The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-27
Lenine, Trotsky, Et As, s e e k in g United
 States Participation
 to Assist Concession
 Hunters in Pooling Russian People Into Belief of Recognition.

Special to the Labor News.
 Washington, Jan. 27.-Organ- ized Labor of the United States is absolutely opposed to this coun- try being represented at the pro posed Genoa economic Congress if Lenine, Trotzky and other Bolshe- vist who are fathering it are to be allowed to be present, according to the expression of Samuel Com pers, president of the A. F. of l., made to President Harding on Wednesday. MT. Gompers said that as Bolshevist delegates will be present. if the United States be represented, the impression would spread throughout Russia and the world that recognition had been extended to Moscow. MT. Com pers told MT. Harding that throughout the world 1t would be disseminated that if the Soviet was good enough for United States recognition, it was good enough for the working people.
 
 asserted, cannot stand for the en- cOuragement of the Soviet form of Government
 Declaring that the British concession ment of year ago failed in their hidden purpose of getting their grip on the re- sources of Russia, MT .Gompers says they have made their new plan the ''chief ord CT of business of Lloyd Georges Genoa conference" The new plan is: Let all governments and fnanciers unite to fur nish the required capital and to legalize Lenine's title to everything in Russia by "official' recognition. Tn a word, the Soviet Plunder-bund is to sell Russia including her future, to the proposed Central International Corporation.' or at least such parts of Russia as the fnan- ciers want and the Bolshevists feel they do not need for their purposes.
 "Lenine and Trotzky," he continues, "a1ready have the quasi-recognition of Lloyd George. That to which the soviet regime aspires is the recognition of the United States and that recognition would be given if the United States were to ac- cept the invitation to the Genoa confer ence.
 Tn some circles 1t has been intirnated that the United States Government ought to accept the invitation to send delegates to Genoa and at the conference denounce +Lo -b01a f No worse blunder could be made.
 To accept the invitation and go to Ge- noa would be a prOnOunc1nent that would go out throughout the world that Lenine and Trotzky are to be recognized, and any statement made to dissent from or to repudiate sovietism at Genoa would re- ceive but little attention from the great masses of the world. At this time the Russian people have stopped grOping and are now inteligently manifesting their dissent and opposition to the unwarranted dictatorship and cruelty of the Leninc and TrOtzkv regime The BOlsheviki re- gine in Russia is disintegrating faster than is generally known. Its life can be prolonged only by the political, economic and moral support of the United States.
 Recognition now would give tempor- ariy an added strength to d regime that must fall before there can be final sOlu- tion of Russia's domestic difficulties and her foreign relations, without Contribut- ing anything material to immediate relief of her people The bolshevist dictator ship will pass, whereupon those who now seek to save 1t in defiance of all principles