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Boldly handsome, smouldering-eyed Alexander Kosariov, "The Stalin of the Young Communists." mounted the Congress platform in a bourgeois business suit, clean collar and loud tie. Banging for order, he shouted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Laugh! Wear Neckties! | 9/19/1932 | See Source »

Actually the state of affairs ridiculed by Comrade Kosariov was and is to a great extent the standard of life throughout Russia which is facing her worst food shortage since the Famine Year 1921. Scarcely any of the young Communists who heard him possess or will possess a necktie for years to come, let alone a business suit. For that reason they cheered wildly his new directive to the Communist Youth movement: "We are not against love! We are not against flowers! We are not ascetics and we do not preach asceticism. We are for a full and many-sided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Laugh! Wear Neckties! | 9/19/1932 | See Source »

Marking out more fully the scope of the new directive, Comrade Kosariov continued. "We have virtually no comedies in our theatres. Genuine love scenes must be introduced! We have no plays or films which really tell about ordinary everyday life. They must be produced! Joyful, hearty laughter must sound in play and film?laughter which defeats the enemies of Communism and helps us to build Socialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Laugh! Wear Neckties! | 9/19/1932 | See Source »

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