CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Steel's Sister

An insignificant figure in Europe is Dr. Smeral of Prague. He sits with the Communist contingent of 30 Deputies. He can throw an inkwell clear across the arc of Parliament at the Conservatives with fair accuracy.* But nobody in Czechoslovakia would pay serious attention to Dr. Smeral if his wife's maiden name had not been Dzhugashvili.

In Moscow the most potent Communist of all is Josef Vissarionovitch Dzhugashvili, whom the late great Lenin called for short "Stalin," which means Steel.

Dr. Smeral's wife is Steel's sister. She was told to pack up and prepare...

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