The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-28

uI bLlS IOuu JU JOSSI 6bAtAu o tes an 'enemy of the peopleY" liet union in two years Webb Id European news manager of the United Press, has written for the Waterbury Democrat the un. censored story of Russia as 1t h today,
 In a series of six dispatches hegin- hing Monday Miller answeres many of the questions readers have been asking about conditions and devel- opments within the worlds first major experiment in socialistic gov. erenment, Although Miller spent three weeks on c 5000 mile tour of the Soviet union he did not write line until he came out His diss patches have not passed through the hands of any Soviet official.
 Capable Writer of Facts
 They represent the findings and observations of Q careful and con. sefvative workman who presents simple facts against background of previous visits, and c journalistic career which began with pershing on the Mexican border In 1916 and has embraced practically every big world news event of the last 20 years.
 The first dispatch In the Miller series, "rhe Extent of the Purge, will appear in the Waterbury Dem. ocrAt on Monday.
 Pen Pictures stain
 He pictures Josef stain, Russia's Man of Steel" aS involved in the historic struggle with Leen Trotsky. He tells why the central government regards 1t as necessary to conduct mass executions. He describes the people at work and at play. He an. swers the question "is Russia Live. ahie?"
 Miilers last visit to the Soviet Union was in February. A highlight of his present series is the story of what happened to six men with whom he dined one cold February night ct the foreign office in Mos. COW. Could they sec what was cora- ing2
 Miller flew to the Soviet union again last month. He tsaveled 5000 miles within the country, visited the principal cities, talked to the peo. pie, rode down the Voiga and heard the command for oil passengers to go below decks c quarter of c mile before the boat reached each bridge.
 No Soviet Censorship
 The story which he has written has not passed through the hands of any Soviet official. But the ma. terial was not obtained by secret formula. Miller traveled openly and without restraint. His reports are devoid Of bombast and generalities. They are the product of . careful and conservative workman who has done his job faithfully and objec- lively. He answers questions which oil Of us have been asking about Russia as 1t iS today. His informa. ton is definite and accurate. When he does not know or cannot find out the answer, he says so.
 Miller does not predict or op!ne, but he does report.
 His story b simple and forth. right. It B written against . rich background Of previous observations in the land Of the goviets.
 At All Big Events
 The skill which Miller brought to his latest Russian assignment was not acquired in 6 day. Over . period of 20 years he has been at the scene of practically every big world news event. Tn 1916 he was with Pershing on the Mexican bor- der. There he witnessed his first military executions. He covered the Sim Fein riots in Ireland in 1917 and reported the Allied advance in Flanders and the Battles Of Chateau Thierry and the Afgonne in the World War. He was at the Spanish front in Morocco in the war against the Riffs and with the army Of co. cupation in the Ruhr Valley.
 Miller flew to India to cover the salt riots during dandhps campaign of passive resistance. He was iii Berlin during the Nazi "Diocd Bath" in 1884. Sitting astride 6 sandbag parapet in EFitfee he scored . worldwide scoop on the advance oi Italian troops into Ethiopia. He was in parliament when King Ed- ward VIII handed in his letter Of abdication and at the Chateau isi Monts last June when the former monarch was married to Wallis Warfield. He covered the siege Of the Alcazar in gpain's civil waf.
 Iiss Been Busy Man
 Last spring he made afi aiFplane tour Of Europe aIld wrote the story Of her various wef machines. In midsummer ne was back in Spain obtaining from General Francisco Franco aa exposition Of the Rebel aims and political objectiyes.
 Now Miller has scored another notable triumph in bringing back the uncensored story of the So. viet Union as t ts today.