New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Speaker Hints
At Politics in
Russian Relief
Former Correspondent SAYS
U.S.Is Feeding l,25O,OOO
and Denying Aid to Mil
lions More Who Need I:
Goodrich Denies Charge
Government Has Situation
Well in Hand. He Tells
Auditors at Luncheon

Discussion Of the topic The Ameri-
-sr Policy Toward Russia" By speak
RS before the Foreign Policy Associa-
lon. in luncheon conference yesterday
2 the Rotel Astor, brought out oppos-
ng views as TO what that policy should
he. The American Relief Admnistra
ION, headed by Herbert Hoover, came
n FOR indirect criticism by speaker
Nho thought tho administration was
Durnosely limiting American aid for
tho Russian people. and who. after a
'.'6o-nnile trip through European Rus
ia. was still convinced tina. tho Soviet
experiment. nas worthy of world wide
support.
Information 70 rofute these views
res given by representative of the
relief admins ;ration. who was vjgor-
ously applaudc1 hy the diners at tho
conclusion of an address. in which he
told how Ienine and Trctzky finally
had come to acknowledge tho ncces sity
OF appealing 10 tho RUSSIANS self-in-
terest rather than to his confidence in
MS communistic brethren.
Questions s3e,ooo,ooo Limit
Paxton Bibbcn, connected with the
United States diplomatic service from
1904 to 1912 and former Associated
Press correspondent in the Balkans
and the Near East. wanted to know
why the American Relief Administra-
for Russian relief to 5000. 900. and
he was answered by former Governor
James +. Goodrich OF Indiana, who re-
turned from Russia recently as the
relief administrations representative
Mr.. Hibben, who said he came out
o. fairyland when he left Russia
short time ago. declared the American
Relief Administration WAS feeding
about 100000. as against 1880, 900
persons in need of food in the famine
region who it was not aiding.
The s2o,oo0,ooo appropriated by
Congress is our money that we have
to make up in taxes" Mr.. Hibben said
And If there is any purpose so to
restrict the relief of Russia for which
we have paid that It can be used as q
polltlca! weapon we want to know it
and to approve it or disapprove such
use of our money. The question / want
to raise is simply this: Is there any
sound reason why all the relief any
body IN America may want to send to
the starving people of Russia should
there? 1t will have to be another rea-
son besides one of ports and railways,
because l happen to know that that is
not sound reason"
Goodrich Defends System
Former Governor Goodrich followed
Hibben by saying the latter's figures
regarding the number of starving were,
he thought, greatly exaggerated that
enough seed grain would soon reach
Russia to take care Of every farmers
needs, and that the Administra he'd
the relief work ably in hand.
The Russian government, Mr.. Good
rich said by way of comment, "is com
ing to understand that capital contrib
utes to the country's profits as does
labor, but that without responsible
management of industries there can be
neither industry nor profits"
THE government already has sane
toned a return to the piece system in
the shops and is permitting free trade,
which was prohibited by death penalty
during the revolution he said.
Mrs. Marguerite +. Harrison. CORE
spondert of The Assoc lated Press in
Russia from 1918 to 1920 and a po-
litical prisoner in Moscow for ten
months, said there were more Socia,-
lists in prison in Russia than there
we're Capitalists"