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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Soviet Sailors Greet
u. S. Seamen; Tell of
High Pay, Good Food
The Crew Of the Ship "Sokrat" An
swers the Letter of Comrade King
Moscow.

The Crew OF the Ship "Sokrat" An
swers the Letter of Comrade King
Moscow.
Dear Comrade King:
We have received your letter and
have read it before the general meet
ing of our crew. Out of your letter
we see how the American seamen are
living now. We were indignant when
we read about the treatment of sea-
men by the shipowners and about
their tricks to excite hostility among
the crew.
A sailor receives on our ship lis
roubles a month. Beside this he re-
ceives IS roubles for meals. A fire.
man gets as much as sailor A
mechanic receives 1876 roubles and
As roubles for meals.
On all the news ships there are
separate cabins for the crew, one
cabin for two seamen.
The most difficult time is already
over, as Comrade Stain said.
Each ship has an exact plan to fill,
and according as its plan is accom-
plished the ship is rewarded with
premium.
There is on each of our ships Red
Corner, where we can read several
newspapers and magazines. Besides
this, there is a radio on our snip.
In the name of the general meeting
of the crew of the tanker "Sohrat."
--Saraev.
U.S.SR.
Moscow, Maxim Gorky ST., 3 "Vod-
ny Transport"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
The History OF the B,itt Commission and the Soviet Union

troops. And he Lloyd George) felt
certain that, if the British tried
to send any more troops there,
there would be mutiny."
Mr. Bullitt Sdded in his testimony
before the Senate Committee that
Z" in the latter part of that
report, which I did not read to the
committee, there was expressed
very forcibly the opinion of Mr..
Lloyd George, that the populations
at home would not stand II fur
Their intervention). Therefore they
desired to follow up further the line
of making peace"
We will not go into a discussion of
the peace proposals brought back by
Bullitt and rejected by the imperial
list diplomats without the formality of
official action. 1t is worthwhile, how
ever, to quote from Bullitt's report on
Soviet Russia. AS a trained newspa-
per man me had been on the staff
of the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Bullitt tried to do some honest re-
porting and present his employers
(the State DEPARTMENT. with true
account Of conditions as he found
them in Russia. Thus he writes:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
HIGH WAGES FOR SOVIET
WORKERS IN MACHINE SHOP
Workers Not Afraid of Difficulties; Get
Best of Everything; Good Homes for
Families; Accident Insurance
Moscow, September rs, 1898.

You interested in life in the o.
read untuths In the capitalist
would like to to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Soviet Government
Has Never Deceived
U.s." Peasant Says
Farm w ON an Tells
Of fits of
Collective Farm
Dear Comrades!

I am no longer a young woman.
For all the years of my wretched life
I am only now in the Kolhoz be-
ginning to feel like human being.
When was only child, was given
in marriage to a miserable drunkard.
All that was able to earn on the
side working in the fields my hus-
band used UP in drink. If I was able
to get enough pennies together to
buy chicken, my husband would sell
the chicken, and drink up the small
sum he had received for it. One
time he went away to the city and
never came back again,
With a baby in my arms, and no
help, my life was hard one. And
then, when my daughter grew up
and went off to the city to earn
her living, things became even worse
for me, for then I took no Joy what
soever in life.
Things dragged on in this way
until 1881, L. until kolhoz was or
Hanizsd in our village Of Stenkino.
I wrote out a declaration that I
wished to Join the Kolhoz. I was
accepted. And I began to work in
the children's nursery.
Real Life Began
From that time forward my real
life began. 1 felt a new strength.
I grew younger. workad for a
while in the kolhoz nursery, and then
asked that I might work cut on the
fields with brigade group.
For my work, only to the first of
September. received 34l Kilograms
Of rye, 80 kilograms of wheat, go
kilograms of oats, % Kilograms of
peas, 10 Kilograms of Black Casha,
500 Kilograms Of potatoes, 142 kilo-
grams of cabbage, so Kilograms of
cucumbers, SIS Kilograms of carrots,
and besides all this money as well.
And at the end of the year I shall
receive still more.
Ny own garden gives me a good
many vegetables. What can I do
with so much? I can sell my extra
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
By NATHANIEL BUCHWALD

