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Top o* The Leader Tower With Readers V Boosters - By the Editor ,. NEXT WEEK U/K recently learned that one of " the last lectures deliver^ by Comrade Morrta Hillguit wai a year ago at the...
...Jacob Panken, former Socialist judge in New York City, will be the principal speaker...
...the more j "helpful service" then "the greater the legitimate 1 profit...
...The Boston Dinner Everything is all set for The New Leader Dinner in the Bradford Hotel, Sunday, January 7, at 7 p. m. Reservation* are going rapidly...
...am bankrupt...
...One cannot forecast what will happen to Torgler and the other accused, but it isn't likely that they will be permitted to live outside of prison or a concentration camp...
...New Task City Rdltlta 11 M ITaai Nsiisnai Idlttaa...
...There were also a number of Socialist-trade union periodicals whieh we include in this request...
...What Our Readers Think Issues of The New Leader in recent months have brought more and more letters of congratulation from readers and party workers...
...Investigation re vealed that in other states outside the wheat belt • farmers increased their wheat acreage in the hope of reaping the higher price due to restriction in . the wheat belt...
...The price of " milk was fixed at 11 cents a quart in the Chicago f arc?, but purchases declined and a large over- i supply of milk was threatened...
...That we cannot do without sacrificing tht workimg class...
...Pacing extinction by the great capitalist combinations they arc attracted to Fascism, Does that meat, that Socialism must yield something to middle class aims...
...If profit alone is made the end of l I mil,an effort, he declares, "then society must ' reconcile itself to steady disintegration, con- 1 stantly increasing conflict between individual ' groups and nations, and eventual destruction...
...Union Sentinel, Reading, Pa.j Workers* Gazette, Omaha...
...writes that the party members are "very much pleased with the improved New Lender National Edition...
...That would 1>c for us to yield Socialist aims...
...The restriction of wheat acreaage has also ] proven a disappointment...
...The compromise yields something to inflationists without upsetting the financial struct, ure as inflation or hi-metalism would...
...The slave trade in the old days of slavery was disliked even by some planters and the slaVetrader, however much wealth he might accumulate, was as a rule excluded from polite soI ciety...
...sell surpluses and will enable silver standard nations to make larger purchases of American goods...
...Instead of the 15 per cent reduction in acrcag\ the total cut > has been only 7.2 per cent...
...The move also appears to be a compromise with western senators who have been talking inflation...
...It is suggestive and informing to Socialist* in the larger citiea...
...Signed contributions do not neeeaaarily repreeent the policy of The New, Leader On tbt ofhrr band It welcome* a variety of opinions consistent •lib Its declared purpose Contributors art reouested not so write on bolh aides of the paper and not to me lead pencil or red ink Manuscripts that cannot he used will not be returned unless return poata|e Is enclosed SUBSCRIPTION RATES i 1 Ttat...
...Planters might buy his goods, but they i avoided him as a social acquaintance...
...The one experiment in price control by the | government has been abandoned...
...The Middle Classes WORLD Socialism faces a new problem in re" lation to the middle class...
...Hundreds of such letters have been received in the ln«t two years...
...It is only when service becomes dominant that | we can be happy, he adds...
...He adds some interest.j ing observations that are helpful in approaching the farmers...
...Thoae who have not yet obtained reservation* should write Leim A rk in, 1 Stuart Street, Boston...
...We have decided to increase our weekly bundle of five copies to 20...
...The Nazi courts will have to be transformed into brothels adequately to correlate with what Fascism represents...
...It will be a souvenir of the movement that every Socialist will want to have and to also sell at lectures and public meetings of all kinds...
...abates aet af atotsk %, I ITS...
...Local San Francisco and several other Pacific i'oast locals are asking for his services, but we regret that for tj/ present arrangements cannot lie made to aend him that far...
...The Nazi press agency declares that "This verdict shows the necessity for the fundamental reform of our judicial system...
...If you want material returned, indicate this when you send it...
...We are already gathering material for this issue which will carry, among other features, photos of early Socialist publications, hooks, pamphlets and individuals unknown to the new generation of Socialists...
