The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23
.SLON|M MEETS
COLD RESPONSE
FROM WORKERS
Anti-Soviet Tool Is Ex-
posed at Meeting


revolutionary party of Russia located
in Paris which is working hand in
glove with the monarchists, met a
cold response when he spoke in Chi
cago in Italian with the intention of
arousing anti-Soviet feeling among
Italian workers. The meeting was
called by the italian section of the
fast-expiring socialist party.
Rehash of Capitalist Attack.
His speech was nothing more than
rehash of the filth gathered from
the columns Of the capitalist press.
Slonim told nothinggnew. He tried to
create the impression that the Soviet
Union is returning to capitalism. His
speech was a mass of contradictions.
Historical dates, facts, figures meant
nothing to Slonim., He waved them
all aside. His sole purpose was an
attack on the Soviet Union and the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
lingo Fears Discussion.
When the meeting was opened by
G. Bertelli, member of the socialist
party and an ardent supporter of the
imperialist world war, a number Of
Italian workers asked whether free
discussion would be permitted after
the speech. Bertelli declared that he
was going to be 'boss in his own
house" and would not permit discus
sion. Later he changed his mind and
said that he would allow questions.
When some of the workers declared
they wanted not only the right to ask
questions but also the right to answer
the speaker, he shouted that he would
refuse to listen to anyone until latter
the speaker was thru" This caused
great excitement in the meeting.
Comrade Candida took the floor and
pointed out that the chairman was
trying to incite a certain section of
the audience to violence against those
workers who demanded free dis
cussion and declared that if any dis
turbance occurred the chairman would
be responsible.
The chairman was finally forced to
agree to allow an answer to the
speech by Slonim.
Flags Anttsoviet Tools.
After the speech by slonim, Can
della defended the Soviet Union,
pointing out that the speaker had
stressed the question of the failing of
the counter-revolutlonists in, Russia
in an attempt to gam the sympathies
of the anarchist. He pointed out that
Slonim in his defense of these "polit-
ical" prisoners did not mention that
these prisoners had aided the forces
of counter-revolution inside and out
side the country during the period OF
civil war and that they had done all
in their power to- destroy the first
working class republic.
Candida pointed out that tho Slo-
MIN carried a democratic" mask, his
party used a terrorism much worse
than the bolsheviks were ever charged
with using. He pointed out that the
mensheviks and Observation-Disclosures
did all in their power to aid the cap
italist offensive against Russia and
did all they could to strengthen cap
italism internationally. He showed
that soon after Kerensky became
head Of Russia that the death penalty
was established and thousands of
militant workers were murdered by
this so-called democratic" regime. 1t
was brought out that the Communist
Party was an underground organiza-
ton during the Kerensky regime.
Reads Workers. Reports.
In answer to the lies spread about
Russia by Slonim, Candida read from
the reports of the German, Czecho-
slovak, English and other workers
J delegations that had been sent to Rus
STA. He pointed out that most of those
in the delegations were social-demo-
Gratis.
He ended his talk by an appeal to
the Italian workers TO repudiate men
like Slonim. In order to show the
character of men such as Slonim he
read the confessions OF Boris Savin-
kov and showed that the socialdemo-
Gratis are responsible for Horthy in
Hungary, Mussolini in Italy, and Hin
denburg in Germany.