700 Socialist Branches Called to Aid Drive
700 Socialist Branches Called to Aid Drive Campaign Will Begin On April 21 Lewis Urges All Branches Get Of f to a Flying Start (By a New Leader Correspondent) WASHINGTON April 21 will mark...
...Tbe first of these bas been tentative set In Boston early in May...
...Coney Island...
...In Cleve land alone 2,000 small m e r c h a n t s - bakers, grocers and butchers - have contributed more In tbe support of t h e unemployed than bas t h e Community Fund by granting credit of more than $1,000 per merchant When this crisis is over the small merchant along with tbe workers will be forced to t be wall, while tbe big chains which give no credit and have contributed tittle to char Ity will take over a greater control of the retail trade—already.they have 45 per cent...
...Workmen's Circle Center, 48 Ocean Place, -Brighton Beach...
...The following speakers will take part: Frank A. 1 st ter, Professor Political Economy, Princeton University...
...In the larger Cities prominent speakers will address the meetings...
...Alex Cordiner, Edward Maurer, Albert G. Bastis, A. R. Gisslen and A. A, Parvialaen...
...Labor Theatre Groups To Confer Next Friday The Workers' Theatre of New York ia casing a conference of labor dramatic groups for Friday, April 15, a t 6:30 P. M., a t 7 East 15th s t r e e t The aim of tbe conference fat to consider ways and means of widening tbe scope of workers' dramatics throughout tbe country...
...L. I. D. Lunch o n Saturday "Concentration In American In due try—What Are I ts Implications...
...Massachusetts Makes Drive All efforts will be directed at insuring the success of the opening Of the drive...
...Pass lllark hard will preside...
...Workmen's Circle Center, 2202 Mermaid avenue...
...Socialists will assemble at their ,«eepectlve meeting halls to consider ways sad means for the conduct of tbe drive in their own circle, and t o s t a r t off the month's campaign, which will come to * close with tbe announcement of contributions at the convention dinner In Milwaukee...
...Capital has unemployment In suranee—it puts aalde funds for reserve during prosperity years In fact dividends for 1980 exceeded that of 1929, the peak year...
...Myn n Watldna, Professor of Ecomaaia, New York University...
...I n his letter to party branches and locals, Lewis has requested t h a t they issue a call to t h e mem' bershlp at an early date, so that adequate publicity may be issued to both the Socialist press and to local newspapers from the drive headquarters...
...Plana for t h a t conference will be considered at a meeting of tbe Massachusetts State Committee, Alfred Baker Lewis...
...The Socialist presidential elec torn will be: J. Gonstead, Sigmond Sionlm, L. Vincent Prosser, August Prohofsky, John Kobl, Dr...
...Louis are among the other cities which will have conferences shortly after the drive gets under way...
...The Workmen's Furniture Tire Insurance Society Witt Hold Annual Meeting April 14th The annual meeting of the member (policy-holders) of the Mala Branch of the Workmen's Furniture Fire Insurance Society, will be held on Thursday, April 14, at 8 P. M., in the mam ball of the New York Labor Temple, 243 East 84 th street, New York City...
...Remember the date, Thursday, April 14, a t 8 P. M„ a t tbe Labor Temple, 24S E a s t 84th street, New York...
...The first major effort of the campaign looks promising...
...English C, Thursday, 7:10-10 p. m. May 5 to June 2. Young Circle Symposium A three-cornered symposium with Algernon Lee speaking for Socialism, Wlllford I. King for capitalism, and Ben Gitlow for Communism will be held* under direction of the Forum Young Circle League, Sunday, April 17, 2:30 P . M, in the Rand School, 7 Bast 15th street...
...Tbe enrolled Socialists of these three neighborhoods have been circularized, canvassed, and will be urged to join tbe Party...
...Memorial Meeting For Filipo Turati in New York April 15 The death of Filipo Turati, Italian Socialist ia Paris last week, will be the occasion for a memorial m e e t i n g F r i d a y night, April 15, i n t h e Debs Audit o r i u r a of tbe H a nd School, 7 E. 15th street, New York C i t y . Socialists and their friends are urged to make this meeting an impressive tribute to the memory of this noble fighter for Socialism...
...Algernon Lee will take charge of this group and will be assisted In the discussions by other members of tbe staff and by prominent socialists and labor leaders, who will be Invited to discuss special topics...
