And welcome to JSA Fast Forward. I'm Jamie Scott-Okitaya, founder and CEO of JSA. And I'm Dean Perine, executive vice president at JSA. And thanks for joining us as we broadcast from the JSA TV newsroom live to LinkedIn and YouTube. That's right, we are live. That's right, live, live, live here on Fast Forward. We are bringing you the latest month's headlines from the world of tech, telecom, and data centers straight from JSA's own Telecom News Now blog. And September was such a busy and exciting month with lots of great industry events, right, Jay? So busy, so crazy. Yes, yes, yes, it sure was. There was BCE Global hosting, their big webinar on global connectivity, BCE Global. Very well received, of course. There was also the TMT M&A forum and I know DF&I CEO Scott Bergs, he was great speaker there. Sounds like it went really well from all the feedback we're getting. So great job there guys. Yep, if I know Scott and I do, he did an excellent job. So and of course there was a data cloud USA in Austin, Texas which was heavily covered by our very own JSA team and JSA TV. Our friends at Scala were the exclusive sustainability partners at the show highlighting their dedication to environmentally responsible practices. Love them, love that. Yes, yes, yes. And at Data Cloud USA, one of the sessions I heard really so well spoken about afterwards was DC Bytes new managing director Colby Cox presenting on a case study in collaboration with Prime Data Center. So of course those two great logos, DC Bytes, Prime together, love it. Sounds like it was a total hit from what I'm hearing. Outstanding and don't forget Data Cloud ESG in Oslo, Norway. JSA was there of course, hearing from all of the industry experts and huge shout out to our very own Emily who has never done JSA TV before. However, you would never have known it. Is that right, Jeng? Yeah, that's right. Emily was studying with her great grace as a JSA TV newly minted host. She did a great job alongside of course, industry pro and our own veteran, Candice. So yeah, unbelievable, unbelievable job. Also, just like Data Cloud USA, JSA was also very active at Data Cloud ESG with live interviews from the floor like we were talking about. Also, if you missed those video interviews from either show Candice or Ms. Emily, go ahead and check it out on demand at the JSA TV YouTube channel. Absolutely and there are so many great interviews from both shows with some interesting thought leaders from across the industry and across the world really. Yeah. So with that, Jay, are you ready to jump into the headlines for September? I am, but with a little caveat, a little warning folks. We should warn you that the audience of this edition, get ready, buckle down, fast forward. This particular show will be the ultimate dad joke event of the year. So I don't know that there's enough warning for this one today, Jamie, but you heard it from Jay. This is a warning. Today as we make our way through the industry stories of the month, we'll also be competing for who can make the most excruciating pun. Yeah, we are aiming for maximum eye roll, guys. This is it.  We have a good factor going on here. So anyway, I can't wait. Let's go ahead and jump in to the industry stories, Jay. It's all yours. All right, I'm up. Let's start with Edge Connects. Of course, phenomenal client, phenomenal company, and maybe one of the biggest news makers of the month for September with three big announcements. We just heard great news after great news from them. First off, they achieved a significant sustainability milestone by powering all its global data centers and there's a lot of them with 100% renewable energy. So, amazing. And to achieve that, they had to use AI to assess workloads, predict weather patterns for optimal energy source selection, and maximize energy efficiency during off-peak hours. Very impressive. Love it. I bet you absolutely love that bit of news, don't you? Yes, yes, yes, yes. All right, next, Edge Connects successfully executed a $403 million deal to expand its Jakarta data center footprint. This expansion will provide even more extensive fiber, power density, interconnectivity, and global peering options. So congratulations on that one in Jakarta. Unbelievable. And finally, I told you the threes here. Edge Connects announcing they are entering the Malaysian market with stands for data centers in Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Jalil, and Cyber Jaya offering nearly 300 megawatts of capacity. These locations will provide customers with scalable high power designs to support Malaysia's growing digital economy. Oh, that is some big news from our friends there at Edge Connects. Way to go, Edge Connects team. I would say, you know, they've been busy as a bee, but even maybe they've been busy as a bee-to-bee. Get it? Oh, no. All right, Jen, you're starting off strong. Great job. Thanks. All right, I hope that primes our audience for what's to come. Did I mention dad joke alert? Okay, get ready, folks. Here we go. There's a big rebrand to announce as Precision Optical Transceivers is now Precision Optical Technologies. The chain reflects their expanding their services to offer a full suite of optical networking solutions and network design services. They have also unveiled a new corporate logo and updated website to showcase their extended product offerings. With the new name like Precision Optical Technologies, they're really getting the upper brand. Oh, okay, I see what you're doing here there. Yeah, and by the way, Precision Optical Technologies, you're looking good. I love the new brand. And there's more news from Precision this month too, as they unveiled their new end-to-end passive optical network access solution called OpenPath, poised to transform PON networks for multiple system operators and service providers by offering ease, flexibility, efficiency for broadband services. Love that. And oh, by the way, guys, with all the speed on a passive optical network, maybe we should start calling it active optical network. Oh, okay, I'm gonna move on. Not even bad, bad technology, bad, yeah, bad joke. Okay, go ahead. Burtec announced a new partnership this month. Burtec, a managed security service provider and telecoms operations service provider, has partnered with Halcyon, a cutting edge cyber resilience platform designed to combat ransomware. Their collaboration will provide robust cyber security protection against a rising threat of ransomware for all of Burtec's clients. You might say that they just up their security clearance. Oh, security clearance. Yeah, okay, I get it. All right, all right, continuing with partnership news. ConnectBase has deepened its partnership with Horizon, a facilities-based fiber optic broadband service provider. This extended collaboration, remember just ConnectBase, ConnectBase is right away near net analysis to empower Horizon with automation, enhanced efficiency and the ability to make informed decisions about network expansion and serviceable areas. You could say ConnectBase is exploring new horizons. Just kidding, it's just getting sick. This is so bad, this is so bad. Any comments that we're getting in and it was like, boo, stop. Perfect, bring them on, see if we care. You know what also I love about that news, Jay, is both ConnectBase and Horizon are JSA clients. So anytime we get a merging of two clients in the same bit of news, you gotta love it, right? You got a lot of collaboration going on. A lot of collaboration going on. Okay, AwareX, the leader in digital customer experience solutions for Telecos unveiled a new project at Digital Transformation World, that's DTW. In Denmark this month, it was part of the TM forums catalyst program, very prestigious program and was titled B2B Employee Digital Engagement Drives Lifetime Value, all about enhancing customer lifetime value for telecom companies, partners and champions in the project. And in the project, it was also, there were a number of other players that contributed in the project. You may have heard of some of them. Go to Transverse, Cloudville, AT&T, we've heard of them and Sri Lanka Telecom with this flashy new project. Maybe AwareX is looking more like Flarex. You know what? That was my favorite one. Oh, that says a lot about this guy. All right, anyways, in hiring news, family and friends, DartPoints appointed a new CFO, naming Angelica Torres to the position. Yay, Angelica, as CFO Torres will oversee all financial aspects of DartPoints operations, including financial planning analysis, budgeting and risk management. With this hiring, you might say DartPoints hits a bullseye. Okay, that one I like, that one. That was brilliant, that one is perfect. Excellent, a bullseye indeed. In other hiring news, SAS company, EchoSense, named Kope Davis as director of US channels. Davis has had an impressive 17 year career in data center management, working for industry leaders like Schneider Electric, we know them very well, and RF code with this hiring, Davis sure makes a lot of EchoSense. Oh, okay, I like that one. I feel like we're getting better. Okay, sticking with hiring news, Stream data centers added a new SVP of global accounts and platform strategy, Jose Ruiz. In this newly created role, Jose will be in charge of improving customer experience while enhancing customer engagement. Here's to wishing Jose a steady stream of success. Excellent, okay. In still more hiring news, China Telecom do Brazil, the Brazilian subsidiary of China Telecom Americas, made a key hire this month. They appointed Dennis Montaleon, and am I saying that, is it Montaleon or Montaleon AJ? You know Montaleon AJ. No, I don't. I'm gonna go with Montaleon. Dennis Montaleon as their new general manager. It's another sign that the company is serious about investing in Brazil's IT technology, solutions, as we know that market can be a real tough Brazil nut to crack. I mean, I was waiting for it. I was cringing in anticipation. My timing was all off on that one. No, Brazil nut to crack. I mean, yeah. Okay. In publishing news, Element Critical released a new e-book called Unlocking the Transformative Power of the Hybrid Data Center Model. It looks like it's shaping up to be a really valuable resource for guiding businesses through their approach to hybrid data center implementation and digital transformations with steps, checklists and tips. I love interactive stuff. So that's awesome. And it sounds like the folks at Element Critical are really doing things by the e-book. That was great delivery, Jay. I really need to read the script for that. It was a great e-book. It was about an e-book. I get it. That's perfect. Meanwhile, instead of hiring, Zenlayer made a shuffle with their leadership structure by announcing a new role in the organization. They unveiled the creation of vice president of customer experience and have appointed Jeff Geyser to the position in the new role. Geyser will take on the crucial job of elevating Zenlayer's technical capabilities. With this move, I think Zenlayer is doing what it takes to be ever more of a Zen player in the industry. All right, that one is good. Zenlayer, Zen player, okay, I can fill that one. All right, in awards news team, we're moving over to Salt Lake City-based Nova Data Centers. They have earned several awards for its innovative work in the data center industry of these guys. They have racked about this includes fast companies, innovation by design award for their water-free cooling system of that, business intelligent group sustainability hero of the year for CEO West Swenson, nomination for the global carrier awards, best data center edge service innovation and a nomination for the Las Vegas global economic alliance innovation award for their sustainable practices and new North Las Vegas data center project. What? With all these achievements, the Nova is turning into real supernova. Supernova, I love it. Okay, there was more partnership news to announce this month with Virtec Corporation and Cyte Tech Services forming a new partnership in IT and cybersecurity services. This collaboration combines Virtec cybersecurity expertise with Cyte Tech services managed IT and cloud services, providing tailored solutions for auto dealerships to navigate security, cloud compliance and regulatory challenges. A new deal to help car dealerships. You gotta think that one is going to be automatic success. Oh, I like that one. That was good, that was good. All right, in merger and acquisition news, Archtop Fiber has closed its deal to acquire G-Tel which provides voice, video and internet services in upstate New York. This means Archtop will provide telecommunication services like multi-gig, 100% fiber internet and phone in more than five townships in New York's Southern Columbia County. So, you know, when it comes to telecom services, Archtop is certainly not an inquired taste. Acquired. No, no, no. I mean, that's it, all the major headlines from the very, very busy September and a very, very busy Friday for J&I as well. How do you think we did our puns, Jay? I mean, I think we did our dads proud with the amount of dad jokes that we were able to smush in there. Yeah, no, I agree. I think next month we will try our hand at impersonations. What do you think? No, but I think only our dads are watching at this point. If they are, my dad is probably trying to figure out how to actually send me a message right now. How do you turn it off? Turn it off. They're texting my mom or something like that. Anyway, speaking of next month, looking ahead, there is a full slate of great events in October, there's a channel Connect in Orlando and the SIM Boston Technology Leadership Summit. I know our friends from Light Path will be attending both of those events. So hook up with Light Path if you're going to be attending the Connect in Orlando or the SIM Boston events.  There's Infrastructure Summit in Toronto. We love those guys, good job there. Followed by the Encompass Show in Tampa, Florida, of course, and then Data Center World Asia in Singapore and the big event of course on everyone's minds, Capacity Europe and London. So JSA on the floor for all of these exciting conferences. Not sure how we're doing it, but I'm so proud of us. So make sure you please do stuff by and say hi. Yep, at JSA we are always out and about and we're looking forward to another great month in the world of telecom and data centers. As always guys, happy networking. And happy punning.


