Socialist Party Progress
Socialist Party Progress Mum The total Thomas vote reached 2489. Socialist Labor and ComBiuiiiit votea totaled nearly 500. Since the organization of the sUte in April nine locals have...
...Finance, L Terr...
...Treas., Yale Rosh...
...Meetings will be held every Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at 137 Center St...
...8. An interesting program has been arranged for the season...
...The organization has been perfected for the coining year...
...Maryland Baltimors.-The 15th Ward Club wiU open a reading room and a literature department in the next few days...
...All the articles are contri bulcd by workers...
...Bernstein...
...A tour of Alfred Baker Lewis has been arranged with scheduled visits to most of the locals...
...Sec'y, P. Dijirenia...
...Samuel Schmalhausen will lecture under the auspices of the Institute for Advanced Education in Irving Plaza Hall, Dec...
...Fleming James...
...Edward F. Kidd...
...The lecture* are planned for Sunday night* in the Altenburg Piano Shop Auditorium...
...Branch meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec...
...Contract blanks for the ball journal are available, 1st A. D.—Branch meeting on Thursday, Dee...
...15, with a branch meeting at which a definite program of future activities was planned...
...22nd, at 8:30 p. m., on "The Future: Dream or Nightmare...
...Martin F. Plunkctt, State Chairman, who was introduced by Fred Holds worth of the Norwich Local, ex plained to the visitors the opera tions of a local...
...An educational and cultural program has been launched...
...Nebraska The official vote for the ThomasMaurer ticket was 9,876...
...Mandel Freed...
...Since the organization of the sUte in April nine locals have been formed...
...August Claessens will address the Freethinkers of America at the meeting in the Steinway Building, 118~ W. 67th St...
...18, at the 71st Regiment Armory, 34th St...
...Political—that Hoopes and Mrs...
...The formal opening of the club rooms will take place on January 13...
...Both speakers received a hearty reception and much applause...
...A meeting of the City Central Committee was held Thursday, Dec...
...A special meeting of tha City Central Committee will be held Monday evening, Dec...
...A report of tha Grievance Committee was read...
...Foster was 5,658, and for the Communist candidate for U. S. Senator 6,426...
...Sands and Hoopes to prepare statement for S. E. C. on municipal taxation and voucher relief...
...The subject of his lecture on Dec...
...Have you purchased or secured your tickets for the Rebel Frolic on New Year's Eve to be held at the Rand School which Chelsea, 6th and 8th A. D. branches are sponsoring T Upper West Side.—An Executive Committee meeting will be held Sunday, Dec...
...The place hi much larger than Munta Point Palace and very pretty...
...Pennsylvania The official vote for Pennsylvania, just published, shows that Thomas and Maurer polled 91,119, as compared to 18,647 in 1928...
...At a recent meeting of the •tate committee it waa decided to work on initiative refcrendums for unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and a 48-hour law...
...William Katlin spoke before a large audience Dec...
...At the nine o'clock Open Forum, Yoshiyuki Nakagomi of Tokyo and Y. T. Chang of Shangai will discuss: "Is Japan Justified in Her Chinese Policy...
...Next meeting, Dec...
...Educational...
...Amicus Most will speak at the Harlem Branch, 2005 7th Ave., near 120th St, on Sunday, Dec...
...3rd A. D. — The Fox Street Forum got off to an excellent start Sunday, Dec...
...Next branch meeting will be held Tuesday evening, Dec...
...A lecture series is being arranged for the winter season at which prominent leaders in the Socialist movement will be heard...
...Is the Five Year Plan a Success...
...Address R. A. Roller, county secretary...
...Arrangements are under way for a Forum every Sunday evening, beginning Jan...
...the Beat one Tuesday, Dec 20...
...The committee requeqted enforcement of the rule that all branches hold business meetings on two specified nights of the week so as not to interfere with special and larger events arranged by the city organization...
...Eden and Jerome Aves...
