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Show Ey WZllam L. F.yan Associated Press Wnter Whats wrong with ?.usia r j th? Russians? Why is so nch a ration ncu iTiOUly in economic rurally T after a half Why ! wile of communism, do ertury 'terms' perform abominably ? hy is the Communist Party rn-tion issuing ominous the bureaucracy ? a o hai g Another eccunt of life in the U.S S R. hrotts new light on these It r egeests that n xstpnes. 0th people and leaders are aught in a vast totalitarian trap. A frail young Russian wnh a heart condition sallied forth e :0 do battle with that mcredi-jjsystem. He had the satisfaction of making the monger srithe in anger. But, as he anew it would, the monster is crushing him now. Not long ago some Westerners . in Moscow wondered ;,rber 32 year old Andre; A Amalrik might be a covert collaborator with the KCB, theeoret police. He was liherat&d from a term in Slade Monster U'rithe in Anger The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, August 1, What Ails Russia? Nobody Cares, fodder stock. for they can receive botn and goods for their uoik and are not taxed for their private plots. But m effect thpy ate were o.f. of the enormously high for fodder and other pra-eNow s essentials Constitutes New Book Claims sheds rot and livestock dies of expo ure? The collective farm's animals do not belong to the peasants. Precarious Life The present collective svs-teis based, in effect, on toned labor, savs Amalrik. and the peasarts are totally A peasant without rights cannot leave his village without permission. He can be transferred without notice, punished heavdy for mistakes or offenses. His main recreation is getting drunk. Stiff pcnalfes for the use of stills do little to dim the tide of home-mad- e live- money booze. The mentality, says rik, is shaped by knowledge that peasants cannot hope to be their own masters. Their situations are alwavs precarious. What little they have can be easily taken away. The days of Stalm are remembered almost with nostal-g.a,- " Amalrik says. "The taxes may have been crushing and the peasonts paid nothing for their work on the kolkhoz, but at least they had enough Amal- Threat Periodically, Moscow displays signs of desperation over agricultuie. It seems un- likely muvh can be done to cute the basic weakness without permitting more freedom and initiative to the collective farmers. But that would threaten centi alized control. As Amalrik points out. economic democratization is imw ithout political possible democratization, and so it is a v lcious circle. The peasant, he sivs, is reso Soviet signed to it all agricultuie continues to floun- der. One particularly depressing note in the journal is Amal-rik- s account of young students sent to collective farms for summer work. Even though they often cursed the system low pay and lack of necessities, they defended the principle of deporting parasites' and imposing forced labor Spoiled b parasite." The parasite law was adopted by Nikita Khruschevs re- gime in 1961, aimed at persons evading socially useful labor and antisocial, parasitic life. Any one who lacks what the authorities consider a can be exiled two j proper job Frost King Electric Ice Cream Freezers 'tfJ. PAIL Nikita Many students, he writes, seem to hold Stalinist views and to feel that Khrushchev in reality spoiled the people. The nature of the Soviet system demanded that it silence Almarik, just as it silenced the writers Yn Daniel and Andiei Sir.yavskv and nia v others in recent years. "Those ir. high office surely to reflect." writes ought that without a Amalrik, proper rule of law, they themselves, may one day share the fate of Smyavsky and Daniel. 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He was seen being hauled into a black automobile and driven away, probably to prison. An Amalrik book being published this week in the United States is a devastating indictment of the Soviet system. to Involuntary Journey Siberia is a journal of what happened to Amalrik between January 1963 and July 1966. The story begins with a visit to him by two Americans seeking contact with an artist. Spies reported on visits to Amalrks place. Th . jKGB searched the aparment and found manuscripts of Amalrik plays which thev deemed subversive. They carted Amalrik off to prison to await trial as a ' If X Siberia at forced lahor ard that is a rare thing. He walked around loose after est of publication in the Will the Soviet Survive until 1984? This pamphlet predicted that the U.S.S.R. probably would disintegrate with Red China. their own AIT 19T8 o ' Memories Are Never Lost "- In Blue Star Flip Albums (pr Pictures are readily accessible nicely displayed in g flip albums by Blue Star. 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Citizens must carry passports and records of employment. A man convicted as a parasite loses his right to his residence. Some "parasites" never return. The bureaucracy is such that it is often impossible fa get reregistered. The "parasite is buffeted about in what Amalrik calls "a duel between hopless despair and senseless cruelty. A man may be caught quite by chance in the wheels of a huge bureaucratic Amalrik writes. machine, In A judge told Amalrik advance of his "trial exactly what his sentence wculd be: 2 years in exie at forced labor. In July 1966, through the tireless efforts of friends In Moscow, the sentence was revoked. g as is the portrayal of Soviet justice, the bigger impact is in what he has to say about the farm where he worked, and farms in general. As he unfolds tl.s story, conditions wpre incredithe prisoners, also bly bad for the kolkhozniks or collective peasants. 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