The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
Workers Make Big Error
If They Believe What
They Read in Kept Press
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

1T is difficult for some workers understand why the
Union of Soviet Republics should ask credits of capitalist
countries They think this bringing surrendeng to Ia
bos enemy They compare this to the class ooaporatOm
charged against the ofcadom of the American Federaton
of Labor They think that the Soviet Union should Isolate
itself from the world and stand on its own teet CORE
spondent has just stated this viewpoint as follows:
found fault with Com
Isadsr Of labor because they begging
capitalists account where twas
wrong o thing
"soviet Russia practically admits that cannot get loan from
machinery from labor xpIos in the
What is that but to admit failure?
This rnono and beounu favs Of the enemy mighty suspicious
all the natural
Why build her machines and
pIoy her labor Let Uncle Sam bes!"
This letter is from worker in the shops is import
because represents viewpoint that has evidently been
gained thru reading the capitalist press his accounts Tor
the misconceptions that it contains.
First of ALL there comparison between the attitude
of the greater part OF the American labor ofticadom ana
the Soviet Union toward American capitalism
The very existence of the Soviet Union is in itself
the United States but in every nation toeratng capitalist
economy. The officials Of American labor deny the class
find 1.-THE way" get along with the explotes Of
labor Any dealings the Soviet Union may have with capt.
taist nations based desire to coaborate with
capitalism Its only purpose build the Soviet power in
creasng its power to challenge and overcome capitalism
The Soviet Union begs If it adopted the beg
gng attitude untold amount OF aid would have come ITS
way The difference that the Soviet Union refuses
the price of begging 1t refuses become Vassa state OF
Wall Street, like Germany
oooneu
if get loan from capitalist America No loans or
far been received and the Soviet Union is
developing rapidly just the same.
The Soviet Union imports machinery, agricultural inn
PIGMENTS high grade sheep hogs horses and cattle to
hurry the reconstruction of her industry and agriculture
The Soviet Union like the United Sr-ss rich in natural
and exist and develop isolated from the world
But owing to the Of industry and agriculture
and the devastation wrought by the world the civil wars
of intervention that development would be slow and difficult
unless the Soviet Union her commanding position to
force assistance from other countries.
The rapid the development of Soviet economy the
quicker viii the nightmare of the deposed czardom be ob
terated from all Russia The Soviet be depended
steps that will endanger its existence thru the
slightest surrender the forces of captaismeas of all to
capitalist America The myth about idle labor in the Soviet
Union entirely the creation of the capitalist There
may be those temporarily out of work due to necessary
adjustments in Russas great industrial and economic
chine. But unemployment in the of great armies of
workers wandering the land hungry separated from
their families, seeking jobs does not exist in the Soviet
Union.
Many workers, like the correspondent quoted above
make the mistake of not only reading the capitalist press
but in believing 4he lying propaganda that they read