The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-15

American workers he said had
visited Russia about year ago.
At our own hotel, during our
brief stay, at least some 20 Chi
nese were there when we arrived;
so far as we could learn they were
scientists attending a conference.
At the same time there was an
even larger delegation Of young
people, who also appeared to be
Chinese, most Of them apparently
in their early EOS. Before we left,
a group Of young Wet Namese
from Indochina arrived.
We met similar groups, each
with leader and interpreter, in the
Red Square, and in the vicinity of
the tall buildings which are the
particular pride Il Moscow.
The building program Of the city.
mentioned by Romanchikov as
proof of peaceful intentions. is a
combined operation OF slum clear.
ance, Identification and expansion.
The section around the Kremlin
is an area of broad avenues, with
new buildings, rising seven or eight
stories, lining the streets. Side
walks are wide ard traffic control
systems forbid left-hand turn ex.
cept as directed by signs painted
on the street. Usuauliy a left turn
must be made in the middle Of the
block. Other traffic directions are
given on large discs hung over the
traffic lanes, by flashing lights and
by police officers, sometimes occu-
pying little traffic towers, some
times stationed in the street.
A few excursions on foot gave
the curious visitor the opportunity
to glance through doorways lead
ing into courtyards back Of the
wooden fences, substantially built
and usually painted yellow, which
stood along the sidewalks at al
most every centrally located site
not already occupied by 9 modern
new building. Back Of some Of
these fences, on which the paint
had darkened sufficiently to fndi-
cate that they had been there
long time. one could see small
wooden homes Of the type which
must have been torn down by the
thousands to widen the streets.
Farther out. where the modern
zation program has not yet taken
over, We could catch glimpses OF
Russian home life in low -reilinged
wooden houses, with double win
dows against the cold Moscow
winters. The giimpses limited at
small rooms. wood burning stoves
and crowded conditions. Although
We asked several times for The
opportunity to visit a few workers
IN their homes. our scheduled visit
for that purpose turned ont % be
> sidewalk inspection uf . group
az apartment houses. which mir
guide told us bad been occupied for
two years.
We stood on the sidewalk ard
looked AZ a neat block of brick
faced apartment houses. whieh
seemed 20 Be similar in design 10
the Buildings ID 4 suburban hnus.
ing development ia the UniGed
States.
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