'The Soviet form of government
Is firmly established. Perhaps the
most striking fact in Russia today
is the general support which is Civ
en- the government by the people.
-. The Soviet form of government
seems to have become to the Rus
sian people the symbol of their
revolution.
THE above was written fourteen
years ago by William G. Built, re-
Gently appointed first American AM
bassador to the Soviet Government.
At that time Mr.. Bullitt was q young
man Of 26, an ardent supporter of
woodrow Wilson'S ideals" and bril-
liant member Of the staff of the
American Commission to Negotiate
Peace. He was chosen by Wilson, with
the approval of Lloyd George, to pro-
coed to Soviet Russia to find a basis
for peace between the Soviet Govern
ment and the various counter-revolu-
tionary groups fighting 1t.
The Bullitt Mission to Russia came
in for good deal Of publicity in 1919,
when the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the United States Senate,
in its fight against the ratification of
the Versailles Peace Treaty, called
upon Mr.. Bullitt to testify on his &C
tivities in connection with the peace
negotiations. The published record of
that testimony affords at once view
of Bullitt's own attitude toward the
Soviet Government and of the machi-
nations of the Allied statesmen and
the hipocrasy of Woodrow Wilson in
the question of peace with Soviet
Russia.
The Allied intervention against the
Bolshevist Revolution began in the
grave danger Of mutiny among the
intervention troops Mr.. Bullitt laid
before the Senate committee the Sc
cret Secretaries Notes" Of CONVEX
sation among the Allied representa-
tives on the question Of Russia, which
contained the following:
president Wilson asked to be
permitted to urge one aspect Of the
case. As M. Sonnino had implied,
they were all repealed by Bolshe-
vism, and for that reason they had
placed armed men in opposition to
summer of 1918. but the capitalist
governments were not altogether
happy about their bloody adventure.
1t did not seem to further their main
purpose of overthrowing the Soviet
Government. Furthermore, there was
them. One of the things that was
clear In the Russian situation was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
How the Allies and the United States Tried
By Military Intervention to Over
throw the Soviet Union

that by opposing Bolshevism with
arms, they were in reality serving
the cause Of Bolshevisnl The Allies
were making it possible for the Boil
sheviks to argue that imperialistic
and capitalistic governments were
endeavouring to exploit the coun-
try and to give the land back to the
landlords, and so bring about a re-
action"
THIS statement by Wilson that ''they
! were all repealed by Bolshevism,
and for that reason they had placed
armed men in opposition to them"
was made on Jan. 81, 1919, after re-
peated public assurances of the Presi-
dent about his friendship" and good
will" toward the new regime in Rus
STA. With his high-sounding phrases
Wilson had hoped to win the conf
dence Of the Russian masses and
estrange them from the revolution
airy government. Having failed In
this, Wilson embarked on the inter-
vention adventure. But Intervention
was proving a failure and was
fraught with danger for the interview
tionists themselves, so Wilson and his
partners were willing to consider an
other way of crushing the Bolshevist
Government, the way Of peace.
1t must be stated here that al
though Mr. Bullitt was for immediate
peace with the Soviet Government
and urged the withdrawal Of the in
tervention troops, the lifting Of the
blockade and the recognition Of the
revolutionary regime in Russia, he,
too, hoped that in this way Bolshe-
vism could be fought more effective
ly. In his report on his visit to Soviet
Russia, he advances the following
argument in support Of his proposals:
"If the blockade is lifted and sup
plies begin to be delivered regu-
larry to Soviet Russia, a more pow
erful hold over the Russian people
(by the Allies will be established.
-. Furthermore, the parties which
oppose the Communists in principle
but are supporting them at present
will be able to begin to fight against
them"
This should clear Mr. Bullitt Of the
charge" Of being Communist SYM
pathizer" He was merely realist in
appraising the condition Of Soviet
Russia and the perils Of intervan-
ton. Not being a sympathizer Of the
revolutionary regime, he. neverthe-
less, believed 1t to the advantage of
the capitalist countries to recognize
that regime. In general way, he
was for self determination of ma
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
1--WE Are Not Wage.
Slaves, F." Shibyard.
Man Writes in Letter
Workers Get PA Weeks Vacation With Full
( Pay; Government Provides Free Tuition
and Books for Evening Glasses
Odessa, U. S. S. r.