For three days, these women have been done operating on ways to resolve some issues jammain to the growth and advancement of the gender. The representative of the governor of Bono state delivered a speech on the theme of the conference tagged spring forth stand out. There is the need for collective action by men, women and youth in addressing existing barriers. This can generate more innovative and effective outcomes. Young women need to be seen as partners in governance and development. And for that to happen, three things must be done. One, change men's negative beliefs and attitude towards young women. Social cultural hurdles was identified as one of the issues preventing women's increased participation in governance and development. These hurdles undermine women's ability to fully contribute to societal development which is excavated by poverty and lack of skills and formal education in our communities. We must strive hard to improve the situation of young women in Lagos and Nigeria by collaborating with well-meaning individuals, groups and organizations. We must therefore recognize community leadership and civic engagement skills as essential tools that will enable young women to participate in governance and development. In her remarks, Chairman of Kaosu, Dr Ibidyukesawun Lu challenged women to speak out against insecurity and poverty in the country. She spoke alongside the deputy governor of Lagos state, Babafemi Hamzat. We were told yesterday we have over 261 borders. We have 137 of these borders that are porous. It's like this room, the front door is closed, but the back door is open. If you are a wife of any of our security personnel in this hall, if you are a wife of any of the customs officers' immigration in this hall, it is time for us to lend our voice out there to ensure that whatever is being said in this hall is passed down to our spouses to ensure that this country is safe, to ensure that poverty is eradicated. It is only when poverty is eradicated is only when there is security in the country that people want to come to Nigeria to come and invest. Let's go out there and vote for Ashwajubola Mete. And I will tell you why. We said we are a nation of history. Part of our problem as a nation is that we have forgotten our history. Is that we have westernized ourselves. Is that we have broken our developmental trend. How do we bring it back? So we must bring it back by allowing people who have precedents to do the work. The highlight of the closing ceremony captured customs awards to the seven women who have distinguished themselves in their chosen career Fumi Iyonda, a veteran TV personality who was an awardee. Love you Kuku Uyidukun, plus TV news.


I'm very happy to be talking to Yaroslav Ponda. Now he is a strategy and policy advisor for corporate strategy division at the ITU and you're very much involved with the WISES process. This is a crucial moment, isn't it? Because this is the point where we decide whether the process will continue. Yes indeed. The WISES Forum in 2013 is the unique opportunity to interact with the all stakeholders in order to understand what is needed for the WISES and if the WISES process should continue beyond 2015. It's very important to see if during the last ten years some new emerging trends arrived which have to be captured and have to be addressed at the global level. For the time being we are working very hard with the all stakeholders on the implementation of the WISES outcomes. There is visible progress which has been achieved so far and we are proud to see that the commitment is still alive. This week we held the ministerial round table with the participation of more than 50 ministers where the message was very clear. We need WISES to continue. There is plenty of the work which still remains not answered and there is plenty of the new challenges which are coming on our agenda and we need the political endorsement in order to keep the ICTs on the top of the agenda. So what decisions need to be taken to ensure that it does continue? For sure we are waiting the General Assembly to decide on the modalities of the overall review. The overall review according to the Tunis outcomes should take place by the end of 2015. Nevertheless the preparatory work has to start immediately. We can't wait and to await the decisions while thinking what would be the best for the process. During that week we observed the tremendous commitment towards the implementation and towards addressing the new challenges which are addressing every citizen of this globe and we can't let the time is passing. So for now what we are trying to build here during that week is the multi-stakeholder consensus on the series of the challenges which are addressed and identified by the bottom of the pyramid and those who are working on the grassroots level and those who are working in order to transform the information society into the knowledge society that they can with full confidence come to their countries and say yes we continue, we have something to be addressed in the future and we have the future. And for us it's very important because we are talking about the future of our next generations and they will make us accountable for this if we are really addressing this what will influence their socio-economic development at the country, regional and international level. Jaroslaw Pondeth, thank you very much. Thank you very much.


Hey, everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sosby. Enjoyed today by Megan Nunez, a fandal who's here to give you her best bets for week number seven. What's going on, Megan? Not a whole lot. Just trying to find some winners. You've been really good thus far. So let's keep it rolling. And let's begin in Houston, when the Green Bay Packers are taking on the Houston Texans. Packers coming off a devastating loss to Top of Brady. And while the Houston Texans are coming off just as devastating a loss to Mike Rabel and the Tennessee Titans, the Packers are in Houston and are three and a half point favorites. And you're riding with Aaron Rodgers. How come you like the road favorites here in this one? All right, so I would say that most teams need the bye week, but with that Packers team, they were so hot and they were clicking. I really think that bye week just threw an entire wrench into last week. And again, they went down to Top of Bay and just got absolutely waxed by Tom Brady. I think this is a road to redemption down in Houston. Again, as you said, Houston coming off an absolutely devastating loss in overtime. I don't think Aaron Rodgers loses again. I think that he's going to go down there. He's going to show why he is an elite quarterback. This Houston Texans team, I just don't think they're built for elite teams. So yeah, I'm taking Aaron Rodgers in a kind of get right spot here after being embarrassed by Tom Brady and taking them with the three and a half at Houston. Texans played well in that division match up against Tennessee. They should have won, but they couldn't get that one last fourth down and that gave Tennessee the only shot that they needed. Derek Henry took it to them. I expect Aaron Jones will as well. Aaron Rodgers, Demonte Adams, both healthy Packers in a good spot, laying three and a half in Houston. Speaking about laying three and a half as a road team, let's get the Seattle Seahawks who are laying three and a half in Arizona, a divisional match up here. Arizona is coming off a absolute thrashing on the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night, but it's a short week here for Arizona. They are home. They're taking on the Seahawks coming off a bye. He talked about teams that didn't necessarily need a bye. That was the Seahawks as well who are arguably the best team in the NFL. So yeah, as you said, everyone just watched Kyler Murray and that offense absolutely waxed the Cowboys last week, but we're not the only ones who watched it. The bookmakers saw it too. And I think there is a little bit of recency bias cooked into this number. The Seahawks were 5-0 going into that bye week. But as I did mention, bye weeks aren't always the greatest thing. But for this particular team, I think it's the best thing because they needed that extra week to prepare for that high powered offense. I feel like you and I have talked a lot about letting Russ cook. And almost every time that we've talked, he's covered. So I'm taking Mr. Unlimited. I'm letting Russ cook again. I'm taking Russell Wilson laying the three and a half on the road against this Arizona team. Arizona is good, but I don't think they're really as good as they showed on Monday night. They faced a historically terrible Dallas defense. And riding that wave for the Arizona Cardinals against Seattle, it's dangerous. I think the Seahawks bring Arizona back down to Earth here on Sunday, and they cover those three and a half points. So last week, you chose the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night football against San Francisco. And the Rams were riding destroying the NFC East. They went 4-0 against the NFC East. They faced the Division Rivals and Niners. And it didn't go nearly as well. So this week, the Rams are on Monday night football. And they're at home and they're facing off against the Chicago Bears. The Bears, to my knowledge, do not play in the NFC East. And you're going with them this time. Going against the Rams. Rams are 5 and 1 half point favorites here. It seems like a big number. While the Chicago Bears have a good record and 5 and 1 half point dogs against the Rams team that was probably a little overrated last week, seems like a good spot for Chicago. I agree. I think the Chicago team is the strangest 5-in-1 team I've ever seen. I don't think that they believe that they're 5-in-1. And regardless of how bad they've looked with those wins, they're still 4-in-2 against the spread. As you said, I took the Rams last week. I think almost everyone did, besides the real sharp guys. And we all got absolutely burned. But I can't shy away from the fact that all four of these Rams wins, as you said, were against NFC East opponents. And while this Rams team is, I think, so good, are the opponents that good. Because now even that loss to the Bills is starting to look a little suspect. So I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to take the points here. I did think the line was going to open around 2 and 1 half or 3 as soon as I saw 5 and 1 half. I jumped on the Bears. I think we're going to get that BD in energy on a Monday night. I like the Bears to cover the 5 and 1 half, plus 5 and 1 half, of course. At 5-in-1, the Bears are 5 and 1 half point underdogs here against the Rams. I get it. Bears may not be as good as that 5-in-1 record indicates. But 5 and 1 half points against the Rams team that can only beat the NFC East, it just seems like a lot for me. Chicago, plus 5 and 1 half Monday night football, you have to ride that BD and energy. There you have it. Those are the best bets for week number seven. Megan, we appreciate your time. Good luck this week. Thank you so much. I appreciate y'all as always. And good luck to everyone as well. All right, tomorrow on the programs, Becky will join me and I'll give us the value picks to go along with his studs from yesterday as we round out our DFS rosters. From Megan Unies, I'm Greg Sosman. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you back here tomorrow for another edition of the FanDuel Hurry Up.


