Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1962-11-01 / 11. szám
10 FRATERNITY abolishing of the multi-party system and the re-establishment of the ideological unity in the Communist Party itself. Ideological unity can only be achieved when independent movements within the Communist system and society itself are prevented. From time immemorial there has been only one method by which a system can be established in which independent movements are impossible. Absolutistic monarchs resorted to this method in past centuries. In the XXth century this method was used by Hitler, Mussolini, as well as by Stalin. In simple language, this method is totalitarian control. The Kádár regime’s control apparatus follows the pattern designed by the Kremlin for all the Soviet satellites in East-Central Europe. Political control is established on all levels. Foremen in factories, leaders of collective farms are as carefully selected as managers and through a chain of command are responsible to the Central Committee of the Party. Inefficiency in the management of some important industries on one hand and efforts to win popular support on the other brought about modifications of economic, social and cultural policies in 1962. Directives issued by the Party’s Central Committee on August 19 opened the doors of institutions of higher education to talented young people regardless of their social origin. They also approved the Government’s earlier decision to appoint non-party people with expert knowledge to leading positions in industry. But the directives emphasized that political control must remain in the hands of the Party leadership. The chief arm of the control apparatus is the Security Police, which needs no warrant to seize people and hold them in jail for an indefinite period of time. A judiciary, taking orders from the Party oligarchy, works hand in hand with the Security Police.
