Foundrymen's Question

A slow rain drizzled over some hundreds of workmen assembled in the great open courtyard of the Moscow Railway Shops. The men had come from lathe, forge and foundry to hear a campaign speech by Dictator Josef Stalin--for elections to the Moscow Committees or "Soviets" began last week. Soon the rain was trickling from Dictator Stalin's hat and soddening his coat. Cried a worker: "Comrade Stalin, will there be war this year?"

"No," replied Dictator Stalin. "No, Comrade, there will be no war this year. A war danger does exist, but our enemies are as yet unprepared and the workers of the world do not wish to fight Russia. Because our policy is directed to peace, it is difficult to pick a quarrel with us. No breaking off of relations with England is likely, no war this year."