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CONFIDENTIAV- This highly confidential source having access to Eisler’s personal effects also made available an article in the Russian language which appeared in the July 22, 1935, issue of **Pravda,”® which article was written by S. Tretya- _ ‘kev. The article is quoted bh in parte as follows ; amen oh “For us, ‘Eisler - -* is first of all a , song. “The - -- - “Red wadding,” the Me ae ~~ “Comintern.” With the songs of Efsler on their lips, the Foreign living | RO proletariats fought In the barricades of Berlin and Vieana. With the songe TO of Eisler they demonstrated in Zurich and Antwerp. With the songs of * Eisler they stood ia picket lines in Copenhagen and Manchester, ale” | “Eisler finished his education brilliantly. “Everything pashed the, =, _ +gomposer towards an easy road of life, But he did not take it. Too dis- =: gusting to him was the bourgeols concert hall where, in a musical narcosis, oe the gourmands made their discoveries with relish. A feeling of anerebist protest awoke in the | young composer. . pe oa aaa er “a € “ “in 1927 Eisler wholeheartedly entered the proletariat ‘agitpropgroup' (agitation propegeaie a soup) movement end t began w work a ase m political music “Song of the Miner,’ *Invalid’s March," ‘Song of solidarity," m march *Defend the Soviet Union,’ “Song of the Unemployed,’ this is only a small part of the great list of Eisler’ r political songs. (Unfortunately, ¢ ealy a few ¢ of them are pablished by a = “with all of his natural fighting temperament, } Eisler tore into the . reformistic song group, forming a communistic wing. The battle was , on = ata of a oe | Pe ee meee successful. Bi drew the attention of the entire nusical world, gathered . travelers, and cultivated such » revolutionary & musicians | as + Renkel, + Rosle : At the same y time, * . strong ties was termad between Eisler and drama- - . turgist Bert Brecht. Together they worked out the theory of the ‘pedagogic’ - . theater, wishing to make a ‘especie | active in the work of political satiation a end Propagense. a ” + Now he is wrlling a symphony dedicated & ra o the prisoners of ” . : fascist £ Coucetretion camps, based ¢ on the "Song of the Swamp Soldier* and , composed by the captives. - 0 vej-fy vigtigie CEng agtecg n Ben ae oie ““He has been with us before. He made notes on Karak melodies on the steps by Mt. Magnitnoi where the Young Communists were building « blast furnace. Kt was about them he wrote the ‘Ural Young Communist.’ -3- — CONFIDEANAL