The Washington herald., 1920-11-22
W. D. Vanderlip Says Con-
gress VIII Pass Trade Rec
ognition Bill Soon.
BACKING FOR PROJECT
American in London Inter-
view Says Lenine S Dropped
World Plan.,
ny FORBES w. FAIRBAIRN.
Universal Service staff csrrsspondsnt,)
fsnaeial Cable Dispatch.)

LONDON, Nov. 21.-"A bill author
izing the resumption Of American
trade with Russia is assured Of pas
sage in the Republican Congress in
December, if necessary over Presi-
dent wilson's veto
1T is absurd to think l would
undertake such a gigantic under
taking and that the capitallstic
group behind me would be interested
unless it has assurances of favor
able action by the American govern
ment"
Thus Washington ID. Vanderlip,
whose activities have been watched
BY several countries. answered the
criticisms of his Russian trade ter
ritorial concessions in an interview
today at the Carlton Hotel. He was
quietly amused over the suspecting
attitude of the majority of the Brit
ish and Swedish press
Mr.. vanderlip. who is acting in
behalf of purely Pacific Coast capi-
tai, declared he would show authen-
tic contracts. when he arrived In
America. covering enormous projects
in which the vanderlip syndicate
will act as fiscal agents, and that
trade endoubtedly-barrin unfor-
srtn obstacles-will begin early in
the new year.
Sponsored by Lenine.
1T is the biggest deal in world
history" Mr.. Vanderlip declared to
me. TT absolutely will be backed
by the whole authority of the Rus
sian government: Premier Lenine
himself is sponsoring the deal.
For our part we have got more
than sufficient capital to exploit the
territorial concessions In the PENN
sula of Kamehatka and the seaboard
which contain probably the worlds
greatest undeveloped coal and oil
deposits. with the fishing of the
coast equal to that of Alaska"
Mr.. vanderlip denied he had said
he had the backing of President
eject Harding, or that he undertook
his mission to Russia in behalf Of
the President-elect- But he en-
phssized again his positiveness that
Congress would reopen the Russian
trade to Americans.
Russia is glad that the United
States is to have a Republican ad-
ministration," he said. Russia
thinks America is her only friend in
the world, and she is anxious i'm
mediately to resume relations"
Trade Now I'm Progress.
o"For that matter" continued Van
deriip, Americans are free to trade
with Russia at present. There is no
need for government sanction IL the
individual undertakes the business
at his own risk.
when the American Russian
trade bill has been passed trade en-
roys will be appointed who will not
be diplomatic agents"
Vanderlip then described to me his
dramatic meeting with Nikolai
Lenine, whom he admires az the
greatest man in the world today.
He is the combination, Vanderlip
explained. of Americas Washington
and Lincoln.
He continued:
Lenine has dropped the idea Of
Sovietizing the world. He does not
want it He realizes down in his
heart that communism is a failure.
Il confidently expect in a few
years to see all trade communism
gone from Russia, all to be sue
ceeded by the freest democratic gov
ernment in Russia. He candidly ad-
mitted to me that he did not want
a revolution in America. He asked
me why there was not one. I re-
piled that we never would have one
and that we did not want Boil
shevism.
'Lenin asked me II it were true