The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-15
By WILL DE sKALB.

dent and dictator Of the Russian So
cial-democratic government in 1917,
arrived on a business visit to New
York last week. In an exclusive in
terview with this writer, and in other
interviews with other journalists, the
ousted tool Of the petty bourgeoisie
admitted that he is collecting funds
''for use against the Soviet"
Kerensky had little to say of i'm
portance; but what he said was inn
portant since his statements revealed
his status in social revolutionary cir
cles When asked if he was collect
ing money from bankers or from
workmen in America, he answered,
81 am happy to receive support from
every kind of person who believes in
freedom"
Silent Brooding.
When the point was pressed, and
the brooding pseudo-statesman was
asked if he thought it consistent to
accept funds from both capitalists
and laborites, he CURLY replied
through a spokesman that he was ac-
cepting funds from progressive be-
levers in freedom, and to refuse
such support from his "sympathiz-
ers" would be to neglect his cause
Perish the thought! This, and you
can bet your last dollar on it, Mr..
Kerensky will not do.
That was all Mr.. Kerensky cared
to say about his campaign funds.
After all, as he told the ship news
reporters and the immigration Off
Gals when he arrived here, his visit
to the United States was prompted
solely by a desire to study our politi-
cal, social and economic conditions.
But that, as a cynical customs in
spector remarked soto voce, is what
they all say. And unless the Amer
lean millionaires have all of sud-
den gained little sense, he will have
an opportunity to study American
banking systems.
just what he will do with the funds
he and his business associate, Mr.. A.
j. Sack, are gathering in, Kerensky
would not say for publication. 81
am anxious to collect not for individ-
ual causes, but for the democratic
cause in general" his exact words
were. When asked for a detailed ex-
PLANTATION as to how the funds would
be spent to aid the democratic cause
in general, he merely stated that he
was going to carry on his work"
New White Hope.
So a new saviour of the demo
cratic" cause appears on the hori-
zon! It should be noted that he, like
all other "saviours," appears not
with arms outstretched, but palms
upturned.
When this writer asked for an in
terview, he was told Mr.. Kerensky
was "too busy" In the interview
granted, nothing of Importance was
given out. An interviewer for the
Associated Press met with the same
fate. His interview lasted for only
ten minutes. Other reporters were
turned away. But the very next
day, two signed articles appeared in
New York papers, covering two
whole pages, written (for a hand
some remuneration) by Mr.. Keren-
sky. Mr.. Kerensky has learned the
new money-getting tactics of social
democrats, as devised and practised
by j. Ramsay MasDonald, M. p, and
Philip Snowden, also NJ. P.
What Is Democracy?
Highlights in Kerensky's state
ments to the press were:
@. Please define democracy. A.
Democracy, or social democracy, is
the final development of political
democracy. Q. The Bolshevists and
Communists believe the other way
around? A. Through Mr.. Sack,
censor). Il can only say what 1 be-
lieve, not what other people believe"
Pressed by this writer, his spokes-
man explained that "a free govern
ment can guarantee political freedom
even though economic freedom has
not been established"
Q. Do you believe in struggles,
bloodshed, and direct action to es-
tablish wider equality? A. No. /
advocate moderation, balloting, and
social evolution" Q. Do you be-
lieve it is possible for any social
democratic government to adhere to
these principles at the outset? D.
you believe that the opponents to So
cial progress can be defeated or con-
ciliated by this means? A. Any
government guaranteeing freedom
to the individual will be able to CON
ciliate opposition. Pressure may be
necessary, but not to an extreme
measure.
No Hope for -BoIsheyism.
/ @. Do you believe that the Bolshe-
vik government will meet with a pre-
mature downfall? A. So long as the
present social conditions do not
change, there is little likelihood that
the existing government will change.
When asked by an Associated
Press ranortpr IL ha could rive q