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THE DAILY WORKER . SHIPPING BOARD AIDS OWNERS 10 EXPLOIT SEAMEN By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK, March 16.—The United States Shipping Board employment office at Carlisle street is nothing more than an open shop shipowners’ Teoruiting agency. Before this office hundreds of workers wait for a chance to work on board ship. In the line can be found workers of the different races waiting with documents in their hands for the man in charge to call out “black gang” or “able seaman.” When I handed my passport to the man who called out a job on the George Washington I was asked where my discharge from the ‘last ship was. I told the employment office head I had Jost it, He told me that ‘it was no use for me to look for work there until I found my discharge slip. There are all kinds of blacklist schemes and stoolpigeons in industry, but the seafaring worker finds that he is up against the hardest kinds of blacklist schemes. On board ship there are always a number of stool- pigeons ready to sell their fellow worker for a few dollars extra. Even the so-called United States Shipping Board, run by the government, aids in blacklisting seamen. Sanitary and working conditions on ‘board ships are the worst imaginable. A local burning fireman has the worst of the entire crew and for his hard work he gets a measley $60 a month. On some ships he receives less than that. The seafaring workers are unorgan- ized with the ,exception of a few in- dividuals. Furuseth is using eigh- teenth century organization methods in the twentieth century. The need for union organization among seafar- ing workers grows greater and greater every year. There is but one way to organize the industry and that is thru a united front of all of the seafaring workers including the Marine Trans- port Workers’ Union and the Com- munist workers. aa Scab Advertisements in Union Journals By S. FISHER. (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK, March 16—Why should official organs of the American labor movement, the American Federation- ist, the Textile Worker, the Interna- tional Steam Engineer, and other journals, carry scab advertisements from the Standard Oil company, the Passaic scab mills, and many other scab companies? Workers Blood Still on Their Fingers. Who doesn’t remember the strike in, 1916 in the Standard Oil plants in Bayonne, whete working men and wo- ‘men were killed?. We can still re- member the Ludlow tragedy of 1916 where women and children were smothered to death by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company in which cor- poration Rockefeller had the largest interest. In spite of all this, the of- ficial organs of the American Federa- tion of Labor and the other journals of affiliated imternationals help to “organize” the workers by carrying scab advertisements. Oae of the bitterest struggles is be- ing waged by 11,000 textile workers in Passaic, N. J. for the last six weeks. Pickets are being clubbed and .thrown into jail daily; the police hurl tear bombs into the crowds picketing |the Botany Worsted mills. Yet the American Federation of Labor and the United Textile Workers advertise the Botany Worster mills and the Forst- man and Hoffman mills in their jour- nals. Is this not a tragedy? A labor organization used as a scab agency! There is a monthly journal pub- lished in New York at 66 Duane St., lealled the American Labor World. On the outside cover page we are told the following: “The only conservative labor paper in greater New York recognized by the American Federation of Labor.” Reading it we learn that this is a most reactionary sheet that fights against anything that is progressive. It car- ries on a campaign against Soviet Russia, with hatred and bitterness, in fact, worse’ than one ever saw in any capitalist newspaper. The officialdom of the American Federation of Labor THE T.U. E. L. CONCERT PLEASES— - CARTOONISTS RIVAL THE DANCERS By A Worker Correspondent A co-operative painted’ while-you- wait cartoon by Fred Ellis, Bob Minor and Thurber Lewis was featured at the Eighth Street Theatre. When the curtain went up and the audience viewed three overalled, begrimed painters busily at work on a large white canvas they gazed—and won- dered. A dab here, a splash there— the audience watched, breathless. Then the smallest of the three was dispatched for a bucket of beer, as in the good old days. Each took a long inspirational draught. Under this stimulus it was not long before there was a vivid picture, a Bill Green such as Fred Ellis can create —fat and fleeing—from a determined red bull-dog all set for him by Minor. Above Thurber Lewis had contributed in firm black letters “Time ‘to Re- Tire,” which is, of course, only an- other way of saying “It’s time Bill was seeking a new berth.” The artists very cleverly kept the audience guessing until the end, when there was a burst of applause. It was a truly novel and delightful per- formance. From start to finish the affair af- forded a most enjoyable evening. The program opened with the singing of the International by the Freiheit Sing- ing Society and mandolin orchestra, which is always a good warming up Several other numbers by the same groups followed. All who have heard them know what revolutionary vim they impart, The audience showed warm appre- ciation of this, as well as of the little dancers who followed. Four charm- ing youngsters jigged joyously thru Irish clogs and Scotch flings to the tune of an irresistible whirligging bag- pipe. Quaint and lively—it had you dancing in your seat. Next came Marguerite Lewis in two brilliant piano numbers, which were heartily applauded. All in all, it was a good program, a fine crowd, excel- lent work for the T. U. BE. L. Let's carry on! G. B. AGRICULTURAL AND LUMBER WORKERS HEAR LOSOVSKY ON WORLD TRADE UNION UNITY AT FIFTH CONGRESS By a Worker Correspondent, { % MOSCOW, U. 8. S. R., Feb. 16.