Hi everyone, Sean with jaspyscasebreaks.com here doing a 2019-2020 Don Russ fat pack random team number six where we're giving away the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Sacramento Kings in a six box Pick your team number 10 break of contenders basketball 2020-2021 So 30 spots in the break everyone gets a random team in the NBA No vet common ship from the pack at the end of the break will take all 30 customers names randomize them Number one on the randomizer gets the Timberwolves number two gets the Kings So you'll see that right here on spreadsheet number two So we're gonna randomize all the customers names after we do the pack break Paste that here number one's obviously to get the Timberwolves number two is gonna get the Kings Here's the regular list where we're gonna put the break itself And here is our customer list from Brian Watford down to last spot mojo Oliver Soria And the teams from the Hawks down to the Wizards dice for a randomized both lists and pair them up Separate dice roll separate randomizer after the pack break to give away those two spots One of the two three times on the pack itself There you go, Joe There's your Jalen Hertz collector there three times on the randomizer and three times on the teams Three times so three times on the teams three times on the customers three times of the dice We're not gonna read through the full list Since this is a filler pack And no trade window either, but we'll go through some of the highlights since this is 1920 Let's check it out RJ Barrett Andy Den opportunities for the Knicks Rui Hachimura, Brian Watford for the Wizards Jammer, I'm sorry Zion Williamson for the Pelicans and Jonathan Griffin You've got Memphis Grizzlies, John Morant and David Callender and there you go Cool, so let's print this out so Earlier tonight when I was doing a filler pack for opulence basketball Which was a hobby pack of Don Russ 2020-2021 Joe Had already set aside a pack for this break for this filler pack this Don Russ fat pack 2019-2020 Me being a dumb I grabbed this not even looking to double-check because he'd already set this aside for this break And I'd opened it as soon as I opened it I saw the front card and I realized it was a different design So we didn't even go through the cards you guys can go back and look at that break But they're in that break We just put it in a team bag and sealed it and put my initials on it So this is the pack we're actually using for the break. You can see sealed SC on there Yeah, Kobe white great expectations for the bowls, which is David Callender Here's that final list done goofed like Adam says And Chris Dunn also for the bowls David Callender Really hot to mirror for the wizards Brian Wofford RJ Barrett for the Knicks Andy Den and there you go. So that's the pack break itself now. Let's pop back over here to the randomizer right Here is the original customer list So from Brian back down to Oliver Soria last spot mojo Here is that spreadsheet that we're gonna copy and paste the list onto Number one gets the Timberwolves two gets the Kings three through 30. Thank you very much for getting in Hopefully I can do better for you next time. So dice roll top two after four and two six times so one Two six and final time. Okay, so from three down to 30. Thank you guys very much for getting on the break Hopefully I can do better for you on a future filler, but special congratulations and thank you spot three. Sorry David But congrats to David and Oliver. There you go Six times on the randomizer Six times in the dice last spot mojo strikes again That was 2019-2020 Don Russ Fat Pack random team number six from jaspyscasebreaks.com. I'm Sean jaspyscasebreaks.com Thanks for hanging out. We'll see you next time


Fairly data, what is this? This is better than ice cream. It's me getting back to a 2020 design and wrapping it up. This is the Zed F9R Rev3 firmware from Ublox. This is a real-time kinematics board so it does high precision GPS, like we're talking about centimeters here, much better than the couple feet or couple meters of standard GPS. It's a little bit more expensive though. This is a cool module. Check out that huge ground plane underneath. I actually started this about September 2020 and that shield design and it was actually pretty much ready to go where I ordered PCBs and then boom I couldn't get parts but now look I have a whole wheel of 10 or cut tape of 10.  I also got these cool GPS modules, the M8Q and M10Q from Ublox. So they're going to be Ublox party up in here.


Most of the pictures in this documentary were photographed by communist cameramen as the actual events were taking place. Communist narrators interpret some of the scenes. The words of the communist leaders are their own. In the traditional motion picture story, the villains are usually defeated, the ending is a happy one. I can make no such promise for the picture you're about to watch. The story isn't over. You and the audience are part of the conflict.  What has happened so far, what is happening now is far from encouraging.  Four out of every ten of the world's population are oppressed. And the conspiracy that is communism is stronger, more determined than ever, growing in the image of its leaders. Nikita Khrushchev says, In this world today, there's a fierce struggle of two ideologies, the communist and the capitalist. And in this struggle, there can be no neutrals.  We will bury you. Mao Tse-Tung says, Coexistence with capitalism is impossible. Warfare with these forces is inevitable. Fidel Castro says, Socialism, communism is a world reality today. There is no halfway between communism and capitalism. Their target is us, our institutions, our religions, our families, our children.  Sick in body and spirit. He once said the capitalist will pay for my carbuncles. We have. Karl Marx believed that capitalism, as he saw it in the 19th century, was stagnating, beginning to decay. And that communism was predestined to replace it, starting with the highly industrialized nations like Germany. That was just one of his many mistakes. Actually, it took the misery, the disillusionment, and the slaughter of World War I to bring the first communist regime into power, not in Germany, but where Marx least expected it, Russia. In 1917, Europe is entering its fourth year of war. Karl Marx has been dead for 34 years, but one of his most fanatic disciples, the Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Lenin, is in exile in Switzerland with 13 devoted followers. On the eastern front between Germany and Russia, within the once proud Tsarist armies, corruption, hunger, and enormous casualties have taken their toll. Rioting flares in Petrograd where the people demand bread. Imperial Russia dies as Tsar Nicholas abdicates in March. His future? Soviet bullets and an unmarked grave. In Germany, grasping for victory in the east field marshal Paul von Hindenburg, spirits Lenin across Germany in a sealed freight car. Lenin arrives in Petrograd in April and prays in the poverty, ignorance, and desperation of the people. He promises them land and peace, independence for non-Russian peoples, and a red heaven on earth. In July, he leads an uprising against the provisional coalition government which fails. Alexander Kerensky becomes the new premier. On November 7th, October 25th by the old Russian calendar, troops of the demoralized army and navy under number two Bolshevik Leon Trotsky seize the Winter Palace and destroy the coalition governor. Kerensky escapes. Lenin controls Russia. The Bolsheviks change their name to communists. All opposition is ruthlessly suppressed. It is immediately apparent that the dictatorship of the proletariat, the working people, which Lenin had promised is a myth. The dictatorship is that of the Communist Party under its chairman. Lenin makes a humiliating peace with Germany to gain time to establish his regime. First, he creates a terrible weapon against counter-revolution, secret police battalions, and then builds a new war machine under the guidance of Commissar of War Leon Trotsky. Lenin makes it clear that his brand of communism requires an absolute dictatorship. Chief of the Petrograd Soviet, Grigory Zinoviev, soon to become the first president of the Comintern, the Communist International, predicts the future developments of the world revolution will proceed at the same pace as the march of our Red Army. Lenin prophesies, communism side by side with capitalism for a long time is unthinkable. One nor the other must triumph in the end, and before that end comes, a series of frightful collisions between Soviet Union and capitalist states will be inevitable. By the summer of 1922, Lenin suffered a stroke, Russia a catastrophe. With private property abolished, factories are idle, communications chaotic, farmland fallow, Bolshevik hopes are dying in squalor and misery. When under the direction of Herbert Hoover on the left, $60 million worth of food from the United States arrives to feed the starving Russian peasants. This act and Lenin's return to limited free enterprise saves the Soviet state. Exercising power for the ailing Lenin, Arzinoviev and Lev Kamenev forefront on the podium. In the background, the shadowy new secretary of the Communist Party, Joseph Stalin is still relatively unknown. January 24, 1924, Vladimir Lenin, who vowed to destroy the free world is dead and assorted struggle for power begins. Scheming to destroy the image of Trotsky as Lenin's successor, the triumvirate Zinoviev, Kamenev and Stalin telegraph Trotsky on his way to Sukim, a health resort. The funeral takes place on Saturday. You will not be able to return on time. The Politburo thinks that because of the state of your health, you must proceed to Sukim. The funeral actually takes place on Sunday. Trotsky proceeds to Sukim. Stalin proceeds to power. Using his position of party secretary to staff key positions with his henchmen. He rids himself of his opposition, Trotsky, who is exiled to Turkestan, then with his family to Turkey and finally to Mexico. His son Sadov is later to be poisoned by the Soviet secret police. It is again apparent that communism requires an absolute dictatorship to survive. The dictator, Joseph Stalin, and he builds a cult of personality probably unrivaled in history by anyone except Adolf Hitler. Stalin creates an image of himself as a demigod, a man of the people, the source of all goodness, all wisdom, all love. Watching the proceedings are Stalin's underlings, Gregorio Ordzonykidze, Anastas Mikoyan, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Lazar Kaganovich. Stalin is pictured as Lenin's closest disciple, the revolution's greatest general, communism's most profound thinker, the great educator. The communist narrator says, Creators, lorry drivers, hydromechanizers, and others are studying the economic laws discovered and substantiated by Joseph Stalin. The guardian of hearth and hope, a hero for children to worship. Stalin is very much aware of one of communism's primary objectives, to capture the minds and hearts of the young. Now he gives great attention to the Komsomol, the young communist league, whose aim is to link every step in the training and education of youth to the class struggle. The victory over the non-communist people of the earth. Now the world begins to learn the truth about communism. Family ties are discouraged, the state is supreme. Translation, religion is the opiate of the people. Religious satires are staged throughout the Soviet Union. Atheism continues to be the official state doctrine. Communism instructs its people, never forget the clergy are the greatest enemies of the Soviet state. If you are not a convinced atheist, you cannot be a good communist and Soviet citizen. Atheism is inseparable from communism. Both of these ideals form the foundation of Soviet power. Teachers find that 40% of their course is made up of indoctrination studies. Indoctrinators are guided by Lenin's instruction, we must hate. Hatred is the basis of communism. Children must be taught to hate their parents if these are not communists. For sons of the new class, military training begins early. Communism believes that it's struggle to win the world will be a violent one. In 1928, Stalin puts Trotsky's five-year industrialization plan into effect as his own. He initiates a series of so-called judicial trials that will last for ten years, providing scapegoats for his many failures. And he begins the forced collectivization of agriculture. Stalin declares the Kulak, the independent farmer and enemy of the state. Whole villages are uprooted. Six million farmers are liquidated. 