TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT
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1. Make as thorough a study as the time allows of material appearing in newspapers and magazines, between November, 1917, and the present time, on the subject of bolshevism. (Consult newspaper files, and also the Readers' Index to Periodical Literature.)
(a) Classify the material according as it consists of direct quotations from bolshevist leaders, or of indirect quotations.
(b) Classify the material according as it is favorable to bolshevism, unfavorable, or neutral.
(c) Classify the material according as it consists of reports of persons who had themselves actually investigated the situation in Russia, or reports based upon hearsay evidence.
(d) What conclusions do you draw from this study?