Evening star., 1933-01-22
RUSSIA TO GET RID
OF ALL UNDES|RED
AND UNEMPLOYED
Czarist Passport System to
Be Used to ObIiterate
"CIasses" in Soviet.
FARMING SECTION ALSO
TOBE PURGED IN DRIVE
Whole Villages Moved in Cam.
paign-Marriage and Divorce
Halted Temporarily.
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, January 21.-Embarking
mercilessly on a systematic campaign
comparable only to the liquidation of
the Kulaks as Glass;" the Soviet gov
eminent has launched a blow at enc
miles within the country IN an effort to
attain the principal political objective
Of the second hve-year plan-the crea-
tion Of completely classless society.
Despite the fact that the violence
characterizing that other sanguinary
period of bolshevist history will be alb
sent In the main, the new drive Is ex-
pected to be none the less effective, be-
cause of the methodical directness with
which it is being applied.
To bring complete extinction of CLASS
es"-in other words, the eradication of
all but useful social elements-the gov
ernment has chosen two weapons. The
nrst Is the dread passport system, a
relic OF the Czarist days, under which
only those engaged In socially useful
work will be permitted to live In the
larger cities. The second Is q large scale
purg1ng" OF rural Russia in an effort
TO strengthen collectivized agriculture.
Shift Already Begun.
Although the two methods actually
are unrelated, combined they undoubt-
edly will have the effect of wholesale
forced shifting of populations within
the next few months
In fact, this shift already has begun
with the exile of the populations Of
some whole villages to the north for
sabotage in inadequate grain production.
Under the passport system applicable
now only in the chief cities, but In
tended ultimately to be applied to the
whole OF Russia, thousands Of persons
labeled as undesirable or unnecessary
elements, including all whose records
and backgrounds do not bear out their
claims to eligibility for membership In
the proletariat, will be refused pass
ports, without which they will be forced
to leave the cities as virtual outlaws.
The exodus from Moscow already has
begun on a small scale, according to
officials, and is expected to wax in
creasingly large after the beginning of
issuance of passports, now scheduled to
start January Is.
An idea Of the extent and effect of
the passport system can be gained from
the results OF recent inspection at
the Moscow electric factory. one of the
city's largest plants, showing that of
approximately 5000 employees 800 were
not entitled to receive passports be-
cause they were classified as former
white guardists, Kulaks, disfranchised
persons and criminals.
Unemployed Must Go.
In addition to these classes, numbers
of persons who will be affected will be
those deprived of jobs under recent
orders to curtail the clerical staffs of
all institutions but who otherwise could
qualify to remain. In other words, not
only the actual parasitic elements, but
also those not employed in useful
work, must go.
For this reason the adoption of the
passport system has thrown fear into
the hearts of thousands who either are
likely to come under the ban them
selves or have relatives relying on them
for support who may be involved.
Many Of those affected now are citi-
zens of good standing.
Even If fortunate enough to estab-
lish homes elsewhere after leaving the
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