New-York tribune., 1919-06-20
ne Russian soviet government in New

| VIC NuSoAou SoV1et government III NeW
York, take the liberty of asking you
if you can give me financial aid in my
propaganda work in Mexico
Mr.. Stevenson said the letter was re.
ferred by Martens to Nuorteva. anc
the following notation in blue pencil
was made by Nuorteva:
"We should have nothing to do with
this writer. My impression from his
letter is that he is an agent provoca-
teur or simply an adventurer."
The Gale proposition was turned
down.
Mr.. Stevenson read an unsigned let
ter, dated Washington, D. c., May II
1919, and addressed "My Dear Heller
He said the letter was meant for A. A.
Heller, commercial attache of the So
Wet bureau. He read the final para
graph of the letter, which was as fol.
lows:
"When I return from Washington
will write you of conditions there
which will be Of interest to you. When
you write send it to my home address
and do not sign your name"
Delegate to International
letter from Adolph Germer, ma
tional office of the Socialist party in
Chicago, notified Nuorteva that he had
been elected delegate to the Interna-
tional Congress. A letter from the
Buffalo local Socialist party to Mr..
Nuorteva said:
Dear Comrade Nuorteva: Local
Buffalo, Socialist party, and other rad
ical organizations are arranging a pro-
foe LoL
imprisoned under the espionage law
We want to make this a superior drive
for the comrades who are sl1ackled
with American democracy. The pro-
posed date is March 13 or ii, prefer
ably the 18th. The meeting is to be
held at Elmwood Music Hall. Kindly
give me prompt reply whether or
not it would be possible for you to be
IN Buffalo for that meeting, also the
amount of your fee. l must know at
once in order to give ample time for
arousing the masses. For the success
of the revolution,
MARTIN B. HEISLER, Organizer"
The answer was sent by the Martens
headquarters staff, and said that Com
rade Nuorteva was out of town and
exceedingly busy making speeches.
Letter From Denver
George N. Falconer, of 1910 Ire
mont Street, Denver, sent letter to
Mr.. Nuorteva, in which he said:
Dear Comrade: Congratulations for
your splendid defence of the soviets
of Russia. Some day your voice will
be heard all over the continent. Your
little book is a winner; your Appeal
to Americans is winning it's way here.
have distributed nearly 1000 of
them; also 1900 of Ransom's letter to
the New Rep. Folders like the in
closed should be distributed by the
million everywhere. i suggest articles
of John Reed and yourself be printed
IN leaf1et form; they will help dispel
the darkness that now surrounds Rus
sia."
An appeal to soldiers, sailors and
marines from the local soviet branch
went into the record, as follows:
"lf you want to rebuild society there
is only one way to do it-join forces
with the rest of the workers in one
big union. 1t is useless to try to buck
the system alone. Bosses are too
strongly intrenched. You might as
we'll try to capture a fort single
handed.
United They Are Invincible
eff the workers get together and
stick together there is nothing they
cannot accomplish. Divided they are
helpless. United they are invincible.
The world is theirs. The only way to
fro ~
clear in your mind just what you want
to do and then GO TO IT."
At the afternoon session Mr.. Steven
son described the staff of twenty-eight
workers of the Martens office, and re-
marked that the records of Theodore
Fedotoff and Anton Taitzen were inter-
esting.
"Those two men have been convicted
under sedition law in New jersey and
are now out on bail pending an appeal
bail in S5,00O," said Mr.. Stevenson,
who added that the sIartens organiza-
tion was brought together since April
and that the men mentioned had been
added to the staff with their records
known.
Another document picked out by
Chairman Lusk for part of the record
was book, by Nikolai Lenine, Lies
sons of the Revolution" printed in
Petrograd in English, apparently for
distribution in English speaking coun-
tries.
paragraph from a Socialist publ
cation announced that Morris Hill
quit had accepted the post of Chan
cellor of the Russian Soviet Bureau in
the United States, but that Mr.. Hill
quit would not be in charge of the
legal department of the bureau The
paragraph stated that Mr.. Hillquit,
while i'll and out Of town, had been in
constant touch with Mr. Martens and
hls bureau from the very day of Mr..
Martens appointment.
"A Lenine document, which found its
way into the record, was letter from
Nicholas Lenine, with the title, "To
the Workers of Europe and America"
IN which the Russian soviet leader
says that "only soviet rule and prole-
tartan dictatorship can put an end to
imperialism and safeguard the victory
OF Socialism, safeguard permanent
peace"
Mr.. Stevenson read letter from
Eugene V. Debs to Nuorteva under
date of December 20, 1918. Debs
wished Nuorteva success in his efforts
and stated that the writer is in hearty
accord with him. Debs also stated that
the "Dubllc mind in fhic rouc+r,, boz