—(By Mail.)—One of the youngest and most interesting of all the Russian trade unions, The Union of Agriculture and Lumber Workers of the U. S. S. here. Among the many problems that ‘came before the union were work among the youth, women and specialists, cultural work, social insurance and relief to the unemployed and needy members. . R., ‘recently held their fifth congress In all of these questions substantial progress was noted, but the con- gress pledged itself to still greater effortsin the future. Formed by Lenin, Tt is significant that this union was organized by Vladimir Iyitch Lenin in 1918, and has grown to be a veri- table giant among unions. “Among those who greeted the con- gress we find the following organ- izations: The Peasants’ Internation- al, the Central Committee of the All- Russian Trade unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- Hes, the All-Russian Co-operative: Land of the R. 8, F. S. R., Comrade Swales in the name of organized la- bor in England, and the Czecho-Slo- vakian union of farm and lumber Largest Revolutionary Union. the name of the executive bu- the Red International of jong all the world’s unions of agri- cultural and lumber workers. “In the first place, you are the largest. There was a time when in Germany immediately after the revo- lution of 1918, that there were over 800,000 members in the union of agri- cultural workers: But thanks to the reformistic policy of the leaders of that union, there remains at present less than 100,000. So you see how within a few years after their revo- lution they lost more than ven- eighths of the membership, while you, during the few years of our revolution have increased your membership ten times. ) “This is the result of two different and opposite policies, “But you are not only the most powerful union of agricultural work- ers in the world,—-you are also the most original union, | Only here in untry, do you find united into fon farm laborer and surveyor, agriculturist. Not a are regular contributors, also Green, Woll, J. P. Frey and other, The editor and the others responsible for this paper make thousands of dollars thru scab advertisements, Yet, the officialdom of the American Federa- tion of bor allows this sheet to carry their hames as contributors. Does the membership of the American Fed- eration of Labor know about this? I looked thru the convention pro- ceedings of the American Federation of Labor and I did not find that any one ever took up the question of scab advertisements in the official organs of the American Federation of Labor and their affiliated unions, To recog- nize and give its name to a paper which carries on slander and lies about everything that is of interest to workers, and for leaders to be per- mitted to be contributots to such a paper is the height of folly. It is about time the ‘progressives in the unions’ took up these matters, and brot them before their unions, Central Labor Unions, State Federations, and at the American Federation of Labor conventions, % The DAILY WORKER must take the lead and inform the progressives who don’t read these journals. So the progressives will be able to inform the members in the unions that the Bot- any Worsted, and Forstman and Hoff- man mills of Passaic, N. J., where workers are striking, are advertised in the American Federationist, and the Textile Worker. They also carry ads from the Standard Oil company, and other corporations known as open shoppers who have ruthlessly crushed every attempt to organize the workers in their plants. Evening High Schools First to Suffer from New Efficiency Moves By a Teacher Correspondent, NEW YORK, March 16. — Mayor Walker and the new city administra- tion of New York must show the peo-. ple that they mean efficiency and econ- omy. So immediately about $30,000,- 000 were slashed from ‘the appropria- tions for education in the city budget. And the following incident is one manifestation of the actual _meaning of this policy of “economy.” In an evening school in the Bronx, (and an evening school is, of course, attended by workers), .a teacher, popular among the students for his appreciation of their problems as _workers, came in one evening and told his class that he would no longer teach them. Investigation by the students revealed that the number of teachers in that evening school was being cut down from twelve to ten. Two teachers were discharged, and the members of their two classes would be consolidated with the other classes, for the sake of economy. Two