Evening star., 1933-04-19
RUSSIA ASSA|LED
/ AS AMERICAN FOE
Noted Speakers Oppose Rec.
pgnition at Capitals Larg-
/, est Mass Meeting.


paien last night called upon more tnan
( OGe1 representatives of $50 national or
panizations to oppose recognition py the
limited States Of the Soviet government
OF Russia.
Addressing delegations from pauiOtlc,
labor and fraternal organizations from
MANY Eastern cities, which CROWDED tne
washington Auditorium. the speakers
marshaled arguments against the apan-
comment by the United States OF ltS
non-recognition policy OF 10 years
standing. The speeches were broaocaet
over a nationwide radio hooK-up oi
the National Broadcastlng GO.
Under the sponsorship OF the AIne.is
can Legion, the mceting was addteSsea
by Representative Hamilton f1sn GA
New York, DR.. Edmund A. WaSn, .. ~
vice president Of Georgetown Univsfsty, s
American Federation of Labor. LOUIS
A Johnson. national commander OF the
Legion, presided. ,.x
# was a colorful gathering, Vnicn
heard vigorous protests voiced agalnst
the reported consideration py tne
Roosevelt administration OF the recoe-
milton of Russia's government. Coiors
of the many patriotic and fraternal OF,
Plantations represented were masseo
and many of the delegations were Id
brilliant uniforms.
Letter From Colby Read
In opening the meeting, Comdr.
,uohnson read a letter from Balnnrldge
Colbv President Wilson's Secretary OF
State. outlining reasons which leo thls
country to deny recognition OF Russia
as years ago. The original refusal, &C
cording to the Colby letter, had notn-
ing to do with debt reputation, CON-
munism or any internal matters, put
was predicated upon the fact tna1
Russia was an enemy state.
TO concede recognition as friend
to a nation that protests she Is not q
friend, but on the contrary Is dedl-
Gated TO the overthrow of our 1nstitu-
tions and sworn to conspire against our
peace and security is unthinkalAe, Mr.
Colby wrote. ,.,..
wilson and Colby to refuse lkcogniuon
Is wears ago still hold goo1, Comdr'
Johnson declared, adding that the
sanctity of our Government and its IN
stitutions is more important tnan q
few dollars in foreign trade with any
country" ..-
sional advocate OF non-recoSnitt,Sont tSat
Opened his speech with statement ina!
RAYMOND Moley, Assistant Secretary OF
State. is studying the question OF recog-
milton. ,s
He is seeking grounds" Fish salo
con which it could be shown that recog-
milton would be especially beneficial 70
the United States. If he succeeds with
in the next eight weeks, the Presldent
will informally approach the Soviet
government on the question"
Fish characterized the question OF
granting diplomatic recognition to Rus
sia as "one of the most important ano
far-reaching issues before the Uniteo
States" He denounced distinguishes!
foreigners with Communist incnnatons'
who. he said, "have made the American
people the target for advice and prop
aganda," saying:
TT is now time that American cit1-
kens cease aping and applauding promi..
nent foreigners such as George Bernard
Shaw and Prof. Einstein, when they
ridicule and condemn our country ano
uphold and commend Communism.
Comrade Shaw, once brilliant ntera-
teur, has in his dotage become nothing
but a mere Communistic propagandlse,
and Prof Einstein mixes relativity with
Stalinism wherever IN goes.
Russia Meddlins With u. S.
'I would gladly support recognition
of Soviet Russia tomorrow" Fish con-
tinued, eff 1t had Socialist govern.
ment or any kind of government thai
did not insist on interfering and med.
ding with our domestic and internal
institutions by urging, through the
Communist Internationale with mead
quarters at Moscow, strikes, riots. sapo-
tage and industrial unrest. and the
overthrow of our republican form OF
government by force and violence
In the midst of our economic crisis
Fish said, 1T would be foolhardy 70
recognize Soviet Russia and therepy
permit the Communist 1nternatlonale
under diplomatic immunity. to pecome
established in our industrial citles, IN
the farm belt, and among the negroes
of the South to provide organized
leadership to revolutionary activities In
the United States" H..
Father Walsh maintained recogn1ion
should be granted only upon apsoiute
rroof of "Moscow's willingness to desls'
from the unethical, the illegal and ut
terly unacceptable hostility to nom
Communist states which has been her
undeniable practice heretofore: He
Sharply criticized Alfred E. Smith. Sen,
ator william E. Borah, Shaw anc
others who have advocated recognition
"The acid test of Moscow's sincerity,
he said, Lies in her Willingness or re-
fusal to Danish the Third lnternationaie
from her territory. disassociate nersen
from the offensive international con-
spiracy to which she is now partner anc
respect the inalienable sovereign rights
of other nations and governments.
He referred to Shaw as that vener-
able comedian" who, In the recent New
York speech, put on one-r1ng circus
again, in which he garrulously commit
ted intellectual suicide"
He spoke of Borah's "habitual dis
repard for the actualities" in an asSer-
tjon during a Senate speech that since
Stain became Russian dictator there
had been no attempt whatever en- the
part of the Soviet Republic to interfere
with American governmental AFFAIRS.
The Soviet leadership. he said, PRO
poses, as a government policy, to abolish
universally every shred OF the demo-
cratic ideal embodied IN the DecIaration
of independence, the Constitution OF the
United States and the Bill Of Rights"
Rights of Russians.
Opponents of recognition. he declared
do not question the right Of the Rus
sian people to set up ANY form OF
government they see fit to endure"
What we do question and refuse te
tolerate" he said, is the insupportable
arrogance of the Communist party
which came into power on November Z
1918, and which assumes to dictate tS
us the form of government we shall
have in these United States. Our mo-
tive is not fear, which is the only JUS
tifcation some advocates OF recognition
can find for our present policy. TIT
motive Is self-respect and decent re.
gard for sovereignty under internationa
law"
nresented by Green with the declara'
tion: Labor holds that the preserva
ton of the principles Of self-govern
ment, the right to live unmolested
without the threat and menace OF work
revolutions, is of greater value than tn