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usually get ten to n nence chopping ence t wood with withno no cor cor'ey r ence and 500 grams gramsof 7 y If u grams of bra bread d 7ha 'ou ou you ) ' are ha haIf bard rd husky huskyand and can ca n they ' 11 n II 'ey ey live give J Jx7Oa 7CIU zn1S1 miss you more x7Oa < letting getting typhul typhus and an d live out your sentence said Tex Texthey Texthey Texthey they turn you loose but your pass passport passport passport port has a red line Ime through It That Thatmeans Thatmeans Thatmeans means you can never get a house houseor houseor houseor or a good job- job jobou job-you job you job - - ; ) 3 . ou ve ye got to keep keepmovmg keepmoving keepmoving keepmovingOr movmg moving movmgOr movingOr Or you may not get sentenced sentencedsaid sentencedsaid sentencedsaid said Ed just lust arrested and mvesti rnvesti mvestigated rnvestigated investigated gated It U If things don t look quite quiteright quiteright quiteright right then you ) ou get a passport with withletters withletters withletters letters in front of the numbers ThIs ThIsmeans Thismeans Thismeans means that you } ) ou are arc under some sus suspiC suspicion suspicion picion piC Ion and you } ) ou can never hold a akey akey akey key job joblou jobou 1 \ . \ou ou lou ou see a mining mmmg mrmng eng ncer neer getsabout gets getsabout getsabout about 1800 I 800 roubles rouhles a monthsaid month said saidEd saidEd saidEd Ed They get one room tor for whichthey which whichthey whichthey they pay about 30 roubles All they theyean theycan theycan ean can buy on their ration cards cardsamounts cardsamounts cardsamounts amounts to 400 or 500 roubles It a Itmonth amonth Bmonth month Then they must go to the thefrep thefree thetrer frep free market for enough butter cggs eggs cggsmeat eggsmeat eggsmeat meat or fishNow fishNow fish fishNow Now tor for a note on Russian sus susplclon suspiclon BUSpicion plclon piclon of foreigners Russia does notyet not notyet notyet yet trust the outside \ world orld Dlplo Drplo Dlplomats Drplomats Dipiomats mats imprisonedin are just as closely ImprIsoned Imprisonedin in Moscow as are correspondents At Atthe Atthe Atthe the time of our visit the current currentBritish currentBritish currentBritish British ambassador had been unable unableI unableto unableto I to secure permission to travel out outside outside outside side the capital One of the AH All ed edcountries edcountries edcountries countries which has In power a left leftwing leftwing leftwing wing government adorned its dlplo diplo dlplomatlc diplomatrc dipiomatic matlc matrc staff In Moscow with a spe speclallabor speclal speclal clal clallabor labor attache and appointed to tothis tothis tothis this post an important union official officialHe officialHe officialHe He came to extend e"Ctend eCtend " the hand of fel fellowshlp fellowship fellowship lowshlp lowship from the tollers toIlers of the West Westto Westto Westto to their fellow workers In RussiaThe Russia RussiaThe RussiaThe The Soviets gave him countless ban banquets banquets banquets quets but let him see nothing This Thislack Thislack Thislack lack of freedom has so warped hisviewpoint his hisvIewpoint hisviewpoint vIewpoint that he now Insists thatthe thatthe that thatthe the Soviet system of unions uOlons is only onlya a acheme scheme to get the last ounce of ofwork ofwork ofwork work out of laborAfter laborAfter labor laborAlter Alter After the Revolution Lenin Lenm Invlt invit Invlted invited invited ed foreign concessiona concesslona res to heloget helo heloget heinget get Russian Industry back on its itsfeet itsfeet Itsfeet feet Later they were thrown out outStalin outStalin outStalin Stalin invited foreign engineers to tobulld tobuild tobuild bulld build the great factories and damrivers dam damrivers damrivers rivers but later put some on trial trialfor trialfor trialtor for espionageOf espionage espionageOf Of course Bolshevik hostility hostilityaroused hostilityaroused hostilityaroused aroused bitter counter hostility A Acordon Acordon Acordon cordon sanltaire sanltalre sanitaire was built aroundRussia around aroundRussIa aroundRussia RussIa France supported Poland In Ina ina ina a \ war ar against agamst the Bolsheviks in 1921 1921and 1921and 1921and and Russia was ! tor Dr for over a decade