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Russia. , ca.1940-1952

 File — box-folder: 25-15

Scope and contents

File with label “W.C.” on tab. This has been crossed out in pencil and “Russia” written. The file does contain material relating to the U.S.S.R. in the 1940’s but also National Executive minutes, correspondence and other items containing no reference to Russia. These have been filed separately.

Articles, booklets, typescript items on Russia (chiefly Soviet dealings with workers): “The U.S.S.R.”, Royal Institute of International Affairs, May 1943 (inscribed “A.N.S.C.A.”); “They Don’t Soak the Rich in Soviet Russia” and “Stalin Pays ‘Em What they’re Worh”, from Saturday Evening Post 14 and 21 July 1945; “Appraisals of Russian Economic Statistics” (with an article by Colin Clark”), reprint from Review of Economic Statistics Nov. 1947; “Soviet Union: Trends in Prices, Rations and Wages” by I.B. Kravis and Joseph Mintzes, typescript; “Marxian economics in practice – a critical analysis”, inscribed “Radio Script (let me check draft)” with initials unclear (W.E.C.?); set of questions and answers about Russia, manuscript; “The Soviet Union through American Eyes, A survey of Recent Literature”, by Waldemar Gurian, from Twentieth century, n.d.; “Elements of Soviet Labor Law”, by Vladimir Gsovski Part II; “Squeeze on Soviet consumers” and “Weak Spots in the Soviet Setup”, from U.S. News and World Report, 6 Aug 1948, 1949; “A Ruble for Your Thoughts”, U.S. Chronicle Editorial Review, Winter 1948; “The Soviet War Economy”, The New Leader, 17 Ap. 1948. ‘Two Economies Compared”, New York Times, 23 Aug. 1952.

Dates

  • ca.1940-1952
  • box-folder: 25-15 (Mixed materials)

Repository details

Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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