Czechoslovakia offers freer communism
High on a hill overlooking the city of Prague is the beautiful Kralonsky Castle By JOYCEBUPP
and the St. Vitus Cathedral, built early in the 1300's. King Wencaslas, im- Staff correspondent
mortalized in the popular Christmas carol, lies buried within the cathedral walls. SEVEN VALLEYS
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that close from noon to 2
p.m. everyday, lock their
doors back up at 6 p.m., and
never stay open Saturday
afternoons? For consumers
in Czechoslovakia, it’s the
accepted way of doing
business.
Although this Eastern
Europe country is com
munist dominated, the 140
million citizens seem to live
with a bit more freedom than
those behind the Soviet
borders.
Czechoslovakia’s coun
tryside is reminiscent to
parts of Pennsylvania, with
broad, flat valleys that
stretch to rugged and
wooded hills in the distance
The beautiful old capital of
Prague dates back to
medieval times and boasts of
the oldest bridge in all of
Europe, built across the
Vlata River in 1382.
Private ownership of some
housing is. permitted; but
adequate living facilities for
the population remain a
serious problem. When we
visited Prague in July 1976,
during the People-to-People
delegation tours, we were
told of two ways that a
family could obtain a “flat,”
or apratment. It was
possible to join a cooperative
and spend weekends and
vacations helping to build an
apartment complex, or the
alternative was to simply
wait and be willing to pay the
price for whatever housing
became available, a process
which could take as long as
10 years.
Most of the agriculture
production is directed
through state-run
cooperative farms. Our visit
took us to a 3000 hectare
(7000 acres) operation
devoted to livestock and
grain production. An overall
chairman supervised the
activities of the cooperative,
with three key advisors
assisting him.
About two-thirds of the
land was tillable, with most
of the remainder in pasture.
Grain, predominately
barley, grew on over half the
arable acres. The peak of the
harvest had begun at the
time of our visit, and fleets of
combmes combed the far
reaching fields of yellow
grain. This cooperative was
required to deliver 200
carloads of gram to the
government and was per
mitted to retain an equal
amount for on-farm
utilization.
Forage crops mlcuded
mostly alfalfa and clover,
cut not more than three
times yearly. Ten per cent of
the land was put mto flax,
with the fiber used as a raw
material in the nation’s
textile industry and the seed
harvested for reseeding
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