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wo C) . Aildren peverty, results of war and suffering; homelessf atoc ine in rubbish hears; ruined homes and pubiic buididings. “wait a moment l" JZ used to exclaim: “The war has ended about ten years ago i" "“rernana, but not in Russia," they answered me. Fere I saw for the first time with my own eyes the grievous consequences of a ciutl war through which the Scutet Union had passed and which they tried to picture in the [nited States as anarchy and aimless destruction. Acainst the ceneral background of ruins, nevertheless, I saw a tendency which excited me, in proportion to a decree as its purpose became clear to me. JI saw the beginning of bold nlans cf creation of a national sustem of public education. J saw astute methods of education of homeless orphans. A tremendcus attention devoted to workers was clear to me. And it was only here tiat an idea cane into my mind that the waces arenot sinpiy money but also the protection of health, pensicns for the aced, and a sustem of vacations. I thoucht how american fecgroes ceuld achieve a Similor syste of planning and felt a desire to btecome ecquainted with the works ef £alL NWaPX, Ten vearshad passed befcre i had an opportunity agatn to visit the sovtet Union. kumors of great variety reached us in the Tnitecd States regarding the fate of dovtet experiment. we heard about famine amonc peasants and abcut the strug¢cle acainst kulaks and against treason. Some sensational reports came in, many of which I belteved. The true picture of what was happening then in Hussia became clear to me only after I became acguainted with the book by SEY@RS and ZALN (both phonetic), (ints t8 a book by S3Y¥ERS and KAEN "A Secret war Against the Soviet Russia." EDIPCHS, } Py that time I was already teaching at one of the higher institutions of learning for secroes, the University of atlanta, "The Communist Vanifesto" by KARL M4RX and PRIEDELT OH PVG2L3. At tiis time / was aiready trying to Stray the Vecre prohiem in the “nites States from the scientivic point of view and to find a soeciatist solution for it.