The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-09
Article I.


the working class. 1t is the ''Novy Mir" organ
of the Communist Party of the U. S. A. An
openly monarchist and white guard paper, the
Novoye Russkoye Slovo, shelters the reaction eX-
pected of those who act as spies for the Fish
Committee But the subject we here discuss is
still another Russian paper which makes pre-
tensions, namely, the social-fascist paper Rus
sky Golos."
The "Russky Golos' pretends to be fair to
the workers. All, even more than fair For in
a letter from its lawyer, Daniel Cook, threaten
ing to take legal action against the Daily Work
er. we are told that:
MY client (Russky Golos) is doing everything
within its power to expose every effort to de-
fraud Russian workers. Its efforts, energies and
policy are directed toward the bettering of Rus
sian Worker"
1.-THE Russian workers" referred to are natur-
ally those toling here in the United States. And
it will certainly be news to any worker, whether
Russian or not, that threatening legal action
against the leading organ defending their inter
ests in this country is evidence for the Russky
Golos pretension that it is 4bettering" the work
ers This is a queer way of showing friendship
for the working class.
But such hypocrisy is nothing new for the
"Russky Golos." For years it has basely traded
upon the loyalty of the Russian speaking work
ers of America for the Soviet Union, the father
land of all toilers.
1t is great friend" of the Soviet 1t features
articles and news of the accomplishments of the
workers of the Soviet Union. 1t speaks highly
of the Soviet Government in the same sense that
1.-THE devil may quote scripture" 1t safagely at
tacks the plots of Poincare and it calls Pilsudsk
what he is. But-and this is a very big BUT, its
devotion to the working class and its denuncia-
of the United States. These are not for import.
It rushes to the rescue of the victorious
Soviet working class, it opposes capitalism where
it is already oyerthrown beyond the seas, far
away, but not in America 1t has to 'do bust
ness" herei Here, ah that is a different matter
So if a poor Russian miner sweating in an
American mine deluded by the 'Russky Colos"
articles about the Soviet Union into thinking
that it might be interested in opposing capital
ism in America, writes it letter telling how an
other miner was, let US say. killed in the mine
victim of American capitalism" the Russky
Golos may print the part saying that the worker
was killed in the mine" but it will not print
that he was "a victim Of American capitalism"
Late last year. when the lie was current in
the capitalist press that "Red rumors" had
knocked over the banking system the New York
World" mistakenly said that the "Russky Golos'
was responsible for something in that connection
"Russky Ciolos' grew very indignant 1t was
not doing any "rumoring,' it declared It was
taking the same position as His Honor, Mayor
Jimmy Walker, whose statement it published
most prominently.
And what was the position of the Tammany
mayor Of New York with which Russky Golos
agreed? 1t was that the depositors should be
patient and that they would get every cent of
their money.
These observations are necessary to show to
the workers who read this paper just what sort
of hypocrites run the Russky Golos For the
"Russky Golos" supporter of the American capt.
talist bloodsuckers of the Russian speaking work.
ers in America, has, through its lawyer men,
toned above demanded 'an apology as well as a
retraction" from the Daily Worker, for small
article published in the Daily Worker page 2, of
Feb Goth, entitled: 'Russky Golos in Swindle
Scheme. Wanted to defraud Russian Worker"
The article in question spoke of "a goldbrick
scheme to swindle Russian workers here through
colonization project" being exposed by the
Communist paper, the 'Novy Mir" And it went
on to say that this scheme of colonization in
Arizona was under the auspices of the Russky
Golos (so-called liberal sheeD."
The article in question headline and ALL dealt
very hastily and specifically with the subject.
1t was written carelessly and without sufficient
examination or proper presentation of the facts
The headline stated: "Russky Golos in Swindle
Scheme. Wanted to defraud Russian Worker"
This is not true. We apologize. AS quite dis
tinct from being sin" a swindle scheme, the Rus
sky Golos was merely making money from ad-
vertisements from the swindle scheme. It's tax
ing such ads is perfectly legal under American
capitalist law which the Russky Golos supports
1t is obviously impossible to prove what was in
the mind of the editor of Russky Golos His
wants" may be pure as driven snow. His law
yer asserts So We retract the statement quoted
Russky Golos was merely profting from adver-
Using the scheme What Russky Golos did was
within the laws made by capitalism which Rus
sky Golos supports.
The article in the Daily Worker did not as
we admit, give proper attention to the colonial
ton scheme advertised in Russky Golos. And
since Russky Golos' lawyer informs us that it
is SO passionately devoted to EXPOSE every eff
fort to defraud Russian workers." we take the
opportunity of publishing some information about
its advertisements and the scheme Of colonial
ton promoted by its advertiser, the Rodina Real
ty Co., ISL Avenue "a" New York City.
The scheme mentioned is a farm colonization
project in southern Arizona, which, according to
ads published in Russky Golos, the greatest crisis
ever heard of in American agriculture has en-
tirely skipped over.
EThe paradise nook-Arizona," as one Russky
Gol0s ad cOncisely puts it i. "is calling you
to life, health, prosperity and happiness
This wondrous paradise" where prosperity
and happiness" miraculously exist as an oasis
in the desert Of bankruptcy of American farm
production under capitalism was thus denictad