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THE PRODUCERS NEWS
Workers
of the World
Unite!
Liberty Is Not
Handed Down
From Above
p,.k1ished Weekly
VOLUME XIV.
A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE _
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1931.
Official Paper of the City of Plentywood
No. 33.
Sub. Rates:
Foreign, $3.76 per
In Ü. S. $3.00
Entered as second Class Matter, Oc tober 18, 191*. at the Post
office at Plentywood, Montana. Unde r the Act of March 3, 1878
year
per year
H GANDHI IS RE
CALLED BY INDI
AN CONGRESS
9.— As
Bcmbay, Indj®» ^ ov *
t the British government
failed to grant its demands
independence, the Indian na
tional congress today cabled Ma
ïïtma Gandhi in London that his
fuHher attendance at the round
table conference was unnecessary
and urged him to return to India
**White leaving the final decision
to Gandhi, the congress' working
rnmmittee adopted a resolution
S 'the peo'ple of India should
3 allow themselves to be de
flected the ri Kht path, but
should organize themselves and
for united effective ac
gerting
for
rot
prepare
tkm.
Gandhi was asked to abandon
jus proposed tour of Europe, and
come home at the earliest moment
on the additional grounds that
British authorities were using op
pressive measures against the
peasants in Bengal, the united
provinces and other districts.
Gandhi has said repeatedly that
ie was wasting his time in Lon
don because the conference was
making no progress, but he has
promised Prime Minister MacDon
ald to remain until its conclusion
which is expected about Nov. 23.
When asked whether he would
renew
paign. he said "If England shows
no change of heart toward India,
then a fiery ordeal and more suf
fering lie ahead of us.
the civil disobedience cam
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HIED FARMER
HAGUE DOINGS
Saturday afternoon a general
meeting of the United Farmers
League was held in the Farmer
Labor Temple. Although no out
side speakers were there and no
special effort had been made to
get a big crowd, the crowd was
there and filled the temple. Many
Interesting things were talked ov
er und complaints about the
(air way in which the government
(eed loan was handled was record
I ed.
I A government representative,
I who happened to be in town, was
■ called before the meeting and ask
I ed questions. However, he was
I working under instructions from
I somebody higher up, but promised
un
I he would do what he could to help
I correct mistakes made. His at
I tention was called to several spe
I cial cases to which he was request
I ed to give his attention.
I Whije the farmers sat in the
I Temple discussing their problems
I the business people of Plentywood
I were near a nervous breakdown.
I It is reported several store
I keepers had loaded guns behind
I their counters, ready to shoot the
I fames if they made a false move.
I According to this information, be
I ing shot on sight is what a farm
I er can expect entering a Plenty
I wood store.
I It has also been reported that a
I few., days before the farmer's
I meeting the business men had a
I meeting at Grant Bakewell's of
I (ice where several of them insist
I «I on having a company of the
I national guard here to meet the
I farmers. One implement dealer
I objected to it, we have been told,
I and it was given up. However,,
1 Adjutant General Williams and
■ others of high military rank were
1 in town the day of the meet
■
I te Culbertson the local company
I ■ guardsmen had been ordered to
1 town and were walking the streets
I ?° me said for the purpose of go
■ mg to Plentywood. Just what
I ke^ them from coming we cannot
I understand, the farmers of Sheri
■ dan county would have appreciat
I having with
■ " ht i r fellow farmers and workers
■ hom Roosevelt county and would
■ nave welcomed them at their
■ meeting.
Bull at Browning
.Browning, Mont.— Carl A. Bull
Plentywood, former head of a
bank there and now repre
the Agricultural Loan
®pany of Minneapolis, was a
v°wniïiK visitor the past week
Peking conditions of the
"ft loans.
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TREES FELLED IN WAR ON IOWA
COW TESTERS: 12 ARE ARRESTED
Burlington, la., Nov 9.—
following the
1100 Iowa
departure of
national guards
enforcement of the
in it tabercu I\P testing law
^ an( Is of 500 remaining
JPP* 0 opposition to
cattish u Moines county
, ™ e out again today.
fanJl! in the afternoon 12
Itarv a 8 4 k €r ® . arr€ ®f®d by mil
tles for question
•'«h" 'H of tree.
tr <H)nL« traveled by the
Wer « Dlac^° f ° rmal char B es
Placed against them.