teachers lost their jobs—that is economy, The size of the classes was increased so that as a result the stu- dents would receive less attention and therefore learn less—that is efficiency. Money is being saved, but not in curtailing the activities of day schools in wealthy neighborhoods, but in schools where young workers try to get some sort of education in the evenings, after a hard day’s work. comrades, is not merely a difference in the structure of our unions, it is not only an organizational question. “Tt is not the result of our ability, herein our country—to build the trade unions better than others, is the result of a particular policy; it is the result of our revolution; the result of all our Soviet trade union movement, which joins together in ore iron block all the branches of physical and intellectual labor. That is the characteristic of our trade union movement, that is why our movement represents a higher type in comparison with those of Western Europe and America. Part of Government. “Finally, the third distinction of your union ig the fact that you con- stitute a part of the Soylet trade union movement as a whole, a trade- union movement which is the ground- work and foundation of the dictator- ship of the working class, “You are the standard bearers of that dictatorship, You, too, are the creators of our revolution. This of course is not to be found in other lands where there is no such revolu- tion, But do not think, comrades, that those who now stand at the head of the international) of agricultural workers will meet you especially joy- fully on account of the fact that you are the strongest union of agricultural worke Oh not ‘ “In relation to the Soviet unions they have a special policy. It is the same policy that we see in the Am- sterdam International—a policy of en- mity, a policy directed castins the en- tire revolutionary trade union move- ment, and before all—against the So- viet trade union movement, , “Why is it that the leaders of the 3RITISH DEBATE ON IRAK EXPOSES MAC DONALD'S AIM Labor Ex-Premier Loves League of Nations LONDON (By Mail).—The debate in the house of commons on the con- firmation of the Irak mandate showed the utter weakness of MacDonald’s foreign policy during his term of office as premier. MacDonald’s amendment to the government bill would have placed the government in the position of refusing any responsibility for the administration of Irak, As a solution to the whole question MacDonald urged that every effort be used to expedite the admission of Irak as an independent nation into the league of Nations. Amery, the con- servative in charge of the legislation, observed that the treaty under which the extension was being made, was the wotk also of Lord Parmoor, a member of the labor ministry. Faithful to Capitalism. MacDonald, “in reply, declared that the labor party’s policy in the Near East had been “inspired by faithful- 1ess to the league of nations.” Even when the Turks were apparently ready .o pour troops into Irak to recover he province, MacDonald stated, he had informed Turkey that Great Brit- ain would stand pat until the league decided the boundary. To MacDon- ald the league is a holy institution, regardless of the many exposures and the widespread knowledge of its capi- talist character. ’ $175,000,000 for War Risk. A. A, Purcell, laborite, stated that $175,000,000 had already been thrown into Irak with practically no returns aside from the increasing danger of war with Turkey and all that might follow therefrom. Arthur Ponsonby, under-secretary for foreign affairs in the labor government, declared that the possession of Irak constituted a factor in the defense of British oil interests in Persia, where a number of fields are known to exist. T. Grif- fiths, another laborite, referring to his visit to the disputed area, said that there was a mortdlity rate among the native children of 60 per cent. A tax on the food of the poor was the dis- trict’s only source of government rev- enue, he concluded. The debate showed that the liberals were united with the conservatives in upholding the mandate, Virtuous Conservatives. Sir Austen Chamberlain showed his hand when he tried to clear the gov- ernment of the charge that oil kept British troops in In’ March of last year, he stated, the Turkish gov- ernment had offered a British monop- oly the oil in Mosul on condition that England would recognize Tur- key’s political control. The virtuous conservatives would not think of such a bargain! Chamberlain wants Irak to be completely i British hands, Wants Coolidge to . Enter Oil Business — (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, “March 16—Senator MeMaster, republican, South Dakota, his introduced a resolution aimed to “prevent the oil trust’s gouging the public.” He charges that the oil in- dustry is preparing to “gouge the pub- lie of millions” by boosting the price of gasoline to an exorbitant point. Under the bill the president is given wide powers in such a situation, spe- cifically the right to sell gasoline to the public. An appropriation of $5,000,000 is asked. workers do not want to accept a union of agricultural workers, living nine years after the revolutionary over- throw that broke