Can Bolshevism Bring About Socialism?
Low, Bela
Can Bolshevism Bring About Socialism' Soviet System. Seen as Based on Foree and Ignoring Economic Backwardness, Held Boomed to Fall of Socialist Aim By Bela Low (ConUaoed from test week) Can...
...20, 9 p. m., Samuel A DeWitt, "The Socialist Attitude Towards Soviet Russia," Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 219 Backman street...
...Calls came over the phone...
...When every peaceable effort to evict him had failed, Joe ordered a deputy to lock him up and he willingly walked with' the officer toward the jail...
...The meal is appetizing and wholesome...
...The five-year plan was framed, the country divided into two "sectors," the Socialist one, industry and trade, and the private one, farming, the latter to support the former...
...the ventilation is good and the bedding is clean...
...How long are you here...
...The Problems of Unemployment," 808 Adee avenue...
...Socialist Party, 2nd A D. Thursday, Feb...
...All in all, as jails, go, 1 was favorably impressed with this one...
...Someone to the outer office was creating considerable commotion...
...Yipsel Hike Tomorrow New York Yipsels will hike tomorrow to Hunters' Island- This will be the first early spring (or shall we say late winter) hike of the season- All comrades will meet at the Pelham Bay station of the L R- T. at 10 a. m. sharpArrangements for bate btH teams are being made for this summer- The first tryouts will take place at the hike, under the direction of Victor Trills 1 All comrades who Intend to participate, should bring along all proper paraphenalla...
...The Russian revolution was a result of an alliance of peasants and workers...
...The essence of Bolshevism is rule by force and denial of freedom...
...In New York City a Free Youth newsboys squad has already distributed many copies at shops and schools...
...One man, a federal prisoner, asks for a clean towel...
...This is a splendid Socialist propaganda paper, published by the Milwaukee comrades...
...Besides, it has caused violent resentment among the peasants, who now have to be kept in submission by severe coercive measures...
...Did Benson carry bundles...
...We start on.a tour of "inspection...
...The land, except where the peasants will be willing to work it cooperatively, will be returned to the peasants Naturally, under such conditions Russia will not be a Socialist state The peasants, the bulk of the population, will largely be private owners...
...Only through development ot industry and scientific farming with modern machinery can the Russian farming problem be solved...
...The Executive Committee of the party went over the list with me...
...The ascendancy of the working class under capitalism, which finally fits it to take the destinies of the country into its hands, can take place only where at least a minimum of democracy exists...
...Socialist Party, 22-23rd A. D. Branch...
...27, 9 p. m., Simon Berlin, "Morality, Social and Individual," Grand 'Hotel, 22-24 Beach 35th street, Edgemere...
...Socialism cannot be made for the workers by a group...
...All week the office witnessed such "hustle bustle" as only campaign time ordinarily brings...
...The office was filled with Yipsels, each with a designated task on his mind, which he was fulfilling to the best of hit ability...
...The jail itself is housed on Jonr separate floors...
...Brighton Beach Branch...
...but even arrests can be humanely accomplished and this was stressed -to the deputies as they were given warrants to bring their parties in...
...This opposition is now crushed...
...Not finding Benson, in, on my first visit to the Safety Building, I stepped into the under-sheriff's office...
...The meats •re stored to one, the vegetables fct the other and the third holds the canned goods...
...kept rigidly clean...
...The communist asm here which we all disapprtj their lies and calumnies, ff|B ruptive work in trade unksjfl hatred of socialism, are osfl logical outcome of the ides I right of a minority to aJ0J be it against society o r jB labor organizations...
...As we talked, officers' and citizens continued to arrive, the phone kept ringing, but when I expressed a desire to leave so as not to impose on his valuable time, he insisted that I remain and I did...
...Later he became a truckman...
...Visitors can conveniently talk to <the prisoners, but steel shutters [prevent the possibility of passing anything to them...
