New Leader Supporters Plan Campaign To Boost Paper
New Leader Supporters Plan Campaign To Boost Paper HEARTILY approving plans < o: submitted by The New Leader ' g Board of Directors for building the [ d circulation and strengthening the '...
...Message from Miner* The West Virginia Mine Work| era Union sent a message of ap' \ preciation for the assistance ' Brookwood folks have recently j '• given in their union campaign...
...Enjoying a fat ** franchise aad having accumulated ** tremendous profits in recant years * the corporation, in face of t h e 6* widespread unemployment, hasp* laid off over 8,000 workers many of whom have picketed the of...
...wr^men and J®*^ to undergo...
...Sleeper to BerU lin...
...1 j Now...
...July 24 through August 1, Vienna —arriving at noon on the 24th...
...Julv 1, to Copen-i - hagen: July 2 through July 8, Copenhagen—studying the cooper" ative farming system: July 7. to - Stockholm...
...fleas of the company...
...tad has been, the j • * titration will be in- i y tae nation is forced I ^JB smother winter of y Hunger knows no j J*s»c:al unrest which, ***** grave disorder...
...3 July 12, through July 13, Leningrad— by sleeper to Moscow on s 13th...
...This prediction was ] j received with much applause...
...due1 s Bremerhaven...
...who I presided, invited members to attend director's meetings, declaring that they would be welcome and would be given a courteous hearing...
...Over a dozen delegates participated in the discussion which fol- lowed...
...about her to the following...
...August 2 through August 5, F Berlin—late on the 5 th to BremL en...
...s: Mr...
...Particular stress was placed on the necessity for lightening the content of t he paper...
...August 8, Bremerhaven—sail U for New York on the 8. 8. DresE dan of the North German Lloyd, !V Special Student Third Cabin...
...Laidler at the L. I. D. office, 112 East 19th street...
...at >- tendance at the International SoJ- dalist Congress...
...Eden avenue, near Jerome : avenue, Bronx...
...Since then she has been a delegate to national, state and city conventions...
...As was to be expected, a number of construe tire suggestions for improving the New Leader were offered...
...Tune 30...
...j ^ S. Canvass enrolled Socialist ' ; voters to become readers...
...in the few weeks they have S been with us, we have built a 1 strong union of 16,000 men and * will soon have organized the bulk of the miners in this state...
...The New Leader," he added, "is not my paper, it is not the Board's [ paper...
...Brookwood in these 10 years has thought through its own function in the field of labor education," he 1 , said...
...x::i...
...A m re- ' ,4 mat nen have been fat 15 ?*r cent, while IP aaars in the same in- )* • mttrtd a wage cut }u i a 50 per cent, aa Steei Bead aswted the anti-wage - aaat xade by Presi- ( r Ftrrfc...
...more cartoons sad simpler articles being called for...
...Over 70 per cent of these j have come from the highly indus- ( trialized states of New York, H- | ' ! linois and Massachusetts, though ! 23 other states and seven foreign I s 1 countries have been represented...
...They j came to us in a moment when un- j ionism was iff" despair and the fu- j ' [ ture seemed filled with gloom...
...She now has the satisfaction of s seeing a good-sized membership > rewarding her unfailing zeal...
...ac-j:r>-, which is •of btrxruptcy, ought ? aw: prosperous of j •sane- snowledge that I t aecr*;on...
...I t Y. — (FP) — Commencement exercises for 87 graduates of Brookwood Labor College marked the close of the school's tenth year...
...July 28, en route to VI', enna via Lemberg and Cracow...
...She is an indispensable aid to every Party affair or undertaking...
...He deplored : the fact that quite a number of 1 I branches do not sell The New 1 Leader at meetings'and showed what it means to the movement if the Impression made by speakers j was reinforced by supplementary 1 literature in the shape of an eight- ; page paper...
...4. Sell papers a t all meetings...
...Along with her . numerous branch activities, Comrade Volovick is active on the Woman's Committee of the .Socialist Party...
...Louis Sabloff told of the efforts being made ia the Midwood district to obtain subs and suggested that similar methods be followed elsewhere...
...Hugh Tally, a miner from Illinois, and Lawrence Hogan, leader of the 1929 textile strike in Marion, N. C spoke for the graduates, who represent 19 industries, 11 states and - four foreign countries...
