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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15
Demand For Check
On Facts Unheeded
By LEON TROTSKY

MEXICO, D. F., Jan. 27.-Al
the accusations are based exclu.
sively upon the confessions of the
defendants; no objective evidence
whatsoever is at the disposition of
the court. Consequently one must
ask: Are the defendants. confes-
sions true, or are they the result
of a preliminary agreement ex-
torted by the accusers from the
accused? The fate of the trial and
the world reputation of Moscow
justice, on the one hand, and of the
movement to which / adhere, on
the other, depend on the solution
Of this fundamental enigma. No
efforts must be spared to reveal
the truth. Is this aim obtainable?
Completely, and ithout great diff
Guilty. The question is posed as
follows: do the subjective confess
sions correspond to objective facts,
or are they the products of mali
cious fabrication divorced from
time and space?
l propose Immediately, before
the trial is terminated, to choose
the most striking and important
confession and submit it to factual
verification. This procedure would
require scarcely more than forty
eight hours.
We are concerned here with the
confession of PiatakOv. He testi-
fled that he visited me in Norway
in December, 1886, for the purpose
of conSpiratorial plotting. Plata
kov alleged that he came from
Berlin to Oslo by airplane: The
enormous Importance of this testi-
mcny is evident. l declared many
times, and | repeat again, that Pr
atakov, like Radek, has been dur
ing the last nine years not my
friend but my bitterest and most
perfidiOus enemy, and that there
could be no question of negotia-
lions between US. If it should be \
proved that Piatakov actually Wis !.
tied me, my position would be 4
compromised. If, on the j
contrary, | can prove that the
story of the visit is false from
beginning to end, the entire system I
Of voluntary" confessions would
be thoroughly discredited. Even if
we should admit that the Moscow
trial is beyond all suspicion, the
defendant Piatakov remains sus-
pect. His testimony must be veri-
led Immediately, before he is shot, Il
CONTINUED on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15
Piatalsov's "Airplane
Trip" Proved Phoney
(By Special Cable)

OSLO-The Norwegian author
tiles today announced that no pri.
vate or foreign plane landed dur.
ing December, 1885, at KELLER Air.
port, where Gregory PiatakOv said
he arrived in a private German
plane to see Leon TrOtSky.
Investigation of the official air.
port, records, it was officially an
nOrnced, proved cOnclusiVely that
PiatakOv's testimony was false.
These official findings were
wired to Audrey Vishinsky by
KOnrad Knudsen, editor of the
Norwegian Labor Party organ at
HOnefOss, who was TrOtsQxy's host
during his stay in Norway.
Knudsen also informed Vishin.
sky that he was personally ready
to certify, as TrOtsky's host, that
Piatakov never came to his home
to see TrOtsky.
This information was recognized
here as a decisive blow at the
whole structure of the case against
Leon TrOtsky as the ''leader'' of
the supposed cOnspiracics desert
he'd during the recent Moscow
trials.
1t was through PiatakOv that
TrOtskv was supposed e. have
given his instructions" concern.
inc sabotage in Soviet industry.
Other alleged links between TrOt.
s'-v and the conspira4Ors existed,
it was claimed in the form of let
tNrs. Not one of these letters, It
was pointed out, was produced as
evidence.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15
'PTrRE INVENTION"
SAYS HERALD

LONDON. Jan. investigations
in Oslo which prove that no pri-
vate plane reached there from
2erlin or anywhere else in Decem-
her. 1895, practically destroys the
confession of Georgyi Piatakov
at the Moscow trial, the Daily
Herald. Labor Party organ, de-
clared today.
at has been established by the
Norwegian press (annocnced Of
ficially two days later-Ed.) that
in December no private plane
came to Oslo from Berlin" the
Herald said. "This is one point
hut in this important point the
confession can be proved to be
Oure invention. and that deprives
the whole Of it of any value as
evidence"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15
MOSCOW DEFENDANTS SHOT DESPITE WEICHTY
COUNTER-EVIDE GIVEN BY NORWECLANS


