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on a L.A. 100~18112 oe BRECZZ on this ‘Occasion that ho hed just roturncd from a conferunc: concorning tho mamusoript cnd thet tho person eonsidcring it wus worricd cbout the “Undor= ground” matter, Ho befd howcvor thot he had pointed out te this individuol + tht tho “undorground" mattor camo up only once und could bc casily disposed of. POZSNER rclctod that aon individucl nimod WALLACE wos prcsont ct this confcrenco. CONL.CTS FIT THE SOVIET VICE CONSULATE Source adviecd that the BRECET autemobilo wos observed <t the Sovict Vico Consulate in Los angoles on tho night of October 14, 1944 at Qg “hich time « fercwoll porty wos boing given for wIKHAIL-RALsTOZOV, fcrmor Russian film rcprcscntctive, GR3GORY-KASPAROV, sucecssor of GREGORI SNEIssit, .and «i DROLVASSILISV cro imown te havo'sens from Sm Fronciseco to Lf angcles iad to have cttondod this party. C.¥.D.1, [| reported thit on Octebcr 30, 1944 MIKHAIL Ay, Sovict Vioo Consul ct Los angulcs, contceted BERT BRECHT for tho addrcss of HETHRICH PANN. PUBLICATIONS according to c beok reviow in the New York Times of Deecmbor 17, 1944, BERT BRECHT publishcd c book cntitlod "Tho-Frivet: lifo of the instor Reeo". This work wes trcnslnted, with on osscy, by ERIC RUSSELL BUNTIZY. It wos publishcd by Now Dircetions, Horfolk, Connccticut. Tho review stctcs thet in this work BRECHT prosents cs his tragic horo tho nation of Gormany during tho period from 1935 to 1958, It is scid thct tho plen is intonsoly dramtic svcn though addrossod to the critionl intclligones--rathor thon the cmotions--of ths evorage audioncs, With roferonse to purtiouler opisedcs, the rcricw statcs that thoir indopendont offoct is subordincted te tho whole and moant to inspire wetion rathcr than pity. It is scid thot in this book BRDCHT involvcs tho wholc Gcrmon poople in his action, so that suspense is cutomoticclly “raised” to tho lovol of socicty rathor than individucls. Tho roviowor states thet whilo it is his undorstanding thet othors suggcstod "loworod" cs c bottor word than “rcisod", BRECET's cssumption is ct locst o precondition for political ehango, Tho roviow consludos "BRECET hes mncgcd to koop Propagant- subscrvient to art....Thoe plsy, uocrly porfoct in form, is full of grotusquo teuchos of ort. But our political scriptwritors socm te havc becn most imprussod by BR.CET's betweon-secuc vursos and doclamtions which, at loust in trons lation, oppoor highly dispensablc.” 5-