...Everett Dean Martin will lecture on "Thomas More: UtopiaBeginning All Over Again," in Cooper Union, Friday, Dec...
...John Crowley ia secretary...
...The state committee is working to establish s sustaining fund, to assure the organization a steady and regular income...
...The Student Socialist club at Lin coin has been placed on a permanent basis...
...and Second Ave., Sunday, Dec...
...Ludwig Jab lonowski, once an assistant secretary of the International Cigai Makers Union and long associated with the former daily, is one ol the staff of seven...
...Heverling said he is making a visit to all memhers in the city to increase the Branch membership, and will get all towns in the county to itart Branch organizations...
...The branch will open its Sunday evening Forum Jan...
...Belleville meets lit and third Monday evenings at the Recreation House, Joralemon St...
...Weekly card parties at the clubs draw many members and friends...
...Forward Ball...
...All efforts are now being made to make a huge success of the Rebel Frolic New Year's Eve at the Rand School in cooperation with the 8th, Chelsea and 12th A. D. branches...
...22nd, at 8:30...
...The vote for William >Z...
...Marr, 355 17th Ave, Irvington...
...20, in Room 504, 100 West 72nd St, at 8:15 sharp...
...PARTY OFFICE PHONE NUMBERS CHANGED.—The two new phone numbers for the Party office at 7 East 15th St...
...27, at 8:30 p. m. Elections will take place...
...Bridgeport.—The 5th district So lialist Club enjoyed the lecture by Comrade Bohn of the Rand School to those who gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the fifth district...
...Hellenic Branch...
...Recognition is now given to the strong Socialist club in existence at Bo wool n College...
...J. Schwartz of Philadelphia, Weisberg, Stark and Tate of Allegheny as well at Sara I .inibai h, State sec'y...
...The membership has increased over 50 per cent in the last six weeks, and sufficient application cards have been signed now to make up another 50 per cent increase within the next month...
...The various district organizations -are active -from a social standpoint...
...Announcement was made of the publication of a monhtly leaflet The first to be ready for distribution in January deal with a Socialist view on civic affairs and the municipal situation...
...The Woman's committee hope* to have a Sunday school class in operation before very long...
...New Haven...
...Westchester County.—A Westchester County Convention was held at White Plains last Sunday...
...The following...
...Tin weekly is a special initial number of 32 pages and the regular issue thereafter will be 16 pages ot more...
...1L About 30 attended, three of whom signed applications for membership...
...The branch is one of several sponsoring a coarse of lectures by J. C. Kennedy of Brookwood Labor College en the fundamental of Marxism, Wednesday evenings, at the Morningside Heights Branch, 8109 Broadway, near 123rd St Jewish Downtown Branch.—New officers elected for 1933: Organizer Max Edelson...
...18th, at 8. Dr...
...A motion was carried that each branch be taxed one dollar per delegate for the mailing of minutes of the City Executive and City Central Committees to delegates and branch .organizers...
...Educational Director, P. Popson...
...veloped...
...Sec'y, Miss Eleanor Klump...
...Sec'y, Ethel Fiorito...
...Cor...
...An executive board of aeven waa elected...
...Women's Section.—The-class in Socialism and public speaking with Instructors Esther Friedman and August Claessens continues sessions at the Rand School every Monday afternoon between 2 and 4 p. m. City Central Committee...
...17th, he will lead the Discussion Group on Philosopy of Plato...
...D'Aroitino...
...Secretary for 19.13 is Alex...
...Y. P. S. L meets every Friday evening at county headquarters...
...Reading.—An effort Is being madi to organize a Socialist band and orchestra...
...Wilson be asked to prepare and urge the adoption of a bill reducing the poll tax to lc so that the people out of work could vote, as the last election showed • reduced voting strength of about 600,000 in Pennsylvania due to the general inability to pay poll tax by the unemployed...
...It's smart to be thrifty, so get your tickets at once...
...will be debated between Joseph Freeman, affirmative, and Isaac Don Levine, negative, in the New Star Casino, Dec...
