The sun., 1919-06-24

ond avenue.
There was n guard at the door Of
me meeting room and no one unknown
10 those In charge was admitted News
paper men were told fatty that they
coidnt get In. There were somewhere
oetween nfty and a hundred men inside
ana for some time in the afternoon
Sonn Reed. the Socialist agitator, was
nnranguing the crowd. When mes
sase was sent to Reed asking IL he
would step outside and tell something
or what was going on the reply was
Drought back that he was too busy
~ was learned. however. that pro-
sramme had been adopted by the left
wingers along the lines OF the pro-
gramme Of the Communist International.
some OF the features of this programme
as adopted are:
The problem Of the proietariat Is to
conquer the power OF State. This con-
guest denotes that the State mechanism
Oh the bourseoisie must be displaced by
new proletarian governing machine.
The dictatorship of the proletariat
snail eliminate private control of the
instruDaents Of production under the So
ciaiist administration of the proletarian
State.
The present world situation makes
necessary the greatest unity amongst the
revolutionary proletariat. The funda-
mental means OF the fight for power for
the emancipation of the proietariat is
the collection and concentration of its
energies. the utilization Of parliamentary
ism being only of, subsidiary Importance.
IN the countries in which historical
development has made Il possible the
working class has made use OF the regime
OF political democracy for its organi-
cation against capitalism. In all coun-
tries in which the conditions are not
ripe for revolution this process will 60
further"
Mid Wing Issues Statement.
Arnold Peterson. national secretary OF
the Socialist Labor party, sent a letter
Yesterday to Senator Lusk denying the
testimony Of Hugh Frayne, general or.
ganizer OF the American Federation of
Labor. to the effect that syndicaiists,
anarchists and members of the /. w, w.
we're Joining the Socialist Labor party.
Mr.. Peterson said:
The Socialist Labor party does not
| admit to membership anarchists or he
levers In the physical force theory, and
none such has been admitted, nor are
we going to admit any now or in the
future.
''The Socialist Labor party has moth
.
called syndicalist movements here or
| elsewhere. The Socialist Labor party
does not teach or advocate sabotage,
dynamiting, train wrecking or arson or
any other forms of physical force or
direct action On the contrary, long
before legislative bodies ever dreamt of
locking into such matters the Socialist
Labor party warned the working class
of America against such methods and
Na( AHl Ill
| lied method Of the ballot for settling
social disputes
THE social revolution. which we
| frankly advocate cannot be the result
OF rathole activities. 1t must be born
in the broad sunlight in the plain sight
| OF all men"
The agents 90 the Lusk committee are
also engaged in going over the steno-
graphic reports of recent meetings of
protest that have been held in Madison
Square Garden. and 1t was announced
| yesterday that the owners of the Garden
| are to be notified that the renting of
the auditorium for such meetings may
subject them to penalties provided in the
Penal Law. 1t was also stated yester-
day by n member Of Acknowledgement
Newton's stan that the evidence SO far
collected by the Attorney-General and
the legislative committee may be such
as would demand the attention of the
| District Attorney. It was also an
| nounced that representatives of the leg
| isiative committee will attend the con-
| ference to-day at Highland Of the Inter
collegiate Socialist Society and at which
Dr. James p. Warbasse president Of the
Cooperative League Of America, and
whose name Is said to have been found
| among others in the mailing list of the
Russian Soviet Government Bureau. Is
| to be speaker.
Soviet Makes q Denial.
In an envelope bearing the imprint OF
the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Re-
| public a statement was sent to the news
papers last night denying reports pub
| lished to the effect that the Lusk COM
mittee agents had found during the re-
| cent raid on the offices OF the Russian
| Soviet Government Bureau a list OF
names of opponents of Bolshevism in
| America. The statement follows:
Reports in the press commenting on
| the raid on the Russian Soviet Govern
ment bureau and >on the resignation of
| DR.. A. Carasso from the stan of the
Lusk committee state that DR.. Carasso
| had wife and child in Russia and that
his resignation came after II was an
nounced that the State investigators had
! found in the archives OF the "Bolshevik
Embassy" a list of the names of agrees
sive opponents of Bolshevism In this
country. together with a list of relatives
or connections they have In Russia
| THE Russian Soviet bureau wishes to
state categorically that there was no
such list in the office of the Russian
| Soviet Government. We had in our
| files names OF a few American citizens
| whose relatives are in Russia and who
| came to our office asking US to get them
some information about the whereabouts
of such relatives. We have been doing
all In our, power to get such informa-
ton. and we have been doing 1t only for
the purpose of helping such Americans
and their relatives In Russia
! at is not the policy of the Soviet Gov
eminent to ,retaliate in any manner on
| innocent people living In Russia for
offences committed abroad against Soviet
representatives by other people"
| LENINE DEMANDS
nj nTEAICIC SnEF IA q ~