COmrade Workers the Sun Shipyard Chester,
Dear Comrades:
Wishing with the Ship
yard the workers specialists And Marty Ship
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
Stain On Results OF
First Five>Year Plan

of destroying the old. he results Of the
Five Year Plan show that the work.
ing class is as well able to build some
thing new as to destroy the old.
90 The results Of the Five-Year
Plan have smashed the social demo-
cratic thesis that it is impossible to
build up socialism in a single country
taken by itself. The results of the
Five-Year Plan have shown that 1t
is quite possible to build socialist So
ciety in a single country, because the
economic foundations of such a So
ciety have already been laid in teh
USS.R.
a. The results of the Five-Year
Plan have refuted the assertions Of
bourgeois economists to the effect
that the capitalist system of eeono-
my is the best of all systems, that
any other system Is unstable, and
incapable of standing the test of the
difficulties connected with economic
development. The results of the Five
Year Plan have shown that it is the
capitalist system of economy that is
bankrupt and unstable, that it has
become obsolete and must give way
to another, higher, Soviet socialist
system of economy, that the only
system of economy that has no fear
of crises and is able to overcome diff
ficulties that capitalism cannot solve
lis the Soviet system of economy.
(5) Finally, the results Of the Five
Year Plan have shown that the Party
is invincible IF it knows its goal and
how to lead to it, and If it is not
afraid Of difficulties.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
After Military Methods Failed, Wilson Hypo
critically Resorted to Professions of
Friendship Toward the U.S.SR.

"Russia today is in a condition of
acute economic distress. The block
AIDE by land and sea is the cause of
this distress. In consequence,
every man, woman and child in
Moscow and Petrograd is suffer-
ing from slow starvation ;. on the
other hand D.. the distribution of
food is well controlled the ter
ror has ceased. Executions are
extremely rare. Good order has
been established, The streets are
safe. Prostitution has disap-
peared from sight. E. The achieve
ments Of the Department of Educa-
ton under Lunacharsky have been
very great"
Mr.. Bullitt writes on the great
prestige of Lenin and deprecates that
Of Trotsky. He states in his report:
"In Russia one never hears Lenin
and Trotsky spoken of in the same
breath as is usual In the western
world. Lenin is regarded as in
class by himself, Tro+sky is but one
Of the lower order Of mortals.
SWhen I called on Lenin at the
Kremlin, I had to wait few min
utes until a delegation of peasants
left his room. They had heard in
their village that Comrade Lenin
was hungry. And they had come
hundreds Of miles carrying 800
pools of bread as the gift of the
village to Lenin. Just before them
was another delegation Of peasants
to whom the report had come that
Comrade Lenin was working in an
unheated room. They came bearing
a stove and enough firewood to
heat it for three months. Lenin is
the only leader who receives such
gifts. And he turns them into the
common fund"
RIO BETTER proof Of Bullitt's real
IL istic appraisal of the situation is
needed than the first paragraph of
the Conclusions" in his report:
mo government save a socialist
government can be set up in Rus
sia today except by foreign bayo-
nets, and any government so set UP
will fall the moment such support
Is withdrawn"
This is, indeed, prophecy come true.
Bullitt's proposal was shelved by
the Allies and his report was sup
pressed at the insistence of President
Wilson. Asked by Senator Harding
why the Soviet proposal was not
given favorable consideration" Bull
lit replied:
"The principal reason was entire
" different. The fact was that lust
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25

