Oleg kadvi nopeasti tutustu-
massa kaikkeen talla uudella
seudulla.,

Alussa saimme kaivosalu-
eesta ikavan vaikutelman. Sen
luonto oli paljon kéyhempaa
kuin niiden seutujen luonto,
missa olimme asuneet aikai-
semmin, Olimme tottuneet le-
vedaan Dnepriin ja _ vihreisiin
puistoihin. Krasnodon ei miel-
lyttanyt meita lainkaan. Olegin
oli ikava tuttuja seutuja. Alitui-
sesti oli mielessa luonnonihana
Rzhishtshev ja Dneprin rannal-
la oleva Stakielen katu taikka
Kanevin seudun rotkotoyramat
ja valtava joki.

Mutta sitten a pecan tottul,

niinkuin han tottui aina nope-
asti kaikkeen uuteen. Krasno-
donissa ei ole Dnepria, mutta
seitseman kilometrin paassa on
Kamenka-niminen pieni joki,
on nuori yhdeksan hehtaarin
alan kasittava ~puisto, jonka
nuorisoliittolaiset olivat istut-
taneet 1932. Vuoteen 1940
mennessa siité oli jo tullut re-
heva upea puisto. Siella toimi
suihkulahde, joka viileytti kuu-
mina kesailtoina; oli tanssilavo-
ja, urheilukentta, ulkoilmateat-
teri, elokuvateatteri, kirjasto ja
aivan puiston keskella Gorkille
nimetty koulu.

Se oli tavattoman kaunis —
tilava, valoisa ja erseeebia ku-

CHILDREN REPRESENT LIFE,
CHILDREN REPRESENT PEACE

By Romesh Chandra
President World Peace Council

The World Peace move-
ment has repeatedly stated that
it seeks to defend the world and
to build a new world, above all
for the children of today and the
children of tomorrow. There-
fore, all who work for peace
have hailed the United Nations
decision to observe 1979 as the
International Year of the Child
as a call for the intensification of
the peace movement’s work.

For the child is the symbol
of peace. The child — of every
land — is the symbol of the
struggle for saving the world
from the holocaust of a new
world conflagration, of the
struggle for changing this world,
so that all peoples shall be
guaranteed peace, security,
national independence, justice
and social progress and an end
to the horrors of poverty and
hunger, to illiteracy, unemploy-
ment and inflation, which are
the daily lot of hundreds of
millions today.

The World Peace Council
calls for all activities dedicated
to these goals to be linked to the
work of the International Year
of the Child.

The International Confe-
rence of Intellectuals for Peace,
held in Wroclaw (Poland) to
mark the first Congress of
Intellectuals held in 1948, call-
ed on intellectuals the world
over to devote their talents
during the International Year of
the Child to creative cooper-
ation in special events round
themes such as: the Child and
Education; the Child and
Science; the Child and Culture.

The Conference set out the
aims of intellectuals, which are
- to assure the child the fullness of

life through: education which
must be guaranteed to the mil-
lions who are today deprived of
the light of knowledge.

The Conference set the aim
before the intellectuals of the
world to use science to end the
scourges afflicting millions of
children today, the scourges of
hunger and disease.

Intellectuals, like all men
and women of goodwill, seek to
build a new life for everyone, in
the first place for our children.

Children represent _ life.
Children represent peace.

The World Peace Move-
ment seeks to honour, during
the Year of the Child, the
children who have been the
heroes of the many struggles for
liberation in all parts of the
world,

We think of the children of
Soweto, in South Africa, who
rose up and sounded the clarion
call for the final assault for
liberation.

We think of the children of
Vietnam, who were the special
targets of the U.S. aggressors
and yet acted as messengers,
couriers, guides to the forces of
liberation in South Vietnam,
under the leadership of the
National Liberation Front.

We think today of the
children of so many lands who
have courageously participated
actively, together with their
mothers and fathers, their
uncles and aunts, in the struggle
for defending the independence
of their countries.