Georgyi Piatakov and IL
other defendants in the recent
Moscow trial were shot twenty
four hours after an official an
nouncement was made in Oslo
proving Piatakov's concession
was false.
Five days before the execu-
tionS, while the trial was still
in progress, Trotsky publicly
asked for factual notification
of Piatakov's decisive testi-
mony concerning his airplane
trip to Oslo. He listed Is spe-
cific points, which could be
checked and counter-checked
with Piatakov and with officials
and others in Norway. He
asked that this check be made
before Piatakov was shot.
Acting on their, own initiative
the Oslo authorities conducted
an investigation of their own
and announced to the. world
that no such airplane as that
described by PiatakOv in his
confession" ever came to Oslo.
This information was Off
cially wired to Audrey Vishin-
sky, the Soviet prosecutor, on
Jan. 81.
Nevertheless on Feb. l Pia-
takOv and the others were shot!
What did the Moscow prose-
cutOrs fear?
The Gay before the execu-
tions, the American Committee
for the Defense of Leon Trot-
sky wired to Stain himself
asking for a stay of sentence
for the accused pending in
vestigation by an impartial
commission Of inquiry composed
of genuine friends of the So
Wet Union" This appeal too
went unheeded.
We repeat: What are the |
Moscow authorities afraid of? |
Why do they hasten to shoot |
men although the most serious |
doubt has been raised as to the |
validity of their testimony /?
These questions can only be
answered when all the evidence /
has been studied and sifted by
a group Of men in whom world |
public opinion can put it's un-
questioning trust. This means
the creation ot an IMPARTIAL
COMMISSION OF INQUIRYiI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15
Friday January Is. 100.

That 'l;at. Ford is regard iiCroi t, indicate
with with interest and r, the union
Harry Bennett and may tS soon OTt
ZION ~ INTO the backgroulTHJ bil "a lie.
A ~, W. succeeds in maEi lu II ! the I.
motors say Uncle Alg General
Soon the steel indust,
face to face with tbu the will Coma
o. It's workers. 1t will E ahl.atiOn
accumulated sSol1 through the el sv,s gold it
feudal labor practices n 1'e,,I mills. It's
S 9a the 93sh-heap along @'' S Gf flung Ir
day. ana the l2-hour
vii Labor Dor is on the march =,
s %rrr take more than the coH ana i
breakers - and S'O tSuFHsg pigeons 20 atriE so
m ma nd, Of ): the he industrial owe oVs com,
I TO stop it. Fools learn" Il Gtv;eFlords
Through experience WI II Is said,
o learn through the experi SS men
On. Only about a month s,o =
great daily newspapers 0 81 tse
country were wearipS 90. q the
and ashes. In humble so JISScE,clOtb
ment they were confessino1- 4 t5as
selves repudiated by the pso' s1em.
the country who voted = p'Ople in
President Roosevelt's GO 20 renew
lease on the White House year
These newspapers wer. ..n.
W.T. WIN some glee, how badlv v'' t5Sg''
mad guessed and how wrono t tEHey
were In judging public opiniSSn uey
public sentiment But i g S;J"S AMI
long apparently. ~ last
Today these same self co,t.
LARS are saying that wave Of d'i h
d1gnation sweeps from MAN, NJ ~, ,.
california because John I, Tou, %
reminded the President thai L IeS
supported him in the election. +TUor
say Sit~down strikes are III iila sn
anarchy. They say back.to-vSos-ii,'
movement is sweeping the OWL" oUto
Giants. Logically, the next stem ~u; y
10 advise big game hunting 1'y wi, : :; !.
0eanshooters. 'is "'19
= $500.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15
The
Washington
SCENE
By HENRY ION
Federated Press i

