Socialist Party Progress
Socialist Party Progress NEW MEXICO Clevis.—Enroute from Detroit to this city, Leon A. Cousens spoke at 21 meetings and organized locals at Peoria, Castle and Bristow, Oklahoma. Meetings were...
...The need of such work was never so apparent as at present, and a three-fold Socialist enroll-' ment provides an unusually large number of new prospects for membership...
...Rieve Score* A.F.L...
...The Fundamentals of Socialism-William Levenberg, chairman...
...There can be no real Socialism without democracy as there can be no democracy without Socialism...
...Some Communists started an opposition meeting at the other end of the park...
...A grand prize will be given to the Circle presenting the best plav...
...In the evening four brief addresses were given on "Why I Am a Socialist" by F. Grinapoon, K. Devine, A. Kimball and H. Mlran-goff...
...Sacramento.—The Northern California Valley Conference will hold a picnic May 21 at Del Paso...
...Whereas recent events reveal a decided tendency on the part of the American people to no longer defend an economic order which does not even assure them bread, nor to place further confidence in the leadership of bankers and Industrialists who are the sole beneficiaries of that economic order, and Whereas events further reveal a growing demand for a new economic set-up in which security and the right to work shall be placed above privilege and in which the industrial plant of the nation shall be operated and directed by society for social service instead of by financiers for maximum profit, Therefore be it resolved that we use every effort to spread the appeal among the masses for an orderly constitutional change, if such change be imminent, to the end that every transitional phase by accomplished without civil strife or violence or the violation of the civil rights of any individual...
...The Socialist Party, the Proletarian Party and the Industrial Workers of the World held a May 1st demonstration at Grand Circus...
...Socialism and International Relations— Leo Meltzer, chairman} Warren D. Mullin, leader...
...Alfred Baker Lewis, leader...
...ILLINOIS Chicago.—The 40th Ward Branch is holding a public meeting Thursday, May Iw, at 3605 Lawrence Ave...
...Henry Jager will be the speaker on May 19, and will talk on the "History and Background of Capitalism...
...More than two-thirds of the delegates held unions cards in addition to party cards...
...View Of Minimum Wage BOl PHILADELPHIA...
...In the evening there were meetings at the Polish Hall and the Jewish branch had a big meeting at Jeriro Temple...
...Walter E. Peck will conduct his weekly class in public speaking at county headquarters, Wednesday evening, 9 p. m. Prof...
...John Hall, leader...
...John Haynes Holmes, of New York, will lecture on "Hitlerism, the Aftermath of Versailles," for Local San Francisco June 8, at Scottish Rite auditorium...
...Ann Kimball and Savele Syrjala were alternates...
...The committee is composed of representatives of the Superior Trades and Labor Assembly, Building Trades Council, trade unions, Workers' Educational Society, cooperatives and the railroad brotherhoods...
...New York Collegians' Orchestra will furnish the music...
...A week-end caa> ference on "Socialism for Today,* just held by the Boston Central Branch in coooeration with the locals in eastern Massachusetts: at the Elisabeth iv«body House, proved highly successful, both educationally and socially...
...Lob Angeles.—The Y.P.S.L...
...Park from 1 to 4 p. m. The crowd was estimated about 6,000 people...
...Mordecai Shulman will serve as ehairman...
...CALIFORNIA San Francisco...
...MASSACHUSETTS Boston...
...Matthew Woll, one of the vice-presidents of the A. F. of L., joined President H. I. Harriman of U. S. Cci'mbrr of Commerce recently in attacking the bill, UNIONS ORGANIZE FOR POLITICAL ACTION SUPERIOR, Wis.—The Superior Labor Unemployment Committee, organized for political action, which succeeded in electing three labor councilmen and six county supervisors in 1931, hopes to win more offices in the coming elections...
...Working Class Unity" will be the subject of a lecture to be given by Joseph Brandon at the Labor Temple, 14th St...
...MICHIGAN Detroit...
...The State Office has issued a strong appeal to locals, branches and individuals to make contributions of at least one dollar a week to a special fund to be used exclusively for organizing work in unorganized territory...
...The Financial-Secretary-Treasurer is Joseph Sorce, 51 Orchard St...
...All members are urged to attend...
...For information on the Socialist summer school and vacation camp address E. E. Porter, Room 334, 828 Montgomery St., San Francisco...
...A symposium on the united front will be held under the auspices of the Branch May 10...
...With the formation of the Northern California federation to take place at this picnic invitations are being sent all locals north of the Tehachapi mountains...
...Luther Evans of Princeton will address the Branch of the Oranges Thursday evening, meeting in room 7, Triangle Bldg., 19 Washington St., East Orange...
