The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-11
OF RULE OF S0vIETS IN
 SnEiARA SECTION
M. E. Toonin Lived Undez Bolshevik Rule and Saw
 Its Workings.

Omsk, Sept IS, Via Vladivostok, Oct. 5. (By the Associated Press.) )- Communists and their sympa thizers constitute the privileged class of Bol- shevik Russia, says M. F. Toonin, formerly a small land owner, ip. the Samara district. MT. ToonIn has lived there under Bolshevik rule since De- cenber 1918 but lately arrived at On1sL. He gives an illuminating des- cription of life under the Bolshevik regime.
 The civil government of the Sama- "a section is in the hands of an exe-
 .3tive committee, he said. This com
 .si.-=e ccntPols supplies, lodgings,
 ...t and military affairs. The con- .I.I If production and rna-4ufactur- ing indus rics is subject to Council
 of National Economy, which is sub ordinate to the executive conlnittce. .. Ehe popula tion is divided into four ca ,egories. The first of these is com- priaed of Com nunists and their sym pa -hizerS. The second is composed of employees of Soviet institutions, the third of ordinary citizens and the fourth category of officers, their fa- miles and the bourgoisie, the for merly middle class.
 Cnly COlAlnun1SIS ana Ihelc sym Tathizers enjoy the right of election to the Council of National Economy. To them are assigned the best homes and lodgings. Their property is not subject to requisition. Under the ra- tioning system they are allowed one
 pound of meat a day while none of the others receive more than one pound a week. Their full require ments of fuel is allotted to them while that of the other classes is cut one-half or less.
 The Communists are allowed thir- ty pounds of baked bread or flour q month while the allotment to the other classes ranges down from 25 pounds to nothing. Textiles and foot wear are permitted to Communists and Soviet employees only.
 People of the fourth category, of ficers, their families and the bourgoi- sic, have little or no rights. No food or fuel is rationed to them. Or dfnary citizens. composing the third category, receive one-half of the ra- tions allotted to the Communists.
 All houses have been appraised and those valued at more than 1eGA0 ru- bies are EationaHzed. Lodgins are distributed to the inhabitan ntsS and no distinction is made between house. owners and lodgers. All pay alike he esta blished rate for lodgings.
 The houses of commissioners and their friends are virtually exempt fror1 appraisal. The belon gins of all people, even their clothing and eff fects are listed. Each person is allow ed to have a chair. same plates. a spoon, fork, etc, and two changes of linen. The rest is taken away and but in warehouses. There are no ar ucles of household utility nor cloth ing on the market and none is pro- duced- The Soviet controls the distri-
 button of necessaries from the ware houses.
 ReVolts against requisitioning of . their products are frequent among peasants, but they are put down with the utmost cruelty. Toonin says that in StaVropol such a revolt resulted i in the massacre of 5000 persons ! men, women and children.
 Factories are shut down for lack of fuel and raw materials and work men who faced starvation were drfy- en to serve in the Red Army.