supplies in the market place. And
when I go to the city to visit my
grandchildren I can buy them all nice
presents. What more could I ask out
Of life now? All I wish is to live
as long as possible.
In the period before I had joined
the kolhoz many whisperer5, Kulaks,
said to me: "Eh, Fiokla, don't join
the kolhoZ! Such a move will
spell misfortune for you'll"
I did not believe, and then saw
how well had done. The Soviet
Government has never deceived us
peasants, and today I believe still
more strongly that our government is
looking out for our individual in
tsrests, that there be no poor among
us, and that there be work for all,
md that our lives be full and plenti-
full ones.
-Fiosla Barishnikova.
A Shock Brigade Worker.
Kolhoz, Paris Commune"
l. Ryanskovo Region.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25

CoLIe acquainted WlGn your NE ana
to acquaint you with ours.
In this letter I want to tell you
something Of how the younger work.
ing people, and the older workers
enrolled in the higher courses, study.
I am II years of age. / work in
a factory of cutting instruments,
named Kalinin (Frazer), and in the
evenings I study at the Moscow Ma
chine-Building Workers Institute,
which is conducted in connection
with work in the factory.
Our new factory was opened the
first Of May in the year 1882, but
before this we were already expert
enced in technical production and
fulfilling our program.
For the first six months, from
January to June, we had a plan to
enforce production to the amount of
100000 ruhles, and in the second
instance during the months Of Oc-
tober, November and December to
bring our production up to the stand
ard previously set in the first six
months, to the sum of 5500,000 ruhles.
For the entire year of 1888 we have
set ourselves the task Of meeting
a plan of production to the amount
Of 100000 rubles.
And in 1884 we shall have pro-
gram calling for production to the
amount of 100000 rubles, We are
at present preparing ourselves to
meet and fulfill our plan for the
year 1894.
I work in the Thermal Section on
the plan-distributing bureau, as q
teehnician. I earn $50 rubles q
month.
Our section. the Thermal Section
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-25
from Comrade Stains Report
on the First Five-Year Plan).

"a he results of the Five-Year
Plan have refuted the assertions of
the bourgeois and social-democrat'S
leading men that the Five-Year Plan
was fantastic, delirium and an I'M
attainable dream. The results Of the
Five-Year Plan have shown that the
Five-Year Plan has already been car
ried out,
90 The results of the Five-Year
Plan have smashed the well-known
bourgeois symbol of faith" that the
working class is incapable of building
anything new, that it is capable only
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Virginia Pen League
Enjoys Autumn Outing

Freewood, the country home OF DR..
Mary Meek Atkeson and DR.. Blaine
Free Moore, near Great Falls, Va, was
the scene Of the Autumn picnic Of the
executive board Of the District OF
Columbia League Of American Pen
Women, yesterday.
DR.. and Mrs Moore were assisted in
receiving by the president Of D. C..
League, Mrs Azalea Green Badgley,
and by the former president, DIR. Jean
Stephenson. They were also assisted by
their nieces, the Misses Jane, Helen and
Betty Caroline Sheets.
The Colonial house was decorated
with Autumn leaves and baskets Of
pears and purple grapes. But much Of
the time was spent in the interesting
oak woods along Difficult Run. now
beginning to show Fall coloring. At
3 o'clock. Scout Helen Sheets led a
hiking party down the rocky gorge OF
Difficult Run to the Potomac River.
Falls and to the new Medeira School,
which is in the neighborhood
The evening meal was served in the
big living room before the open fire
Among those present were: Azalea
Green Badgley, Dr. Frances Moon
Butts, Lucie Hanna Hadley. Marguerite
Merigold. Ruth Wilson Forney. Anne
w. Manchester. katherine Jacobs
Susan Baker, May M. Welch, Minnie
Briggs, Annabel Lee Glenn, Edna
Knight Gasch, Nine. Maria Garzia
Alice Hutchins Drake, Bessie w. Palm
Elise Thomson Clark. Minnie F. Rands
Phyllis Moore Gallagher, Margaret j
Bailey, Elena de Sayn, Irene Moran
Clara Manderschied and Myrta Ethel
Cawood.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley
| Entertain at Dinner
In Chevy Chase Home
Mrs. Marcellus SHIELD Host
ess to Needlework Guild
Directors. =,

