Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-30

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reared woman. I had noted Rus
SLAMS in restaurant attempting
to have good time and making
a pretty glum affair of it. They
just seemed to sit and stare at
each other.
oh" she said, "there are lots
Of things to talk about"
What, for example? You are
married. Your husband must
have courted you. What did you
talk about?"
"Oh," she repeated. There are
many things. There's socialist
competition, for example"
Sealed off Training.
This is partly nonsense, Of
course. Basically, young men and
women in Russia discuss many
of the same things that couples
elsewhere talk about. Neverthe-
less, their attitude toward life
shows the effects Of sealed of,
effective training. The Com
munist Party's. system of educa-
ton from nursery onward cap
lures the choice core of genera
ton.
The Soviet Communist Party
puts the accent on youth though
many youngsters escape the rigid
mold. The party is interested
principally in talented young
sters who will be indoctrinated
and trained to form hard core
from which party leaders of to-
morrow will be selected and
trained.
Every Soviet town has its
house or palace" of Young
Pioneers. theoretically, all Soviet
children are members Of the
Young Pioneers. But those who
frequent the Pioneer palaces are
the ones who get special atten-
ton until they resemble little
robots, responding automatically
to commands. The stress is upon
development Of talent, party edu-
cation and discipline.
During a trip to a half dozen
Soviet republics, I visited some
Of these pioneer palaces. The
one in TaShkent, capital Of the
Uzbek S. S. R.; seems fairly
typical. I went there one Sum-
day unannounced, and after
some argument with the guard
at the gate and showing my
impressive Red police pass, I
was allowed to 60 in. I was q
problem to the woman in charge.
but she took me in tow for q
guided tour. Fortunately for
her, things had been arranged
in anticipation of visits from q
number Of delegations" includ-
ing Brazilians, Indonesians and
Mongolians.
Only 100 Attend.
There were no more than so
children in the building, with
an equal number in the yard
outside. The rest Of the children
Of Tashkent population 600,-
O0O) were about other pursuits
in the streets and parks. Those
in the palace long, rambling
two-story building surrounded by
O slogan-decked fence-were the
cream Of the talent the pioneers
could boast In various fields.
There were about an equal num-
Der Of young Uzbeks and young
Russians. Obediently, they await
cd quietly the guests arrival.
They were all done up In their
Sunday best, all wearing red
neckerchiefS Symbolizing the
Young Pioneer organization.
I was shown the ''kabinet, "
where children ranging In age
from about Z to "A discuss Young
Pioneer business gravely-like q
-little government" the guide
said. Such a meeting apparently
already had been arranged.
In another room, Is boys and
girls bent over chesSboardS play
ing a simultaneous match with
q local chess ''mastyer."
In other rooms I was shown
children'S, handicraft, painting
and sculpture, some Of it re-
markably good. and their biolog-
ical and geological collections. A
class of children in costume was
learning Uzbek folk dances. A
group Of three young accordion
lists used Italian and German in
etruments under an instructors
eye.