...The program announced for the spring term is a novel one...
...August Prohofsky and Edward Maurer, St Paul...
...Tbe official machine of the Farmer-Labor Party, which held its convention the day after that of the Socialists, was all aet for an endorsement of Roosevelt for President...
...On Friday nights the school will conduct a series of symposiums on philosophy, psychology and literature...
...Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo and St...
...Senior also spoke t o the Socialist State convention to the women's section of the Farmer-Labor P a r t y convention Join the Red Singers Attention is called to the fact t h a t the Revolutionary Bong Group t h a t meets every Saturday a t 8 In t h e Rand School Studio la not only for members of tbe Socialist Sunday Schools and t h e Y, r . S. L. but for all members of the p a r t y and of allied organizations The group will concentrate from now on on songs for use in the May Day parade and demonstration...
...Another meeting of the conference will be held in about three weks...
...The schedule will be as follows: Socialism and labor, Monday and Wednesday, 7:30-9 p. m...
...The following speakers will take part: Frank A. 1 st ter, Professor Political Economy, Princeton University...
...Initial steps for the formation of a Committee of One Hundred, selected from various groups in various parts of the country, to take charge of personal solicitation In those localities and among their friends have been taken...
...A liat of those who have agreed to serve oa the committee will be announced in next week's issue of the New Leader...
...More than 700 Social let Party branches and locals have been Invited to take part in the general mobilisation which will open the drive...
...Shortly after it gets under way a series of dinners and conferences win be held In t h e Industrial centers...
...Join the Red Singers Attention is called to the fact t h a t the Revolutionary Bong Group t h a t meets every Saturday a t 8 In t h e Rand School Studio la not only for members of tbe Socialist Sunday Schools and t h e Y, r . S. L. but for all members of the p a r t y and of allied organizations The group will concentrate from now on on songs for use in the May Day parade and demonstration...
...Harry W. Laidler, IM rector of t h e League for Industrial Democracy, and Dr...
...Labor, certainly, is entitled to the same [protection aa capital...
...Philadelphia, Newark, Reading, D e t r o i t , Brook wood...
...15,000 Back Ohio Socialist Jobless Bill (By a New Leader Correspendent) CLEVELAND.—Over 117 delegates, representing more than 70 workers' organizations with an estimated membership of 15,000, met hi a conference called by the Cleveland Socialist P a r t y April l et and decided to form a permanent organization to fight for the Socialist Unemployment Insurance Pill...
...Eleven presidential electors were selected, a new State secretary and executive committee were elected, and eight delegates to the Milwaukee convention were chosen...
...members of this Society should consider i t aa their special duty aS Socialists s a d aa mrnbtr...
...Leo Gisslen, 2822 Ulysses street N. E., Minneapolis, replaced John E. Sale as State secretary...
...A number of contributions to the fund have been received, while letters coming from various parts of the nation indicate, Lewis declared .that the party membership is conscious of the posslbilties for party success this year and are determined to pool their resources to insure Us accomplishment Volunteers a t Work At the national drive headquarters, 907 Fifteenth street, a corps of workers are taking charge of t h e preliminary work of arousing tbe membership...
...L. I. D. Lunch o n Saturday "Concentration In American In due try—What Are I ts Implications...
...Norman Thomas waa favored for President and Mayor Daniel W. Hoan for Vice-President, at tbe Socialist convention...
...Joseph Martinek, Socialist can didate for State representative, pointed out the dire necessity of adequate unemployment insurance t o tbe conference...
...From that date on the students will have a vacation until the beginning of May...
...The temper of the convention was such that the machine did not put this across, although all the speakers who greeted the convention a t t h e first session were put up to arouse Roosevelt sentiment...
...Peekskill, Mount Airy and other cities will participate...
...Over a million workers are jobless tn Ohio, and more than 150,000 In Cleveland, he aald...
...Sigmond Sionlm, Duluth, was re-elected national committeeman...
...Pass lllark hard will preside...
...The speakers will be Morris Hillquit, Abraham Cahan, Vincenzo Vaclrca, former Socialist member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Jacob Panken and Caahare Nlcotri, O. Artanl, and S. Roumaldl, who will also preside at tbe meeting...
...Spring Term at Rand School Algernon Lee, president of the Rand School, announces that tbe whiter term will come to an end April 19...
