The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-02
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WORLD
BY Joseph Freeman

|@=By Joseph Freeman----
WHAT mysterious the 1nterna
Revolutionary other day said had
copy obtained eand worst
suspicious have confirmed.
Monthly that Or
momaoy purposes only That phrase INTENDED 70 convey e
that the circular SECRET document In which was
red unlawful speak Of the factor Of literary talent and
whispers could anything said about the form Of our work.
authors of the
teaF announce on ITS i page enas m @ n IN
Literature published at the end Of December
Nor is the circular for inomaoy purposes
report is PURELY INFoRMAToRY character
theoretical and political they affect 1T
to the proetaran revolutionary movement IN
the capitalist countries"
Circular then sbstanate the stupid
charges of anisoet propagandsts Is NOT secret 1t merely says
INFORMATION but don't this information about So
country.
pUT the nature Of the circular What
important he isse its contents its tone its 1t
describes On the contrary, the circular says:
owing to
full growth of literature and art has been achieved in the last ten
the majority of the ntelgena including writer's turning desvey
of all this the
framework of the existing literary associations has become
narrow development of creative art
These delivered
the organization committee of Soviet writer's con
RAPP. it does than that 1t gives
RAPP credit very utterly ignored
by official admis
sios have been made regard Specifically the
report RAPP with being partially responsible for bringing over
travellers to the Soviet viewpoint
downright history" Circular No says 4f
period the RAPP embodied cor
the policy of the Party literature
literature has CONQUERED It's Leading part ITS n n h and n
literature just because 1t has tackled subjects themes anu new
viewpoints the actual problems of the revolution and esp
dealt with vacatng strata of sO-caed
followers fellow travellers"
TIE circular then goes ON to describe unhealthy
dissolution the hand there
Party decision certain recalrant fe
low travellers who had been in violent opposition to the RAp prior 70
its dissolution "a denial OF the entire
preceding development phase Of poetarian literature an ultimate
hostile to the working class which
exposed and made nocuous by the RAPP
nevertheless first penum of the Soviet writer's association
slonsk who had been violent
position to the RAPP prior to the April decision In speech from e
time when considered almost unla
the factor literary talent and only In whispers could
anything said about the form of our work.
These extemporaneous condd words lifted without
PLANTATION Circular No and dised out as an Of
state Of affairs which he would ike 10 see 0ue
which not exist
self and he was talking through casual glance at
publications for the 1881 will convince the reader
picture of Soviet literature but was Jump
recently dissolved organization which he hated
to have cited the Thono voiced the feeling Of
soviet said at the same penun:
81 want to talk love- times
and for our literature which does not keep
pace times We must admit that Is an
exceedingly grateful to a time
Justification Circular No by Scribe He
writer's Bshevs' Stain
Of course never
specifically:
history the pnum represented to Soviet society
country Everything
hitherto separate organizations
together all Of the Union to give truly
Committees hold
the Proletariatt But
united
Soviet literature
folly propa-
gandsts
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