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Romonia Romania builds up its synthetic rubber industry. signs - red signs - of the new revolution. In other satellite countries the Reds emphasize the "People's Communism." Not so in Roman ia. Here the slogan emphasizes the Romanian IPorkers Communist Party. The highly nationalistic signs are visible over publ ic buildings throughout the cities. In towns and villages the signs are even more conspicuous. They are posted along the main roads, often every block and even between blocks. Most Westerners who have visited Romania have failed to understand what is occurring here. They are looking for individual freedom in the Western sense. What they have overlooked is the new freedom slowly be- ing acquired by the Romanian Communist Party. The new revolution sweeping Romania began in 1963. It aims at the independence of the Romanian Communist Party. Tts aim is Romanian National Communism, as opposed to International Communism from Moscow. And the Romanians are succeeding! National Communism is a new middle road between International Communism and Fascism. That is what worries Moscow. Romania - Land of Contrasts More than any other satellite country, Romania is a land of contrasts. We entered the country from Hungary. To encourage tourism and hard currencies from Western nations, Romania freely issues visas at the border. Our luggage was casually examined. We were asked to show our cameras and a tape recorder. The border officials had never seen a tape recorder before. They asked us to play it for them. We did. for nearly ten minutes they listened to the music we had recorded in Prague's Hotel Aleron. They were delighted, but assured us Romanian music was far better! Once across the border the striking contrasts began. No tractors in sight. The land in the northwest of the country around Cluj reminded us of the poorer areas in the American Southwest. Along the roadside the elderly
Oil refineries supply domestic and foreign markets. and the women trudged along, A few had bicycles. Many were riding in covered wagons, drawn not by horses, ~ but by slow.moving oxen and milk cows, Over 60 percent of Romanians still live on the farm. Yet Romania, despite backward farm methods, is a heavy food exporter. The Soviets have wanted to keep Romania a farming country. The USSR was willing to allow some light ir,.,dustry. ] t was a clever Russian move to keep Romania dependent on foreign heavy industry - from the USSR of course! But the Romanian Communist Party rebelled, They refused to fully integrate their country in the Russian-sponsored ,t:'omecoll-the Communist Common Market of Eastern Europe. Romanian Communist leaders went ahead . with plans to develop their own heavy industry. Romania - the Babylon of Eastern Europe The new economic look of the cities first became apparent to us in the important town of Bra~ov ) north of the Ploesti oil fields. In Brasov is one of the finest hotels in Europe. It was recently built to attract tourists and businessmen from the West. Brasov's , restaurants are crowded - even in the middle of the week, German folk songs re,verberated in the city's oldest restaurant where we ate. Then came lively Romanian Latin rhythms. On the surface everyone was gay, wanting to forget the day's toil. Every few minutes waiters and waitresses would leave their duties and join in singing and dancing around the tables. Here in Romania folk traditions - nationalism - are the chief form of relaxation. In Hungary and Czechoslovakia it is sports. Romania - with a population of 18.6 million - is a land of many different peoples and cultures. More different languages are spoken here than in any other European nation west of the Soviet Union. Schools are divided according to language. Bookstores are divided by language first, subject matter second. Just over 85 percent of the population is Romanian. Romanians are very conscious of their name - and their
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