Evening star., 1933-10-10
Writer Says Soviet
Would Borrow More
To the Editor Of The Star:

40 tue Sutot OF Inc St4r:
read with interest May Dale's
"pinkish" denunciation Of my recent
letter to The Star in which I deplored
tne Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tons looking with apparent favor upon
the proposition to loan the Russian
Soviet government $75,O00,000 of our
money with which to buy American
cotton and metals.
Miss Dale contends that Russia Is
the only great nation in the world that
Is making progress. That Is interesting
news IN view Of the fact that American
newspaper correspondents who have
spent many years in Russia and who
are admittedly friendly toward that
government are sending In reports to
the eject that q famine has been rag
ing over there. They say that this
famine has caused the deaths Of from
10000 to 100000 peasants. The
larger figures represent the views Of
smaller figures are the views Of the de-
cided reds" Even 100000 is bad
enough. They were starved by the
state as punishment for not "co-operat-
ing" II It Is such an ideal government,
why will these millions of people starve
before they will Cooperate?
Miss Dale resents my calling them
barbarians and cites several Russian
celebrities to refute the term. All of
these men she names were famous be-
fore Communism became Infamous.
The old Russian regime produced some
brilliant and splendid characters. Un-
fortunately. 1t was Just such fine men
and women that the present Russian
deaths or drove from the country,
after confiscating what worldly goods
they possessed. It Is equally unfortu-
nate that they have produced nothing
but cullS to take their places
So Russia has always been friendly
to the United States, eh? How about
the tons Of Communistic literature
breathing death and damnation against
our Government that have been found
from time to time in Communist head
quarters in our cities? Oh, yes, I for
get; those were all "capitalistic press
stories. Then how about these long
haired Communist chimpanzees that
hold forth on street corners, hired halls
and in the parlors Of the "pinks"
spouting the same sort of rot2
'Capitalistic press" to blame for them?
wish to retract my statement that
we would never get back q nickel of
the $4,000. 900 loan If 1t is made to
these people who proudly state that the
only thing that happens to them when
they die Is that they become fertilizer.
We might get it al back. The old shell
game manipulation On the circus
grounds always let q sucker win Q dollar
bet to start with and then he took"
him for ten dollars And III bet
5000, 900 Russian kopecs (nine cents)
that II they did pay this loan they
would want to borrow $50, ,ooo. 900 the
following week.
No, the writer Of the pretty dtt..'
letter IS not 80 filed with propaganda
that he cannot think things out for
himself" On the contrary, he thinks
about Communism just as do the very
great majority Of decent American citi-
zens, viz: That 1t Is foul blot Of blood
and shame upon the face Of civilization
It may be q bitter pill for May Dale
to swallow, but she must come to the
realization that the American people
are nowhere near ready to scrap our
form Of government and take the fan
tastic nightmare of Communism as q
pattern for new one.
8. Il. MUMFORD.