BRITISH LABOR IN RIFT
BRITISH LABOR IN RIFT Parliamentary Bloc Votes To Break from Discipline of I^abor Party's Whips Confusion in Movement Featured as Result .of Action < New L< titlei CorretiWHdinl) LONDON.— At...
...1,000 QUIT U. S. ST...
...leader, denounces the new policy as a calamity and calls upon the rank and file to undo the action of the leaders...
...The protest of the youth of a nation which is at last being aroused from a state of apathy and smug calmness...
...A letter has been sent to every person in possession of books of coupons to the value of $5 asking that they turn In all money collected...
...And here are the most encouraging factors of all: " A PRIVATE CROP EXPERT FOLLOWING A 2,900 MILE T R I P REPORTED H E S S I AN F L Y DEVELOPMENT I N THE IMPORTANT STATES OF NEBRASKA, KANSAS, MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS, AND ALSO S A ID THAT RECENT...
...And the end of the evening's vocal efforts he received what might be termed an ovation...
...What are we talking about...
...News report* indicating a further reduction of the already low production estimates, coupled with a decrease of 4 , 1 ' 7 6 , 0 0 0 bushels in the United States visible supplies, greatly Improved sentiment in speculative circles...
...They condemned bankers who are merely "salesmen of millions of poor securities...
...Break With Party Whip* At a meeting of the I.L.P...
...Delegates Bolt The great MacDonald betrayal and the collapse of the Parliamentary party released the dissenting force...
...According to Edward I . Kramer, writing in the "Young Circle Bulletin," "His political showman. ship is well known...
...had been summoned to meet In August or September to make the break effective should the Parliamentary party so decide...
...The Easter conference of the I . L P . voted by a substantial majority against breaking away from the Labor party, but the I.L.P...
...By their decision to support Socialist and Centrist candidates as the only means of preventing Fascist success they have completely capitulated from their former position and make their continued opposition to the Socialists a ludicrous farce...
...was foreshadowed by the bolt of I.L.P...
...Previously, a special conference of the I.L.P...
...But that night, before the hundreds of young men who came to hear him he outdid himself...
...On the one hand it gave the I.L.P...
...I t deals with what are called "standing orders," or parliamentary discipline...
...With Such candidates for President as Smith, Governor Roosevelt, President Hoover, Baker, Ritchie, Coolldge, Garner and others, and with A l Smith's oratory still ringing in their ears, the young men by a large majority chose Norman Thomas...
...Ryan Walker, creator of the famous "Henry Dirbb" cartoon character, was connected with all the Socialist newspapers of an earlier generation both as .cartoonist and writer, In addition, he lectured in every part of the country, and was universally loved for his sweet and winning nature...
...Good Is Bad...
...Issue* Are Obscure The Issues that are mentioned In all published statements are so obscure that it 1* necessary to reach below the surface to understand what the break is about...
...play with the idea of reunion with the Communists and union of the J Labor and Socialist International with the Communist International...
...Louis, for their native countries since Jan...
...Among Ms important connections were those with the old "Appeal to Reason," the "Comrade," a monthly magazine of three decades ago, and the New York "Call...
...Actually, it appears to be a break similar to that between the German Socialist* and the so-called Socialist Labor Party lead by Dr...
...On the other, it permitted those who had chafed under rigid MacDonald discipline to resume their unqualified advocacy of Socialism...
...r>R example, there is the financial news...
...and cabinet member who followed MacDonald in his growing reactionary policy is still in the Labor party and there is no sign from them of repentance for that policy...
...There was considerable opposition during the latter month* of the Labor government to the MacDonald leadership, -but in on'er to preserve outward unity it was kept under cover...
...That was the long-feared overt act...
...be offered us by the Rugged Individualist...
...Only since this occurred did the I.L.P...
...In It* appeal to the country just at a time when steady hands and clear heads were most needed...
...The breakaway of the I.L.P...
...I.L.P...
...that good news is bad news and bad news is good news...
...During the last year or so of the second Labor administration, when Premier Mac Donald was leading the parliamentary labor party steadily backward and away from Socialism, there might have been reason for such disaffiliation...
...He swayed his audience...
...protesters an " I told you so" to fling at their opponents...
...is but the first incident in a process that will end in a complete reorganization and overhauling of the political labor movement in Great Britain, possibly on a more definitely Socialist line than ever before...
...His oratory elicited sallies of applause...
...On all hands it is felt that the action of the I.L.P...
...Are these the ravings of a maniac ? Not exactly...
