RULE IN RUSSIA
A NEW CONSTITUTION. RIGHT TO WORSHIP. FREEDOAI OF SPEECH. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received November 26, 9.25 a.m. MOSCOAV, Nov. 25. Al. Stalin, to-night, outlined to the All-Union Congress the new Constitution, creating a Council of Union, consisting of members elected by citizens on the basis of one for each 300,000 of population, and a Council of Nationalities appointed by the Supreme Councils of Autonomous Republics.
The Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, freedom from arrest except on warrant, secrecy of the mails, and the right to worship. Fifteen hundred delegates from throughout the Soviets are attending. AI. Stalin has not previously addressed such a congress.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 26 November 1936, Page 9
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