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Peace on Earth (by George Sklar and Albert Maltz; produced by the Theatre Union) is another clumsy propaganda play dedicated to the proposition that capitalism is a shell game. Its authors, Yalemen, take a mild, busy college professor (Robert Keith) as their representative of the Right. They persuade him a little toward the Left, involve him with stevedores striking against War, with Communists, with a radical friend who is murdered by the Interests. Tarred with the Left brush, he is crushed by his onetime comrades of the Right. His college classmates, holding a reunion, dress as cowboys, get drunk, mumble...
Smart Comrade Michael Sklar manages the chain of Torgsin Stores throughout Russia in which above prices prevail. Last week the Soviet Government gave Sklar's stores a mighty boost. The Government decreed that no more packages containing food may enter Russia destined for private persons. Hereafter the tens of thousands of Russian emigres who have been mailing food to relatives and friends left behind in Russia will have just one recourse. They can pay a sum of money to a representative of Torgsin.* They can mail to anyone in Russia a receipt for their money called a "purchase order...
...Moscow last week Torgsin's smart Sklar scored yet another coup. The State Bank had been wondering what to do about Lawyer Charles Recht who recently arrived in Russia representing New York Life Insurance Co. Lawyer Recht had come about the 21,000 pre-War Russian policy holders to whom his company owes some $3,000,000. He wanted to pay the money at once in dollars...
Entered at this point Torgsin's alert Sklar. His chain stores, he said, would be glad to hunt discreetly for the 21,000 policy holders. Moreover no dollars would have to be paid to any policy holder. Torgsin would take the $3,000,000 from New York Life Insurance Co. Torgsin would present the policy holders with Torgsin "purchase orders" equivalent to the sums due them. Without touching or hoarding a forbidden dollar, policy holders would get their due in Torgsin goods...
Officials of the State Bank were delighted with Comrade Sklar's idea. Lawyer Recht saw it as his only chance to get rid of $3,000,000, agreed to the plan. Said...