the grip of the land- lords on the land? «Why? What Sin Was Committed? “Did you commit,some sin against the solidarity of the working class? “Did you do anything contrary to the interests of the international pro- letariat? “Did you do anything which brot harm to the working class of other countries, or to the working class of our country? No. “If you had done that, they would have long ago accepted you into that international. They@o not take you into that international because you have participated in a revolution— there is your crime, They do not want you in that so-called internation- al because you are one of the bricks that go to build the structure of so- cialism in our country. That is why the social-democrats at the head of this international regard the Soviet unions generally, and your union in particular, not only suspiciously, but with the highest degree of enmity. “Who ever heard of uniting farm la- borers, ‘herdsmen, surveyors, agricul- turists, lumber workers, etc., into one union? “That comrades, is why you are a sort of scarecrow for this interna- tional of agricultural workers, “They fear you, as they fear the entire Soviet trade union movement. But do not think that all the agricul- tural workers of the world are en- tirely similar to these leaders, Rusian Unions Not Alone. ‘No, in many countries there are also revolutionary unions of agricul tural workers, and entire groups of agricultural workers) who are com- | AMTORG TRADING CORPORATION AT ANNUAL MEETING REPORTS SOVIET U. S. TRADE IS FAST INCREASING (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, March 16—The board of directors of the Amtorg Trading corporation, which handles the trade between this country and the Soviet Union, hag elected Alexis V. Prigarin chairman, to take the position vacated by the late Isaiah J, Hoorgin. present $1,000,000 to $1,500,000, The. capital stock will be increased from the Prigarin formerly was a director of the Association of Siberian Co-opera- tives, vice-president of the All-Russian Union of Co-operatives (Centrosoyus), president of the Russian Grain Bx-* port corporation, and is a member of the Moscow Produce Exchange. In reviewing the activities of the Amtorg Trading corporation and other organizations engaged in busi ness with the Soviet Union, Prigarin ascribed the rapid progress of trade intercourse between the United States and the Soviet Union to the American methods and machinery in Soviet industries and agriculture. During the year 1925, the trade turnover between the two countries reached the sum of over $105,000,000 which is already considerably above the pre-war figures. Out of this to- tal the exports from the United States to the Soviet Union amounted to about $90,000,000. This figure is par- ticularly significant as indicating the new possibilities of trade between the two countries. Reconstruction Nearly Finished. The Soviet Union is rapidly com- pleting the task of reconstruction. By the end of this year Soviet in- dustry and agriculture will have near- ly reached the pre-war level. The economic effects of the world war and of the succeeding years of civil war will thus have been overcome and the Soviet Union will enter up- on a period of new industrial con- struction on a large scale. Field for U. S. Industry. It is here that an extensive field is offered for American industry. It should be remembered that in the past Russian industry had been. buil with European machinery. Russia: engineers and technicians have al 'ways been accustomed to work ac cording to the methods prevalent in European countries. Because of this fact it was necessary in replacing the worn out machinery in most of the existing plants to follow to a con- siderable extent the European models. Beginning New Construction. However, at present work has al- ready begun on the construction of entirly new large pldits in every branch of industry. The projects of electrification are gradually being put in effect, Agriculture is rapidly be ing modernized thru the introduction of tractors and other agricultural machinery of the newest types. Trade With U. S. Growing. In all this’ new. construction the United States with its high industrial organization may play a leading part. The keenest interest is displayed in American industrial methods and ma- chinery. This interest has already shown itself in a constant increase in the volume of orders for Ameri- can machinery and industrial equip- ment. This is best shown by the amount of business of the Amtorg Trading corporation which is the leading purchaser in this country of machinery for organizations in the Soviet Union. Thus, during the first five months of its existence, from May 1 to September 30, 1924, the Amtorg purchases of machinery amounted in round figures to about $2,500,000. Since then these purchas- es have been constantly increasing and during the succeeding 15 months to the end of the year 1925, the Am- torg purchases of machinery and in- dustrial equipment by quarters were as follows: October-Decemiber, 1924 January-March, 1925 April-June, 1925. $2,610,000 . 3,940,000 . 4,490,000 fuly-September, 1925 . . 