...The u*e of the Auditorium was refuted by the Board of Education last year...
...Hitherto the local has been meeting once a week...
...They will dance and frolic to the syncopated mufcic of the Hollywood Serenaders according to plans now being made, a surprise awaits those wearing the mojst appropriate costumes that express resentment and rebellion against 1932...
...On the order of business will be election of officers, committees and delegates...
...The vote for Thomas and Maurer was 31 per cent...
...Chealses...
...Hamden.—Francis Hensen, town chairman of the New Haven Socialist Party, will address an organization meeting of the Hamden local at the home of Walter E. Davis, 48 Belmont St., Whitneyville, Hamden Ct., Dec...
...Sec'y, Ruth Stein...
...This is a new branch just formed...
...On motion Benjamin Daublin waa expelled from the Party for supporting of the Democratic national and state ticket Charlea Messier was suspended from membership for one year on charges of conduct unbecoming a member of the Party...
...23, at 8:30 p. m., at the Paradise Manor, Mt...
...All recommendations were approved...
...Morris Cohen, A. C. Welnfeld, Herman Woskow, Sidney Hertzberg and Louis Hendin were elected aa a committee to investigate certain complaints concerning the Jewish Dally Forward...
...Local Rochettcr ha* tent a letter to the Governor and Legislature petitioning for additional relief fund* for the unemployed, against the reduction of the talarie* of teacher* and civil service employes, and for the amendment of the fundamental law to provide for proportional representation...
...Rhode Island Warren L...
...Jamea D. Gra' am and Powers Hapgood, members of the National Committee, were present and addressed tha City Central Committee on matters relative to tha meeting of tha NEC...
...Samuel Schmalhausen will conclude his course of lectures at Irving Plaza Hall, under the auspicea of the the Institute for Advanced Education, Dec...
...19th-21st A. D.—An important meeting will be held Saturday, Dec...
...Leon Rosser Land's address at the meeting of the Bronx Free Fellowship, Azure Masoni, Temple, 1591 Boston Road, Sunday, at 8 p. m., a discussion of the novel by John L. Spivack, revealing conditions in the Georgia convict camps...
...George B. Vetter will lecture on "Social Psychology Today," under the auspices of the Ingersoll Forum in the Pythian Temple, 136 W. 70th St., Sunday, Dec...
...120 Jefferson Ave., Elizabeth, N. J. Elisabeth.—Starting in January, the Elizabeth branch meeting in Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum, 515 Court St., will offer Henry J, Kosner in a scries .of lectures) among the subjects are unemployment housing, taxation and in»urance...
...Dr...
...Lebanon.—Organizer Geo...
...At a meeting of tha branch hist Monday evening, Samuel E. Beardsley spoke on "The A. F. of L. ConventionIts Deliberations, Actions and Problems...
...Women's and Young People's Socialist League activities are stead'ly increasing...
...Present, Sands, Hoopes of Berks, Young of Allentown, Zormiell of Westmoreland...
...136 new members were admitted...
...28, at 8:80...
...In Berks County (including Reading) Thomas polled 22 per cent of the total vote, and the candidates for Congress and State Senator received 27 per cent...
...Other lecturers to come are Oscar Ameringer and Warren Mullen, formerly of the British Independent Labor Party...
...Next meeting Thursday, Dee...
...Branch meetings will be bald second and fourth Thursday...
...11, at Philadelphia...
...Irvington meets every' Friday evening at home of Mrs...
...Sunday, Dec...
...The Irvington Branch will meet the same evening at the home of Mrs...
...Charters were granted to two new branches, the 5th A. I)., Kings, a. d the 4th A. 1)., Manhattan...
...20, at 8:30 p. m. 5th A. D. — Comrade Ross Is working to organize another party branch in the upper part of the diatrict Branch is holding a dance and coffee-klatach st the Bellamy Club, 904 Prospect Ave., Christmas night...
...Sec'y, A. Siegal...
