The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-28

earlier phases of the trial Mr..
Walsh maintained Mr.. Gore was
required to finish with the win
tess hut the court held the mat
ter was within the discretion of
the Judge ard he ruled Mr..
Smith could take the prosecu-
tors place. 1t was said today
Mr. Smith would have charge
of the rest of the case.
st. Joseph, Mich, Mar. 2S-With
the defense's future plans unan-
nounced Charles E. Ruthenberg,
executive secretary of the Work
crs' party, a legal branch of the
illegal Communist party, today
faced the final period of the direct
examination by Frank P. Walsh.
chief counsel for William u. Fos-
ter of Chicago, charged with vio-
lating the Michigan syndicalism
act.
While indications were that Ru-
thenberg would remain on the wit
ness stand only short time today
Attorney Walsh declined to say in
advance whether Foster would be
the next witness for the defense
or divulge the names of other wit
nesses who would be called.
The state during cross-examina-
tion of Ruthenberg yesterday in
! troduced minutes of an executive
committee meeting of the Com
munist party held july 26 and q,
1922, to- show that Moscow's in
fuencc over the Communists OF
America brought about a postpone
! ment of the party convention near
here. 1t offered in evidence ca
blegram directing that the gather
ing be delayed until the representa-
tivcs of the executive committee
of the Communists lnternationale
should arrive.
Minutes Produced
The state produced the minutes
Of meeting of the executive COM
; mittee held July 26 and q to at
tack Ruthenberg's testimony dn
direct examination that the ques-
ton of having Foster at the con-
vention had not been passed on
until the committee met at Brig
ham, Mich, about August II.
The minutes Of the July meeting
showed that "Ballister," the alias
of Robert Minor, of New York, had
moved that Constructions to attend
the convention be given to the ma
! tional industrial organizer" A
questionnaire filled out by Foster
when he reached the convention
and already introduced in evidence
stated that he was the national
| industrial organizer.
The minutes also showed that
Jay Lovestone, secretary of the
executive committee and one of the
defendants here, read at the July
26 session cablegram from Mos
cow ordering the postponement of
! the convention.
Moscow Dictated Policies
| How the communist internation-
ale in Moscow passed on the poll
cies and plans Of the party in this
country was developed when the
state produced from the papers
seized at the convention an out
line Concerning the next tasks of
| the c.. p. of A. to which was at
| tached certificate written in Ger
man, and signed by Rakon, secre-
! tary of the executive committee of
| the communist International, Civ
ing a correct copy Of the minutes
of meeting Of the committee held
in Moscow November 19, 1921, at
which the American plans were
discussed.
The outline directed the Amer
ican communists, by order of Mos
cow, to create legal political par
ty, which could work in the open
and (which will act as an instru-
ment of the illegal communist par
ty for participation in legal ac-
tivities such as electoral cam
paigns."
The outline closed with a per-
sonal letter, addressed to the
American communists by Bukha-
rim, Radek, and Kusinen, the ex-
ecutive committee of the commun-
ist internationale directing the
members in this country to unite
mot for the liquidation of either
the legal or the illegal revolution
ary activity but for the liquida-
ton Of the really damaging liquid
alton tendencies of the labor move
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