THE COMMUNISTS.

Grey River Argus, 21 January 1926, Page 6

THE COMMUNISTS.

AMERICAN ACTIVITY. ’ DEMONSTRATION NEXT WEEK. A CORRECTION. WELLINGTON, Jan. 20. | Regarding the cable as to Mr John ! Satehell, Secretary of the ConnHUßist I Party in America, the following is the i correct version of the message:— NEW YORK, Jan. 18. I The Communists spent close to one I million dollars during 1925 in propaJ ganda, which was aimed at the even- | tual establishment of a Soviet Govern--1 meat in tre United States. Mr John I Stachel. the Secretary of the Commonj ist Party»in America, stated on Monday I that this money was raised at public j meetings and by private subscriptions. I It was used to educate workers in SovI iet doctrines, to bring Labour organis- | ations into the ranks of the Commun- ; ists, and to secure the United States’ recognition of Soviet Russia. The im- | mediate programme of the Communist ‘ Party included meetings throughout the whole country On the 26th of JanJuary, at which honour will be paid to I Lenin. Mr Stachel’s statement was elicited as the result of a declaration made by Elon Hooker, a prominent publicist that the Communists had spent seven hundred thousand dollars.