The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-29

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organization. He received from this
source fifty thousand roubles.
MOSCOW, Nov. 28-This evenings
session concluded with the state
ments of all the defendants, and the
motion of the Soviet prosecutor re-
garding the calling of witnesses.
The session began with the defend
ant Fyedotov's concluding statement.
He detailed the causes preventing the
wreckers from terminating their
work, even after recognizing the fu-
tility of their efforts.
Losing his self possession, Fyedotov
spoke of group instincts" suppress
ing the voice of reason. He himself
recognized, he said, before his arrest
that the Soviet powe rtruly repre-
sents the masses and leads the peo-
pie to better life. 1.-THE socialist
regime enables a rapid development
of economic prosperity of the masses
erd their culture" said Fyedotov.
He confessed his guilt in member
ship of the central committee, and
as one of the leaders of the wreck
ers' work in the textile industry. His
guilt, he said, was particularly heavy
because he, as professor of eco
nomics, knew political economy and
the teachings of Marx and Lenin.
"The court verdict" said Fyedotov,
whatever it be, will be correct"
The following two defendants, Och
kin and Sitnin, contributed nothing
new to the material already adduced.
Their statements made the impress
sion of dishonesty, suppressing many
things. Ochkin, formerly Ramsin's
secretary in the fuel institute, men
toned the field training of leading
workers as unnamed field wreckers.
He showed lack of education, falsely
quoting Archimedes' expression, hay
ing him say: Give me lever and I
will turn the globe"
His detailed report was of some
interest, giving the exact place and
time of meetings with the French
Agents K and r for the purpose of
delivering spy material
Sitnin stated that Lopatin induced
him to begin the wreckers' work back
in 1922. He described two stages of
the wreckers' work, before and after
the decisive Paris conversations about
intervention. He confirmed the for
mer statement of Kuprianov about
his meeting Konovalov when the lat
ter reported about Poincare having
received representatives from the
commercial and industrial commit
tee IN Paris. He denied participa-
ton In military and espionage work.
After the conclusion of the defend
ants principal statements, Ramsin.
Charnovsky, Kalinikov made supple
mentary statements. The sensational
significance of Ramsin's statement,
as yet is unknown. He said that the
last meeting of the representative of
the central committee with Denisov
was in Paris in July of 1890.
The central committee of the Sin
dustrtal party" was represented there
by Ossadchi, who was then acting
president of the State Planning Com
mission of the Soviet Union. Ossad-
chi is now arrested and can be ex-
amined Besides, an important point
in his statement was the fact that
Shein was the connection for the
purpose of delivering material in the
oil industry.
Answering an inquiry, Krylenko,
Soviet prosecutor, said he waived the
paragraphs of the rules of the prole-
tartan law court permitting him to
dispense with the court examination
because the defendants pleaded
guilty.
Il cannot do It," said Krylenko,
because there are important points
yet unmentioned or falsely presented.
On account of the defendants state
ments I deem 1t possible to extend
the indictment, especially regarding
the conclusions of the original in
dictment."
Krylenko proposed citing ten wit
nesses to throw more light on the
facts
These include representatives of
the secret party known as "Toiling
Farmers: Kurovsky, Kassovsky, like
wise Ossadchi. The latter Is impris-
oned pending investigation as mem
Der of the central committee of the
industrial party"
The investigation is not finished.
He still can be examined as a wit
ness. 1t is particularly important
that he throw light on the last con-
versation with Denisov.
Krylenko proposes TO bring to the
trial various additional documents.
Only by tomorrow, said Kry,enko,