...At the next meeting of Circle 4, a debate will be held on "The Value of an Economic Interpretation of War as a Means of Gaining Adherents to Socialism...
...A hearty handshake and a "I'm glad to meet you, comrade," followed...
...Brooklyn, won the office of financial secretary over Larry E. Selman...
...If so, this was the only case of Socialist "injustice" I found while rambling in a n d about the Sheriff's domain...
...This policy was inaugurated solely as a better method for collecting the grain...
...Sunday, Feb...
...I 'm the party's representative m this office," said the sheriff...
...For these reasons the workers have everywhere in the world been the vanguard in the struggle for democracy...
...They like A L They know he is decent and humane...
...Yorkville Branch, Socialist Party...
...In agriculture, the smaller farm is more productive than the larger, if the two are operated in the same primitive fashion...
...As we visit each tier, the men greet the sheriff...
...On his desk among other papers, are copies of The New Leader, the Milwaukee Leader and the Socialist Campaigner...
...Even to the party office I couldn't escape him...
...He who accepts tbsw must accept all its logTcsTM quences, the suppression off] position, the denial of righti terror...
...he asks...
...If we identify oamgjM Bolshevism, then its f H bound to hurt our own t^H The Socialist movssaJjH world is very directly^H the Bolshevik governntajH other way...
...Other comrades," added Al, "sought the job...
...Deputy sheriffs came and went Citizens dropped in...
...A few chths and classes, primarily only for Communists, cannot supplant the freedom which the workers need to develop their latent powers and faculties...
...tj| of the use of force pnlM short-cut to usher In 49 Enthusiasm, Impatience, a i j desire for socialism are « • ! • ful...
...When I visited the editorial rooms of the Milwaukee Leader, and there, while chatting with Comrades Seidel, Costello, Work and Wolfsohn, I found Benson busily walking from desk to desk...
...others, Mr...
...For three years he built and built,' and when he stepped into the sheriff's office, he left to his successor, Bill Coleman, an organization with a solid foundation...
...An important factor has so far been omitted...
...When the party in Milwaukee needed a secretary capable of carrying its many burdens they chose Al Benson, and he proved MJateeM more than equal to the task...
...wherever these reached a certain point, despotism had to go...
...it can come only as the result of the free action of ths working class itself...
...The longer Bolshevism lasts, the greater the danger that the peasants will be driven Into such a position...
...We arrive at the jail...
...Second, the inauguration of the N. E. P...
...Two years hence he may be to the ranks of the unemployed...
...It became a *y-word among the citizens of Milwaukee county...
...He is a fine, sturdy, unassuming man, no^ to the least flustered because of the fact that he is the highest officer in the county...
...CLEVELAND CHARTER PARTY The newly organised Circle 2 will celebrate Us-ammssion into the ranks ot Ylpseldom, - with a Charter Party, which will be held on Friday, Feb- 27National Chairman, Talbert White, will present the charter and install the circleNEWARK ACTIVE Circle 1, Newark, is the latest addition to our bulletin family...
...Only a few weeks have elapsed since Benson was sworn to and already it has gained tremendous prestige...
...19, he was in Lancaster and prepared the around for a circle...
...Benson," "O...
...The subject acts on him like a tonic and you find before you a refreshed mountain of energy...
...With conflicting opinions even among the Communists, the rulers have always arrogated to themselves a monopoly of all wisdom...
...Socialist Party, Sunnyside Branch...
...Socialist Party, 3-5th A D. Friday, Feb...
...Reorganization was imperative and this was promptly and effectively accomplished...
...Joe was the most surprised man when he was informed of his appointment He deserved it on the basis of all around merit and loyalty...
...Have you fellows enough smokes...
...And so we g o from tier to tier, each group receiving a proportionate share of cigarettes, free...
...One cannot discuss Russia without speaking about the peasants, four-fifths of the population...
...Last Saturday, teemed like the day before election, when all work seems to have piled up for the last moment and the comrades put forth their last bit ot energy...
