Show stalin hailed as L lenin enin i s savior moscow U S S it ilow how joseph stulln undisputed lender of 0 the soviet domain once turned barber and cut the beard and mustache of lenin 19 f revealed in a dramatic account of the scene just written by gregory Zin olev 1 I remember how stalin armed with scissors clipped beard and mustache at the very moment lev writes in an article in bavda telling of 0 lenins escape in july the arrest of tile the foremost bolshevik had 0 d been ordered by Keren brov provisional I 1 s lonal government ns as a measure of public safety lenin was hidden in the apartment of a certain aill donev find and a treat great controversy r raged aged in bolshevik ranks ns as to whether lie ought to give himself up gives stalin much of the credit for the alie fact that tile lender was not handed over lenin himself was inclined to give up on oil the theory advanced by ninny many friends aba that tt the he government would not dare hurt him moreover the widespread charge mot lie was a german agent some of the feared would find support if lenin continued to tilde hut but stalin and others insisted that the risk was not woith it according to their work helped the central committee of the bolshevik faction to reach tile decision by which lenin was bound that lie must not let himself be or nr rested it was after that hint decision was vas taken that stalin and soule colu rivies went vent to the Alli douey flat and arranged details of the escape firant con trl to the plan was vas to find the scissors and perform tile the barbering oil his leader zinole Is convinced that had lenin surrendered lie would have aue been executed and tile whole course of kussan history would have been different Sta llna foresight Is thus shown to be in part responsible for saving not only lenins life but tile revolution thus ris ns power increases Inc Ine more and more stories of ills his early wisdom and Ini are resurrected in the of those alio who knew him in the early days |