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ia. See Para - . a re, a ee ‘Between the “various ‘gostes oF this play,” ‘the “Control Comittes Enddoates agreement with the action of the four agitators. “Tn one instance | “thay state, "He who fights for Commnism must be able to fight and aot.to ” Light, to tell the truth and mot to tel}. ‘the truth, form serviges ‘and hh . roefyes és neavPaem saret aa “bean neami ane and Fail ¢, taan nereiaes | $a thot af 4 —) Pees Vem Svs vavep avep odis re ss eae ee ae, re tasvee ~~ owe. we 8 4 af danger and to avoid danger, to be discernible ahd to be indiscernible. | Be. ne _ .,, whe Fhente f for Communism has only one virtues that, be fights, far. Commarea.’ ., ’ a4 oF a, “mn * d ae = a =. a "ts other places Snecagheak ‘the play, the “control. Gomistee® ‘sings The Praise of the U.8.8.R., of the Communist Party and of illegei _ work. They conclude the play with the following addressed to the four © agitators: “You spread the teachings of the Classicists, the ABC of Communism. To the uninformed you brought information about their situation, to the oppresaed you brought ‘slass consciousnsas. Yo the nlass conscious - - you ‘brought the experience of revolution. The revolution is also onthe |. 4 march there, and the ranks of the fighters are organised there also, and we are in agreement with you. Your report shows us how much is necessaryto transform the worlds anger and tenacity, knowledge and indignation, to | strike quickiy, to ponder deeply, cold patisncs, sidlsess waiting, a grasp * of individual detail and comprehension of the whole. We can only change reality when taught by reality." , e ste a In a letter dated Nay 12, 1980 at ‘Berlin, which is phblishad . along with the foregoing play and which is signed by both BRECHT and the ~” — Subject, the authors of “The Disciplinary Measure® defend this play and ©: 7 _- (explain their intention in writing it) This letter objects: to censorship - - of the "Disciplinary Measure® before ite presentation. It specifically eaelles We TH enin liners Meseura® an adnaatianal niew and euzsantea hat ¥ ae ee ee $4 HEV SP eee Fo ae me Se SUVS eee Pe See EE See See _ ite | Presentation be removed from all influences. eae -o Th NES) te letter further suggests that the play de prenented by: those for whom it was intended, and who alone have use for them: Workers a - CDOFUBSS, groups of amateur players, school (choruses, school orchestras. . a ie “the players ( singers and actors ) have the task of teaching while they learn." This note further states: “However, attempts should not be mde | to dérive recipes for political action from *The Disoiplinary Measure™. «: ian ; without a knowledge of the ABC of dialectic mtorialien. What Lenin <9 said about morality applies to the several ethical concepts such as Justice, © Freedom, Tamanity, etc, whioh appear in the plays We draw our moral y 23.22 te. Mee A 4 eee a bee et £2 ‘philosophy LToOm Vue inverest or the Pru.so var 18 Glass etruggio.* j Ine a note published icgethex with the play, ie ‘te tated sa) On March 13, 1943, Source A advised that BRECHT and Subject were also co~authors of a march known as the "Song of Solidarity” ; (Solidaritaets~Lied) which was written in about 1931. According to Source A, this march was adopted, with the permission of BRECHT and Subject, as the