6,720,000 yetober-December, 1925 7,070,000 Soviet Delegations Aid. The interest of Soviet organizations in American machinery has also been demonstrated by the numerous dele- gations of Soviet industrial syndi- cates and trusts which have visited this. country for the purpose of study- ing American methods of industry with a view to eventually placing or- ders for American machinery to be used in the industrial. construction work in the Soviet Union. These dele- gations have contribuf€a materially toward the introduction of American products in the Soviet Union and as a result of such visits considerable orders have been placed in the Unit- ed States, More Liberal Credits. Still it must be admitted that the actual purchases of American ma- chinery haye not been: in proportion to, the needs of Soviet industrial con- struction. This is mostly due to the fact that the American manufactur- ers have not shown as much willing- ness to grant liberal credit terms in purchases for Soviet organizations as haye manufacturers in Europe. Quite a number of orders which would have been logically placed in this country are going to European manufacturers where the Soviet purchaser is re- ceiving better terms of payment. The Lure of Profits. However, considerable progress has neen achieved in this field also. The Amtorg Trading corporation has met a very friendly attitude on the part of manufacturers and financial con- cerns and it has been able to secure credit terms on nearly 70 per cent of its turnover. With this growth of its activities the Amtorg is finding an increasing interest on the part of American business in the prospects offered by Soviet trade. The. devel- opment of trade relations between the two countries depends as much on that of the interested organizations in the Soviet Union. The experience of the Amtorg Trading corporation and of other organizations engaged in trade with.the Soviet Union shows that? American business interests are fast learning the value and possibilt- ties of this trade. Brookhardt Proposes National Rail Merger (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 16—Senator Brookhart, republican, Iowa, in argu- ments before the senate interstate commerce committee, urged the con- solidation of all railroads into a single unified system. He proposed the se- curities of the constituent roads should be condemned, asserting that this method of basing the value of the securities on the market quotations of the stock exchange would save sey- eral billion dollars in the nation-wide merger. js Brookhart flatly opposed the rail- road bill to effect this object proposed by his colleague, Senator Cummins. “The pen Is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it. Come down and learn how in the worker correspondent’s classes. JAPAN TIGHTENS MANCHURIAN GRIP AS SOVIET THREAT Railway Hotels Are to Become Hospitals (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING (By Mail).— Manchuria, which would be the main scene of military operations if a war breaks out involving the Soviet Union and Japan—and this is recognized here generally as a distinct possibility in the not distant future—is a eountry with about the same area as the states of Iliinois, Iowa, Missouri and Ne- braska combined. Its topography, cli- mate, soil and natural resources are very like that of those states, It is comparatively sparsely popu- lated. If as thickly settled as some of the other provinces of China, such for example as Chekiang, it would con- tain 150,000,000 people. It actually has only 14,000,000. Japan’s hold over the province is very strong, tho the Chinese goveyn- ment has repudiated the leases and special concessions which she has ob- tained in the past. Chang Tso Lin is now entirely under her thumb, The events of the past few months have shown that without Japanese aid he would have been overthrown in the. Kuo Sung Lin revolt. The dictator’s power now rests completely with the foreign office at Tokio. Hotels or Hospitals. The thoroness with which Japan is preparing for the inevitable war in Manchuria is shown by the fact that hotels of a size utterly uncalled for by any probable demand have been erected at the principal points along the South Manchurian Railway, which is Japanese coptrolled. These hotels are completely equipped and have @ staff altogether out of proportion for the patronage. A very large and well- equipped hospital has been erected at Dairen, the terminus on the Pacific. Military observers point out the ease with which all these could be con- verted on short notice into war hos- pitals, Strategic Railroads, The Japanese are also building sev- eral branch lines of the railroad, tap- ping the interior of Manchuria and constituting centers for a swift pene- tration of Siberia, Population of Moscow Is on the Increase MOSCOW, U, S. 8. R., Tass., March 16.