The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-12
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Another Sign of it-War!
By JORGE

Dear Soviet Peasants We are moved to write
you few lines to let you know that over here
in the paradise called America, there are some
gentlemen who are trying to rescue you from
the evils that have fallen upon you since you
lost your beloved Gear, his kind-hearted police
who used to caress your back with whips, his
generals who used to burn your houses when
you forgot to pay taxes and your landlords who
were so generous that they never took more
grain than you raised without charging it up
to your next years crop.
In short we just found out that here iy Amer
lea there has been organized something called
THE All-Russian Union of Farmers, Peasants
and CoSsacks Abroad" We know that you will
be interested in knowing that the president of
this strange organization, supposedly of peasants,
is a professor, by the name of John V. Emeh
ainof. One Gregory j. Dolgopiatov is "secre-
tary," and we suppose you will recognize him
by the scars on your backs ''"'~'
We found this out from a mmeographed let
ter sent out from Room 624, 1928 West Madison
ST., Chicago, building owned by William Ran.
dolph Hearst's paper, the Herald American And
we thought it funny that Russian peasants have
to go so far away from home to get set up in
business with professor in charge. But what
they have to say might explain things. And the
first thing they say is:
Whereas the Russian farmers in Russia have
no possibility of raising their voice and declar-
ing their attitude to the Communistic expert
ments performed at the present time with our
nation and national welfare, We organized Rus
sian farmers abroad, have duty to do so.'
That sounded queer bee Sc we read that in
1927 you already had LOT newspapers for peas
an only, more than American farmers have,
and It these lot papers had 22,453 peasant
correspondents writing directly from your viii
lagc~ So why professor writing from Chi
cago? F. there is more. The letter is adj
dressed to "All American Farmers Organiza-
tions" And it has six points which we can't re-
peat here for lack of space, but which, summed
up, are:
1. The present rulers of Russia are not the
Russian people. q That Russian Communists
have ensaved millions of Russian farmers" and
are "crinlinally dumping" to "dsorganize Eur
opean and American markets."e 3. That grain
export is starving" the Russian people 4. That
the Five Year Plan is failure" S. That the
professor appeals in your name to American
farmers and all the Civilized" world to protest
6. That the professor thanks Mr.. Hoover and
company for not recognizing the Soviet Gov
eminent.
You see that Professor Emelainoff is carrying
on where Professor Ramzln left Off in the good
work of "liberating you with the aid of Poin-
care and General Densov. Only Emelainoff
over here in Chicago has worked with Secretary
of War Hurley and Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde, both of whom have plainly said that
America must make war against the Soviet
Power. And Hoover has approved this.
So Professor Emelainoff is trying to convince
American farmers that war on the Soviet would
be blessed thing for you-and for them. Thus
he addressed the farmers organizations" here
which almost entirely made up of rich farm
ers, with some middle farmers hooked in, but
are controlled by bankers
Well Tovarishi, remember that these birds will
expect the workers and poor farmers to do the
fighting And when they come over there, just
remind them that there are about 100000
workers and their families starving, and about
million poor farmers and families who right
now have nothing to eat for the winter-and
that Hoover and Hyde are refusing to use any
government money to feed either workers OF
poor farmers here. So invite them in for glass
of tea and ask 'em If they ever tried shooting
officers as way to end war-Red Sparks.