Hungarians Told No Aid By Russia If New Rising

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28554, 7 April 1958, Page 11

Hungarians Told No Aid By Russia If New Rising

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

(Rec. 7 p.m.) SZTALINVAROS (Central Hungary), April 5.

The Soviet leader, Mr Khrushchev, told Hungarian workers today: “You should not think that if the counter*revolution comes again you can depend on the Russians coming to your help again. You must help yourself.” Mr Khrushchev did not elaborate this particular part of his speech, delivered before a crowd of about 20,000 at Sztalinvaros, a steel town built in 1950 with Soviet assistance. “You must be harder, so hard that the enemy will always know that the Hungarian workers’ class will not waver for the moment,” he said.

Mr Khrushchev said that the Soviet Union gave “unselfish help” to Hungary during and after the 1956 rising and added, “I want to tell you something critical. “I advise you not to look only as far as the end of your noses, but farther ahead. Your class consciousness should be stronger and you should clearly recognise the difference betweeri your friends and enemies.” Mr Khrushchev .spoke in a powerful voice, several times waving his fist in the air. Then he suddenly changed his tone and said that a guest must not overdo criticism, “especially with lunch ahead.” He said at the beginning of his speech, apparently made spontaneously and without notes, tha he had not intended to speak. Mr Frol Kozlov, the new Soviet First Deputy Prime Minister, had already spoken on behalf of the Soviet Government and Communist Party. But the Hungarian leaders had told him that if he came he would have to speak, otherwise he would get no lunch. “In Russia we have a saying: He who does not work does not eat.” More Goods—Less Effort “You should be more disciplined in your work. You should raise the productivity of your labour. You should produce more and more goods with less and less effort.” Mr Khrushchev drove about 50 miles from Budapest to Sztalinvaros, passing through gaily decorated villages to the sound of gipsy music. He made a quick tour of the steel plant, which was formerly criticised as being uneconomical, visited workers’ flats and then appeared with the Hungarian

Communist leader, Janos Kadar, and local party officials at the rally.

He said: “The socialist camp is stronger than ever. It now has in it 1.000,000.000 persons. There is no force in the world that can prevent the final triumph of our ideas.”