Awhile, Chaa. Meller, 64,
MUIONS M RUSSIAN PARADE
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ITALIAN DICTATOR FACES REVOLT
DECLARES ONE FAMOUS RADICAL
Political Life Hidden by Censor
ship, and Outbreaks Have Oc
4uared that World Never Heard
About— Impossible flor Dictator
to Back-track Now, So Far Has
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I By VINCENZO VACIRKA
Benito Mussolini, the dictator of
Italy, is sitting on the edge of a
volcano. The coming winter will
probably mark the turning point
of fascism.
The revolution may come with
unparalleled violence. On the oth
hand, King Victor Emanuel
attempt to save his head by dis
missing Mussolini as his prime
minister and convoking parliament
which in either event dooms Mus
solini. His death is almost a cer
tainty.
Mussolini is the only statesman
in Europe who does not leave his
country for international confer
ences. He dare not. Assassination
awaits him outside of Italy and
revolution awaits him within.
CENSORSHIP
HIDES ALL
The political and social life of
Itaily is hidden by the veil of cen
sorship. Insurrections and riots
have flared up and been suppress
ed in blood without the knowledge
of the outside world. Mussolini's
MICHIGAN SHERIFF USES LEGAL
TRICK TO EVADE FARM PROTESTS
On November 3, two hundred
farmers of Ontonagon county,
Michigan, demonstrated protesting
against the mortgage foreclosure
sale of Henry Niemies' farm by
the Federal Land Bank of St.
Paul. The demonstration led by
the Ontonagon County Committee
of Action gathered at the county
court house and demanded the
stopping of the sale. Speakers
pointed out the needs of the farm
ers and a resolutio nagainst these
sale was accepted unanimously.
When presenting this to the
sheriff with the demand that he
stop the sale and also take the
resolution to the county supervis
ors' meeting, he announced that
the sale was over, haying preced
ed at eastern standard time in
stead of central standard time,
which is used here. This trick was
used to evade answering the farm
ers' demands and showed that the
officials of thi scounty are using
all the low down legal tricks they
have to help the Federal Land
Bank force the farmer off his
land.
Following the sheriffs answer
the demonstration decided that the
resolution must be presented to
the county officials by the sheriff
CELEBRATE If
ANNIVERSARY
OF NEW RUSSIA
The Farmer-Labor Temple was
packed with farmers and workers
Saturday evening celebrating the
14th anniversary of the founding
of the Soviet government. The
first couple of hours the big
crowd was entertained with music,
songs, recitations and a short
play given by the Young^ Pioneers
and short talks by Miss Mabel Hu
sa, Rodney Salisbury and Hans
Rasmussen, Art Wankel acting as
chairman of the meeting.
After the program people en
joyed themselves dancing for sev
eral hours.
arrested a week ago on the
charge of resisting execution
of a prioress, had a prelimm
hearing today. The case
taken under advisement.
resistance
ary
was
While passive
(and verbal clashes have oc
curred in the two weeks, vet
erinarians and troops have
worked in this conty, to
day's went was the first in
dication of outright defiance
to the tests.
After a veterinarian and
two guardsmen had traversed
a blind road in Benton town
ship, they returned to f" 1 «
trees felled across their path.
podesta (appointed mayors) have
been assassinated, with terrible
reven ? e on the part of the fascist
dictatorship.
T , _
- 1 • k " eW Mu f oImi ve ^ wel1 '
During my early years as foreign
correspondent for Italian papefs
he offered me the editorship of
his journal, Avanti. He was then
a socialist. His energy was great
but he was unstable and neurotic.
There are some todav who say
that this absolute ruler of forty
million is a paranoiac, the victim
of insanity induced by an early
disease.
FOR MUSSOLINI—
I know that if Mussolini were
to return to private life, he could
not be happier. He can't return.
He has become a cog in his own
monstrous machine, a slave of his
own system. If he seeks any path
out of his dilemma the outcome
must be the same; collapse and
death.
In 1914 Benito Mussolini was
expelled from the socialist party
for his militarist activities. In
1919 he attempted to creep back
into the fold but was refused
membership. He then, ran as an
independent, organizing a small
group of war veterans, reaction
ary labor unionists and tradesmen.
