The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-02
SEIZED DOCUMENTS
REVEAL CONSPIRACY
TO F0MENT STRIKES
Police Commissioner WhaIen
Makes Public Names of 30
Moscow PIotters in. u. S.
BUYING AGENCY IS COVER
Money Support ct Strikers Is
Indicated in Letters; One
Branch. in Seattle

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New York, May 2-R)-Police Com
missioner Whalen today made publ
photostats of Russian document
seized by his secret police. which, h,
declared, showed the Communist in
ternational Of Moscow was directl.
responsible for the fomenting o
strikes and riots in the United States
There are references in the docu'
ments to expenditures for outbreak
and support of strikers.
One Of the documents is on the let
terhead of the Amtorg Trading cor
poration, official purchasing agent II
the United States for the Soviet gov.
ernment. It has offices In New Yorl
and has transacted hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of business In
this country.
This letter lists the names Of &c
men and women sent to New York BY
Moscow as being hard to replace anu
states that the recall Of any one Of
them might result in a serious handi-
cap in the work.
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Commissioner Whalen said the list
of 30 names includes that of Del
gass, whom he described as the most
dangerous Of the undercover criminal
secret police Of Moscow and n time
personal secretary to Dzerginsky, Or
ganizer Of the Russian Cheka.
Whalen also called attention to the
Importance given in the documents
to Boris Skvirsky, 1.-The unofficial
Soviet ambassador" and head of the
Russian information bureau at Wash
ington, who he said is revealed as
handling the funds for the "Amtorg
o. q. P. y. section" He explained
the o. G. p. U. wa 1.-The undercover
criminal secret police Of Moscow with
branches operating in all countries"
The commissioner said the atten-
ton Of the police department was
drawn to the activities Of the Com
munists through the number Of un-
necessary. and violent strikes which
the representatives Of labor declared
to be backed by the Russian Soviet
government. He ordered an investi-
CATION by the bureau Of criminal In
formation OF the New York police de-
partmcnt.
Ship Reports by Freight Boats
The documents seized by tie police
are in the Russian language, but
TRANSACTIONS were furnished by Com
missioner Whalen.
One document dated from Moscow
January 3. 1880, and addressed to
"Comrade G. Grafpen." informs him
that the executive committee Of the
Komintern aud Profintern has d.
rected he be again dispatched to the
United States as general representa-
tive Of the organization.
He Is directed to establish tempor-
airy headquarters at Seattle, as man
ager Of the Seattle branch Of the
Amtorg Trading corporation and that
archives from illegal work must be
sent to. Moscow by freight boat"
Between the 18th and 25th Of
March," the instructions continue,
'you will have to call in Seattle q
reunion Of all our general representa-
tives which must receive instructions.
literature for organization Of the first
May outbreaks from you and sums Of
money from Comrade sversky. who
continues to be In charge OF the H.
nancial department"
w. z. Foster Involved
Attached to the letter is q list Of
rs persons being sent from Russia to
be distributed by Grafpen in several
states. Grafpen is told to use all ef-
forts to finish the work at Seattle In
six months and to return to New
York.
A document dated Dec. Is, 1929,
from the executive committee. Kom-
intern, Moscow, to Dear Comrade
SAUL" reads in part:
I'm connection with the approach
ing economic crisis in. the United
states, it is requested that all funds
In your possession be turned over to
Comrade Liza for the enforcement OF
the proletarian front. The FUNDS
must be expended BY the American
committee Of K. p. In branches most
" affected by the crisis. e.. textile.
mining, fur and other industries: ana
the money should be given for the
support Of strikers With the approval
of the Communists cells OF each
striking group"
Another document Is . copy Of IN
article In Pravda, official Communist
newspaper in Moscow, on Comlaupis-
tic activities in the United States
which one "Polpred' In New York =
directed by Moscow to distribute
among workers and In the army and
navy. WhAlen said the author OF the
article is william z. Foster. who u
now serving q prison sentence In con-
nsction with q ComrAunist riot In
Unicn Square on unemployment day
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