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Communist Party Delegates Return Home To Carry Out Khrushchev's Economic Plan Editor! Note: The rnentlT ran. eluded 21t comrtsi of the Soviet Communist Party was an Import ant one to Soviet, and world his tory. I'PI Moscow correspondent Henry Shapiro, who attended the Congress, tells in the wake of the meetinj how the Soviets are set ting on in their race to outstrip the I'nited States economically. It is the last of three dispatches on the Congress. By HENRY SHAPIRO . Moscow -UPB- The tumult nd the shouting of the nine day session of the 21st special congress of the Soviet Com munist Party are over, nd the 1,200 delegates have rushed back to the far-flung areas of the Soviet sub-continent. Once more in the realities of daily life, they'll begin the arduous task of implement ing premier Nikita Khrush chev's ambitious dream . to outclass America's produc tion and living standard. The Soviet press . has al ready reported that mass meetings throughout the coun try are pledging to fulfill the seven -year plan ahead of schedule and raise gross pro duction 80 per cent compared to 1957. Ruts Claim Faster Growth . The chances of reaching the targets are good, accord ing to Khrushchev, given the annual rate of growth of eight per cent compared to America's two per cent. Present Soviet industrial production is about half that of the United States, while agricultural output is one- quarter lower than America's. However, Khrushchev's plan envisages surpassing the United States per capita pro duction within 15 years to achieve the world's highest standard of living. According to Khrushchev, the present Soviet per capita ' production is less than one- half America's, while U. S agricultural production is 40 per cent higher. But he was confident the Russians could catch up and outstrip the United States. He said the present Soviet yield of milk and butter al ready exceeds America's, and that Russia expects to equal America meat' production in the next few years. Major annual industrial production goals for 1965 in millions of metric tons are: Steel, 91; pig iron 70; iron ore, 160; coal, 609; oil, 240; Plus: Electricity, 520 bililon kilo watt hours; autos, trucks and buses, 865,000 units; cotton cloth, eight billion 'meters; wool, cloth, 500 million me ters; shoes, 515 million pair; grain, 180 million tons, cot ton, seven million tons; meat and fats, 16 million tons. The estimated population In 1965 will be 225 millions. ' To the average Soviet citi zen, Khrushchev promised a 60 per cent increase in real wages, a 35-hour work week, higher pensions, better social and recreational services and more adequate housing, cloth ing, and food. The housing program pro vides for the construction of 15 -million apartments to solve the Soviet Union's worst single problem. , It does not mean a "chick en in every pot," or a "car in every garage." . Housing Plan But tackling first problems first, current legislation al ready calls for reduced con struction of theaters, club houses, swimming pools and monuments, with all em phasis on housing. Historic Site Becomes A Park Salem - (CPD - One of the state's most historic sites be came a public park Friday when a 46-acre tract deeded to the state highway commis sion last month by Idaho Power company was added to the 16 acres already owned by the state and formally estab lished as Farewell Bend State park. State Park Superintendent C. H. Armstrong said the park will commemorate the Fare well Bend of the Snake river made famous by immigrants who at that point saw the river for the last time on their trek to the Willamette valley. Establishment of the new park came as part of the bus iness conducted by the six man parks advisory commit tee, headed by Chairman W. M. Tugman, Reedsport. The committee plans to hold a meeting this spring to hear county judges and others in terested in the problem of es tablishing areas of authority of cities, counties and the state and the federal govern ment in the establishing of public parks. London -dTS-The announce ment that John Foster Dulles has cancer drew expressions of sorrow and sympathy from European officials yesterday, even those who have bitterly Fifteen months ago, this correspondent asked Khrush chev what he meant by a solution of the housing prob lem. He replied: Nothing lux urious. Spelling this out, he means urban dwellers will be guar anteed a minimum single room in place of the present communal apartments hous ing several persons per room. With all allowance for probable statistical exaggera tions, Western economists are not inclined to doubt the So viet Union's, higher rate of growth compared to Ameri ca's. Stalin's first five year