Yugoslavia: Canceling the Rubber Stamp

One of the enduring comforts for a Communist political boss is instant ap proval of his fiats. No sooner does he promulgate a law than a "people's parliament" affixes its rubber stamp to it. But in the new brand of Communism being pushed in Yugoslavia, things are no longer quite so comfortable. Party "guidance," not "commandism," is the order of the day, and top Communist Theoretician Edvard Kardelj not long ago went so far as to emphasize that "it is important that state organs be responsible to those who elect them."

So it was that Janko Smole, president of the executive...

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