Socialist Party Progress
Socialist Party Progress Socialist Summer Schools THREE summer schools for Socialist Party workers have been announced by national headquarters. There are also possibilities of two additional...
...Also delegates to the Continental Congress will be elected...
...Dr...
...Street meetings being arranged...
...Symposium on the United Front...
...An interesting program is being arranged for Saturday evening, May 20...
...We are running a theatre party to "Monument," a vigorous anti-war play, on Saturday, May 13...
...Louis llendin, Aaron Levenstein...
...Indoor lecture series will be terminated Friday evening, April 28th, when Roger Baldwin will lecture on "Is America Going Fascist...
...This referendum will determine if the membership desires that a greater p r o p o r t i o n of exempt stamps be given locals for unemployed members...
...R H O D E ISLAND Providence...
...B Norman Thomas will speak May 13th...
...Arnold Freese, Norwalk...
...Constitution committee meets April 29, 3 p. m. The publications committee April 29, 1:30 p. m. MANHATTAN 4th A. D. (126 Delancey St...
...Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, April 25, 8:30, at 100 W. 72nd St...
...The Women's Auxiliary will hold a Depression Dance at 1085 Broad S t , Newark, Saturday evening...
...Louis Waldman and Morris Berman elected delegates to represent the State Organization at the Continental Congress...
...KENTUCKY Louisville.—Local Louisville held a formal opening of its new headquarters at 338 W. Main St...
...also to have the membership committee visit enrolled voters within the next two weeks...
...State Organizer, Martin F. Plunkett, Wall ingford...
...1 held an evening devoted to the Arts last Saturday, a petite dramatic presentation on "The Parable of the Water Tank" enacted by puppets, a harp soloist, a group of spiritual folk songs by a Negro trio, and individual solos...
...Sheepshead Bay (2061 Ave...
...In addition to regular business and propaganda meetings, the local is having study classes at headquarters every Tuesday and Friday evening MICHIGAN The State Executive Committee met in Ann Arbor April 8th...
...246, setting up a state unemployment insurance fund...
...1 of Local Detroit by Tarini P. Sinka...
...also speakers representing the trade union movement and the Detroit Council of Labor Youth Groups...
...The Socialist Party of the Bronx announces arrangement of a symposium on "Is there a Possibility of a United Front with the Communist P a r t y ? " The participants are, affirmative: J. B. SalutskyHardmann and Dr...
...7 of the Hollywood, Cal., Young People's Socialist ! League has named itself the "Frank R. Crosswaith Circle" as j a tribute to the Negro Socialist I and labor orator...
...Upper West Side (100 West 72nd St...
...Comrades Ida Alter and Eugenia Poters were appointed librarians to the new branch library...
...Branch meeting Tuesday...
...A hike is being arranged for the near future...
...The committee favors the publication of a monthly State Bulletin for official Party news...
...QUEENS Sunnyside (Monroe Court Community Room, 43-13 47th St., Long Island City...
...Reading, Pa., July !t 22...
...will hold a joint First of May meeting at Grand Circus Park, Detroit, at 1 p. m. In the evening the Socialist Party will have a celebration at Jericho Hall...
...Speakers: Dr...
...at a supper in Lane Hall, which is run by the Michigan Cooperative Boarding House...
...I. Kravets, Bridgeport...
...Arrangements will be mads i or Msy Dsy parade...
...Ratification meetings and rallies at which the Socialist candidates for commissioner wil speak will be held at the Workmen's Circle Lyceum on April 24th, April 28th, and the evening of May Day...
...Tyrell "Mlson, Matthew M. Levy, Herman Woskow, Alfred Breslaw, chairman...
...At Kingsburg he was invited by unanimous vote of the Farm Center to addrelk the farmers of that section...
...Comrades and friends invited...
...V/averly.—A .local of the Socialist Party has been organized at Waverly, Tioga County, and has made application for a charter...
...Secretaries should note that all ballots should be returned to the State Office...
...Detroit.-^-Branch No...
...NEW JERSEY Peterson...
...del, Norway, February 2, 1876, he came to this country a young lone immigrant and founded himself in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan...
...Emil Schlesinger was elected alternate...