plan launched in 1929 with the slogan "catch up and surpass the most advanced capitalist countries" met universal de rision and skepticism from abroad. At fantastic human material costs unprecedented in a capitalist economy and in spite of wartime devastation. the pre - revolutionary, back ward agricultural country be came tne worlds second in dustrial power and is now plausibly challenging Ameri ca's position. A relatively low labor pro ductivity remains in the So viet economy, but the rate is slowly and steadily increas ing. Given a more rational or ganization of industry of the Khrushchev era, continued in ternal relaxation, higher in centives to industrial, agri cultural and labor fields and expanded mechanization and automation, the economic goals do not appear unrealis tic. The Soviet economy will be increasingly coordinated with that of other Communist coun tries. If successful, according to Khrushchev, within 15 years the Communists,- with less than half the world's population, will control more than half the world's produc tion. It may be some time before the Soviet people are as well housed and clothed as the Americans. Heavy Industry Stressed But there is no denying the formidable power they will represent. The stress of current and fu ture economic plans will re main on heavy industry, the 'foundation of the founda tions of Soviet economy," as Soviet economists phrase it. Soviet economic competi tion, which KhrxiShchev offers to replace for the armaments race and armed conflict, will be one of the cornerstones of Soviet foreign policy in the immediate future. To consolidate the economic power of the Communist bloc, Khrushchev needs a long period of peace and better re lations with the capitalist world. To that end, he will seek to vitiate the cold war and stabilize the international sit uation on the basis of the status quo, and establish a better way of living with the U.S. and other Western powers. What concessions he is will ing to make for those purposes is another question. The congress speeches and the final resolution did not indicate any basic change in the Russian positions. Let the West make the necessary concessions, the congress orators appeared to Graham Launches Australian Crusade Melbourne, Australia-CPB-An overflow crowd of 15,000 person-5,000 standing in the rain - launched American evangelist , Billy Graham's Australian crusade Sunday night. . More ' than 600 men and women accepted Graham's in vitation to dedicate their lives to Christ. It was the most re sponsive evangelical meeting ever held in Melbourne, and Graham said it was the big gest he had ever encountered anywhere. Some 10,000 persons filled West Melbourne Stadium, while 5,000 more stood in a pouring rain to listen to his sermon over loud speakers. The American minister went outside later and deliv ered another address to the dripping crowd. "You are wonderful people to stand in this rain," he said. "I'll never forget this scene." Italians Retain World Bridge Title New York-fCPD -The world champion Italian contract bridge team-of-four defeated both the United States and Argentine teams -Sunday to retain the world title for the third successive year. The Italians defeated the U.S. champions Sunday night by a score of 30 to 10 inter national match points, for a final total of 233-183. An in ternational match point is the equivalent for 100 points in rubber bridge scoring. Earlier in the day, the Ital ians had defeated the Argen tine team for a total score of 218 to 178. The Argentines also were defeated by the American team which racked up a score of 252 to 209. 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' It is a feeling that if the plan only succeeds in accord ance with Khrushchev's blue print, and prove its superiori ty over capitalism, then capi talism will fall like a ripe plum into the one and only Communist universe. Narcotics Agents Smash Drug Ring New York - (UPD - Federal agents and members of the Police Narcotics Bureau have seized S4 million worth of pure heroin and arrested 32 persons in breaking up one of the biggest illicit drug op erations in the nation. The federal and local agents, climaxing a top-secret two-year investigation, swoop ed down on the suspects in various parts of New York City and Nassau county on Long Island in simultaneous raids Saturday night. SPONSOR HEALTH BILLS Washington-(UPD-Sen. James E. Murray (D-Mont.) and Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) to day sponsored bills to set up a national health insurance plan. Police identified the ring leader of the illegal narcotics gang as Marc Antonio Orlan dino, who was arrested at his Hicksville, N. 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