The New York herald., 1922-07-09

produces a letter from a friend of
his In Moscow to prove that he tells
the truth. So there you are. You
get nowhere deciding one way or
the other.
But you leave the Kuzbas offices
convinced that some OF the terrific
ballyhooing by the revolutionary
propagandists is frightful bunk. For
example. you gain the impression
that about rs per cent. of the work.
ers applying for passage to the
mines and factories of Soviet Russia
are representative of nothing but
themselves. Without intending to
belittle their ideals or contradict the
logic OF their argument or truth of
their stories. at least one observer
absorbed the impression that these
men would not fit into nor be happy
in America unless 1t was conducted
on plan drawn up by themselves.
And there is no visible suggestion
that they would be satisfied with
that very long.
Seeking the Truth.
There Is q somewhat different
story to tell about those workers
who have gone to Russia at the
behest of the Society for Technical
Aid to Russia. Such workers as
were forwarded by this society. di-
rectly or indirectly. were offered few
glittering inducements They were
told that In the textile industries
under the Soviet Government a man
or a woman might work toward II
not Immediately under his Commu-
nistic ideals. There has been no
attempt to snare or lure the worker.
He or she was told that Russia at
present has little to offer her re-
patriated children. but looked to
these returned ones to give much
to her.
To pick out truth from the mass
Of contradictory reports Of just what
has happened to those former work
ers in the clothing factories Of New
York. Chicago. Rochester and Cleve-
land who went back to Moscow Is .
treacherous business Probably the
only wholly fair statement would be
what those textile workers whose
ideals were strong enough to offset
the American bred fondness for the
softer creature comforts, have stuck
1t out.
It is impossible to state accurately
how many Of these idealists have
done so.
But certain it Is that there have
been many whose Communist prin-
ciples failed when the Soviet pay
envelope became light. The efforts
Of the Society for Technical Aid to
Russia have been a cold blooded de-
sire to help the industries Of Russia
TO resume again an erect position.
There was very little bunk about the
proposition. You were asked to go
IL you thought you had the CUTS to
see It through and to stay in America
rather than howl for mercy if you
had to accept poor pay and limited
luxuries during the process of reviv-
ing Russia.
How different with the I. w. w.
boosters for Big BIZ Haywood's
Kuzbas organization
"These workers." says r. M. Stein
hardt. secretary Of the Kuzbas. "are
Industrial crusaders. Strictly speak
ing they are not members of any
political organization. We shall Gre
ate a great machine that will return
to the workers the full product Of
their labor. In the Kumetz basin
there are $50. .0oo. .00o. 900 tons Of coal,
or more than all the coal reserves Of
Great Britain. Six thousand skilled
American workers are going to risk
all their savings to prove to the
world that the worker is able to
manipulate the machinery that will
deposit into his own poctf mind.-a
wealth from r.