The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
REPORT OF LECTURE ON
RUSSIAN CONDITION

On Monday, November I4th, l9Zli
the citizens of Wolf Point assembled
in Glacier theatre to listen to a very
interesting lecture entitled :"Starving
Millions, or Why American Workers
Should Help Soviet Russia"
In opening his lecture, Floyd Ramp,
who was the speaker of the evening,
and who is travelling under the aus
pieces of The Friends of Soviet Rus
STA, a relief organization with head
quarters in New York, told Of his
grandparents having crossed the
plains in 1847 with an OK team from
Illinois to Oregon and there settled.
The audience listened attentively as
the speaker warmed to his subject
and outlined the struggles of the Rus
sian people against counter revolt
ton, promoted, fostered and financed
by England, France, America and
Japan. He sketched a vivid picture
of the criminal blockade which con-
demned thousands and thousands of
Russians to starvation and death. A
nation still suffering from the pangs
of an imperialistic war, having lost
seven millions of her people defend
ing the eastern front for the Allies!
Thus was she rewarded because she
desired to set up a workers govern
ment.
Vividly did he portray the TEACHER
cratic phraseology, and brought home
v of imperialism cloaked with demo-
to his audience the facts, namely the
defeat of the Allied counter revo-
~lutionary armies. This in the face of
formidable odds and heroic sacrifices.
Moving on through the different
phases of his subject he told of the
wonderful development of Russia I'M
der the Soviet regime. Children in
Russia are of primary importance.
Therefore mothers are released from
all work two months before child
birth and two months after. During
this time the pay goes on. The child,
when, born is given a pension to feed
and clothe it up to the age of sixteen.
The mother has the best medical at
tention and a place to go free OF
charge. Thus can the child be born
under the best conditions. This and
the wonderful educational facilities
that were being created gave the lie
to the garbled reports of the kept
press. The workers of Russia work
a A hour week and theatres and en-
joyments are free. There is no un-
employment in Russia. Quoting from
the Los Angeles Times, the speaker
read an article maligning Lenlne,
calling him the worst debauche and
murderer in the world, and labeled
him '"The Mad Dog Of the North"
The lying article was exposed IN all
its lurid bestiality when the speaker
read a statement of Senator France
of Maryland who had interviewed
Lenine in Moscow, and he told of
Lenine's wonderful personality, gen
ial disposition and simple living in
the face of the ~studendous task of
guiding $50, 100000 Russians clear
of the shoals of capitalist intrigue.
The %insincerity of the profession of
help of the Allied Powers was duly
exposed when it was shown that Rus
STA had offered gold to buy from Am
erica the things needed to start re
construction. This was refused and
Russia was forced to keep her citi-
zens modified in an army to defend
herself against the intrigues and
treacheries of the allied powers. Re
CARELESS of the fact that trading with
Russia would have employed thous-
ands of American workers. 1t was
preferable to let American workers
starve than trade with a country that
believed in self determination and it's
own form of government.
The speaker further read an artl-
Gle stating that lsador Duncan had
been invited to Russia by the Soviet
government to teach the children art
istic dancing to develop grace and
beauty in the rising generation. This
again nailed the lies of the capital
list press when it states that the gov
eminent of Russia stands for the
negation of all culture and promotes
debauchery. Had theAllied Nations
been sincere they would have well
coined the overthrow of the bloody
Romanoff regime and opened their
doors to Russia, so that she might
heal the wounds received while fight
ing the Allied battles on the eastern
front.
The speaker drove home point af-
ter point to his audience and showed
clearly that the present starvation
in Russia was not due to Bolshevism
but due to the Allied Powers foment-
ing civil war and b~lockading Russian
ports, preventing reconstruction in
forcing Russia to keep a large army
defending the government the Rus
sian people had chosen. Thus were
the Russians unprepared to meet the
great crop failures, which is resulting
in the death of millions of Russian
men, women and children. The audi
ence caught the spirit of the great