Leon Trotsky: Letter to the National Committee, Communist League of America

June 9, 1932

[Writing of Leon Trotsky, Vol. 13. Supplement (1929-1933), New York 1979, p. 119 f., title: Query About a Shop Paper”]

To the National Committee,

Communist League of America

Dear Comrades:

I am sending you herewith, in Russian, a letter dealing with the very important question: the projected international congress against the war danger.

I notice from The Militant that you are again in such financial difficulties that the existence of the weekly is threatened. That disturbs me very much, because it proves that the basis of the paper still remains rather narrow.

Meanwhile, I hope you have received the documents that dealt with my conversations with Weisbord. A couple of days ago I received a shop paper, “The Red Dreadnaught,” which gave me considerable pleasure because I was sure that it concerns the League. Only later did I discover that this paper is published by the Weisbord group. Does our organization also publish such papers?

With best greetings,

L. Trotsky