...This year tbe meeting will be of unusual importance, not Only because all the officers and members of tbe board of directors will be elected, but chiefly because a number of very interesting questions Including s recommendation to convert the society into a mutual insurance society, a t tbe same time retaining all i t s present co-operative features, wm be considered...
...It la a great tragedy that the American Federa tion of Labor should oppose unem ployment Insurance, and some lib orals should have to advocate such vital necessity to the working class...
...The facilities of tbe office have been placed a t the disposal of the branches for letters and appeals they may wish to issue...
...The new S t a t e executive committee was chosen as follows: J. A. Gonstead, John E. Bala, Ruben Latz, M. Kates and O. P. Victorian, Minneapolis...
...The evening following the con ventlon, the Socialist local in S t Paul was reorganised after a bouse meeting, a t which Clarence Senior, national secretary of the Socialist Party, spoke...
...These men and their families a r e living on the meagre, made quate doles of charity...
...Myn n Watldna, Professor of Ecomaaia, New York University...
...May 3 to May .31...
...With every branch doing its part, whether lt be large or small, we cannot fall...
...P. R. Anderson and John Kobl, Duluth...
...The interest shown so far Is encouraging," Lewis declared...
...Lynn Thompson, member of the local school board, served as chairman of the convention and was elected State organizer...
...Besides the class In Socialism and labor there will be a class in public speaking taught by August Otaessens and two classes in English by Rebecca Jarvis and Alice Cohen...
...May 2 to June 6; public speaking, Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30-9 p. m „ May 3 to June 2; English B, Tuesday, 7:30-10 p. m...
...Tbe matter of presidential electors was referred to tbe State Central Committee...
...The students of the Workers Training Class are to be In one large group which will take up the problems of Socialism and labor and attempt to crystallze into definite conclusions the work which has been done in many classes during the past season...
...Pankem, Feigenbaum, Claessens in Eighth Congressional District Three organisation rallies wt'l be held on Friday evening, April 8, in three sections of tbe 8th Congressional District...
...Tbe main problem will be tbe organization of a federation of workers' theatres and movies...
...700 Socialist Branches Called to Aid Drive Campaign Will Begin On April 21 Lewis Urges All Branches Get Of f to a Flying Start (By a New Leader Correspondent) WASHINGTON April 21 will mark tbe opening of tbe drive of tbe national committee of tbe Socialist Party for the $50,000 1032 campaign fund, Marx Lewie, director of tbe drive, announces...
...An executive committee of fourteen was elected by the Unemploy ment Insurance Conference, composed of trade unions, fraternal and Socialist organisations...
...will be discussed at the luncheon of the N. Y. Chapter of The League For Industrial Democracy, Saturday at 12:45 f. U. m the Hotel Woodstock, l i t W. 43rd street...
...Noah Mandelkorn, Socialist candidate for lieutenant-governor, who was elected permanent chairman, introduced Martinek...
...of I've Society t o a t t e n d this annual meeting of this great co-operative institution, so to insure its continuance along tbe same progressive lines which has made possible the growth of t b e Society from a very humble beginning to a n organization with 80,000 members, 87 branches and more than One Million Dollars in assets...
...Organisations from New York...
...Speakers covering these rallies include Jacob Panken, William F. Feigenbaum, Harry Haskel, Joseph Tuvim, Morris Rosenbaum, and August Claessens...
...O. E. Larson, Mrs...
...will be discussed at the luncheon of the N. Y. Chapter of The League For Industrial Democracy, Saturday at 12:45 f. U. m the Hotel Woodstock, l i t W. 43rd street...
...The committee will present the Social 1st Bill before Governor White's Unemployment Insurance Commission, which meets in Cleveland Tuesday, April 5, and tbe fourteen will carry on the work of the con fere nee between sessions...
...Socialists of Minn...
...The meetings will be held In the following halls: Savoy Mansion, 20th avenue and 64th street, Brooklyn...
...Harry W. Laidler, IM rector of t h e League for Industrial Democracy, and Dr...
...S t a t e secretary and a member of the national executive committee, has informed Lewis...
...Warn Farm-Laborites Deal With Roosevelt Is Opposed as Conven tion Reorganizes Party MINNEAPOLIS.—Socialists of Minnesota, in convention here last week, decided to back t be State candidates of tba FarmerLabor P a r t y only so long aa it did not enter into a deal to aupport national candidates of either capitalist party...
Vol. 13 • April 1932 • No. 15