—The population of Moscow is steadily increasing and has nearly reached the two million mark. Ac- cording to the census of 1912, the pop- ulation of Moscow was 1,617,700. In the year of the revolution, 1917, it dropped to 1,017,173. In 1920 there was an increase to 1,027,336 and by 1923 the population had increased to 1,542,874. On January 1, 1925, the population of Moscow was 1,811,000, while on January 1, 1926, it stood at 1,900,000, The population of Leningrad in- creased by 144,000 during 1925 and on January 1, 1926, was 1,420,000. New York Bookbinders Increase Wage Scales NEW YORK, March 16—Bookbind- ers’ Union No. 43, composed of wo- men, has raised wages $2 a week. Local No. 25, composed of men, made similar gains. Both locals are affili- ated to the Brotherhood of Bookbind- ers. pletely in harmony with you. But comrades, thete the conditions of life and work are entirely different. “Upon whom, first of all, do the blows of reaction fall? Upon the ag- ricultural workers. Who was laid low by fascism in Italy before all others? The union of argicultural workers. On them comes down all the force of the bourgeois governments. Why? Be- cause they are scattered, diffused; they do not work collectively and therefore it is more difficult for them to show opposition; they are the easiest to destroy, and the whole re- action besets this union. 7 “All forces should be rallied to the support of this weakest of the unions; help should be given both in money and in men, “With our simple, barbarfan logic— as they say—we defend the weaker places, and throw the maximum amount of our forces to the aid of those unions which are weak. “That is the way the central com- mittee of the All-Rusisan Trade Unions does; that is the way our So- viet power does; that is the way our party does, “But what are the social democratic parties doing, what-are the trade wion leaders of those countries do- ing; what is the Amsterdam Interna- tional doing? Do they come out and help the weakest unions? Of course not. They rather break them up and ruin them, “You see what a difference there is in tactic, method and appraisal of events between these two fundamen- tal currents in the world revolution- ary movement, between the revolution- ary and the reformistic currents. But if such a difference exists, each of you in attendance here might ask how fires the question about unity? \ ‘ ‘ 7 4 “If there is such a profound differ- ence, then is it possible to create a united international, which our Soviet trade union movement troubles itself about and for which it wages a strug- gle? “We answer: difference of opinion does exist, but not among the work- ing masses. The working mass where- ever it may be, in a reformistic or a revolutionary. union, always wants to preserve its 8-hour working day, its bower, wants to hold on to its con- quests, does not want wages lowered, does not. want fascism, or reaction, does not want the destruction of its union. Percisely on this basis we want to achieve unity, but they do not want to w%te with us. You no doubt have often read the communications between the Soviet unions and Am- sterdam. We, as you know, are a per- sistent people. Whether they answer or not, whether they act or not, we push right ahead where we consider necessary. For World Unity. “This marked out road to unity, this aim which we have set ourselves, approaches, regardless. of whether these or other reactionary leaders of the Amsterdam International want it or not, You know about the agreement which has been reached between the English trade union movement and our own, between the trade union movements of two great countries, This policy of brotherly unions has captivated a part. of the Amsterdam International—within it in many coun- tries, a left wing is being organized. We are continuing our struggle for unity, and at the same time cast our glances not only. om the European trade union movement, but especially on the trade union movement of the colonial countries, new workers’ movement embracing hundreds of millions. There, more than half of humanity living in Asia, is stirring. “This gigantic mass bas now been put into motion. And in that gigantic’ mass, growing up at the present time, the struggle of the working class is beginning to play a prominent role. These unions, the unions of these lands, always gravitate toward the Soviet Union and the Red Interna- tional of Trade Unions, because here in Soviet Russia in our revolutionary international they can find real help, and real co-operation in their difficult ‘There we find a'tural and lumber workers!” struggle against world imperialism. Comrades Aid Unions. “Comrades, your union is now the mightiest among the unions of agri- cultural workers of other countries. But your union has not yet solved all of the problems which confront you. Every one of you will of course admit that very, very much is yet to be done, in order that the 700,000 mass which is united by your union may prepare thousands and tens of thous- ands of active fighters and workers for the purpose of uplifiting the most backward masses in our trade union movement. . “Your union is entering upon that road, and it will be met by the co-op- eration of our Soviet unions, of the whole state apparatus of our country, which is also yours because you also are taking part in the work of con- struction. You may be assured that your union will go ahead with rapid strides, and will not be the hindmost in the ranks of the trade unions, “Long live the Union of Agricul tural and Lumber Workers of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics! “Long live the world unity of agricul

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