...Socialist Party, Coney Mend Branch...
...Benson started as a metal polisher...
...Socialist Party, 23rd A D. Branch...
...FREE YOUTH Free Youth Oat...
...There is no crowding...
...In the matter 'of arrests, the sheriffs' office has no choice...
...secondly, a reduction of wages, by supposedly voluntary but actually forced deductions for state loans...
...They could not be satisfied with the Bolshevik regime, because the state existed primarily through the exploitation of the peasants, who bad to sell their produce at fixed low prices and pay very high prices lot industrial products...
...It is no mere coincidence that wherever industry grew, the classes engaged in it, bourgeois and workers alike, fought autocracy and struggled for freedom...
...Finally, they reverted to serfdom, tying the worker to the Job allotted to him...
...Details would consume too much time...
...But for ths workers, freedom is of paramount importance...
...First, complete socialization down to the distribution of soap the workers were told to seise the factories...
...This holds true also of the police and fire departments...
...The Bolsheviks could not bring about this solution...
...Without It, they cannot organize to protect their interests...
...They will also try to raise enough funds to send at least a dozen Yipsels via the 'Red Special' to the coming JamboreeMONTREAL Our comrades up north are giving a fllne account of themselves...
...A Mollin, 1405 Walton avenue...
...On the way to the prison, we ?ass the kitchen...
...Though his duties as sheriff are multifarious, wherever there is a party activity of any importance, you'll flrd him present...
...Even from the point of view of capital, the free worker is mors desirable than the slave, because he is more efficient...
...Benson and the rest, sheriff...
...Impartial individuals, conversant with the situation, frankly admit this fact Due to the laxness, inefficiency and indifference of the former sheriff, Benson found himself with a demoralized staff on his hands...
...During a lull I approached him and introduced myself...
...It was a treat to me to sit there and watch the Socialist Party at work...
...Bolshevism has thu3 to a large extent destroyed the accomptishments of the revolution...
...Another reason, of course, why this Milwauee jail looked so good to me was because I was looking to, and not out, through the bars...
...Tuesday, Feb...
...4th A D. BROOKLYN Friday, Feb...
...It is taking the land from the peasants, it has abolished every vestige of liberty, i t is relentlessly exploiting the masset of workers and peasants, i t has created a gigantic state apparatus whica rests despotically on the population...
...Would that he Socialism, which Means social and industrial democracy...
...and the girls, civilians, serve you with efficiency...
...I attended a semi-public dinner given to A. J. Muste...
...Right off the visitors' rooms, there is also, on each floor, a smaller room, arranged with table and chairs, where lawyers can privately con-' verse with their clients...
...Friday, Feb...
...i* i ^ISHny*d*e?r 1*a v0e4n uU em .t oSdo ciSatlaistte s Party, 31st A D. Branch...
...Socialist Party 3-5th A D. Tuesday, Feb...
...Benson spoke highly Si Klein...
...The result was an a) most complete destruction of all productive forces...
...Friday, Feb...
...I'm broke," comes the plaintive reply...
...The men are left satisfied...
...The last edition, with material on peace, was timely for ut, as we were just responsible for the organisation of the Young People's League for Peace, to which several other youth organizations are affiliated...
...At one end is a large table with a-bench on each side and, backed against the stone wall, are the cells, equipped with modern plumbing...
...A despotic government is incompatible with the free development of productive forces...
...He had had a tough struggle pushing his erstwhile charge from the prison office into freedom...
...The first tier we visit we find the men seated around a table playing cards...
...Ten days...
...Joe Klein was selected because he possessed the necessary qualifications for this position and because of his constant devotion to the party...
...He is in direct and frequent touch with his charges and, as time goes on, he hopes to further develop his humane policy toward them...
...Some are corrupted by Jobs in the bureaucracy and the insists are cowed into submissiveness...
