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OUR ENGLISH COLUMN J . W olcott P ip er Before March 8th F i f t y y e a r s a g o a s o c ia lis t c o n fe re n c e d ecid ed t h a t M a rc h 8 sh o u ld b e W o m e n 's D a y . On t h a t d a te — 1910, s o c ia lis tic w o m en d e m o n s tra te d f o r s u f f r a g e , p r o te c tio n f o r m o th e r a n d ch ild , a n d o th e r h u m a n r i g h t s . E a c h y e a r sin ce, in t h e l e f t i s t p o litic a l w o rld , i t is re q u ir e d t h a t th e s e r i g h t s b e d iscu ssed . T o g e th e r w ith o th e r slo g a n s o f t h e s o c ia lis tic m o v e m e n t, t h e S o v ie t U n io n a p p r o p ria te d t h e d a y o f M a rc h 8 th , a n d c e le b ra t ed i t y e a r a f t e r y e a r. I t b ec am e t h e u s u a l f e s ti v i t y w ith lo u d slo g a n s, hollow p ro m is e s a n d d o u b tfu l a c h ie v e m e n ts . B u t, t h e S o v ie t w o m an h a s n o r i g h t to d e m o n s tra te , o r d e m a n d a n y th in g . T h e o p in io n is ^ s p re a d t h a t sh e a c h ie v e d all s h e is s t r i v in g fo r. A n d , on M a rc h 8 th , t h e w o m en p a r tic ip a tin g in t h e cele b r a tio n o n ly a p p e a r to b e h o n o re d b y t h e sh o w y b e s to w in g o f m e d a ls a n d o th e r m a r k s o f d is tin c tio n . T h e g o als f o r th e s e d is tin c tio n s h a v e n o t b e e n s e t b y t h e w o m en th e m s e lv e s , in co n fe re n c e , b u t h a v e b e e n s e c re tly c o n triv e d b y t h e P a r t y , f o r t h e f u r t h e r i n g o f P a r t y en d s. A n d so fr o m y e a r to y e a r t h e h o a x g o es on. T h e fe w h ig h r a n k in g o ffic ia ls , P a r t y m e m b e rs , w o m en a r t i s t s , a n d q u a li fie d s p e c ia lis ts e n jo y t h e d a y o f M a rc h 8 th . T h e g r e a t m a s s o f w o rk in g w om en, w ith a low s t a n d a r d o f life, n ee d e x p e c t n o th in g fr o m M a rc h 8 th s a v e a dull m e e tin g in t h e i r p la c e o f w o rk . A lth o u g h i t is t h e y w h o c a r r y th e b u rd e n o f h o m e, w o rk a n d fa m ily p ro b le m s, t h e y a r e d e p riv e d o f e ith e r a n o p p o rtu n ity to d isc u ss th e m , s tr iv e f o r a so lu tio n , o r s tr u g g le f o r a n im p ro v e m e n t. T h e 5 0 th a n n iv e r s a r y o f M a rc h 8 th is b e f o re u s. I t w ill be m is u s e d on a n ev e n g r e a t e r scale. T h e i n te r n a tio n a l D em o c r a tic W o m e n ’s F e d e r a tio n , w ith i t s s ite in E a s t B e rlin is p r e p a r in g a n in te r n a tio n a l c o n g re s s on th i s occasion. O n A p ril 16-20 i t w ill b e h e ld in C o p en h ag e n . I t s a g e n d a is fo re s e e a b le . W o m en f r o m all p a r t s o f t h e w o rld w ill f o r e g a th e r , e sp e cially f r o m U S S R , a n d s a te llite c o u n tr ie s . M a n y w ill b e t h e a d d re s s e s on w o m en ’s a c h ie v e m e n ts in t h e U S S R , b a s e d on s t a t i s t i c s a n d d ia g ra m s , a n d fo r e c a s ts a b o u t t h e f u t u r e o f w o m e n ’s life in c o u n trie s , w h e re “ C o m m u n ism is b u ilt u p .” T h is c le v e r p ro g r a m , p r e p a r e d f o r t h e 5 0 th a n n iv e r s a r y o f M a rc h 8 th w ill b lu ff, n o t o n ly t h