The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-13
lynn Relief Union Wins Right of Workers to Run for Office
F.S.U. Calls for S.P. Delegates
To Tour U.S.S.R. in November
Urges Socialists To Hail
18th Year of the
Soviet Union

NEW YORK.-An invitation has
been extended by the Friends of the
Soviet Union, 80 E. 18th st., to the
Socialist Party urging the election
Of Socialist delegates to the FS.U.
November It'll workers delegation
that will tour the Soviet Union and
witness the 18th Anniversary cele-
bration of the founding of the So
Wet Republic.
The letter of invitation follows:
ITO the National Executive Com
mittee of the Socialist Party, So
cialist Party State organizations,
Socialist Party locals and all So
cialist Party members:
Cites War Danger
1.-THE National Executive Com
mittee of the Friends of the Soviet
Union invites the Socialist Party to
send delegates to the Soviet Union
as part of its November 7th cele-
bration delegation.
The long dreaded hour of a new
world war is drawing closer. Alarm
ing news from the Far East indi-
Gates the rapid elimination of
situation fraught with danger to
world peace. That Japan, through
its press and provocations on the
border and Chinese Eastern Rail
way is preparing to strike against
the Soviet Union, is quite obvious.
Japanese reactionaries, fascists and
jingoists are urging the military
dictatorship of Japan to proceed
from words to deeds" The Soviet
Union, however, despite all provo
cation, sticks to its tried and proved
policy of peaceful Socialist con-
struction.
Organizations Choose Delegates
"a better understanding for the
masses of American workers and
farmers, of the Soviet Union and
the advances being made through
Socialist construction would be q
tremendous force in favor of world
peace and the holding back of the
war-nad fascists of Europe and
Japan. The Friends of the Soviet
Union, in an effort to create such
an understanding of the U. S. S. r.,
sends delegations of A m eric n
workers and farmers to that coun-
try twice a year, for the May l and
November 7 celebrations. The dele
gates are not picked by us, but
elected directly by their fellow
workers in factories, mines, etc., or
by organizations to which they be-
long.
Such delegations are received by
the Soviet Trade Unions and tour
the Soviet Union for approximately
one month, in this way being able
to see for themselves the progress
being made in the various phases
of Socialist construction. The dele
gates visit the factories, collective
farms, electric power projects,
schools, rest homes, creches, thea
tres actually making a real COM
prehensive survey of the progress
of Socialist construction. Upon the
delegates return to the United
States we arrange various meetings
at which such delegates report.
Fight for World Peace
1--WE are planning to send an
especially strong delegation for the
November 7 celebration, which will
leave during the third week in
October, because of the extreme
urgency of the international situa-
ton. The National Executive Com
mittee of the Friends of the Soviet
Union is eager to include in its
delegation several Socialist Party
members, as it recognizes the role
the Socialist Party members can
play in maintaining world peace
and staying an attack upon the
Soviet Union.
"The Socialist Party has on a
number of occasions declared its
willingness to fight against imperi-
aist intervention against the Soviet
Union. The members of the So
cialist Party generally, have proven
their willingness, by participating
in various actions against such in
tervention. We therefore expect
that we may count upon you at
this historic moment"