The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-28

buit you anu COmrade EhBtmhn ABOUT
series of three booklets he intends pub
fishing and that he does not ask fe
for his speaking services 1 am sure 20,
Will do what you can TO arrange To-
him. Please let me hear from you NJ
soon as possible. Yours In comradeship
"A. WAoENKNEcHr."
There was a penciled Endorsement OF
tho letter. which was taken to mean tina
Il had been turned over to Mr.. Beren
berg. who evidently sent the following
reply. a carbon copy OF which was fount
In the files:
"Comrade Nearing has referred you
letter concerning William NJ. Brown K
me. shall be only too glad to make
whatever arrangements can for Com
rade Brown.
II believe that the circumstances un.
der which he Ncomes out publicly fol
Socialism and Bolshevism are of SUM-
Gent publicity value to Insure success
full meeting for him. Will you kindl,
communicate with me and let me know
sufficiently in advance when l may ex.
pect Comrade Brown In New York;"
The Investigators Of the Lusk commit
tee believe the memorandum on proselyt-
Ing among the negroes was written by
w. A. Domingo, well known Socialist
or that race. 1t was several thousand
words In length and dwelt at length upon
what he considered the cha ra cite sites
OF his fellows. Visualizlng the time when
Socialism might succeed in electing a
President of the United States, Mr. Do
mfngo declared that plutocracy would
use force and fraud to prevent the So
ciallst administration from taking office
He said that several weeks before the
regular day for Inauguration they would
n
charge Of the arsenals. and declare mar
tial law.
Describes Negro Campaign.
What measure Of success could the
socialists hope to have without arms?
the writer asked. One armed negro
could hold Off ten Socialists. The his
tory of Finland would, be repeated here
Outlining what, might be done to get
the negroes into the Socialist ranks the
writer said the most important centres
OF propaganda. were the colored churches
out IL would be impossible to get In
there now because ''colored ministers
are the most parasitic of all celestial
navigators"
These were some OF the suggestio ions
outlined In the Domingo memoran.
dun Condemn all forms of Injustice
TO negroes. socialists must de.
nounce lynchings 3-Give the negroes
more prominence in Socialist discussions
Seek to overthrow all racial barriers
S-Provide special propaganda for ne.
eroes. 6--lnduce negroes to attend
radical meetings. 7LMaintain sub.i.
died negro speakers. S-Radical negro
publications must be supplied with
financial assistance. 9-white mer
should be provided to speak TO negroes
1O-Expose, the sham democracy that
exists to-day. 11-Show that Christ
Garrison and Lincoln were abused as
radicals In their day and are now con.
sidered benefactors OF humanity.
Considerable correspondence was put
Into the record to show a connection be.
tween the Russian Soviet Bureau and
the Rand School. Each sought to &c,
positions for comrades" with the other
The, former referred all inquiries for lit.
erature to the Rand School.
In the files of II. Naorteva was found
a letter from George Creel, former head
of the Bureau of Information in Wash.
ington. 1t had been addressed to Milan
F. Martin, 2o9A Twelfth street, Detroit
1t read:
You are doubtless confusing me with
n Socialist named Greet Of ST. Louis
for I was never in Wyandotte, Mich, In
my life.
II note your Indignation because OF
the release by the Government of Ger.
tain documents tending to prove that
Lenine and Trotzky were paid and d.
rect agents of the German Government
You advance no proof at all other thar
your own faith in Lenine ard Trotzky
How any man who calls himself ar
American citizen can still have faith in
thaea n oaa sins &c harnnh .
grasp. As for Nuorteva. under examl.
nation. he stated fatty that he was for
the Bolsheviki as against the United
States.
You are entitled to your opinions and
your convictions. but say to you quite
frankly that they come close to actual
disloyalty."
"Bloodshed" Article Read.
One of the committee invest ators
testified that the Rand School had on
sale copies of the New York Communist
OF Juno IA. out OF which the following
extract was read into the record:
do we hold that the revolution
mus. come by violence? To answer this
question by yes or no would be asinine.
II may again It may not. The Left
Wing. all the protests of the Right Wing
to the contrary Notwithstanding. repu-
dates Socialism by assassination.
THE Left Wing hopes that the prole-
tariat will conquer its enemy. the capt.
ialist class, with as little bioodshed as
possible"
John Reed Is editor Of the Com ru-
mist. Mr.. Stevenson stated that M. Zu-
kor OF the editorial board had been
sentenced to fifteen years in prison for
utterances made In this city.
II would suggest to the Attorney
General" said Chairman Lusk, that a
copy of this paper be turned over to the
District Attorneys Office. together with
the facts in reference to its circulatio
and publication. This paper. in my opin-
ion. is clear violation Of the penal law
of this State"
A letter carrier OF San Diego wrote to
the Rand School that of eleven carriers
in his station nine would vote the So
cialist ticket. The answer to him said In
part:
ut Is fine to see our postmen inter-
ested in our movement They have had
good opportunity to know what II stands
for and are coming into very great SYM
pethy with US.
I'VE shall hope to have you enroll as
n student soon. When We read Of Pre-
paredness' that Is in full force in the
ca mps OF the capitalists we realize that
unless we organize and Mt ourselves to
resist and to take over the Government
We will one day ind ourselves where our
French and German brothers are to-day,
dead or MANNED in the fray"
This is an extract from a letter sent
to NJ. E. Rabb, Xenia, Ohio
I'm Connecticut the property of MEM
bers OF the Moulders Union has been at
tached by the employers for damages
to trade caused by strike. Not only
the household goods. hut the banE ac-