Battle On to Regain East Side for Party
Battle On to Regain East Side for Party Abraham P. Conan Leads Fig!it to Regain London's Old Seat for Socialism. IpHE campaign of the Socialists on the lower East Side this year is the most...
...Readers who have friends or acquaintances In any of the states listed should clip the Information AT ONCE and send it to them...
...The young and the old come together in this campaign...
...Justice Riley of the Supreme Court states that such ballots will be legal and must be counted, and the party stands ready to take legal action to force their acceptance if necessary...
...it followed the directions of the Attorney-General and now finds that by some technical ruling it cannot be on the ballot until next year "I believe In the long run such high-handed and technical legalism which more aad mora the states, •specially the Democratic states, are resorting to in order to block the growth of a minority party, will rouse a wave of moral indignation which wiB prove...
...The Jewish Socialist Vcrband has done everything to spread the gospel of Socialism among the Yiddishspeaking workers...
...The Strict observance of the merit svetem in promotions and appointments...
...They have joined hands in the battle for a better life...
...The Socialists filed a petition for nomination of candidates with eight times the number of signatures required for a "new party," but were denied the ballot on the grounds that they failed to get 10% of the total vote in 192i|y Thomas Protests Denouncing the decision, Norman Thomas said: "The decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court is probably law, since the court says it is, but it is a complete denial of justice and democracy that has just been perpetrated by Alfalfa BUI Murray and his picked Election Board...
...Most of the houses are insanitary fire-traps, condemned as unfit for human occupation thirty years ago...
...This year's campaign Is a reminder of past days...
...Since then the reactionary forces of the community have endeavored to dominate this educational system...
...IpHE campaign of the Socialists on the lower East Side this year is the most vigorous since the last time Meyer London ran for Congress...
...W. Attaway TO SOCIALIST VOTERS IN OKLAHOMA:— Protest your disfranchisement by old party politicians by writing in names of Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer only...
...What we desire more than anything else ia to build a permamcnt, strong Socialist organization on the Kast Side...
...The abandonment of extravagant and corrupt practices in the acquisition of school lands and in the construction and maintenance of school buildings...
...The response of the workers of this section has inspired the parly to vigorous activity...
...The very issues of previous campaigns are still alive and apply to present conditions...
...At the meetings the East Side Socialists have held one can see among the crowds youngsters and old men and women...
...4.—The development of broad courses of study under competent teachers in high schools and colleges on vital political, social and cultural movements and developments...
...The East Side is the poorest district in the United States...
...But in addition the East Side has a healthy group of young people willing to be organized and anxious to listen to the message of Socialism...
...We urge tho abolition of military training In schools and colleges...
...The official party statement follows: HOW to Vote TO SOCIALIST VOTERS IN FLORIDA:— To vote for Thomas and Maurer, write in the name of R. G. Cox under "Presidential Electors" and make a cross after it Do not write in the name of the party or of either Thomas or Maurer...
...Tho people of the East Side will again proudly face the world as conscious, intelligent working men and women, aware that their hope for political and economic emancipation lies In the Socialist Party...
...The East Side is still the worst example of a dirty, alum-infected tenement section...
...TO SOCIALIST VOTERS IN IDAHO:— Write to H. H. Freedhelm, Box 1022, Twin Falls, for stickers to be used on the ballot Enclose stamped self-addressed envelope and state the exact number of stickers you need—one for each Socialist voter you can reach...
...SOCIALISTS CAN VOTE IN ALL THE STATES SOCIALISTS and those who intend to cast their ballets for the Socialist ticket will bo able to vote in all states, despite the fact that curious election laws, or sharp "interpretations" of the law have ruled the ticket off the ballot in five states...
...The d' 'rict is in dire need of decent homes, parks, playgrounds, a healthy environment for children to grow up In...
...The nucleus of English-speaking branches has al I ready been formed...
...8.—The introduction in school systems of modern and progressive methods of education with a view to develop the natural capacities and interests of children and to prepare the youth for efficient and satisfactory adult existence...
...The timid, fearful immigrant has passed and his place is taken by a wide-awake East Sidcr, a citizen who feels that he has been wronged and insulted...
...Steps have alroady been taken to materialize this sentiment...
...Abraham P. Conan, a young, energetic lawyer, is captain of this campaign as candidate for Congress...
...Education From the Socialist Party state platform About a century ago, liter and progressive forces fought a bitter struggle against the reactionaries of their day in behalf of a system of free public school education...
...As first steps toward expanding and democratizing the system in the interest of society, we propose: 1.—Elimination of political...
...In the past decade or so the character of the East Side has changed both in physical appearance and in the make-up of its inhabitants...
...The campaign is being carried on to fight the menace of Tammany, the corruption and prostitution of both old parties...
...The old timers can tell stories of the Socialist campaigns carried on "once upon a time," of their noble son Meyer London, and of the old days when their love for Socialism and a better world was so new and so beautiful...
...The East Side Socialists are chiefly Jewish-speaking people...
...The Socialist Party got forty thousand signatures...
...This feeling ran high when former Judge Jacob Panken addressed an East Side rally, where he was surrounded by elderly men and women who joyously greeted him, with tears in their eyes, like a returned leader in a renewed fight against oppression and injustice...
...The workers desire freedom and independence of the corrupt political machine...
...In class rooms...
...The present crisis has affected all workers, but the East Side suffers perhaps more than anyone else...
...This year Tammany has outdone itself in brazenness...
...TO SOCIALIST VOTERS IN LOUISIANA:— Write names below in blank spaces provided on ticket and mark voting space to the right of names of Presidential Electors: President_________Norman Thomas Vice-President___James H. Maurer Presidential Electors at Large: John W. Cannon..W...
...6.—We pledge ourselves to combat the evils of overcrowding...
...The Socialist Party has ascertained how Socialist votes can be cast, and is broadcasting the information to all voters...
...Disfranchisement of the Socialists climaxes a long fight, first before the state election board, and then before the courts, which was led by Siegfried Ameringer, state secretary of the party...
...Invitation to Revolution" The barring of the Socialist electoral ticket In Oklahoma is denounced as "an invitation to revolution" by Justice Fletcher Riley, who filed a dissenting opinion in the case when a majority voted to bar the ticket from the ballot, despite the fact that 40,000 signatures for the nominating etitions had been secured...
...The ground is fertile for Socialist propaganda, for a large Socialist vote, and for a strong Socialist organization...
...In spite of heavy decrease in population, thousands of additional names have found their way on the registration lists...
...The Socialist Party will, in all indications, not only increase its number of votes but will also make headway in building a strong organization...
...It is possible that th ¦ spirit which this campaign has aroused in all alert citizens of the East Side will again break the powerful Tammany machine...
...The East Siders remember the old days...
...6.—We favor the right of teachers to organise in labor unions and demand adequate representation on the part of the teaching force In the administrative machinery of the system...
...2.—Increased nubile fundi for schools, rather than a policy of retrenchment, with a view of preventing Increrre In the aire of elaases or decrease In the salaries of teachers...
...Conan says: "It is not only the vote, no matter how big, that we want...
...The workers on the East Side feel the hour has struck to take matters into their own hands...
...Unemployment and low wages have placed a cloud over the entire section...
...Witness and religious control from public school systems and from other educational institutions...
Vol. 14 • November 1932 • No. 19