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and the Committee of Action
would be present at the meeting
to see that this was done. The
demonstration pledged that the
next meeting would not be side
stepped by the officials again in
this way. More meetings are go
ing to be held in several places in
the county to expose the county
officialdom to the farmers for
what they are: good tools of the
banks and mortgage companies.
The future mortgage sales will
be attended by large masses of
small farmers and workers who
will demand again that the prob
lems of the farmers and workers
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CLOTHES HERE
FOR RED CROSS
A three thousand pound ship
ment of clothes and shoes arrived
an Plentywood a few days ago and
fs now being assorted and handed
out by the local Red Cross com
mittee, Mrs. A. C. Erickson being
in charge.
The clothes are stored in the
building west of the Riba bank
building and the committee is kept
busy filling orders.
About half and half of old and
new clothes was received in this
first shipment, much of the dis
carded and used stuff not being of
much use to anybody.
It is reported that more ship
ments are expected to arrive in
the near future.
RUSS GRAIN CROP
IS NOT A FAILURE
Mosccow, Nov. 2.— Soviet Rus
sia's grain crop this year is equal
to that of 1930, notwithstanding
the drouth, Vyacheslaff Molotoff,
president of the council of
missars, informed an anti-drouth
conference here today.
This showing,- President Molo
toff said, was owing to the gov
ernment's policy of collective
farming and extensive develop
ment of state farms, a policy
which he said had created condi
tions for stimulating the produc
tive forces of agriculture.
GREAT CROP
Despite the loss of several hun
dred million bushels of grain Rus
sia already has produced more
grain than in the corresponding
period last year and the govern
ment has no doubt the plan for
exceeding the grain production of
1930 will be fully realized, Molo
toff said.
A 24-hours-a-day
maintained by a co-operative res
taurant in Chicago established in
1924 by a group of Russian work
ers. Since the restaurant started
the business has more than doub
led. More than 800 people are
served daily and sales are in ex
of $100,000 annually.
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service is
cess
Sheriff Hans Madsen Makes Illegal
Seizure—County Attorney Protects
Him Against Possible Damage Suit
HE HEADLINES teB
the story; but for the
benefit of those not
acquainted with the
sheriff's act, a few detail®
mi»t be set down to prove
\conclusively that Madsen in
his c*rass ignorance has over
ridden every "legal" form and
brutally trampled upon every
human impulse., in order to
Show farmers of Sheridan
county their sufferings did
T
not affect
a ruthless tool of the money
ed class and was exercising
the power of his office to
serve the exploiters regardless
of the misery and sufferings
resulting from his brutality.
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HISTORY OF THE CASE—
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In 1924 a farmer named Holger
Johnson, living north of Comer
town, in conjunction with a neigh
bor, signed a note in the amount i
of $28.00 in favor of the Dooley |
Implement Company, giving as se- j
curity one wagon and one binder, |
which was accepted. Later on j
Johnson moved across the line to
Canada and continued to farm a
piece of land there. Unfortunate
ly Johnson was destined to be
come a victim of unforseen forces ;
for, one night he was caught in a
raging blizzard and after battling
against the storm all through the
night he was at last found wan
dering aimlessly about the prair
ies. At once the human instinct
of pity asserted itself beyond
other impulses (a trait which
Sheriff Madsen does not possess)
for the victim was at once rush
ed by willing neighbors to where
he could obtain medical assistance,
Despite such kindly efforts, how
ever, the unfortunate man's mind
was impaired by the attacks of
the storm and it was necessary to
have him confined at the expense
of the county, in the state hospi
tal at Warm Springs. Under the
influence of kind and scientific
treatment there his mental balance
was restored sufficiently to war
rant his discharge from that in
stitution, and he was returned to
his loving wife and family who
had suffered the torturing agonies
of expectancy while he was away
from them. It is customary in
. ... .. , . _ ,
cases of this kind to guard the pa
tient against any and all influenc
es that would tend to produce any
unfavorable reaction, so his good
wife had him placed in a conva
lescent home in Canda where he
could enjoy the peace of his sur
roundings and the frequent visits
of his family. His mental restor
ation was soon complete, and re
mamed so up to within a few days
following the brutality of the
shenff. Now the unfortunate man
is on the verge of a _ complete
mental breakdown, and it is only
due to the unlimited patience and
tenderness of his family that the
sheriff has not been called to fin
ish the job that he started in ig
«h i_ i
anîwLîtirP a ÎJ a T ,
*" d , ,d ™e. Yes. all that 1« now
n essary, when the suffering
family can no longer endure, is to
SttTÄS h ''''I"*™" 6
Jwlf- -ï aV K hl T .„a
ammed before a sanity board and
-.T". r ?, turned 10 **5
rtate ho spi tai at the of
xr .V- . . j
Keep this m mind as you pro
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While her husband was away
from home Mrs. Johnson had to
shoulder the responsibilities of at
tending to the upbringing of her
children and caring for the farm.