...26, 8:30 p. m., Louis Waldman, "America Facing the Future,' 'Hollywood Gardens, 896 Prospect avenue...
...Alright, AT," "Pretty good, Mr...
...It is a spacious aface...
...They appear reasonable...
...as a matter of fact the yield per .acre is now lower than before the war...
...In this capacity he acquired the knack of shouldering heavy loads...
...Production gradually revived, some peasants became prosperous and some "nepmen," petty traders, developed...
...When they see us, they rise and approach the bars...
...EVERY dictatorship Is bound to be inefficient...
...Alright," Benson assures him, "you'll be taken care of...
...A debate on Unemployment Insurance was held at the last meeting of Circle MILWAUKEE The Mask Ball of the 'North Side Yipsels proved to be a huge success The first prise wss captured a group of fair maidens from the South Side Circle, who were dressed in red overallsAt a wen attended meeting of Y. P. 8. L. and Party representatives a welfare commission was organizedThe purpose of this body is to plan for more effective education and propaganda, athletic and social work , r among the five circles in Milwaukee...
...It breeds corruption, it stifles initiative...
...the key Industries were retained by the state, managers were all-powerful in ths factories, some private trade and small industry was permitted, the land belonged to the peasants...
...Socialist Party, 5th A D. Branch...
...24, 9 p. m„ August Claessens, "Selfishness—A Study of Human Behavior," office of Dr...
...Socialist and Sheriff...
...BRONX Friday, Feb...
...Ihey wear white uniforms and five the place a spick and span atmosphere...
...Private enterprises will spring up side by side with publicly owned Industries...
...At the last meeting of Circle 1, the MooneyBillings frame-up rvas presented vividly in a talk by Jack Rosen...
...However, as...
...At the Annual 'Mock Parliament" of the University, the Yipsels were the Labor Party faction...
...The freeing from serfdom had not given them the amount of land they needed...
...That one day, over four thousand copies were enclosed, sealed in envelopes, assorted, and mailedIn addition to the sample copies, bundle orders were sent to Cleveland, Montreal, Reading, Philadelphia, and New York- One circle in New York, Circle 2, Man-, ordered over three hundred copies...
...The forceful collectivization ot vast numbers of farms cannot raise Russian agriculture to a higher level, in view of the backwardness of Russian industry and the consequent scarcity of tools and machines...
...Four days before I was locked up...
...The Russian agrarian problem is closely tied up with the development of industry, because even after the division of the estate, the peasant owns an insufficient acreage under the existing extensive method of farming, where the yield per acre is low...
...You drive with him in his car and as slips you a copy of the Socialist Campaigner...
...Another man,,-with a heavy growth of beard approaches the bars...
...Bill Coleman and I were quietly talking things over...
...27, 9 p. m., speaker and topic to be announced, Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 219 Sackman street...
...firstly, a lengthening of hours, overtime jaw being the rule and not the exception...
...It is sometimes said that Socialism and Bolshevism differ only in methods, but agree in their goal...
...Benson is the "boss" of these institutions...
...As the fellow was being led away, we returned to the under-sheriff's office...
...Seen as Based on Foree and Ignoring Economic Backwardness, Held Boomed to Fall of Socialist Aim By Bela Low (ConUaoed from test week) Can the Bolsheviks Bring About Socialism...
...A "right" opposition developed, warning against the tempo of socialization...
...In the last campaign Benson organized bundle brigades and they distributed 125,000 copies Of this publication each week...
...the collectivization of farms was started...
...Manor Court, Community Room, 4313 Csrolin street, Sunnyside...
...Socialist Party, Morningside Heights BranchFriday, Feb...
...LOS ANGELES A new circle on the east side of Lot Angeles has been organised, and during the two weeks of Its existence thirty-five members have enrolledNew York City Belsky Re-elected Abe Belsky emerged the victor over Julius Umansky in one of the most lively contests that the New York City organization has yet witnessed for the office of Executive SecretaryThough the election was close all along, the last few circles to vote brought the winner over the finish line with a fair margin- - Harry C. Davis, of Circle 1, Sr...
