The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

the right men. All those who have ever
worked with him know that. His vic
tories are the victories of a great
organizer. His comrades loved him,
and specialists respect him. He
knows how to manage things" He
makes people obey him by the force
of his own personality, his words are
simple, but command obedience better
than official orders.
He is obeyed because of his personal
charm, but not only because of this.
A certain acquaintance remarked in
conversation:
"Comrade Frunze is very kind
man."
But another one who had been to-
gether with him in the Vladimir
Central Prison replied:
'You do not know him. He is
gentle, it is true in his personal rela-
tions, but you do not yet understand
that he is as hard as stone inwardly.
He has tremendous will power and
strong heart"
This is more in keeping with the
truth. He also commands obedience
because his staunch heart and strong
will make themselves felt.
A considerable role in making him
talented red military leader is play
ed by the fact that in his spare mo-
ments he was always ready to amuse
himself by playing about with fire.
arms, cleaning them, taking them to
pieces, assembling them again. b.
,, During these moments, he is just like
child playing with his toys.
r N. Tolstoy divided people up into
LIZ two categories: those in whom
masculine attributes dominate, and
those in whom feminine attributes
dominate. In his opinion with the
first category, actions are a result of
the activity of the mind and are
determined by the mind; with the
second category the activity of the
mind is directed at attaining aims
evoked by emotion or at justifying
actions caused by emotion.
/ do not believe that cpmrade
Frunze belongs to either of these
categories; with him his thoughts do
not justly emotions and acts, be-
cause he is inwardly veracious; never
theless, his emotions are not sup
pressed or violently restrained, he
does not make them obedient silent
helots of reason. There are some
people with whom the synthesis of
mind and feelings have now already
attained a relatively high degree Of
harmony in a so inharmonious century
as ours.
In my opinion Frunze is one Of
these.
We Bolsheviki are astonishingly
lavish. Just look at our rivals and
opponents. How carefully they collect
and preserve in their minds every
thing worthy of note. With what
love have they pictured Kalaev, Bal
manov, Gershuni, not to mention the
Cadet leaders :. We are frantically
lavish. But after all is Comrade
Frunze a less important figure than
Kalaev, Gershuni and the others; Just
look at the wealth of color in this
man. Agitator, Marxist, terrorist, a
man condemned to the gallows, a
commanderin-chief, fighting in the
front line with rifle in hand.
No, it is of real value to note these
attributes if only because it will once
more prove that the party of the re-
evolutionary proletariat, despite all
bloodshed by the allies and the most
difficult of conditions, still has powder
in the magazines.
To the vanovo-Voznesensk district
Comrade Frunze is bound with ties of
blood both in the past and in the
present. In drawing attention to his
distinguished qualities and services,
we associate them above all with the
red textile workers of our province,
for it is with them that he fought on