The producers news., 1927-12-16
SOVIET PREMIER IN
REPORT TO WORKERS
FROM ALL NATIONS
ny CARL mAEssLER. Fed. Press

by CARL HAESSLER. Fed. Press
Moscow. To 9l7 delegates from
the labor, peasant and worker intel /
loctual ranks OF "A countries came the
prime minister OF the Soviet Union
10 make report on 10 years OF rev
ou0onary progress ia the worlds on
~ worker republic. Premier kykoV
untolded a remarkable picture OF re
covety from war, civil strife, blockade
famine and credit embargo. But
more than that he cited the advance
in converting the huge ezarist empire
from "A tudimcntary capitalist basis
to "a socialist form.
American trade unionists, who have
suffered the Inconvenience and taw-
dry setting Of American Federation
Of Labor conventions, meeting in pop
ular dance halls and hurried out each
afternoon so that flappers might
dance away the night, will never for
get the magnificent hall Of the trade
unions IN Moscow where sessions were
held. The congress Of the Friends of
Soviet Russia, TO which Rykov made
his report, was invited by the Russian
trade unions to meet i'm Moscow and
the former hall Of the mobiles was put
at their disposal
A beautiful and impressive area Of
/ glistening marble columns reaching
TO lofty roof, relieved by rich red
hangings, upholstery and decorations
greeted the eyes Of the delegates af-
ter they had ascended marble stair
ways and traversed the lobbies. Half
= a hunderd gold-decorated crystal cleo
= troliers Illuminated the splendid meet
J ing place. Red bulbs spread over the
front wall shone forth the legend
e l9l7-l927, the breif expression Of 10
, years Of soviet existence and socialist
progress. A large painting Of Lenin
addressing the Moscow workers hung
behind the long table on the rostum
Z The human picture measured up ia
the gorgeous frame. Purple-r0bet
oriental women, yellow-robed Mongo
g chieftans, Americans and western
: Europeans in business suits, Russians
! in blouse or tunic, Africans, japanese
+ Chinese, Latin Americans, Cossacls.
IN uniform-a veritabe world con
y gress Of labor in city, on farm and il
y the mountains was assembled. Dis
s tinguished figures in the world Of art
q literature, politics and economic.
g roamed familiarly in this worke
. world Barbusse Of France, DreiSe
u and Nearing Of America, Diego Rivi
era Of Mexico, Madame Sun Vat Sei
8 Of China, a member Of the Tagor,
= family from India, Manuel Ugarte o.
Argentina, Saldatvala, the Hindu VIII,
y sits in British parliament and all tn,
q Russian notables, Stain Eunacharsls,
Lenin's widow krupskaya, Bukharin,
y Lozoyshy Melnitchansky, Tomsky
y the former Hungarian soviet leade
y Bella Kun, Lollontai and Clara Zetlsin
After three days Of discussion th
delegates, Of whom about t6e6 wer
= communist, resolved TO return to thei
:. homes to help in prevneting thei
= governments from making war o.
- Russia, to urge recognition where
= has not yet been accorded, to sup
y port the disarmament program of th
;, Soviet Union, TO work against imper
= ialism and TO promote internationa
trade union unity on the basis Of
4 consolidated struggle against the cap
;" italist class.
- The organization Of the congress
u sessions was n tribute to the RUSSIAN
y genius. The 900 and more delegate
We're not only swiftly seated but wer
IL refreshed in an adjoining room at in
= tervals, transations from the variou
II languages used by the speakers quick
~ made, transcripts provided. ward
robe checked with an efficiency tha