decadeexcluded decadeexcluded decadeexcluded excluded from the League and de denied denied denied nied diplomatic recognition So theIr theIrsuspicion theirsuspicion theirtuspicion suspicion of loreigners foreigners came to have havesome havesome havesome some basis ! in n factThis factThis fact factThis This warped view ol of the worldheld world worldheld worldheld held by the Kremlin Kremlm is slowly Yield Yielding yieldlug yieldIng ing lug to reality reahty After Lenin s deathStalin death deathStalm deathStalin Stalm Stalin won power and supported supportedthe supportedthe supportedthe the thesls-gmgerly thesls gmgerly thesis-gingerly thesis gingerly thesis - gingerly at first-that first that firstthatsocIalIsm firstthatsocialism first - - thatsociahsm socIalIsm In one country was pos possIble possible possable sIble sable and Russia could dare to devote devote de devote vote her energies to building buIldmg up herown her herown herown own economic structure World rev revolutIon revolution revolution olutIon he explained was desIrable desIrableand desirableand desirableand and he pledged himself to bend allefforts all allefforts allefforts efforts to bring it about But for forthe forthe torthe the Immediate future It was not in indispensable indispensable Indispensable dispensable to the Russian Bolshe BolshevIks Bolsheviks Bolsheviks BolsheviksIn vIks vIksIn In recent years there has been a afurther afurther afurther further change For publication the theKremlin theKremlin theKremlin Kremlin has announced that world worldrevolution worldrevolution worldrevolution revolution is ne ther necessary nordesirable nor nordesirable nordesirable desirable from the standpoint of theSoviet the theSoviet theSoviet Soviet Union And the ablest foreignobservers foreign foreignobservers foreignobservers observers in m Moscow agree that thatthese thatthese thatthese these protestations are sincere Theypoint They Theypomt Theypouit pomt point out that Russia has been ter terribly terribly terribly ribly weakened by war and needsdesperately needs needsdesperately needsdesperately desperately a few decades of peaceThey peace peaceThey peaceThey They say she now realizes that Iu Eu Iurope Europe : Europe rope does not want to be liberated 'from from ' from capitalist democracy and that thatthis thatthis thatthis this could be accomplished only bya by bya bya a further bloody struggle involving involvingsacrifices involvingsacrifices Involvingsacrifices sacrifices which the Russians areboth are areboth areboth both unwilling and unable to make makeRussIa makeRussia makeRussia RussIa wants they Insist only a astahle astable astable stahle stable and friendly frlendly EuropeNovosibirsk EuropeNovoslbirsk Europe EuropeNovosibirsk Novosibirsk Novoslbirsk Siberia s a capital , , liesIn lies liesin liesn ! in n the center of this thil chill root roof of the theworld theworld "orld orld world , " about midway between Ber Ber1m Berlrn Ber1m 1m lrn and TokyoThe Tokyoi TokyoThe Tokyo TokyoThe i The feeling of this big sprawling sprawlin sprawlingboom sprawlingboom g boom town was like that of the Wes Weswhere West Westwhere Westwhere where the robust town builder bwlders builders * are areproud ar arproud areproud e proud of their city West of the theUrals th thUrals theUrals e Urals Bolshevik civilization has tak talc taken taken en over the ancient towns tOW'lS tOWlS tow'in towin ' ' and pal palaces palaces palaces aces and their new structures rise riseon ris riseon e on the ruins of things they de destroyed destroyed destroyed stroyed Here in S beria they have havechopped havechopped havechopped chopped and blasted and dug the thecities their theircitie : dtlel cities * out of a virgin continent Andthey And An d I they have something to be proud of ofNovosibirsk ofNovoslbirsk ofNovosibirsk Novosibirsk Novoslbirsk has almoit almost a mUllon million mUllonpeople millionpeople millionpeopleWe people peopleWe We are whisked across the town townto to townto wen to our quarter quartera quarters * Tiny potato patches patche patchesare patchesare wens s are along the highway thoulders shoulders an anback and andback andback d back In forest clearings Big handsome hand handome some ome ciria gIrls often barefoot walk walkerect wa waerect walkerect lk erect down the road with Icarves scarve |