The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-18

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 ho wrote Che letter Co which hts name wAs signed has never been proved beyond a doubt, but Us publication ln England kicked tho Labor Party out Of control of tho government and greased the stAlra for hls own exit from power The battle for absolute mastery Of the U.R.S.R. between Trotsky and StA~ lln after kenlnS death had eon' cluded with T'rolsky on the loserS end. HlnovleI was an adherent oE TrUlskyS and believed Ike lrm that the only way Go safeguard the Soviet regime In Russia waS Co foment and preach revolution All over the world. Again and again during our sconversation 1lnovlov repeated hlS theory even though At the time to hold or dls- cuss favorably that theory was Go court suspicion og being c eoun- ter.revolWtlonAry, And Go Do an object Of suspicion In the U.S.s,R then and now ls just the same in the long run as taking Q good deep sWlg of eaFbollo acid, I can see him now as our interview ended and we had received his dead.ilsh hAndshake at parting, Ao went up the stairs to hts once with hlS head bowed and hls shoulders bent Rs it they were carrying an intolerRble weight, Perhaps he TO. allRed that his day was done. that his number was up, and that sooner or later, he would walk down the same stairs to the "ll- uWldation" which awaits those who run afoul oE that Josit DRhugashvlll, tho son of Q ueor. Rlan harness maker, who changed his name to Stalln and now rules tho millions of tho U.S,S,R, with An ironsflSted tyranny undreamed of by the most despotlc ot the cEars,
 Trotsky
 Two days before tho zlnoviev interview the whole American delegation was entertained by Trotsky In hls headquarters at the Commlssarlat of Concessions. There was no tea and no cakes. The entertainment consisted in listening to Comrade Trotsky (Braunsteln) answer the questions submitted to him Q day In Ad. vance, Although he was reported Go have gotten out of Q sick bed to meet tho AmerikAnski delegAtski, he was the picture Of health aS he made 0 drNmtio entrance into the room, Whereas Zlnoviev dressed as # his clothes meant less than nothing to him Trotsky looked as # he had Just walked out of \ Russky band box. His white linen suit was immaculate, his thick mane Of black hair roso cockatoo style above his scrubbed pink cheeks, and his Buffalo Bill chin piece stuck out contemptuously aS if to say, "I'll show these repre-" sentatlVes of the American bour- geolslo their places" But he was very suaVe, utterly patient, and scrupulously polite, Also, in view of what was waiting for him just around tho corner, what he said was very funny.
 An Act
 Each of the visiting firemen was permitted to ask him two ques- tons, submitted as have said, In writing the previous day. The queries were read aloud in English, by on interpreter, translated into Russian, and answered by TrotSky in Russian, and translated back into English by tho interpreter. But if the interpreter did not get tho exact shade of meaning in the reply into English, Trotsky cor. rected him in English because he speaks and reads the language much better than you or l. en- quired how there could be liberty in Russia since there was no free- dom of speech, action, press, and assemblage. He complimented me on tho "nicety" of the question and proceeded not to answer 1t at oil by saying that there was no liberty in the United states; no freedom of speech, action, or as. semblage; the American press was owned by capitalists and the re. porters were all from the bour- geoisie, He brushed my immediate exception aside and then declared blandly, "There is perfect freedom of speech and action within the ranks of the Communist Party" Is Eat So?
 It may have been that when he made the statement Comrade Trotsky thought he was telling the truth. He must have found out he was wrong in short order. For fighting the Stalin majority, speaking freely, running an under ground newspaper, and exercising his right of freedom of assemblage with his pals, he was chucked out of the Communist Party neck and crop and banlshed to the Russian Chinese border where Q tough guy can live Q year or two. Failing to reform and to cease ex- ercising his perfect" rights he was tossed out of the U.S.S.R. TOT keeps and has been trying ever since to make Q permanent home. For Q time in Turkey and latteriy in Norway. If 1t can be proved that he violated the promise not