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...Opposition. In his time Mr. Attlee has undoubtedly shown that he can recognise eyewash. But in the past it has not been his custom to submit meekly to serving the purposes of a propaganda machine that is hostile to him, his party, and all that he stands for. The Labour delegates have presumably reconciled themselves in advance to the fact that during their tour they will be photographed, filmed, recorded for radio, and exhaustively written up by the worldwide Communist "disinformation" net work; that their simplest expressions of thanks to their hosts will be represented as prostrations before the might...
...Labour delegates confine themselves to viewing these exhibits their passage money will be wasted . . . As a start, they might well propose a call at the office of the Supreme People's Procurator, a functionary who controls an extensive apparatus concerned with the punishment of those who neglect their work or "sabotage" production or construction. They might try to attend one of the trials of workers conducted by the "comrade tribunals...
When they are shown over state factories, the trade union delegates might well ask their interpreters to construe the new code of labour discipline. It forbids workers to talk or otherwise waste time in working hours, to arrive late or "stroll around"; it requires them to try to overfulfil their norms; and the last eight of its 22 sections are devoted to punishments. Workers, says this code, should be made to apologise for their mistakes publicly; if their products are defective, up to one-third of their wages will be deducted. There is, of course, no right to strike...
...Russian Habit Old Russian Habit Sir: Long before ace reporters were ever born to cover the Geneva Conference, William Shakespeare knew the Russian tactics and types of talk bandied by them (Love's Labour's Lost): We jour, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit: here they stay'd an hour, And talk'd apace; and in that hour, my lord, They did not bless us with one happy word...
...CRIMSON to ague that "there isn't enough space for complete coverage" does not change the fact that this article presented a one-sided, and incomplete account of the forum. In disposing of Professors Bate, Quine, and Richards, the reporter skillfully avoided what Mr. Bate called "the real labour, the labour of thinking." Of Messrs, Quine and Richards it was said that they "also discussed integration and departmentalization in the ideal University." That covers everything, if it is true. Now what did they say? Or were they merely talking? The audience thought not; the audience applauded them warmly, more...