The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-04


ceedings by giving brief information
about the Congress, beginning with
the initiative of the British workers
delegation and ending with the for !.
nation, on the day before, of tbs
Preparatory Committee" composed /
of Representatives of all countries
representatives of workers, peasants,
cooperators, national minorities, col
onies and working intellectuals.
There were to be two items on the
agenda: ~ Report on the economic
structure of the Soviet Union; (2)
War danger. The foremost task of
the present Conference, said Com
rade Lubimov in conclusion, is the
question of cooperators' participation
in the Congress.
Reeves SpeakR
In the discussion which followed,
the chairman of the British delega-
ton, Reeves, was the first speaker.
He said (retranslated from the Ger
MANI:
81 think that l am voicing the
whole British delegation when l say
that we would have been very glad
to have the resolutions already be-
fore US. The British delegation is,
of course, in full sympathy with the
idea of the Congress itself.
81 understand, of course, that the
resolutions must be prepared by the
main and not the cooperative delega-
tions, but I should like the final deci-
sion on the forms of participation in
this Congress to be postponed till the
resolutions are to hand"
Growing War Danger.
The next speaker was Paquereaux,
chairman of the French cooperative
delegation. He said that such Con-
gress was very necessary, in view of
the growing war danger, and that
there was no occasion to postpone
the decision re participation in it.
The resolutions have to be discussed
and adopted by the Congress itself,
and all delegations have the fullest
opportunity to take up any attitude
they like to the resolutions.
The British cooperator, Bolgann,
identified himself with the opinion of 4
the French delegation. He declared:
II fully agree with Comrade Pa
quereaux's standpoint. / have con-
ferred with the Finnish and German
delegations, who are of the opinion
that the resolutions to be laid be-
fore the Congress will be drawn up,
with view to providing common
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Comrade Paquereaux's proposal be
accepted, and that the question of
participation in the Congress be de-
cided in a positive sense"
Bolgann's Proposal.
After further arguments, the Dan
nish cooperator. Bolgann, made the (
following proposal: Cooperative dele
cations agree in principle with parti-
cipation in the Congress of Friends !
Of the Soviet Union, and at the san
time express the wish that they b.
given an opportunity to fsrc;'i ss
themselves, before the opening of tn
Congress, with the theses and pro-
posals to be placed before it. This
WILL CHoOiC clC SOOpSloIlfC 0ClCSd-
tions to explain their views and to
introduce remarks and amendments
to the theses and proposals.
When thereupon participation of Z
cooperative delegations at the Con-
gress was put to the vote, it was
adopted unanimously.
Bolgann (Denmark) made the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the
first item on the agenda:
son behalf of all delegates Of
European cooperatives assembled
here in Moscow, | thank Comrade
Rykov for his report on construction
policy. We, cooperative delegates
have already toured Soviet Russia
and have had an opportunity to see
with our own eyes how matters stand
in regard to constructive work. Il
was particularly pleased with every /,
thing l saw, because have been
here before, in 1923, the year of seri-
Gus crises. | declare with the utmost
satisfaction that constructive work is
proceeding rapidly and nationally.
We have visited big cooperative
shops, bakeries, schools and factories
All this has convinced US that gel
uine constructive work is done in
these spheres"
British Impressed.
In addition to Bolgann, tho MEM
Der of the Congress Presidium, Mrs.
Tucker, representative of the British
on behalf of the cooperative delega-
tons. Her arguments were as fol-
Aows:
"Comrade, Chairman and Interna-
tional Friends: 1t is, indeed, a pleas
ure and very real privilege for in
ternational cooperators to be with
you here to participate in this unique 4
and world history making celebra-
ton. These great celebrations and
tho ipfo,.,,, q tioy, xuo box1o v.aoaixrsaJ