ORGANISED LEISURE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18529, 16 October 1934, Page 7

ORGANISED LEISURE

RUSSIAN YOUTH DEMAND FOR FREEDOM LONDON, Oct. 4. The Soviet has apprbvod of a movement to “organise Russian youths' leisure” involving further important concessions at variance with earlier conceptions of Communism, states the Riga correspondent of the Times. The Soviet in 1932 sanctioned young Communists wearing white collars and necktie?,, loving music and flowers, and cultivating individuality. Jazz and other up-to-date amusements were later permitted. Now Comrade Kosareff, who demanded the stiff collars and ties, has urged greater freedom in recreations, pointing out youngsters everywhere are hemmed in by '(Red culture” organisers for collective dancing and singing. • “This bureaucratic mass culture must be torn up by the roots,” lie says. “Wo are sound Communists and must have sensible recreation.” Comrade Kosaroff has again won a point from Comrade Kaganovich, chairman of the Communist Control Commission, who Inis empowered Comrade Komsomol, of the League of Young Communists, to work out better forms of recreation.