Word: proletariats
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...supplies eggs for Mrs. Thomas' New York restaurant. I understand Socialist principles to include not only ''equitable distribution of wealth" as you point out, but also equitable distribution of commodities. Any restaurant which, as Mrs. Thomas' establishment at No. 71 Irving Place does, serves polite proletariat a well-cooked, well-balanced dinner for from 45? to $1 on attractive tableware, in clean, quiet, friendly surroundings, is following principles of which anybody, Socialist or not, may well be proud. Frequently a guest at this restaurant, I like my eggs and chicken fresh-have you ever tasted...
Stalin's letter called the above a "sense- less fabrication which turns facts upside down"-i. e. in principle, J. Stalin wants to be known as a driving force behind "The World Revolution of the World Proletariat." In fact, the cost of the Five-Year Plan has taxed Russia's resources so heavily that Soviet cash contributions to Communist organizations abroad have dwindled from a torrent to a trickle. Exception : Moscow still sends money & arms in generous quantities to Chinese Communists, considers that the Yellow Menace is the only one worth investing in at present...
...growth is indicative of the retreat on the part of the Soviet government from theoretical equality. The chief lack in Russia has been trained personnel to operate the enormous plant built under the forced pressure of the Five Year Plan. To encourage greater effort on the part of the proletariat to become trained, the Soviet government last year began widening the gulf between unskilled and skilled labor in terms of food allowance, clothing, housing, and privileges. The result has been the growth of this new class, the 'responsible workers,' whose presence takes the form of a potential bureaucracy which might...
...leave his yacht during the whole of "Cowes Week," and the fury of members of the Royal Yacht Club at the King's absenting himself from their annual dinner. Not even Her Majesty could prevail upon Yachtsman George, who was having a gorgeous sea time. To soothe the proletariat Queen Mary went shopping alone several times in Cowes, bought all sorts of knicknacks, including an ink-spot remover...
...Government will proceed with full energy to resolve definitely this problem, which has cost this nation so much blood and sacrifice. . . . "If the insolent, defiant attitude . . . continues, I am determined that the churches will be converted into schools and shops for the benefit of the nation's proletariat classes." Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, Papal Legate to Mexico, said he hoped the President "and all the enemies of the Church will be pleasantly surprised" when they read Acerba animi in full, find it pacific and patriotic...