New-York tribune., 1922-11-29
Hillrnarl, Home,
Says His Red
Pact Is Success
Garment Chief Sure Rus
slams VIII BE Making ssCo-
operative Clothes'' Soon:
Denies Thompson Charges
Ira Nelson Morris Returns
Asserts Slavs Already Dig
Winters Graves; Olympic
Brings COS Passengers

| A,nslgamated Clothing Workers of
America, arrived here last night on the
white Star liner Olympic, enthusiastic
| over the enterprise promoted by the
Russian~American Industrial Corpora
tion, which was organized for joint
operation with the Soviet government
to manufacture clothing for the Rus
SLAMS, despite the fact that William o.
Thompson, his financial adviser, was
reported In an exclusive cable to The
Tribune recently as having declared
that the project was fraught with
great danger to Its investors.
The differences between the two
In Moscow, Mr.. Hiliman said last night.
Mr.. Thompson consended that the EN-.
tcrprsse was doomed unless goods were
manufactured in Russia FOR export. Mr..
Hillman admitted that IL might result
pYoftably to the organization. but the
corporation was not founded with that
idea, its sole purpose being to provide
clothing for the Russians. According
to the plans, the Soviet government
was 60 invest S3,b00,000 and the Ameri-
can investors, mostly workmen con-
nected with the Amalgamated, were to
contribute $l,G00.oo0, the principal and
chs per cent interest to be guaran-
teed by the government.
Factories Soon to Start
A mass meeting Is being arranged
for Friday night in Carnegie Hall,
where concerted drive will Be opened
for new investors. Mr.. Hillman de-
clined to say last night how much al
ready had been obtained for the
project He refused to make any fur
ther comment on the dispatch
regarding the resignation from the
corporation of Mr. Thompson, president
of the American Cotton Oil Company
and the N. K. Fairbank Company, who
is still abroad, but said he would an
swar Mr. Thompson's statement at the
meeting.
The operation of the clothing fac
tories Will be started in a short time
IN MOSCOW, Petrograd and Kazan, Mr..
Hillman said. OF the 10000 to be en-
This Is only one of many new ven
lures that are being started in Russia,
Mr.. Hillman added. At present there
is good deal Of bargaining going on
between capitalists CT yarious nations
and the Soviet government for conces-
sions. The new economic policy in
Russia during the last year has i'm
proved tho country immeasureably and
the tendency of the Soviets Is to well
come foreign capital, he said.
Taxicabs Delay Passengers
Congestion of taxicabs at the en-
trance to the pier of The Olympic, at
the foot of West Nineteenth Street,
delayed the departure Of passengers
for a short time last night More
than 400 independent taxi drivers re-
fused to accommodate passengers and
baggage because the American Yellow
Taxi Operators, Inc, had access to
the lower tier of the pier.
Spokesman for the Independents said
that the chauffeurs OF the yellow ma
chimes were not members of the union
and the question of union longshore-
| men assisting in handling the baggage
and placing 1t on the cabs inside the
pier would be taken UP to-day with off,
ciais OF the international Longshore-
mems Union. However, there was
sufficient number Of the yellow cabs on
hand to take care of the 605 cabin
passengers of the liner after the con-
gestion was cleared by the police.
Ira Nelson Morris, American Minis
! ter to Sweden, painted a gloomy pic
ture of Russia's future upon his ar
rival. He said that reports from Rus
sia indicated that she will suffer more
this winter than last from famine.
| Press dispatches to Swedish papers re-
| port that graves are already being dug
to accommodate the dead that will sue
eumb in the next few months, he de-
lowed in a few days by Mrs. Morris on
the Aquitania, Is here for the holiday
| season.
| RFrlre kor A~ Ag-Vx
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and his
bride, the former Mrs. r. c. Durant.
also arrived, after two and a half
months. honeymoon abroad. The ace
| declared that he and his wife flew
| over the battlefelds where he fought
from scissors to Nancy and that he
was surprised to find the changes that
had been wrought by the peasants who
are tliling every available acre of
ground. He witnessed number of
glider contests, and said his company,
the Rickenbacker Motor Corporation,
/ OF Detroit, will soon begin manufac-
turing gliders with the idea of devel-
! oping the fundamentals Of aviation for
! commercial purposes. He was met at
| the pier by b. r. Everitt, president of
| his company.
| David A. Brown, commissioner for
| the American Jewish Relief, also re-
turned with his wife and daughter
| He emphasized the need of tractors
and plows in Russia, which will do
more to relieve the stricken country
| OF famine than gold. He said that her
agricultural resources are limited, but
| she has no means of developing them
unless farm implements in large num-
bers are provided.
Canadian "Ace" Also Arrives
Others arriving on the liner included
George Gibbs, head of the electrical
department of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, who has been abroad several
| months advising heads vi English rail-
roads in regard TO electrifcation; Sir
Henry Thornton, one time vice-presi-
dent Of the Long Island Railroad, who
was head of the British transportation
system during the war and Is now on
his way TO Canada to become chairman
OF the Canadian government railways,
and Lady Thornton: Lord Lyveden,
who will soon be seen OF Broadway as
Lord Tollomore in "0ld Bill M. P.";
Ernest Schelling, pianist, and Mrs.
Sehelling; Sydney Lea Smith, Sidney
0lcott, William A. Pinkerton, Arthur
J. Sutiey and Colonel w. A. Bishop, v.
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