The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-14
Writer Sees Less Lawlesness
In Goddess Russia Than
: In u. S.

Editor,
Waterbury Democrat:
Since the proposed recognition
of Russia by the President short
time ago 1 have followed with in
terest the varied discussions in the
various newspapers on Russia
especially those coming from a
gentleman in Idaho. The gentle
man, Mr. Hooper, goes on the
theory that there is little or no
good at oil in anything that is
Russian. He especially can find no
good in any nation that denies
God.
Mr. Hooper condemns Russia be-
cause he is unfamiliar with before
the revolution. Those who have
lived in that great country can
readily appreciate the feeling to-
ward the church. The church in
cahoots with czarist regime treated
the peasant as though he were
dog. Enslaved for centuries by a
multiplicity, of Rasputins day of
reckoning was bound to come.
That day came in 1917 and there
is no one who is familiar with the
Russia before the revolution and
the present day Russia who can
ueIy tLldL ISuSSid lldo DCllClC u IICI
self a hundred times over. In spite
of the fact that Russia is goddess in
the sense that 1t has rid itself of
the church the fact remains that
there is not one tenth of the law
lessness in that country that there
Is in the United States. And we
are a God fearing people, are we
not Mr. Hooper? stress this point
because United States Senator
Copeland in his investigation on
crime in this county states that:
THE annual cost Of crime in the
United States is nearly thirteen
billion dollars. Crime costs six
times as much as education.
And we are a God fearing coun-
try and Russia Is goddess. Russia
to-day practices religion without
the sanctimonius edicts of corrupt
church. The morals of Russia are
in much higher standard than in
this country in spite of departure
from hypocritical conventions in
laid down society.
I:ussian recognition would be
tremendous asset to the depressed
United States. There would be an
immediate market for American
goods that would run into billion
dollars. The great mistake of our
government was in not recogniz-
ing Russia ten years ago.
The whole trouble on the Rus
sian problem has been the ma
licious propaganda that has
swamped this country. One came
to look on Russia as sort of
lFrankenstein. Come with me for a
moment, to Russia. One approach
ing Leningrad by the way of the
Baltic waters is beset with rumors
| -rumors Of-rumors. For exam
pie: you are to see a half-starved
bewildered people; bread lines OF
men, women ana children; soldiers
marching to the music of the In
ternationale; disintegrating build
ings partitioned into suffocating
quarters; a municipality in rags;
strange odors !. spies =. +.
police with furtive eyes. bar
red streets chaos"
Instead the harbor crowded with
cargo ships, barges, tugs. lighter
ing crews, shipping of every var
iety. present a spectacle OF greai
animation. Masons, carpenters
iron workers and road builders are
thick as flies along the docks, piled
high with bales. boxes, lumber
Grated machinery and millions Of
feet Of pulp wood. Along the port
canal as far as the eye can reach
wooden buildings are under con.
struction., A procession of two
decker passenger boats loaded tt
the rails with workingmen scurry'
\ ing in every direction.
What does all this hustle ana