A Socialist View of the Week
The World We Live In A Socialist View of the Week THE CITY By William Allen Ward AT night ** The city ii ¦ monster With fiery eyes that crouches By the river and broodi as it Emits hoarse...
...The Menace of the Union Racketeer THE unsavory racketeering case of Patrick J. Commerford of the Operating Engineers' Union made the headlines again on Wednesday in a report by Carroll Hayes, referee for the local, to Supreme Court Justice Hammer...
...Consider one big feudal empire, the transportation system...
...there are the trade unions having the general strike as a weapon, and there are also the armed forces of the Fascists, the Socialists and Republicans, the Communists, the steel helmets and the government forces...
...We hajte a small staff and a big paper...
...Simpson estimated that there are 10,000 corporation farms compared with about 100 in 1920...
...Barry is the publisher of the reactionary "Pathfinder" and his main supported in this dispute waa Senator Bingham of Connecticut, a lame duck, who some years ago was censured by the Senate for smuggling into the Finance Committee tariff hearings a salaried employe of the Connecticut Manufacturers Association...
...One may contrast this with the publicity given to the story of a child who must try to get along on $9,000 a month...
...Others make the mistake of trying poetry Arst, snd there in much more of this always arriving than can be used...
...Like all working class institutions The New Leader more than s year ago effected some drastic economies and at the ssme time we have done much in this period to improve the paper...
...In the meantime the railroad executives manage to avoid the breadlines by the receipt of annual salaries ranging from $00,000 to $135,000...
...The group pressure by farmers at mortgage foreclosure auctions is coming to be known as "penny bids" and in Nebraska the Attorney General has declared that the courts will void sales made in such circumstances...
...This is the net result of malign officials who make merchandise of unionism and fill their pockets with loot Unions that are free of the vice are classed with the others by those who read the press stories...
...Party papers cannot organize this movement, but they are important in stimulating it, giving it inspirstion snd reporting its progress...
...Thru there are the correspondents who send party news...
...The New Leader is anxious to report party activities throuichout the nation...
...In propaganda it can maintain unity but in a final straggle it cannot The ill-informed proletarians in it really believe that they are Socialists...
...To make that climax a success the program outlined on the first page must precede it...
...It is interesting that the "poor-boy-that-made-good" ranges himself with the oligarch views of our time...
...It was a' rather vulgar way for the ruling classes to get results and more clever ways have been found to register their will...
...We do not complain but we would also have our friends understand that we work under difficulties, thst tkelr cooperation Is heartily appreciated, and If they do not get a retponae to material that la offered it la because the editors have no stenogrsphers and the main work of editing fully takes up ear tine...
...Who knows...
...A solemn justice figured out how the child, sharing in a trust fund ef her grandfather, would manage on this sun and a headline carries this harrowing news: "Struggling to Balance Child'i Budget on $36,000...
...Do not repeat and do not use super¦uous words...
...In the World War we took our Constitution, wrapped it up and laid it on the shelf and left it there until it was over...
...On the other hand, because of our Isck of resources snd sufficient help, some misunderstsndings ariae...
...If the proposal goes through another prop of Hoover's, sacred "'individualism" will he destroyed, Agriculture- baa, a]-, ways been regarded as the classic home of individualism and here it is proposed, to have the state intervene to save dairymen from disaster...
...Perhaps the mother who fainted of hunger with a withered child in her arms at the door of a welfare agency read the story of the "struggle...
...An expensive cultivator brought 35 cents and another farm implement a few pennies...
...It is proposed to establish a state milk control board with authority to fix minimum prices because at present rates the dairymen are unable to pay their bills...
...The Class Struggle In the German Reich A TTEMPTS to evaluate the class *" forces struggling for power in Germany are baffled by their complexity...
...But between Hitler and Hugenberg theftMs also iro genuine affection...
...About 760,000 railroad workers have been discharged in recent years...
...So Barry, a thorough reactionary, goes out...
...Smith's dictator would not be likely to puncture the bulging money reservoirs of these gentlemen...
...Last week a news dispatch from Watertown announced that dairymen's strikes and violence would take place if the Legislature does not, stabilize milk prices...
...The International had set up Local ISO, Justice Hammer decided against it, and the accounting followed...
...that seven automobiles, office furniture, equipment and union agreements should be restored...
...To urge that "red tape and statutes" be ignored is no more guarantee of genuine relief for the victims of capitalism than observance of red tape and statutes is now...
...Each is willing to use the other but neither wants the other to have the power...
...On the other hand we could not wake a barbarian sitting under loaded fruit trees understand that in "civilization" those who produce food, stuffs suffer want A Harrowing Tale of Pathetic Struggle IF the "worthy poor" will just try to economise they can live on seven del* lars a week...
...Similar contrasts can be made regarding other corporate empires...
...With Our Readers /V » AS ION AI.I.Y it is necessary to share some of our problems with our readera and we take them into our confidence in this column...
...He added that the process of "destroying farmers and wage workers" will lead to a revolution...
...We are at all times overwhelmed with contributed articles and ncwa stories, much more than we can possibly use...
...If the fight comes will the working class parties act in unisonT The answer ot this will be important Then Hitler's following is not a solid one...
...We cut down the New York items aa mdrh as we ran to make room for Items from other atates and The New Leader publishes more such news than any other weekly because it desires to keep its readers informed of sll activities as nesr •n[ 'possible...
...They are justified and yet we do- not have the equipment that will enable us to express our thanks to contributors...
...It is reported that their milk checks average only $60 a month...
...Moreover, the main burden of publishing the paper falls upon comrades and friends here...
