Evening star., 1935-01-20

> and traveller, in MoscotU.
The Soviets wall and spread headlines about
Americas methods of handling strikes, about
Scoetsboro and the veterans demands, but they
keep quiet about their own despotism which
mssantiy n alays any protest against the existing
oroer. In Russia strikers are not allowed to
strike. Bullets and Siberia would be the fate
M any one who even thought Of 1t.
"Counter-revolutionary" is the word used to
describe any resistance offered by Russian to
being treated like an experimental guinea Dig.
Cppostton to the Soviets is looked upon with
more horror than child murder and is rs ruth
lessly punished. Thousands upon thousands
hundreds Of Thousands, have been exiled and
executed In order that the communists IDEAS
may prevail. This very night in Leningrad 90
men, accused Of counter-revoaution, are being
shoe - one result Of the assassination Of Q
eoviet oommisar BY . fellow Counnmist FOR
the Soviets, human life Is the cheapest COM
modify they possess.
II the Russian brand Of Communism comes
10 America cur farmers will have Q particularly
unhappy time. Individual ovnership ol land
VIII be outlawed The owners viii Be 'liqui-
Dated" VIII b branded as ''usirers" and i'm
prtsoned IN ALASKA Their property viii be seised
hy the state and given over to the shift,e@ and
the ignorant for collective farming
Progressive Industrious pront-making farm
ers are venomously hated by the 6oviets Such
O4CkV2r0
and the lazy must work for them. And that
- exploitation Of man by msn'-the Soviets
crime q crimes.
II R,assian communism comes to America, all
religion viii be abolished and the churches
closed or torn down. st. John the Divine
Cathedral ana st. Patrick's on T,fth Avenue.
and Trinity Church at Wall Street Will bo
turned Into Ant-religtous museums and draped
With shrtekns. hideous posters depicting the
knorancs and vices Of the American clergy
Av2A .l~A
them On their superstitioas congregations. Pos.
session Of Bible viii be considered counter
Evolutionary and any study Of biblical sub.
tects-linguistic, archaeological historical philo-
sophicaa-win be consigned TO the bonfire.
THIS narrowness Is typical Of the Russian
Conamunists' system which enthrones ig-
norance and perSecutes knowledge. They smash
with sweeping broadside DEGREES one lighthouse
after another Of Intellectual and personal lib
erty. History, religion, journalism, leisure, have
been executed along with the brains Of the
country. Music or medicine may next be found
70 be counter-revolutionary, and strangled.
Such gesture would seem utterly senseless and
savage. but no more 90 than the strangling
already accomplished In other sources of cul-
ture and knowledge.
Even more discouraging Is the fact that the
Communists see nothing wrong with these
appalling amputations from their cultural body
Tney not only do not seem to miss freedom and
refinement, but actually hold them in contempt.
Decent clothes and personal appearance, taste
full apartments, elegance and distinction Of any |
sort, are considered bourgeois and inimical to |
the revolution. Russian man appearing in |
evening clothes at a gathering of his fellow |
countrymen would be stoned!
II Russian communism comes to America our |
Judging from those I've seen here) |
will be made useful Such superfiuous subjects |
as history and philosophy will be considered /
dangerous for the working mems sons who |
alone will be allowed to enter. The study of |
tractor engines and military tanks will be
substituted for Shakespeare and Tennyson
Instead of the Odyssey we'll get weekly
doses of the New Masses" Karl Marks "Das
Kapital," the life of Lenin and the books of
Upton Sinclair will suffice for literature
And once we begin to receive the blessings |
Of communism. Russian style, we may as well
Continued ON Ninth Pane