Gunnison news-champion., 1923-11-16
Russian Propaganda
md Sam GOmpers
wHAT THE GRAND OLD MAN
OF AfERlCA THINKS OF
SONIETiSM AND ITS DUPES

groNE men and women deceived by
this yrupaganda, not alone In great
cent Of foreign population, but
nigh, hrre in Gunnison.
FUr instance. you would hardly be
lievc nat . local paper would openly
adypsa;e the extension Of the in
dus, ~ Russian movement which has
pro- med the death Of the Amer.-
can .rade unions-that home citizens
wou hope for its adoption in Ger
mar and thence over the world.
Ye; ere We read editorials under date
of Nevember S, 1928 from our own
Rus an Charley:
would be very feasible for
r. Ga 20 assist and extend soviet
~ INTO Germany. One of the
fIr' steps would be utter repudia-
Il = the kaiser's deot, ale
sa-u. p the Cars. Next the con
f aion or al least taking over
o; The industries coined by the pro-
ft,rs during and since the war,
". finance things fairly well TO
ST. with The reparaiioHs would
o. .IuTse, not be paid.
As a matter Of fact. they viii
~. be paid anyhow. Neither will
ar II the billions owed one another
b ne great powers. Huge indus
{ Germany backed by raw ma
{ SIS and food stufs IRON Russia,
d make a combination that the
ha 4Rcc OF Europe would have 70
T,-asct. And that is about what
" come il the Royal Bunch are
dated. II viii be interesting to
sf, this country, thru its ruling
r.ass. boosting for the kaiseTs re-
iau or that Of his spawn"
&, against this brazen defense of
IT, bloOdiest tyranny on earth, that
o. Russia today. and the pious hope
f. It's spread, read what Samuel
G. mpeTs, for twenty years president
o. ne American Federation OF Lab
o. aid when resolution came to the
floor at the last national convention
IT, Portland Oregon, and was advo-
Gated by deceived laborites, who
apologized for such men as Foster
and Dunno, but pied for Russian rec
ignition in the name of humanity
ard brotherhood. President Gompers
replied:
For my part, the question for this
to decide is not alone the
matter of the recognition Of the Soviet
regime in Russia, but whether II
shall lower the standard and the high
plane upon which the American peo-
pie stand. II there were any evid-
cnee necessary to determine our
course. certainly the exhibition we
saw in this convention yesterday fur
nished all that is required.
"Some of the delegates, discussing
this question have urged recognition
of Soviet Russia because it is the
best democratic government that ever
existed in that country. The very
declaration and fundamental princi-
piles upon which Sovietism is based.
constitute denial of democracy. l.
refuses to accept democracy, and it
has set out to carry out the policy OF
destruction of every form of demo-
oracy in Russia and in every other
country OF the world.
''ln Russia there is no such thing
as free speech, no criticism against
Soyietism permitted, no publication
of u newspaper or pamphlet that
does not yield obedience and loyalty
to Sovietism. There is no opportuni-
ty for free expression, not only in the
press ard not only in the public
meetings, but anywhere and under
any circumstances.
"There We're few trade unionists.
men high in the councils of the unions
which existed and were formed under
the kerensky government while it
lasted, and they sought their way
out of Russia and went to England
and there made their report to the
then Parliamentary Committee of the
British Trades Union Congress. They
declared that the unions were prohib-
tied from meeting and because these
men stood true to their unions they
were hunted and haunted and had to
flee from the country for the safety
of their lives.
"These men came over to the U. s.
and attended the convention of the
American Federation of Labor at
Denver, Colorado; they told there a
manufactured-these were
laboring men, trade unionists who
escaped with their lives SO that they
might bring the message of the
poor, down-trodden people of Russi,i
to the people of England and of the
United States.
Talk about sympathy for the
Russian people! When the tongues
of those who were talking for SYM
pathy for the Russian people were
silenced, it was the American Feder-
alton of Labor and its representative
men who dared come to the front for
the people of Russia. For myself,
was in affiliation with the Nihilist
under the Gar. and when
the revolution took place there, /
it great privilege to send
q cablegram to the Soldiers and
Workmen's convention congratulating
them and welcoming them as gov
ernment among the free nations of
the world.
'If the people Of Russia are willing
to submit to this dictatorship, pity
them, but l have no quarrel with
them. If the Soviets, by a power
by them, keep the people in
subsection so that they cannot ex-
press themselves and change the
form of governmnt, I can have no
quarrel with them. they win have To