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Kelley, jr,
entertained at dinner Sunday, having
as guests Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schneider
Of Locust Knoll, Annapolis, Nd, Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Lachman, Miss
Estelle Caffery, Mr.. Richard Lachman
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Burr OF
Annapolis, Md.
Mrs. Marcellus Shield entertained at
tea on Monday afternoon in her
home on East Irving street for the
directors Of the Needlework Guild Of
the Chevy Chase branch.
Mrs. Harold Foye and Miss Mary
Claude Of Boston, Mass, are the house
guests Of Mrs. William A. Clock on
Newland street. Mrs. Foye and Miss
Claude were formerly Of Chevy Chase.
Col. william Hamilton Sands and
Mrs. Sands of Norfolk, Va, are the
house guests Of Mrs. Sands brother-in-
law and sister. DR.. and Mrs. Clem C..
Williams, on ngomar street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Waters en-
tertained the Chevy Chase Chanters
Monday evening in their home on NC
Kinley street. They gave a musical
who is the director, arranged a musical
program for the Winter.
Mrs. s. M. Chase entertained at
luncheon on Thursday at the Kennedy
Warren for the Fancy Work Circle Of
All Saints Rector's Aid Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Leonard and Mrs.
Joseph Delan Of Seattle, Wash, are
the house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Lowell Swenson on Forty-fifth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh E. Phillips en-
tertained at a dinner party Thursday
evening in their home on Jenifer
street, in honor of their house guest,
Mrs. M. 10y Bollick of Hickory, N. C.
Covers were laid for IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips were hosts at
bridge and supper to 20 on Friday eve
ming. in compliment to their guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Speer OF
Mr.. Speer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther F. Speer, on Jocelyn street
Mrs. David M. Mcpherson entertained
the Chevy Chase branch Of the Ma
tional League of American Pen Women
at luncheon Tuesday in her home The
guests were: Mrs Emma w. P. Slack,
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, Miss Viola
Offutt, Miss Louise Worden, Mrs Mary
Sitz Parker. Mrs. Robert Bennett. Mrs.
Clarence C.. Calhoun, Mrs Frank
CLANCY, Miss Dorothy Nicholson and
Miss Irene Juno.
Mr.. and Mrs. Macleod Maurice en-
terLdlneQ at Qlnner ana Dr1Qge last
evening in their home on Leland street
later taking their guests to the Con-
gressional Country Club for dancing
The guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Maphis, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Taylor Chewn-
ing and Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Reed
Macleod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mason of Nor
folk, Va, are the house guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. Macleod Maurice on LELAND
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Mason came Il
attend the world series
Mrs. William A. Clock entertained or
Monday evening a number Of the ladie
OF the Chevy Chase branch of the Ret
Cross to fill the Christmas bags fo
the American soldiers of the foreign
hospitals. Mrs. Alfred ]. Steffen il
chairman of the committee, assisted b,
Mrs. Mason Lemine. Mrs. c. M. Good
now. Miss Helen Wheeler, Miss Alic
Broas. Mrs. Millard West. Miss Byrt
Belt, Mrs. Roger Whiteford and Mrs
Warder jenkins.
Mr.. and Mrs H. Cochran Fisher en-
tertained at bridge and supper on Fri
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Wisconsin State Society
Plans Winters PROGRAM

