Petrograd letters from an American comrade in 1920
From Our Petrograd Correspondent The Toiler presents first communication from a U S student in Petrograd dated April 1 1920. He reports bread shortages limited transport and machinery lacking workers due to recruitment into the army. He notes a shift from front to industry hopes for a two year economic victory, and that American and European communists should unite to maintain respect. He plans to travel to Moscow for the Third Internationale conference and to meet Soviet officials.
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Petrograd
Russia
Germany
Austria
Moscow
Bureau of the Third Internationale
Financial free booters forecast to batter workers with unemployment
A period of planned idle time is urged by capitalists to discipline labor and push wages down. Railroads, oil, steel, and auto sectors are cited as first to shed workers while boosting railroad pay to lure back labor. Experts foresee a brief depression to consolidate capital, with Moscow discussing expansion of technical education.
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Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
Wajes
Growletne Alnan
Vos
Guatrion
Detroit
Asn Automobile Center
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Communist Labor Party
Senate
Suares
Cleveland Railroad
Dollar Campaign Urges Toiler Supporter Loyalty
The Toiler appeals to readers to donate one dollar or more to fund paper stock and keep the publication in the field for working class education. The drive targets $2,500 by July to cover rising newsprint costs and secure months ahead, urging immediate remittance to join 2,500 loyal comrades.
British Parleys May Open Trade
London reports that talks between Premier Lloyd George and Soviet trade chief Krasin edge toward peace with trade. Krassin asserts war avoidance hinges on genuine peace and Britain dropping anti Soviet plots. French editorials cite English worker pressure as pushing Lloyd George toward Moscow detente. Paris papers reserve full Allied responsibility to him.
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London
David Lloyd George
Gregory Krassin
Russia
England
London Daily Herald
Krossin
Tennier
Great Britain
Krassin
Lloyd George
Krasin
Dowing Street
Trevald
Crpenhagen
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Kraseth
Marley
Premier Millerand
Jules Cambon
Echo de Paris
Petinox
Rusia
Moscow
Supreme Council
Violence Squads” Target Union Halls in Cincinnati Suit
Cincinnati June 5 The Communist Labor Party sues the local American Legion post and members for 4500 property damages and 5000 punitive damages arising from a November raid on machinists and socialist union headquarters. The incident involved literature destruction and arson, with police present but inactive.
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Cincinnati
American Legion
Communist Labor Party
Lotta Burke
Hamilton County
Jos. W. Shorts
Dayton
Legion Post
Machinists Union
Ordinance
Legion
John Reed on trial in Finland for smuggling
In Abo Finland on April 26 the court ruled John Reed a Communist Labor Party leader guilty of attempting to smuggle 102 diamonds and money on March 13. He faces a 5000 mark fine and lost diamonds to the Finnish government. Reed, born in Perth Oregon, a noted journalist and author of Ten Days That Shook the World, has a history with socialist movements and Bolshevik-era Russia.
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Abo
Finland
Americar
Pews
Communist Labor Party
John Reed
Dovides Reed
Perth
Oregon
Diaz
Russia
America
Taft
Socialist Movement
Socialist Party
White Guard
Kate O'Hare Freed From Missouri Prison
Militant labor unionist Kate O'Hare is released from Jefferson City prison on June 1. President Wilton commutes her five year sentence to expire then after 14 months served for alleged espionage acts in a Bowerman North Dakota speech. Government officials deny broader amnesty implications and note fellow convict Eugene V. Debs remains imprisoned in Atlanta.
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Kate O'Hare
Jefferson City
Wilton
Eugene V. Debs
Atelanta Ga
Thermada
O'Hare
Walden Bookshop Opens Under Chicago Co op Hookstores
The Walden bookshop in Chicago, owned by the Chicago Co operative Hookstores Company, opened to the public in memory of Thoreau. Display windows by William J Bonaoly and Pred 8 Foster, with books alphabetically arranged by drama and poetry. A reading table and lamp invite browsing as staff prepare five oil trains daily to Moscow and note a rail renaming change from Baratoff to Emba.
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Walden Bookshop
Chicago
Moscow
Baratoff
Emba
Emma Goldman Imprisonment and Deportation Context
Prison record notes Emma Goldman remained confined at Jefferson City Prison until her deportation to Russia a few months prior, marking the end of her detention in the United States.
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Emma Goldman
Jefferson City Prison
Miss Goldman
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Paul Hanna
The
Federated Press
Lonacharsky
Central Committee For Technical Education
Supreme Council of National Economy
Agent Provocateur
Uohn Reed
Ion
M. Bogi
Bogi
Langsoth
Karlsson
Troljubinsk
Norway
Murmansk
Soviet Russia
Howard St
Akron
Workers Defense League
G. T. Fraenceel
International Ass'n
Machinists
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