The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-03

few having even the slightest claim legality and
being the rankest sort of usurpaon by political bosses
backed by personal armies.
"Yet we have never been without diplomatic represen-
tation at Pekin. Washington has recognized each gov
eminent fast it bobbed up. And, to our way of
thinking, Washington has acted wisely. we wish to
maintain contact with China state department officials
explain, and to do must turn blind side to
lot of irregularities
RUSSIA IS THE LARGEST AND MOST POP
ULOUS COUNTRY IN EUROPE. WE SHOULD
MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH HER"
The Telegram cannot discover that the Soviet form,
of government any obnoxious than the military
overlordships, called governments, which wink at in
Pekin 1t concludes that the United States is stand
ing its light when wthholds recognition from
the Soviet Union especially for such long period a
the ten years that Soviet Rule has been in existence
This is the argument that has been repeatedly adj
for the past ten years that have American
recognition of every fascist dictatorship Europe
Guiding those in Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece and
Hungary, not to mention the other Balkan and Baltic
states.
But there has been no change in the American at
ttude The three presidents, Wilson, Harding and Cool
idge have continued in the hostile attitude. When
they have made any statement the question of Rus
sian Recognition it has been to declare that there is
change" in the American attitude The former secre-
tary Of state Charles Hughes who always voiced
bitter hostility to the Soviet Union, succeeded by
Frank b. Kellogg IN 1925, but there 'no change.
During this period, however, postal connections with
the Soviet Union have been established the volume of
trade between the countries has continually grown
there has been increasing flood of Travellers Amer
lean business has carried relations with the Soviet
Government, notably the recent oil purchases of the
Standard Oil Company Of New York. American techni-
clans and experts have gone the Soviet Union to aid
IN the construction OF industry along Socialist lines
The state department and the White House would
have had difficult time explaining their hostility to
the Soviet Union, behalf of Wall Streets international
bankers to the American working GLASS; it not
at r1le in he
American Federation of Labor. There are more out
spoken advocates of recognition in the and house
Of representatives at Washington than there are in the
Annual Convention of the A. F. of L. that assemblies
day in Los Angeles Within recent years even SYM
pathizers with the Soviet Union in the A F. L. con-
ventions have been sienced by fear When they have
raised their voices, like Tim Heay of the Stationary
Firemens Union at Detroit last year. a campaign of
determination has been launched against them Healy
has now been ousted president of his organization
American labor may be faced with the spectacle of no
resolutions introduced in the A. F. of L. convention at
Los Angeles demanding recognition of Soviet Union
while at the time is certain that such resolutions
Will be placed before both the United States and
the house of representatives when convenes in
December.
When the Hearst press, in 1928, opened campaign
for Soviet Recognition supporting the favorable report
brought back to this country by Senator King of Utah.
and Others it the former president of the A. F. of
L. Samuel Gompers, who the spearhead of finance
capital in its attack on Hearst.
That the American workers are not aroused on the
issue of recognition is by the fact that flood of
resolutions and kilograms demanding recognition will
not pour in the A. F. of L. delegates now assembled
in Los Angeles
All honest workers, however, this tenth anniver-
Of the Soviet Union, will Immediately begin care
fui campaign of education among his fellow workers. on
the JOB, In the trade unions everywhere to acquant
american labor with the full meaning of the fact that
Workers Republic has stood for ten years. ruling for
the workers and farmers the producing Masses all
Russia
Nearly four years ago, on December Is, 1929 Repre-
sentative James A. Frear Of Wisconsin, speaking in
congress- pointed out that 20 capitalist in
Europe and Asia had been forced to recognize the Work
ers' Government
The task of the American working class is to get
unity and unanmity in its ranks this issue, in
favor of recognition against the non-recogntion at
titude of the officaldom
This is way of cementing the solidarity that must
develop between the working passes of these two lands