This Wisconsin Society held its an
nual meeting at the Willard Hotel Tues
day evening and selected officers, who
are widely distributed over the State.
The president, to succeed Mr.. Sackett
is Mr.. Ralph E. Smith of Merrill; first
vice president. Mr.. E. G. Sievers; sec
ond vice president, Mr.. George Zeutzius
Of Green Bay third vice president, Miss
Alma Barry of Milwaukee; treasurer
Mr.. j. B. Schommer; secretary, Mrs
S. Norman Moe of Peshtigo. and the
trustees, DR.. E. A. A. Dunn, Plattsville;
Miss Florence Horigan, Richland Cen
ter; Mr.. Henry ]. Saunders, Madison;
Mrs. L. A. R. Hansen, Madison; Miss
Emily Clark, Portage; Mr.. August J.
App, Milwaukee,; Miss Mary Kerwin,
Kenosha, and Mr.. Fred Esch of Mani
towoc.
The new officers are taking over the
society with a wonderful spirit OF
loyalty and sincerity. First of all, a
membership drive will be planned and
then there will be the Inauguration OF
the social season, which promises to be
quite active and more than just num-
ber of dances.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Christ Child Society
Board OPENING Store

The Christ Child Society is opening
a store on October IS at 32l2 P street
northwest, to be open daily under the
direction of Mrs Angela Carman, who
will be assisted by the members OF the
board. The proceeds are to go toward
the building fund Of the Christ Child
Society,"
The. following are the members OF
the board who will assist: Miss Rose
Shea, Mrs Thomas j. Sheridan, Miss
Anne Squire, Mrs. D. c. Stapleton,
Mrs. Joseph Tumulty, Mrs. George Y.
Worthington, jr; Mrs. Fred Altemus,
Mrs. T. P. Ballinger, Miss Mary Barney,
Mrs. Elizabeth Berens, Mrs. Thornton P.
Boland, Mrs Robert Cahill. Mrs. D. j.
Callahan. Mrs. Arthur Cullen, Mrs.
Aubrey Clarke, Miss Louise Darr, Mrs.
James Emery. Mrs. John Foote, Miss
Borredell Cover, Mrs. George E. Haml-
ton, Mrs. ]. G. Haskell. Nine. Thomas
H. Healy, Miss Catherine Keane. Miss
Mary herman, Mrs. w. j. MCGEE, Miss
Sarah Maher. Miss Mildred Merrlck
Mrs. J. D. Morgan, Mrs. C. P. Neill, Mrs
John ]. Noonan, Mrs. Virginia O'Hare,
Mrs. Sarah Pepper, Mrs. Louis Peake,
Miss Agnes Riley, Miss Florence Roach,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Sands. Mrs. B. F.
Saul and Mrs. Charles w. Semmes.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
McInerney-Sommerville
Wedding Plans October 2e

Mrs. Thomas Somerville has issued
invitations for the wedding reception
to be given for her daughter Margaret
and DR.. Michael ]. McInerney. whose
marriage will take place Saturday, Oc-
tober 2e. The Rev. Thomas ]. Walsh
will officiate at the ceremony.
The attendants are Mrs. John Can
ney Harding of Washington, sister
of the bride. matron OF honor. and
Miss Elizabeth McInerney of Washing
ton a sister of the bridegroom will be
maid of honor. The brides other at
tendants are Mrs. Karl E. farrell,
Wynnewood Park, Md: Mrs. Andrew
Jackson Somerville of Washington Mrs:
Jack Burn Thompson Of Baltimore and
Washington, Mrs. Randolph Wright OF
Norristown, Pa; Miss Pauline Chobot
of Washington and Miss Lydia Turner
of Swarthmore, Pa.
Mr.. Maurice McInerney, brother OF
the bridegroom, will be best man. The
ushers will be d. Clarence Peterson
of Vernon, NY: DR.. John Boyle OF
Baltimore, Md: DR.. Hamilton j. Ham
mill. New York City, and DR.. John
Cavanagh. DR.. Thomas Mattingly. Mr..
John OConnor, cousin OF the BRIDE
groom: Mr.. Harrison Somerville. a
brother of the bride, all OF Washington.