25 million farms erased. The most violent social upheaval in history is Stalin forces the peasant population into huge collectives. Food production declines and once again is in Lenin's time. Starvation is the diet of communism. Freight cars are used for housing. Stalin makes slavery an essential part of the communist economy. Here, digging the vulgar Don Canal are farmers, religious leaders and inconvenient minorities. Stalin establishes his own secret police force and slave labor camps are set up all over the Soviet Union. 125 camps, 10 million slaves. On the backs of his slaves, Stalin builds an industrial Russia geared for conflict with the West. 1934, Stalin plots to liquidate his opposition within the party. He confides to his friends to choose the victim, to prepare the blow with care, to satisfy an implacable vengeance and then go to bed. There is nothing sweeter in the world. On the right is Sergei Kirov. Stalin uses the assassination of Kirov as the excuse for the great purges which claim thousands of lives. The first to go, Lenin's close associates. Zinoviev executed. Kamenev executed. Radik executed. Piatakov executed. Leon Trotsky comments from Mexico. There are no crimes in history more terrible in intention or execution than the Moscow trials of Zinoviev Kamenev and Radik Petakov. What is now my principal task? To reveal the truth? To show them to demonstrate that the true criminals hide under the clock of the accusers. What will be the next step in his direction? The creation of an American, an European and subsequent also an international commission of inquiry. Composed of people who incontestably enjoy authority and public confidence. Trotsky's future? Assassination. In the Kremlin, the planned murders continue. The cream of the officer corps condemned without witnesses or defense and shot within 48 hours. Literary giant Maxine Gorky dies under mysterious circumstances. One of those benefiting most from the purges is Nikita Khrushchev. Now First Secretary of the Moscow Party Organization. He proclaims, they, the wormy trash, the Trotskyites, they raised their criminal hands against Stalin. Hail the greatest genius of mankind who leads us victoriously toward communism, our own Stalin. Apparently based on Kirov's reform project, the Stalin Constitution of 1936 provides for universal suffrage and direct election to the Supreme Soviet. In theory, the legislative branch of the Soviet government. In practice, it is actually a rubber-stamped cheering section for Stalin. As for the election, there's only one set of candidates, those nominated by the Communist Party. Voting with Premier Stalin are Minister of State Security, Secret Police, Nikolai Yezhov, Minister of War, Clement Voroshilov and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vyacheslav Molotov. By himself, Nikita Khrushchev. Everyone everywhere is ordered to vote. The penalties for failure to vote are severe. They involve loss of work, loss of social position or imprisonment in a slave labor camp. Supposedly, 99% of the people cast their ballots for the one-party ticket. Stalin announces that socialism has been attained in the USSR. Actually, the government has become everyone's boss. Workers are forbidden to strike. Agriculture is finally collectivized. By 1939, through the tactic of united and popular fronts, the communist conspiracy is truly worldwide. In the United States, a well-financed communist apparatus insinuates its way into American life. Through the Communist International based in Moscow, Stalin controls the activities of communists everywhere. He establishes a network of spies to steal for communist misuse the fruit produced under the system of free men. In Paris, communists maneuver their way into the French government. Posing as enemies of fascism, the Reds are able to gain many converts. In Yenon, China, Mao Zedong is firmly established in the North and awaits his opportunity to take over the whole country. In Moscow, instead of the withering away of the state promised by Karl Marx, the state has become a monster, wholly dependent for its power on the Red Army and secret police. Despite the 20-odd years of Soviet brutality, the objective of the Marxist Communist Manifesto of the World Revolution has not occurred. And Stalin still waits for the chance to spill communism over the borders of the Soviet Union. His opportunity comes with the rise of a rival tyranny in Nazi Germany. In early 1939, the British and French negotiated in Moscow for a mutual defense pact against Hitler. Stalin instructs his subordinates, words have no relation to action. Otherwise, what kind of diplomacy is it? Words are one thing, actions another.  Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron. Even as the fruitless talks continue, Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbendrop arrives in Moscow to discuss with Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvanov a non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin. On August 23, 1939, the tyrants are united. Hitler is free to strike. So is Stalin. September 1st, Germany attacks Poland. Two days later, Britain and France declare war but are powerless to help the Gallant Poles. The end comes quickly. But not before the Red Army has invaded the hapless country from the east. Communism has at last advanced outside the Soviet Union and quickly provides the world with a sample of its tactics in occupied territory. Tens of thousands of prisoners are deported as slavery in Soviet Siberia. As the Polish people suffer, the red propaganda machine goes to work. A large building from the hapless Red Army has protected us from anything. It did not threaten to leave my father, my wife, my children. Orlov flew to our land and protected us. The new Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party, Khrushchev, and Marshal Semen Timbushenko take over. Meanwhile, Soviet firing squads are busy. In the Katyn Forest, some 10,000 Polish officers and intellectual leaders are slaughtered by the Communists and buried in mass graves. The atrocities in our film are not pleasant. But the world must be reminded again and again of the inhumanity to man that is Communism and was Nazism. After years of vicious attacks on Hitlerism as the scourge of mankind, Stalin now declares, it cannot be denied that it was France and Britain who attacked Germany, thus assuming responsibility for the present war. Molotov is a frequent visitor to Berlin, appeasing Hitler with food and supplies, declaring it is criminal to wage a war against Hitlerism, camouflaged as a fight for democracy. Taking advantage of the pact with Hitler, Russia begins a series of systematic attacks on its tiny neighbors. Finland is invaded on November 30, 1939. At first, the heroic Finns repulse the Red Army, weakened by Stalin's purge of its top officers. Later, greatly outnumbered, Finnish forces lose the Karelian Isthmus to the Soviet Union. 400,000 refugees unwilling to be liberated flee their homes, moving their possessions by every possible means. Next, the Baltic states. Non-aggression packs notwithstanding, a Russian ultimatum to Latvia opens the border to Red troops. And hordes of so-called technicians, in reality trained in Moscow agents. From Moscow comes Andrei Vyshinsky to appoint a puppet government with August Kirchenstein as Prime Minister. Banners and signs prepared by subversives demand admittance of Latvia into the Soviet Union. Johannes Spuray of the Latvian Communist Party makes the formal request. There are no opposing votes. To the Kremlin goes Premier Kirchenstein, petitioning for admission into the Soviet Union. With Stalin are Khrushchev, Molotov, Nikoyan and Kaganovich. Back in Latvia, behind the parades and banners, oppression. The communists have a technique for subversion outlined for every nation, for every class, for every type of political situation. Here is a blueprint for communist conquest. First, the propaganda machine goes into action. Business is nationalized. And all assets become the property of the state. Down to the last nut and bolt. This woman worked a lifetime to save 4,000 Latvian dollars. 3,000 of it is now the property of the party. And so is a month's pay from every worker. Time is taken out to sign the pledges. Farmers must join collectives in order to survive. The jails are opened, allegedly for political prisoners. But convicted felons become the new police force. Translation, criminal album. Anna's Yanis, 11 sentences for felonies released from prison June 21st, becomes inspector of police. Yanis Businski's professional thief, serving 3 years and 6 months, is made chief of the Red Guard. Sipa Gutmanis, a felon, serving 3 years and 6 months, moves up to prefect of the 2nd police district. August Kalman's burglar, serving 2 years and 1 month, was promoted to chief of police of Dogopil. Matisse Botanicus, thief, serving 2 years and 1 month, is the new chief of police of Leopayan. The new constitution from Moscow guarantees freedom from unreasonable arrest. Previously respected citizens now labeled of the people are herded into trains and deported to slave labor camps. While parents are persecuted, great care and attention is immediately focused on the children. A red scarf of communism is supposed to give the character representing the spirit of childhood control over the world. A true meaning of the red scarf of communism is evidenced by this list of 78 Latvians from all walks of life. The notation says, politically unreliable, shoot them to death. There are no trials, no appeals, a mass grave in the courtyard of the Riga city jail.  