We think of the children
who participated in the maquis
during the Second World War,
in the fight against the Nazi
hordes,

Suomentanut
VY. Leodnen

Sgt nk es

ten yleensa kaikki Donetsin kai-
vosalueen koulut.

Puita kasvoi aivan ikkunain
alla. Valkoisiin luokkahuonei-
siin tulvi pdivanpaistetta, niin
kauan kuin aurinko oli ylhaalla.
Leveita ikkunoita oli niin pal-
jon, etta koulurakennus naytti
lasiselta. Erittain kaunis oli ur-
heilusali, se oli puoliympyran
muotoinen, melkein kokonaan
lasia ja varustettu erinomaisesti
urheiluvalineilla.

OMENAPUU

Vahitellen totuimme Don-
bassiin ja sen luontoon.

Taalla ulkonaisesti kolkolla
seudulla on omalaatuinen kau-

We think of the child heroes
of the anti-fascist struggles in
Spain, in Portugal, in Greece.

We think of the children of
Angola, Mozambique, Guinea
Bissau who fought, together
with the liberation armies of
their peoples, to win great vic-
tories for peace.

We remember the child
heroes — to honour them during
the Year of the Child.

In every country the peace
movements, in cooperation
with all other organizations
which support the struggle for
our children, will organize
meetings, seminars, confere-
nces on Peace and the Child,
the Rights of the Child and
against the oppression and in-
justice to which the child is still
subjected in many parts of the
world,

In every one of the many
events which will be organized
during the next year, let the
symbol of the Year of the Child
be in the forefront. We must
underline in all our campaigns
for ending the arms race,
against the NATO arms build-
up that we need disarmament
for our children. We must
demand from every government
to observe the Year of the Child
by announcing new steps, new
proposals for disarmament.

In all our efforts for the
establishment of a New Inter-
national Economic Order, for
economic development, for
economic independence we
must never forget that the
greatest toll taken by hunger
and poverty is among the
children. How many of them
can live beyond their first
months or years? Infant mort-
ality is a reality for hundreds of
millions.

‘During the International
Year-of the Child the peace
movement will bring to the
forefront of its campaign for
human rights the rights of our
children. In every country we
shall call for the adoption of
improved legal insimuments io
protect the child. We shall

maara rotkoja ja arohautoja j ja
niiden ylapuolelle kohoavia
mustia jatemalmirGykkidita ja
kaivostorneja.

Lastentarha, jossa olin tyés-
sa, agent viiden Riomatns

oli kuljettava ¢ grotiet, Minun
mielikseni Oleg saattoi minua
melkein joka aamu tyéhon. Toi-
sinaan oli Nikolai enokin kans-
samme kavelylla.

Usein Oleg jo illasta sopi
kanssani:

— Aiti, heratathan minut
ennen aamunkoittoa?

— Kylla heratan.

Kun sitten seuraavana aa-
muna lahdimme _ taipaleelle,
koeti poika unisuudestaan
huolimatta olla reipas ja valit-
tamatta aamukylmasta.

Auringon noustessa olimme
jo kaukana asutuksesta, arolla.

Ensimmiaisten sateiden va-
lottaessa lankesi maahan paksu
valkea sumu. Tama Donetsin
alueen sumu ei ollut ollenkaan
sellaista kuin Poltavan ja Kie-
vin arojen sumu. Siella se on
harmaata ja raskasta, ja siita jaa
voimakas kaste maahan, taalla
sitavastoin sumu oli valkoista,
jopa hieman sinertavaa, niin
kuivaa, ettei jaanyt kastepisa-
raakaan.,

Edessa naytti olevan aava
meri, joka lainehti valkoisin
hyOkyaalloin meri, josta nakyi
terrikoonien ja kaivostornien
huippuja, ja ne olivat kuin mita-
kin purjehtivia laivoja. Oleg

launch a vast campaign for the
implementation of such instru-
ments.

Will it ever be possible for
all children of the world to
achieve the joy and happiness
which are their birthright? Yes.
We point with pride at the
privileges enjoyed by children
in the Soviet Union and the
other socialist countries, where
they alrady hold that high
position which they must hold
in all parts of the world.