...Mullins, member ol the British Labor Party, will lecture Sunday on "Comparisons of the British and the American Labor movements" at the Swedish Workmen's Hall, Pine at ( hestnut Sts, under Socialist party auspices...
...The official delegates of the local were Charles Brrn^rcL William J. Wolfson, and Dr...
...Oneal presented a resolution relative to turning over the "American for All" subscription list to the "American Guardian" by the National office, protesting against this action...
...activities...
...William J. Van Essen received 91,456 votes for U. S. Senate...
...Enthusiasm is at a high point...
...Cumberland.—An interesting meeting took place when a large number of people came to hear Andrew J. BiemiHer and Charles S. Bernstein in the Trade Council Hall...
...Kleven persons put in applications and were admitted to the local...
...Organizer Claessens' report on the number, condition and functioning of the branches of Local New York City and on organization work in progress for tl.e formation of new branches as well as strengthening weak ones...
...Fred Rower, secretary...
...Anna Karr, 335 17th Ave., to hear reports of delegates to the state convention...
...Sec'y, Louis Terr...
...18th, Professor Mortimer J. Adler will lecture on "The Nature of a Higher Education: Law: The Philosophy of Nature...
...A Public Affair* Committee wa* elected, and resolution* were adopted to unite the aeveral branches in the county into one local provided •uch movement wa* duly ratified by the existing local...
...and Park Ave., New York City...
...August Claessens will lecture in the same hall on Friday, Isnuary 27...
...Entertainment B. Koppel...
...His subject will be, "Has There Been a Social Revolution in Spain...
...The charges against G. August Gerber relative to certain items furnished in a publicity statement relative to his record was reported upon by the Grievance Committee and said committee recommended that these charges be dismissed...
...Five other members have been chosen to form, with these four, an executive committee of 9, Isadore Polsky, Wm...
...Treasurer, N. Theodosius...
...22, at 8:30 at 262 Cypress Ave...
...In 193J it will hold two business meetings a month in a public hall, and will meet informally on alternate weeks in private houses...
...Executive Committee meetings 1st and 3rd Tuesday...
...Schenectady led all counties upstate this fall in proportion of Socialist votes to total population, and wat only lurpassed in New York City by*the Bronx...
...The new weekly is published at 47 Walker Street, New York City...
...New Jersey Essex Co.—Aaron Levcnstein will he guest speaker before the Young People's Socialist League at_34 Paik Place Friday night...
...6th A. D.—The first social gathering of the season last Saturday was very successful in spite of bad weather...
...organizations will take note and arrange no affairs to conflict...
...Ired Cederholm, chairman of the Fifth District Socialist Club, was re-elected President of the International Association of Machinists, Lodge No...
...On Dec...
...30, and Richard Schulze of the 9th District Socialist Club was re elected vice-president...
...Branch S meet* every Thursday evening at county headquarters...
...Connecticut New London.—The annual organization meeting of the local was held with more than 100 Socialist voters and friends present...
...Voted to organize a Workingmen'a Consumers' League of the East Side...
...Invitations are being sent to members of the Thomas for President club or ganized during the campaign...
...Leiper, 25 Morgan St...
...Bloor, M. TowerolT, Louis Johnston, and Peter Nebemkis New headquarters art being secured...
...Rec Sec'y, Wa...
...17-18-20th A. D. —New headquarters have been obtained for the two branches in this section of Harlem at 1539 Madison Ave...
...14, in Workmen's Circle Lyceum on "Can Civilization Continue:" An entertainment in conpectin with the Workmen's Circle Is being planned for an undetermined date the end of December...
...Diamond...
...Tickets are available at the Rand Book Store, 7 East 16th St., for only a dollar (a real depression price for New Years Eve) while those waiting to get their tickets at the door will be glad to pay $1.60...
...Young...
...Thi* season these lecture* will be given in the High School Auditorium...
