Hungarian Bulletin, 1951 (5. évfolyam, 86-108. szám)

1951-01-16 / 86. szám

HUNGARIAN BULLETIN Editorial offices; Bem József-tér 5» Budapest - Information service for the foreign press -No 86. January 16th, 1951 CONTENTS: • Page New Year’s Thoughts In a Country That is Building .... 1 Hungarians Abroad Given More Time to Return......... 5 Hungarian Notes Protest Against Successive Border Incidents Provoked by Yugoslavia ................ 6 ’’The Marriage of Katalin Kis” ........................6 Defence of Peace Becomes Law in Hungary .............. 8 Hungarian-Soviet Society Holds Pirst National Congress ............... 10 Hungerian-Rumanian Friendship Week....... 12 Stalin’s 71st Birthday Celebrated ........ 12 New Year for the Hungarian Working People ............13 News from Hungary ...................................16 Calendar of Events ...................................19 - о - NEW YEAR’S THOUGHTS IN A COUNTRY THAT IS BUILDING Someone visiting Hungary from abroad in these first weeks of the year can gain a deep insight into the inside life of an advanc­ing, developing country. In the daily press and the scientific jour­nals scores of reports were published drawing up a balance of the first year of the Five Year Plan - 1950 - in a frank, often strongly critical, tone and at the same time giving a preview of the programme for the second year of the Plan - 1951» In the factories, enterprises and offices everywhere conferences were held at which the working people disoussed the results and shortcomings of the year alike. The first and strongest impression of all observers is that the realization of the Five Year Plan - the development of industry, the modernization of agriculture and the extension of culture to ever broader masses - has become indeed a public matter in Hungary. It is the common оацеэ for which everyone v/orks because the people have seen through their own experiences that they achieve every new attainment for themselves and their children. Nothing shows this better than the following single fact among many that could be quoted; In 1950 industrial production in Hungary increased by 34 per cent. At the same time the total income of work­ers and employees increased by some 35 per cent with an unchanging, or partly diminishing, price level. Thus the increase in production was followed by an improvement in the living standard. i-LäS One year is a very short time in the life of a country. Still, the year 1950 marked considerable development in practically every area of life. / •

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