Stalin in Grand Central

A pictorial exhibit, designed by Stanley L. Rice '45, portraying the "grim Soviet reality in its true colors," was opened in January on the lower-level pavilion of New York's Grand Central Station. Sponsored by the Assembly of Captive European Nations, the principal themes of the show are permanent purge, classless society, Soviet imperialism, and the indivisibility of freedom.

The exhibit seeks to present a documentary report of forty years of Soviet power, displaying a collection of enlarged photographs of uprisings and massacres alongside the Communist leaders' innocent-looking quotations. Typical of this type of portrayal is one large picture of Stalin's funeral party surrounded by seven smaller pictures of the high-ranking party leaders taking part in the procession who have been purged since the funeral picture was taken in March 1953.

The sponsors believe that presentation of the factual record is necessary to counter the serious psychological exploitation the Soviets have made by the creation of their missiles and space satellites. They feel the atmosphere of the free world is in danger of being permeated with fright and alarm, "which could lead to despair and defeatism."