DISILLUSION COMES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 197, 9 November 1934, Page 5

DISILLUSION COMES

V vAfter Russian Visit ENGLISHMAN'S ADMISSION !• V. 1 <. •;';■'* London- October 27. "Iyii&vp 'returned" disillusioned arid ranrio't"-be a Marxian 'Comn)un,i'st, after w'hafN saw in Russia/' Thjs is the finding" Of :JVTr John Brown,' : an Oxford graduate" one ; 'of.those who'ge expenses to Russia .were'paid.by Lord Nuffield, tlie. motor magnate,, as . a challenge to tionmiunist propaganda" in Britain. Mr." BrciWn- spcjij;' four months in Russia," examining' factories"and workers' dwellings, .-'...-,■' , ]\\r JBrown says, jt-'was ■ sickening to see. -visiting intelljieluals shepherded to -show, places, and lapping -up-any-thipg..thc, officials: sTiid. '.'l discovered axcpmpiete failure to -.maintain (equality ot he: said. "Coaiminers are P'aifb'mere'than doctors' or professors. %ie;~ fiousipg ■is c vile, i owing to .-the greiifiinflux to .the cities. .Even the htglron paid workers' standard' of liv•jugt Ife \ telow •. that -of a man on the dok; :ds& England. There are iio jsriiij .higr'faces' among - the workers, who la. ok (Variety„of~ foodstuffs. .They subsist on melons", bread, fish and tea. peg;./'.„., . •:, . , -. - ■ amazed .at.the efficient tank and r machine guns being manufactured at; Works, where 20,000 mei} -are ( employed." . • > •