In Estonia and Lithuania, Molotov says, the nonsensical talk about the Sovietization of the Baltic countries is only to the interest of our common enemies. The words are one thing, actions another. Communist imperialism marches on. In Eastern Romania, Khrushchev and Commissar of Defense Timoshenko supervised the red takeover. May 1st, 1941, in Red Square, Marshal Timoshenko entertains officers of the Axis Powers. It begins to look as if Stalin and Hitler will divide the world. On June 22nd, frustrated by his inability to conquer England and not trusting Stalin, Hitler turns his forces on the Soviet Union. Because Stalin had feared to provoke the Germans, he ignored warnings of a Nazi buildup along his border. Caught completely by surprise, poorly led and lacking the will to fight, the Soviet armies are guessing. Conveniently ignoring his own treacherous acts, Stalin appeals to the West for aid. Weeks later, he justifies his pact with Hitler to the Russian people in this way. With such unruly people, as Hitler and Petrov, if they let the Soviet government make a mistake, Germany finally proposed to the government in 1939 to give up such a proposal. I think that not one of my favorite countries will give up the world relations with neighboring countries. If we have such a country, even such a war, neither in November, as Hitler or Petrov. Early days of the war, many Russians are confused as to exactly who the fiends and cannibals are. In village after village, the Germans are welcomed as liberators, freeing the Russians from the communist yoke. But then comes the incredible barbarism of the Nazi occupation troops. Some people have difficulty drawing a parallel between the brutality of Nazism and the brutality of communism. The victims have no such difficulty. These atrocities and Stalin's appeal to nationalism rather than to communism gives the Soviets a reason to resist, aided by some $11 billion worth of material from the United States. Stalin signs treaties to gain strength, first with the Polish government in exile represented by General Sikorski, then with the Czechoslovakian government in exile in the presence of his president, Benish. These are just two of the more than 200 treaties and international agreements, communist sign and break. General Sikorski with the Duke of Windsor representing Great Britain watching takes charge of the poles on Russian soil. General Zvoboda assumes command of the Czechoslovaks. As the war continues, Stalin becomes Uncle Joe, the faithful ally. With a straight face, he signs a summit agreement which states, we look to the day when all peoples may live free lives untouched by tyranny and according to their varying desires and their own consciences. But in Moscow, he has already established the Lublin Committee, dedicated to a communist Poland after the war. Soviet diplomacy, words are one thing, actions another. While the Russian soldier battles Hitler, his communist leaders fight against freedom. In 1944, they unaccountably halt the Red Advance a few miles from Warsaw, where Polish resistance forces have risen in rebellion against the Nazi occupation. Help us or we die, beg the patriots over the Warsaw radio. But the Red Army stands by, waiting for the future leaders of a free Poland, 200,000 of them to be massacred. And only then do the Reds move in. Stalin takes advantage of the change in the tide of war to satisfy his vengeance on seven of his minority nations whose members may have been disloyal to him. He directs a mass genocide resulting in over 11 million victims. For example, these Tannu Tuvinians, a proud and ancient people completely obliterated. Their very existence denied by the Soviet Union. When the war ends, the communists occupy all of Eastern Europe and one third of Germany. Stalin means to hold his gains. All Red occupied territories are ruthlessly plundered. The example of Mukden Manchuria where after six months of Red Liberation, 5,000 factories are stripped of machinery for removal to Russia. The truth behind Khrushchev's statement, we categorically refuse all that rests on loot, violence and occupation. Stalin again signs treaties, this one with Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese nationalist representative. As this scene is being enacted, Stalin is secretly supporting the communist leader Mao Tse-tung, Soviet diplomacy. Meanwhile, Special United States Ambassador George C. Marshall attempts to restore peace in China. He negotiates a truce between the nationalist government forces represented by General Chang Chun and the communist guerrillas represented by General Chow and Lai. Paper promises and the Reds gain valuable time to strengthen their forces. When Marshall leaves, Stalin is on a larger scale. By the end of 1949, China falls to the Reds, another 700 million people under communist control. Lenin once said, we shall reach Paris by way of Peking. During this time, 1945 to 49, Stalin has been beating the propaganda drums for disarmament. But his true policy is revealed in instructions given for the communist international apparatus. The disarmament policy and government must be utilized to support the only way toward abolition of war, arming the communists, overthrowing the capitalists, and establishing the communist dictatorship. Stalin's policy of a protracted conflict, the Cold War is becoming evident. With about 5 million Red Army troops and 2 million internal security police in East Europe, no one punishes Stalin as he consolidates his control by tearing up previous treaties with new ones with his puppets. Romania's Dr. Groza and Daesh. East Germany's Grotwald and Pieck. Yugoslavia's Tito. Albania's Huzza. In most communist parades and rallies, it's not unusual for the dove of peace to go hand in hand with the reality of war. Bulgaria's Dimitrov, formerly head of the communist international. Poland's Beirut. Hungary's Rakhushi, who speaks of Soviet generosity. Without the unremitting kind support of the Soviet Union, the Hungarian popular democracy and I may add all other popular democracies would never have been created. Czechoslovakia's Gotwald. The Czechoslovakian story. A good example of subversion in action. The great liberal statesman Edward Benish, after 7 years of wartime exile, is unanimously elected president of the second Czechoslovak Republic by the Constituent Assembly. But the communists, a militant handful forced the formation of a coalition government and proceeded to split and then wreck the opposition. To emerge the leading party in the cabinet under Premier Gotwald, a meeting of the communist-dominated general federation of labor is taking place. The Reds infiltrate the army and the trade unions. Gotwald denounces the anti-communist members of his cabinet. Zapototsky, chairman of the General Confederation of Labor, demands a general strike. The delegates vote. Two committee members have the courage to abstain. Work stops. Czechoslovakia is paralyzed. Freedom dies as Benish is forced to accept the resignation of the last anti-communist in the cabinet. And then he too resigns. Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk, a great patriot, still has illusions. It's up to us, the so-called little people, and I personally proudly claim membership in that great mass of thinking and working citizenry. Come along with us. Join us. Let's criticize together. Let's make suggestions together. Let's insist on being heard and actions are bound to follow. Truth shall conquer if we give it half a chance at the scene. Two weeks after the takeover of Czechoslovakia, Masaryk is dead. Allegedly a suicide. Benish, who also thought he could do business with the communist, dies soon afterward. To divert attention from his next move, Stalin orders violence in South America. In Bogota, Colombia, Dr. Orhei Gaetlin, Colombia's most popular political leader is murdered. Communist handbills printed in advance blamed the murder on the government. In 34 hours, 1,000 dead. 136 major buildings destroyed. The result of the communist incited riot. Unexpectedly, Stalin blocks Allied access routes to Berlin. The flood of refugees fleeing from communism embarrasses him. Stalin conveniently puts aside his solemn promise during World War II for free access to the city. This time, however, the United States stands firm. Thousands of tons of food and supplies enter Berlin every day. Stalin is made aware that interference means war. He backs down. The roads are reopened. Mount Saitung arrives in Moscow to participate in Stalin's 70th birthday celebration December 2nd, 1949. The new Moscow peaking axis poses an ever more ominous threat to the free world. The communist narrator translates, The most vital tasks at the present time are to fight the war mongers, strengthen good neighborly relations between the two great states, China and the Soviet Union, and thanks particularly to the correct international policy of Generalissimo Stalin. The presidium are leaders of the party and government, representatives of the various Soviet republics, and of the communists and workers parties abroad. Bruce Jeff proudly proclaims Stalin the genius leader, teacher, father of the nationalities, organizer, great collectivizer, creator of Soviet culture, careful gardener tenderly rearing the human beings in his charge. Nikolai Zvernick makes the introductory speech to his left are Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee and Lavrenty Beria, Stalin's Minister of Interior and State Security. Next to Stalin are Mount Saitung, Walter Obring, Deputy Prime Minister of East Germany, Nikita Khrushchev. In preparation for his next move, Stalin steps up the clamor for peace throughout the world. A rash of peace demonstrations breaks out. This is one of them. The communist narrator says on Berlin's Marks Engelsquare, the German youth demonstrate in defense of peace against the remilitarization of western Germany. The German youth is greeted by the delegates to the World Youth Festival, representing 101 countries. Among those marching are 35,000 young peace champions from western Germany who manage to get through Adenauer's police cordon. Two million persons take part in the procession. In the evening, there's a youth meeting on the square. The speech of greeting is made by Walter Ulbricht, Deputy Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic. Youth everywhere are brainwashed. The communist narrator continues. The artist buries Farokov's illustrations to Mayakovsky's verses about America. They lay bare the real nature of present-day America with its false democracy, lynch law, thirst for profits, and the brutalities committed by the militarists. These illustrations run the artist the Starling Price. It for us is a frontier, an ordinary frontier that separates one nation from another. His lovers ought to be together. But nothing can be done about it. The frontier. He can't reach his sweetheart's hand. The frontier's in the way. But see what's happening. The clowns are turning frontier posts into road markers. And now there's a road before us. If all the frontiers were turning to roads, they could be used to travel the world over. Yes, sir. Gay and noisy carnival fills the streets until the early hours of the morning. The people condemn the warmongers enemies of democracy. In Communist North Korea, a nightmare of national brainwashing is taking place. He supervises the work of a group of writers translating the classics of Russian literature and books on the Soviet Union. Among the first books he remarked for publication in the Korean language is a biography of General Lisimo Stalin. And in Moscow, North Korean leaders absorb Soviet techniques. The Korean people are unimpressed. Tens of thousands flee to the Democratic South. Korea becomes the Germany of the East. Stalin decides to do what he didn't dare to do in Germany. Take control of the divided country by force. June 25th, 1950 North Koreans launch a surprise attack. Advance is spearheaded by Russian tanks. But once again, the United States stands firm. Stalin miscalculated. The Cold War becomes a hot war. American troops later supported by forces from the United Nations hold and then route the North Koreans. Mao Tse-tung pours a million Chinese so-called volunteers into the fight. After three years of conflict and negotiations, agreement has reached. Lieutenant General Nam the Second signs for North Korea. American Lieutenant General William J. Harrison signs for the United Nations. The cost to the United States for stopping the Red Aggression 135,000 casualties and 20 billion dollars. These are American soldiers, some of the 10,000 prisoners of war senselessly slaughtered by barbaristic communism. And these are South Korean soldiers. And the Reds retain control of the 15 million North Koreans. The Kremlin. Stalin's war, hot or cold, is steaming. He needs scapegoats for his failures. On August 12, 1952, 400 Jewish artists, actors and writers are murdered. Next, leading Jewish doctors are accused of a plot to poison the Soviet leadership and of working for foreign intelligence. Stalin tells Ignatiev to then minister of state security, if you do not obtain confessions from the doctors, we will shorten you by a head. Stalin instructs beat, beat and once again beat. Caught in the frenzy of his purge, Stalin now plans to liquidate his entire inner circle. Molotov, Malenkov, Beria, Nikoyan and thousands more are threatened. But before the murders can begin, Stalin dies of a stroke. The end of a tyrant. At the beer, the beginnings of a struggle for power reminiscent of the death of Lenin. Again a triumvirate. The heirs apparent are Molotov, Beria and Malenkov, who now becomes premier. Khrushchev is still in the background waiting. Within months, the new rulers are shaken by the first popular uprising