...Idelle Egbert Hall, May 11, on the "Workmen's Theatre": and Joseph Gaer, director of the S. F. Forum, May 18, on the establishment of a school of social research, A monthly bulletin, the San Francisco Leader, giving news of Party activity made its first appearance last week and promises to become a permanent feature...
...Thanks U the effort« of members of Local Dunkirk a third local has been organized ia Chautauqua County...
...FreaWa...
...Those interested in the conference should communicate with Secretary Roger L. Leonnrd...
...The convention denounced the "United Front" appeal of the Communists as a scheme to open the doors for their destructive elements...
...Esther Suehomel of Kearny will address the yipsels Friday night in Essex County headquarters, 1085 Broad St...
...The program will carry the Revolutionary Symbol of Red May throughout...
...There Will be games, races, speeches, stunts and dancing...
...We recognize the imperative need of a united front against Fascism, but we recognize that Fascism cannot be fought successfully by working class efforts to adopt the dictatorial principles of Fascism...
...Socialism and Christianity—Kenneth Porter, chairman...
...Grand Rnpids also held a big meeting Sunday night...
...Socialism and Banking— Louis Weltsman, chairman...
...Saturday evening, the Ladies Auxiliary will hold a social evening at county headquarters...
...Branch One will hold an important business meeting Friday evening, May 12, at the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Hall, 585 Main Ave., at 8:15 p. m. Plans for summer activities and outdoor lecture series will be fur mutated Report by delegates from the Continental Congress for Economic Reconstruction will also be given...
...The conference is to be held at Party headquarters, 566 S. Salina St., Syracuse, and open 10 a. m. on Saturday, May 27...
...The conference closed with a mass meeting Sunday afternoon, dedicated to the memory of Karl Marx, George E. Roewer speaking on "Karl Marx and Modern Socialism...
...The program of tho Unemployment Committee includes demands for lower taxes, municipal ownership of public utilities, increased unemployment relief, provision of work by the city sufficent for home owners to pay taxes, and a reduced work week...
...Norman Thomas will speak on "America's Way Out" at the Norristown Auditorium Thursday, May 18...
...MerfiVrs should not use the cross mark when they vote, but should number the propositions "1", "2" and "3" according to their preference...
...TEXAS .-Houston.—Following is a resolution adopted by the Socialist loctl of Houston April 28...
...Roy Burt, recent candidate for Governor, will speak on "Labor's Declaration of Independence —the Story of the Continental Congress for Economic Reconstruction...
...Members should take no chance on their ballots being declared void...
...Admission free to members and friends...
...Articles by Austin Lewis and Ernest Untermann were featured in the publication...
...Prof...
...While these lectures are held in the auditorium of the Mohegan Colony School, they have been subscribed to by many residents of the village of Peekskill and vicinity...
...Harriet Boyd Hawes, leader...
...4665 Willow-brook Ave...
...Organiiing Fund...
...The annual ball of the Modern Culture Club will be held at the Art Center, 147 Second Ave., May 13th, at 8:30...
...At 4 p. m. the Communist parade marched in with about 10,000 people many of them children...
...OHIO The special convention was attended by 95 delegate srpreneniste tended by 95 delegates representing about 2200 members...
...and Be it further resolved that a special effort be made to secure the cooperation of the rank and file of the soldiers of the army and navy, and of the 250,000 boys being drafted into reforestation camps to avoid their being used by the forces of reaction to shoot down their fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, and their fellowmen in industry and on the farms...
...Tho Boston Central branch sent Leo Meltzer and Louis Devolder as their delegates to the Continental Congress...
...Richard Lief, leader...
...Socialism and Strikes—Paul Carlton, chairman...
...LECTURE NOTES A mass meeting under the auspices of the N. Y. Committee Against War will be held in Cooper Union, Sunday, May 14, at 8. "Fascism and War" will be discussed by Rabbi Israel Goldstein, A. J. Mustc, Heywood Broun, and Clarence Hathaway...
...and Joralemon 0t The 13th Ward branch of Newark meets Monday evenings at 5 Woodbine Ave...
...Passaic...
...A mass meeting is planned for Thursday night, May 25, to welcome delegates from the Continent tal Congress and hear their reports...
...Pointing out that the A. F. of L. approves the principle of the measure, he asserts that its opposition to details is giving anti-labor political leaders "the alibi for not pushing this bill through to passage...
...The Bohemian branch had a big meeting in the Bohemian Hall the night before, there meeting and entertainment started at 4 p. m. Sunday and lasted till 12 o'clock at ltight...
...The weekend conference opened Saturday afternoon at 8:80 with a mass meeting in which Socialist songs were sung snd sddresses delivered by Joseph Besrak and Prof...
