The daily worker., 1934-04-18
By HARRY RAYMOND

aIlaS Max Sherwood, chief OF
the Sherwood Detective Bu-
reau, 1457 Broadway, and his asso-
ciate and o-worker, George Will
Jams, was far too mild, further facts
reveal
That Sherwood and Williams. the
latter of whom became indignant
over the Daily Workers expose of
his character" and has brought
libel charges against me in an at
tempt to muzzle the voice of the
Daily are men of nefarious char
acter, leaders of strong arm gangs,
purveyors of forged documents and
participators in shady deals has
been further confirmed through an
investigation conducted jointly by
the Labor Research Bureau, 799
Broadway, and the staff of the
Daily Worker.
Max Sherwood, the prime mover
of the libel proceedings, has a rec
ord as a purveyor of forged docu-
ments, strikebreaker and red-baiter
that date back for several years.
Although Sherwood'S record as a
strike breaker and captain of thugs
goes back to 1900, when he estab-
lished the Eagle Detective Agency,
his first appearance on the scene
as a dealer in forged documents
was in the Fall of 1924.
At that time Max Sherwood, then
principal, of the Eagle Detective
Agency, and Albert Mcdonald, a
notorious strike breaker and for
merly head of the Sherman Service,
were circularizing business men and
factory owners with a printed bull
letin under the title of Red Rule
Hangs Over Mexico" This bulletin
was based on three forged docu-
ment5 concocted by the interna-
tional spy and stool pigeon Jacob
Nozovitsky, purporting to prove that
/ the Gales Mexican government was
connected with the Communist In
! ternational.
The despicable fraud of the
Sherwood gang was revealed in Sep
tember, 1925, when Nozovitsky con-
fessed his crimes in a series Of ar
ticles appearing in the New York
American.
Their bulletin (Sherwood's and
McDonald's), the Red Rule Hangs
over Mexico" has frightened more
than one conservative business
man." said NozovitSky in his con-
fession in the New York American.
yet the whole thing was woven
around and based on my faxed doc
uments. :"
The forged documents which
Sherwood published in his bulletin
date back to 1921 when Nozovitsky
went to Mexico to get evidence
on the Communist movement at the
behest of Henry Marsh, a wealthy
capitalist of New York and London
who had interests in Mexico and
Colonel Arthur Woods, former Po-
lice Commissioner of New York
City.
When Nozovitsky arrived in Mex
leo he got together with Linn A. E.
Gale, formerly a reporter in Albany,
N. Y, and forged document ad-
dressed to ~. c." zinoviev, of the
Executive Committee of the Com
munist International purporting to
be a report of the work of the Com
munist Party of Mexico.
"Of course, / had in mind to
get into this report lot of stuff
which L thought would be what
Mr.. Marsh wanted" said Nozo-
vitsky.
The forger Nozovitsky then pro-
ceeded to write a resolution which
was supposed to be passed by labor
bodies in Mexico.
Then 1 did nothing snort of writ
ing a fake constitution for the sup
posed Red Army of Mexico, said
Nozovitsky in his confession.
Sherwood Used Forgeries
All of these forged documents
were compiled in Max Sherwood's
Bulletin No. Is, called Red Rule
Hangs over Mexico"
Nozovitsky in his confession re-
vealed how Sherwood had planned
the further publication of forged
documents concerning Mexico thru
Doubleday, Page & Company. Con-
tract arrangements were made for
the publication of these forgeries by
the Eagle Industrial Associates, of
which Sherwood was the head, but
they we're never printed
Il was informed that this organi-
zation intended to put out a letter
purporting to be written by Roy, a
very famous Hindoo Communist,
said Nozovitsky.
This forged letter, which aimed
to link up the Communist Inter
national with the Gales govern
ment in Mexico, said.
Esteemed Comrade Gales:
From what you said in your
letter I understand that you are
of the opinion that the working
man in Mexico may have to form
an alliance with the middle class
in order to defeat the reactionary
forces of the coming presidential
election.
Are you aware of the fact that
such a compromise would mean a
compromise with the petty bour-
geoisie? A departure from the
fundamental principles of Com
muniSm. :"
The forged letter ended with
Long live the world revolution.
Yours for Communism, Roy"
Nozovitsky in his confession dis
closed the fact that there we're many
other forged letters in the files of
the Eagle Associates.