...Ruling Class Ethics /\NE of the purposes of the NRA codes is to establish "fair competitioriJXin the struggle of the industrial barons for supremacy...
...Rul¦ ing class capital, whethtjr invested in slave or i wage labor, produces some peculiar twists of r reasoning...
...Comrade Hillquit'a subject wax "The Socialist Viewpoint on Municipal Expenditure and Taxation...
...Profit is condemned to a prison cell and . is then invited into the parlor as "greater legit- ( imate profit...
...i Then what ? Simply this: do not eliminate I profit but subordinate it to service...
...That may impress JS as amusing and hypocritical, but in a recent study of slavery in Mississippi the author in considering this slave trade . observes that "then was a tendency for the busi. ness to abound in unethical transactions...
...The Purchase of Silver "TMIK announced intention of the Federal Government to purchase not less than 24,421,410 ounces of silver annually is in accord with the London agreement...
...Mark Khinoy is splendid...
...I We pass this on for the experts in ethics...
...However, experience lias shown that Hitler in l"i«n in,ike an alliance with the upper ruling cliques...
...This will help six western silver states to...
...the Socialist Parti and the struggles of thf omanlred working clam...
...Copies of these will be appreciated...
...Copies of other publications that we are seeking include the following: The Chicago Socialist, the Los Angeles Socialist, the Seattle Socialist, the Toledo Socialist, and the New Jersey Socialist Review of 1004 or later...
...MM F.nter.o aa teeead Cteas Mattel )»¦ aarr It...
...Should it come, there will be a general hilarious spree with a terrible headache sure to follow...
...As president of Columbia Uni- ] virsily he considers the profit motive in his an- I nual u]him...
...In asserting that the middle classes are doomed under capitalism, many of them have thought that we art allies of the wppcr classes and rejoice in that doom...
...Thanks to Comrade Nelson West of Springfield, Mass., we are also in possession of Light, the Proletarian, the first Coming Nation, and the first issue of the New York Evening Call...
...Once in the clutches of Nazi keepers, their fate may be less endurable than the execution of a death sentence...
...t'omrade Franklin of Chicago and S. Edelstein of New Jersey send 0; C. Cousins of New Mexico and Comraue Peterson of Wisconsin send 6; Charles Pogorelec of Chicago, Martin Heisler of New York, H. Dexter of Oregon, Walter Hut eh ins of Massachusetts, A. Goodman of Nebraska, and <>r.:rade Petava of Little Fa Is, N. V., arrive with 4 each...
...drop me...
...II IVaai ta Caaada...
...We do not think so...
...Half will be coined and the other half retained as a service and coinage charge, the price being set 19 cents above the market price...
...Miners' Magazine, Denver...
...Despite the fact that the banks have plenty of money lying idle and that there is no lack of currency, there may yet be a struggle in Congress over inflation...
...Another type of letter we occasionally receive is like this one .from a physician: "I ask that ->iy name be erased from the list of The New Leader readers...
...Local Philippi, W. Va...
...It is a case of from convict garb to an evening dress suit I We favor organization of a Society for the ' Promotion of the Principles of Logic Among University Presidents...
...Millions of dollars processing taxes have been levied and added to j the prices of wheat products to encourage wheat ^ farmers to restrict production...
...service aim i nun < NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER appears frightened...
...The sub-getters keep on the job...
...If, instead of emphasizing the fact that the middle classes are doomed under capitalism, we always couple this with the assertion that the workers are also doomed and that both have no permanent future under capitalism, we will tend lo disarm middle class prejudice against Socialism...
...As human beings, middle class men can destroy Upper class rule only by helping to wipe out all classes and that is the aim of Socialism for the workers as a class will also disappear and be swallowed up in the classless society of Socialism...
...We have already collected a number of these, which include the Comrade, the International Socialist Review, the Terre Haute Advance, the Appeal to Reason, the second Cqming Nation, and several others...
