The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
NEAR coMRADE:


- Novrossisk Port, September 81.
am sending herewith a few
impressions gathered at an evening in
the international Seamen's Club in
the above port AS the art of journal
ism does not come so easily to us
working stiHs" as it does to the pro
fessional politicians, / hope you will
look over the grammatical errors, and
further hope that the punctuation
marks Cor absence of same) will not
bother you so much as they do me.
TT Is Sunday evening and the various
groups Of Aeamen are gathering
up in the International Seamen's Club,
passing the time In their own particu-
lar way, some are reading, some are
playing chess, some just resting and
arguing" while others are grouped
around the piano in the lecture hall,
bowling about their burning desire to
go way Back to San Francisco"
Generally speaking, it is very repre-
sentative bunch, including French,
British, and some colored seamen.
Just now the club secretary blows in.
well. boys" says he, 81 just got a
phone call to tell me that the Ger
man women's delegation is on their
way to visit us. | guess we could
have little meeting with them"
Sure" was the answer, and in
very few minutes the seats in the hall
were occupied, OF course leaving the
place Of honor lin 'front.' vacant for
the delegation They arrive and the
meeting commences.
Tells Of Struggles.
THE meeting opened by the chair
L man giving few remarks on the
purposes and importance of such dele
cations visiting this, the first workers
republic. He was followed by the Sec
rotary of the district Soviet of Novo-
rossick, who gave greetings to both
the delegation and the foreign seamen.
He points out that all the advantages
that the workers have in the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics (Which
the delegation and the seamen could
see for themselves) was the result of
a hard and bitter struggle, in which
hundreds of workers had sacrificed
their lives in order that the many
might benefit. This struggle for eman-
cipation from the yoke of capitalism,
not only here in Russia, but the world
over, was, and still is, directed by
our great leader and comrade, Com
rade Lenin, whose work still contin-
ues to live after him. In conclusion,
he thanks the members of the work
ing class of Britain and other ~coun-
tries for the help rendered during the
revolutionary period and states that
he feels assured of the continuation of
the great struggle to its glorious con-
clusion-the Soviet Socialist Common
wealth of the Whole World. nte
Greets Workers.
The president of the delegation, in
the name of the organized workers of
Germany, greets the Russian workers.
and foreign seamen. She states that
she sees here this evening, for the
first time in her travels, real demon
stration OF international unity and
strongly appeals to all workers pres
ent to redouble their efforts to bring
about this unity in actuality the whole
world over, in spite of the contrary
efforts of the reactionary trades union
leaders. This comrade goes on to tell
us of the campaign of lies carried on
by the capitalist press of Germany
against the U. S. S. R. and how the
working women of Germany had de-
termined to find out the truth for
themselves, had sent this delegation