The fight for the rights of the
child cannot be separated from
the fight which every people
wages for a new life. The fight
for the rights of the child is an
inextricable part of the struggle
against imperialism, colonia-
lism, neo-colonialism, against
fascism and racism. The Year of
the Child cannot be observed
effectively, unless it is linked
with the worldwide struggle for
peace and national independen-
Se.

The imperialists, the makers
of hunger, the oppressors of
peoples would naturally wish
that the Year of the Child is
observed in some other way, as
though the children of the world
could come into their own
through the supply of milk
powder, through the charity of
the rich. ‘

The World Peace Council
will observe the International
Year of the Child as a year
dedicated to the intensification
of the struggles of all peoples for
peace and justice — for a new
world.

Save the world for our
children! Change the world for

our children!

alu - vallista nakya,
.tomainen, ‘siell on. jubeenaton

‘Auringon noustua sumu
painui maahan levittaytyen en-
sin rotkoihin ja alanteisiin sitten
haviten kokonaan.

Silloin ndimme edessamme
rehevan aroaukean taynnaan
ketokukkia, niité oli maaratt6-
masti.

Niina hetkina Oleg unohti,
etta han oli jo iso poika, han
juoksi kukalta toiselle keraten
suuret kukkakimput lastentar-
haan ja mummolle,

Heti ensimmaisend kevaana
Krasnodonissa asuessamme
teimme istutuksia ja kunnostim-
me pihamme.

Varhain aamuisin kuokim-
me vihannesmaata ja laitoimme
kukkapenkkejé. Mummo kylvi
aaprottia, se On sieva koriste-
kasvi, Oleg ja Nikolai eno istut-
tivat hedelmapuita ja sireeni- ja
ruusupensaita.

Oleg oli tydtelids, hanta
miellytti ty6n jalkeinen tunne,
kun ruumista raukaisee ja saa
nauttia kattensd ty6n tulosten
katsomisesta.

Nytkin Oleg oli innokkaasti
mukana, kaivoi kuoppia, mdy-
hensi mullan niissa ja ripotteli
lantaa pohjalle. Pyyhkien hiked
otsalta han huudahti Nikolai
enolle: :

— Valmis on!

Jatkuu

: sPyytdisin peruuttamaan vaimo-
cp iectaabtlus iatuboets Olen ldyta-
nye Yoiser¥a paljon paremman.

Suomessa
tiedustellaan

MIETTINEN, Antti s.13.
4, 1876 ja vaimo Anna Liisa s.
20.10.1879. Jalkelaisia etsi-
taan: poika Vainé Einar synt.
3. kesakuuta 1904 ja tyttdret
Bertta seka Alina. Asuneet ka-
lastajina Canadassa osoitteessa
Lund B 6. |

Yllamainittuja henkil6ita tai
henkiléita, jotka heistaé jotain
tietavat, pyydetaan ottamaan
yhteys Suomi-Seuraan osoit-
teella Mariankatu 8, 00170,
Helsinki 17, Finland.

_ Kaivaten ilmoitamme etta—

Antti Michael

Viitasalo
| kuoli kotonaan maanantaina, |
| helmikuun 26. pna 1979 ol- |
| len kuollessaan 47 vuotias.
| Lahinna kaipaamaan jai-
| vat vaimonsa Aino (Purata-
| ka) Viitasalo, 54 Third Ave, |
| Levack, poikansa John ja |
tyttarensa Brenda kotona,
| seka veljensa Kalle, Dowling, |
| Pentti, sisarensa Mrs. Antti |
| (Kerttu)-Maunula, Miss Lii- |
| sa Viitasalo, Miss Maija Vii- |
| tasalo, Mrs. Antero (Pirkko) |
| Kerttula ja Mrs. Veikko (Ai- |
| no) Kaitola, kaikki Suomessa. |
|  Hautauspalvelu suoritet- |
‘tiin Lougheed  toimiston |
| kautta torstaina, maaliskuun | .
|.1. pnd 1979 Park Lawn hau- |
| tausmaahan.

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