The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-29

BRUSH labor are thOrOly disgust
mier and also of Snowden and
the other pronounced Commun-
list haters in the labor party
government.
The Soviet government has
sent a sharp note to England
demanding an apology for the
charges of subversive propa-
ganda.
No Such Letter.
In his message to the British trade
union congress, Zinoviev, said There
was not and there could not be such
a letter. The fabrication is so crude
that no one, not even too literate Of
fetal of the foreign office, but could
see its falsity.
ut seems that the laurels Of Mr.
Hughes are being divided by some one
in England. 1t is obvious that we have
in this case a too clear election man
euver."
zinoviev also referred to an offer
he made to Secretary of State Charles
Evans Hughes, to establish the falsity
of certain documents which the lat
ter was using in his campaign against
Soviet Russia, but Hughes ran away
from the offer fearing exposure as an
arrant liar.
Special Commission.
1--WE are prepared to offer to the
foreign Office even more than that,
namely, to allow the general council
of the Trade Union Congress, thru
special commission or thru its dele
cation appointed to visit the Soviet
union, to investigate Immediately the
question, regarding the authenticity
of the alleged document. The deci-
sion of this commission will be &C
cepted by US as final"
Most of the members of the Mac
Donald ministry have accepted the Ra-
kovsky statement that the letter is a
forgery. The following statement was
issued from the labor party headquar-
ters:
Several statements have got into
currency during the weekend which
are untrue; first, that the letter, at
tributed to Zinoviev, had been dis
cussed by the cabinet; second, that it
had been intercepted in the post, pho
tographed and delivered to the Com
in the ordinary way, and final
ly that instructions had been sent to
labor candidates not to speak of the
Russian treaty.
Foreign Office officials consider
that the document is authentic Ra-
kovslSy declares that it is a forgery,
and obviously this issue cannot be
finally settled one way or other until
after election. The whole Circumstance
es, surrounding the letter attributed
to zinoviev, are regarded with deep
est suspicion in labor quarters. II is |
singular that copies OF the letter were |
in the possession Of The Daily Mail |
and conservative headquarters before |
it had been issued by the foreign Of
flee to the general press.
while the question of the authen-
ITCHY or otherwise of the document
open, there can be no doubt
at all that the vigorous note to Ra-
kovsky entirely disproves the allega-
ton, made by the enemies OF labor,
that the government is under the heel
Of Communists. II gives a guarantee
that the agreement between this coun-
try and Russia will be enforced by
the government both in letter and in
spirit.
Labor invites the conservative
leaders and The Daily Mail to be
frank with the public and state how
they came into possession Of the docu.
Foreign Office Trick.
The Daily Herald, official organ OF |
the British Trade Union Congress
seeks to throw the blame on the for.
eign Office, of which Macdonald Is |
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