against a red dictatorship. East Berlin, June 17, 1953. The sign says they want freedom. It starts with workers demonstrating against intolerable conditions and spreads rapidly until people of all classes are demanding democracy in an end to the communist regime. Part of the iron curtain is torn up. The red flag is hauled down over the Brandenburg Gate. The Red Army intervenes. Sticks and stones prove useless against Soviet tanks. For East Berlin, after 13 years of Nazism and 8 years of communism, one glorious day of freedom. The red flag goes up. For secret police chief Beria, Berlin sounds a death now. Khrushchev finally sees the chance to split the triumvirate and take over Beria's police power. Among other charges, Beria is accused of treason by his failure to foresee the uprising and is arrested. Khrushchev says it has now been established that this villain had climbed up the government ladder over an untold number of corpses. Beria is executed. Now as secretary general of the party, Khrushchev follows in the footsteps of his predecessors. The opposition Premier Malenkov on Khrushchev's right is disgraced and forced to resign. His successor, Nikolai Bulganin, here with Marshal Zoukov is a Khrushchev puppet. And Khrushchev soon succeeds him. Molotov is banished. Khrushchev staffs key posts with his own followers. Then in a maneuver that astounds the world, apparently in order to conceal the truth of his shameful past, Khrushchev turns his attention to the overpowering image of Stalin. This is the 20th party congress where Khrushchev delivers his secret destalinization speech. Comrades, the cult of the individual acquired such monstrous size because Stalin himself supported the glorification of his own person. Was it without his knowledge that Stalin monuments were erected throughout the country? These memorials to the living? The knowledge that many of the largest enterprises were named after him? That many of the largest towns were named after him? The Communist narrator continues. The inhabitants of Varna, now known as Stalin, voiced their warm affection and loyalty to the great Stalin and the Soviet Union. Khrushchev continues. And when Stalin asserts that he himself wrote the short course of the history of the all-union Communist party, created by a group into a book written by Stalin, this calls at least for amazement. His short biography is an expression of the most dissolute flattery. We need not give here examples of the loathsome adulation filling this book. They were all approved and edited by Stalin personally. Khrushchev continues. Stalin knew the country and agriculture only from films that dressed up and beautified the existing situation and also pictured collective farm life that the tables were bending from the weight of turkey and geese. Evidently, Stalin believed it was so. The power in the hands of Stalin led to serious consequences during the war. To his leadership were dedicated many literary works and paintings full of fantasy. When we look at many of our novels, films and historical scientific studies, they make us feel sick. Khrushchev continuing. All the more monstrous are the acts of Stalin. We refer to the mass deportation of whole nations. The Kalmyk Autonomous Republic. The Karachi. The Chechen. English. The Ukrainians avoided meeting this fate only because there were too many of them and there was no place to which to deport them. Thus spoke Khrushchev. He avoids mentioning the Jews in whose persecution he himself is deeply involved. And Budapest is still to come. October 1956. Budapest, Hungary. The Hungarian Writers Union is attacking the communist government for oppressing freedom. Distorting the truth, exploiting labor and abusing the farmers. Students by the tens of thousands denounced the Soviet occupation. They ripped the hammer and sickle from their flag. They demand democracy. Freedom of opinion and expression. Freedom of the press and radio. General elections with a secret ballot. They marched to the Budapest radio station to make their program known to the world. The student leaders are arrested and the crowd demands their freedom. Now the AVO, the Communist Security Police opens fire. The first blood is drawn. The world has a new set of heroes. The freedom fighters who rallied during the night and win the support of the Hungarian army and the local police. Within 48 hours, Soviet troops enter Budapest. The Hungarians have a message for them. The prisoners go home. Molotov cocktails, a homemade explosive, emphasizes the message. Eventually the Soviets are forced to lift the siege of the Killian barracks where a hastily organized defense under Colonel Pal Malatera has withstood a violent assault. The AVO, the secret police who have barricaded themselves in the Communist Party building are taken prisoners. Political prisoners are freed. For the next eight years, Russians go home. Radio Moscow broadcasts the Soviet government is prepared to revise its policy of stationing troops in Poland, Hungary and Romania. The Red Forces withdraw. Soviet officials and their families start to evacuate the city. For the moment, Hungary is free. For the moment, the Stalin statue, the symbol of tyranny is brought down. The inscription reads Free Hungarian Radio. The free press rolls. Soldiers and freedom fighters celebrate. Janos Savo, one of the citizen heroes to emerge from the revolution. Malater, now the Hungarian commander in Budapest. And Kildi, the minister of state, are invited to Soviet headquarters to discuss the final withdrawal of Soviet troops. It is a trap. Malater never returns. The commomers attack the city. The signal for an all-out assault by the Red Army says, Khrushchev, you think that the communist system can be maintained only with the help of our armed forces? I would not fight for such a system. The communist system must be based on the will of the people. And if the people do not wish this system, let them establish the way of life they think best. But in Hungary as elsewhere, words are one thing, actions another. We can use the Hungarian radio pleads, people of the world listen and come to our aid. Not with declarations, but with force. Your turn will come also if we perish. Listen to our cry and act. Extend to us your fraternal aid. May God be with you. Then silence. The aftermath. Death. And again the inevitable refugees from communist tyranny. Premier Janos Kadar arrives in Moscow for instructions from Premier Bulganin. Khrushchev states, Comrade Janos Kadar is truly above all a revolutionary who is thoroughly dedicated to his cause. He is a loyal communist who stands on international Marxist, Leninist positions who does not shun questions of class struggle. It is again apparent that communism requires a dictatorship to survive, with the blood scarcely hosed off the Budapest streets. Khrushchev begins to build his own image. He is a man of the people, a smiling, good-natured peasant. He is a man of the world interested in people and problems everywhere. He meets with Sukarno of Indonesia, with Mao Tse-tung, and with Fidel Castro. Khrushchev is a peaceful man who sponsors peace organizations throughout the world. The communist narrator says, The International Stalin Prize for the promotion of peace among nations is presented to the Cuban poet and Khrushchev organizes movements for the abolition of atomic weapons. The truth is something else. The world finds that Khrushchev's brand of communism is no different than Lenin's or Stalin's. He breaks a solemn agreement for no further testing and resumes some 40 nuclear explosions detonating a multi-mectaton hydrogen bomb, the most awesome man-made explosion in history. Apparently to frighten the world. Reaching disarmament on his own terms, he maintains the largest standing army on earth. A constant threat to peace, an ever-present instrument of blackmail. Says his minister of war, Rodion Malinowski. Glory to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which has inspired and organized all our victories. Working for world peace, the Soviet state shows its ceaseless concern for the army which has been called upon to stand guard over the gains of the revolution. A peaceful man is dutifully following Lenin's advice. Every peace program is a deception of the people and a hypocrisy unless its principal object is to support, aid and develop the revolutionary struggle. A smiling good-natured peasant admonishes if anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teachings of Marx, Engels and Lenin, he deceives himself fully. Those who wait for that must wait until the shrimp learns to whistle. The man of the people restores the League of Militant Godless and founds two universities of atheism. He points out communism has not changed its attitude toward religion. In this church, these 14-year-olds are forced to replace their communion with a youth oath which swears allegiance to the communist state. And these third-grade students are being sworn into the communist young pioneer organization. The children take the oath and answer to the question, are you prepared to give us your entire strength to work toward the noble goal of communism? Khrushchev accelerates the youth program and coordinates it on a worldwide basis identifying communism with the future. This World Youth Festival just another instrument of communist propaganda is taking place in Vienna. The theme is always peace. A communist peace. Propaganda is big business for the Soviet Union. Khrushchev's excuse? Our enemies spend vast sums on subversive activities against socialist countries. The truth is the Soviet Union is paying around $2 billion a year for their propaganda, employing about 500,000 people. Moscow spends approximately $2 per free man to be subjugated as against two cents per person allocated to world propaganda by the free countries combined. The Soviet effort is roughly 100 times as great as that of all the rest of the world. The money to pay for this fantastic propaganda machine comes from the masses under the communist yoke who work for absurdly low wages to enable their masters not only to dominate them the better but to also deceive more successfully the masses in free countries. The importance of propaganda to the success of communism was emphasized by Lenin when he instructed every sacrifice must be made. The greatest obstacles must be overcome in order to carry on agitation and propaganda systematically, perseveringly, persistently and patiently. While Khrushchev believes he can win the world with his policy of peaceful coexistence, in China where the communist tyranny is the same, the communist objective the same, the destruction of the dignity of man the same, Mao Zedong's conception of achieving the communist goal is different. But again and again he says war with the west is inevitable it is desirable. Meanwhile in China as everywhere else communism produces waste, squalor, misery and death. Thousands challenge the terror of the secret police to flee into British Hong Kong. From the day Mao takes power the countries along the Chinese frontier are scenes of constant warfare. Communism feeds on its neighbors. In French Indochina the native desire for freedom is perverted into a war of communist imperialism. Geneva 1954 Red China's Cho and Lai and French Premier Mendes France sign an armistice that surrenders the northern half of Vietnam, 12 million people to longtime communist Ho Chi Minh. Like Germany and Korea Indochina is now half slave half free. The French leave Hanoi according to the armistice terms. With them go the inevitable refugees. One million of them fleeing to the south where a constitutional government is being established. The communists take over north Vietnam and red gorillas continue the war against the south demonstrating once again that with communists everywhere words are one thing actions another. Red Chinese invade and subjugate Tibet at the first opportunity the Dalai Lama the spiritual leader of Tibet escapes to India where bloody riots are incited