The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-07
RUSSIANS LIKE U. S. NOT
 ITS ''LIBERTYv
By ANNA LOUISE STRONG, International News Service Staff Cor

International News Service Staff Cor respondent. Moscow, Sept. 7-Only one country
 have l heard mentioned in Russia with admiration. That country is our own United States.
 The various countries of El1ror,e they dismiss as a bunch of smash ed-
 up nations, politically and economic ally unstable, whose governments and
 lnduSTles may go from revolution to revolution before they reach security They study the inside and outside con- d1uonS of these nations carefully, for they aren't overlooking any trade chances. and they don't want to be- come involved in European war, But they don't respect these nations much Certainly they never admire them. "rhe bankrupt bourgeoisie of
 Europe" is what they call them. Why should they act as nliddlemen between use and America? America
 IS the land we have to deal with" l Prefer American Plan. 1 Everywhere they speak of American 1 standards and American methode TT prefer the American plan for the
 n71ses railroads" or says avs tomonossofr: chief Scrap your wornout engines. instead of repairing them, and so keep your
 rsaas rs6t gsa1iy first s elass ThadS the
 up to American standard brings a | manager.
 | They have vast admiration for |
 that America has always bragged of possessing. Liberty! The land of
 the free." The Russians hoot at S. | Too many thousands of Russians have | been thrown into American jails for | them to have any dreams about Amer
 ican liberty. they declare Scoff at Traditions. The great traditions of America l these things the Russians wave aside | with a knowing smile; they say we
 lost chose things when we lost our
 unoccu,pded homestead land" But there are things dn America that they 1 long for and want to initiate, and in
 which they are willing to have us as
 teachers for years to come. | American efficiency, American
 speed, American standardization of industry and mass production The lack of waste motion! American
 cleanliness and good housekeeping | American bauhtubs and plumbing and household arrangements! Our gen. l eral oonveniences of life! Every factory manager in Russia
 dreams of Annerican methods. Every
 Government official wants "an Amer
 icau office.'' When you discuss con-
 sessions with the higher-ups they aa- ways add:
 "It isn't only American capital we
 want. but managers of indnstry and engineers and gang bosses from
 America-men who will introduce American na5S-production and teach | the Russians how to work.
 An alliance with American capd- l taI-mou1e and more swiftly Russia seeks that as a goal. AInd how does | all this go with comrnun nism? you 1 wonder.
 Quite simply, they teM you. Russia 1 has never had communism. During the war she had a sort of military communism which meant merely that the Government took everything thefe l was in the country and used 1t TOT l self defense against a. world or foes. | People were rationed in food ana l clothes as folks are in beSieged city. 1 But there's nothing pleasant in that: Ithat's not a com nunism that anyone wants.
 1 To Spur Production.
 | To get real com nuntsn you must | have production, standardized fac- tories. machinery and speed. America | has the economic development ne l cess,ary for communism, but she hasn the instinct for 1t. Russia has the | sswiD to communism but her eco- norahc development is too backward to achieve it.
 | s'We are willing to pay high TOT l learning and for puck development ! of Russia they say. well let i these American capitalists make loads of money But we won't sell out l Inerraanently to them. as America has done. We shall keep control Of the l natural resources of our country. we l may lease them, or form partnerships
 with private capital to operate them'
 but in the end they must return to the 1 of Russia