...will meet Friday, April 21st, a t 64 Mountain Ave...
...Delegates elected to attend the Continental Congress, Walter E. Davis and Gustave Berquist...
...Speakers: Jamese Oneal, Samuel H. Friedman, and Bela Low...
...Mass meeting, Friday, May 12th...
...Elizabeth, — Saturday evening...
...Refreshments a-plenty...
...Among the recital, ists are Rose Resnick, Yoicha Hiraoka and other radio artists...
...Monday, April 24th, 8:30, a discussion on the situation in Germany wfll be led by Harold Grossman and Irving Treiger...
...Women's Correspondent, Mrs...
...A lecture on "The Present Situation in India" was delivered before Branch No...
...Yipsels cooperating...
...Adolph Polder and Peter Hoedemaker Wale elected delegates to the Congress by the Branch...
...Volunteers for Typing Needed.— All of the enrollment books of the five counties are at the city office and a group of volunteers sire I needed to type names and addresses of enrolled Socialists...
...Claessens will be our guests of honor...
...Entertainment by Louis Paparello and Workmen's Circle Mandolin Orchestra...
...Preparations are being made for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the branch...
...The Hosiery Workers and the Upholstery Weavers will probably give their approval thu\ week...
...Tickets from Edwin Kopped 460 Audobon Ave...
...Louis I. Hendin, and, negative: Bela Low and James Oneal...
...PENNSYLVANIA Hermine.—About- 20 gates will attend the Continental Congress...
...4046 B'way) Branch meeting Monday, April 24, 8:30...
...Rostow, New Haven...
...The rally will be of the nature of a "send off" to Tompkins County delegates to the Continental Congress...
...23rd A. D. (229 Sakman St...
...Walter E. Davis, Hamden...
...All members of the Party end their friends were invited to attend his Detroit appearance st 225 East Forest, on Saturday...
...Njew York City Women's Committee.—The class in Socialism and Public Speaking with instructors, Esther Friedman and August Claessens, will continue sessions every Monday afternoon at 2:30...
...Ad mission to party members paly...
...The meeting is sponsored by the Socialist Party Branch of the Oranges and will be held in Room 7, Triangle Bldg., Id Washington St., East Orange...
...Anyone able to furnish a car for transportation or funds for gas and oil please call Lambert 3-1838 W. Tuesday 8:16 P. M. a county...
...Greenwich Village (52 West 8th St...
...Sunduy night, May llth...
...Nasaau County.—-The Hempstead Branch will hold a card party at the home of George Freeman, organizer, to raise funds to send a delegate to the Continental Congress at Washington, Friday evening, April 21st, at 32 South Spruce St., West Hempstead...
...It is imperative t h s t these lists be typed at once...
...Tickets for symposium with Ernest Boyd, Heywood Broun ana V. F. Calverton for April 27, may be obtained at Rand Book Store...
...Schools already announced: Monteage, Term., June 11-15...
...Auditors, Gustave Berquist, Hamden...
...The topic discussed was the united front The speaker for Friday, April 21st, is Charles Solomon, "What is Socialism and Why...
...The Socialist Party, Proletarian Party, and the I.W.W...
...Local Bakersfleld, Cel., is holding a May Day picnic for Kern County Socialists on Sunday, April 30, at Kern River Park, eleven miles east of Bakersfleld...
...The speaker, a Hindu, who is now on the University ef Michigan cans* pus, has been well received ia England...
...Sinks, a Socialist, bears letters ef introduction frees Fenner Brockway of the l.L.P...
...William J. Van Essen will speak...
...as Financial Secretary...
...Through the efforts of Comrade Warren D. Mullina a local was organized in Pawtucket, and another in Riverside...
...At last meeting a general discussion on organisation activities ensued...
...Five delegates elected to the Continental Congress...
...Bases County^-Maplewood Br...
...Frank Kingdon will lecture on "Shall we Sacrifice Democracy to save Capitalism...
...I l t h A. D. (2289 Church Ave...
...S. Smith, county secretary, announces that a general county meeting has been called for Tuesday, May 2nd, to make nominations of assembly and local tickets...
