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Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 21, 1966 THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH The Communist View by Jim Earle A Plan For America SOSOLIK'S TV & RADIO SERVICE Zenith - Color & B&W - TV All Makes - TV - Repaired 713 S. Main 822-1941 AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES: Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. Colleare S2J-805I By LARRY R. JERDEN Battalion Associate Editor NEW PROGRAM OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, U.S.A., Gus Hall. Political Affairs Pub lishers, Inc. 1966. For the year 1966, the Communist Party, U.S.A., has published a draft of their new pro grams for a Socialist America. Reading the draft in its paperback form convinces the capitalist-American reader of one thing from the outset: it is a sharply-written issue of the same old Communist line. It is a description of both the goals of the party, and the means it intends to use to gain these goals. There is much truth within its pages. And great lies. The Communist Party, U.S.A., describes itself as “a revolutionary working-class party dedicated to the struggle against the evils of capitalism as they affect the lives of our people today and to the struggle for a socialist U.S.A.” They say that to fully realize America’s enorm ous potential the people must wrest ownership of its resources from the corporate power and use them for the common good instead of private profit. But, they assure the reader, this will not be the oppressive kind of Communism found in Rus sia or eastern Europe. That was the result of the extreme poverty existant in those countries when Communism came to their rescue. No, America will adapt Communism to its own realities, traditions and institutions. It will follow, “the American way to Socialism.” The program pictures the current American scene as one in such a crisis that only Commun ism can lead the way to a brighter life. Point ing to the American foreign policy that is “magni fying the peril, instead of diminishing it,” the tech nological revolution that is displacing workers, and the Negro revolt, they say that a Communist America would wipe all this away and give us a land of peace and prosperity. The root of all this trouble say the Com munist, is the “power elite of corporation officers, military commanders and political administrators.” This triumvirate of exploitation and imperalism is really one, with the same men switching roles at various stages of their lives to insure that their grip on America will remain solid. Imperalism, to the Communist mind, is not the same as it is to the capitalist. The followers of Marx see imperalism as a stage of capitalism. The stage, in fact, the U.S. is currently undergoing. They say the US is fighting to preserve this neoimperalism in Vietnam, and say that the supreme fight for world peace today is “to halt U.S. aggres sion, to end U.S. military occupation of South Viet Nam so that the Vietnamese can decide their own destiny.” They see the U.S., not the Communists, as the agressors in that little war, and say that the U.S. interests there are purely imperalistic. On the home front, they hold up the Ameri can labor union as the true champion of liberty in this nation, and envision a labor-Negro coali tion as the agent which will eventually overthrow the capitalists. At this stage of the game, the Communist seek to put on their white hats. Here they point out that they are the true defenders of the Ameri can Constitution. They seek to work totally within the framework of the Constitution, making, of course, suitable amendments to it. They advocate an amendment which would abolish the capitalist form of property. There is a difference, the Communists say, between private property and property which is being used by a minority to exploit the majority. It is the latter that will be confiscated. Just who will deter mine which is oppressive isn’t made clear. The government, more than likely, operating “deci sively” under the “mandate” of the people. In the end, the Communist Party, U.S.A., envisions a Socialist-democratic America, in which all business larger than family size will be pub- licly owned. The nation-wide and primary indus tries will be owned by the Federal government, the statewide and secondary industries by the states, and the local industries owned by the counties and cities. Farms and family sized businesses would only be publicly owned at the present owners request. Of course the Communists realize that these far-reaching goals may be years away, but they do outline positive programs which will hasten the day of “mankind’s bright horizon—Socialism.” They call for Communists to join with others to work within the two-party system when these other groups are working for a cause with which they agree. Thus, they join the Negro civil rights movement, labor union struggles and demonstra tions to end “imperalism” in Viet Nam. But, they warn, they will not let themselves be deluded by promises of the establishment, whether it be the Democrats or Republicans. Always they will work to strengthen their own party and other of the Left. In the end, they picture themselves as the champions of the people and the supporters of the Constitution. They also are cooperators with re ligion for good and the true savior of mankind from his present suffering at the hands of the big industrialists. The New Program of the Communist Party, U.S.A., is available from New Orleans Publishers & Distributors, 32 Union Square East, New York City. For anyone desiring to know about a party that would transform our nation into a Socialist utopia, it should be required reading. Senior Pulls Caps From Milk Bottles Wire in the right hand, bottle in the left . . . and Roy Langhoff is on the job. The Corps tradition of putting the milk bottle caps back inside the bottles has become Langhoff’s biggest headache. Langhoff, a senior Dairy Science major from Yoakum, works at the A&M Creamery. Besides his job of general handyman he is assigned the task of removing the caps from the milk bottles. “Yeah, one of my jobs is pulling out the caps,” Langhoff said. He commented that he couldn’t understand why people put them back in the bottles. He writes it off as being some kind of tradition. Langhoff said sometimes he feels they do it just for meanness. He estimates that he takes the caps out of about 2,000 bottles daily. He said most of the cap-filled bottles come from Duncan Dining Hall. How do you get the caps out of the bottles? “We have a little wire to go down in there and pull them out.” Summer Teacher Loans Available Students who are qualifying to teach at the elementary, secondary or college level are eligible for summer session loans. National Defense Student Loans will be avail able on a limited basis, announced Robert M. Logan, Student Aid Director. Maximum loan is $500. Application forms are available at the Student Financial Aid Office, room 303, YMCA Building from April 25-June 16, Logan noted. KEEP COLSON! A State Senator You Can Trust Former Teacher and Principal Native of Bryan Summer Student At Texas A&M • 17 Years In Senate • 100 Percent Record For Higher Education Re-Elect NEVEWIH. COISON 5th Senatorial District (Pol. Adv. 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