Evening star., 1928-03-25
BY rHEoDoRE DRESSER,

BY THEoDoRE DRESSER.
sThe immense super-trust I referred
"a previously is administered by q
uarty for q class and for promoting the
rcle of an idea The phrase, the Die
tatorship Of the Proletariat, Is ltSeH 8
rnlSnoner.
NThere is dictatorship of the Conn.,
rhlnist party In the interests OF the
uTotefariat. This party consists Of less
tkan 100000 members who rule the
rest of Russia, They insist now that
if. is the workers who rule them, but
thst Is q pleasant theory only.
THE government directed by this
Communist party employees labor Just
AZ might q capitalist trust. 1t seeks not
os1lv eficiency. but mental loyalty and
conformity. and unless it gets II there
Is trouble. Let any one show diSloyaIty
IN any way and they lose their JOBS
Net only that, but if they talk they
may SO to tail.
sAnd so all over Russia you find .
ksnd Of terror of the Communists ano
What they may do in case you 90 no1
dc or talk or even think as they do.
Communists Get Best.
Speaking German as do, and find
i-,s here and there q Russian or Tor
eifn-horn citizen who could speak
Iinle English, I was not infrequenuy
annroached. and especially when 1t be-
rarne rumored that was an outlander
ots some influence. by clerks or pro-
fessional men or petty traders or even
small Office holders who whispered that
AZ vas not as we'll with Russia as the
Communists would have the world be-
neVe.
prices Of everything were outrage
cnsly high. salaries could not compare
with what things cost, and there was
never enough Of anything. neither food
nor entertainment, nor what you would.
TIE Communists said there was but
why shouldn't they? They had the
Eupd Jobs, provided themselves cars TO
ride around In and first-claSS compart-
rants In trains and hotels wherever
they went And they all wore gooo
clothes-did notice that?
That's why they insisted that every
thing was al right. But watch the
common man. the man out OF JOB or
warking at some little trade not con-
r,erted with the big industries which
tfIe government was fostering. or a man
who was O little over 40, and see how
he did
was he happy or weIl dressed or well
usad9 The government did not care
fsnch sbouf him because he was not
yuung enough to be taught and to be-
uaye AL that they wanted him to be
tasaent and to believe. And ! must say
tlaAf in part, anyhow, my own obServa-
tiens confirmed some Of this. not all.
Fear TO Complain.
But, ha, hal so many whispered.
There was misery enough. The farm
erS were not getting enough for what
they raised 70 buy them boots or over
coats or clothes-hadn't noticed that?
And true enough, had noticed endless
looking clothes, most wretched
clChing In some parts Of Russia But
Il .pns said word. II one didn't sing
juxt their sCng-Kish-and here one
speaker drew his index finger across his
throat indicating Al economic If not
actually q physical decapitation.
And another man. barber IN Stain,
put his finger TO his lips as man came
tn4 and afterwar6 whispered, "a q. p
Us But not n uniform And always
spying around the city. Stil another.
3 musician playing IN . restaurant IN
ReStov. a seaport On the Don River. IN
Easxed that the police and the Commu-
even brutal at times.
They talk about how terrible things
were under the Car, but lived under
the Car, and the soldiers and officials
weren't any worse then than they are
nOw. Then you couldn't say q word
against the Gar. now you can't say a
word against them"
Ar i my personal conclusion after al
nasSt three months Of observation vas
that this vas true
Gag on Press.
And one Of the things that helped
me 10 this conclusion was not Only. the
situation IL the tkseater. which I have
described. but the situation IN counec-
ton with the press. and indeed any
1og1n OF news distribution For while
In every city and town IN Russia are
onE CT more papers, suffered 70 reject
t91e news and conditions and changes Of
the region Ia which they appear, never
theaess they do not really DO 50 by
snf means.
rFoE IN Moscow are two daily papers,
the Pgavda and the Isvestia, both
organs OF the Communist party, and
worse yet. Of the reigning officials Of
the same. who an their turn inspire the
executives of the government and their
Decision and programs. and il Is these