Sir,-Your correspondent "Liberal" seems to take pleasure in adding to the numberless lies that have been printed about Russia during the last 26 years. "Liberal" says that the Russians don’t understand a free election because they never hold them. That statement js as far from the truth as the earth is from the sun. "Liberal" should make a study of the 146 articles of their constitution. Here are three-Article 109: "The people’s courts shall be elected for a term of three years by the citizens of the district by secret vote on the bases of universal, direct and equal sufftage." Article 136: "The elections;of deputies shall be equal. Every citizen shall have one vote. All citizens shall take part in the elections on an equal basis." Article 137: "Women shall have the right to elect and to be electéd on equal terms with.men." I have a friend*living in Russia. According to him and the Moscow News, which I receive regularly, they have free elections and a secret ballot system equal to any country in the
world; there are 101,717,686 on their electoral roll, and 100,621,225 voted for the Government. That alone is sufficient proof of their appreciation of their election laws.
B.
HONEST
(Richmond),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 391, 20 December 1946, Page 16
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