A Socialist View of the Week
Ward, William Allen
A Socialist View of the Week FATHER TO HIS SON By Wflsiani Alien Ward DE wue My mb and know You mett devils on earth. . . , They rit at director!' Mcret Table*. Discount The fairy...
...To judge the correlation of groups and classes in an emergency, to so set that the movement will neither play into the hands of its enemies nor compromise its basic views, depends upon a well-informed membership...
...Yon do not go to hell After death . . . walk acrou the itreet At night...
...One of the most encouraging signs is the expansion of the correspondence courses at the Rand School...
...President-elect Roosevelt's announced acceptance of the Hoover policy also brought expressions of regret in Tokyo...
...Manuscripts that cannot be used will not be returned unless return postage Is enclosed...
...The Japanese imperialists appear confident that they can get away with their raids...
...it would seem the essence of good statesmanship to apply such a tax generally at a low rata upon all manufacturers except upon food and cheaper grades of clothing...
...if a plebiscite finally approves it there will be a ten-year probationary period during which measures regarding coinage, foreign commerce, immigration and others will be within range of a presidential veto...
...The bankruptcy of farmers has continued from year to year, the average number of farms changing hands as a result of mortgage foreclosure and related defaults being 28.4 per 1,000 in 1982 as against 18.7 in 1931, while for all types of forced sales fa* average rate was 4L7 per 1,000 at against 26.1 the year before...
...The final returns added considerably to the number reported the first week after the election, and even these did not measure ap to the expectations of many enthusiasts...
...Another group between the ages of IS and 19 number 2,542,213...
...An attempt at conciliation between Japan and China which invited Russia and the United States to join a conciliation body was changed to suggesting that unnamed nations outside the League be invited...
...Signed contributions do not necei««*lly represent the poller of Hm New Leader...
...The better informed the better will the movement be able to meet any emergency and any crisis that msy arise...
...He holds that Hoover in his Madison Square Garden speech and Roosevelt in his speech at Columbus last year approved this idea...
...A Latin • American Socialist federation would find in such rituations an opportunity to serve such movements...
...From all quarters of the country the eagerness of members for study and education ia obvioua...
...Jaa-•ary II...
...As this report is released Iowa farmers gather in groups as large aa a thousand to block sales of land and in many eases have succeeded...
...There Is another reason why this evident desire for thorough knowledge of Kocial'st principles is welcome...
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...The eagerness for systematic stndy of Socialist philosophy, economics and history that has developed in party branches since (hi election has exceeded the expectations of the school...
...Maya dc la Torre, Ita leader, has been illegally imprisoned since last May and in solitary confinement For a time ha was deprived of books and newspapers but last August a hunger strike restored them...
...And hear A baby cry Because there is no milk To All the bottle, and no bread To eat Hoover Again Aaka For a Salw Tax LAST December President Hoover la his message to Congress pointed oat that revenues had decreased and that the government still faced • deficit He again returned to this In Us message on Tuesday...
...Our little brown vassals are required to frame a constitution which must be submitted to the President who may disapprove: it will then go back to the Filipinos...
...In fact <*ere «* evidence that in tome localities th* deprttsion hat brought new demand* for child labor...
...Instead of spreading it over a few scores of commodities and services at irregular rates...
...There Is s lack of good literature on Socialist Interpr-etlon of modern phases snd trends of capitalism, but that will also come with a larger membership and more extensive knowledge of Socislist philosophy snd principles...
...Cotitrfbujor* ar« requested not to writs sa both sides if the paper and not to m lesd poatfll or red Ink...
...He contends that the Democratic Party is in some way pledged to this idea...
...TRK NEW LXADra, an official pub I Wit Ion of the Socialist Party, supports Mm struggles of the organised working slats...
...That is, the number of farm tax sales nearly doubled hi 1932...
...American military bases are to be retained and neutralisation of the islands will be attempted...
...After citing the hunger and unemployment in many states Senator Long declared: "It is, therefore, up to ua by some means, by some process, to obtain organized, concerted legislative effort in the Senate and in the other House to transfer into law this mandate to decentralise and spread the wealth of this country among the people...
...He holds that income taxes have reached the peak of what they can yield in revenue and he recommends the extension of sales taxes to meet the deficit "To extend this form of taxation is neither new nor revolutionary," says Hoover...
...Then when it comes to translating the idea into a definite proposal the "Krngflsh" merely says that there should be "some means" and "some process" of accomplishing iC The proposal itself is absurd...
...All of this shows life, a desire to go ahead, to study basic essentiala of the Socialist philosophy and program If we hsd polled double the vote we actually polled and this hsd been followed by no : evidence of a deaire by the members to equip themselves for the work of the coaling years, that would be a genuine reason for pessimism...
...Japan rejected conciliation by non-members...
...But no matter what the vote may have been...
...The movement is spreading to Nebraska and other farming states are likely to be affected...
...That's all...
...It is such incidents that may start our jingoes bawling at any time when Tokyo and Washington disagree eat China and the Far East ia general...
...The whole number from the agea «f 10 to 19 include 4,MH,172...
...On lbs other hand » Welcome* a variety of opinions conilitenl with Hi declared purpose...
...Senator Borah became almost poetic in support of the measure but we agree with the New York Times' view of the proposal: "In the name of the Prophet, sugar and eocoanut oil I* Reaction in Pern Suppresses Apristas Fis difficult to interpret the various "radical" movements in Latin-America but a letter in the New York Timea by the secretary of the executive of the A prist* Party in Peru provides important information...
...Oar Job Is to see thst every educational tendency ia encouraged so as to build s movement thst will be worthy of the working class, without whose support there can be little of a Socialist movement worthy of the name...
