Evening star., 1934-03-19
SOV|ET|SM DRAWS
CLASH Of OPINION
World Economics Academy
Speakers Disagree on
It's Achievements.

Russian communism was painted
Doth as a success and failure by
speakers who assumed widely diver
gent viewpoints at the seventh annual
meeting of the Academy of World
Economics at the Shoreham Hotel
last night More than 750 members
of the academy and their friends were
present Senator F. Ryan Duffy of
Wisconsin presided.
William R. Castle, jr, presented the
conclusions of a statesman; H. ".
Kaltenborn, radio news commentator,
those of a journalist Arthur Feiler,
professor of the New School of Social
Research, New York City, those of an
economist, and Rev. Peter V. Master
son of Georgetown University, those
of a political scientist
Mr.. Castle saw Russian commu-
niSm, maintained for II years, as
firmly established, While criticizing
those in the present administration
who dream of some form of regi-
mented society for the United States,
denying that such a system is pos
sible here.
opposes Cnange.
IT think We will reach the ideal of
social justice quicker by striving for
ward with what we have than by
tearing down in the hope of building
something better he declared, and
called all Americans to stand to-
gether for the protection of the
democratic system.
II 1N0 of
munist propaganda in the United
States. Citlrg provisions in the Roose-
velt-Litvinoff notes for severance of
diplomatic relations if either party is
found attempting to undermine the
form of government of the other
Russian propaganda against other
governments has ceased Mr.. Castle
declared, although it remains tenet
Of communism"
He lauded recognition of Russia last
year. but denied that such action i'm
piled approval or disapproval of the
Communist system. There had been
no obligation to recognize Russia, he
declared, for it had consistently de-
clined to fulfill the ordinary condi-
tions attached to recognition, such as
Acknowledgement of the debts of pre-
Vious regimes.
Mr.. Kaltenborn saw the Soviet state
becoming more and more bourgeois by
adapting the Soviet theology to capi-
talism, and denied that war was immi-
nent in the Far East because of Rus
Sia's preoccupation with her own
problems. The transition from Lenin
to Stain was important. he said, be-
cause in it Russia turned her atten-
ton to herself and away from world
revolution. Russia thus became more
and more Russian and less inter-
national" he stated
Predicts Greater Efficiency.
The fve-year plan was completed in
less than four years, he said, the pro-
duction of capital goods being tripled
and the consumption of consumer
goods doubled, He expects the second
f1ve-year plan to be accomplished with
less speed but greater efficacy.
Mr.. Feiler took the position that the
Russian revolution is still in progress
and will be in progress for a long
time, the principal task being to pre-
vent the return of any of the old in
stitutions. He cited the democratic
elements within the Russian regime,
such as factory meetings, shop COL
legeS and complaints, all calculated
TO make the worker feel that the in
dustrial plants are his own, but ex-
planned that, on the other hand, Rus
sian workers are subjected to most
HispiNliY1p The 4f
second f1ve-year plan, he said. is to
raise industrial production to 100000
100000 rubles by 1887.
Rev. Mr.. Masterson cited the in
ability of observers outside of Russia
to obtain accurate knowledge of con-
ditions within Russia in contrast to
the old regime. He attacked the Com
munist system principally for its cam
paign against religion.
The academy is headed by a board
of directors composed of Mr. Castle,
Miss Grace Abbott. chief of the United
States Women's Bureau; DR.. Elinor
PancoaSt, professor of education,
Goucher College. Baltimore; Miss
Cleona Lewis, Brookings Institution;
John McDill Fox, dean of the Law
School, Catholic University; Dr. w. F.
Notz, dean of the Foreign Service
School, Georgetown University; DR..
John Donaldson, professor of political
economy, George Washington Univer-
sity; W. M. w. Splawn, former dean
of the graduate school, American Uni
versity; Leifur Magnusson. director of
the Washington office of the Interna-
tional Labor Organization; Joseph N.
Benners, assistant secretary of the
United States Tariff Commission, and
Eugene Towson, treasurer of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co.