top o' The Leader Tower With Readers 'n'Boosters
top o' The Leader Tower With Readers 'n'Boosters - By the Editor-NEXT WEEK! That article by the young lawyer which appeared in the ibsue of September Oth stirred a midwestern journalist...
...Locals and Branches Parly l.<ocals and Brandies art beginning to elect New I.tader agents to put over the National Edition...
...we do -not know whether it will explode or fizzle out...
...It is a vivid story by a young German who writes with candor of his observations and experiences nnd certainly with sympathy...
...Here is the first account we have seen of the history of the Komsomol...
...Communism and Socialism" by Karl Kautsky...
...A government report on the A.R.U...
...When the elemental fury of social revolution overtakes Hitler's Germany, we may expect these creatures to crawl and whine to avert a doom they earned...
...We have made enormous progress through machinery...
...Herbert Hoover visited the World's Fair this week, but it isn't a fair world of capitalism that greets Mm in Chicago...
...Had news fee the farsaers in the Argentine and in the United States, For many months Argentine crops promised to i<r small due to a long drought—then it rained...
...he observed a pronounced tendency toward "left wing thought...
...Nationalism has its flag waving and solemn ceremonies, but back of it all are the druggers and the drugged, the former representing capitalism and the latter its victims...
...Poverty of Socialist thinking is evident in his view that Roosevelt's program of managed capitalism has taken the initiative from Socialists...
...This menace is ever in the minds of every revolutionary group...
...Hi writes in a mature style that is surprising for a young man which makes his book all the more interesting to read...
...A New Leader Contest With the issue next week we will open a contest for our readers, You are acquainted with the Poor Fish, whose "wise" advice is broadcasted each week, and the Bray of the Week...
...Tens of thousands of them are jobless and hungry, having made the nation sale for Ford's class if not for their own...
...Above it hovers the imperialist power of this country, and off the Cuban shore float American warships as a constant threat of intervention...
...Bill Lcvenburg of Boston, Secretary of the Federation of Socialist ('tubs of Kastem Massachusetts, reports that last Sunday the Federation voted to start a campaign for subs to the National edition, and a long list of booster recruits arrives with the report...
...A large majority of Wall Street brokers arc reported as voting to move the stock exchange to Now Jersey...
...Soldier workers of Detroit...
...Each believes in nationalism...
...One of the most interesting chapters is devoted to a Youth Commune with its problems relating to the sexes, apportioning tasks, sharing rooms and expenses and settling disputes that inevitably arise in such a community...
...The contest is on...
...It will be sold in such "pauper labor" countries as China, Japan, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the Philippines In these days of depressing capitalism life is a matter of getting lid of too much, although it is evident that millions of us have loo little...
...Soldiers in Two Armies pl\ E thousand ex-soldiers, paralyzing traffic for * three blocks, answered Henry Ford's call to serve the Ford Motor Company in Detroit...
...Decatur, 111., and Lansing, Mich...
...Should more than one reader select the same item for the Bray, the first one to arrive will be the winner...
...For the worker and farmer nationalism is a drug that stupefies...
...Remember, next week...
...The parading of a former Prussian Minister through the streets in Essen with a placard and umbrella to the jeers of thousands is only one incident in thousands...
...Think it over...
...If he writes of the dirt and hardships, the fanaticism, low living standards and physical overstrain which Bolshevik youth willingly endure in (he hope of building an economic structure that will eventually make comforts generally possible for all, he also makes us acquainted with their amusements, psychology, and social relationships...
...Organization Boosters On page 3 we report the fine letter of the Milwaukee County Committee approving our National Edition...
...The New Leader has published much in recent years regarding electric light rates, and the Popular Government League, Washington, D. C., has published a mass of detailed information on this matter that will be helpful to you...
...They form a united front in support of these ideas...
...Well, look at capitalism now...
...Signiund Slonim, Duluth, Minn...
