Word: communist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...usual, the Communist leaders are attempting to build a pyramid from the top down. Instead of gradually and thoroughly developing the resources of the nation and the intelligence of the people to a point where modern inventions could be usefully applied, they intend to thrust electricity and airplanes on peasants who are terrified by a rumored collision with Jupiter. And instead of increasing their nucleus of educated men by putting their universities on a sound financial basis, they seek to spread a thin coating of information over the masses by means of isolated lectures. Meanwhile, conditions in the universities have...
Premier Stambuliski instituted a novel means of combatting Communism. He introduced in Parliament a motion to force all districts with more than ten Communist electors to establish work settlements with equal distribution according to Communist doctrines. Toward this end all property belonging to Communists will be expropriated by the State...
...Congress of the All-Russian Communist Party, which was to have been begun on Sunday, April 15, is postponed until June...
Charles E. Ruthenberg, Secretary of the Communist Party, is the next man to be tried. Since he is a member of the Communist Party, instead of just a " sympathizer," as Foster is, the state is expected to be able to present a much stronger case for conviction...
Stevraki's crime is 17 years old. In 1905 he took part in the execution of Lieutenant Peter P. Schmidt, com-mander of the Russian cruiser Otcha-kov and leader of what is generally credited as the first genuine communist revolt...