Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-24

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United States waterfron [
workers. OF which George
Mink was the leader This
Congress, called by the "inde-
pendent" lSH, was a united
front affair.
TO all appearances, the dele
gates were to deliberate on A
basis of complete equality.
irrespective Of race. color or
political creed" In reality.
the Congress was ordered and
financed by the Kremlin from
beginning 10 end; even the
fares of the delegates from
far-of corners of the earth
were paid out of our funds.
DELEGATES ARRIVE
The delegates began 10
arrive in Hamburg three
weeks before the event. They
came by train and airplane
and passenger liner. and some
arrived from across the seas
as stowawayS. They came
from Capetown and San
Francisco and Sydney, and
from a hundred harborS in be-
tween, pilgrims To the grand
masquerade of Stains power
en- The seven seas.
They were turned over TO
Communist reception COM
mitteeS who supplied them
with private quarters, food
money and entertainment. A
member of the espionage de-
Tense was assigned TO each
delegation. ostensibly as guide
and interpreter. actually as
a spy TO ferret out possible
anti-Stalinist Sentim en- S
among the visitors from
abroad.
Counted together, the dele
gates represented approx
mately a million seamen,
lockers and rivermen. Only a
minority were Communists.
Yet the majority of non-Com-
muniSt elements was hope
leSSly at the mercy of the
Communist Traction" lcau-
cuSl, which never acknowledge
ing its existence 10 the out
Siders, operated secretly AS a
disciplined body TO dominate
the seemingly democratic pro-
.ecdtirc-ufthezcuuxrutipn7--
All resolutions. speeches and
programs were written in adj
vance in our Communist head
quarters. All chief speakers
were Communists in various
DISCUSSES, and they were told
exactly what 10 say before
they were allowed TO utter a
word.
Among the mass OF foreign
delegates there was only one
who saw through this fraudu-
lent system of wire-pulling,
and rose 10 protest against it
openly. He was Engler, a
delegate from Rouen. France.
Engler was quickly taken care
of.
Two assistants Of Hugo
Marx. posing as German
policemen, visited Engler the
same night. They told him
that the German authorities
considered him an undesirable
alien. Then they escorted him
TO Cologne and put him on a
train for Paris with the adj
monition:
IF YOU return to Germany,
Herr Engler, you will go to
jail"
SPEAKERS CHOSEN
Several spea kers were
chosen by Kommissarenko
from the strong American
delegation which attended the
Congress. Louis Engdahl Of
Chicago. who was then tour
ing Europe with Ada Wright,
the mother of one Of the
Negroes in the famous Scots
.bofo- case spoke on inter-
national Solidarity
Harry HyneS, the national
organizer of the Red Marine
Workers Union of America,
eXpounded the technique of
strikes on the waterfront.
Harry HyneS was later killed
in SPAIN Thomas Ray, Of
San Francisco. spoke about
the tasks of Seamen in the
event Of war against the
Soviet Union. (Thomas Ray
subsequently became the di-
reeting force behind the
National Maritime Union OF
American
None of these speakers
voiced their own original
thoughts. Engdahl'S speech
was written by Willy Muen-
benberG, Hyne'S exposition
had come from kommiS-
SarenkoS brain. and Tom
Rays lecture on the art of
mutiny and sabotage against
munitions transports had been
drafted by me.
Many of the delegates were
outright imposterS. Chinese
students from Berlin spoke as
the Representatives" of the
lockers in Canton and Wei
hci-wei A Negro from Trini-
dad. who had spent most OF
his life in London, was ac-
claimed as the delegate of the
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