by communists as red troops assert constant pressure along the India Chinese frontiers. Meanwhile the red Chinese pose as friends and protectors of new nations such as Nepal and old nations such as Albania and seek to extend communist influence into Latin America. Here in Peking communist delegates from different Latin American countries meet their hosts Mao Tse Tung and Cho En Lai. Their most important success occurs in Cuba. Only 90 miles from the United States where a brutal dictatorship under Fidel Castro has imposed the yoke of Marxism on the Cubans. Another 7 million people trapped behind the iron curtain. In Moscow Yuri Gagarin Soviet Cosmonaut speaks of the peaceful foreign policy of the Soviet government. Hands off Kerry Cuba. The nationalist congress of socialist youth chooses Havana as its meeting place. Delegates are from the United States China Canada and Russia and the following year Castro announces I am a Marxist Leninist and will be one until the day I die. Castro wins a Lenin peace prize. In British Guyana Chetty Jagan and wife had a strong communist party everywhere in Latin America communism feeding on poverty ignorance and despair seeds and prepares to explode. Student demonstrations and riots one of the favorite techniques to prepare the way for communist takeover are ordered from Moscow. In Montevideo Uruguay communist protests the visit of President Eisenhower of the United States. In Caracas, Venezuela Vice President Nixon is mobbed and his car stoned by communists. The visit of President Eisenhower and the signing of the American Japanese peace treaty. Throughout the non-communist world again and again on orders from Moscow violence. It erupts to in Africa in the Middle East and in Europe in supposed neutral Yugoslavia in France but in the communist world the demonstrations are quite different. Despite the infamous Berlin Wall a constant stream of refugees proves to the world that communism has never been the free choice of people anywhere. This is a grim tug of war. East German police try to pull this woman back to captivity. She finds freedom. Others find death. Khrushchev insists the Soviet state has not ruled and does not intend to rule anyone or impose our way of life upon anyone. For Khrushchev as for Lenin Stalin, Mao Zedong and Castro and as it must be for all communists words are one thing, actions another. The communist conspiracy is a deliberate and predictable plan of action to subvert the world. A startling story from Lenin in 1914 with 13 followers to the present with 1 billion people under the control of a comparative handful of communists. In the Soviet Union itself only 5% of the people are members of the party. The communist philosophy that the end justifies the means has caused pain out of all proportion to the pitiful social progress communisms achieved and yet it has spread at a fantastic speed and demonstrated a frightening vitality. Why? Two primary reasons, I think. First, it has duped well-meaning people everywhere into thinking that it provided an answer to the economic and social problems of the world. Second, it has not hesitated to use force wherever possible to impose itself on unwilling people and to hold them an abject subjugation. What can we do in the face of this communist threat? Well, for one thing we can by example let the people of the world know that the way of free men provides a sure, happier answer for their problems than the outdated coercive doctrines of Karl Marx. That freedom and not communism is the doctrine of the future. We must remain strong so that we can never be blackmailed by men like Khrushchev and Mao Tse-tung and so that we can uphold the hopes of the captive peoples. If, as the communists say over and over again war is inevitable then it is sheer folly for us not to make every conceivable political, economic, military and psychological preparation to win. As I said at the beginning of our picture it shows what the end of the story will be. That's up to you.


Welcome to gallery works. My name is Kitty Lynn Klisch and we're in the studio today with fellow artist and very good dear friend Alan Pape Alan has a really interesting History and he's going to share that with us today and his artwork. So I'm glad you could join us Welcome to the show Alan. Good to see you again. Yeah, it's good to see you too Yeah, I wanted to start off with a story about Kitty and I This is a plein air painting. I did in Ireland when she brought her students on a seven-day trip to Ireland facts you were there twice and This is the Grand Canal and your class was Starting from the the bridge on down the side of the canal And I decided to set up down here and and paint to the east and you were up there painting to the West because there were other buildings and yeah, and boats there and Suddenly We heard I heard this ruckus and a bit of screaming And I looked up there and there was one of her students was in the middle of the canal She had fallen right now. Yeah, she rolled down the Embankment there and flipped right into the canal and of course no none of us knew how How deep it was? I know and I didn't know if I was going to have to dive in to get her But she was able to work her way over to the area and we pulled her pulled her out and that was a part of a An interesting day to say the least her painting was over in the class took a while to get settled out That was the joys of plein air painting. Oh, yes. Yes, it definitely is. Yeah, that was I and I remember that particular day because I had walked down and Was standing by you and because you were quite a ways away from me And I had walked down and I had looked at your painting and the first the the first impression I had was of surprise and I maybe I shouldn't tell you this but I was surprised how well you were doing It was just beautiful what you were doing and I loved it and you were right on target You know and then we had all that other exciting stuff go on So yeah, that was those were those were two very wonderful trips They were really were and if it hadn't been for your expertise We wouldn't have known how to get around Ireland and and all the places and everything because you'd been such a frequent visitor There so it worked out really well. Well, it was a great time That was probably the best group we ever had. Oh, yeah on this program We're getting a little ahead of the story, but okay This is a painting that I did After I had taken one of a year of kiddies classes and it's basically an architectural view of the place where I was working in Milwaukee at the time and It's called the county Claire. It's a Reconstruction basically of a Dublin Boutique hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin So it has an Irish theme through and through and part of my job while I was working there for six years was to promote all the Irish hotels that these investors owned and I ran the tours to Ireland to get to one of the places will show you a picture that where you you stayed But before we get into the story too long. I Just wanted to mention all important Kiddies classes were to me getting started in painting I knew I wanted to paint for a long long time and I was an art student In Milwaukee at UWM back in the 60s and I wanted to do representational painting and but at the time everything was modern modern modern abstract and I didn't get any Encouragement to do this sort of thing. I loved museums and museum dioramas And I thought maybe someday I'd be a museum person and creating These interesting art exhibits in museums But I had no encouragement from the professors. So I switched my major to go into landscape architecture Because I knew I had interest in art, but I also liked plants And trees and shrubs And I so I got my degree in Madison at in the landscape architectural department and I specialized in a small area called historic preservation And over the years I've restored a lot of buildings written a lot of reports got into creating museums moving buildings And it worked out pretty good And I retired from all of this six years ago and I've been doing a lot of painting since then So this was a painting I did just to show the county Claire Where I worked in my In my the end of my career One day we had a staff meeting and the staff announced We're planning to beautify the front desk area in the hotel And I said oh, I'd like to volunteer and make a painting for the back wall in the front desk Never having done a big painting But having Weekly classes with you. I thought you would be able to help So I came in to your class and with this Challenge, how do I put it together? How do I paint people? And how do I paint a dog and and buildings and and that's roof? And so this was a class project that you helped me with And as soon as it was finished we hung it I had it framed and hung in the back wall behind the front desk at our hotel and the The owner of the corporation came in The very next day and he he called me at home. He was so excited. He says I want 20 more I remember that 20 more Well, uh, as it turned out, uh, the goal was to produce 100 Irish paintings before I retired And I I did uh I was successful in that but what it was really interesting to me is that Most artists are always looking for places to display their work Where I had a built-in audience here with the five hotels For putting paintings in all the rooms, which was really 125 rooms, right? And in the lobbies and behind the bar right the front desk, so I never was successful in in Putting all the rooms With original artwork because the people started buying them off the walls. Oh marvelous and Maybe someday I'll go back to it again and and But it was interesting to be Known as the artist and resident I hardly even knew what an artist and resident was At the hotels so I would spend time in some of the hotels Paintings so right out there Where the people were coming and going right right and then I did have a show My first show I have a picture of that too. Okay, and all this time you're learning with every with every painting That you did you were you were reinforcing yourself and you were learning And it was wonderful to have a patron That paid for all the all the painting supplies and let me paint Uh on his time. Yes, I got paid to paint And with your help I was able to Go from step to step I have to tell you Ellen I I was amazed At I mean that was I mean talk about a gift That was really you lucked out. I mean that you were just The right person in the right spot at the right time because that doesn't happen You know that happens so rarely in this in this Artist world in the artist's life that you fall into a gig like that I mean that you you were very fortunate this painting is the entrance for Castle Daily Manor The hotel that we owned over there in in ireland and you're seeing The front of the building.  Do I remember that? Oh When the first time I pulled up there my heart was thumping so hard. I just was so excited Yeah, your students very much enjoyed What room were you in that time? I can't remember the the number of the room while I remember it was quite elegant And I was very happy with it okay during the the time that the tours The visitors were there on the tour we would stop at Kaleen's pub and this is a picture of Of the Americans walking across the street to Kaleen's and We'd go there. I think on sunday afternoon before we went to Klond MacNoise on the Shannon River And Kaleen's is one of those pubs Where there's a grocery store combined with a pub right right And they're known for their irish coffee with the whiskey and the fresh cream on the top right and It's just a wonderful environment and we would have Think do singing in there and get into the spirit of what pubs are like So it's interesting the That painting was sold Uh the the first day of my first show and A man came in to the hotel where I was showing these pictures and he started out by By buying that one That was uh I think it was $850 And by the time he left he bought two more off the wall and this woman here Nancy Jensen from Plymouth Came down to Milwaukee and she purchased this painting That's right above us And she has that in her home So my first show I was able to sell four large paintings. That's marvelous. That's marvelous I was so surprised because when Nancy said I'd like to buy that one It was almost said you you really want to buy it You know, I hadn't had ever sold a painting before you want to buy this big painting. It's $850.  