The Washington times., 1936-06-01
ARTICLE II
By RAOUL LASZLO-RUDOLF

By RAOUL LASZLO-RUDOLF
The Profintern or Red Interna'
tional Of Labor Unions NILU)
with its headquarters in Moscow
in the Palace Of Labor, on Soil
anka Street, is the most mpor
tant auxiliary organization OF the
Communist International.
while the latter controls the
official legal or Illegal Com
munist parties throughout the
world, the Profintern is the IN
transitional organization Of the
labor unions which take the
orders from Moscow.
Active In U. s. -.
These organizations, which ex-
list under the most varied names
("Reds" unions in Czechoslova
Revolutionary Trade Union OPP
position in Holland and the
scandinavian countries. the mi
nority Movement in Great
Britain, the Trade Union Unity
League" in the United StateS)
aim at increasing the influence
of the Comintern.
UNDER the pretext of struggling
for the economic demands OF the
workers. the subsidiaries Of the
Profintern work to get the masses
infected with Communist IDEAS
to draw them closer and closer
to the Communist parties Of the
respective countries, and to lure
the most militant elements into
the latter. A..
In certain countries where the
Communist parties are illegal, the
organizations Of the Profintern al
most completely replace them.
$50 ut Headquarters
There are about $50 people EN-
ployed in the Moscow headquarters
of the Profintern. It's inner struc-
ture resembles that Of the Comm
tern, but on q smaller scale: The
administrative machine is divided
into territorial sections" like
Central European, Latin Euro
pean, Anclo-American, Oriental,
Far-East," etc.
These sections are directed by
experienced Communist ira d e
union leaders of the respective
countries. There are experts N
all sections who follow closely the
events in the various countries by
studying the legal and illegal press,
and any other information (secret
reportS) received from there.
At regular intervals and In
especially important events, these
experts make drafts Of resolutions
and orders which are first dis
cussed by the leaders of the sec
lions and finally by the secretariat
or the executive bureau of the Pro
fintern.
When they have been approved
such orders are sent on to the re-
spective countries by secret
couriers. Often the diplomatic
pouches of the Soviet government
are used for such purposes.
TrOika In Control
The most important decisions
and instructions are considered by
the 'Troika,' the Council Of
Three" which during my connec-
ton with the Profintern, was COM
posed of Alexander LozovSki, gen.
eral secretary; Maddalena. Ger
man Communist deputy Of the
former ReichStag, and CASTOR
MonmouSSeau, the well-known Sec
rotary of the French "Confedera-
ton Generate du Travail Uni.
taire."
The instructions always contain
thorough analysis of the tactics
Of the trade union movement in
question, of its revolutionary &C
tivities or failures. of the correct
ness of its slogans, strikes, demon
STATIONS, and other activities.
Often the decisions Of Moscow
severely reprimand this or that
leader for some "Rightist" or
''LeftiSt" deviation from the Mos
COW general line" and quite fire.
quent1y such a leader Is dis
charged from his post or called
to Moscow to account for his mis-
takes.
Material Sent to Press
Besides the territorial section,
there are departments with Spe.
cial tasks, such as the press de-
partment, which supplies the revo,
lutionary trade union press Of the
whole world with propaganda ma
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