Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Soviet Celebrates
Stains 60th year.
On Vast Scale
New Biography Published
By koIinin Describes
Him as Happy Man.
~ the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 21.-Soviet Rus
STA celebrated on vast scale today
the Goth birthday of her leader,
Josef Stain, who was eulogized by
the press as "the pillars of hope to
the workers of capitalistic states"
AS his Red Army legions fought in
bitter cold in the invasion of Fin
land, new biography of Stain was
published by President Michael
Kalinin of the Supreme Soviet, de-
scribing him as "a happy man who
led one-sixth of the globe to social
ism. 49, He now is ready to lead
them to communism.
The book was given an initial
printing of 100000 copies.
A flood of newspaper articles
credited Stain with many achieve
ments of the Soviet Union, includ-
Ing the liberation" of the Ukrain-
ian and White Russian regions from
Poland and pacts with the Baltic
states, but made no mention Of Fin
land.
The radio and newspapers were
devoted almost completely to the
anniversary.
Order of Lenin Conferred.
Factories held parties in honor of
the unostentatious Georgian, schools
displayed exhibits on his life, and
he was the subject of lectures at
collective farms and other Soviet
units.
The Presidium of the Supreme
Soviet conferred on Comrade Stain
the Order of Lenin-highest award
in the land-and gave him the title
OF Hero OF Socialist Labor" for his
Exceptional services in organizing
the Bolshevik party, creating the
Soviet state, building Socialist
society in the U. S. S. r. and con-
soidating the friendship of peoples
OF the Soviet Union"
The Council of Peoples Commits
sars resolved to institute in his
honor 16 annual prizes of 100000
rubles each for outstanding work IN
medicine, law, the sciences, arts and
the theater: similar prizes for the
best inventions and for achieve
ments In military science, and
scholarships for 1000 science stu
dents.
The newspapers reported that
more than 270,00O,000 copies of books
by Stain had been printed in almost
score Of languages. A considerable
reader, he writes in Russian, which
he speaks with Georgian accent.
Order of Leadership.
In his "ofi1cial' biography, the
order in which his comrades in
arms" are listed was seen by some
observers as semi-official ranking
of Soviet leaders. The first four
named are Premier-Foreign Com
missar Vyacheslaff Molotoff, War
Commissar Klementi E. Voroshiloff,
Fuel and Railways Commissar Laza-
rus M. Kaganovich, and Supreme
Soviet President Kalinin.
At least openly, no opposition re-
mains to the rule of Russia by
Stain. son of a shoemaker OF his
secluded private life few details are
known.
A man Of temperate habits, he
walks a great deal within the Krem-
lin walls, enjoys an occasional glass
Of wine and gets eight hours Of
sleep night. He is described as in
excellent health.
AS a sidelight on a lesser known
phase Of his life, he was portrayed
in newspaper article last night as
an impromptu singer with a fine
tenor" voice.
Sings Folk Song.
The article, by an actress, related
that when she and some other ar
lists were guests at his three-room
country retreat near Moscow he
asked if they knew a certain old
folk song. None did, so Stain sang
1t himself.
He is fond of music and often
goes to the opera or has concerts in
the Kremlin. He frequently amuses
himself by playing selections from
his large collection of photograph
records.
A daughter, Svetlana, IA, lives
with him in the Kremlin. A son,
Jacob, 81, child OF his divorced first
wife, is Moscow engineer.