South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31
SOVIET LEADER
TELLS OF WORK
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sci. submitted the following state
merit:
The following contracts have
been entered into. conditioned upon
the procurement for export licenses
for the shipment Of the goods con-
tracted for, and conditions upon the
procurement Of permission TO trans
init funds from Russia in payment
for the goods:
Ella Berlow, New York city
boots and shoes to be supplied on
orders under contract, July %. 1919.
$4,000 900: Fischman & Co. New
York city, underwear. July "a. 1919
$4,000 900; Weinberg & Posner En-
gineering Co, New York city. mach
merry and machine tools. Sept. %.
1919, $4,000. 600: Bobroff Foreign
Trading & Engineering Co, Milwau-
kee, Wis. four contracts as fol-
lows: Jan. %. 1920. Kemp-Smith
Mfg Co. milling machines, $97,-
40: +. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co.
shoes. S1.2O1. $50; Milwaukee Shap-
er Co. shaIers. s45,O71; Steel Sole
Shoe Co. steel sOled shoes, SIS, $50.
Supersedc Contracts.
"(These contracts supersede con-
tracts executed with Kemp Smith
Mfg Co, July 30, 1919, and with
Milwaukee Shaper Co. July z. 1919,
and arranged but not finally exc
cuted with F. Mayer Boot & Shoe
Co. May Is. 1919, and Steel Sole
Shoe Co. 1870
"Lehigh machine company. Lee
hiehton Printing presses. oct. p,
1919, S4,5OO.O0O; Morris 6. Co. Chi
cago III, 5O.OOO.O00 pounds Of food
products at prevailing market price
at time OF shipment Jan. %. 1920.
(This contract executed, the result
OF negotiations instituted early in
sept. 19).
In addition 10 the foregoing. n
contract dated sept. 10, 1919 was
entered into which the National
Storage company OF New York. for
"A cargo Of merchandise for a total
amount OF approximately 10000
900 delivered at Petrograd. Cir
cumstances made il impossible for
the National Storage company to
perform this contract, according to
the original terms. and IL therefore
has been abandoned.
Let Contracts.
''Ta addition to the contracts al
ready placed, the negotiations OF the
commercial department OF the Rus
sian soviet government bureau have
covered a schedule Of articles re-
0uired In Russia 70 a total amount
% approximately $500. 100000. con
sisting Of: Railway material and
equipment. agricultural implements
and machinery, tractors, motor trucks
and automobiles, meat. roodstuns
and canned milk. machinery mining,
printing. road making. hardware
and tools. woOlens. textiles and knit
goods. shoes. leather and findings.
paper and chemicals. pharmaceuti-
cal. medical and surgical supplies"
Special couriers travelled IN relays
through neutral countries carrying
gold and instructions from Lcnine.
tho directing genius at Moscow. Mar
tens revealed but refused 10 disclose
the identity of these countries.
out OF 20 couriers sent 20 Martens
by the soviet republic. about seven
reached America. the committee was
told. Seven made regular entry in
10 the United states. Martens said
but declared he old not know how
;hey passed the customs officers.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
N-as an attentive spectator in the
crowded committee room.
All of the money received came
from the treasury OF the soviet gov
eminent. Martens asserted and add
cd $4,000 had been received.
Thirty thousand dollars came
hrough first. Martens said. and the
remainder came in $4,000 lets. This
money was deposited IN The public
national bank in New York and a
New York stale bank Martens as
Lertsa.