MRS. JOHNSON
BUYS CATTLE—
A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG FAR MER S
AND WORKERS
Will be held in the Farmer-Labor Temple un
der the leadership of the Communist Party.
The school will be attended by pupils from
North and South Dakota as well as Montana
and will last 30 days.
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SUNDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 22
the school will open with a program.
This she did to the admiration of
her neighbors who understood and
sympathized with her because of
the difficulties she was forced to
overcome.
She purchased three steers on
her own rights and had the brands
legally recorded at Helena. Make
no mistake about this: the steers
were her® and she could produce
every legal evidence to prove own
ership of the steers. As the de
pression weighed upon her just as
it bore down on all of the farm
ers, she endeavored to sell these
steers and was negotiating with
Henry Hill, a storekeeper at Ray
mond, for their purchase. He a
greed to buy them and the steers
were driven to his pasture. As it
so happened the honest bankers
had begun to close their institu
tions "for the protection of their
depositors," they said, and man
Hill apparently was one of the de
positors that came under this
At any rate, he
could not pay for the steers when
delivered to him Then he struck
an agreement whereby he would
pasture the cattle for 50 cents per
roonth head. This Mrs. John
son agreed to and the steers were
!®ft in Hills pasture. As time
dragged on the spirit of your gen
erosity in the past to the money
grabbers and their servile political
tools did not carry with it the
fruit of appreciation. . Instead of
moratoriums persecution has be
come the rule and vour sheriff
^ as become their sheriff. How
ever, it is necessary to remind
farmers that you suffered an
der a delusion Hans Madsen was
never, and never will be your
sber ^£ Neither will any other
sheriff which carries the demo
cratic or republican label be
y° ar Sheriff; and the same rule
applies to all office-seekers that
crawl into office on the strength
°f such affiliations. But to go on
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protection.
vnth the story,
WAGNER TAKES
THE DIRTY JOB—
A representative of the Dooley
Implement Company handed the
note and mortgage of Holger
Johnson to James Wagner, Es
quire, a reputed lawyer of Plenty
w00( j j -who understands so little of
j aw that he is commonlv referred
to as the legal scavenger existing
on 0 ff a j that a respectable lawyer
would despise. But Wagner is a
scavenger and must live on such
refuse. So instead of foreclosing
on Johnson's note and mortgage,
-yphich is the legal procedure (if
the security on the mortgage were
exhausted, which, however, was
not exhausted) he slips
sheriff some kind of legal form
an( j jj ans hi his ignorance nearly
breaks a neck ^ ^ Mrs. John
gMl » 8 gteere out of Henry Hill's
pâture. The good Henry Hill
having acted as stool pigeon to
"your* sheriff in seizing stock
which had absolutely no bearing
on the mortgage given.
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_Ana now farmer Smith remem
ber this: That your cattle ar e not
Mfe „ Iong as farmer Jones has
^i ven a mortgage on his. Wagner
*«1 • H ° writ and he will
SÄ propertv of Smith to
satisfy the creditors of farmer
j f y , h d thfa js
impossible. Nothing is impossible
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your
yoal sheriff Hasn't he tak
en the property of Mrs. Johnson
to satiaf p y creditors of Holger
Johnson, and since he is helped
out of a confusing muddle, hasn't
he got "your" County Attorney to
protect him against a damage
suit?