WASHINGTON = (FP) "A
great tribute is being paid the
union men and women of America
by the spies, stool pigeons and
strikebreakers that haltinglv pa
rade across the witness stand at
the hearings before the Senate
committee Investigating violations
of civil liberties.
These witnesses have told tales
of espionage, violent strikebreak-
ing, and use of every method con-
celvable in order to defeat the or
ganization of workers. They have
told how men with criminal rec
ords, armed with the most modern
weapons and backed by the force
Of the law, have sought to open
plants on strike and break the
spirit of workers demanding a de-
cent living.
The hearings have shown to
what extent employers will go to
defeat unionization. General Mo
tors is now recorded as a client of
four different Industrial espionage
agencies. Numerous other com
panieS employ two or moro. These
corporations spend millions of. dol
lars year in order to defeat
unionization. Genius that devised
Americas productive system is
turned to defeating attempts of
workers to share in the products
of that system.
Yet no matter what these con- !
Germs do, the record shows, unions
march on and labor continues to
and fight for its. rights.
TIE National Metal Trades AS
ISOLATION specializes in industrial
and strkebreakng in the
metal trades industry, stanring
ground of the International AssO-
citation of Machinists> and other Or
CARNATIONS.
Yet according to. the |. A. M.
Jo0rnal. official MAGAZINE of the
organization, membership is grow
ing at the rate of over 1905 a
month, agreements are beinp
signed, and the rights of the work
rs protected. There are few cities
n the United States. that do not
Use fire engines made by members
# the |. A. NJ. under union condi-
ions and the Remington-Rand Co,
which has been fighting the union,
vas denied several lucrative gov
'rnn1ent orders because Of the
lower Of the union.
The same is true in the auto
mobile industry. Chrysler, Ford
nd General Motors have spent
arge sums of their stockholders
money for strikebreakers. Yet it
q ho!d person who will saw that
ne United Auto Workers IS not q !
trong union and. there can be no
ne who will say that at the me-
lent the United Auto Workers .
Oes not have General Motors pro. !
uctlon at a standstill.
Walter Chrysler might well re- 5
ard his money spent for CORPORA {
ons Auxiliary spies, over = QUAR-
r OF million in less than three ! :
ears thrown away. He is now t
eaIlnG with the union and Fixing
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15

The amount of water in al tho
oceans IS around 827,672,OOO cubic i,i,.
mules and one cubic mile contains
over 1,1OO,OOO,OOO gallons. >.
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Those who have hobbies rsreIy
60 crazy" declares a psychistrist.
Yeah, but what about those who
have to live with those who have
hobbies
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
COTTON DOWN
SLIGHTLY
~ -

NEW YORK, April IL QN.S0
Despite sharp advances in Liver.
pool and other foreign markets
and a domestic consumption re-
port showing an all-time record for
March, the cotton market eased
slightly after a steady opening.
Liverpool cables ranged to 20
points higher than due, and there
were substantial advances in Bonn
bay and Alexandria, viii c h
brought in good foreign buying
after the call. 81
"A report of a subcommittee Of
the Senate Agriculture Committee
embodying recommendations that
additional curbs be placed on
futures trading was interpreted ad-
verSely in some quarters here.
There was trade buying in the
old-crop months, and Wall Street,
Liverpool, and Continental &C
counts took distant contracts. The
South supplied nearby deliveries,
and late options were sold by spot
houses and the Far East.
May sold at 1887, off 6; July,
1877, off 3; october, 1888, off 5;
December, 1924, off 4, January,
1924, off 5, and March, 1880,
off 6,
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
50 N. Y. LISTED
SHARES LOWER

The market value Of so repre-
sentative stocks listed on the New
York Stock Exchange at the close
Of business for the week ended
April 10 was $22, SOC, 846, $50, a de-
crease of $718,187, 625, or 3.08 per
cent, as compared with $23,225,-
O34,375 at the close of the previous
week, according to Paul H. Davis
& Co.
At the close Of the correspond
ing week a year ago. the same SO
stocks had a market value of
$20,59s, 1888 ,625, indicating an in
crease during the year Of $780,
1853, 125, or 9.26 per cent.
Twenty-Five representative stocks
listed on the Chicago Stock Ex-
change had market value at the
close of business for the week
ended April 10 of $1,062, SAT ,875,
a decrease of $22,421 $50, or 2.07
per cent, as compared with $685.
069, 125 at the close of the previous
week, the firm said.
At the close of the correspond
ing week a year ago, the same Is
stocks had q market value Of
$1,020,514,500, indicating an in
crease during the year of $42,-
1895, or 4.13 per cent.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
MAIL SHIP SAILINGS

