The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
FAMOUS French
SCULPTOR LAUDS
SOVIET REGIME
World Tourists to See
October Celebration

Foremost of the many objects of
art to be inspected by the party of
one hundred American workers parti-
-cipating in a tour of Soviet Russia
arranged by World Tourists, Inc, will
be the famous bust of Lenin executed
by the French sculptor N. l.. Aronson.
This bust is an exceptional work of
art and its exhibition is a great
event. The marble breathes life; in
it can be seen that concentration Of
will to victory, that irresistible per-
sistance without wavering that made
him the great mass leader that he
was.
The sculptor recently spent some
weeks in Russia and returned to
France an ardent enthusiast. His
impressions, as given to cor
respondent of the Leningrad "Prav-
da", are illuminating.
Lauds Soviet Union.
"The weeks l spent in Moscow and
Leningrad will never be forgotten.
more than any other visiting foreigner
can judge of the changes which have
taken place for I was born in Russia
and have felt all the blessings of
the autocratic regime.
81 am Judging not according to
street impressions only, but accord
ing to attentive study of the whole
of Soviet life. l visited factories,
clubs, talked with soldiers of the Red
Army, with Communist youth and
the workers. The first thing that
impressed me was the sight of the
streets and the crowds. Here there
is distinct contrast with the crowds
of London and Paris. In the large
European city we see the glaring
luxury, and side by side with it the
fearful poverty which is still more
depressing because of the vivid con-
trast. In Soviet Russia the people
are not thus contrasted by bourgeois
style of clothing. All are dressed
neatly and clean. Workmen who ride
or walk to their factories early in
the morning are not the former
drunken and tortured masses of the
days of the car. Now they walk
firmly and joyfully, and what is
more important, practically every one
of them carries a book. These have
learned to think, to read Of the prob
lens that they have made such pro-
gress in conquering.
Tourists Sail Soon.
~ talked a great deal with Com
munist youth and I am convinced that
in them Soviet Russia has a genera
ton which will be able to replace the
old fighters; generation which has
not upon its back privations and slav-
cry, but endowed with the birthright
Of freedom and knowledge of life in
free country"
This is the new Russia that will
receive the visit of the tourists. Those
fortunate enough to obtain reserva-
tons will return to this country with
steadfast goal, an image of what
may be done in a country of the
workers. The tour sails the middle
of October and returns eight weeks
later. Most of the time spent in the
U. S. S. R. will be divided between
Leningrad and Moscow, the two cities
where the achievements of the people
may best be judged. There the mass
demonstrations, the festivals and
stage productions in honor of the
tenth anniversary of the Russian
Revolution will be held. There the
contagious spectacle of a people re-
joicing may be witnessed, to serve as
mighty inspiration.
According to the latest information
obtained at the office of World Tour
lists, Inc, at 65 Fifth avenue, New
York, all the reservations have not
yet been taken. There is still time,
though the time is short.