The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-12-28
Comment On
World Events

Peace through revolution. That's
the arresting idea of Boris Shub,
explained in "The Choice new
book published by Duell, Sloane
and Pearce.
Shub tackles the nightmare now
haunting the peoples of the world
is a third world war inevitable? :?
Honest folks everywhere debate
the prospects and venture their
prophesies. All agree that we have
to be prepared and strong-that
time must not be wasted. They rea-
son that since the Kremlin is the
source of the danger, the Kremlln
will be the one to cast the die. And
therefore nothing can be done to
stop it. Boris Shub is different-he
already smelled success-and be-
lieves something can be done.
Labor Reports of New York says
that Shub knows the Russian peo-
pie intimately, speaks their Ian
guage and has an up to date in
sight into their frame of mind.
They dream of freedom and hate
the Stain tyranny. But they think
they have no friends or allies and
so must put up with their masters
as long as they are too isolated TO
make a change by themselves"
i y :.
Labor Reports goes on to says
"Shub proposes a revolutionary
weapon: the F-Bomb. Fl stands
flor FRIENDSHIP with the Russ
ian people. He advocates that the
free world spend a portion of its
defense resources to give the Russ
ian people new faith in better
future, to encourage and strength
en- their forces of revolt, and to
weld a bond of FRIENDSHIP be-
tween them and their freedom-lov-
ing allies outside.
"a Kremlin that is uncertain of
| its people is bound to retreat. In
ternal weakness is a powerful seda-
tive.
"On a small scale the Shub plan
proved successful in Germany. The
techniques were worked out and
applied during the critical days OF
the Berlin blockade. On a larger
scale the plan may make World
War III not as inevitable as many
believe. No other country knows
better than Russia the danger of
fighting on two fronts-against
the enemy within and the enemy
without.
"The Choice unveils the inner
workings of the present day Russ
ian, the techniques used to reach
him, and outlines program to re-
duce the Kremlin to its real size.
Trade unionists who are interest
ed in the international scene
will find this volume a challenge
and a treat"
Speaking of Russians as inven-
tors :. the farcial pronouncements
in Moscow's press to the effect that
the Kremlin's subjects were the|
original inventors of railroads.,
steamboats,, electric lighting, tele-
graph, radio, airplanes and null
titude of other modern gadgets ap-|
pear doubly amusing in the light
Of a quotation from one of Tur-
genev's best known novels, "a
House of Gentlefolk," written about
so years ago.
Panshin, one of the characters inI
that novel, thus addresses himselfI
to a group of his friends: Russia
has fallen behind Europe; we must
drive her on. 1t is maintained that
we are young-that's nonsense.
Moreover, we have no inventive
ness: Homakov (another leading
character in the Turgehev story |
himself admits that we have mott
even invented mousetraps. i
Consequently, whether we will or
no, we must borrow from others.
Panshin's remarks were not dis
puted by his audience.-M. ID.
Danish, in "Pins and Needles"
column of Justice, International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union.