...many c Ls ill 11< 11 and evefi the c I Lssna^d Employers L soft :ompetent to n I kb* iM to whether . i latf* at existing wage I t»r*r.-Uon in wages • l i r e t - r n of prosperKsssn ind their symKds were right the Ha...
...and to make our financial [future secure...
...a Naturally, a little pious hypo-1T crisy accompanies this sweating 3. of those who remain at" work...
...A. 4^mm%immm> ^M^ft ployment relief in dispensing meals I 1 when the soup kitchen was opened, organizing strikers' relief, plan- j > nlng and carrying out educational . or campaign work, Comrade Volo-1 r vlck has been in the midst of it, i 1 not only helping, but taking the t initiative and spurring others into 1 action...
...Meanwhile I taps, tient proposals I shanc ed and sympa•sade.-ad as remedies •*» eccnomic ills...
...Volovick, and it ia the carrying out of an ides that has been long in the minds of many Bronx Socialists...
...She touted the Party la 1910, and immediately became active in its work., in the campaign for Woman Suffrage and against the preparation for aad declaration of war...
...j of Socialism," to be led by Dr...
...A 8 recent survey showed graduates n | functioning as officials or local " i leaders of trade unions, in the Sojj j cialist and Communist Parties, the J: j Conference for Progressive Labor , I Action, in the cooperative, youth I and farmer movements, in teach" ing workers' classea...
...July 8 through July - 10...
...July 20 thorugh July 22...
...A Matthew S. Sloan, president of the Brooklyn Edison Company, is a member of the Prosser Committee for the Relief of Unemployment...
...It belongs to you and to "] all of us...
...e j would result in increasing the size i c i of the paper, adding new features, : and what is more, as Julius Gerber put it: "When we knew we have j [a weekly with a good basic circu- t I lation In New York City it will not 1 j take long before we will have a 1 ; daily paper...
...At the same time, we believe that labor education , j must be sound, objective, realistic...
...A f . protest by the dismlsed employes w declares: u . "Meanwhile those remaining on t the job are being subjected to the most rigorous speed-up system, tc cutting the time ordinarily allot- b, ted to electrical installation and tl construction work by one-half to n one-third...
...At this gathering tonight seva era...
...of V. S. Steel, j Jsart...
...It is one of the most c healthy of the big exploiting cor- a Derations in this country, but it H is not even satisfied with turning d l workers into the streets and pock- p etlng their vacation money...
...It is esti- m mated that from this one source ~_ alone, pocketing the vacation in- ~f comes of the workers, the corpor- *~ ation is about 850,000 to the good...
...Their work has brought a new spirit and a new hope into the ' lives of the men and women of 1 ' '\ these mountains who eke out' an j existence In producing coal...
...Its annual dividends are said to have increased in the last...
...Mrs...
...una, and Mary- ; - -i :i of miners have |. <cei ot.ow a snosfiaaace . . raese makers who are j . [ »i*r reductions will '! 1 tht szodu of many of j toiaous ooal companies i St- tcr aana The dis- ; S se^e„ the bituminous try dates back from the lae :?i.ators began to na Ti rough the coersub bankers the Indusat delated' and as a j kiaau2oua coal indus- ' 1 worse economic condithe sgrcultural indus- ' »1 Neit Winter S; the p-.blic that those at dividends in this dem so: goffered as have ' >1M or the victims of 1 Swea ?:eaded for hlghssj power for the 'tst wage cutting polid by some employers •t t ~ijst unfavorable I ssoccmic effect," he •sptovnient continues...
...1 i Following the Vienna stay, the 1 . group will proceed to Berlin and f then to America, arriving in New 1 - York August 20th...
...To Leningrad...
...t&*en w*s referring " ggti by the action of tgnsiBfBSm...
...bitu- ! j a. ti - of Ohio, West ( Ke- . - y. central aad...
...The result is defective wiring and construction involving tl a most serious menace to the safe- a ty of the men employed and par- e. ticularly to the public...
...Only those who are dissatisfied - with things as they are can produce enthusiasm and motive power to further any cultural advance," said Barnes in stating the case for social education...
...and as labor l" press correspondents here and abroad...
...Sloan's idea of relief is to re- t lieve the workers of their jobs and v, make the remaining workers do n the work of those who are "re- t lieved...