...The Socialist Party does not ronelude its work with a campaign and cssting of votes...
...When Hitler speaks over the radio he is like a capitalist politician in this country—all things to all men...
...It now has a duty to fulfill...
...We earnestly hope that party papers in other ststes will give full cooperation in making this program effective...
...it must perform that duty...
...To avoid crowding out important items,' and this occurs occasionally, we urge these correspondents to be as brief as possible...
...This,week Governor Lehman was warned that- such strikes are impending because of widespread distress among these farmers...
...Readers are informed that the rent will cost $800 while other items including chauffeur, maid, governess, should make the youngster fairly comfortable* What impresses us is that word "Strug* gle...
...A "struggle" to make both ends meet on the paltry sum of $36,000 a year moves us to team and we hope that the child will in time forget the sorrow that came to it in these uncertain years...
...So we beg the consideration of our readers...
...The Senate did right The old days of buying votes long ago passed into history...
...The interest of the members is sacrificed and the employing class gains to the extent that unionism is weakened...
...Some Socialists and Communists have been killed in clashes with Fascists and vo# Papan now controls Prussia by tf decree of President Hindenburg...
...A Socialist would make them flow into the swamps of destitution and despair if he had the power...
...They have never been satisfied and are now reported to be in an "ugly mood...
...The reaction reaches ont for the Socialist and Communist press and the only thing certain is uncertainty...
...Some writers complain «>f this...
...If he Is a capitalist, a banker or a political poodle of capitalism he will rule the works satisfactory to these gentlemen...
...Plans sre unfolding for the culmination of this program with a great demonstration at the nation's capital some weeks hence...
...Other recommendations were that the charter of Local 125, revoked by the International, should be returned...
...We might as well withhold our milk and have a real show-down," sajd one farmer...
...He regards the depression as a state of war and what does a democracy do in a wart He answered, "It becomes a tyrant, a despot, a real monarch...
...Conduct Unbecoming To a Retainer D V a vote of 53 to 17 the U. S. Senate has dismissed'DaVld .Barry its sergeant-at-arms because of an article in the 'New Outlook" in which he charged that "demagogues" had put through that body constitutional amendments for the popular election ¦ of Senators, woman suffrage and prohibition and had almost enacted a bonus bill He added that not many members of Congress took money for their votes...
...The railroad masters are now demanding of Congress a bankruptcy reform bill to enable them to skid easily through receiverships...
...There are over eighty brunches in the city and any issue of The New Leader will show that It publishes a less number of inches for New York in proportion to the nuftibcr of branches and the membership than it does for the states...
...The movement of the farmers to block the sales of their land and homes has spread to the East In Pennsylvania members of a farmers' organization gathered at a sheriff, sale and succeeded in bidding in a farm for $1.18...
...An itemized schedule of foodstuffs has appeared recently show* ing how it can be done and a govern* ment bureau at Washington has also sent out a similar food budget...
...In that event not only the various parties and their followers must be considered...
...We are glad to get them and some fine material has been sccepted from these volunteers, but we find it difficult to acknowledge receipt ef it, whether used or not...
...More power to the members that recognise the danger and fight to root it out Upstate Dairymen Threaten Strike THR eatless days and meatless days * of the World War returned with the depression...
...Barry it now separated from his »h,o*i« a year job...
...However, the casualties are net as many as at the time of the rapid rise of Hitlerism...
...if a Socialist he will administer the Job in the interest of the working masses...
...The World We Live In A Socialist View of the Week THE CITY By William Allen Ward AT night ** The city ii ¦ monster With fiery eyes that crouches By the river and broodi as it Emits hoarse noises from smoking Nostrils...
...What has happened Is a little palace revolt In which an indiscreet servant has been punished for conduct unbecoming to a retainer of capitalism...
...Members of Local 125, who declared their rights had been abrogated, brought the suit The temptation of members to bring suit in such cases is often overwhelming but it also brings court rule, the injection of a capitalistic institution into union affairs...
...A Program of Action IN supplementing what is said on the first page this * week we want to emphasize the importance of party organizations taking up this program in each state...
...It recommended that more than $15,500 in cash and bonds should be returned by Commerford and other former officers...
...A more discreet employe will take his place and the Upper Diet will function as before...
...Some offerings having much merit are much too long to be accepted...
...AT Smith Wants A Works Dictator EX-GOVERNOR SMITH makes the headlines by recommending a public works dictator...
...Occasionally we get inquiries as to why we carry so much New York Party news...
...This case is before a court and the authorities are beginning to intervene in such cases in the Middle West...
...Members of Congress have become Used to these forecasts of an upheaval and an air of expecting something unknown is general in the capital...
...Civil war may be the outcome...
...The wealthy hackers of Hitler have no use for Socialism and with Hitler now associated with Hngenberg, one of the biggest exploiters in Germany, the proletarian followers of Hitler must feel uncomfortable...
...Farmers' "Penny Bide" Face Legal Reaction JOHN SIMPSON, president of the National Farmers' Union, recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee of his having been invited to a conference of industrial and banking directors where a representative of the Chase National Bank raid that prices were net too low and that wages must be further reduced...
...Who is to be that monarch...
...It is a continuously functioning educational and organization forte In behalf of the working class...
...If he were precise he could not hold all his followers together...
...During the campaign upstate last year some dairy farmers expressed cynical views regarding Roosevelt's agricultural program...
...Election returns are still coming in...
...One gets the impression of a tragic fight against adversity in this upper section of the wealthy...
...This is likely to be the official reaction in other states and this will bring the farmers squarely up against governing powers which they do not control...
Vol. 15 • February 1933 • No. 6
