The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-10

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Mr. Fish and his Commits ion having eStab-
nshed these incredible facts, proceeded to ex-
anime into the question of the influence OF the
Communist Party. Are there in America many
such scoundrels, possessing no respect Tor the
American flag? They arrived at very depressing
results. On the evidence of dispositions on oath,
and of information from the American post Of
flee, they placed on record that in America the
Communist daily press has a circulation of
266 1851 copies. This forces Mr.. Fish to the con-
clusion that in America there are about 100000
persons who sympathize with those elements who
have no respect for the American stars and
stripes. Brought to the verge of despair by this
conclusion, the Commission resolved to look the
truth straight in the face, and to get to the bot
to moi Communist baSeness. By good fortune
they happened to get into their hands the Hun
garian Communist Bebrits, editor Of the Hun
garian Communist paper, who confessed all, even
to the ideas of appropriation by force, and with
out compensation.
The Fish Commission, having thus exposed the
whole criminal character of the American Com
munist Party next draws a picture of the man
ner in which the Communists organize not only
adult workers. establishing for these party schools
in which they are Systematically instructed in
disrespect for the American flag and honor to
the red flag but extend their fell work to the
children And all this they do on orders from
Moscow In 1929 the Conintern even held the
first Pioneer Congress- and Krupskaya did not
blush to take part in this corruption of the in
fantile mind.
The object of the whole inquiry of the Fish
Commission has been to prove that the 'Amtorg
is merely cloak for that Communist agitation
which "beeYeS" in marriages between whites
and Negroes, and has no respect for the Amer
igan flag. The Fish Commission, to its sorrow
has not been able to prove this. With crestfallen
air it admits it has not been able to find ade-
quate, conclusive proofs of the connection be-
tween the Amtorg as an institution and the revo-
lutionary activities in the United States.
It has, however, discovered something no less
alarming Even though the Anltorg itself has not
the intention of subjectng America to the prole-
tartan dictatorship, it itself groans beneath the
dictatorship of female individual connected
with the Anltorg For there is here Comnu-
mist nucleus, and its secretary is woman,
known as ToYarish Lisa" She superintends
the conduct of the Communists in the Amtorg,
and reprimands them if they make false step"
Mr. Fish informs us tremblingly. The president
of the Amtorg, Comrade Bogdanov, anxious to
conceal the fact that woman known as Lisa
is experimenting his conduct and giving him
reprimands, declared that he does not know any
woman whatever who is known as Lisa. But
the report states that there can be no doubt as
to the evasive evidence of the representatives of
the Amtorg.
Although the naval intelligence service exerted
itself for months in an endeavor to decpher
the code kilograms sent to Moscow by the AM
tory, these efforts were unsuccessful. Hence the
sources of Comrade Lsas matriarchy in the Am
tory remain unexplained.
Doubtless the key to all the secrets Of the
Anntorg lies precisely at this point but its dis
covery will probably be impossible without the
organization of raid or the deciphering of the
cablegrams sent by the Amtorg to Moscow" as
the Fish Commission very modestly prophesies.
Beginning with the two ''baptised Jews" who
set the whole thing going, up to Comrade Lisa,
the sharp eye of the Fish Commission has dis
covered everything finally turning the piercing
searchlight of its glance upon the economy policy
of the Soviet power.
The Soviet power develops industry and COL
lectivises agriculture. What does it care for the
people? According to the testimony of Mr.. Fish,
it treats the peasantry like cattle and lets the
people starve. Its aims-to trip up Mr.. Fish at
any price. And yet Americans are to be found
who support the Soviet Union-who sell it trac-
tors and combine machines, send it engineers,
and even grant it credit
The result is that the Soviet Union will be in
a position to export grain more cheapIy than
America in the oil market, and indeed cause a
great deal of unpleasantness to the capitalist
world
Mr.. Fish does not adduce any accidental capt.
talist as witness, but the vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, Matthew Vol,
who declares on oath (re-translateD:
Years may perhaps pass before the Five
Year Plan will create competition for our in
dustrial products This depends on the sta
bility and subsequent power of the Soviet
Union. Already some textile and electric ar
ticles, as also other industrial goods, are being
sold under English market prices. But if the
Five-Year Plan is carried out, then Russia will
appear in the worlds markets as exporter of
iron, steel, and other heavy industrial pro-
ducts. But this is not what we have to fear
The United States can suffer the greatest
losses through the successes Of the economic
system in Russia, for they themselves are great
exporters of agricultural products = grain
wheat, tobacco-and are defending their ex-
ports with much effort against the competi-
ton which can be created by Russia"
But you do not see deep enough Matthew
Vol! The Fish Commission sees deeper If
the Five-Year Plan succeeds then the Soviet
power will have the means for financing the
world revolution, precisely as the meat canning
industry is financed by the banks. And in his
concluding paragraphs Mr.. Fish proclaims once
more that the object of the Soviet government
is not so much the betterment Of the position
Of the working class as the destruction Of the
whole world"
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