Alden. Bahrein Islands British India,
Ceylon, Cape Verde Islands TRAD: and
Except print mails) for Belgium Congo,
Belgium. Denmark, Luxembourg, Nor
way and Sweden; 'letter mail for Can
airy Islands. Cyprus, Egypt. French Gull
nea, Gambia, French Morocco, Gibraltar.
Liberia. Madeira, Palestine, Portugal,
Senegal and South Africa; parcel post
for Austria. Czechoslovakia, France,
Germany. Great Britain, Hungary, Irish
Free state.
West indies and Latir America
FALCON CRed d., San Juan, April 20.
La Guayra, %, Puerto Cabello, "a, Cura-
Gao rs. Aruba. rs and Mafacaibo, 81.
Pier II, Brooklyn thurman st. ).-tMails
close 1880 a m. supp. mails to 1880 p.
M sails p. m.-Letter. prints mails
and parcel post for Aruba Curacao and
Venezuela Except Caripito and Cfudad.
Bolivar; 'ordinary correspondence for
Puerto Rico.
oRIENTE IN. Y. Cuba Mail),
Havana, April 17.Pier 10. E. r. (Wall
St.)-Mails close / p. M; sails p. M
Letter, prints mails and parcel post for
Cuba.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
LACEY HEADS
HOTEL GROUP

Robert H. Lacey, cashier OF
the Columbia National Bank, and
former president Of the local
chapter Of the American In
stitute of Banking, has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the hotel
committee for the nineteenth an
nual convention of the District
of Columbia Bankers Associa-
ton.
T. Hunton Leith, cashier of
the Security Savings and Com.
mercial Bank and also a former
president of the Washington
chapter of A. 7. O., has been
named vice chairman.
Bank officials appointed mem
bers of the committee include
D. j. Callahan, jr., Riggs Ma
tional; James C. Dulin, jr.,
American Security and Trust
Company; Richard A. Norris,
Lincoln National: C. D. Rad.
cliffe, Munsey Trust Company;
Norman E. Towson, Washington
Loan and Trust Company, and
Frank r. Ullmer, National Saw
ings and Trust Company.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Buffalo Livestock

EAST BUFFALO. N. Y. April II
U.N.S.).-Hogs:' Receipts, 5000. Active
to ali interests, weights above 200
pounds steady to Sc under Friday az /;
higher Bulk good and choice, 16O-250
pounds: averaging 1sO-22e pounds. Sio;dS
pounds: comparable 1lO-16O pounds,
4s.75@1O.25, Trucked-ins mostly SIo.2S
Cattle-Receipts. 400; holdoverB. 1SO.
Steers and yearlings much more active
than early market; strong to 2Sc and
more higher. Choice 1,1oO-pound steers,
312.T5; bulk good steers and yearlings.
O.50011.75: few loads, S12i medium
steers and heifers, 50 1898; cows and
bulls active. steady; fleshy cows and
medium bulls. $6@6.50: low-cutter and
cutter cows. $4.25 a $40.
Calves-Receipts. 800. Vealers active,
steady. Good and choice. 5000; com
mon and medium. $7@S.25.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900. snappy lamb
trade generally 25c higher. Good and
choice woolskins. 81 pounds down. STA;
similar grades freshly shown lambs, Sl1 !:
few SS-pound SprinEsrL 1Ia.So; wooded
ewes to $685.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Auto Makers, US.
In Accord on
Finance Rate
international News Services

