Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-04

the vigor of which was
capable. and the wrangling
that followed continued until
far into the nights. Holm
berg was busy making notes.
Reading the barometer" he
called il quietly. leaving me
to harangue and to search for
arguments with which TO
counter the many stubborn
objections to the Comintern
scheme.
PERSON OF POWER
II is one OF the peculiarities
of the Communist movement
that an emissary of the Com
intern-though he be far less
able than a local fountionary
Yields much greater author
ity than the latter when IL
comes 10 the job OF Co
ordinating" the views Of an
assembly OF lesser Com
munists.
To the average party mem
Der. the visiting International
representative is a powerful
and mysterious creature, a
veritable Solomon of world
revolution.
To safeguard his prestige,
he must keep a distance be-
tween himself and the rank
and file similar TO that kept
by any colonial official OF the
British Empire who seeks TO
maintain a divide between his
august personality and the
natives.
After four days Of OBJ
noxious horse-tradlng, the
Swedes gave in 10 me.
Unanimously a resolution
favoring the reorganization of
the restaurant business as a
private" enterprise was
adopted. and the delegates
were pledged TO secrecy.
The road was now clear for
official negotiations between
Berlin and the Stockholm
central committee. A long
report, signed by Holmberg
and myself. went off TO Berlin.
One Filing, a business ex-
pert OF the GPU. man who
incidentally had a great out
ward resemblance TO II. G..
Wells. WAS sent to Sweden 10
complete the stealing OF the
profitable restaurant chain in
the name of the "Bolsheviza-
ton" of the Swedish Party.
Before he arrived, l was AL
ready speeding northward in
a sleeping compartment Of
the Copenhagen-Oslo night
express.
CLOSED BY PLOT
All the Swedish workers
clubs were eventually liqui-
dated. The management of
the club in Goeteborg, the
largest and most prosperous
Of all, occupying two floors Of
the Radio Building. refused 10
surrender the business to the
GPU.
In the Summer Of 1898,
after the GPU had deliber-
ately used this club AS a base
for sensational kidnapping
expedition. the police closed
the establishment because Of
crimes committed on the
premises.
The Communist Party of
Norway was the enfant ter
rible of the Comintern. Time
and again it had been split
and purged almost out Of
existence. but as soon As IL re-
covered. its leading personnel
slipped back into the ways OF
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Most Morse Bolsheviks were
sincere revolutionists, hardy
"activists," but nevertheless
they remained in essence a
gang of chesty libertines.
A few months before my
arrival they had received
substantial subs dy with
which 10 finance the Com
munist penetration Of the
Norwegian whaling fleet;
week later the party cashier
had run off 10 Sweden. taking
with him the money and the
wife OF a Toensberg con-
tractor.
At the last party convention
in Oslo. discussion dealing
with the creation of womens
committees had ended in
violent alteration about the
wife-swapping activities Of
the party chief, Christensen.
the organization chief. Ottar
Lie. and the rest OF the CEN
trail committee.