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H ' 4 kk CMICAGO DAILY KEWS, Mon, Dee. 8, ' | What WERE Lenin Words? Quotes Can’t. Be Verified . "ef ATRED of Com- : munists is in- tensified in ‘this country by quot- ing warlike things said by the men who founded commu- nism. I used one of these state: cments last week. Lenin said: “First we will take Eastern Europe, then the masses of Asia, then we will encircle the United States, which will be the Jast bastion of cap- italism, It will falllikean overripe fruit into our hands.” eee 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 a Chicago man, 2 Mr. Albert Bofman, who asserts, “Lenin never said that.” ceived any reply to its closing invitation, and he answered, "Not a one." He olfers as evidence a let- ter from Henry J. Dubester, chief of the general reference end bibliography division, Li- brary of Congress, eae SAYS MK. Dubester, “ .. Though we have checked Vol- ume 30 in the 2d, 3d, and the 4th Russian editions, and in edition published in Eng- by the Co operative Pub- Iishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S: . 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 must secure the good will of teachers and profes. sors in schools and univer: sities. of liberal ministers of religion and of pacifists and reformers of the world in or- der to create a mental bar- rage in the minds of the cap- Stalist youth, which shall forever bar them {rom par- licipating in a carnal conflict with: the Communist order.” Did he reaity say 1? Let's go hack fo 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- £ress as well as many of his articles and speeches... but have failed to find any refer- ence tv the quotations.” eee AN FARLY Bolshevik, Dmi tri Manuilsky, is supposed to have said capifalist 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 Manuitsky. Why Not Invent Some Old Quotes? AS an essayist of sorts, this intrigues me, How many phony quotes do J use in a year? SEQUEL Seven months after this column was published I asked Mr. Mabley if he had re- Might I not invent one? “As Gcorge Washington said in his Memorahle message to his troops beSore the skirmish at Rum Hollow, ‘(make up your own quote)’ eee MR. BOFMAN, who brings this up, is a man I presume who is interesicd in promoting peace between the United States and Russia. We are in- elined to be suspicious of Peacemongers for fear they May be tricking us. Lenin quotes make us wary ofa trap. Mr. Bofman 3s being unjustiy penalized In hls work if these Lenin quotes arc fulse, If anyone nas evidence one way or the other, it would be welcome here. 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 itse]f 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 defe 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.