...27, 8:15 p. m., Morris Hillquit, "Troubles at Home and Abroad," Yorkville Temple, 157 Eaat 86th street...
...The Russian rulers use the simplest methods of crude capitalism to increase exploitation...
...In some Instances, when the case was of a minor character, and the individual was known to be a permanent resident, he was called up on the 'phone and asked to come down and surrender...
...The sheriff's office, for the past six years, under the old regime, had fallen into ill repute...
...The members are: Winston Dancis, Harry Lopatin, Julias Bertman, Julius Umansky, Ben Senitser, August Tylov, Jack Altman, Ben Horowitz, Morris Cohen, Yetta Rtesel, Phil Heller, Irving Smith, sad Aaron Levenateuv Lecture Calendar MANHATTAN Sunday, Teb...
...a large part of it was still in the hands of the big landowners, on whom the Czarist government rested...
...But in due time the situation cleared up...
...Socialist Party, 23rd A D. Friday, Feb...
...Social-Democracy ant^H vism are different in method and in goal...
...Joe asked him to quiet down and leave...
...The vats, ranges and other appurtenances are arranged in an orderly way...
...The napkins, plates and silver are neatly srringed...
...This aroused the old boy and he became pugnacious...
...Under his arm he carries a,carton of cigarettes he intends to distribute among the prisoners...
...Downstairs we pass three dining rooms...
...Everything is neatly placed on ledgers or hung sa hooks...
...The Russian revolution was largely a revolution of the peasants...
...The recent eouectiveness, which some hail a s a great Socialist accomplishment, cannot solve this problem either...
...Socialist Party, 4th A D. Sunday, Feb...
...27, 9 p. m., Samuel Seidman, "Socialism to Our Timet," 3068 East Third street...
...there are no big capitalists left in Russia, the workers will exercise a powerful Influence in a democratic state...
...William E. Bonn, "The History of Hard Times," 600 West 181st street...
...Benson's first task when he assumed office on the fifth of January, this year, was to see to it that the prisoners received good food and good treatment The improvement is gradual, but noticeable, and the men appreciatively recognize the change...
...K., sheriff," respond a chorus of voices...
...Al talks, thinks and dreams of the party all the time...
...Al Benson Was there...
...Socialist Party, 16th A D. Branch...
...Benson takes cognizance of them...
...Only those who make a fetish out of the absence of private capital am) the operation of a bureaucratic plan, can overlook the anti-social results of Bolshevik rulership in Russia...
...Socialist Party...
...Some call him Al...
...They are centering their attention on the problem of making the students of McGill University socialist-minded...
...Friday, Kb...
...A humorous incident occurred one evening when I was visiting with Joe...
...Benson asks...
...The men were informed that they were expected to attend strictly to their duties, that no one would be favored, that merit alone would count The effect on the men, of this policy, has been to make them all content • • • This story would be incomplete if it failed to mention the name of the man Benson chose to serve with him as Undersheriff, Comrade Joseph Klein...
...Sunday, Feb...
...22, 8:30 p. m., Dr...
...so did Benson...
...Behind a large, flat top desk, a busy individual was sitting...
...It seemed to toe tar superior to' the prisons on Blackwell's Island (now called Welfare Island) where I was domiciled In 1917 by a judge who, though he agreed with all of Wilson's 14 points, failed to agree with the one and only point I raised regarding the purpose of the World War...
...Why don't you get shaved...
...Without these organizations, they cannot familiarize themselves with the problems of industry, the affairs of the nation and the world...
...Other possibilities are Luzerne, Richmond...
...It's my duty to lay down the policy of the party here...
...A barred (ate swings open and we enter, the jailer and his assistants greet •fa...
...Socialist Party...
...clalism...
...In industry, a large establishment works almost invariably more economically than a small one...
