The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-08
RUSSIAN SCHOOL
/. FEDERATION HITS
ANTI-SOVIET Man
Refuse Seat to Editor
Who Spreads Lies
BY NJ. A. sKRoMNY.

talking in his paper in the name Of
the Russian colony and who repre-
sents himself as an authority on Rus
STA, finally had the opportunity to
meet the representatives of the Rus
sian colony, face to face, at the Con-
ference of the Federation of Russian
Schools, which began its sessions in
Chicago on the Bird of July.
A few days before the conference
the paper began an attack against the
Federation, accusing it of being a
handmade of the Communists, and
claiming that all the resolutions to
be passed at the conference were
made in Moscow" and that the by
laws ETC., are all manufactured by
the Communists. There were many
misstatements also printed about the
activities of the local schools, besides
the general attacks against Soviet
Russia.
"Novy Mir" Represented.
At the opening of the conference,
the editor was absent, but had one of
his reporters present. Among the
fraternal delegates was also a repre-
sentative from the Russian daily
"Novy Mir" comrade Stolar, who was
admitted as the other fraternal dele
gate, with voice but no vote. When
the editor of the local paper found
out about it, he came to the third
session of the conference and pre-
scented a credential. A hot discus
sion broke out which lasted for al
most three hours.
The delegates one after another be-
gan to tell the editor what they think
of him and his newspaper.
why are you lying in your paper
about our schools and labor organiza-
tons in general?
How do you dare to call your pa
per labor paper when it is the pri-
vate property of few individuals
who have nothing in common with
the Russian workers?
"You are an enemy of labor, for
no friend would try to split our or
ganization!
Editor Called Liar.
"You are lying about the Commun.
lists in Russia and in Chicago. You
were telling the readers that the Com.
munists joined our schools in order
to split them, at the time when they
are some of the best workers in our
schools"
These were some of the remarks
made by the delegates.
The chairman, comrade Piven, who
is not and has never been a Commun-
list, told the editor point blank that
he is a liar, that he does not know
anything about the schools, that the
Communists are doing good work in
the schools, and he invited the editor
to stop his dirty work.
The editor was given an opportun-
fly to defend himself. He had the
last say before vote was taken. He
tried to excuse himself for printing
lies by saying that the information"
was given to him by somebody, but
he did not say so in the editorials.
He claimed that he is not an enemy
of the workers, being even more
left" than the Communists. He ad-
mitted that he does not know much
about the ownership of his paper, he
is independent" of the owners, and
is not influenced by them.
Not Admitted.
Finally a vote was taken. The re-
suit was surprise to everybody pres
emit: only TWO voted TO accept the
editor as fraternal delegate. Bed
lam broke out. Some of the fraternal
delegates demanded that another vote
be taken. The vote was taken again
and three more voted in favor OF the
editor. Bedlam broke out again. the
fraternal delegates making the loud
est noise. After protests and threats
another vote was taken and the edi
tor at this time received only four
votes. After that the editor announced
that he will close his paper to the
federation, will not give them any
publicity, and that he will call an
other conference where they will un'
do everything that the conference is
doing at present
1--WE do not have much use for
your paper anyway" was the retort