Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-18
AN. MAKSHALEIUwN, IOWA, DECEMBER Is Isl

mother and two sisters. one. OF whom
ID a student In . Brooklyn hish school.
and none OF whom share his views
caused him few regrets, he said, be-
| cause zone, must be willing to sacrifice
himself for a cause" ,
The prisoner came to the United
states Srofn vb'hynIa, In the Ukraine.
on Little Russia, with his mother In
1919 When 10 years old. His father. u
Russian mujik, is dead. For Ave years
he attended a New York public school
graduating In 1917. He had been
taught the usual branches including a
knowledge of the United States con-
stitution. He said he had no use Cor
governments of any kind because they
were all dishonest" Upon leaving
school Buhkanob obtained employ
mcnt at what he said was fair wages.
His home life, he declared. was happy.
~ was working In q machine shop
for S21,60 n week and would have
received good raise" said Buhkanob
lau2hingly as he discussed his plight,
The boys manner was earnest, almost
oaScr, to answer questions. His pa
rents, he said, had been members of
the Greek Catholic church but he had
never been very religious. He could
not understand, he said, If there was
q God why there was so much evil in
the world.
II slept last night" he went on,
with lot of murderers and robbers
but I am able TO take care of myself.
Here Buhkanob recounted with some
evidence OF pride an experience he had
had when he was chief monitor In
school. Five. or six boys attacked him.
q knocked out two of them," ne
chuckled "and the others beat it,.
Ruhkanob said few of the boys
and girls in school entertained the
Views he did. Most Of them preferred
to spend their leisure time at the
movies. He liked to read history. phil
osophy. sociology and economies.
"My first book of this kind was one
by Tolstoy. a mild. good man. but a
dreamer, He offered no solution ex-
ccpt chrKtianity and that I do not
accept. ;, Then J read. at other times,
HrepotEin.s,. bread and Frreedom'.
Bakunin:s God. and the State, Novi-
mirsky's, What Is Anarchlsm?' Alex
andcr Berkman's Prison Memoirs OF
An anarchist. and Max .IStirners The
IN dlyidQal and His. Property. They
gave pe my first desire to help eman-
s;ipate .ihe working class by educating
it, to raalize. its, own interest. l also
read tie, works Of an Italian anarchist
as well as Emma Goldman's Mother
|, The boy said he had no sympathy
for hoisbevksm because It represented
a form of government or authority for
both of which he professed contempt.
he admitted, however, that few
wrecks ago he participated in a parade
of Russian radicals up Fifth avenue
which was broken up by. the police
amid scenes of wild disorder. The
paraders either refused to take out or
did not possess a necessary police FER
nit.
When. told that statistics showed
that more than $4,000 600 Russians
could neither read or write, BuAkanob
said he -wanted to go back to Russia,
just the same, ito help them. He
said he had no use for any government
even tho 1t protected his life and
property, senabled him to earn a sood
living and to- dwell in, peace and COM
fort He said a police ar fire DEPART
rnent; street cleaning system water
works. lighting system or am other
puhlis service would be acceptnble TO