The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-02-22
sions of entirely different impulses.
Hear Kosiarov again:

sions of entirely different impulses.
Hear Kosiarov again:
"Oh, yes, have watched capitalist
youth having a good time he said 4
was in Germany not so long ago. They
seemed to be saying: I must be gay and
Joyous and the devil take everybody
else Their fun seemed to me anti
social But with us foxtrotting and the
rest are a relaxation after work we'll
done and not degenerate indulgence of
the senses" Of course that same in
nocent motive can not possibly exist
among young people in capitalist
society.
This young Russian talked further in
this vein He said.
Our youth too, looks forward to a
better life for itself. They want nice
homes, an automobile, gramaphone.
We do not consider those desires wrong.
In fact, we are working for the time
when everyone can have those things
That's a worthy ambition. 1t is gen.
orally admitted the Russians are aiming
at the high standard of life in America
without our capitalistic form of govern
ment. But Kosiarov is shooting low in
one respect Gramaphones are no long
err considered in America The aim now
is radio in every American home and
it is well. on the way to being an
actual achievement
Discussing sex and family life in Rus
sia---a condition that has been severely
condemned by critics of the soviet
Kosiarov indicated clearly return to
capitalistic ideals. He says.
1--WE are opposed to promiscuity in
sex relations and uniustified abortons.
We favor serious durable marriages and
large families In short, we want new
generation that is physically and NOR
ally healthy"
He continued later in this manner.
THE stronger and more harmonious
a family is, the better it serves the
common cause For us the perfect fam
lily is one that takes full share in the
life of the community. 1t must be based
on mutual live, respect and real COM
radeship and not, as with you, on eco
nomic dependence. Every family unit
in our country, if it is healthy and we'll
adjusted in physical and moral sense,
gives added strength and better human
fiber for the new society we are
building"
We may be blind and foolish but we
have, for long time, held the i'm
preston that those are the very
foundations on which family life in
America is founded-love and respect
and comradeship. We very much opine
that Russia has no monopoly on those
ideals
The author of the article, Eugene
Lyons, touched on significant thing
in this paragraph
What he (Kosiarov) outlined in. our
interview-the first he has ever granted
to foreign correspondent amounts to
a new code of conduct for the genera
ton that has matured since the revolu-
ton. 1t is as different from The conduct
prevalent in earlier years as that cha
otto epic itself was different from The
present period of hard sober industrial
reconstruction. And its most remark
able attribute is a fundamental re-
sembIance to the moral standards of the
surrounding world"
Evidently the Russians are coming
back to sanity-to some extent at least.
The extreme excuses Of the revolution
airy period are giving way to a return
to those conceptions of life and ideals
that several centuries of experience
have proven to be fundamentally sound. !
That, merely, is history repeating it.
self
The soviet authorities are to be COM
mended for their attempt to lift the
masses of their population from ignor-
ance and degradation to a high standard
Of living, 1t is encouraging to see them
sloughing off some of the foolish radi-d
calism that would hamper them and ,
to proven fundamentals.