...The real cause goes more deeply...
...Crazy Economics Bad Is Good...
...It has been held that the great growth of the Labor party had a weakening effect upon the I.L.P., for the great leaden of the party In Its best day* — MacDonald, Snowden, the Buxtons, Ponsonhy, Trevelyan, and others —were all I.L.P...
...The outward cause of the break in relation* that began in 1900 when Keir Hardle, founder of the I. L P . likewise founded the Labor party, I* relatively unimportant...
...delegates to the Labor Women's conference at Brighton June 17th...
...Arrangements h a v e b e en made to mimeograph copies of the suggestions made and a definite plan of instructions for the organisation of new leagues and the building up of those leagues already In existence...
...WHEAT RALLIES ON N EW DAMAGED STOCK REPORTS," is the cheering five-column first page headline...
...this is capitalist "economy," the best that can...
...In commenting upon the result Kramer says: "In this writer's opinion, not Norman Thomas, the man, nor Norman Thomas, the individual, but Norman Thomas the symbol was elected—symbolic of all the ideals, alms, and purposes that Socialism stands for...
...The news story goes on to explain that there are plans to "wipe out excess spread...
...The plan being discussed is that of self-help for the unemployed...
...In Seattle this method has been tremendously successful and today that city has 55,000 unemployed workers organized and led by Socialists...
...and the Labor party as a whole were more than cordial...
...This tendency, it i* held, weakened the "LLP...
...Here Is something from the "New York Daily Investment News," a paper published for those people who think they can beat the game by gambling in stocks and speculating in the people's needs...
...A new leaflet is being widel y distributed and branches from all parts of the city have ordered bundles...
...Members of the Socialist party are urged to support the work of the Emergency Conference on Unemployment physically and financially...
...members of Parliament last Friday it was voted to break away from the discipline of the Labor party whips...
...After an early loss," the news story reads, "wheat prices yesterday turned upward and closed with their Chicago gains of 1"» to 1% cent...
...that the way to go forward is t o go backwards sad the way to prove that you love your mother la to brain her...
...SPEAKS SUNDAY Morris Goldberg Will speak on "Delusions of the Metaphysicians," Sunday at • p. m., in Pythian Temple, 135 Watt 70th street The lecture It given under the auspices of the Ingersoll Forum...
...It then goes on to explain that for a while there were terrible fears that there would be a crop of 600,000,000 bushels of winter wheat, despite a recent Government forecast of 440,000,000 bushels...
...standing that in so doing freedom of speech and assemblage are to J5ft/6^U ft Wl ©Cit * "" : " : The incident Is of • the deepest significance, because it indicates that the Communist tactics of indiscriminate abuse of and opposition to everything the Socialists stand for brought them to the bring of actually ushering in a Fascist regime in the German state that contains two-thirds of the German population...
...During the "honeymoon" of the Labor government the relations between the I.L.P...
...The Hitler | antiSemi ten hOld now 162 seat*, the Socialists 94 and the Communists 57...
...In recent years He was connected with Bernarr Maofadden's "Evening Graphic" and when he was released from, that sheet he joined the staff of the "Daily Worker" and joined the Communist party...
...It seem* to be that the best news In the world Is news of destruction...
...WINS CITIZENSHIP S A N FRANCISCO—(FP)—After refusing citizenship to August Hedman, Swedish-born assistant tunnel foreman of the San Francisco Hetch Hetchy water project, on the grounds of his radicalism, the judge changed his mind and admitted Hedman as a citizen...
...that with people starving hats are thrown into the air at tidings of bad crops...
...candidates—that is, nominated by the L L P . and supported by the entire Labor party — the great majority of trade union and Cooperative members and even the Fabian Society members were likewise members o f theTtX-FTOat Of 290 M P ' s . 205 held L L P . cards...
...will nominate candidates against the regular Labor party nominees, but there I* no decision upon that as yet...
...The Communist opposition to everything Socialist following the well known Communist wrecking policy, so divided and weakened the working class movement that at last I t resulted in the displacement of the Socialists from their position as the strongest party in Prussia In the elections of last April the Hitlerite Fascists stood at the top of the poll, with-the Socialists second and the Communists fourth...
...The convention was preceded by a political forum, and since the president of the Y . M. H. A. In question happens to be a Tammany dignitary and a judge of one of the higher courts, he gave his fellow-members a treat in the shape of a personal appearance by the one and only A l Smith himself...
...Then came the voting...
