The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-03
GERMAN TOILEUS
IN RUSSIA SAY
MENSHEvIKS LIE
Delegation Answers
Plea of Traitors
tspeoIaI to rhe Daily worksrl

MoscoW-(By Inpreeorr.) before
Its departure the German workers.
delegation published a letter In an
swer to letter signed by the bureau
Of the Russian soclal-demooratIc par
ty. The delegation acknowledges re-
oeIpt Of the letter and points out In
Its reply that It has seen everything
In the U. s. s. r. and that all doors
Including those Of the prisons have
been opened to Il. Only one thing
was not seen by the delesatIon--the
n1enshevlks.
The letter proceeds: you write
In the name of your party organiza-
ton, but we found nothing of the
sort. Have you not confidence in us,
we who hold the same opinions as
you? Where we looked for you and
found you. you had for long time
ceased to. be that which you once
were. Nevertheless we attempted to
prove your statements, but we must
honestly confess that not one Of them
is true.
Prisoners Not Complaining.
Further: Amongst hundreds and
even thousands Of people we did not
find single one to corroborate your
statements. We had the right Of free
entry into all prisons and we found
mensheviks and social revolutionaries
there, but not one of them could
complain about anything but the loss
Of freedom" The letter is signed by
nellie, Freiberger, Baer and Benevitz.
The Isvestia publishes statement
of the German workers delegation to
the workers and peasants of the U. S.
s. r. in which the impressions and
opinions formed by the delegation are
shortly described. The declaration
stresses the fact that 1t always chose
the places to be visited itself and al
ways received accurate information
upon all questions for which any In
terest was expressed. The declaration
puts the question:;
Is Soviet Russia in reality that state
in which the fundamental principles of
Marx and Engels are being carried
outf The answer must be that the
German working class has an ALSO
lutely false idea of the U. 8. s. R.,
says the declaration. 1t is completely
correct that the U. S. S. R. is actually
on the way to the realization of the
aims set by Marx and Engsls. The
work Of economic reconstruction is
carried out in the direction of social
ism with the participation of the
broadcast sections of the toiling mass.
es.
Condition Of Workers Better.
The much hated dictatorship of the
proletariat is in reality the true work
ers' democracy which differs favor.
ably from the so-called democracy
Of the western countries. The declar.
alton points out that not only the
workers and peasants, but also the
overwhelming majority of the engi.
neers, technical experts, teachers,
scholars, etc, also support the Soviet
government. The workers of the U.
s. S. r. have decided upon the eight.
hour day for adults and the six-hour
day for youths. The shop councils
have great influence and take an &C.
tive part in the settlement of all So
~cial questions, for instance, the So
cialist construction of industry.
One-time palaces and villas are at
the disposal of the toilers. On the
average the Russian workers do not
live worse than the Germans, and
with regard to nourishment, they live
considerably better. The material
and cultural level of the broad mass
es rises from year to year. The
enormous perspectives for the further
ing Of the national economy make the
employment Of tens of thousands OF
skilled workers possible In the vari
Gus branches of industry.
In conclusion, the declaration says
that. the German working class will
not act indifferently towards the exist
ing danger of imperialist Intervention
against the u. S. S. r. for the fate OF
the latter is closely bound with the
fate of the whole working class. The
declaration concludes with the state
ment that only the creation of unit
ed trade union international can pre-
vent the danger of new wars.
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