Word: stalins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...show of hands, accompanied by rousing cheers. By this means the Supreme Soviet, before adjourning sine die, elected the Praesidium. This body of 37 members is not a cabinet. Indeed, members of the Russian Cabinet, called the Council of People's Commissars, are barred from the Praesidium. Stalin- not a member of the Cabinet, therefore eligible-was elected an ordinary member of the Praesidium. Although "where Stalin sits is the head of the table," amiable old Mikhail Kalinin was elected chairman of the Praesidium, i. e., "President of Russia...
...enter the Kremlin, which is a small city (wherein J. Stalin has his office) shut off from the rest of Moscow by enormous, closely guarded walls, is a privilege now granted only exceptionally to Soviet citizens and foreigners. Last week the 569 deputies of the Council of the Union and some 3,000 other people who had acquired special permits surged into the Hall of St. Andrew (Throne Room) of the Great Kremlin Palace. The seats for the spectators were separated only by a small barrier from those of Russia's elected representatives. So it was hard to tell...
...Stalin, when drafting the new Soviet Constitution (TIME, June 15, 1936 et seq.), made it possible for any legally registered society to nominate candidates for office, forgetting or ignoring the fact that there are 30,000 such religious groups in Russia today. When Christians entered the campaign, Stalin was reminded. He promptly put a stop to it. With refreshed memory he last week acted to crush Christian presumption...
...Stalin crusher, now highly developed, is a system which begins by arresting a man secretly, blackening his name publicly in the press without announcing his arrest at the time, watching closely for any furtive reactions among the people, arresting those who react, and finally spiriting the accused off to exile or execution. Last week a beginning of this sort was made with the Church. Metropolitan Sergius and Metropolitan Vitalius, the two highest church dignitaries in Russia were the victims...
Moscow correspondents, refused official information, picked up from terrified Christians reports that not only the Orthodox but also the Lutheran clergy are being "ruthlessly purged." Although the Government did not admit the arrest of the Metropolitans no one in Moscow doubted that it had taken place. Stalin's crusher was once more at work...