The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-01

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contrast to bourgeois democracy affords the worx
ers UNNECESSARILY greater possibility of exercising
direct Influence in State and public affairs
The tenth question:
Can it be said that the foreign policy Of
the Soviet Union is directed towards the East
and not towards the West?"
do not believe that the general direction Of
our foreign policy be formulated in this man
ner. There are periods during which our attention
ana our endeavors are claimed to a greater extent
by the East than by the West, but the reverse is
also the case at times. We must defend our west
ern and eastern frontiers. During the occunatiop
OF the Ruhr and during the general strike in Eng
land we were more interested in the West The
events of the Chinese revolution attracted the
er part OF our attention towards the East In gen
era the fate of country is intimately connected
with the movement of the working class throughout
the world and with the movement of the Impressed
peoples In the colonies and proteetorates j. e. with
revolution both in the West and in the East.
What prevents the Government of the
United States from recognizing the Soviet
Union and what can be done to remove oh
structlon to such recognition?"
| should prefer to hear from our honorcd yros+.
the answer to this question daughter In nv
opinion the chief obstacle is the contrast bat,yaen
our social systems The United States is the most
complete and strongest expression of the cantaist
system, while we are the first attemp+ 50 far
m=@~, 20 construct socialistic system: we are 90
to speak, a rough working model Those who CON-
troll the course Of the United States do not look
kindly upon the coming successors of the canitaist
regime. 1t viii be difficult to remove the chief
obstruction because ne country has any intention
OF changing its regime voluntarily But in snite
OF this, much can be done towards IMPROVING mn
tual relations First of all, it should be reported
IN America that we not quite SO bad as we are
there thought to be--that would mean some SLIGHT
progress 1t must also be stated clearly that Though
w min aJOln Ofv
take existing circumstances into account and whom
we contract with capitalists, we fulfill our oblipa
tons scrupulously
why do people accuse of carrying on illicit
propaganda? Because capitalist governments can
hot Tolerate the existence of government which
gives expression to non-capitalstic IDEAS Our pres
ehe conversation might serve an example We
are at present in government office. A sheet
containing about twenty questions has been handed
70 me- ana practically every Of these questions
might be represented by person of ill will as an
attempt to overthrow the Soviet system But IL
VIII not occur to anv of our newspapers to accuse
our worthy guests of carrying illicit propaganda
Now just imagine delegation from the Soviet
Union putting in State department in Washing
ton twenty similar questions to an official of the
United States, thereby giving utterance to doubt
concerning the pillars Of American public and State
administration You will readily see that such q
thing would be impossible
flease DO not regard my words as conveying
any reproach concerning the questions which YOU
have put to me- They are by no means intended
TO DO SO. On the contrary, am grateful that the
questions have been asked frankly and directly. II
Is possible for this reason to answer them with
equal frankness. | only wished to Indicate that Il
such questions were put by u.s. they would inevitable
be regarded by capitalist State as an attempi
at illicit propaganda"
The twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth ouos-
lions relate to the investment of foreign canital i;
this country. You have already received explicit
information in writing on this point. We will
therefore confine ourselves to consideration of thu
respective principles.
So far, foreign concessions, including tboso
granted to America, have played but an insisnifir
cant role IN our economic life. There are severs
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