...L O U I S - ( F P ) - i M o r e than 1,000 foreign citizens, driven by Hoover prosperity, have left St...
...Again and again Ramsay MacDonald declared that the tormer was the "spearhead" of the Laixi movement, creating sentiment for Socialism in the country...
...On the other hand, P. J. Dollan, a Scottish I.L.P...
...I t is pointed out by the I.L.P...
...1, according to steamship company official*, and more are expected to leave...
...The reversal came after Hedman, assisted in his testimony by L. T. Me A free, assistant olty engineer at San Francisco, denied that he had advocated overthrow of the government by force, Socialist* Pus* Organization of The Unemployed The Unemployed Leagues of New York will play an Important role in the economic and political life of this city, If plans presented by delegates from all Leagues of the Unemployed last Monday at the Rand School are carried out...
...BRITISH LABOR IN RIFT Parliamentary Bloc Votes To Break from Discipline of I^abor Party's Whips Confusion in Movement Featured as Result .of Action < New L< titlei CorretiWHdinl) LONDON.— At last, after 32 years of close association, the Independent Labor party has decided upon "disaffiliation" with the Labor Party, and from present Indications, will go It alone from now on...
...men transferred to the larger sphere of the national Labor party, leaving the conduct of the parent, although smaller, party In the hands of relatively lesser men...
...THE NEWS SOON TURNED TO THE MARKET'S FAVOR, HOWEVER, AND W I T H THAT TURN CAME BETTER PRICES...
...The Communists and Hitlerites could easily organise a new state government if they joined hands, but the masses that followed the Communist* balked at that final step of treachery, and the Moscow adherents now find themselves in a curious position...
...There follows the most thrilling and delightful news of all: "Warm weather threatens to encourage grasshopper- development...
...They announce that they will vote with the Socialists and the WmWmummmWmmmmmummmmmmmuumuummm Youths Spurn Al Smith and Vote Thomas Mock Convention Hears Democrat Leader But Elects Socialist WORD cornea from our good friends of the Young Circle League, the youth organization of the Workmen'* Circle, of an Incident that le probably acutely emharassing to Al Smith, the Happy Worrier, and all other Democratic and Republican politicians who might hear about it...
...W I L L AU) NEEDY PITTSBURGH— ( F P ) —1800,000 in bonds authorized at a recent election will be sold for relief of Pittsburgh's destitute...
...Communists Vote Collaboration With German Socialists (1?!/ a New Leader Correspondent) BERLIN...
...I t is not believed that the I.L.P...
...Ryan Walker Dies at 92 on Moscow Visit OLD time Socialists will be grieved to learn of the death of Ryan Walker, for many years a leading Socialist cartoonist who passed away In Moscow at the age of 62...
...that practically every M.P...
...A certain Young Peoples' Hebrew Association on the East Side sponsored a mock- election, taking the form of a mass political convention of the membership, with all the trimmings of speeches, demonstrations, parades with banners, and all the rest of the hokus pooiis...
...And from this selection which so astounded the good Tammany judge, there evolves an element of protest...
...The Communists, after a decade of opposition to the Socialist* and the democratic parties in the course of which on various occasions they have even stood side by side with the Hitlerite Fascists, have been sobered by the logic of events, and admit at last that it may be necessary for them to support Socialist candidates for officials of the Prussian Landtag...
...The Canadian visible was reduced 940,000 bushels...
...Kurt Rosenfeld, who poled an insignificant vote in the recent elections...
...The Socialists in Boro Park organised a new league Tuesday and more than 125 joined WOULD FREE MOONEY PITTSBURGH—( FP)—Methodist ministers of the Pittsburgh district have asked for the -freedom of Tom Mooney and cooperation, with the Birth Control League...
...While not more than 103 members of Parliament were elected as I.L.P...
...bloc in the House of Commons forced matters to a head, and there is now the prospect that the party that was launched in 1894 for the purpose of creating sentiment In favor of a labor party will now become an independent Socialist party...
...There Is a good deal more of the heartening news that wheat is being destroyed, but by this time the reader gets the general idea...
...Today It means further confusion in the badly distraught Labor party...
...RAINS WERE NO MORE T H A N NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN A N ORDIN A R Y CONDITIONED CROP...
...that the way to secure prosperity is to have a war and blow everything to hell...
...The fact that the Kansas City market, In the midst of the damaged area, reported the greatest gains for the day, July closing two cents above Saturday's final quotation, seem* to bear out the private crop estimates...
Vol. 14 • July 1932 • No. 1