...Augtjsft '5M* KfiaWi* TPwtes Bronx- Socialists to Honor Sarah Volovick For Services to Party at Dinner Tonight AFINE tribute will be tendered ; tonight, Friday, to Sarah Volovick, in the Paradise Mansion, ' on Mt...
...in the...
...arrive Abo and by rail '. to Helsingfors...
...July 18 and July 19, en y route to Kiev, arriving on the I 19th...
...New York City...
...1 Brookwood has graduated 223 in- , " 1 dustrial workers in the 10 years, 1 3 185 per cent of them trade union j ; members...
...press their affection and appreciar tion to her Sat her many years 08 i- remarkable service and esrwjtJaeg Brookwoot Graduates 37 Students Muste Announces Campaign for $100,000 Sustaining Fund for College KATONAH...
...Brady Ignores Pope f* _ _ _ * th TWO THOUSAND employes of th the Brooklyn Edison Company U l are revealing an amazing example ™ of heartless greed on the part of th* corporation...
...t Harry W. Laidler this summer, j The party will leave America on t June 23rd, will visit the Scandin- ] 1 avian countries, where particular 1 attention will be given to the co- ' 1 operative and labor movements...
...With such a sustaining fund, we can be assured of another 10 years of activity...
...unrest is in•saaa iistress is be•» acute...
...s July 11...
...Those intert ested should correspond immedi1 ately with Dr...
...Laidler Announces J; Students Socialist Tour t Of Europe in" Summer FINAL arrangements have been j made for the "Students Tour...
...Accept the Board's offer as j a mesas of increasing the la- ' , come of branches of 85 per coat ' of all new sabscrlpttoas aad 18 < per cent oa all renewals...
...f "For the past several years, since the party branch of Socialt lata residing in the Amalgamated il Cooperative A p a r t m e n t s was - formed, she has been the mainstay v of the branch, loading up on offie cial as well as "unofficial" duties...
...We 1 can never fail to remember with 1 ; deep appreciation the generous ' ' help given us by Brookwood...
...Hits workers on wage Cuts L f ? * l Urges ? t , to Resist the w C| , f Standards J ( a C r T - Bankers JJ Zm-m hat they are n •r^ponaibility for % United l f dawaad wage- ^ L Green of the AmerE at Labor told the Ttto Brotherhood of m ^ , ^ 6 , si session in JZTfpeeeb * w b i c b Sftat wsges be kept Sj sad' that hours of ^mA a means of en- \ m ^ - 1 . -x consume the r , ^Tiow aWe to pro- A 1 th .Mrs a* the Chase fi| L^BSotrts of the Na- R of New York, H Lririt SaUonal Bank pi .gal SWphenson of the ec LggSTl' Association as ti g nft reductions, in mri tha: organized la- m ^dod uncompromising s< trainst ail at- c; ^n: Hving standards ei • HpofT-km of reduc- at an.' Ke also said that a _ -a* jojemn duty of of the naUon to S id Uw power they poslaaft of those banking -i 0 irt seeking to en- »' 0SBI is '•ages...
...The group < [ will arrive at the Austrian capital 1 in time for the convention of the r Labor and Socialist International ; which this year promises to be of . extraordinary interest, in view of • . the complicated economic and in- • 1 ternationai situation...
...7~ But even this does not exhaust the measureless greed of the company...
...lUige ia reached, oub' •* sat fail to hold j •^ueaces responsible and distress "•aaf -aen...
...Our task is two-fold—to bring . I Brookwood into closer contact with 1 j the workers, organized and unor: I ganized...
...1 i will then proceed to Russia and ; . from Russia to Vienna...
...1 The itinerary planned follows: j June 23, sail on S. S. Colum- 1 bus of the North German' Lloyd, I Tourist Third Cabin...
...We have our j choice between conservative dom- j ination, which means an arrested j civilization and ultimate ex tine- i tion...
...July 14 through July 17, a Moscow...
...Members > will also see the International 1 1 Working Class Olympiad la Vienna...
...s retary of The New Leader Publish- IJ ing Association, respectively, and f I others in which assurances were ; I ; made that a larger circulation...
...acustry...
