The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-19

on be a true friend to the souets and
its system"
One writer voiced the appeal that
runs through many Of the letters
For an application of pressure on the
broadeasting companies 10 invita-
FS.U. spokesman at all impartial
forums" on the U.S.SR. A look at the
radio columns Of your daily paper
will convince you of the Importance
Of this. AS one correspondent states
Il am writing to the radio station
every time they have a talk on Rus
sias demanding q F.S.U. spokesman.
The greatest number Of letters re-
quest application cards for member
ship. Oklahoma farm areas are going
30 be tough spots for recruiting ser
geants in the war against the USSR,
Every rural section Of that state Is
represented in over fifteen letters that
came In response to the broadcast.
1t is not only what the letters say
but the broad strata whom they rep
resent that makes one feel that the
F.S.U. is going to be a mass organize
ton In every sense of the word
The manager Of the "overseas de-
partment" of powerful educational
book publishing company writes from
New York City He did not dictate
this to his stenographer but sat down
and typed it himself. He represents
host Of executives Of oil insurance
and other similar corporations, ex-
eeutives concerned more In a tech
nical division Of work, who write in
for membership and information. The
frustrated teohnician Of capitalism
speaks:
ut was good to hear you emphasize
the fact that some people in the
world are interested In something
more important than making their
country paradise for Park Ave
nueites taking a pleasure trip 10
points east" The F.s.U. Technical
Bureau will undoubtedly recruit these
builders deprived Of their creative
work by q dead capitalist industry
They are on the road to wholehearted
alliance with the working class of
their own country as we'll II space
permitted, one would like to print
the whole letters without COMMENT
Net crank" note among them. They
are all addressed Dear Sir Mr..
President, etc" A few write Com
rade," with signs Of the thrill that
the word has when one first becomes
acquainted with it.
We mustn't hide the fact that
among the hundreds who heard OF
the F.SU. for the first time and were
waiting for Just such information, q
few of the die-hards had the energy
to sit down and inform Corliss La
mont OF his treason"
Avon-by-the-Sea, n. j., Is one OF
the two that wrote in. We have to
call the note after the town because
the writer forgot to sign his namel
He furnishes the crushing answer TO
foreign agitators" in quite ian
original fashion," to wit:
IF this country isn't good enough
for you :" You can I'LL In the rest
1t is addressed to the "So-called
Friends of the U.S.sR.l" 1t found its
way to the office along with one Of
different tone addressed TO the "soy-
let Union" 80 E. 18th St., N.Y.C.l
The ether writer merely wants to
inform that Al Capone Is Public
Enemy Number one and Corliss La
mont Is ditto. Number Two"
With Stains words in mind, We can
say that the membership Of broad
organization, dedicated to the de-
tense Of and spread Of truthful in-
formation about the U.SSR,, as is the
Friends Of the Soviet Union; is linz
tied only by the extent to which we
all carry its message to the American
working class.