...John Haynes Holmes will speak on "If Russia Fails," under the direction of the Community Forum, 160 W. 110th St., at 8 p. m. Sunday, at 11 a. hi., he will speak in Town Hall on "The Record Sheet of 1932: Men and Events, Books and Plays...
...Local Huntington Long Island, ha* elected a special committee' to make a study of township government Tha local will adopt a town platform...
...There has been much Interest shown in the formation of the new organization and an application for a charter has been made to the City Executive Committee...
...Labor Director, M. Lekakis...
...follow at the close of the businesa LECTURE NOTES Frank ^Strawn Hamilton will speak on "Logic, Old and New" in the Muhlenberg Library, 209 W. 23rd St., at 8:30...
...16th...
...Branch 2 meeta every Wednesday evening at county headquarters...
...Splendid new headquarters at 62 West 8th St., 2nd floor, was opened Thursday, Dec...
...Town chairmen who will act as organizers were chosen for each of seven neighboring towns (townships) from members present at the meeting who reside in those country districts...
...GreetiiiKs were sent to the three new locaU which have been organized in the second Congressional District this fall...
...Order of business: organizer's report and organization plan for 1938...
...The official vote in Reading and Berk's county shows that in the city of Reading Hoopes and Wilson, who were re-elected to the State legislature, received 38 per cent of the vote, in a bitter local campaign...
...D. Chabot...
...17, at 9 o'clock in the clubroems at 2005 7th Ave...
...Other state candidates received up to 16,222 the highest .Socialist vote ever polled in the state...
...A hard fight is going to be made to secure the election of several aldermen in the city council next fall...
...First Issue of German Socialist Weekly Appears German Socialists of New York City are rejoicing over the appearance of the "Volkszeitung" as a weekly this Saturday...
...The 6th District Club is sponsoring a course in Socialism given by the Rand School, which meets every Tuesday evening at the 6th District headquarters, 708 Madison Ave...
...The ¦Labor Committee reported investigation of the Illinois Miners' situation and cooperation with various trade unions in strike and organization work in New York City...
...The weekly is the successoi to the "Daily Volkszeitung" whicr began publication in the seventiei but which suspended a few month* ago...
...Schenectady.—Local Schenectady will again co-operate in promoting the L. I. D. lecture courte thi* winter...
...and Garden Ave., Belleville...
...Treaaurerf Mrs...
...His subject will be "The Future: Dream or Nightmare...
...Socialist Folks Will Join Rebellion Against 1932 At New Years Eve Frolic New York Socialists find sympathizers will rebel against the year 1932 and all its works and pomps at the Rebel Costume Frolic on New Years Eve at the Debs Auditorium...
...Sec'y Mrs...
...Plans are being made to organize a new local at South Cumberland...
...12th A. I...
...5, will elect delegates to state convention...
...David Tenant was chosen corresponding secretary and John Davis finanoial secretary...
...After having shown in the recent election that it has one of the strongest Socialist organizations in the country, the Socialist Party of Bridgeport, Conn., is settling down to an intensive educational program...
...Branch planned future activities...
...snd at the various branches...
...There will be a children's Christmas entertainment in the Labor Temple, 14th St...
...A special branch meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec...
...hereafter will be Algonquin 4-2620-2621...
...A meeting of the newly organized 12th A. D. Branch will be held in the Rand School Tuesday evening, Dec...
...18th, at 7:30 p. m. "Georgia Nigger" will be the topic of the Rev...
...The weekly Is Socialist In pol icy and Is edited by a staff of sever workingmen, all Marxian Social istii...
...20, at 8:16...
...Claessen's lecture will be "Nature and Nurture: A Study in the Factors of Heredity and Environment...
...Branch meetings are held every second and fourth Wednesday...
...Minnie Cederholm presided...
...Dr...
...were elected...
...The following as chairmen of tha respective committees: Membership, It...
...21st, at 8 p. m., Roger Baldwin, chairman, under the auspices of the John Reed Club...
...8. Esther Friedman and James Oneal were designated representatives of the Party to .the Kentucky Miners' Defense and Relief Conference...
