Red Railways

Legally a corporation is a person, but unlike most persons it can have no religion Wholly unconscious of church protests against Red Russian persecution of be lievers, many a great U. S. corporation is cooperating to help the Soviet Union be come prosperous, potent (TIME, June 17). Examples are General Electric Co. (TIME, July 1, ct seq.), Ford Motors Co. (TIME, Sept. 23, et seq.), the Austin Co. which is building an entire Russian city "Austin-grad" (TIME, Sept. 16), the U. S. Shipping Board which has sold a merchant fleet to Russia (TIME, Jan. 27). But until last week no great U. S. corporation had made the supreme sacrifice of lending its presi dent for several years to the Soviet Government.

This the Great Northern R. R. did last week. If a corporation can be sorry, Great Northern must be sad to see President Ralph Budd go (he sails June i for Mos cow). He knows every part of his com pany, has tended it tenderly. Indeed the announcement at Chicago read: "The invitation to go to Russia was extended to Mr. Budd by the Soviet Government be cause the topography of the Great North ern Railway is said to greatly resemble that over which many Russian railroads

pass." Today most U. S. tycoons possess at least a college smattering of French. But soon, if the trend of today continues, they will 'begin to smatter of Russian. .Conversely, Soviets may become Americanized, though their present aim is to pick Capitalism's brains for the glory of Communism.

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