BAKEWELL
ENTERS—
When Mrs. Johnson became a
ware that her cattle were seized
with the connivance of Heury Hill,
who, by the way, is now boycott
ed by the farmers of Raymond and
the surrounding district, she re
paired to the office of
County Attorney to have action
started against the sheriff for il
legal seizure. Poor woman, she
knows better now, for Mr. Bake
well, who strides along the streets
as if he were trying to overtake
some knowledge of the law, after
learning that Mrs. Johnson did
U
your
not take part in the parade on
October 15th, filed a third party
claim for her, thus protecting
your" sheriff against any dam
age action. It would have been
much more to this woman's ad
vantage had she taken part in the
parade, for Bakewell in his hatred
would in all probability have or
dered her fro mhis office and have
overlooked the little favor he ren
dered "your" sheriff.
UNITED FARMER LEAGUE
TAKES A HAND—
Although Mrs. Johnson is not a
member of the United Farmers
League the members nevertheless
recognized the brutally ignorant
action of Hans Madsen us an en
croachment on their own rights.
So their first move was to call for
a boycott on stool pigeon Hill and
also on the Dooley Implement
Company. To this call the farm
ers of Raymond quickly respond
ed and farmers in other parts
have taken similar action. The
law states (and remember this
law was not made by you ■farm
ers) that when a third party claim
is filed for property illegally or
otherwise seized the plaintiff must
re-bond for double the amount of
the claim .otherwise the property
to be returned at the expiration of
the tenth day to the person filing
third party claim. Even in this
feature
held the cattle
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all-wise sheriff
your
15th day; and though Mrs. John
son produced brands duly record
ed and insisted on seeing her
steers, the sheriff carrying his
brutal instincts to the last refus
ed to recognize the recorded
brands and would not disclose
where he had concealed the steers.
The much persecuted woman
was nearly driven to the same
state as her husband and in a last
effort appealed to the United
Farmers league.
By this time it was learned
where the cattle were concealed,
so the Secretary for the League
called "your" sheriff on the 'phone
and insisted that Mrs. Johnson's
property be returned to her. It
may be that the sheriff despite
his ignorance could see that the
stage of toleration was passed and
like all petty tyrants was more
than glad to accede to the de
mands made upon him.
It should be stated that during
all this time Mrs. Johnson was in
need of relief which she could not
get. When her cattle were stolen
—yes, that is the word, stolen—
from her by a scavenger lawyer
and an ignorant sheriff the unfor
tunate woman was known to have
10 cents as the amount of her
wealth. Neighbors had to draw
from their own all but exhausted
resources to bring the woman into
Plentywood, and when the county
commissioners were deaf to the
misery of herself and children and
indifferent to the state of mental
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TAXPAYERS IN
ANNUAL MEET
The Sheridan County Taxpayers
Association held its first annual
meeting at Antelope last Thurs
day afternoon.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year are Thos. Sundsted, presi
dent; O. B. Hoven, vice-president;
Edgar I. Syberud, secretary-treas
urer. '
Other members on the executive
committee are Carl Holje, M. R.
Danielsen, R. R. Ueland, John
Shoal, Jens Ibsen and Andrew Ue
land.
The membership fee was cut to
50 cents for this year, in order to
help members carry on and it is
thought a considerable number of
new ones will be joining.
The printing matter was turned
over to the executive committee to
carry thru as best it can see fit.
Renewed interest in taxing mat
ters is being shown, forced by the
increasing rates and very little re
duction in expenses. It seems to
be a time for the property owners
the real taxpayers, to take a hand.
They will have to pay—why not
have a say?
COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AS
SERTS TROUBLE IN THE ORIENT IS
WAR ON THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
Tells Workers and Oppressed People of Entire World
that Invasion of Manchuria by Japan Is Move on Part
of Capitalist Nations to Forestall Class Revolution.
More Than a Million Take Part In Impressive Show
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MIGHTY RED ARMY ON PARADE
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The following are reports given out by the
Associated Press, a capitalist concern. If
the A.P. docs any coloring of the news at all,
the readers can rest assured that it is not
done in favor of Soviet Russia.
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Moscow, Nov. 6.— The "workers and oppressed peo
ple in all the capitalistic world" were urged today by the
communist international to lend active support to the
Chinese proletariat" in their conflict with Japan over
Manchuria. The executive committee of the internation
al, which represents the communist parties in every na
tion and is not Mlied with the soviet government, issued
the appeal on the eve of the 14th anniversary of the Oc
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HOW WORKERS
ARE TREATED
IN EASTERN UA
As a result of the first of a na
tion-wide series of pubile hearings
in preparation for the National
Hunger march to Washington on
Dec. 7th, the first public hearing
was held on October 28th in De
troit and over 600 workers at
tended. Here are a few of the
things which the starving workers
of Detroit revealed in their trial of
the capitalist system:
Ray Skifstram graduated from
high school a year and a half ago.
