"Well-Ordered"

"There is no ragged proletariat in Russia, but a well-ordered community." Thus, with a somewhat defensive air, spoke William H. Hamilton, Assistant Vice President of the Guaranty Co., Manhattan, as he returned last week from a tour of Soviet Russia, made in company with Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. & Mrs. W. Averell Harriman. "Everywhere we received excellent treatment--not relatively excellent, but excellent!" said Mr. Hamilton. "Americans are welcomed in Russia and are given every courtesy. . . . The Russians are doing amazing things. . . . "I used to think that the president of the National City Bank and the president of the New York Central Railroad had pretty big jobs, but in Russia one man in the Soviet government manages all the railroads in Russia, another manages all the banks, another manages all the oil companies and so on. It is a kind of state capitalism. Whatever one may think of the Soviets, they are making the most interesting experiment the world has ever known. "Stalin is the most important man in Russia and virtually the head of it, although he is not even in the Government, but is the Secretary of the Communist Party. Trotzky, whatever you hear, will always be a factor. Since he is Commissioner of Concessions, we did most of our business with him. Even a prejudiced person cannot talk to him without realizing the enormous vigor and capacity of the man. He is a 'humdinger.' "I had made something of a study of Russia last spring on a trip with my father-in-law, Samuel M. Vauclain, of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and so Mr. Harriman suggested that my wife and I come along with him for a tour. It was extremely pleasant.

"Mr. & Mrs. Harriman stopped off for a visit to the Riviera and will return on the Olympic next week."