us list of fifty
names published by the former. I have before me the official list of
the members of the _Sovnarkom_--that is, the Council of the People's
Commissars of the Soviet government. As is well known, the elaborate
and intricate governmental system of Soviet Russia centers ultimate
authority in this Council of People's Commissars, which consists of
seventeen members. A most striking refutation of the statement made by
the _Dearborn Independent_ is found in the fact that of the seventeen
members of this supreme Bolshevist authority only one, Trotzky, is a
Jew. The official list speaks for itself.

_Official Name_ _Real Name_ _Department_

1. N. Lenin[1] Oulianov President
2. G. Tchitcherin[1] G. Tchitcherin Foreign Affairs
3. L. Trotsky[2] Bronstein War
4. E. Raskolnikov[1] E. Raskolnikov Navy
5. G. Petrovsky[1] G. Petrovsky Interior
6. N. Krestinsky[1] N. Krestinsky Finance
7. L. Krassin[1] L. Krassin Industry and Commerce
and Ways of
Communication
8. S. Sereda[1] S. Sereda Agriculture
9. N. Bruchanov[1] N. Bruchanov Supply
10. A. Lunarcharsky[1] A. Lunarcharsky Public Instruction
11. V. Stuchka[1] V. Stuchka Justice
12. A. Kolontai[1] A. Kolontai Public Welfare
13. V. Smidt[1] V. Smidt Labor
14. A. Rykov[1] A. Rykov Chairman, Economic
Council
15. K. Stalin[3] Djugashvili National Affairs
16. Dr. N. Semashko[1] Dr. N. Semashko Public Health
17. V. Bonch-Brouyevich[1] V. Bonch-Brouyevich Executive secretary
of the Council of
People's Commissars
[1] Russian [2] Jew [3] Georgian

Of course there are many Jews holding minor positions in the
Bolshevist regime. It would be quite impossible to name any part of
the Russian population to which that statement would not equally
apply. For millions of people, Christians and Jews alike, the only
possible alternative to starvation and death is to accept service
under the Bolsheviki. Even loyal generals