Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
PUBLIC LIBRARY

In connection with the puplicaClon OF
the Fish report on Communist activi-
ties in the United States, the Public
Library calls attention to the following
books:
The report on the investigation of
Communist propaganda may be con-
suited in the reference room of the
central building at Eighth and K streets
or at the major branches.
The Theory of Communism
Communism, by H. j. Laski. 1927
JI-L33.
1.-The study of the essential principles
of communism has Special value be-
cause it compels us to submit more
orthodox doctrines to closer eXamtna-
ton than they are won't to receive. It
is warning to us not to confound Z.
the institutions to which we are ac-
customed with the necessary founda-
tons of society,""
Manifesto of the Communist Party. by
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
1915. JI-M349.
Modern communism goes back to the
"nanifesto" issued by Karl Marx in
1913 as a party program for the Com
munist League" With the publication
of the manifesto" communism became
crystallized as a working-class move
menG as QlSLlncJ lTOm SOCIALISM,,
middle-claSS movement.
The Conquest of Bread, by Prince p. A.
~ Kropotkin. 1907. JI-K927c-E.
The theory of communism expounded
by the great Russian thinker whose
name is most intimately associated with
the idealiStic conception of beneficial
revolution and the reorganization Of
society.
Communism in the United States.
The Communistic Societies of the United
States. by Charles Nordhoff. 1875.
JI-N75.
Experiments in the application of
communistic theory to everyday life are
not new in America. This is an almost
contemporary account of the famous
communities of SeparatiSts, Shakers,
the Oneida Community and others
which flouriShed during the middle Of
the nineteenth century.
American Communism, Critical Analy-
sis of Its Origins, Development and
Programs, by James Oneal. 1927.
JH-On2.
1.-THE rapid and frequent changes by
Communist organizations in their ma
nouvering to establish contacts with
other organizations have made the his
and subject to misunderstanding. As
phase of social, political and economic
history, the movement Is especially in
teresting as study in psychology, hav-
ing its immediate origins in the greatest
war in all history"
How Red Is America? by Will Irwin.
1927. JH-Ir94h.
A disintereSted attempt to present the
evidence without recourse to emphasis
or distortion. The author sees the Com
muniSt movement as noteworthy but
not particularly alarming socio-political
manifestation of questionable vitality.
Communism in Action.
Soviet Russia, by w. H. Chamberlin.
1880. F5466-C35s.
Not one of these Me and Russia
affairs" but the most comprehensive
and informative history of the Soviet
Union yet published. Mr.. Chamberlin,
as a correspondent for the Christian
Science Monitor, has lived in Russia
for the last eight years and has, there
fore, been an eyewitness to the turbu-
lent economic upheaval. He emphasizes
its experimental nature unless the CO.
operation of the peaSantry as well as
the proletariat can be secured. The
book is entirely objective in tone and
Ill 4Io COtACAuoAOIlos
Russia: Today and Yesterday, by z. j.
Dillon. 1880. G54-D586r.
Written by an Englishman who has
known Russia intimately as student,
university professor and journalist for
over so years, this book contrasts the
old with the new regime. Without
prejudice, the author admits q certain
enthusiasm for Bolshevist reforms, but
maintains wise balance throughout
his account of the changes in govern
ment, industry, education, amusement,
the arts, the status of women, etc.
Humanity Uprooted, by Maurice Hindus.
1929. F5466-H583h.
The "uprooting," Intentional and I'M
Intentional of such institutions as the
home, religion and private property by
the present Soviet government; its ef-
feet upon various groups OF the Rus
sian opulation-peaSantS proletariat.
intelligentsia, youth, woman, Commun-
lists, ETC.; and few chapters on the
quests of its revolutionary leaders are
presented graphically by this author
who has revisited his homeland annu-
ally for the last five years. There is
deep human understanding, but also
refusal to pass Judgment upon the
present experiment.
Hammer and the Scythe, by Mrs. A. o.
Mccormick. 1928. G54-M136h.
Reporting without bias her visit to
Russia in the Summer of 1927 in arti-
cles for the New York Times, Mrs. Nc
Cormick succeeded so well in penetrat-
ing the spirit of Communist reform that
this book, named after the Soviet en-
blem, is considered one of the most en-
lightened of American "rapid-hre"
surveys.
New Russia, by Dorothy Thompson.
1928. F5466-T376n.
Another journalistic and impartial
account. OF interest especially In its
analysis of foreign trade possibilitles;
in its diagnosis of the cult of Leninism
in place of Christianity; and in its use
of the plots of novels, plays and short
stories to furnish the key to the in
depreciation of Russian life. Like Mrs.
Mccormick, Miss Thompson hesitateS
to recommend the Communist brand OF
emancipation for women in the chapter
'Lame Eros"
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