1946
OCTOBER 14,1946
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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'Stalin Sincere In Saying War Isn't Inevitable'
BY BILLE MARIE HAMILTON (Daily Kansan Staff Writer)
Premier Josef Stalin's recent declaration denying war is inevitable can be believed, according to Mrs. Samson Soloveitchik, University Russian teacher.
"This is not because I have faith in Stalin's sincerity," says this Russian-born teacher, who fled to the United States in 1940 with her husband when his life was threatened by the Russian political police, "but because of the publications of these declarations in the Soviet newspapers.
"Those who know the Soviet life," she said, "understand that from now
MRS. SAMSON SOLOVEITCHIK
on the trend of the propaganda in side Russia will be articles and speeches demonstrating the possibility of a lasting cooperation between the U.S.S.R. and the western democracies.
She believes that a "tough" United States policy would not lead to as lasting a peace as the more lenient policy recently advocated by Henry A. Wallace, former secretary of commerce.
The communist movement is weak in this country, but is as strong in several European countries such as France, Holland, and smaller countries. The Balkan states might as well be incorporated into Russia and called "greater Russia" because their orders come from Stalin, she insists.
"This does not mean that a return to the previous line of propaganda is impossible. But is does mean peace between the U.S.S.R. and the democratic West at least is considered possible in Moscow.
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Many influential groups of the Soviet ruling class have not denounced the idea of world revolution and "Stalin, as a true and faithful disciple of Lenin, shares in this world revolution conception," Mrs. Soloveitchik believes.
The pledge class of Alpha Tau Omega has elected Paul Brownlee, president; Glenn Shanahan, secretary; John Brown, treasurer; and Loren Watson, social chairman.
The Russian people are prepared for the replacement of the 'get tough' policy, practiced by the Soviet government since the end of the war, by a more flexible attitude.
Russia cannot wage war now because of the hardships and losses of World War II, Mrs. Soloveitchik states.
Peace between Russia and the United States can be worked out although it might not last, she declares.
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Miss Margaret Habein was a guest of Watkins hall at a coffee Thursday night.
Floats and house decorations are beginning to shape up, and by Friday night, they should be looking neat and sharp. The ideas are as original as ever, but ssh! They still are secrets, and are to be tucked under the rim of your hat.
Now is the time to get in a trifle of sack time. Put your head on your pillow while you can. Come
our printables this week-end with its week-end of alumni, dances, teas, and the rest of the trimnings of homecoming, not forgetting its queen, and you'll be lucky to find a place quiet enough.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon has elected Ray Fleming to the office of Keeper of the Rolls.
Dr. D. N. Hume, assistant professor of chemistry, will be the guest speaker at two of the sessions of the Kansas State Teachers association meeting in Topeka Nov. 1.
The challenge of atomic energy to American colleges will be the topic of his talk to the college division. His talk at the science round-table will be on atomic energy and the problems of its control.
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Dr. Hume was one of the scientists who worked on the atomic bomb project in Chicago and at Oak Ridge, Tenn., from 1943 until January of
Hume Will Speak On Atomic Control
Subject of his address will be "The Practical Significance of Research in Physics."
Stranathan To Speak Before Sigma Xi
Prof. J. D. Stranathan, chairman of the physics department, will speak before the KU, chapter of Sigma Xi at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in room 426 of Lindley hall.
Professor Stranathan is resigning as president of Sigma Xi after a two-year tenure of office. He is being succeeded by Dr. R. C. Moore of the geology department.
Stanton Named Manager
Earl Stanton, College sophomore, has been selected advertising manager of the 1947 Jayhawker magazine.
Stanton won an open contest in competition with five other students by selling more Jayhawker advertising that the total of all the rest of the competitors.
Marguerita Kerschen was elected president of the French club at a meeting Wednesday. Other officers chosen were Emily Stacy and Page Brent, joint vice-presidents, and William Club, secretary-treasurer.
Kerschen Heads French Club
Many persons in Russia are unhappy and only a comparatively few of them belong to the Communist party. Millions of Russians are political prisoners and are being used as slave labor, she says. This is the reason the Communistic leaders are heavily guarded at every moment, she adds.
To the "self-styled" liberalists in this country, who are convinced Russia is a democracy, Mrs. Soloveichik advises they buy the Soviet constitution ("ten cents in English translation") and read it.
JOSEF STALIN
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However, the gradual transformation of the totalitarian dictatorship of Mr. Stalin into a democracy may be only a question of time, Mrs. Soloveitchik asserts, using as the basis for this assertion the "democratic mentality of the Russian people."
They will see the principle of dictatorship is proclaimed by the constitution and that it establishes the one-party system," she declares.
One of the latest steps in a policy which demands political propaganda in every work of art is a warning to the composer, Shostokovich, whose Ninth Symphony is criticized as not being "ideological" enough and spoiled by "skeptical irony" instead of being directed to the defense of the Soviet regime, she sniffs disruptedly.
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During the war many persons, inside Russia and abroad, expected a more liberal political line of the Soviet government after the victory, the Russian teacher says. These expectations were not realized but the end of the war was followed by a new wave of repressions and by the return of political pressure in all spheres of life, she explains.
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"This mentality has its deep roots in the first Russian revolution of 1905 and in the second revolution of March, 1917, which was overthrown by the third revolution of November, 1917 by the Bolsheviks," she says. "For the time being, the hopes of a democratization of the Soviet regime are weak," she adds.
Russia is a one-man government and it would be difficult to predict what would happen in case of Stalin's death, Mrs. Soloveitchik believes. The man, next in power to Stalin, is not Molotov as many persons believe, but Gdanov, Stalin's private secretary, she says.
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