Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11

PARIS, october 10 (N.A.N.A).-
Wherever q Russian citizen may be
working, in factory, shop or office, he
has to submit to the authority of his
bosses, both administrative and indus
trial. but he is also protected" by his
particular trade union committee, which
looks after his professional interests.
He Is officially controlled, too, by the
Communist cell intrusted with his po-
litical interests. and, finally, he is under
the less apparent watch Of the o. @.
p. U. political police), who look after
his moral good.
On his return home he comes within
the operations Of his house committee,
elected by an open vote of the inhah-
itants of each building the committee
administers, letting the apartments and
looking after the acts and words OF
tenants.
This committee watches out for the
mans private interests. and IL at any
time he should feel an urge to leave
his house and indulge in sport, music,
literature or anything else that may
bring a little pleasure and freedom into
his life, he will ind himself up against
more committees whose business it is to
direct his artistic, literary or sporting
activity in the right direction.
Make up Governing Caste.
The secretaries Of all these commit
tees and those who occupy important
and delicate posts in the regional or
the city Soviets make up the governing
caste in the U. 8. s. r. These people
are found In trade committees, trades
unions, economic bodies, trusts and CO.
operative societies, In government of
missariats, in the o. q. 2. u, the army,
on newspapers, in the many sporting,
literary and scientific societies, In
writers and poets clubs, and even In
the clubs for Winter sports.
They are all Communists or in SYM
patty with Communists, and they may
number between six and seven millions
of the 150,000,000 inhabitants Of Soviet
Russia.
These people themselves are mar
shaled according to an iron system OF
seniority, and all have to submit to
severe control-except few clever ones
and those who occupy positions at the
top or near the top. They represent q
veritable bureaucratic feudaliSm group
ed round the Communist party, and
are organized like q regular army. Each
member Is under the absolute orders
Of his committee, and each committee
Is in the absolute power of the COM
mittee above. Every Russian Com
friends, recognizes freely that there IS
no freedom within the party. Only
the newspapers, the printed books and
ofncial speeches maintain the opposite.
Only 10000 Left.
It Is interesting to consider the peo-
pie who compose this administrative
caste which exercises sovereign power.
As far as the bolshevists of the pre-
1917 days are concerned, there can only
be about 10000 left. They represent
the old guard.
During the heroic days of the revolu-
ton Communism gathered around it
considerable number Of supporters, the
great majority sincere bolshevists.
Later more recruits joined, but these
were of doubtful quality.
Today there are 100000 regular
members Of the Communist party.
These are workmen, peasants, clerks
and small bourgeois, ex-soldiers and
officers, who have received all the Lead
ing posts in the country, with a sti6en.
ing Of the old professional revolution.
aries.
To all intents and purposes the chill
dren Of these people are the only ores
who enjoy the privilege OF public In.