Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-26
cation of their own to which the leaders
belong.
RiaidIy Discipline Selves.

beIong
RigidIy Discipline Selves.
Its discipline, selfimposed. is COM
pletc and unique and is rigidly observed.
When called upon for some duty, how
ever, distasteful, the professed commun-
ist must obey without hesitation. At
times even the leaders are ordered off
into the country to some part where
propaganda. explanation or justification
is needed. and they go.
In cases where some lapse occurs
bribery or laWbreaking-if the offender
be a on-communist, he il punished with
prison: if communist, he is shot as
traitor to his principles. 1t will be seen,
then. that the communists form the
spearhead of bolshevism are a formid
able weapon.
State Central Bureau over All.
But for supervision of the whole Or
ganization of government there has been
set up department Of state control,
which deserves brief description. It is
subdirided and covers the whole admins
tratiun concerning itself only with off
Gals, not with private persons, and its
powers extend to all departments, to the
chief executive committee, even to tho
commsaries of the people. 1t controls
the finances and budget. 1t is capable
Of compelling departments to improve
their work, and can stop overlapping Of
departments and duplication Of work
1t has suppressed departments as nm
necessary. Ii an official does work that
is unsatisfactory, II can recommend his
removal. and it can and does prosecute
incompetent, OF SHINING officials.
Train Their Workers.
And not only does it control; it also
instructs, and sends down officials to
teach those in provincial town " local
soviets.
One Of the greatest difficulties expert
enced by the bolsheviki has been ID find
ing competent officials for soviets in he
country. They found themselves up
against the besetting of sin of old bu-
reaucracy, and they themselves trace
many of their errors to the character of
| the men they employed at first. But
they have set out to supply themselves
with more reliable elements.
In the palatial clubs Of Moscow mer-
chants they have established school of
soviet workers, with 700 students drawn
from all part of Russia by the local So
viets, whose expenses arc paid. and Il
course of four months provided in mat
ters relating to local government
Students Earnest Learners
A test has to be passed at the close
Of course and when it is remembered
that these TOO can be turned out three
times a year, the influence of such a
move can be understood. In addition, in
the same school the Communist party
maintains special course for 600 stu
dents drawn from the provinces, mostly
peasants, in the methods Of propaganda
applied to the middling class peasants.
/ stayed long in the great hall where
lectures and discussions went on, and |
can testify to the deadly earnestness Of
the crowd of students. They were most
" young and Of both sexes, and the lee
turer to whom / listened held them easily
and initiated and conducted the discus
sion with admirable surcness.
Propaganda Is Increasing.
The idea Of this school is an exten-
sion Of the idea of propaganda, which is
one of the great weapons of the boishe-
wiki. 1t is all embracing and constant.
| have spoken Of monuments, but that
is only an infinitesimal portion Of the
program. constant stream of pamph-
lets pours out, the people are spoken to
in their own language, often with great
skill.
Posters are found everywhere. and
there are special shops for their display.
Many are crude in conception and execu-
tion, but others are striking and effec-
| tive, and all appeal strongly to the eye.