Soviet to Tighten Divorce Laws
Jtoceived Wednesdav, 7 f>.m. BOXDOXj Mareli 31. Moscow roports state, tliat the Ho-viet divorce laws artrto be tightened. The official attitxide was outlined by Professor Kolbanovsky in a 1 ea ture entitleu ''Hoine, inarriage and the fainilv in a Socialist society." Professor Jvolhanovsky, announcing that tlie laws governing divorce would he made stricter, described di vorce as an act of criipinal baseness on the part of pnrents and oue likelv to have a disastrons elfect upon children. "In the Soviet Union vutgnr and unworthv free lovo ideas whieh flourished in early revoluti xn days yre not entirely er"dicated." 'ie said. "I condemn tlie theorv tliat Ihe, Btate sliould take over the children. Koeialism rejects this stud farin princinle. Tlie family wiJJ eontinue even under fxxll Uonnmmisiu. Parents will never renounce thp, ioy of'bringing up children. Sound fainilies are vital to the country's productive capacity. To regard love as a mere biological rejation sliip is totaiJy xlien to the CQmmanist outloolt, "
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 April 1948, Page 5
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165Soviet to Tighten Divorce Laws Chronicle (Levin), 1 April 1948, Page 5
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