Solemn assembly in the Hall of Columns, 50-anniversary of the birth of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky. Meeting opens writer B. Field. The presidium writers: M. Kolosov, AA Karavaeva, S. D. Vasiliev, IL Andronicus, K. Simonov, Academician Dmitry Good, Azerbaijani poet S. Vurgun, wife of N. Ostrovsky. Speakers: K. Simonov, S. D. Vasiliev, S. Vurgun and others. Listeners and cheering in the hall.