Great Falls tribune., 1922-03-24
A RUSSIAN OFFER

lists, and communists are af.
forded a chance to aid in creating
q new heaven and new earth ir
Russia. The soviet government
has granted a concession to Big
Bill Haywood, who jumped his bone
in the United States and fled tc
Russia some time ago. He is tc
work rich iron and coal deposits
in Russia, and needs six thousand
Americans to help work the mines
Here is the chance for radicals
in the United States to get jot
to their liking. The soviet gov
ernment has appealed to them &c
come to Russia and help them and
the United States would be glad to
have them 60. The appeal after
acknowledging the receipt of help
to their starving millions from their
"comrades" in the United States
1T comes from the taxpayers o1
this country by vote of capital:
tstic congress) goes on to say:
"The working class of soviet
Russia is creating new forms Of life
under the most difficult conditions,
In the midst of the greatest disor.
ganization and famine. In this
hard struggle the first task Of the
working class is the restoration OF
the big industries that have been
SO severely injured by the war and
the blockade, as well as by the Of
fensive of the Russian and interna-
tional imperialists. Industry on a
big scale is the bulwark Of the pro-
letarian revolution in its struggle
against the capitalistic world, and
It is the foundation Of the future
communist republic.
"Our foreign comrades have not
abandoned their Russian brothers.
Through their opposition to inter
vention they contributed to the
triumphs Of soviet Russia over its
enemies and gave the Russian work
ers the possibility of tackling their
economic problems. The rising
movement Of the proletariat
in all countries forces the bour-
geoisie to change its policy toward
soviet Russia and to remove the
blockading wall which cut off Rus
sian industry from the so sorely
needed importation of foreign tech
nical forces and goods. The fear
full blow which struck Russia in
the shape of the drought and the
famine evoked the warmest SYM
pathy of the workers of all coun-
tries and the fraternal help being
given to the starving farmers Of
the southwest is increasing from
day to day.
Cali this is real, tangible sup
port of the Russian working class
in its herculean struggle against
economic ruin. But it is not suffi-
cient. The direct aid of the for
eign workers is necessary for the
restoration of big industry. The
united efforts of foreign and Rus
sian workers, shoulder to shoulder
In the same factory or mine, are
necessary in order to lay the foun-
dation of the only working class
state in the world.
Help along this line was offer
ed to the soviet government by a
group of revolutionary workers Of
America, headed by Comrades Rut-
gers, Haywood, Calvert and 9TH
ers. The soviet government has
accepted this offer. The council OF
labor and defense of the Russian
soviet republic has made an agree
ment with this group of American
workers according to which the
big metal works of Nevyansky in
the Urals, the Kamerovsk mines in
The Kuznetz coal basin in Siberia,
and other industrial plants con-
nected with them are to be turned
over to these workers. According
to this agreement, 5000 American
workers are expected to come to
Russia to labor in common with the
Russian workers for the restoration
of industry in soviet Russia.
"But the American workers must
be prepared to come to an unsettled
country and to take up their work
under extraordinarily hard condi-
tions. We are confident, however,
that, thanks to our joint efforts,
we shall overcome the initial diff
culties and arouse to life one Of
the richest coal and ore districts in
the world. The American workers
will contribute their experience in
organization and highly qualified