...These figures are for the depression year 1930 and no doubt many of these youngsters have lost their Jobs but there are still a large number at work who should be In school...
...The storm of reaction then broke and Colonel Sanchez Cerro, heading the new regime, imprisoned and then deported 28 Aprista representatives, Invading Congress to arrest them...
...He estimates that the income for the next fiscal year will be anywhere from $100,000,000 to 1300,000,000 less than the amount required...
...la th* United SUIea...
...In the coming years the Socialist organizations of North and South America should get together and the more we know of the working class movements in Latin-America the better prepared we will be for that event The reaction in Peru is supreme although Aprista claims 800,000 members, a large number for that country...
...No doubt many of these farmers have thought that Socialism will confiscate their holdings but they face a confiscation now that is real...
...Japan Before the Leeerue of Nations TPHE Committee of Nineteen at Geneva * ia facing some job in trying to preserve something of the League's waning prestige in dealing with Japan's adventures in China...
...The Chief of th* U. f. Children's Bureau reports for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1932, that "where child-employing industries are still actively functioning, the decrease in the number of children going to work has been relatively small...
...Child Labor m the Depression Period JANUARY 29 is Child Labor Sunday...
...ia Yoka-hama, said to be Inspired by a strike of native workers...
...under act of March 3, 1879...
...The party ia a semi-Socialist organization and de la Torre ia known as an idealist and poet Apristas are deprived of employment and the prisons are full of them...
...All acta must be reported to the American Congress and foreign affairs will be controlled by the United States...
...A Proposal for "Dividing Up" CENATOR HUfcY P. LONO of Louisiana, known as the "Kingflah," is battling in the upper house for what he calls "decentralisation of wealth...
...Rah for the Brown Men's "Independence" "THAT Philippines "Independence" bill * passed over the presidential veto is the queerest monstrosity that ever issued from a legislative chamber...
...The less Informed we are the more likely it is that the reaction in our own ranka will be emotional...
...There has been a big turnover in ownership during this period, nearly 10 per cent of the farms having passed out of the hands of owners...
...Socialist Education CIRST returns of the Socialist Party vote dls-* appointed many of oar members and sympathisers...
...Meantime it ia little short of criminal in this period for any children to be gainfully employed while workers walk the streets...
...What is needed la not dividing up but the abolition of capitalist ownership of the means of production and distribution—Socialism...
...Tokyo explains that anti-American feeling is growing in Japan, largely due to Washington's attitude toward Manchuria and refusal of recognition of Manchukuo...
...if he were to conduct him through a maze of dark alleys, winding streets, up rickety stairways, down into basements and finally release him some miles away from his home, somewhat groggy from his wanderings, we would have a parallel to this "independence" conferred on the Filipinos...
...They are doomed to deflation before their first year in office has coma to a dose...
...The whole capitalist system here snd abroad is still disintegrating and some crisis may be reached that will foster emotional rather than Intelligent reactions within the movement...
...How do children in the lower levels of society fare in this period of depression...
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...The lecture announcements that appear in The New Leader from week to week and reported from many states are also encouraging...
...II.SS I fees to r*robra CosswU* sad fraud* '.....................••• * Balered aa tot*ad CI*** Metier...
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...Discount The fairy tale...
...Confiscating Farms Of the Farmers rT*HE Bureau of Agricultural Eco* nomics, reviewing forced sales of farm lands for a five-year period ending March 1, 1982, presents some interesting information of what has happened...
...There is nothing in the Hoover and Roosevelt campaign speeches to justify the Long interpretation...
...If there were any disappointment it is not now evident...
...A vast following with little or no desire to acquire knowledge and experience is less desirable than a smaller following thirsting for these essentials of a growing Socislist movement...
...When the Legui distatorship was overthrown and the Civilista Party came into power in December, 1981, the Aprista became the opposition which worked "through both Parliament and its own press, subject to the severe discipline which has characterised the Aprista Party from the beginning...
...If a sharper were to take a man in charge who had lost his way, promising to lead him home...
...Free imports into the United States will be replaced by tariff rates, with special consideration for sugar and vegetable oils...
...The increases In revenues enacted at the last session have not had the results hoped for because of the continued economic stagnation...
...whst Is just aa Important is the post-election period...
...Our readers may supply their own comment We cannot exercise the proper restraint...
...In the year 1930 there were children between the ages of 10 to 17 to the number of 2,145,959 employed la gainful occupations in the United States...
...The growth of the Yipsels has also been steady and continuous snd this is the most promising thing for future party development We may also add that despite the depression, which makes it difficult for many of oar readers to renew their subscriptions, the renewals that fall due at this time of the yesr exceed our expectations...
...Since the election The New Leader itself has received many inquiries on this matter which have been passed on to party officials...
...Of the increase in the number of forced sales in 1982 compared with the year before, the Bureau declares: "Not only were there more farms sold as a result of tax delinquency, but a greater number changed ownership as a result of mortgage foreclosures, bankruptcy proceedings, sales to avoid foreclosures, deeding back to avoid legal action and other related causes...
...Due to economic necessity many have been driven to seek employment and have taken the places of adults who need work...
...On Wednesday came news of a raid by alleged Japanese "gangsters" en the Singer Sewing Machine Co...
...We do not think that this mood ia justified...
...In a recent address he declared that neither Republican nor Democratic leaders in the Senate "are undertaking to carry out the mandate of the people of the United States to decentralise wealth...
...How the Democrats will sugar-coat the nasty pill is their problem...
...There ie every reason to be satisfied with the Socialist vote when one considers our meager resources In orgsnisation and funds during the campaign...
...President-elect Roosevelt is opposed to this proposal and H brought Immediate criticism In the House but we may expect the eventual enactment of the sales tax by Congress after next March...
Vol. 15 • January 1933 • No. 3
