapest
in Serbia,To what extent the prices will fall on the Nis market will
depend also on the success obtained in the collection of taxes from
the Nis eraftsmen.At this moment they owe more than 4,000.000 dinars
in taxes, which means that they are exerting pressure o$c,8g~je~.t~+s1
pioodvctb with the money which Should havo been' ,lonArtico- go in the
State Treasury and thus they are helping the disproportinally high
price of foodstuffs.
(signed : R.Lukic )
( BORBA , November 6, 1951 ) .
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TAX COLLECTING. IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA. BEHINDHAND
Only 15 percent of the thxAic J.1' -5n , . plan. for the fourth
quarter has been fulfiled in' Kosovo and..Metbhi ja till the end
of. October. Ahead, is the district'of'.Mitrovica where 51 percent
of the elan has been fulfiled,,then"comes the district of
Drenica with 33% and Djakovo with -34%. At' the :other end. are
:districts.of Sarplanina (1%), Suva-.Reka (2%):.and Gorski.(2%).
Reasons for such irregular and poor fulfilment of the plan
lies in the sporadic work of the local people.''s.-Gommittees..
Besides, in some local committees-(for example in the district of
Zvecan)it was completely neglected to discuss.the question of
taxes at the meetings of voters, though this question is now
the most important. Even some members of'the committee are
'delaying payment of taxes. For example,,,ubstitute 'people's
deputy and member o'f the,idistrict committee..at Vucitrn? owes
162,833 dinars, and the~whole-village in which he lives is
indebted for over 600,000 dinars
In assessing the taxes various irregularities were committed.
For example, in the district of Sarplanina, it-was required from
some, households to pay bigger amounts for, local 't`a.uee than for
income taxes. In this district paym'ent;s of local* -taxes are
being made ,along with income taxes, which',h 'nde-rs the =collecting
plan. Great difficulties appear in c6l1cting taxes (from
members of peasant working co-o,per?at?ives :' .On home?st'spdo.In the
district of Sarplanina the dire) for";of mech:aniz :tiom,,.,fund told
presidents of peasant working; co-operatives, and, : hey,, told
the members,:-not to pay to anyone tax on homesteads.
BO-T 6 November'1951
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