I I was so happy and proud of you I really was I was happy for you and and very proud of you Yeah, your encouragement helped a lot Just to have the basics How to start and and you have that stage fright Where do you start? You have an idea what you want to create? But if you don't have those basics You're fumbling around and how do you lay out your palette and what colors Are cool colors and which ones are warm colors? There's yeah, you have to know the basics the the technical part of it and then and then once you have that down Then you're free to create You know, I really appreciate it the way you took me You just started me out with pencil drawings just like Somebody coming in for the first time. Yep. Yep, and I remember our very the very first time you took a workshop from me And you said I have made up my mind. You have helped me make up my mind What I want to be When I retire I want to be a full-time artist And I thought to myself at the time, you know, that's wonderful and I hope that's really true You know little did I know how You were going to be able to put that all together and really Make that a reality Most people have a little trouble there following through, you know But you didn't you made it your reality and that was that was very very made me feel very very good because When you know when you told me after the first time you met me and took one workshop and said I know what I want to do now. I I just Makes me feel wonderful how things have turned out for you yeah this next painting is the kind of work that I thought well, how do I specialize in in my painting style and the more I talked with these Two old irish guys the more I realized that When you paint a painting you're capturing a story And perhaps I could write up the story behind the painting So this was the first painting I did where I actually interviewed them and My friend Stuart came along on the tour and he's working there with with queen either They're One of the dog border collies and Tommy over here had just taught us How to make these same bridges crosses inside their Their kitchen And that whole environment of being in in a real honest-to-goodness Hospitality It's almost like spending three hours in heaven. Oh, yes, definitely And you got a chance to come back and and paint there too. Yes. I did bonita, buddhist, and I we co led the second group and Bonita and I had A chance to get away one afternoon and we went to their cottage and we painted and And unbeknownst to us the gentleman had prepared this lunch for us And so we got to Actually go inside their cottage and it was a thatched cottage And and you know and they cooked and they heated and everything over this this like fire where they they burned What was it was Pete Pete and And they were just so delightful And I think one of the my favorite paintings from that time is the painting I did of the two of them peeking out the window at me as I was painting the outside of their cottage with their little window They had a window and they had some flowers in it and the cottage was all white washed white And the two of them were peeking out of the lace curtain at me And that's one of my favorite memories of it. I would never sell that painting They were they were marvelous gentlemen and bonita and I just we looked at each other like And it was wonderful. It was what a day. What a day Well as I started to specialize sort of in paintings that have a story behind it And I was retired by that time My wife and I my wife Marilyn and I decided that we wanted to Do what she calls traveling with a purpose or purposeful traveling and We bought a a van and equipped it for camping and we started going around to all the national parks And she would sit on the side and I would paint And we did that for what we're still doing it next year. We're going on a big trip to Nova Scotia in Maine and we'll be painting there and Three weeks ago I was we were in Italy and and I painted four paintings And she would sit there and watch me paint and she would read But this is this became quite a neat way of of seeing uh These national parks well because you were because you would do the painting and and in in place of Paying is that is that how you? quite often I tried to get to be artisan resident at the Rocky Mountain National Park And uh, I started to uh In I didn't make it So I tried with other national parks and state parks and they were more open right and a zion national park actually wanted me to be There for their 100th anniversary and being 24 paintings of zion. Oh my first show Well, that was a huge commitment. Yeah as it turned out I wasn't able to do that but here's an example I was the first artisan resident for the Florida park system and and this is one of the paintings that I did For them, okay, and this was a oh, that's beautiful picture of a ccc project that was done Back in the 1930s right and they wanted me to paint They are one of the many parts national and state parks that had the ccc workers Work relief back in the in the late 30s and early 40s So beautiful that was taken from done from an old photograph And then I decided to do an artisan residency for a historical society that had a saloon Okay, so uh, this is a picture A painting I did of an old picture that was in this saloon And I was there for a week and and did this painting and you You can actually see there's some old chairs. Those are real chairs standing in front of the of the painting and there is the Pool table there on the right and it it harkened back to my original idea Back in the 60s of doing a museum exhibit where you have real artifacts in front and it sort of Drifts back into a painting for a backdrop. Sure And that was a lot of fun. I guess so yes This this is one I did for a museum in Arizona I was artist and resident there for a month and I did 13 paintings for them the first year and six paintings the last year and here is a bird's-eye view of of an old ranch in Arizona At which half of the ranch became Fountain Hills, Arizona A A new town development and the rest of the ranch became fort mcdall County park, oh That's beautiful.  Well, it's uh It's three feet by four feet. Yeah, that is a good size, right But it was done from from old photographs done On the land and then I imagined what it would look like from a bird's-eye view. Sure. You sure And here is a mural That was done for the Plymouth Historical Society that's it's uh eight foot high and uh 16 feet long And it shows the the city of Plymouth in 1867 Now is Plymouth where you're from originally? Yes. Okay Well, I've lived here for since 1983 But I wanted to show the overview of the town when it was really in its heyday when things were booming and The the railroad was coming through it and they still had a stage line and A lot of the original businesses were there on the river So this was another kind of a dream come true thinking You know 40 years ago could could I do murals? And it was a lot a lot of fun to produce that now and what was the size of the mural? Do you remember? Yeah, it was eight feet by 16 feet. Oh my okay. That yeah, that's right I remember you stopping by and and telling me That you were working on a mural and I never did get down to see that. I was sorry about that It's part of a kind of a streets and old Plymouth Group of of exhibits sure and they talk about the plank road that came through town. Yeah Now here is A museum a plein air painting I did Uh Two years ago at old world, wisconsin I worked there for 13 years helping to build this large outdoor museum We moved in buildings from all over the state of wisconsin And I got the thinking In retirement it would be need to be artist and resident out there. Oh sure Because in in the old days there was this itinerant artist type of person that came through these villages and they would do sign painting and painting on windows and graining of furniture and graining of woodwork and also paintings for people they were on the the goal with their horse and buggy and So I I got into costume A period costume and I was there for five days and I produced four paintings and this was one of them It's marvelous. Yeah, that was really interesting And then one of my friends from high school Also a fan of old world wisconsin Said that he he and his wife wanted to develop their own little museum and live in it And I ended up actually selling him a building this german half timber That I had stockpiled to save and We both went to lutheran high school in milwaukee So I was very interested in german lutheran pomeranian lutheran traditions and the architecture that was Built in those days by these german lutherans and I said hey rod this building would be perfect for you Because it reflects your heritage So they went to town and and reconstructed it And also put a log building on the back side and took down three barns and used those parts and his wife susie is a Makes quilts so she's pictured out there hanging one of her quilts out and rod is out there working with his logs And I gave them this this as a present for Going through with this vision. Okay now We are just about out of time. I don't know where the time is gone But in the few minutes that we have left I I would like you to Briefly address this and then I'd like to briefly address what Your vision is that you have coming up and if you wanted to show the last Or yeah, that's fine here. I'll just take these down This is a work in progress In colorado, I've had three years of artists in residency on the back side of rocky mountain national park and This is a painting I did last summer for a family that I interviewed and Basically I'm fascinated with why people build log buildings And this is the story behind why Their parents built these log buildings In the west so you have essentially taken taken a painting and And made a story and you're making a story and with diagrams and and uh and photographs and photographs And everything in it right that is really that's very very interesting So I I want to do a collection of these And donate them to the historical society. I think that's a marvelous idea And just quickly now we only have a couple minutes left just quickly What do you have planned for june? Okay? I got this idea while I was out in arizona of Of gathering 10 artists together In a kind of a captured audience for 10 for four days And each day we would produce one painting So totaled up 10 artists doing four paintings each equals 40 paintings. So 40 paintings in 40 days and I have decided to go ahead on this and I've got Most of the artists Interested in doing it And we'll see where it goes, but they'll be painted on window shades of all things And the title is Earth Shades 40 paintings in 40 days and they'll be rolled up and used in different venues Art centers churches and schools will be able to be a traveling exhibit I think that's a fantastic idea And I also am very very honored that you have asked me to be one of the artists I I'm very honored to be a part of that and I I thank you so much for being on the show today I don't know where the time went. It really flew Um, I guess it's because you just have You've done so much. I mean you're so you you From that first time I saw you till now you've just grown so so much as an artist and and in your experiences And I appreciate you sharing them with us today so much. Thank you. You've been my inspiration. Thank you Thank you. And once again, this is kitty linclish for gallery works I'll don't miss the next show. Um, it'll be another great one. Thank you. Bye. Bye for now