...German experience has shown that when the middle class gets its own idol in power the prospect of recovering its economic stake in capitalism is sheer illusion, ft is pushed to a lower level and "coordinated" in a position of serfdom to the big hanking and capitalist magnates...
...Some approach like this docs not yield anything of our aims and will tend to weaken middle class yearning for Fascist swindlers...
...Branch Hunnyside on !<ong Island also .semis hearty congratulations regarding Comrade Khinoy's contributions and others have n pressed the same sentiment...
...This anniversary number will run at least 32 pages and possibly more because of the historical material and illustrations it will carry...
...THE NEW LEA DEI, ¦ Socialist publication, support...
...When a Hitler demagogue promises them release from upper class pressure, they, naturally, turn to the demagogue...
...Cleveland Citizen, Cleveland...
...Harvey Rickert of Iowa write* that he likes The New Leader "in its new form" and that "its news is better edited and is better .displayed...
...It will advance service, although profit, whether "legitimate" or other-t wise, will not be forthcoming...
...We are especially anxious to receive copies of old Socialist Party publications...
...The Sub Workers We report the tour of August Claesscnc on another page...
...The Reichstag Fire Verdict THE acquittal of the defendants in the Reichstag fire trial, except Marjnus van der Lubbe who was sentenced to death, came as a profound disappointment to the Nazis who raged for several days...
...Any sort of historical mat.¦mil not listed above may be useful, Comrades who send us mnterial should wrap it securely and mail it to'The New Leader...
...une rare item we especially desire to have is a copy of the !"ocial Democrat, organ of the Social Democracy in 1897...
...nil at til* peel Oftce at Haw taeh...
...We should never have a aingle edition of The New Leader without stich real information regarding the international movement...
...It does...
...Brauer-Zeilung, Cincinnati...
...MEXT spring The New leader will publish the largest paper it has ever issued in celebration of its tenth anniversary...
...We cannot use all of them, as hundreds have appeared in the past thirty-odd years, but the more we receive the better selection we will be able to make...
...7 East 15th Street, New York City...
...Top o* The Leader Tower With Readers V Boosters - By the Editor ,. NEXT WEEK U/K recently learned that one of " the last lectures deliver^ by Comrade Morrta Hillguit wai a year ago at the National Conference on the Relation of Law and Business held at New York University...
...The middle clatsis are swindled, but they learn it too late...
...Those who send 3 are C. Henley of Virginia, L. Woodcock of Detroit, J. Anderegg of California, and S. Oshry of Pittsburgh...
...Who Has Copies of Old-Time Socialist Weekly Papers...
...Save your postage...
...The Sagging NR*A A SHARP doclinc in employment and payrolls in November is reported l>y the Bureau n of Labor Statistics and the index of general in- 1 dustrial activity shows a dull level after a slow r decline since the middle of last July, 't is now s obvious that the spurt up to that month was j> largely due to the employing class stocking up I in anticipation of codes that would require in- v creasing the minimum wage...
...He was not fit to associate with "gentlemen...
...Where "unfair" ends and "ethical" begins is a problem that we are willing to leave to the NRA experts...
...This lecture, with the content of the publiaher of the lectures, will appear next week...
...Possibly our approach to the problem has been wrong...
...Any old pamphlets of that period or before, or manifestos and leaflets will be useful...
...Price-control was i given up and the dairy problem remains - a t problem...
...Local Richmond, Va., through David George, sends congratulations to The New Leader "upon its steady improvement, especially splendid issues of December 2 and 9. It U rapidly becoming what the Nationa' Edition should be—a propaganda paper auitabla for newcomers, and mn educational paper far party members as well...
...The twos and singles string out in a list too long to be mentioned...
...We ns&y have overlooked a few of the more prominent Socialist publications of that period and shall be glad to hear from any readers who can suggest others of which »Iiey have a copy...
...UN I Teat as f.r.iin Caaatrtsa...
...The -n include the American Labor Union Journal, Chicago...
...The NRA is sagging in the effort to contend ¦ with the basic purpose of a capitalist system, production for sale instead of for use...
Vol. 16 • December 1933 • No. 27
