“ Forward, advance the hour
Just whose city is the city?
Just whose world is the world?
Forward, we've not forgotten
Our union, in hunger and pain
No matter what may threaten
Forward, not forgotten
We have a world to gain ”

“ Brecht - No
Stripling - Well here is the uh, I have here the uh, Songs of the People, uh which was issued by the Communist party of the United States, published by the Worker's Library Publishers. Page 24 says In Praise of Learning
Brecht - Yeah
Stripling - by Bert Brecht, Music by Hanns Eisler. And it says here, uh, "You must be ready to take over. Learn it, men on the dole, learn it, men in the prisons, learn it women in the kitchens, learn it men of 65. . . you must be ready to take over"
Brecht (interrupting) - Here, may I, may I speak, the translator... ”

“ It definitely says lead. It's the same word as the leader Hitler or something like that. It is not "take over". ( crosstalk, unintelligible ) The translation is not a literal translation of the German text I see here.
Stripling - Well Mr Brecht, uh, as it has been published in these uh, publications of the Communist party, then is that incorrect? ”

“ Brecht - Yes. He translated, uh, some of my, poems, and I think one play.
Stripling - Uh, Mr. Chairman, International Literature number 5, 1937, uh, published by the State Literary Art Publishing house in Moscow, had an article by Sergei Tretyakov, leading Soviet writer, an interview he had with Mr. Brecht. On page 6 it states, quote, I was a member of the, this is, he's quoting Mr. Brecht,
I was a member of the Augsburg revolutionary committee, Brecht continues, Nearby in Munich, Levine raised the banner of Soviet power. Augsburg lived in the reflected glow of Munich. ”