He is 19 years old. Since gradua
tion he has had two jobs dish
washing. He has been active in
the Unemployed Councils o fHazel
Park. Unemployed councils there
get an average of three and a
half (3%c) cents a meal. The
hunger marchers were stopped at
the city limits in Pontiac and were
refused admittance into the city.
When Comrade Reynolds tried to
make a speech the police attacked
the marchers. Twenty-four were
arrested. The jailer called a negro
a black bastard for mixing with
the white folks. Sldfstrom said,
"I suppose I am a white bastard,
eh?" The jailor socked him on the
jaw then and then took him and
the negro into the corridor and
beat Skifstrom about the face
again. The negro they knocked
down and around his
feet, banging his head against the
wall and against the furniture.
Then they said they would do to
him what they do to the niggers
down south. They put a rope
around his neck and led him a
round. They tightened the rope,
all the while denouncing him and
trying to terrorize him. They also
dropped a lighted cigarette down
the back of his neck. They squeez
ed Skifstrom between a wall and
an iron door, so that he had to
have medical treatment.
Skifstrom said that prepara
tions are being made for another
and better hunger march in Oak
land county.
U.S. CAN NOT EXIST NINE-TENTHS
SLAVERY AND ONE-TENTH FREE
Mena, Ark.— "Some years ago
Abraham Lincoln said we cannot
endure half slave, half free. I say
to you today that we cannot long
endure 9-10 slave and 1-10 free,' ?
declared Silas Rogers, prominent
Arkansas lawyer and liberal, in a
speech on The Present Economic
Chaos—A Challenge to Capital
ism, at the 9th annual opening ex
ercises of Commonwealth College.
Why waste billions on a use
less world war that made the
world unsafe for everybody and
refuse to appropriate a penny to
u
tober revolution.
"This war against ifcfe. .
working masses of China," the
statement read, "is a war against
us and a step toward war against
the soviet republic. Organize mass
revolutionary barriers against
that war for united, independent
soviet China.
The leaders of all capitalistic
countries are wandering about in
search of an outlet, afraid of com
plete bankruptcy before the
mounting proletarian revolution.
The class fight is becoming more
acute. The imperialists have al
ready begun war in the far east
in the hopes of attaining this out
let."
History now presents the ques
tion as to whether capitalism or
communism will emerge from the
present international crisis, it was
said, and the masses thruout the
world must enlist under the ban
ner of Lenin bo assure victory for
the proletariat revolution.
Capitalism means the enslave
ment of the working classes, unit
ing all the black forces in the
world for war against the soviet
republic," the statement contim»
"A revolutionary oute» me
means the establishment of a pro
letarian dictatorship and the or
ganization of millions of new
fighters for the difficult but great
struggle along with the proletari
at of the soviet republic for the
complete victory of socialism."
U
ed.
Moscow, Nov. 6.— The eve of
Red October" was ushered in to
night throughout Russia with a
flourish of red bunting, gigantic
illustrations of progress under tb©
soviet and a fanfare of newspa
per trumpetings of the achieve
ments that have been attained.
As a preliminary to the nation
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wide celebration tomorrow of the
14th anniversary of the October
revolution which unseated the pro
visional government and hoisted
the bolshevild to power, Vyache»
lass Molotoff, president of the
council of commissars, declared
before the annual conclave of the
Moscow soviet that while this
year's plan was unfulfilled the 5
year plan as a whole would be a»
complished in four years.
The epoch of world revolution
is drawing near," he said, "and
our proletarian government stands
at the head of the revolution."
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make the country safe for the
hungry and jobless," he asked.
The intellectual poverty of our
present national leadership was
strongly stressed by Rogers. "We
boast of our millionaires," he said.
We are a country of millionaires
-and paupers.
Speaking of Russia, he said, "I
am one of those rare individuals
in my complacent world who hopes
that Russia will succeed. I look
to Russia because there is bd
leadership to which we in Ameri
ca can look.
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