The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
The New York Times is
Impressed by the "Flood
Of Books" About Lenin
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

la Lenin.
Here Americas greatest capitalist daily newspaper pro-
badly the most relentless Of all the dollars kept organs in
the the workers. admitting that the most important
literature of the week. the of the biographers Of the
social revolutions mghties leader the stories of the life
the deeds and the achievements of the who the
struggle that knocked away of the big pillars support
ing the social structure of capitalism.
Nothing worth while the whole avalanche of literature
that annually engufs the United States during the fall
months No Inspiring figures anywhere over the entire
literature, written in language, but reaching for life in
So even the New York Times traduce Of the Russian
Boshevk Revolution must confess the worth of the great
est event in history that bitterly attacks and do tribute
way the abolition Of the social system that smugy
idolizes and tenacousy defends
Of the Times its fling 1t declares that
an effort being made to canonze Lenin in print But the
memory of Lenn needs sancfying touch will endure
forever in the hearts and in the minds of the worlds
ers The Times makes much of the claim that 81 100000
has been set aside by the Soviet Government help spread
the writings about Lenn If this is true it may be added
that prntery turned out literature so
anxousy received and eagerly absorbed by the of
Parallel the situation in the United States Tens of mil
lions OF dollars spent annually to be sure upon the
100000 workers and farmers in the United States
have never heard OF printed sheet worth while emanatng
therefrom
The Times review Of the Lenn biographies is written by
Elias Tobenn who laid claims revolutionary ideals
IN his youth, but threw them all aside in his pursuit of
literary under capitalism. Tobenkin knows how to
capitalist publishers But learning that trick he put all
OF his revolutionary ideals the shelf, where they
been allowed to rot and die Yet Tobenkns present effort
is like revvfying cherished but neglected memoy--t
reyerbeates little with the spirit of his own youth.
biographies, Tobenkn claims have done and draw
out the kernels OF living truth that he has found therein
For instance he gives this extract from of
volumes written by En- Yaroslavsky:
wha makes Lenin universally
he had been able to combine within his the qualities
leader with the simplicity spirit
and soul to the peasant
Lenn spoke about the needs OF the people the ate felt
the taking peasants
mind was taking the words from the tip Of his tOngue
Then there is the revealing extract from the biography
by Stain, entitled Lenn and Lennism," which will
appear seray in the DAILY WORKER in addition to the
biography by A. Losovsy secretary of the Red Trade Union
International appearing in these columns Stain tells
this story:
time In December 1906 and he
Several revOIutIonTsts writings spoken
OF Lnn as mountain eagle and expected to face to face with
Of gigantic dimensions ordinaIookine
below medium height His ordinary
his physical appearance.
evening many Of US younger
revouonsts had with beating
constantly gazing toward the door WAITING for the
maestay. open the
meeting the chairman
looking about In the corners Of the hall in one such he
found Lenn absorbed discussion
OF the evening had the meeting ahead his audience
conversa
tIon with the plain about him."
No effort put Lenn pedestal there Just the plain
story Of oppressed abors greatest spokesman of whom
The last thing he wished the ranks and step
to the 'front.'"
The biographies reviewed the Life and Work Of
Lenin and "a Leader Of Peasants and Workers." by
En- Yarosavsky about Lenn and Lennism" by Stain;
ION the Death Of Lenn by Gregory znovev, president Of
the Communist International VOL. |. Lenin Collection
edited by l. g. kamenev and "About Vladimir lyitch by
his widow, NJ. Krupskaya All of these books are being
printed and circulated by Russian Soviet Government
The Lenin Collection by Kamenev will into many VOL
umes It IS stated that Leon Trotsy Soviet commissar Of
War writing what will probably be the most comprehen
sive Lenin biography One extract This from an
estimate OF Lenin by his widow who tells
vladimir ytch loved He passonatey
dom Paris In Munich In happened living
would follow the announcements In tho
nos pcnIos Of working
such places the country they
thought He had patience with
over glass Of tea and talked the thing