Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

that class; not only are they to be de-
pr1ved OF their land and other prom
erty, but they may not las many gentle
americans assumed they mighty ioin
the collective movement as "poor" or
middle" peasants. A Soviet newspaper
probably expressed Stains intentions
correctly enough the other day as fol-
lows:
What will become of the Kulak after
his liquidation as a class? To us. IL is
all one-let him fall under the first
passing automobile or spend the rest
OF ms lie IN exile-anything. provided
ne disappears from our midst"
apparently, the "Nepman," or small
trader class, Is to have the same shift
though perhaps little more graduallv'
and the clergy seem to read a like
handwriting on the wall.
Said Michael Kalinin, chairman of
Cne central executive of the Soviet gov
eminent, the other day:
We must not only exterminate the
Kulak, but We must have the wav to
pure socialism, create a new society
ana nnally reach our goal of COM
muniSm. When shall we have full COM
mun1sm? We shall have full comnu-
nlSm when each member of the COM
mun1ty labors voluntarily according to
ms ability and takes freely according
10 MS needs. But we are still very far
from communism. Before real COM
munlSm can exist we must live through
the stage OF socialism. Under socialism
dinerences in mems wealth will remain.
IL Is true, but it will be impossible for
any man to exploit another because
private ownership of the means of pro-
state"
But he added roughly that so long as
the cannon of capitalistic countries
were pointed toward Russia, 1t would be
impossible to abolish the red army or
the red secret police or such like in
stitutlons, "the existence of which
would be superhuous under pure COM
munism."
A woman has been appointed COM
missar of finance of the Union of So
cialist Soviet Republics.
4
UNITED STATES-Dr. j. C. w.
Frazer, chairman of the department of
chemistry at Johns Hopkins University,
has conferred great boon on the world.
py mventing device which renders
1nnocuous the carbon monoxide gas
generated by automobiles, Transforming
It into the comparatively innocuous car
Don dioxide by means ola catalyst.
The device takes the place Of the or
binary muf1er; mufding, Transforming
the carbon monoxide, destroying the
evil-smelling elements of the exhaust
and burning up the blush SCOT COM
monty given on.
A bill just passed by the Senate pro-
videS for expenditure of $500 900 900 in
the ensuing period to include the fiscal
year 1888, in addition to $4,000 900 al
ready appropriated for the current fs-
cal year, for highway construction and
improvement in cooperation with the
States. Existing law limits such ex-
penditure to $75,000, 900 within a fiscal
year. The bill increases from $4,000
to $4,000 the amount per mile that
may. be expended on highways.
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NOTES.-Paris has decreed that the
skirts Of the fair sex shall descend to at
least flve inches below the knee.
According to an italian financial ex-
pert the private wealth of Italy totals
the equivalent of $25 900 ,000, 900, In
Guiding eight billions in land values.
The congress Of Austrian hairdress-
ers has resolved for an intensive cam
paign to restore the vogue of whiskers.
The italian birth rate continues to
fall, while the death rate increases.
In the first IL months of 1929 births in
Italy were fewer by 20 ,46O and deaths
more numerous by 10000, than in the
corresponding period of 1928. In seve-
raj cities deaths outnumbered births.
Thus in Florence births were 4,O56, |
deaths, 4,647; in Novara the death rate |
was 10 to 1000 Of the population and |
the births Is. Mussolini is terribly
aroused and Eliminates: we need more |
children"