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Hanns Eisler — Part 2
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La aosessies —CONFDYENTIAL _.
"T hava not been here for throo years and I did not rocognizo hoscow.
by first trip throurth the proletariat capital was m:ido by a sutvey. Without
complincnis, this is the best subway in tho worldt ‘ihat oxomplary discipline "
and whet shiny clesnliness! On tho surface, I was mest impressed by tho
happy huwsorous cnr-freo expressiens on the faces of the populous. In the
copitalistic world, these oxpressions have long ago beon rubbod off tho faces
of ths people. They are up to their ears in worry as to what will happen
tomorres, Yeu eannot imegine the foelings cf a forcignor os ke locks upon
the Seviet citizen who has before him such wide horizons and who ig suro of
a brilliant Puture wd
“to will certainly tell amcries what I saw. Their labor and front rank
intelli; omtsia, with suppressed attention ond sympathy, are watching every
step in the life ef your wonderful nation. This sympathy is far from passive.
Iosholl nver forgut tyvo impressive meetinzs held in Now York in the form of
protcsts azainst tho false attacks of HasxST on tho USSR. Tho meetings were
atteniod py 35,000 perserns. Tho workers geve their hard-earned ponnios, took
eff their rings ond carrings, snd shouted, 'Print papers against FEaARST.' at
thet minute, I wonted very much to sco © painting done by some grest artist
which would ecpict this act of internetiencl solidarity. "Wa
Tho sernp book clsu contained a very bricf article, wider date of
July 27, 1938, which appearcad in "Pre da", This article merely mentioned
that DISLER crrived in Moscow. It ws interesting to note, nowever, that
he was é€eseribed ns c"ropresentative ef the International Union of the
Rovolutionsry Thoater’and, os such, hid attcendod o musicians' olympicd mortioned
epoves a ,
° Also, in this scrap bock was an article which apposred in "“Evoning
Moscow" sometin. during July, 1955. 4 specific date w.s not given. This
erticle rend in port as follows: xu
" 4,2 The name EISLER is not vainly cssocinted with such names a8 _
FRIZD: <TCHOWELS, SEQ pea, and IRVIN i1SuaTOR. These aro the names of our
forsicn-living ecmrades who have mdo their talonts into = sharp woapon for
communism. ou
In ee ide in Strasbourg, ZISLIn TR attonded the Internationcl
Tusicic:.s “Ole
"!T had te spond scverel days in tho Strasbourg jail’, says “nrS SISLGR,
‘probably duc to the fact th: + To mee a racic specch ag chairman of tho jury
P . £ 2
and a rapresentotive of PONT. ' (Intern w.ticnal Union of the Rovolutienary Thestcr|
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toes. This colebration my boldly bo called an cxpression of solidarity
bctweon the Czucis and Germor lator living in Crcchoslovakis. “aon tho first
eolunns, with rod batmars waving, appeared on the scene, ayes of. tho Germn
workurs filled with tcars upon tho sight cf this anti-fascist dononstration. "Wt
"EARS SISL(R oxpeets to stay in Moscow approximately a month and a hol?."
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