...fjtH movement is accordingly™ into two camps...
...Yes, he did' • • • In the sheriff's office Benson sits, tired...
...The excessive driving in Russia has already been mentioned, piece work being universally employed...
...We have seen that in Russia all the elements are absent which make for such an ascesdsncy of the proletariat...
...7 Bast 15th street \ational Notes The National Secretary has been in touch with Fred Oendral, David George, Lester Rhnim^n and other state secretaries about the organisation of Yipsel groups, and these comrades have pledged themselves to help in the organization of circles In their respective territories, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and ColoradoComrade SwiUr.es visited Potts town on Feb- is, and appealed to the party comrades to send their youngsters and others to the party headquarters so » Yiptel group may be formed On Feb...
...This is a civil service job and many other party members have been deputies for years...
...Mechanically, the men start fingering to their pockets and the inevitable answer is "No...
...In some tiers, the cells contain four bunks...
...Assume, for the sake of argument, that by a miracle the Russian rulers will succeed in raising the productivity to such a leyel that the material conditions of the Russian people would greatly improve...
...We walked out and there found an old fellow, considerably under the weather, talking, shouting and gesticulating...
...20, 9 p. m„ Julius Umansky, "Socialism and War," 3068 East Third street Socialist Party Brighton Beach Branch...
...Between tiers, on each floor, is a visitors' room...
...24, 8 p. m., Edward F. Cassidy, McAllster Coleman, Donald Henderson, "Unemployment," P. S. 43, Amsterdam avenue and 129tn street...
...This was done to save him and his family embarrassment...
...Much will depend on the attitude of the peasants who outnumber the rest of the people...
...For the sake of our owjfl ment, it is necessary to aeejB Utopian illusion that SoctsMJJ be brought about regai^S conditions, and to do ssmfl the communist conception H clalism can rest on force...
...With all these changes in policy, there has been one thing constant: the denial of democracy, the perseration of all opponents and violent hatred of the international Socialist movement...
...The shooting1 of technicians and administrators when things do not go as they should, or their imprisonment when they disagree with the dictator, is not the best method to secure intelligent cooperation...
...Monday, Pea, 23, » p. m., Henry f?S!2SrS...
...No committee meeting Is complete without him...
...Inside, a wall of bars from end to end and floor to ceiling separates you from the prisoners...
...Their educational director is the editor of the University Magazine and their members are carrying on propaganda among the rank and file of the collegiates...
...The CoramnsjH ties, united in the Third fl tional, are financed, contaH directed by the M o s c tn The split in the labor fj|^| which was deliberateh/jB about by the Bol3hevBrjH ment, everywhere w e a k e aS ism and strengthens reactisfl reactionary persecution IftM harmed the Socialist movssjfl Communism has...
...Wearily he talks about various matters but once he reaches the topic of party organization, he becomes animated again...
...the sooner the dictatorship disappears, j hound to fan some **rm ter the chance that 9 a progressivi ^--nnisti not be s Socialist mM strong and free SstJH unison, with the^grettf armies of the v-otid^fl If Socialists, demisSB for Russia, are ccaiiB posed to the BolshtflB their position is e a t f ^B from that of reactk)2^| reactionaries who oppsaM sian government, std^H very friendly with &v9H Mussolini, do so ^ ^ ^B think it is a Socialist ||H we are against it, llSJ know that it is not ft...
...Socialism and Bolshevism are two utterly different conceptions...
...Fourth, when insufficient grains came in...
...SccialiasH separably connected witflH racy...
...Joe immediately raised the receiver of bis 'phone and instructed the jailer not to book the inebriated gent, but to set him loose...
...20, 8:30 p. m., Samuel Orr, "Labor Legislation," 1167 Boston road...
...Each floor •oatains two tiers...
...This Isn't all...
...22, 11 a. m„ Harry Laidler, "Unemployment Insurance," Hollywood Gardens, 896 Prospect avenue...
