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AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, WORLD AFFAIRS CAMP, PAINTED POST, ._ NEW YORK, AUGUST 22 = 1964: |. -NELEANORA PATTERSON ~- 1963 Radcliffe graduate. 7 Kssistant in the friends! Middle Atiantic high school Presently on leave to work with the 01 , _-- Program. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Washington, Could not believe ACDA was not an agency pees tpeace at any price.! _ rae KRUISKI -- At the camp I was told he was Second ecretary 0. é Soviet Bubassy. He may have received ,. &@ promotion since the May 1964 Diplomatic List carries yi him as Third Secretary. He told me he was an economist. The Russian made these points: Stressed free medical earé in USSR - more doctors per capita than any other nation in the world; no unemployment - not ever; no taxation; open elections for participation in local, as well as national, affairs. Russians fewer in number than other nationalities, but ali. members of the Republics participate equally. . Workers! vacation resort - all free. Soviet economy, .-.... While not up to U.S., is rapidly overtaking it. a Already far surpasses United States in steel produc- tion, Soviet Union still Socialist State. Went too -fast following 1917 Revolution. Learned from that “=< mistake, Now have goal of 1980 as attainment of goal of completely Communist State. Painted picture of ss s=—-"— what that would mean - all wants and needs of the people would be fully supplied by the State; there 7 .° would be no need for money. Everyone now works, Lo... ... not selfishly for himself, but for the State, for mat ' the common good of all, so that all can partake of woo the good life. All citizens are free to.travel #.0.>- = anywhere they may wish to go. No racial discrimina-~ _ tion. aa . ae "He told me he was very sorry not to have héard my : presentation. I said I was sure MIROSLAV had told him @ll about 1t. He said in a very surprised tone, -7T-— te pee ee tents nd am ms te tie mt septs api oe ee as -— i Sree