Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...famed Ivy Ledbetter Lee, suave discerning public relations counsel to the John D. Rockefellers, père et fils. Mr. Lee's visit to Moscow antedated that of Miss Thompson by only a few months. Of remarkable significance is the fact neither has written anything of Soviet Russia which contradicts the other...
Marriage. Both commentators thoroughly explode the myth that women have ever been "nationalized" in Soviet Russia. Both note the extreme simplicity with which marriage and divorce are accomplished by mere registration of intent before the authorities. Quotes Mr. Lee from the Soviet Government Code: "Children of unmarried parents enjoy the same rights as the children of legally married persons...
Concessions. The three most significant concessions thus far granted to foreign interests in Soviet Russia are, say Miss Thompson & Mr. Lee, 1) The Mologoles concessions granted to a German syndicate of which onetime German Chancellor Wirth was the head; 2) The Caucasian manganese concessions let to W. A. Harriman and associates of Manhattan; and 3) the Lena Goldfields concession, granted to Britons. Generally speaking, Mr. Lee appears to mistrust the good faith of the Soviet Government in connection with the recently defunct Mologoles concessions and the Harriman scheme which is now going forward under a completely revised contract "far more...
Purity. "The bedroom farce and the sex novel do not exist in Russia. . . . There is a refreshing freedom from sex consciousness. . . . Men and women go swimming in the same lake or river, without bathing suits. . . ." Thus Miss Thompson plumbs the purity of Russian minds...
Government. "The Government of Russia is in some ways organized like that of New York City," declares Mr. Lee. "Stalin, as the head of the Communist Party, is the 'Charlie Murphy' of Russia, and he has many of the characteristics of the late Mr. Murphy, the chief of them being that he works silently and away from the public gaze. . . . The immediate destiny of Russia is in his hands...