The Basic Principles of the Modern Socialist Movement
Berenberg, David P.
The Basic Principles of the Modern Socialist Movement By David P. Berenbcrg Taw if one of a tenet of articles—six group* of fix articlt* sack—to appear in Tke New Leader in cooperation with the...
...IJforman Thomas will tour the stats beginning Saturday, and his schedule is as follows: Miiy 12, Holland, Tulip Festival, 1 p. ill.: High School Auditorium, p. m...
...Money derived from certain projects that should have been need partly to pay off bills incurred as the result of promoting such projects were used for other purpose...
...But, given the opportunity of making common cause, helping themselves while aiding the county orgsnizstion, they do not have to divide their time between raising lands for themselves and the county, but by uniting their efforts they achieve mucn more for themselves and the county organization...
...His individual threat not to work unless he gets the wage he needs is laughable...
...May II, battle Creek, Presbyterian Church, 5:30 p. m.j Kiiliiinii/iiii, Central High School, 8 p.m...
...Branches not only were promised a share of the income of county ventures, but that promise was promptly fufllled...
...Capitalists will refuse to recognize the union...
...2 p. m. until 5 p. m...
...As there is not sufficient space available at the Hotel Fort Wayne to accommodate the large attendance expected at the banquet, arrangements have been made to hold it at the Hotel Statler...
...Printers whose bills had remained unpaid for three or four years refused to do any more work...
...Many .cases have been presented in affidavit form to Chairman Webb who has been "deaf and hardened to our cries and totally unfit to be any longer entruitted with these duties...
...Now that no money is owing to anyone, and our credit with the printers is high, the county is looking forward to redoubling- Its activities, plsns for which art being developed...
...Imagine the surprite of the local Nazis, when 4,000 people came to pay their respect to the deceased "traitor...
...They call it an unwarranted interference with their private affairs...
...8 p. m. until 11 p. m. There will be only two sessions the following day, the evening being reserved for the convention banquet...
...Its subcommittees are functioning exceptionally well...
...A Revolutionary Funeral in Nazi Germany AFORMER Social Democratici Deputy, Milder - Altenburg, died in Grabs, Germany...
...Vermontvllle, Town Hall, 2 p. in.: Mmkegon, Central Methodist Church, 8 p. in...
...They will never admit that the worker must fight with all the weapons at his command to protect hie property...
...Some of the comrades came from distant places—Chemnitz, for instsnce...
...He discovers that he has no friends in the world, except other workers...
...Such instances are exceptions...
...We now demand a sufficient participation in that wealth which we and our likes have created so as to ensure to us a decent human standard of living...
...A demand is made for the removal of Webb...
...Inability to pay rent for headquarters brought constant threats of dispossession...
...The result was careless spending of funds and constantly mounting deficits...
...Each gain in living standards opens Jp new experiences in the lives of the workers and makes them want more, until in the end they achieve all, In the daily struggle for better wages, shorter hours, better working conditions, the worker learns that he is fighting not only his own boss, and not only the bosses in his industry...
...During many years we have added largely to the nation's wealth...
...Money •oming in frost sock and other ventures made the comrades feel that they were rich...
...3. The Claaa Struggle THE class struggle is, in the first place, a conflict which will determine whether the workers or their exploiters are to be the masters of society in the future...
...It is also a conflict that goes on from day to day, in the shop, in the press, in politics, in every phase of human life, for a little more to eat, better clothes, a little more political power, a better education for the children of the workers...
...Formerly money was spent without an eye on income...
...But they hate the labor union...
...Nothing so clearly demonstrates the reality, and the bitterness, of the class struggle as the attitude of the employers and of the middle classes toward the labor union...
...Naturally, this brought a complete change in attitude of the branches towards the county and splendid cooperation...
...Inquiries should be addressed to the Rand School, 7 East 16th Street, New York, and if possible a few postage stamps should be enclosed, so as partly to pay the cost...
...That so small a group, many of whom dwell in absolute poverty, has been able to achieve these things during the most trying period in our history, speaks well for the policies of the Executive Committee and the splendid cooperation given by the individual members...
...Nevertheless, the comrades set themselves to the task of building the organization and wiping out the deficit, and they succeeded in spite of .everything...
...The New Leader hat enlisted the aeeistanee of the Rand School of Social Science, whose staff have undertaken to help reader* who with to get the utmost value out of the series, by answering questions that may arise in their minds as they read, and directing them to sources of information, advising them as to further study, and so forth...
...He discovers that the press—the mouthpiece of the exploiters of labor—is always against him...
...They refuse to admit that the only property a worker has is his job, and that if the worker's job is dependent on the "kindness" and the whims of one man, the worker is a slave...
...Our patience and humility are exhausted, and we approach the time where We find it literally necessary to remind you that we are human beingi our just anger is fast rising...
...Apd they fight it tooth and nail, using all weapons, including murder, to crush It...
...Here and there, for sentimental reasons, or because two sets of bosses are at war with one another (as in the Southern textile strikes) or because the conditions against which the workers are fighting are a public scandal (as in the New York garment strike in 1909, or in the recent Pennsylvania sweatshop strikes) some papers give a strike lukewarm support...
...The Basic Principles of the Modern Socialist Movement By David P. Berenbcrg Taw if one of a tenet of articles—six group* of fix articlt* sack—to appear in Tke New Leader in cooperation with the Committee on Education of the Socialist Party...
...The convention will • offkialy open with the mass meeting at the ('ass Technical High School on Thursday evening, May 31...
