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J oe: FOR PAPERS ° 3 (77 ING LEWIS com om.{ ~ P Nor usi, (CAUTION: ADVANCE ©: .. COLUMN OR RELEASE TUe_2.7,. CTO A.M, AND P.M. PAPERS. MUST NOT BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THAT DATE. WASHINGTON REPORT . a“ oe Ts orp a 2 . Di Pou Luwio, ve (C) 1957, KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC, -. 7 ¥* WASHINGTON, OCT, 21--Mrs, Eleanop-f cosevelt may be a welI-= Se en | ‘ meaning soul, but there are occasions when her naivete and asl . cw ee ee eee reportorial training make her dangerous, particularly pecausd "st. prestige of her name, ome Her effusions since her visit to Russia are particularly notable, She tells of the great advances the Soviets have made in medical science and agriculture, and paints a glowing picture of the oe a ne a ee achievements of the Communist State, The lady is both gullible and uninformed, She made no attempt | to contact American press representatives in Moscow, who could have given her a true picture, and sct her straight as to what she was . | | being shown, < ‘ As it is, her statements demonstrate that she doesn't know, She confuses the sample collectivizced farm which she saw outside of Moscow and which is maintained for the special benefit of visitors, “with the State farms which are the unhappy rule in Soviet . i agriculture, To be part of the former it is not necessary to be &@ party member, but membership helps, It is necessary, however, to be a ; 1 docile and loyal obedient to the party syatem, For the few who can ~ ' win acceptance, the reward i8 a small plot of ground--slightly more than an acre--which the individual may worl to his own benefit, He may raise supplemental food for himself, or he may take his produce to a public market place to scli, if he can, and keep the proceeds for himself, His main farming operations, however, are communalized and he gets a small pro-rata share of what is left after the State takes the major part of all crops, 88 its own, This 1s lush special privilege in the language of the comrades, The State Farm, however, represents most of the Soviet farm 1 production, These aro directed by Communist managers and the workers are hired aB laborers. INDEXED-84 el 0 it OCT 29.957 @0 OCT 33 1957 ye" 409+ la-ayo-19 i