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“United A-10- SEES ND SOVET THREATTOU. S, Prof. Harper Finds Russians Lack Initiative and Enter- prise of Americans. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 18.—America, in the opinion of Dr. Samuel N. Harper, professor of Russian history and in- stitutions at the University of Chicago, has nothing to fear from Soviet Russia, industrially. politically or socially. The professor was interviewed yes- terday by the Associated Press corre-| spondent as he passed through here on | his way back to America after two| months of intensive study of present- | day conditions in Russia. | Prof. Harper, who visited Russia on | and off for 26 years and is regarded as an international authority on Slavic | affairs, was accompanied on his recent | tour, which included the Ukraine, Northern Caucasus and the Volga and | Leningrad regions, by Dr. Walter Licht- enstein, vice president of the First Na- | tional Bank of Chicago i Although Soviet Russia is making | great strides industrially,” the professor | said, “it is doubtful if it will ever reach the, high level of the United States becuse it lacks not only the necessary capital, but the enginéering and ad- ministrative skill and the natural in- itiative and enterprise of Americans “In a_political and social way, Bol- shevik Russia holds no menace for us, becsuse in the 13 years the Soviets | have been In power Communism has made virtually no headway in the States. The present standard | of life in Russia is so appallingly low that no American workman, however humbly placed, would .adopt Com- munism.” The class uggle in Russia, Prof. Harper believes, is becoming increa ingly bitter, He thinks that although this‘is the thirteenth year of the revo- Jution, Russia now is facing its most | critical and decisive period since the here was a significant paragraph in which the Red dictator pointed out that Soviet Russia is now | “in the period of Socialism.’ { “Before, Russia was only ‘in the road to Socialism.’ The concrete expression of the new stage is the famous five-year industrialization plan, now at the end of its second year, and the political and ecohomic doctrines underlying the Tevolution are beifig put to real test. ““The rest of the world appears to be much interested in the outcome of the experiment, but is not, I think, as deeply coneerned, nor even as vitally influenc- ed, as the Moscow leaders or as anti- Soviet propagandists on the outside like to_believe.” Prof. Harper found the Soviets had made enormous progress industrially within the past few years, but thought the five-year imposed terrific burdens upon the people. Living conditions, he said, have be- eome much worse. Prices have reached such fantastic levels 2s to suggest deliberate inflation. In almost all the elementary needs of life an acute short- | age exists. Bread, meat, sugar, butter | and other foodstuffs are bejng sharply rationed. Lines of people, he remarked, m: everywhere be seen patiently waiting | for their allowance of food. They are | bluntly told by the government that for | the sake of future generations they must | sul for another two or three years. peasants, he continued, are hoarding silver money to such an ex- tent that the metal has almost ceased to & medium of payment in Russia. At the same time the city population is eonverting paper money into tangible artigles of merchandise, which can later be ®old or exchanged for foodstuffs if the ruble collapses. found a dearth of shoes, dress paper, tobacco and other articles. pair of new shoes in Moscow costs 120 rubles (the gold ruble is worth about 80 gents). He observed that most Americans ‘who came to Russia now brought their own' food, though none of the Ameri- canengineers domiciled there ever went in want, because the government gives them the preference over the native n. “The coming Winter will be a most serigus one for the Soviets, and may well try their entire economic edifice. | But the crop promises to be one of the best in their history, and may save the | situation ” | Discussing Russia’s industrial and | economic situation, Prof. Harper said: *While the Soviets have built a number of gigantic factories, grain elevators, hydro-electric enterprises and steel and from foundries, the construction is not of the best. ere these factories are actually | ing, the quality in some cases is etly poor. But still all these things be considered a big ‘plus’ to be d to the account of the revolu- at Fort .Sam Houston, Tex.; | Riley, Kans.; Fort Benjamin the political side there are also | t pluses to be noted, but at the | ime time there are disconcerting | miduses. The younger generation is full of enthusiasm, inspired by the propa- | of the revolution and less sensi- to difficult living conditions. | “On the other hand, machinery and | mmn the lack of skill | zeal and speed maglifested by the young people, e sharpening of the cl ge t has come in the past two years | & new factor in the situation, For | the Communists, the resumption of the Bocialist offensive, with its slogan ‘Pull ism out by the roots,’ is a great elopment. For the non. WILLIS T. FRAZIER, Son of Senator Lynn T. Frazier, quali- fied as expert rifieman at Fort Meade, Md., training camp and earned a place on the 3d Corps Area team in the na- tional matches. —A. P. Photo. munists this new term has a distinctly negative side. ““The five-year plan is not only & pro- gram of economic expansion. It is also and first of all a political program and a program of class struggle “Though dependent in such large measure on_trained technical experts and managers, the five-year plan is eliminating or reducing the availability of those experts who are not of work- man or of peasant origin. “The enthusiasm of the young peo- ple is stirred up by this atmosphere of class struggle. “The foreign technical experts, of whom enormous numbers have been brought to Russia during the past year, especially from America, are supplying much of the sorely needed skill in tech- nical knowledge.” g BEGINS INSPECTIOI\} TOUR Gen. Bishop, Artillery Chief, to Visit South and Midwest. Maj. Gen. Harry G. Bishop, chief of Field Artillery, War Department, left here this morning on a tour of inspec tion of military activities in the South and Midwest. He will visit the Infantry School Fort Benning, Ga.; the Alabama Poly technic Institute, the Agriculture Col lege of Texas, Fleld Artillery operations Camp Tex.; Fort Harrison, Ind., and Fort Hayes, Ohio. Gen. Bishop Stanley and Fort Bliss, | expects to return to this city Sep- tember 1 Dancing Masters Put Ban on Jazz. NEW YORK, August 18 (#)—The doom of jazz_dancing is foreseen by Thomas M. Sheehy, president of the Dancing Masters of America, who are in convention assembled. He expects that classic and conservative steps will be popular and that bathing suits with Viciorian frilis will repiace the suntan style. THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road N.W. One Room, Reception Hall, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration Nature gave this oil greater resistance to heat, wear and dilution. It meets all the trying conditions of automo- engine lubrication. Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. AUTOCRAT—The oil that is different from all others. Beware of Substitutes. 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