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6H or, 2 ACTIVITIES IW EUROPE, 1950 70 1940 we . Acoording to this source, BERT BRECHT together with HANNS EISLER and’ S 7 wrote an educational play entitled "Die Massnahme” (The Disoi- plinary Measure) in 1930, or possibly earlier. This play appears in the gece wali af $he 401 Tanta works af RERPTOLT REPORT (RENTHOLN RRECRT. Seewvwewt FWA Wa Ser Ye YY ew wii 4 Wess DO cerinte ated nal Fes oie Gesammelte Werke, Band II), peges 329 to S63. This volume was published by the Mealik-Verlag Publishing Company, London W.C. 1, and wae printed by HeINRICK HERCY’SOHN, Prag, Crechoslovakia. According to this source, "The Disciplinary Heasure” ia described as an “educational play" by ite authors. It deals with the work of four Communist agitators who go from Moscow to Liukden, Manchuria, to spread propa- gende and support the Chinese Communists among the industries of Hukden. The action of the piay takes place before the “Control Camittes” when the four . agitators return to give an account of their work and experience of the fast that they have been forced to kill a young Communist comrade whose intentions were good but whose death was deemed a necessity by the four agitators since his activity threatened to endanger the Communist movement among the Chinese. In order to explain the position to the Control Committee, the four agitators: reenact for that body their activity in Mukden. On the whole, the book advo- cates Communist world revolution by violent means. . This source reflects that a letter dated May 12, 1950, at Berlin, ne a apr wena —_ - Pol Germany, was published along with this pley. It is signed by both HANNS EISLER and BERT BRECHT. It defends the play, explains the intention in writing it, objects to censorship before its presentation, and specifically calle it an educational play. It suggests that its presentation be removed from all in- fluences. <A complete translation of this play has previously been brought to the attention of the Bureau. sounc: SD -Phis source advised that in about 193] BERT SRECHT and HANNS EISLER were tuc-authors of « march know as the “Song of Solidarity" (Solidaritaets- Lied). This merch was adopted with the permission of BRECHT and EISLER as the —_ a Me hee INET at ae song of the Communist youth organisation an Germany prior SG Hivier's Frases 2 power. re that HANNS EISLER is know to this office as a an with comunistic tendencies, presestly = active with ERECHT in the Free German moveamt, which will be described later.