e peo p le b e h in d t h e Ir o n C u rta in , b u t t h e F r e e W o rld . A n d t h e r e a l i ty b e h in d t h i s il lu sio n ? W e c a n re m in d o u rs e lv e s o f tw o m e a s u r e s t a k e n r e c e n tly b y t h e S o v ie t g o v e rn m e n t, w h ic h i l lu s t r a te s t h e r e a lity . In 1955, N ov. 23 a la w w a s is s u e d a g a in p e r m i t t i n g a b o r tio n s , w ith t h e r e s u lt t h a t t h e O c to b e r 1956 re c o rd o f t h e So v ie t m in is te r o f h e a lth sh o w ed t h e h o s p ita ls o v e rflo w in g w ith th e s e c a ses. I t is a m ed ica l f a c t t h a t f o r a w o m a n to b e s u b je c t ed to a b o r tio n is a s s u re a w a y to im p a irin g h e r h e a lth a s e x c e s siv e c h ild b e a rin g . A n d a n y h o w w o m en h a v e t h e r i g h t to c o n tro l t h e i r ow n d e s tin ie s in s te a d o f b e in g sla v e s o f t h e s t a te . T h is r u s h f o r a b o r tio n la y s b a r e t h e liv in g a n d w o rk in g co n d itio n s o f t h e c o u n try . T h e y a re n o t c o n d u siv e to t h e r e a r i n g o f f a m i l i e s ; t h e y re v e a l la c k o f h o u sin g , a n d p ro p e r f r e s h food. T h e w o rk on c o n s tru c tio n s , o n ra ilr o a d a n d w ith m o to rs h a v e p ro d u c e d a b a d e f f e c t on w o m e n ’s bo d ies. In a r e c e n t r e s e a r c h , b y th e m ed ica l p ro fe s s io n o f t h e F r e e W o rld , i t w a s fo u n d t h a t n o h e a l t h y w o m an ca n l i f t m o re t h a n 25 p o u n d s, w ith o u t i n j u r y to h e r b ody. T h a t is w h y in te llig e n t m in d s w elcom e m e c h a n ic a l a p p lia n c e s. T h e y c o n s e rv e t h e s t r e n g t h o f w o m en f o r t h e i r w o rk o f ch ild b e a rin g , a n d r e a r in g ; a n d t h e c a re o f t h e i r h o m e s. A n d , p e r m its t h e p u r s u i t o f m e n t a l a c tiv itie s f o r a ll w o m en , n o t a c h o se n fe w , in t h e w o rld ’s p r e s e n t d a y e x p a n s io n in to a m o re a b u n d a n t life. T h e n o rm o f w o rld in te llig e n c e is t h e sam e. S ocial s e c u r ity in U S S R is a n o b je c t o f p rid e to i t s le a d e rs . A c c o rd in g to i t ea c h w o rk in g m o t h e r is p ro te c te d t h r o u g h le a v e s o f ab se n c e , a n d a p p r o p r ia te w o rk . B u t t h e r e f e r r i n g la w o f O c to b e r 1955 n e e d e d a sp ec ia l d ecree, is s u e d n o t lo n g ag o . I n t h a t d ec ree , t h e g o v e r n m e n t s tr e s s e d t h e p re v io u s r u lin g on w o m en ’s la b o r p ro te c tio n , a n d d e m a n d e d i t s s t r i c t o b se rv a n c e . T h is p ro v e d i n s u f f i c i e n t; a n d is n o t o b ey ed in r e a lity . N u m e ro u s c o m p la in ts, p u b lis h e d in t h e n e w s p a p e rs a r e t h e c u r r e n t p ro o f o f it. T h e s e tw o f e a t u r e s i l lu s t r a te t h e g la m o u r o f t h e co m in g M a rc h 8 th c o n g re s s . T h e F r e e W o rld sh o u ld b e p re p a re d f o r i t s loud a n d m is le a d in g slo g a n s. I n s te a d l e t u s look f o r t h e t r u t h b e h in d e a c h s t a te m e n t, a n d w e w ill s a v e o u rs e lv e s f r o m i t s h a r m f u l in flu e n c e .
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