Ten automobile manufacturers
and three automobile financing
companies today entered into
stipulations with the Federal
Trade Commission regarding fl
nance charges.
They agreed not to resume rep
reservations in their advertising
as to the amount charged retail
purchasers of motor vehicles as
financing charges under deferred
payment plans, which the commits
sion alleged to be misleading.
Upon acceptance Of the Stipula-
lions, the commission dismissed
the complaint against the re.
spondents without prejudice. The
companies signing the stipulations
are:
Nash, Chrysler and its sub
salaries, Chrysler Sales Corpora
ton, and those companies manu-
featuring DeSoto, Dodge and Ply
mouth, Graham-Paige, Hudson,
REQ and Packard. The financing
companies are the Commercial
Credit Company, Commercial In.
vestment Trust Corporation and
Universal Credit Corporation.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
Cotton Goods

NEW YORK, April 10 GIN SO.-There
was no new activity in the Cotton-goods
market. and neither buyers nor sellers
were pressing for any large business.
1t became known that mills were cur
rently producing about 81, 800. 900 in the
latter part of March. before mills went
on a shorter-work schedule and that the
mill backlog of untitled orders on this
type of cloth was $40, 900, 900 yards at the
end of the month. AT current produc-
tion rates, this should amount to 16
weeks of activity, after the stocks on
hand are subtracted from the total of
untitled orders.
Wide-print cloths were steady, al
though a few concessions were to be
found in some sources There was fair
inquiry for narrow-print cloths, carded
broadcloths and sheetngs were quiet,
and tobacco cloths held at Al cents a
pound for spot delivery
Standard fine-yarn cottons were uuiet
The Washington times., 1937-04-12