...18, at 2:30, at the home of Leon Gilbson, 160 Clare mont Ave...
...Washington Heights- —At the brsnch meeting the following new officers were elected: Organizer, Saul Parker, Fin...
...and the recent A. F. of L. convention...
...Comrade Edward Arnold has been in touch with a number of local comrades who arc musicians and with Shilliniton musician* and the Newmanstown comrades who make up a large part of the Newmanstown Band...
...Sec'y, Paul S. Minear...
...Frostburg.—For the first time in a decade a Local of the Socialist Party was organized in this mountain town...
...officers were elected: Organiser, Wm...
...SecreM. Bankowski...
...Syracuse.—Several of the comrades went to Albany to join in the request for special unemployment relief...
...The following are the officers: Town Chairman, Francis A. Henson...
...Rochester,—The Socialist movement of Rochester U keeping up the activity which the campaign de...
...Regular branch meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec...
...An enthusiastic meeting waa held by the Hellenic Socialist Branch last Tuesday at the home of Comrade Pournas...
...Monro piesided...
...18, at 8:30 p. m. BRONX The Annual Dance and Concert of Bronx County will take place Saturday evening, March 18, in the Winter Garden, Tremont and Washington Avee., Bronx...
...House, II...
...A goodly number of districts in the city and county were carried by the entire Socialist ticket...
...Tickets can be obtained at county headquarters, 9 W. 170th St...
...Esther Sucnomel is secretary...
...New York City City Central Committee...
...All...
...Huntington...
...Branch 1 has elected aiilo J owe* as secretary, and Maurtcc Roeeap kranz as organiser...
...On Dec...
...Will meet 2ud and 4th Monday evenings st county headquarters...
...20th is "The Nature of a Higher Education: Law: The Arts and the Sciences," under the auspices of the People's Institute...
...22, on "Building the Socialist Party in New Haven and Vicinity...
...Officers for 193...
...The Educational Committee reported plans for various activities, forums, symposiums and other suggestions for the improvement of the educational work of the Party...
...Norman Thomas, Herman Woskow, David Kaplan J. B. Matthews, Max Delson and S. Matlin were elected a committee to Investigate the actions of the Committee on Labor during the last campaign...
...also, to hold an open forum on Sundays at tha clubrooms at 126 Delancey St...
...The annual Forward Ball under the auspices of the Socialist Party of Greater New York and allied organizations will be held Saturday evening, Feb...
...An educational program ail...
...The Central Committee concurred...
...8 2nd A. D.—Norman Thomas will open Mid-Bronx Socialist Forum under the auspices of the 2nd A. D. Branch on Fridsy, Dec...
...18th, at 8:30...
...Labor, Fred Hodgson...
...Something doing every night: socials, debates, lectures, Y.P.S.L...
...Sands, Stark and Schwartz elected Finance Committee to secure the required 300 additional dollars per month necessary to maintain state office...
...Union County.—Local Union Co, would like to near from the secretary of any local or state, who can give information concerning the activities of Comrade Chapman of Indianapolis, Ind...
...The vote for Congress in the city was 36 per cent, and for State Senator 36 per cent...
...Advance in organization of ward branches and the improvement of industrial relations is being charted...
...At the conclusion of the busines* meeting last week John Vandcn Busoh gave a Ulk on "The Breakdown of the Capitalist Sy» tcm," and on Friday evening of this week B. Clayton Bennem spoke on "Why I am a Socialist...
...Wire sent to National Executive Committee suggesting a speakers' bureau be established and that reliable speakers be toured and that Pennsylvania promises full co-operation...
...Committee voted full co-operation with the Y.P.S.L...
...Polish Branch meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at Polish Education Hall, 255 Court Street, Newark...
...State Executive Committee met Sunday, Dec...
...19, at 8:30, at the People's House, 7 East 15th St...
...Unemployment, R. C. Berry...
Vol. 14 • December 1932 • No. 25