...He is very enthusiastic nlitiut the National Edition, E. A. Block of San Farncisco sends in new subs and writes: "I would like to report lliul the members of t/us local are very enthusiastic about the issuance of a National Edition and that ue intend to make every effort to cooperate with you...
...Swastika Over Germany" by Siegfried Lipschitz...
...Ry Klaus Mehnert...
...A Lesson lor Socialists fllKOl'CIIOUT tiie history of the Socialist Party * we have had members who wore a "left" badge and were distinctly to the "right...
...Calamity 1 A big crop is assured and wheat dropped r, cents a bushel...
...We do our part," said Hill Sykes as he descended the fire escape...
...each puts the nation first...
...The Booster Army Martin B. Heisler of Ahlon, N. Y., who sent in 5 subs last week and 3 the week previous, sends 12 more with the promise of still more...
...Not a Communist but forming strong ties of friendship with young Russians, he writes an absorbing account of the life of Russian youth and of the youth movement...
...Forward to Socialism THU chairman of the Wcstinghousc Electric and Manufacturing Co...
...There are three books that you man consult, one edited by S. M. Reynolds, "Debs, His Life, Writings and Speeches...
...That is why capitalists and hankers give funds to navy leagues and to other nationalist organizations...
...Here is the latest addition to this roll call: Reading, Pa , 18th Ward and South Branch...
...Nationalism 11/IIA I is this nationalism that seizes so many people...
...He does not want to restore the wheelbarrow age...
...Contributions should not exceed a hundred words...
...1 happen to know about the newspaper business," he writes, "and was impelled to knock oat the enclosed article " We will run this article next week and you will like it...
...Facing a test of courage where conditions are equal such humans act the part of slinking curs...
...They wouldn't fight for their loans and investments, so it is necessary to drug others in order that they will do the fighting...
...The dollar dropped to a new low level in foreign exchange this week, but it must drop much lower before It reaches the value of labor power which the jobless man cannot sell...
...Recruited in one army lifteen years ago they are being recruited in another one now...
...For the '>est statement ascribed to the Poor Fish and the best selection of a It ray we will award one of the following booklets, to be selected by the winner, each week: "Manual for Socialist - Speakers" by August Claessens...
...He chastises the white collarite jour nalists, many of whom work fur less than the union printers who set their copy...
...L. Woodcok, Detroit — ti new subs...
...each suspects anything foreign...
...Does it look healthy or does it look like a case of "stagnation and death...
...New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co...
...John W. 1'iercey, Lyons, Kansas, sends in 2 new subs ami writes: "The Notional Edition in worth a hundred general radical papers* Depend upon me to boost The New Leader whenevt r possible...
...He posod as a "left" in the Milwaukee convention, often embarrassed us by press releases of the City All,.us Committee, and last December at a student council of the L.I.D...
...His reasoning is not Socialist at all but reformist and opportunist, which indicates that his present alignment is a natural one...
...The capitalist and banking classes are said to be shifting towards a Fascist ' program and in the meantime industrial life is nearly paralyzed, distress is widespread, the working class of Havana have demonstrated in support of the government, and an eight-hour law has been won by the workers...
...Some] slept all night on the pavement to be in line the next morning for inspection by Ford's overseers...
...Keep sober, A nationalist drunk, like "pizen likker," profits the other fellow, not you...
...David Karsner, "Debs:: His Life and Letters" ; McAlister Coleman, "Debs, Man Unafraid...
...BORN of n family of Germans living in Russia for generations, who escaped to Germany in the first winter o,f the World War, the author of this book, understanding the Hussiari language as well as his own, spent each autumn of the last four years in the Soviet Union...
...we will make more by not restricting it, says he...
...On the other hand, we do not want to retain this "stagnation and death...
...Too Much and Too Little...
...A worker, a farmer, a banker, a capitalist, are all citizens of the same country...
...That article by the young lawyer which appeared in the ibsue of September Oth stirred a midwestern journalist to write of the experience newspaper wuikers face in their profession...
