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the name of the committee of public safety. Hitler did the same in the name of national<br />

security. <strong>The</strong> United Nations followed suit in Katanga in the name of restoring public order.<br />

"No animal shall kill another animal . . . without cause"!<br />

What a far cry this is from the American Constitution which says that Congress shall pass<br />

no law abridging the people's right of free speech, religion, peaceful assembly, and so<br />

forth. Not "except as provided by law," but "no law"! What a difference this makes.<br />

According to Marxist doctrine, a human being is primarily an economic creature. In other<br />

words, his material well-being is all important; his privacy and his freedom are strictly<br />

secondary considerations. <strong>The</strong> United Nations Declaration of Human Rights clearly<br />

reflects this philosophy in its emphasis on social security: food, clothing, housing, medical<br />

care, unemployment compensation. In this connection, the UN declaration closely<br />

parallels the Soviet constitution. <strong>The</strong> following comparison should be studied carefully:<br />

SOVIET CONSTITUTION<br />

Article 118: Citizens of the USSR have the<br />

right to work.<br />

Article 120: Citizens of the USSR have the<br />

right to maintenance in old age and also in<br />

case of sickness or disability. This right is<br />

insured by the extensive development of<br />

social insurance of industrial, office and<br />

professional workers at state expense; free<br />

medical service for the working people; and<br />

the provision of a wide network of health<br />

resorts for the use of the working people.<br />

Article 119: Citizens of the USSR have the<br />

right to rest and leisure.<br />

Article 122: [Guarantees] State protection of<br />

the interests of mother and child, State aid<br />

to mothers of large families and to<br />

unmarried mothers, maternity leave with full<br />

pay, and the provision of a wide network of<br />

maternity homes, nurseries, and<br />

kindergartens.<br />

Article 126: Citizens of the USSR are<br />

guaranteed the right to unite in . . . trade<br />

unions.<br />

Article 121: Citizens of the USSR have the<br />

right to education.<br />

UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION<br />

Article 23: Everyone has the right to work.<br />

Article 25: Everyone has the right to . . .<br />

medical care and necessary social<br />

services, and the right to security in the<br />

event of unemployment, sickness, disability,<br />

widowhood, old age, or other lack of<br />

livelihood.<br />

Article 24: Everyone has the right to rest<br />

and leisure.<br />

Article 25 (2): Motherhood and Childhood<br />

are entitled to special care and assistance.<br />

Article 23 (4): Everyone has the right to . . .<br />

join trade unions.<br />

Article 26: Everyone has the right to<br />

education.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are a great many other similarities between the Soviet constitution and the United<br />

Nations Declaration of Human Rights, but the foregoing comparison is sufficient to reveal

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