Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-09


IN MAY % there was published a reso-
~ luton of the presidium of the executive
committee of the Communist international in
the city of Moscow. dissolving the Communist
International, or "Comintern," itself.
This action is probably the foremost po-
litical news in the world at this moment. But
not until some time has passed will the full
meaning of this action be clear.
The first thing to note is that the dissolu-
ton of the Communist International does not
affect the organization of the government of
the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Neither does it affect the powers Of the
Communist Party Of Russia, which is the real
political and sovereign power by which the
government and all else within Russia is con-
trolled
THE government of Russia is sequence of
i committees or soviets, commencing with
local soviets, pyramiding through county, dis
trict and provincial soviets up 10 the supreme
council Of the union but at every step in this
structure the choice of members and the acts
of administration controlled by agents of
the Communist Party. whose vigilance and
presence everywhere assure that all elective
and administrative actions conform to the
policies and drectives of the centralized and
all-powerful party authority at Moscow.
The government" is nothing more than
the administrative agency of the Communist
Party in which resides all political power.
The party is small and, by very careful
admissions and constant elminations
purges of the membership, is limited to body
of convinced and ardent workers under severe
party discipline that prevents any deviation in
utterance or action from the determined Zine"
or policy of the party
The highest authority within the party is
the top committee or political bureau of nine
members, the most coveted position in ell
Russian life.
The position of secretary of this bureau.
held for many years by Josef Stain. enabled
him after Lenin's death to consolidate power
in himself, expel his party opponents and OBJ
tain the position of dictator, which he holds.
AS stated, this powerful organization
steel armature to the whole structure of Rus
sian society. is not necessarily affected by the
dissolution of the Communist International.
Nevertheless it is a matter of utmost in
terest to see If the same forces and changes
occasioned by this war, which have ended the
foreign propaganda instrument of the Com
munist Party. may not progressively affect
the party and the government.
What then was the Communist Interna-
tonal or the "Comntern' or Third lnterna-
tional?
A ENGLISH writer, Mr.. Arthur Ran
n some was, so far as l know, the only
non Bolshevik who was admitted to the con-
ference which established it.
The planning and the original meetings
were kept secret until it was established.
q In the interesting record of his observa-
tons in Russia at this time, Mr.. Ransome
gives us a picture of the organization con-
ference.
1t was held he says "in a smallish room
In the old courts of justice, built in the time
of Catherine II, who would certainly have
turned in her grave if she had known the use
to which it was being put"
The room was guarded by soldiers and
decorated in red, with banners in many lam
guages inscribed:
Long Live the Third International"
The presidium. that is. the group chair