Party Bars Non-Competitive City Jobs for Members
Party Bars Non-Competitive City Jobs for Members muumtmt *>/ N.Y. 8lmU Efculiv* (WmillH, Sociulut l'u,ty) "THE New York stat* constitution * of he Socialist Party prohibiU swery party member...
...Young Literature Agent, (iarrrtl's address is Ital/er Hoad, I'reiikiirsa, 1 R. F. I...
...It is therefore morally compelled to refuse the permission applied for, nnd it so decides...
...August Claesaena will speak at illy i-nllege, Cass and Warren, en Friday, Dec...
...Two hundred delegates from Reading and Berks County attended the Continental txwgress, A Summer School, sopnsored by the State offlre, was held at the Socialist Park, In which also eleven Socialist picnics were held...
...Ijut whiter several nionlhs were devoted to educational work III the form of brunch lectures...
...1, David J. Hapus* of Iw v wood will start a sis session course In the History of the l-alsir Movement In the United States with a critical analysis of lis present tardea ami problems...
...D.M.I'll MOONY, allle HM/er Ol ** Berks County, PfStBSJIvaiila, rrporta encouragingly of the Party's work In 1933...
...We are now 1 convinced that he la a fakir, lie rarrfit a card In our local which we wuiit laken up...
...Most time, however, was devoted to the labor situation...
...lu-l will be the Speaker, flabjartf "One Vear of Roosevelt...
...11% new member*, came lalu the Party...
...2. I'atersou...
...The bulk of tht work Is said to have been almost completed a few weeks before Comrade Hlllqult's death...
...A So clullst Hand and Orchestra were organized with Comrade Mclean In charge, and the annual lla/uar and Victory fllnner In honor of Comrades Hoopc* und Wilson were held...
...Admission free...
...Ijiwndale Ave., at S p. in...
...l», 10, 11, they will be busy j day mil night for the three datea, , only one of which is a strictly j party function, all of the lunches, l meetings, etc...
...New Jersey Hudson I'uuniy...
...Announcement is now made by the Macmillan Company of New York that this volume will be published next spring and will bear the title, "Loose Leaves From a Busy Life...
...aft Veraan...
...If personal consideraliona could have been taken into account, the committee would have been strongly disposed to grant the applications...
...7, at Hobeinlaii Hall...
...Wayne County convention will be a i Joint session...
...Nor would it be enough for the committee to be convinced that there is no great probability of injury to the narty resulting from the acceptance of these particular appointments...
...of llerks County baa done escellenl work this year...
...Mil nec'y, M9 Van linrni...
...owing her topics on this tou: J will be "NRA and Socialism," "Causes of the Next War," "T" e '' White Collar Class Under Socialism," etc...
...Sth he will speak on the "Socialist Analysis off Hie Mt\" In SNPJ Hall...
...The State Exec-' utive Committee is given power to make exception in particular rases, but it is clearly our duty to ob | serve great caution in the exercise of this power...
...The local warn*, comradea rverywhere of one QMM...
...Henry J. Rosner and E. Michael White, members of local New York, having been offered appointsaent aa examiners in the office of the Commissione of Accounts of New York City, have applied to the State Executive Committee for permission to accept The State Executive Committee has considered these applications with the utmost care, inviting and weighing arguments pro and- con from numerous comrades outside its own number, and has come to a unanimous decision...
...They fril ami rared for 250 delegates to the , Pennsylvania Workers' Federation for two days...
...EMILY FINE TOURS FOR RAND SCHOOL THK volunteer committee han* dling the arrangements for the tour of Nathan Fine and Emily Brown Fine, under auspices of.the Rand School of Social 8dence, announce dates nave aireauy been definitely issigned to Erie, Buffalo...
...There will be a New Year's Eve party of the Wayne County local at parly hendiiuarlrra...
...Admlsalon Is ISc...
...l«wndale Ave...
...Saturday evening he will lie at party headquarters, 225 V. Forest...
...at Ml Washington St...
...An all-women's picnic was held st the Socialist Park and a successful women's Political Itally was held, at which all Ihe speakers Were 1 women, In moat esses candidate* for , offlre...
...Michigan n.iroii...
...It appreciates the comradely spirit- in which they have raised the question...
...having been ar- j ranged by the local...
...Nut liun Fine, as editor lor ten years of the Labor Year Book, and director of the Labor Research Department of the Rand School, and for years active in the labor movement, East and West, is, of course, widely known as speaker and writer...
...Henry Jager will lecture at Ihe Weslrheater Open forum, 201 S. Third Ave., Friday eveuliu, Jan...
...and -nn is at 10:30 a. in...
...The State Executive Committee has not been able to see that acceptance of the proffered appointments would be likely to yield any such benefit to the Socialist movement as might outweigh the reasons upon which the long estab liahed general rule against acceptance is based...
...From a weak group of three circles It has been built up to ail organl»Hllon at* ten active circle...
...27 Illinois Calraxe...
...R. Wlnii'r, who . Injun to have been f-ii»cl> inii»r iMtMr-l by Georgia authorities, we )ui\i no oilier proof than hU word...
...Th-s speakers are sui'able for ( all types of audiences...
...The same branches are also, giving the series of six lectures arranged by the educational committee .if Cook <.'iiint...
...Well known in the educational field, and destined to be equally so in Ihe Socialist, l*.hor, and Open Forum 'movements, is his wife, Emily Brown Fine, who will ncompiiiiy him...
...The results of the election, while not altogether victorious because of the fusion against the Socialists, were encouraging...
