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vate ownership. Is one Of the most
remarkable deviationa yet made
from the principle Of communal
1t Ii paralleIed BY : second new
decree. according 70 which savings
bank depositora may desu nate
heirs Tor sums not exceeding 3s,O0U.
Formerly all savings bank deposits,
on the death Of the depositor, be-
came the property OF the state.
Again. the principle Of private
ownership Is vindicated In the new
copyright law, which gives authors
the exclusive right to collect royal
ties on their works for twenty-five
years.
Under the Bolshevik regime, su-
thors have enjoyed q privileged posi-
ton from the start, and the new
law confirms them in their enjoy.
nnent OF the best income Of any
class outside the Ilepnen In Russia.
The only exception made to the
Communist party rule that no Com
munist may receive more than 1a2
rubIes monthly income u made IN
the case Of authoreg t
The more conscientious Boishs-
vil<s. az for example, Trotsky. r..
fuse, however. to compronise their
Communist regulations by induiging
in luxury, even when. earned by the
sweat Of their pens. Tfotslxy. whose
books sell by the hundreds Of thou
sands, receives royalties amounting
to tens Of thousands OF dollars, tut
distributes the largest part Of the
money to Communist organizations,
Otter less scrupuious Communists
notably exemplified in the person 81
Youri StekIoff, until recently editor
OF the official government news
paper Izvestia, sooner or later come
TO grief IL they take full advantages
OF their rights under the new eco
nouiic policy.
Stekloff, always q brilliant writer,
and as such accustomed TO living
well, continued to indulge his tastes
after he had been made edttor.in'
chief. and could no longer receive
separate payment Tor his articles
When 1t was discovered that ne
had rented a large villa in the
vicinity Of Moscow out OF the
Izvastia's receipts, and was using
II exclusively for his cwn residence
although listing 1t az a rest home
for the newspapers employees, Mr.
Stekloff lost his job
Very interesting also are tins
new regulations OF the commits
sariat for public instruction, which
have just been made public, anc
which concern themselves with the
abolition OF one OF the most ele
mentary of communistic principles
the principle of free education
The new system proposes to chargt
parents for the education of theii
children sums varying with the
paying capacity of the parents.
According to the outline of TIT
law, parents may be hailed before
justice of the peace for refusa
to pay, and If found in default
may be forced by the court to re
nit. On the other hand, Bourgeois
children above the age IF seventeen
are now permitted for the frs
time to attend lectures in schools
and universities IL. and only it. there
remains room after all workers
children have been Accommodated.
Hitherto the children of the nler
chants or professional classes were
specifically excluded from attend
ance on the higher schools. The
new law will give them an op
portunity hitherto denied them. al
though they ass still restricted from
com Mating a full course of study