Word: commissars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their officers in the Aragón retreat, are now reformed for service in the Catalonian, northern half of Leftist territory, reported Sheean. The 15th Brigade, which includes the U. S. Lincoln-Washington battalion, the Canadian and British battalions, is now commanded by a Croat, Colonel Chopic. Its political commissar, John Gates, is a little soft-spoken union organizer from New York. "The Americans in the brigade are about 75% to 80% Communists-a much higher percentage than in other brigades. In the British and Canadian battalions the percentage of Communists is much lower." U. S. volunteers are still carrying...
...this week it was Moscow's best opinion that slipping in the Dictator's favor is Defense Commissar Kliment ("Klim") Voroshilov. It has been noticed at Stalin's more recent public appearances that Klim pathetically works overtime striving to appear as much as possible near the Dictator and be seen in conversation with him. "Soso" (Joseph) Stalin has been notably inattentive, even at times visibly short with Klim...
...Leftist territory from 25 to 50 miles last week. To bolster the morale of his troops against advancing Rightists, General José Miaja, dictator of Southern Leftist Spain, confirmed the appointment of Jesús Hernández, former Communist Minister of Education and Health, as Political War Commissar of Miaja's five armies...
...Soviet water transport is not going well, Water Transport Commissar Nikolai Pakhomov was ousted last week and his commissariat turned over to Secret Political Police Chief Nikolai Yezhov, who is very close to Dictator Stalin. Since most of Russia's new canals have been dug by forced labor under Yezhov, he is the logical choice...
...Soviet rail transport is not going well, Railway Commissar Aleksei Bakulin was ousted last week and his commissariat turned over to Heavy Industry Commissar Lazar Kaganovich, who is very close to the Dictator. Since in nearly every part of Russia delinquent railwaymen were lined up on station platforms and dispatched by firing squads at the orders of Lazar Kaganovich the last time he was Railway Commissar, he is the logical choice...