...April 22nd, 8 P. M., the Socialist Party and the Workmen's Circle will hold a spring dance in the Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum, 616 Court S t , rrear 6th S t The "Vagabonds" of Jersey City, members of/the Fipnish Branch, S. P., will furnish the music...
...Reiss will speak in the same place on May 4th...
...Joseph Schwartz, Manager of the Labor Institute, will preside...
...N. Margolies at the piano...
...22nd, st 8. p. m. Gladstone.—A link in our chain of fellowship has broken as death removed our highly respected comrade, Abraham Sanderson who died April 12, 1933...
...Martin will address the School women's Club of Newark in Hahne's Auditorium Thursday afternoon, April 27th, and Dr...
...Other labor and liberal groups from this city are also likely to be •ppresentcd, to help swell the 5,000 or more expected to attend...
...Ithaca...
...A meeting was held April 17th for enrolled Socialists...
...Schenectady...
...Henry Fruehter will preside...
...April 26, 8:80, at headquarter...
...Wednesday, April 26th, open air meeting at Utica and Eastern Parkway...
...I^ewi Tonks was elected delegate to the Continental Congress by the loc '. The Rotterdam Unemployed As ciation elected William Turnbull, John Wickham and William Cronin as delegates...
...Charles O'Connell, West Haven...
...Monday 10 A. M. the local unemployed will leave headquarters to go to Trenton to participate in the demonstration to demand a hearing on the Unemployment Insurance Bill No...
...A. Simon and I. Fischer were sleeted delegates to the Continental Congress...
...Paul A. Schilpp, professor of philosophy and chairman of the Social Science "Department, College of the Pacific, Stockton, Cal., has just completed a tour of the San Joaquin Valley under the auspices of the Socialist Federation of the San Joaquin Valley...
...There are now 13 branches in the county, the liveliest of which appears to be the most recently organized, that at Jeanette...
...Ray V. Pritchard of Oneida County, and Janus Franck, pioneer of Socialism in America and acquaintance of Karl Marx...
...18th A. I...
...Louis O. Krahl, Meriden...
...The State Office is distributing to locals the ballots for voting on National Referendum "A" 1933...
...Social gathering, luncheon and entertainment arranged by branch Saturday, April 22nd...
...State Secretary reported that the organizing of locals was in progress in seven widely separated cities and towns, and was being conducted by voluntary organizers...
...Affair this Saturday, April 22nd, at Brownsville Labor Lyceum, to raise money for the delegates to the Congress...
...The list of spenkers thus far includes Arturo Giovanittl, of Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Charles Weinstein, manager of the Phila...
...Entertainment, card prizes, old-fashioned waltz prizes, refreshments...
...Philadelphia M Day.—Philadelphia is arranging a May Day celebration at the Shubert Theatre on Monday, May 1, 2 P. M. The participating organizations are the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Unemployed Citizen's League, Socialist Party, Young Circle League, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Young Peoples' Socialist League, Workmen's Circle, and the United Hebrew Trades, The Textile District Council and Its affiliates are considering supporting the celebration with strong possibilities of its indorsement...
...Trade Union Membership Meeting.— All Socialist Party members of trade unions are urged to attend an important conference Saturday, April 22, 3. in tho Amalgamated Bldg., 31 Wast 15th S t Workers* Unemployed League,— Amicus Most, sec'y, snneunces thst he will be s t 7 East 16th Street daily from 8 to 5 p. m. Branches are asked to forward names of delegates to the Continental Con-' gress...
...The symposium will be held Sunday morning, 11, April 80, in the Paradise Manor, 11 W. Mt U m A T * - BROOKLYN Midwood (1722 I . 12th St...
...Gus Tyler will lecture Friday evening, April 21...
...Meets every Monday evening...
...The temporary secretary and organizer is Robert L. Compton, 72 Forrest St...
...The State Executive Committee adopted resolutions of respect in connection with the decease of Albert M. Brower and Andrew Cogan of Dutchess County, Mrs...
...East Bronx Unit, Women's Section.— Vetcherinka and Dance -on Wednesday, April 26th, 8 P. M., 904 Prospect Ave...
...Decided to elect a committee of three consisting of Rubin, Lichtenberg and Tuvim, to arrange and cordinate all activities of the membership...
