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t £ if . 4 kk CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, Mon, Dec. 8, '58 Whet WERE Lenin Words? Quotes Can’t. Be Verified uv ATRED of Com- munists is in- tensified in ' . ‘this country by quot- ing warlike things said by the smen who founded commu- nism. _ I used one of these state. iments lasi week. Lenin said: “First we will take Eastern Europe, then the masscs of Asia, then we will) encircle the United States, which will be the Jast haStion of cap- italism, It will falllikean overripe fruit into our hands.” e* ee I TOOK this quote from the Congressional Record, which was quoting the American Bar Association. which was quot- ing the Collected Works of Lenin, Vol. 10, P, 172. Now -comes ai Chicaro man, 2 Mr. Albert Bofman, who asserts. “Lenin neyer Baid that.” Seven months He olfers as evidence a let- ter from Henry J. Dubesier, chief of the poncral reference end bibliography division, Li- brary of Congress, a se 6 SAYS Mh. Dubester, “ .. Though we have checked Vol- ume 30 in the 2d, 3d, and the 4th Russian editions, and in the edition published in Eng- sh by the Cooperative Pub- I:shing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R., we have found no such state- ment.” Did Lenin actually say this, or did someone invent it? Another Quote Can’t Re Found Here’s another quote at: tributed to Lenin; “We mus{ secure the good will of teachers and profes. 89rs in schools and univer: Kities. of liberal ministers of religior and of pacifists and reformers of the world in or- der to create a menial bar- tage in the minds of the cap- italist youth, which shall forever bar them {from _ par- ticipating in a carnal conflict with: the Communist order.” Did he realty say 1? Let's go hack to the Library of Congress and Mr. Dubesicr. *We have checked all of the indexes to Lenin's works avail- able in the Library of Con. fress as well as many of his articles and speeches... but have failed to find any refer- ence ty the quotations.” . 2. @ AN FARLY Bolshevik, Dmi tri Manuilsky, is supposed to have said capijalist countries would be trapped by spectac. ular peace movements, and that “as soon as their guard is down we shall smash them with our clenched fists,” The Library of Congress could find no such quotations by Manuilsky. Why Not Invent Some Old Quotes? AS an essayist of sorts, this intrigues me, How many phony quofcs do I use in w year? SEQUEL Might I not invent one? “As George Washineton said in his memorable niessage to his iroops besore the skirmish at Rum Hollow, ‘(make up your own quote) ’.” eo *# @ MR. BOFMAN, who brings this up, is a man I presume who is interesicd in promoting peace between the Un:ted States and Russia. We are in- clined to be suspicious of peacemongers for fear they May be tricking us. Lenin quotes make us wary of a trap. Mr. Bofman js heing unjustly penalized fn his work if these Lenin quotes arc fulse, If anyone nas evidence one way or the other, it would be welcome here. after this column was published I asked Mr. Mabley if he had re- ceived any reply to its closing invitation, and he answered, "Not a one." In view of the number of persons and organizations that had used these "quotations" and would want to vindicate their use of them if possible, it seems a safe bet that if they did not produce evidence of their authenticity, none exists. "Many people, including President Eisenhower, have also quoted Lenin as saying that the Communist world would succeed in making the United States spend itself in- to destruction. But Joseph Alsop asserted March 14, 1959 in his column "A Danger- ous Fraud Imposed on the President" that neither Lenin nor any other Russian leader has ever made that claim, and that in fact it is the current Communist belief that “heavy defense spending is necessary to keep frec capitalism going." Whether or not Lenin and Manvilsky made these statements is possibly not im- portant except to the mental furniture of those who hold that "Communism never changes." The moral of these disclosures is that -- in view of this deception, in which many honest people unwittingly took part -- we need to be skeptical of other hate and fear-inducing propaganda. the arms race, Additional copics of this obtainable from: 15 for 25¢, 89 for $1, 440 for $5. Without it we would not endure the burdens of to which our economy is geared. Alice Franklin Bryant 2813 N. Broadway, Seattle 2, Wn.