The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-29
GOT B0LSHEV|K
LITERATURE IN
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Russia as a dangerous alien, who
says he obtained his education" in
radicalism from books obtained at
the New York Public Library, in an
interview with a representative of
The Associated Press, indicated that
tions rests upon many free book
shelf.
Some rich men have unwittingly
aided the spread Of revolutionary
doctrines" he said, referring to the
millions invested in Libraries all over
the English-speaking world. 81 rad
no trouble in obtaining the radical
books I desired, printed in Russian,
from the 96th street and Lexington
avenue branch OF the New York Pub
lie Library"
The youth who, shortly after grad
uating from a New York public
school, became the secretary Of the
Union of Russia Workers Local, an
anarchist organization in Brooklyn
with a membership of $50 discussed
with perfect frankness the causes
which had led him to his impending
banishment from the United States.
The first step, he said. had been So
cialism. theory favored by some Of
the teachers in his school 1t was not
radical enough. he said and SO ne
took up anarchy.
Psychological Study
Buhkanob would p:oyo study for
the Psychologist. He is more than or,
dnarily intelligent t.nt qnick-witted
A pair of light blue eyes peer from
beneath a shbck of very ligh. brown
hair and when he smiles ne shows a
fine set of well-kept teeth Well
dressed and supplied with an abln-
dance Of cigarettes he expressed con-
tentment with his lot and hoped he
would soon be sent to Kronstad or
in Russia, where, he
said,' there were anarchistic COM
munes. The necessity of leaving his
mother and two sisters, one of whom
is student Of Brooklyn high school.
and none of whom share his views,
caused him few regrets, he said, be-
cause, zone must be willing to sacri-
flee himself for a cause"
The prisoner came to the United
States from Volhynia, in the Ukraine,
or Little Russia" with his mother
in 1912 when ten years old. His ia
tber, a Russian mujik, is dead. For
five years he attended a New York
public school, graduating in 1917. He
had been taught the usual branches
including a knowledge Of the Unit
ed States constitution. He said he
had no use for governments of any
kind because they were all "dishon-
est" Upon leaving school Buhkanob
obtained employment at what he
said was fair wages. His home life,
he declared, was happy.
81 was working in machine shop
for $2160 a week and would have
received a good raise" said Buhka-
mob laughingly as he discussed his
plight. The boys manner was earn
est, almost eager, to answer ques-
tions. His parents, he said had been
of the Greek Catholic
church but he had never been very
religious. He could not understand,
he said, if there was a God why
there was so much evil in the world.
81 slept last night" he went on,
with a lot of murderers, and rob-
bers but l am able to take care of
myself" Here Buhkanob recounted
with some evidence of pride an ex-
perience he had had when he was
chief monitor in school. Five or six
boys attacked him. Il knocked out
two of them" he chuckled, ''and the
others beat it,"
Buhkanob 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 history, philosophy,
sociology and economics,
Read Tolstoy First
"My first book of this kind was
one by Tolstoy, a mild, good man,
but dreamer, he offered no solution
except Christianity and that I do not
accept. Then I read, at other times,
Bread and Freedom
God and the State, Nov
What is Anarchism'? Alex
ander BeTkman's Prison Memoirs of
ar Anarchist and Max Stirner's The
and His Property They
gave me my first desire to help eman-
cipate the working class by educating
il to realize its own interest. / also
read the works of an Italian anar-
chist as we'll as Emma Goldman's
Mother Earth.