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...Lenin and Trotzky and their gang." "Trade unionism and freedom will come to Mr. Vauclain's shops," continued Mr. Gompers. " We shall not make threats. We leave that to him. But freedom will come, even into the last fastness of reaction. Neither Mr. Vauclain, Mr. Gary, nor any other autocrat can forever drive slaves on a tyrant's terms in the Republic of the United States. He does poorly to fling his brutal taunt into the faces of American manhood. The late George Baer once said that captains of industry were God's trustees. General Bell once said: ' To hell...
...reigning Amir, Amanullah Khan, recently on a visit to Jalalabad with his court, created a great sensation among his subjects. It was the first time that the Amir had visited this eastern city , and the people were curious to see the Afgan autocrat. They found him an industrious man, genial, active, simply dressed. The object of his visit is said to be to eradicate corruption from the public service...
...Nikolai Lenin, Premier: Son of a noble, i.e., small hereditary landowner. Irreproachable morals. Strong character supplemented by feminine influence, particularly by his secretary, Fotiva, tall, dark, efficient woman of forty. He appears as the generous autocrat of Moscow. Amazing aptitude for detail. Behind a cold and calculating political mask, he hides a kind and gentle disposition. Every Soviet leader has "lost his head" at least once, except Lenin. Strives to westernize Russia...
...tyrants is over: Constantine is off again, Franz Joseph is dead, Lloyd George has resigned and the Kaiser is married. Only one of the old crew of autocrats is still in full control of his subjects, and that is M. Paul Poiret, ruler of the world's better half. A whim of this foreign autocrat's and the appearance of civilization is changed without a murmur...
However, the great deciding factor against the belief that Hoover is an autocrat is the practice he has of always choosing broad and capable men to be his aids. When he has chosen the best men he can find for his subordinates he trusts them absolutely and gives them free rein to work. Not only was this evident during his war work, but also in his private business life before. Plainly this is a habit utterly inconsistent with a one-man government. R. J. BARNES...