The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-23
FISH'S HIDDEN
HOUSES FOUND
Evades Amtorg Facts,
Threatens to Deport

tCONCTUleu rom Fuge OUe.J
to the attention of the Daily
Worker that Fish himself was far
from being frank in the little mat
ter of read estate.
When Foster was nominated for
the office of governor by the Com
munist Party he stated in his ac-
ceptance speech in prison that Fish
was an owner of tenement houses.
Fish stood up in the committee
meeting the next day and solemnly
branded this statement as false,
adding: II don't own any real estate
at ALL"
Real Estate.
1t appears now that at So Wall
st. is a real estate office with the
name of Hamilton Fish on it. This
office rents houses, among others,
at 1925 E. 4th St., 1853 Bever ST.,
$40 Fifth Ave-, 1926 Seventh Ave-,
IS E. Tth ST. and SO Third Ave.
1t is not claimed that this is a COM
plete list. All these houses are re-
corded under the name of Florence
d. Fish, care Of Hamilton Fish, Jr.
That is the name of the congress-
man who heads the Fish committee,
the man who accuses Amtorg of
"concealing facts" There is also
Fish corporation lurking solNe-
where in the background and it is
evident that the inherited estate of
old Hamilton Fish, also a congress-
man, is slightly hidden now behind
the skirts Of a woman and the thin
body of corporation-but that
Fish was far from frank when he
said he Gowns no real estate"
It's True
Much has been done toward the
verification of Fosters remark in
prison.
The conduct of the Amtorg in
vestigation yesterday was quite diff
ferent from the genial and gentle
manly dealing with Whalen, Lyons
and other assorted liars, who tes-
tify to what the congressional COM
mittee wants to know.
Bogdanoff, in particular, was
bullied. He identified as correct a
biography of himself translated
from the Russian encyclopedia, tell
ing of his long and heroic struggle
since 1902 against czarism and his
membership, until the time of his
departure for America, in the Com
munist Party of the Soviet Union.
Deportation Threats.
eff any American official knew
Of this record when he allowed you
into the country he acted contrary
to law" said Fish.
1t was also brought out by read
ing of testimony before the Fish
committee in Washington that the
department of state refuses to
grant visas to Communists coming
to America. This is an extension,
without form of law but by arbi-
trary executive power, of the pro-
vision that anarchists shall De ex-
Guided. Anarchists, under the law,
are defined as persons who oppose
all organized governments charge
never made against the Commu-
nists.
Nelson, during the quizzing and
cross-examination Of Ohsol, let the
true nature and purposes of the as
sault on the Soviet Union and the
already evident whooping up of a
war propaganda against it become
still clearer.
Anti-Soviet War Plans.
Nelson asked: "Will not your pur-
4 chases of machinery in the United
States and elsewhere make Russia,
under the Five-Year Plan, econom-
ically independent"
OhsoPs answer was merely to the
effect that there would still be room
for trade, but this query clearly in
dicated at least one motive back of
the whole crusade against the u. S.
S. R., and the Fish committees
anirnus against Amtorg. 1t is be-
cause the Soviet Union, the first
workers state, is succeeding, abol-
ishing unemployment, building a So
cialist commonwealth without mil
lionaires and soon to be beyond the
reach of starvation blockades, such
as was used in the first few years
of it's existence, that it must be
crushed, the capitalists think. They
fear the tremendous example of
live, vigorous workers state, with
standards of living continually ris-
ing and the workers running indus
try.
Against this plain war plan, the