...Package Party, bridge and dance at headquarters, Saturday, April 29th...
...Franck was the Socialist candidate for Assembly in Rockland County in 1902...
...He spoke at Bakersfleld, Taft, Visalia, Kingsburg and Fresno, and at Porterville Congregational Church...
...Branch meeting Tuesday, April 26, 8:80...
...CALIFORNIA Hollywood Yipsela Form "Crosawailh Circle...
...NATIONAL REFERENDUM...
...Books and material will be furnished...
...6th A. D / ( 4 8 Avenue C).—Br, meeting, Monday, April 24, a t 8:30, I at headquarters...
...Musical program...
...Branch 2 (844 Utica Ave...
...at 1:80, Max Delson will speak in 66 Washington St...
...Esther Wetstein and Esther Lederman, the Bellamy Boys and Pietro, the barber...
...Tuesday, April 25th, regular business meeting will begin promptly at 8:30 and end at 9. Symposium will follow on the "United Front...
...Branch members will gather at 11 a. m., May 1, at clubrooms and march to East 16th Street BRONX 2nd A. D. (9 West 170th St...
...There are also possibilities of two additional sessions in the western and northwestern states...
...Local Tompkins will hold a May Day County rally at Party headquarters, 209 East State St., Monday evening, May 1st...
...Grant, Mich, June 111-24...
...Thursday evening, April 27th, Dr...
...It was voted to accept the invitation to designate two Socialist Party representatives to the slate of non-partisan delegates to the convention for the repeal of the 18th Amendment, and Louis Waldman and Algernon Lee were elected...
...Many Essex County Socialists are planning to go to Trenton Monday, April 24th, to join the mass demonstration of Socialist and labor organizations at the State House at 2 P. M. in favor of Assembly bill No...
...The branch is [carrying on energetic educational and organization activities...
...Outdoor demonstration at Trement Ave...
...Nearly all the active members of the Party in Elmira are now unemployed...
...Other entertainment will be furnished...
...Louis Reiss and John S. Martin are carrying on an active campaign for the city election in Newark, May 9th...
...18th A. D., Branch 1 (1686 President St...
...Branch meeting, Monday, April 24th, 8:80 P. M. Harry Lopatin and Abraham Chapman elected delegates to Continental Congress...
...The county executive committee meets at 1085 Broad St, Tuesday evening...
...Boulevard on Anti-Fascism and Anti-War Saturday, April 22nd...
...Volunteers can do this work at the city office, at home or elsewhere...
...Symposium.—The next ill the series of symposiums arranged by the Educational Committee will be held Friday, April 28, 8:30, in the Debs Auditorium...
...Branch meeting, Tuesday, April 26th, Dr...
...Sunday, April 23...
...An enrolled voters' meeting will be held Thursday, April 26th, 8:30, at Franklin Manor, 836 Franklin Ave., with Jacob Axelrad as speaker...
...Applications for entry should he sent to Socialist headquarters, 549 Randolph St., Chicago...
...Washington lights...
...I V fair.—Friday evening, April 21st, a t the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Hall, 686 Main Ave., Pas34a Branch One, will present enry J . Cox, of Puerto Rico...
...May Dsy celebration in the evening st headquarters...
...King Capitalism" in the Polish Socialist Hall, 291 Bunnell St., Sunday, April 23rd, at 2 P. M. $12.42 was turned over to the Kentucky Miners' Defense Committee by the 5th District Socialist Club and the Young Peoples' Socialist League from a meeting held on Sunday, April 9th...
...H. C. Cartwright, Stamford...
...The value of the tribute is increased by the fuel I that the circle is not in a Negro neighborhood, and all the members are white...
...Comrades: Hold these dales...
...The 6th District endorsed the Continental Congress and delegates are to be elected...
...Literature Agent, Mrs...
...He was a faithful and aggressive leader, a real humanitarian, a congenial worker who devoted a great portion of his moral and financial strength to the Socialist cause...
...The Council is made up of delegates of the Young People's Socialist League, the Proletarian Youth League, the Young Communist League, the Junior Wobblies, the Young Circle, and the Communist Youth Opposition...