...A YEAR'S PROGRESS IN READING, PA...
...As it will refer to many incidents and persons over forty years, the book will be of special interest to Socialists and workers > who participated in the struggles I with which Comrade Hillquit was i identified during bis busy life...
...It has no right to set aside the well-founded general rule unless it sees strong reason for believing that their acceptance would positively strengthen the party and advance the purposes for which it exists...
...they held a very surressful celebration of International Women's Day and also organised a Socialist Women's Chorus...
...A graduate of Kadcliffe College, with high honors ami I'hi Beta Kappa, and later, as M.A...
...K. Ikihn, Loads Waldimin, I'm I ledums, Norman Thomas and Fred Henderson...
...Hillquit Memoirs Will Appear in the Spring Intimate friends of our late Comrade Morris Hillquit knew that in the last year of his life he had given some leisure moments to writing his remipiscencea...
...Over 258,000 pieces of literature were distributed...
...Ilurlns the yeae...
...New York State Aaaaal Reperla...
...The parade was led by Socialists...
...Oimrades will do ua a favor by taking It and returning aame to nJaikum.llle HodalUt -I: I. g. 'In.in...
...Nominations for candidates for Congress...
...It tremen 1o be Kubatantlated by the Maannlr Order...
...The committee feels, however, that it is not a question of granting a favor 6r a privilege to individuals...
...The comrades ha\e been concentrating on the local labor sltuntlon and the worker* fountl the Purty members in Ihe front line of these struggles...
...Maurrr as Stale Chairman, later the Federation afilllateil with the Continental Congress of Farmers and Workers of America...
...Only red card mriulirra i In g.Hsl standing will lie tfnjHtsj, Convention will be held al IMIirnnk Hall, 527 llolbrook, Smida>, Jan II...
...The committee has not been influenced by any do bt as to the character or the abilities of the two comrades concerned, nor as to the earnestness oi their devotion to the cause of Socialism...
...The nresumption is in favor of maintaining the general rule...
...A totnl of 3MI lectures were delivered...
...Jerk«r>ntMW...
...Illmier serve...
...Iliirlng the aunimer...
...stem tiers are requested In tiring member shin rants...
...On Friday, Jan...
...11ie> will be held every second Sunday at 2 p. in., beginning Jim...
...only positive and weighty reasons can justify making exceptions...
...most prominent among* the speakera were Wm...
...a state convention was held In Heading, and the t'nited Workers' Federation of Pennsylvania was organised with James II...
...l'»i>li Forward Hall al Ihe Masonic T-luple, Saturday e\elllllg, Jan...
...Patcrann—Gertrude Hnhn was elected Financial Srcrrtary-'Trrasurer, and Car rrtl Ii...
...Socialist branches on the Southwest Shir Jugoslav, Hohemlaii and the Ijiwndale Lngllsh are siMiusorlug Hie first lecture by August IJaessens, On Feaar...
...Br prrsenl every Monday rvrnlng S p. if...
...2n.'i7 So...
...Ceneral meiiibershlp Hireling, Jan...
...at Smith College, and then teacher at Commonwealth, her audience-, are always impressed by her si eerity and depth of knowledge of people as well as economies...
...2610 So...
...Their coming is a wonderful opportunity for locals or groups in the smaller citieH to have nationally known speakers, ; ami The New Leader advises it be taken "ulvantage of...
...During the last year the women have been very artlve In llerks County...
...Party Notes Florid...
...On Jan...
...S, at 256 Central Ave., Jersey City, prrclsely al Km p. in tin poilani mirations to la- laken up regarding the county's arils Itlca for 1934...
...Annual reports of locals for 1933 are due now...
...6, on "What's Wrong Willi Socialism...
...8lmU Efculiv* (WmillH, Sociulut l'u,ty) "THE New York stat* constitution * of he Socialist Party prohibiU swery party member from "accepting or ' tiding any appointive position under a non-Socialist administration, except with the permission of the State Executive Committee, and except a civil service position, or a position to which the party is entitled under the law...
...He "appeared here about two month* ago with ii plaudlble •lory am...
...It, Oesirga II...
...Also election of officers...
...This rule was adopted many years ago and has repeatedly been debated and re-adopted b" state conventions...
...The parade of 26,000 workers held during a strike,was the greatest labor demonstration Heading ever saw...
...In Erie.it Pa., for example, where they will , be Jan...
...The general rule is that party members may not hold such positions...
...by the Women's Federation...
...However, he told too many talei •ml they 'Mil not all agree...
...The Y.P.K.L...
...During tile recent campaign the Berks County Socialists filed 330 petitions for candidates and held 200 meetings In the city and county...
...31, at 3. New Year's Eve, Uacsaens will visit Ihe Jewish Party at llolbrook Hall, the Polish Dance at Dom I.udovy Hall, and Ihe Wayne County Party at beadi qunrtrra...
...The Stale Secretary requests that all locala file these rrporta In time for Ihe semi annual meeting of Ihe State Committee...
...Hranrh 1 Is arranging a meeting for him st the Foch School, Falrvlew and Charlevoix, Sunday afternoon, Dec...
...It is obviously regarded by the party as a wise and important rule...
...He will also speak In oilier parts of the ell...
...Cleveland snd Detroit, and that localities desiring either or both these s p e a k e r« at points in between, going or returning, should immediately write or .1 at 7 East I nth -telegraph the school at 7 I Street, New Yotk City...
Vol. 16 • December 1933 • No. 27
