Foreign News: Foundrymen's Question

A slow rain drizzled over some hundreds of workmen assembled in the great open courtyard of the Moscow Railway Shops. The men had come from lathe, forge and foundry to hear a campaign speech by Dictator Josef Stalin—for elections to the Moscow Committees or "Soviets" began last week. Soon the rain was trickling from Dictator Stalin's hat and soddening his coat. Cried a worker: "Comrade Stalin, will there be war this year?"

"No," replied Dictator Stalin. "No, Comrade, there will be no war this year. A war danger does exist, but our enemies are as...

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