The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-16
Socialist Farewell to
Traitor Abramovich Is
Funeral of Dead Hopes
BY J. LOUIS ENcDAHL.

TODAY the socialist leadership" in this country plans
bdng farewell to Raphael Abramovich, traitor Of the
Russian revolution. It will be pretty much in the form of
funeral dead hopes.
At the same time great masses Of American workers
more!'
The coming of Abramovich, anti-Sovet agent of the
Second (sociais International to this country has had
several results all Of them beneficial to the growth of Com
munsm in this country.
it has revealed clearer than ever the alliance Of the
isolated socialist leadership in the United States with the
anti-Soviet pIotters of Berlin and Paris
1t exposed to Americas workers the only remaining task
against the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
thus made clearer to Americas workers. who sadly lack
between the Communist International and the socialist
International.
of capitalist rule against Soviet rule when pocemens clubs
all of Abramovchs meetings descended the heads of
socialist International showed the American cap
ast rallies the aid of the socialists in the attack
on the Communist idea This has become crystal clear even
to workers barely on the brink of Communist sympathy
1t was surely not the intention of Abramovich HIquit
Cahan and Berger that these should be the results of the
lengthy tour of the United States carefully planned Not
at all.
1t was intended of course, that AbramOvich to deal
death blow to Communism in this country thru his Tex
posure of Boshevk rule and to prevent recognition by the
United States OF the Soviet Union In this he had the
thusiastc support not only of the Socialists but also of
the bureaucracy in control of the American Federation Of
Labor not to mention the whole capitalist press. 1t all
to be accomplished under the mask of democracy"
But the large numbers of Communist workers, especially
Jewish Communist workers. attending AbramoVch's meet
ing quickly tore this hypocca mask off the socialist
agent of world reaction He forced into the open;
to stand before Americas workers trying argue that there
not bright spot in the BoIshevk revolution. But
unfortunately, in that hour Americas workers
getting acquainted with the glowing report made official
y by the British trade union delegation to the Soviet Re-
pubcs; and the Japanese government also according
recognition to the Soviet Power
All this left Abramovich with definite place hide
his nakedness. All that left to him his frantic
denunciaons against Soviet Russia, that faithfully
reported in the socialist press, either in the English
language Leader the Jewishanguage Daily Forward;
all of which found natural echo in the dndng audiences
that greeted Abramovch he made his ngorious way
Westwards to the Pacific Coast If the police the thugs and
stool pigeons of the socialists the hand and the
Communist workers the other hand had attended
his gatherings AbramoVch would indeed have lonesome
is rumored that the socialists" trying bring
twin Abramovich j. Ramsay Macdonald former social
% premier of Great Britain this country for another
tour Let him come He will prove grst for the Amer
Communist mill