New-York tribune., 1919-06-21
Soviet 'Mailing
List" Is Annoyed

Lusk joint legislative committee in
making public names on the mailing
list of the Russian Soviet Bureau came
yesterday from persons whose names
appearedSon the list. Archibald Steven
son, associate counsel of the commit
tee, during Thursdays session of the
committees investigation of Bolshevik
activities, read the names Of prominent
men who were listed as receiving. the
soviet bureaus propaganda.
Men mentioned by Mr.. Stevenson de-
clared they not only were ignorant Of
how their names were obtained by the
bureau, but were chagrined over the
way they had been used.
II don't know how they got my
name, and could ring Mr.. Stevenson's
neck for picking me out as a soviet
sSympathizer, said DR.. George w:
Kirchwey, state director of the United
States Employment Service. "For sew
eral months I have been receiving
pamphlets from this soviet organiza-
tion. l paid no attention to them. l
don't see why l. should be picked out
by Mr.. Stevenson as soviet sympa"
thizer, for I am not"
Paul Kellogg Writes Letter
Paul U. Kellogg, editor of "The Sur
vey," said Mr.. Stevenson was trying to
tAtAIuludIe 1IDeTdlS MT. helIORB put
his sentiments in writing. His state
ment follows:
"The indefatigable Archibald Steven
son has produced another list, this
time Of radicals, liberals and apologists
for radicals. Mr. Stevenson and his
first list were repudiated by Secretary
Baker. Now Mr.. Stevenson turns up
as associate counsel Of the New York
legislative committee investigating rev.
olutionary propaganda, engineers the
recent raid on the soviet bureau in
New York and makes public its mail
ing gT,i list
the mixed company thus advertised may
list included my name as editor of the
Survey If the committee had seen
fit to raid the anti-B Bolshevik offices
of the Russian information bureau it
would probably have found my name
there also. Our second class mail has
been generously sprinkled with prop
aganda literature from both agencies,
rejecting as they do the opposite poles
in the civil strife in Russia.
Wants to Read 1t
ut happens that have visited
neither office, corresponded with
neither, met the officials of neither,
but that is neither here nor there.
The Survey is anxious to have all
the press matter and fugitive litera-
ture that is going. 1t is part of our
job to keep in touch with it, as with
all sorts of material from civic, racial,
labor, medical and charitable bodies.
"The ostensible purpose of Mr.. Ste
was to show that the Soviet Bureau was
acting outside its ostensible CONNER
cial purpose and engaging in propa-
ganda. But I gather that this list was
lugged in rather to daub up some per-
fectly good names. 1t tends to dis
credit the liberals whose names are
included; discomfit them in their work;
discount, among people who are un-
acquainted with the circumstances, any
stand they may take in the future.
more, it may be presupposed to
believe that even the under dog should
be given hearing, that old rights are
worth preserving, and that open dis
cussion is the way of democracy, but
who may fear to take up the cudgels
when such things are at stake, lest
they wake up some morning and find
themselves, like Abou Ben Adhem, at
the head Of another of Mr.. Stevenson's
lists and published Discriminatory in
me Ilmes' under headlines enumer-
ating anarchists, Socialists, l. w. VS.
and fomenters of discord.
Tactics Old as Hills
II think Mr. Stevenson and his kind
are reckoning without their host.
doubt II this sort Of intimidation will
work for long. AS tactics it is as old
as the hills and as shallow as a mud
puddle"
Colonel William Boyce Thompson,
who headed = special government mis-
zion to Russia two years ago, was out
Of the city, but his friends declared
he had fought against the Bolshevik
regime in Russia. Raymond Robins
declared, in a recent speech, that Colo
mel Thompson while In Russia hal ad-
vanced $l,000,000 to oppose the leaders
Of Bolshcvism who were then trying to
overthrow. tho Kercnsky government.
B. W. Huebsch, publisher, said he
never had communicated with the
Soviet bureau and did not know Mar
tens.
"But would like to know him." said
Mr.. Huebsch, ~ think he must be In
teresting. l'think my name and the