...27, 8:30 p. m., Samuel A DeWitt, "The Liquidation of the Small Business Man," 1167 Boston road...
...August Claessens...
...A dictatorship must also .arouse opposition in the workers...
...30, S p. at, Ethelred Brown, "Determinism," 218 Van Sicklen avenue...
...Two of these are reserved for juries...
...In the cities the hourgeofs wanted and the workers needed freedom, Land to the peasants and freedom to the people, was the watchword of the revolution...
...JB is the striking example ofS disregard of sound socisjH ciples can lead astray...
...Out with a bang" Is hardly the way to discribe the way FREE YOUTH was born last week- Its first appearance st the New Leader dinner made an excellent impression among many prominent comrades and the way they received It was* surely encouraging- - * The first great task—that of mailing out over ten thousand sample copies—was met with much lest difficulty than was expected...
...The peasants tolerated the Bolsheviks, because the revolution had at least given them land...
...It puzzled me, at first, how a man, so short a time in office, could be so complete a master of his job...
...New Executive Committee At the hut meeting of the Central Committee of New York City, a new Joint Executive Committee of Juniors and Seniors was elected...
...UsMB words of Plekhanow: crusaders reached their gtsjl shouted 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem loudest, but those who kafJB geography.*' The Socialist Sheriff of Milwaukee County Al Benson Carries Bis Double Responsibility...
...A regime which cannot satisfy these masses has no basis for existence and is doomed to failure...
...When were you shaved last...
...The following night Muste addressed a gathering of workers...
...Comrades who want to help to the work of getting Pre Youth across are asked to report at the office in he Rand School...
...In order to carry out this policy effectively, 1 had to have a man who is capable, efficient and who knows the force and understands all the inner workings of this important branch of the county government We have a number of fine comrades who have been on the force for years...
...22, 8:30 p. to., Theodore Shapiro, "Soviet Russia and the Five Year Plan," 2203 Mermaid avenue...
...but they are no sign 40 calism unless coupled v I BM understanding of the forest] tend to bring about sodejjl of the methods that can 1*1 cessfully employed...
...A few minutes later the deputy returned, panting...
...to others, only one...
...The Safety Building of Milwaukee is an enormous and modern structure...
...He is a Socialist through and through...
...Here, guards are stationed...
...With Great Success AL BENSON is the Socialist Sheriff of Milwaukee County...
...24, 8:30 p. m., Laura Garrett, topic to be announced...
...much in the interest f f ll aries, and they fully sjfl opportunity to point tt b 9 an illustration of SocisSsM It hi our duty to tear 9JB Socialism from the aBfl shevism and to expaj^H working class for whtaH is...
...The enttnfl ity of Communists is dinesfl against capitalism, but sjtittfl clalism, which, they frsatfl clare, is their most dtsjfl Those Socialists who iwjS pernicious influence of thttjS 1st parties, which are sotkhjl the puppets of the Rustita,fM ment, and at the same ttajfl a friendly feeling toward 1 same government, show ael a Christian attitude than s i and certainly a great os&fl consistency...
...Only through introduction of improved technology can the large farm be more productive than the small one...
...In steps the sheriff to take up organization matters with the new secretary...
...Sunday, Feb...
...Here, too, women are employed...
...22, 8:30 p. m., Pauline Newman, "The Equality of Men and Women," 96 Ay?nue C. Socialist Party, 6th A. D. Branch...
...Bolshevik a n d Socialist Policy far Russia What Is now heralded sa a great plant to bring about full Socialism in Russia, is Just the moat recent of a number of different policies, each at its time hailed as the only correct one...
...Hello, boys," Benson calls out, "how are you...
...Evidently the poor fellow yearned for a home and grub...
...23, 8:30 p. rn August Claessens, "Our National Heritage— •Hieft»ctt of Biology," flat of a series of Ave lectures on "Heredity and Ent ' 2 nSr a^tCJ2l a . ••enue...