...Locals are asked to send representatives to secure leaflets and to place orders for the "Unemployed" magazine to be sold by the locals at 10 cents each, with 5 cents profit for the local...
...Six delegates will attend the United Workers' Council aC Reading...
...May 1st will be celebrated with a meeting at .which Dr...
...Musical evening at Paradise Manor, April 28, being arranged as wind-up for the branch forum...
...Membership meeting will be held It Amalgamated Hall, 585 Main ive., Passaic...
...Joseph M. Cold well will head the delegation...
...Saturday, April 22nd, Card and Waffle party...
...A move has been started to cover the entire assembly district with literature...
...Registration at all schools will be limited, and admission will be on the basis of tests covering Fred Henderson's 'Case for Socialism...
...Branch meeting, Tuesday,, April 25th, to take up plans for campaign...
...Refreshments...
...Bensonhurst Unit of the Socialist Women will celebrate second anniversary with a banquet Saturday, April 22nd, 9 P. M., at 7308 Bay Parkway...
...A study group is held weekly...
...Stanton C. Craigie constituted special organizer in the 37th Congressional District...
...The mass demonstration is the result of a united front between a number of working-class organizations, d Among the speakers will be John Panzner of the Socialist Party...
...Amalgamated, Emll Rleve or Alex McKeown, of the Hosiery Workers, Franc Daniel, of the Un« employed Citizens' League, and Harry Berger, manager of Jewish Daily Forward...
...New York gtate State Executive Committee,— The State Executive Committee met at Peoples House, New York, last Saturday, State Chairman Waldman president...
...Frank Cederwall of the Industrial Workers of the World...
...On the same evening the Young Peoples' Socialist League meets at county headquarters, 1085 Broad S t , Newark...
...Breslow will speak on "British Labor's Plans since 1931...
...Financial Secretaries of party branches will please list all their members belonging to trade unions and mail such lists to tho party office...
...The committee will meet Sunday morning at 10:30 a t headquarters...
...Hudson County is to have a general membership meeting Sunday, April 23rd, 2:30 P. M. a t 266 Central Ave., Fraternity Hall, Jersey City, to name candidates for state assembly and Board of Freeholders...
...7th A. D. (789 Elsmere Place).— Branch will hold social Sunday evening, April 23rd, at headquarters...
...Both are making a fine showing in the straw vote taken by a local newspaper...
...Brighton Beach (1113 Brighton Beach Ave...
...Grievance Committee of the Workers' Unemployed League sits at the Lyceum every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8 to 10 P. M. Jack Altman and Morris Brandwein elected delegates v to represent the League at the Continental Congress...
...CONNECTICUT Hamden Socialists r-Tir ited the following candidates for state officers of the party, State Secretary, Arnold Freese, of Nor walk...
...Elmira.—Local Elmira has chosen Denis P. Manley of 309!/$ West Sixth St...
...John Rodney and Olga SacherofT were elected as alternates...
...Esther Friedman and August and Mrs...
...All members are urged to pay dues to Louis Terr, 523 W. 187th St...
...Bridgeport.—The -6th .District Socialist Club and The Young Peoples' Socialist League, by request are repeating the Mock Trial "People vs...
...Branch meeting Monday, April 24th, 8:30, at headquarters...
...The Continental Congress was discussed and the question of Summer Schools...
...Thursday evening class in Socialism continues and Friday evening forum is successful...
...6th A. D. (167 Tompkins Ave...
...Executive Committeemen, Francis Hensen, New Haven...
...and So...
...Tickes available at branch headquarters...
...Candidates for the 1 goming election will be nominated...
...The newly formed Circle No...
...In the evening about 30 members of the Ann Anxir Local assembled with the members of the S.E.C...
...Topic: "The Possibility of a United Front...
...Serraine Lowe, representing the Proletarian Party...
...Elmer Smith of the Communist Party (Opposition...
...Please do not arrange affairs for them: Wednesday night, April 26th...
...It has 112 members and will send delegates to the Continental Congress independent of the county organization...
...on "The Role of the Socialist in the Crisis...
...Born at Man...
...6th A. D.—Branch meeting 1st and 3rd Monday a t Pelpark Palace...
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