...The bill opens up tremendous possibilities for organizing the unskilled and semi-skilled, he adds, and the raising of wages in sweated industries tends to force up the wages of organized labor...
...The Organizer and Corresponding of the new local 1 redonia is Orasio Barone, SI Prospect St...
...Hyman Schneid will represent the Socialists...
...Every Circle in' Los Angeles County will present a short one-act play...
...Tuesday evening the county executive committee meets at headquarters...
...The conference groups were sa follows: Socialism and Security of Livelihood—Joseph B. Greenfield, chairman...
...Henry MargulieR and Mrs...
...The remainder of the evening was spent in singing songs...
...and Second Ave., Sunday at 7:45...
...New York State National Referendum.—The State Sec ret ar j again urges members to read Instructions carefully'before voting on j National Referendum "A...
...Be it therefore resolved that we endorse the efforts of the Labor and Socialist International to reach a basis of united action and of a united front with the Communist International, if the same can be done without repudiation of democratic principle...
...Socialism and Women— Ann Kimball, chairman...
...of Los Angeles County will give the "Frolic of May" Friday, May 19 at the Newman Hall...
...The same evening there will be a symposium on "Unemployment and How to Organize the Unemployed...
...566 S. Salina St., Syracuse, N. Y. Peekskill Lecture Course.—The Peekskill lecture course was opened by August Claessens of New York on Friday evening with a discussion of the "Socialist Answer to Present Day Problems...
...Leon Rosser Land will speak on "Gandhi and the Untouchables" at the Bronx Free Fellowship, Azure Masonic Temple, 1591 Boston Road, May 14th...
...Milen Dempster, organi er, George Miller, Yipsel member, and Seldon Osborne, Pah) Olto local member, were the delegates...
...prevented from achieving its emancipation and is now Bverywhere menaced by growing forces of Fascism...
...WISCONSIN ..Milwaukee.—A vigorous protest against the bill pending before the legislature making military training compulsory for first and second year students at the University of Wisconsin was entered by the Milwaukee County Young People's Socialist league, consisting of eight branches in the county...
...Central New York Conference.— Local Onondaga County has taken the initiative in calling a central New York conference for May 27 and 28 to seek ways and means for organizing locals of the Socialist Party and circles of the Y.P.S.L...
...The officials of the American Federation of Labor, in opposing proposals for minimum wage legislation for men in the so-called Black or Con-nery 80-hour week bill, are easting aside the finest opportunity for general working class improvement that has arisen in the past 10 or 15 years," President Emil Rieve of the American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers declares in The Hosiery Worker...
...Herbert Read, leader...
...Vlda Scudder of Wellesley...
...throughout the central portion of the state, or within a radius of 100 miles of Syracuse...
...The Irvington branch will hold a card party the same evening in the main hnl...
...NEW JERSEY Newark...
...Glenn Trimble and Michael J. Flaherty, leadera...
...The following resolution was adopted and sent to the Ohio Communists as an answer to their invitation to join the so-called united front: "Ever since the Socialist movement of the world was split by the withdrawal of the reft wing faction and the formation of the Third or Communist International, which frankly repudiated democracy and advocated dictatorship of minorities, the working class of all countries has been weakened...
...Delegates will be expected to register them- I selves between the hours of 8 and I 10 a. m. The committee of arrangements consists of Walter Solewski, Roger L. Leonard and Monroe M. Sweetland Jr...
...The program for the May forums includes George R. Kirkpatrick May 4; Mrs...
...Paul Carlton, educational director of the Boston Central Branch, headed the committee which managed the conference...
...Socialist Party Progress NEW MEXICO Clevis.—Enroute from Detroit to this city, Leon A. Cousens spoke at 21 meetings and organized locals at Peoria, Castle and Bristow, Oklahoma...
...Suehomel will report on the "Continental Congress...
...BOSTON SOCIALIST CONFERENCE BOSTON...
...Speakers: Amicus Most and Alfred Moss...
...The singing of "Tha Internationale" brought the conference to a close...
...The Sixth Congressional District Branch has moved to 3223 W. Roosevelt Road, corner Sawyer Ave., second floor, over O & G Shoe Store...
...Meetings were held under Socialist auspices in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texaa...
...PENNSYLVANIA Norristown...
...Sunday, June 25, is the date of the picnic of the Bay District conference at Alvarado Park near Richmond...
...The state committee meets Sun-lay at Essex County headquarters, 1085 Broad St., at 11 a. m. . John Martin, chairman of the Essex County executive committee, Will addreA the Belleville branch Monday evening in the Recreation Hall, Garden Ave...
...Mary Hill and Lillian Drockney gave readings in honor of Marx...
Vol. 15 • May 1933 • No. 19