...comes the response from one fellow, with an expression of surprise on his face...
...Here we sit down and partake of some food...
...The arrangement of the tiers is such that the prisoners to one tier cannot communicate, or even see, the prisoners to the adjoining tier...
...It must be admitted that there is a danger that the peasants, who feel that they are exploited by~th# cities, will antagonize the workers, and that they will become enemies of Socialism, because ths government, which now exploits them, sails under the flag of Sa...
...That also is not true...
...The participants will he Morris Neiburger and George Perkins...
...In each of these cities the copies will be distributed at meetings, shop gates, at srhoolt, and in schools...
...But holding office for the sake of rendering service to the party, that means everything In the life of Al Benson...
...QUEENS Tuesday, Feb...
...What's the matter," asks the sheriff, "are you boys broke...
...If this can be kept up, then Russia will be a progressive democracy...
...Benson turns to the jailer who accompanies us and says, "See that be gets one...
...Friday, Feb...
...Against this Bolshevik policy stands that of Socialism: let the people of Russia decide their own fate, down with the dictatorship, freedom for the Russian people' As to economic measures, all Socialists agree that such industries which can be advantageously op erated by the state, or the municipality, should remain public" property...
...Other requests are made...
...The table cover is spotless...
...We are millionaires, Al," he says and, after a short pause, he adds, with an assumed air of pride, "we have a dollar and a quarter between u s " Everybody laughs and A l slips them a couple of packages of cigarettes with the request that they divide them up...
...A "left" opposition demanded a return to Communism, Trotzky, its leader, was exiled...
...Trade will in all probability be desocialized...
...Holding office, for its own sake, means nothing to him...
...Socialist Party Branch 3 and Y. P. 8. L. Friday, Feb...
...Three large refrigerators form part of the equipment sf this model kitchen...
...In carrying out this duty, he not only proved that he was a man of determination but be also showed his mettle as an organizer and executive...
...It houses, among other public departments, the sheriff's office and the county jail...
...An iron door opens the way into each tier...
...Unruffled, Brief, but, decisive, this man handled all matters that came up with the precision of an expert At no time, however, was he lacking in courtesy...
...The next meeting of the peace group will be held on Monday, March 2, in Room 1625, Lefcourt Bldg, Newark CHICAGO The Chicago Yipsel are lending their efforts to the Alderman In campaignSquads of comrades are out every Sunday morning distributing literature and doing their share to the spreading of propaganda...
...Their semi-monthly mimeographed publication is called the Young Voice, and it edited by Hart Walker...
...Low, "The Road to Socialism," 1637 East 17th street, near Kingshfrh^ay...
...He has set for him—if a fast pace...
...Communism is iSSMI connected with minority V force...
...Socialism does not merely want to provide material* well-being, but full opportunities for enjoyment of life and of happiness, and that Is ^.*i.ta.ir«M« without freedom...
...Behind those bars is an open space, ample for exercise...
...20, 8:30 p. m...
...Broke...
...Denver, Lawrence-Kansas, and Kansas City, Mo...
...READING PLANS DANCE At the last meeting it was decided to have the first annual dance on Friday, March 30, in order to celebrate their recent progress—and of course —to fill their coffers...
...Socialist Party, Midwood Branch...
...Third, Stalin adopted more or less Trotsky's economic program...
...Thus, when an important office has to be filled in any of these organizations, the party is in the fortunate position of being able to appoint to such office, capable and experienced men from those departments, many of whom, through the civil service merit system, are already high officers in those organizations...
...Nothing lays about the floor...
...Comrade Walker writes the national office, "Your "Notes' are read with appreciation by the comrades...
...Untold hardships and sacrifices were imposed on the people, but never were they asked whether they agreed or not Never has the dictatorship in th» slightest way lessened...
...In one of the two, a jury, working overtime, is lining...
...Comrade Klein has been a deputy sheriff for fourteen years...
Vol. 12 • February 1931 • No. 8
