The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-22

tOgetner Win the decision Of experts
formed the basis of the sentence
passed upon these engineers.
With indisputable objectivity the
trial showed the existence of the
contact of the Revolutionary
state employees in the electric sta
lions with the criminal activity of
leading employees of the Moscow Of
fee Of the British firm Of Metro
politan- Vickers. 4.5*
The employees of Metropolitan
VickerS, especially Thornton, were
convicted of arranging with the
wreckers-SoyietT employes--to per-
petrate breakdowns and conceal de-
fects in equipment supplied by the
firm, bribing the Soviet employees
with this aim in view.
Can't Howl Down Facts. " 49,
Such were the facts attested to In
the sentence of the court, after an
open trial lasting seven days. No
hySterical bowls and none of the ri
diculouS efforts of the bourgeois
press can destroy Or weaken the sig
IllllCdIlC6 Oh THESE 1dCGS.
The trial also established the fact
that the wrecking activity Of this
organization was incapable of deal
ing a serious blow at the industrial
might Of the USSR. In some cases
wrecking acts were averted at the
last moment by the vigilance of
workers. In other cases this vigil
lance and self sacrifice OF the work
ing masses either formed the"general
conditions by which the develop
ment Of the wrecking acts was hin
dered, or reduced the harm caused
by these acts.
Damage Considered
This, of course, was not to the
merit Of the wreckers, but was their.
misfortune. They committed as
much sabotage as they possibly
could. But the Soviet court, while
considering that the. strictest meas
ures are necessary for the protec-
ton and the safety of the Socialist
country, also considered, when fix
ing the punishment for individual
defendants. the amount of damage
they actually committed.
Thus, despite the threats of black
mail by British Imperialism, the ex-
istence, the nature, and the extent
of the wrecking and espionage by
employees of Metro-V ickers was clear
ly established. No threats helped,
and sentence was passed.
Not Swayed by Evaporation.
When determining the punishment
of individual defendants, the court
was not swayed by considerations of
evaporation or revenge.
The court passed a light sentence
because it was afraid of our threats"
will perhaps be written tomorrow in
the hireling British press, which yes
terdsy speculated on rubbish and
SANDER concerning secret horrors of
the G. P. IT," but actually the ma
ture of the sentence Is the hardest
blow against the extensive anti
Soviet intrigues Of the international
counter revolution.
The British diehards passed a bill
threatening TO disrupt Anglo-Soviet
economic relations under the pre-
text that those accused of espionage
and wrecking are menaced with "heI-
fish tortures," without an open trial.
What has happened? When 1t was
discovered that these wreckers we're
to be given trial in an open court
session, with the maximum of con-
venience and information for the
work of the foreign press, British
imperialism used every effort to make
the trial NOT public and NOT open
for British readers.
News FaIsified In British Press.
How otherwise explain the fact
that despite the presence of more
than a sufficient number of diplo-
mats and correspondents of the for
eign press in the court, the infor-
nation of the trial, as given in the
great British press, was false from
start to finish2
You claim you know the actual
truth of the work of employees Of the
British firm. You state you seek
facts for the foundation Of the
charge. Nov take F'ese T,3ss and
inform your paolie. says the Pre-