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Some Aspects of Family Life in Communist Paradise Under such t i tle Women for Freedom, Inc., i n New York pub lished their leaflet. It serves to broaden the knowledge of Soviet life, especially i n the domain of fam ily life. On the first page the leaflet states the Soviet viewpoint on the m arriage. According to th at, m arriage can no longer be re garded as a private affair, but carries an im portant social func tion and mission. This is above all the principles th a t the fam i ly, through the contribution of work made by its members, should strengthen the social or der and especially ensure the so cialist upbringing of the chil dren. Now, examples of Soviet real ity are following. You learn th a t each m arriage has to be approv ed from political point of view. Church weddings are a “relic of the old capitalistic world” and the P arty does not tolerate them . Another reason why people fre quently cannot m arry is the lack of living space. In an apartm ent of five rooms there will be 3 or 4 families, all using the same kitchen and bathroom facilities. A destroying effect on fam ily life is the replacing of the trad i tional paternal authority w ith a communist state authority. Chil dren are encouraged to denounce th eir parents in case they do not adapt them selves quickly enough to th e Soviet life. Therefore fear, never ending, dominates the life of all the people in th e Commun ist world. F u rth er the pam phlet is carry ing some news about the employ m ent of women and is backing it up th r ough examples from Uk raine. Ukrainian Americans have brought back inform ation on this subject from their recent visits in Ukraine. They tell us th a t wo men in Ukraine are doing m ost of the m anual work, such as road building, where they take th eir place beside the men, perform ing pick and shovel work, mixing concrete, laying asphalt and smoothing it down, and loading trucks w ith heavy stones and bricks. Women also work on rail roads, streets and bridges. On construction jobs they work alongside th e men as laborers, carpenters, plasterers, painters and iron workers, and all w ear ing the same blue coveralls. Women are often seen walk ing 8 to 15 miles w ith big loads strapped on their backs, taking products to m arkets. It is a com mon sight to see a woman w ith a 100 pound bag of fru it or vege tables on her back. On the kolhosps (collective farm s) of Ukraine the m ajor share of th e work is done by wo men. On one such collective farm near K harkiv out of 900 work ers, 300 men and 600 women were employed. Our tourists saw women there working as mecha nics, tracto r and truck drivers. Women also do the plowing, take care of the cattle and work in the fields. Generally th e men act as overseers and forem en. On the kolhosps there is no distinc tion in m eeting norms of work or quotas between men and wo men ; both have the same quota to fulfill. In a W estern U krainian village a tourist reported th e case of a woman who had worked all year and was paid in produce and 300 rubles in cash a t the end of the year. For this am ount of cash she could buy an Am erican made woolen kerchief. K erchiefs are not m anufactured in the USSR because they are not a necessity and do not fit into th e Seven- Year Plan. Several examples are depicting the life in the forced labor camps and in the virgin lands. Hun dreds and thousands of women were torn from th eir families, forced to work under exterm inat ing conditions. In such features the pam phlet tries to draw attention to real facts affecting our lives. It is no more the fam ily behind the Iron C urta i n which is threatened. The Communist world is a menace to all democratic world. It is con cluding w ith an appeal to help our Government fig h t this mon strosity called Communism and restore m orality and normal life to all the world. WORLD UNION OF CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS Paris, Oct. 21st, 1960 Dear Mrs. Lototsky: We were very glad to receive your letter of Septem ber last and the enclosed documents on the situation of women in the Soviet Union. I need hardly say how interest ed and touched we were to read about the lives of U krainian wo men today and th eir hard work ing conditions and I know how especially deeply their plight m ust affect you. You m ay be sure we will make good use of th e inform ation. We have already translated it in French and intend to place on th e agenda of th e next Board m eeting of th e W orld Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations which is being held in Novem ber. C. Swagemakers Joint Secretary General 16 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛЮТИЙ, 1961 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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