The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-05
FORWARDS LIES
AGAINST RUSSIAN
RELIEF NAILED
Repetition Of Stale
SANDER Gets Reply
lBx F. S. Z. Pres. servieel

The Jewish Daily Forward has
again opened fire against the Friends
OF Soviet Russia, singing the same
old song.
On January rs. 1924, they say:
"The Friends Of Soviet Russia pre-
tended they were collecting for RUS
STA, but in reality they used the
money for Communist propaganda"
That's nothing new The British
ex-spy said II in speech before the
Chicago Chamber of Commerce.
The American Legion has said IT.
The Department Of Justice said it.
The Jewish Daily Forward said il
many times last year, and says it
again today. The secretary of the
Civic Federation said it, and finally
convinced the district attorney of
New York to subpoenae our books,
and office staff We were summoned
to the Office of the district attorney,
questioned Vnd released but the
books were kept.
Charges Found False.
A committee of five nationally
known men investigates these charges
made by this same paper year ago,
and exonerated u.s. Their findings
were printed in leahet form both in
English and in Jewish. The commit
tee consisted of Robert Morse Lovett
Of the New Republic and the Univer-
sity Of Chicago; Timothy Healy of
the Stationery Firemen and Engi-
neers' Union; Norman Thomas of the
League for Industrial Democracy and
member of the Socialist Party and.
Roger N. Baldwin of the Civil Liber-
ties Union.
Our books were at the Office OF the
district attorney of New York for
six months where expert accountants
were at work on them, trying to find
some reason for justifying these
charges. They were returned to cur
Office on November 20, 1898, WITH
OUT ANY CHARGES.
We have published regularly fin
aHeial statements Of our accounts In
our Official organ.
Accounts Were Published.
In the issue of September i. 1922
lend of the first fiscal year,, we pub
lished q detailed account Of the II
shipioads OF food, medicine, machine
cry and clothing sent to Russia,
which totalled $z25,000. In the issue
OF September, 1923, end of the Sec
ond fiscal year, we published detailed
account of the 16 shipleads totalling
$4,000, In addition to this, cash
has been RENTED as per our printed
reports.
The Jewish Daily Forward, on the
other hand, has sponsored and helped
q Jewish Peoples Relief Committee,
which has never been officially inves-
tigated.
Challenge Forward.
We challenge the Forward to open
the books Of this relief COMMITTEES 10
the same investigating committee.
We challenge the Forward TO pub
lish audited financial reports of their
relief committee.
We, challenge the Forward to ex-
plain 10 the public why il accepted
advertisements from the Russian Re-
lief Forwarders.
This company took money from
hundreds Of Jewish workers and
promised to send their packages,
duty-free, to their relatives in Rus
STA. Instead, the packages were left
to rot on the docks and the senders
were never reimbursed. We have
been informed that the responsible
people Of this company are being
prosecuted But the Forward has
said nothing about this scandal, tho
it was responsible, since it was upon
their Recommendation that these
workers were swindled.
We challenge the Jewish Daily
Forward to explain why they do not
tell their readers about these Relief
Forwarders."