The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06

At extended intervals, Marshal
Stain has met and talked with for
eign interviewers. Among the Am
orleans so favored have been Roy
Howard, Elliott Roosevelt, Harold
Stassen, and Walter Duranty. In
every case, Stalin's remarks for
foreign publication have been OF
an amiable and conciliatory char
acter. Their basic theme has been
an expressed desire for peace, but
tressed by the. statement that com
munism and capitalism should be
able to exist together in the world
in harmony.
These interviews have always
been happily received in this coun-
try and elsewhere. They seemed to
contain grounds for an optimistic
estimate of future world trends.
Unfortunately, however, there is
an amazing contradiction in what
Stain has said for foreign con-
sumption, and what he has told the
millions of Russians he rules at
home.
That contradiction is the sub
ject of a long article in Foreign
Affairs, signed with the nom dc
plume Historicus. The magazine
believes this is the first time a
documented study has been made
of the matter. In order to obtain
his material, the writer examined
everything published by Stain
since February, 1919, which was
in itself a heavy job of research.
In this conneltion, it should be re-
cognized that Stalin's writings are
practically required reading in
Russia. One of his books, History
of the All-U nion Communist
Party, has had distribution of
81 100000 copies. Another major
work, "Probems of Leninism", has
been published in IL editions, and
the 1947 printing alone totaled A.
100000 copies. 1t is extremely sig
nificant that none of his interviews
with foreign reporters has been
reprinted in his voluminous works
in Russian.
A typical, and much-publicized
Stain interview was that given to
Roy Howard This was in 1886. He
said that the Soviet Union never
had plans for fostering revolutions
in other countries because export
ing revolution is nonsense. In l943,
in a letter to a Reuters correspond
ent, he stressed the alleged fact
that the Cominten had been dis
and said that this exposes
the lie :. that Moscow intends
to intervene in the life of other
states and 'bolshevize' them
Numerous other statements made
by him follow about the same line.
SO much for what the Marshal
wishes the people beyond the iron
curtain to believe. Historicus cites
passage after passage from Stains
published and enormously read
works which show that a central
feature of his theory of revolution
is that the Soviet Union must be
used as the base for the develop
ment of world revolution-and, if
necessary, by armed force. This
dea is repeated constantly, in var
ous forms and phrasings.
Thus, in a passage which has
been in print from 1924 to the pre-
sent, Stain says that "after or
its own Socialist produc-
.ion," the victorious proletariat in
one country should stand up
against the remaining capitalist
world, attracting to itself the OPP
pressed classes of other countries,
'aising revolts in those countries /
against the capitalists, and their
governments" Certainly, nothing
,ould be palmer than that. 1t is a
lear call to arms against capital
SIN. Of it, Historicus writes: "The
supreme aim of world revolution
S the logical outcome of Stalin's
'ntire theoretical position :. not