...strongest hint "*a«.,ican capitalists * Y. auty be unable • 1 * ^ 7 of millions of lT~"«'d workers next ssaftsiists make m IT" which will re•2rr t'f 4 i t h :a t h e » T " *»ders to help Who Beat Up Young Socialists Trial Monday z'**ang two young TK_**> is scheduled j t ^ E ^ ^ ^ t n . in the HN^tnd Jesse B'klyn Edison Fires 2,000 on Vacation Eve D i s c h a r g e d Workers th Picketing the Plant— 'f...
...Board members present . ax-, plained the difficulties in the way of carrying out some of the suggestions because of financial handicaps, and on behalf of the Board of Directors, Julius Gerber...
...New Leader Supporters Plan Campaign To Boost Paper HEARTILY approving plans < o: submitted by The New Leader ' g Board of Directors for building the [ d circulation and strengthening the ' o influence of their paper, delegates \ p from Socialist party branches and t< the Y o u n g People's Socialist tl League at a well-attended meeting v last Wednesday evening at the ii People's House, voted to do the following: B 1. Elect oae or more mean- j ? bers as New Leader agents...
...Stockholm—leave night of the II 10th by steamer for Abo...
...Slectric...
...many miners' homes...
...Finland...
...e -5...
...We stand for education which is an integral part of the j labor movement and which frank - i ly prepares for a new world in j which workers shall control their ! own destiny...
...A campaign for a 8100,000 sustaining fund for Brookwood will be launched in the fall, according to A. J. Muste, head of the school...
...i Other victims of the gouging e point out that Nicholas Brady is e a Papal Knight, high in the coun- * ells of his church, and a big wig c in Edison affairs...
...Every member of t he j New Leader Association and Board is a member of the Socialist Party, i We must all put our shoulder to j the wheel, and build an effective Party press and thereby strength! en the Party...
...The t committee in charge has ' opened headquarters in room 2004, 104 e ,. Fifth avenue Dr...
...and social change, driven either by indignation and other emotional motivation or by sound conviction and scientific Information...
...This affair has been arranged by a large number of intimate friends and comrades of Mrs...
...Harry Elmer Barnes, editorial writer for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, and Abraham Epstein, head of the Old Age' Security League and one of the founders of Brookwood, were among the speakers...
...Ala., who f' a, M auOding contrac- 1 an sou: get no more j m -jie>- slashed wages I * •a...
...The meeting listened eagerly toi the remarks of James Oneal, New I c Leader editor: Morris Berman and t Jul!us Gerber, president and sec...
...Her 0 life is dedicated to the cause of t Socialism and none of the dark .- periods of the party has ever s shaken her spirit of determination, c If anything, these experiences have only made her work the t, more...
...ten years from 84-50 to 88 per ? share...
...Kiev, with visits to collective y farms, leaving on the 22nd for '. Vienna...
...The editor concluded : with an appeal to the delegates to ; decide that no single meeting < would be regarded as % success unless a bundle of New Lsstaera was : on hand for sale...
...er What makes the discharge of i oJ these employes especially con- 1" temptible is O a t they had already " been notified when their vacations ~~ were to begin when the order came for their dismissal...
...The Pope re- m cently urged such men against the t policy pursued by this corporation but it appears that in the s case of the Bradys and their kind t piety and merciless usury go hand w in hand- s The dismissed workers are cir- t dilating a petition .all over the t city addressed to Mayor Walker v demanding an investigation of the d practices of this corporation...
...Expressing bis belief that when i the American people become con- ] ; vinced as a result of the present t ; crisis of the necessity for action t they will move rapidly, Oneal de- ] j dared that never was it so easen- 1 ! tial for the Socialist press to be ; boosted at meetings in halls and 1 , upon the streets in order to en- 1 I lighten the people and Indicate to 1 ! them the correct path to follow in 1 these critical times...
...Withlout its assistance there would now , be no miners' union here and there ' j would have been actual starvation J...
...2. Get every Party member ^ to subscribe...
...hundred Socialists will pay »- tribute to this magnificent worker s in our great cause sad will exr...
...Edmund Seidel, Bronx Socialist, teQS...
...Inexperienced and low y paid mechanics are being employed ci in place of the experienced hands a. laid off...
...Volovick is one of the most active, energetic and devoted workers among the women members of the Socialist Party of New York City...
Vol. 12 • May 1931 • No. 21
