RUSSIA: Drift, Distraction, Dictator

Drift, Distraction, Dictator

How far the Soviet State has drifted from its proletarian moorings further appeared last week when Premier Vyacheslav Molotov was quoted as defending the present employment of most Russians on a piecework basis: "The chief aim of Socialism is to raise the productivity of labor."

Also drifting away from Communist marital freedom, the State had left the price of a Soviet marriage at two rubles last week but raised the price of a Soviet divorce to 500 rubles.

Another recent drift was Dictator Stalin's abrupt dissolution of the Society...

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