The New York herald., 1922-12-04


Orders From Moscow.
A letter dated Moscow. January, II.
1920, and signed by Zinoviev (Apfel-
baum), president of the Executive
national, instructing the two parties
to unite. stated that the Executive
Committee of the Communist Inter
national concluded thus:
This split (between the Communist
party and the Communist Labor
party) has rendered a heavy blow to
the Communist movement in America.
1t leads to the dispersion of -revolu-
tionary force, harmful parallelism,
IAN absurd partition of practical work.
senseless discussions and an unjusti-
fable loss Of energy in International
quarrels. A concentration of Ameri-
can bourgeois forces has increased to
an unprecedented extent while the
class struggle Is becoming more acute
every day and demands unprecedented
sacrifices from the American prole-
tariat, The world revolution Is mex
orably growing; great possibilities and
brilliant perspectives are opening up
before the American proletariat: this
Is not the time for division Of Com
munist forces.
"In so far as both parties stand on
the platform of the Communist Inter-
national--and of this we have not the
slightest doubt-a united party Is not
only possible, but Is absolutely neces-
sary and the executive committee
categorically insists on this being I'M
mediately brought about"
Temporarily Broken by Raid.
The union Of these two forces
marked the beginning of the Ameri-
can Communist movement that grew
rapidly until 1t was temporarily
broken up by raid which resulted
in the arrest of a large number Of
foreigners, many Of whom were de-
ported to Russia. After that, the
Communists organized the Workers
Party of America, legal or open
organization. Approximately 100 diff
ferent associations of radicals Joined
this party, which was launched In this
city in December Of last year.
There is serious doubt as to the
legality of the Workers Party OF
America" for 1t has been established
beyond reason of doubt that It Is
nothing less than "the above ground
wing Of the illegal Communist
Party Certain courts have held that
the two parties are one and the same
in principle and effect.
The Workers Party has organized
every willing, unattached element In
the United States for united front
against capitalism and the capitals
tic State" It has used disasters. hard
times, bad conditions and other unus-
ual emergencies to forward its propo-
ganda.
Race Hatred Fomented.
It has tried to incite the negro
race to rise against the whites. Much
money and unlimited energy have been
expended to that end. and that a little
something in the way Of results has
come from this effort to "bore into"
the negroes in the United States Is
evidenced by the fact that only few
days ago an American negro. trans
ported TO Moscow at Soviet expense,
addressed the Third Internationale In
the Russian capital saying that "A
form Of slavery actually exists to-day
in the Southern States. American ne
groes are in a most unhappy condition,
and instinctively feel that their route
to liberation lies with Moscow"
Agents have been sent into country
districts to make the farmer dissatis-
fled.
Clever organizers are in the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor unions. Dor
ing from within" This feature OF the
program for "one big union" for q
general strike and mass action" when
the time comes is led by William Y.
Foster. the reddest of the reds. Fos-
ter admits, even boasts, that he Is try
ing to destroy the Samuel Gompers
bureaucracy He asserts that under
such leadership as Gompers and Frank
Morrison the workers will never get
their Just deserts. But little success
has attended the effort to contaminate
the American Federation Of Labor.
Working in Schools.
Part of the Red Radical game Is to
enter the schools, the churches and
the universities with their revolution
ary doctrine. The files OF Federal
agents show that this feature OF the
program is being carried out by very
clever Communists.
The Russian famine has been sue
cessfully used to secure funds and
spread propaganda for the cause Of
Communism in Russia and the United
States. Secretary Hoover, who has
charge OF the American drive for
famine stricken Russians. saw At to
warn against the activities Of the
friends of Soviet Russia who started
out to collect money in this country.
Rich men and women with Social
.stic tendencies have been used for the
formation OF parlor Bolshevism.
More than half hundred boys from
Russia entered one Western univer-
sity. These came via Mexico and
their expenses are betrayed by the
Soviet Government.
The Communistic organizations
have more than 200 newspapers. most
of which are active and extremely
radical.
Active in Recent Strikes.
Red radical leaders were very active
In the recent coal and railroad strikes
They fomented trouble wherever pos
sible. Government agents were close
on their heels and kept them busy