The following shows the names
Of ships, the lines operating
them, their times Of sailing from
New York, and when their regu-
lar and supplementary mails
close. The time shown Is East
erTi Standard Time. Dates after
names of ports indicate SEIZED
uled date of arrival. ~ Indicates
mails must be specifically ad-
dressed to this steamer. (f) 1ndi-
Gates supplementary mails will
be accepted on pier up to 10 min
utes before sailing time.
TOMORROW
Transatlantic
BLACK GULL CBlack Diamond),
Antwrep April "a and Rotterdam 81; Pier
X, Weehawken-Maiis close noon-Prints
mails and parcel pots for Belgian Congo,
Belgium; Luxembourg and Netherlands;
pa EXCA n american EKport'
Naples 26, Alexandra &c.. Jaffa May .,
Haifa and Beirut 3 Pier f, Jersey City
Mails close p. m. sails 4 p. m;-Let-
ter and prints mails for Azores, Egypt,
prints nails for Albania, Bulgaria.
Greece. Italy. Malta. Turkey and Yugo-
slavia; parcel post for Alvania, Azores,
Egypt Italy. Iraq and Palestine.
GEORGlC (Cunafd White Starr, Cobb
April 81 Havre % and Southampton 81;
Pier 80, N. r. west 6Oth St)-No mails
carried on this voyage; sails p. m.
JACOB CHRISTENSEN (Phelps),
Mails close p. m.-Parcel post for
French Morocco
West Indies and Latin America
W IL AN (American-Hawaiian),
Pier g. Bush Docks, Brooklyn (42d STU
Mails close p. m. (suppj. mails to I
p. m)-Letter mails for Canal Zone and
Panama
QUEEN OF BERMUDA (Furness). st.
Georges and Hamilton. Bermuda April
10; Pier IS, n. r. (West 55th St)-Mails
close noon; sails p. m.-Letter, prints
mails and parcel post fer Bermuda.
WEDNESDAY
Transatlantic
BATORY (Gdynia America). Copen-
hagen April 90 and Gdynia "a "a; 9Th St.
night-Letter mails for Danzig, Dem
mark, EstOnia. Finland. Latvia. Lithu-
ania, Norway Poland Sweden and U. S.
$. R.; parcel post for Denmark, Estonia,
Latvia Norway and Poland.
NJ B U G (Hnmburg-American).
posD; Pier 81. n. r. (West 44th st)-
Mails close p. m. (supp. mails to 10:45
p M; sails midnight-Letter malls for
Germany and Irish Free State.
NORMANDIE (French). Southampton
and Havre April 10; Pier IS, N. r.
(West 4Sth StD-fMails close a. M
(supp. mails to a. n.y. sails II a. m.
Letter mails for Europe, Africa and
West Asia Except Alden. Bahrein Is
lands. British India. Canary Islands.
Cape Verde Islands, Ceylon, Cyprus,
Egypt Gibraltar. Iraq. Madeira, PaIes-
tine, Portugal and South Africa).
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (U S.
Lines). Cobb April %, Plymouth 20,
Havre 23 and Hamburg rs (Seapost) !;
Pier So, N. R. (West 18th St.)-fMails
close a. m. (supp. mails to 10 a. m.):
sails noon-Letter and prints mails for
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
STOCKS EASIER
IN AFTERNOON
DEALINGS
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, April IL Q.N.S0.
The stock market maintained an
easier tone into early afternoon
dealings today, with trading at a
Snail's pace and losses for the
p'ost part Of minor proportions.
While business news over the
weekend was Of constructive ma
ture, professionals were inclined
to side-line positions lending a
possible Supreme Court decision
today on the Wagner Labor act.
The list showed losses running
to a point in the leaders, and in
the case of U. S. Steel 2 points on
q block of 1000 shares at the
opening. A modest recovery was
effected later in the first hour,
but this failed to hold and the
general run of stocks settled back
close in initial levels.
Big Steel'S drop unsettled the
rest of the steel shares, Bethlehem
losing Point at its low and others
slipping fractionally from previous
closing levels. The Jump in U. S.
Steel shipments to the best March
level since 1929, reported late Sat
urday, failed to stimulate interest.
Chrysler was comparatively
steady in the motors, although
General Motors dropped fraction
ally to a new low point for the
year. The former converted loss
Of more than a point into a small
gain at one time, but later
dropped back to Saturdays final
quotation.
Coppers were down, Anaconda
and Kennecott slipping close to a
point. AviationS, rails, oils and
communications also were under
moderate pressure through most
Of the morning. Utilities and rub
bers were among the few groups
to resist liquidation.
Coca-Cola, after continuing its
slide with a drop Of close to 6
points, cam back to within 2 OF
its previous finish.
Bonds were generally soft, gov
ernments moving irregularly lower.
The Washington times., 1937-04-12
US. INC0NEDIP
REPORTED

The downward trend Of the
national income produced in the
United States. which began last
November, was extended in Feb
ruary for the fourth consecutive
month, according to the Alexan-
der Hamilton Institute.
The national income amounted
to $5,299, 100000 in February as
compared with $5,417,O00,0O0 in
January and with $500, 00O, 900
last October when the peak Of the
current recovery movement was
reached. Despite the decline from
the peak, the national income in
February was 22.S per cent larger
than in the same month last year,
when it amounted to $4,315, 0O0, 600.
The national income produced
during the first two months Of
1897 amounted to $10,716, 600, 600
as against 1898, 100000 in the
corresponding period of 1885, an
increase of 20 per cent. If this in
crease should be maintained dur
ing the remainder of the year, the
annual 1887 income figure would
be approximately $73, 1000, 900, 600
as compared with $60,S16, 00O, 900
in 1885, with $39. 545, 900 900 at the
low for the depression in 1882
and with $81 ,034 ,000, 900 in the pre-
depression year 1929. The national
income this year would thus be
less than 10 per cent smaller than
the 1929 income, which was so ex-
tremely inflated that it immedi-
ately collapsed.
February apparently marked the
end Of the downward movement
of the national income, which be.
gan in November. Preliminary re-
ports indicate that when the figure
for March is available, it win show
an advance. The prospect now Is
that this rise will be extended
through May at least.