...Locals Racine, Wis...
...No march backward, no standing still, but a plunge forward out of capitalism into Socialism is the need of the hour...
...On the contrary, a program of managed capitalism is a challenge to Socialists, not a reason for surrender...
...They own most in the nation that is worth while...
...J. O...
...3 new subs...
...Translated by Michael Davidson...
...Other chapters consider student life and education, the literature of youth, the drama, the collectivized villnge, a youth commune and the morality and culture of young Russians...
...Who's next...
...They arc inspected by Ford's oflicers, a batch accepted each day, and they are turned over to overseers of his barracks for training and service to the auto baron...
...German Bullies TO civilized human beings about the lowest human * animal is the person who takes sheer delight in torturing a weaker being...
...00 nuch clothes, too May shoes, too such * clothing, toe many hastes, to* Stuch wheat— too much of everything bat brains...
...strike about 1895 is also of special interest and you may find it in the public library...
...Underneath the political changes since Machado fled is a labor movement, itself divided and uncertain...
...This is quite in contrast with 1917-18 when the veterans were told that they would return to a country "(it for heroes...
...The brute who strikes a tubercular, the buly who kicks a child, and the : cowards win) herd together to inflict pain and, possibly, death on some helpless being, are scoundrels who invite our loathing...
...We do our partners," said the big hat signers of the automobile code as they looked at the workers...
...Agnes S. Barker, Delaware County, Pa., rushes in with new subs and writes: "We are very much pleased with the new edi» tion...
...Generally followed this policy would bring "stagnation and death," he declares...
...The Case for Socialism" by Fred Henderson...
...Glad to know that in your school work you have chosen Eugene V, Debs at the man who most appeals to you...
...Laugh' that off, will you...
...The passing of I'aul Blanshard from the party to the I unionists is not an exceptional incident...
...For the banker and capitalist it helps them to rob those who are stupefied...
...He opposes restriction and complains that many cities bar use of machinery in city work...
...This line document will appear next week...
...If the move was eastward to the Atlantic we would like to vote for a big shift...
...At home the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will subsidize the export of over 30,000,000 bushels of stored wheat, selling it at from 15 to 20 cents below the domestic level in the hope of preventing a price decline here...
...Communists are said to be active in those seizures, but in Latin-American countries it is difficult to classify the various types of labor organizations...
...Neither do we...
...Jugoslav Socialist Federation, Chicago...
...asserts that various plans are offered to NRA authorities providing that corporations should not buy new machinery...
...All history shows that humans who thus act as a rule are moral and physical cowards...
...The French party has had the same experience...
...In each era of a "left" group quite a number of "right" souls emerged...
...Perhaps calamity can yet be prevented by plowing wheat under like cotton in this country...
...Through this young German wo see a phase of Russia that is overlooked by other writers...
...Ben Mendelsohn, Colorado...
...The Nazi regime in Germany swarms with such creatures...
...We had them in our national convention in 1001, again in 1912, and then in 1917...
...Sugar mills have been seized by workers in a number of provinces and many of these mills are owned by Americans...
...The < ii I Km Firecracker "THE Cuban revolution is like a sputtering firecracker...
...Does the upstart baron patronize you now in the expectation that he ran use you for reaction in some future crisis...
...A Booh on Russian Youth YOUTH IN SOVIET RUSSIA...
...Writ9 to that organization...
...We wnnt to retain the machine age, not go bnck to the wheelbarrow, but we want to advance with it beyond this capitalism that has made a mess of machinery...
...Questions and Answers Patrick Cudmorc, Vermont...
...Events show that he was so far to the right that another step carried him into the capitalist reform ramp...
...We had hoped to run in this issue the answer of Sunnysidc Branch of the Socialist J'urty to I'aul Itlanshard's letter of resig nation, but it was crowded out...
...Dayton, Ohio...
...Three hundred arc to be selected each day till r>,000 have enlisted in Ford's service...
Vol. 16 • September 1933 • No. 13