...We want food and a reasonable measure of home comforts...
...Some of ua have toiled from early youth to decrepit old age, and now find ourselves denied proper food," the complaint continues...
...Briefly, this policy has been not to mulct their own members, who are called upon to give and give until they ean give no more, but to conduct activities that result in bringing in outside masses from whom, for value receved, money can be collected...
...Then he turns to the idea of the union...
...They desire to "treat them well...
...Each venture was followed by the same policy—snd now the connty has rid itself of its deficit...
...The county has its own Research Department, which is collecting valuable d.ita and is la a position slso to furnish a wealth of material to our speakers...
...Two sessions are scheduled for the concluding day, with the provision that an extra one may be called if necessary...
...The surplus was used to pay off part of the deficit...
...May 17, Albion...
...The new Executive Committee changed this...
...May 15, Olivet, Olivet College, 11 a. m...
...This money, besides the sum advanced by the county, was raised primarily by holding affairs, all of which netted considerable income...
...May 12, (jrand Haplua, Civk Aiuliioi linn, S p. m...
...Most of us have been coal miners all our lives...
...Many of us are in need of medical attention Our women folk are losing spirit, as under the strain of poverty and distress their lives wither...
...When this point in the class struggle is reached, when the workers discover the possibilities that lie in union, the class struggle becomes less a fight for hours, wages and conditions, and more a conflict for the rights of labor...
...Albion College, II p. in...
...As soon as the first project had' been completed eurrent bills were paid...
...This gives to employers to great an advantage that the worker is rendered helpless...
...He discovers that he is fighting all exploiters of labor, In all industries...
...The pulpit, the radio, the schools—in fact all the avenues by which public opinion is built up—these, too, are arrayed against the worker...
...Soon he discovers that he is too weak to bargain alone with the employer...
...No strike settlement is permanent...
...There can only be a truce...
...I linn, i at Socialist headquarters, 5 p. mi...
...Many employers have "good intentions" towards their workers...
...Capitalists will refuse to bargain with the chosen representatives of the men...
...No effort was made to concentrate on each project separately by enlisting all the forces of the county to bring it to a successful conclusion...
...The Fort Wayne Hotel, located at Cass and Temple, will serve as headquarters, the ballroom of the hotel having been reserved for the business sessions of the convention...
...Only a year ago the financial situation was so acute that all activities came to a standstill...
...He needs his job more than the job needs him...
...Flint, Masonic, Temple, 8 p. in...
...Taking a leaf from the Russian Revolution, the local Socialists transformed the funeral of their comrade into a political demonstrstion sgainst the bloody Nasi dictatorship...
...The laughter of our children is being ailenced as they are denied milk and fruit and clothing and the many little necessities they need to make them happy...
...Where he cannot bargain as an individual, he, in combination with his fellow-workers, may be more successful...
...Detroit Plans Warm Welcome for Convention DETROIT...
...Also, the branches, though in some instances promised a share of the income from affairs, found, in most cases, that the promises were not kept...
...When a large number of workers, or all the workers, use their refusal to work (the strike) as a weapon against the employer, the strength of the workers becomes more nearly equal to that of the employer...
...The more the workers win, the more they demand...
...They speak of it with loathing...
...Every affair, lecture, or mass meeting was properly organised and all efforts were concentrated on each venture, with the result that each proved a moral and financial success...
...They even are willing to go to some expense to provide them with club-houses, small pensions, shower-baths, etc...
...To this as willing workers we are entitled, whether employed or unemployed...
...Today printers yearn to get our business snd oar rent is paid for several months in advanos.c In addition to various cultural and social projects, the county treasury was instrumental in advancing initial sums to build the Bronx Labor Center, itself quite, an accomplishment, considering that it required close to a thousand dollars to furnish the place...
...May IB, Royal Oak, High School Auditorium, 3 p. m.i Bay City, Central School, 8 p. m...
...The labor union is a class weapon...
...Capitalism will challenge labor's rights to organize...
...The funeral ceremony took place Friday, Jart...
...They seemed to forget that they owed money...
...Under the influence of the "American" tradition of individualism the worker begins by looking at this contest as a private, personal matter...
...No direct appeals were permitted to be made to members for funds...
...Those who know what difficulties the branches have in raising money can appreciate the significance of such a policy because, although the branches wish and to a certain extent do help the county organization, nevertheless if they are forced to struggle for their own existence, they must also devote much time to their own financial problems...
...Jarkion, details later...
...Final arrangements for the National Convention, to be held here June 1, 2 and 8, have been completed...
...The rule is a campaign of slander and lying—or a deathly silence...
...It should be borne in mind that the membership in Bronx County is not very large, and from the point of view of financial ability, unusually weak...
...The Nasi police, writes a correspondent of the Neuer Vorw&rli, is still laboring on the pussle of how the Socialists succeeded In spresdlng so rapidly and widely the news of Mider-Altenburg's death, ..nd slso how did they dare to challenge the authorities with their bold demonstration T Miners Demand Real Relief (By a New Leader Cerreipoadrall CHRISTOPHER, III.—The Franklin County branch of the Illinois Workers' Alliance of the unemployed, supported by the Socialist Party, has sent a hot protest to the Illinois Kmergency Kelief Administration demanding a survey of the county to ascertain why Williamson County is allotted $113,300 for relief in May while Franklin County rereives only $64,890 while the number ot unemployed in boih counties is approximately the same...
...May IS, Stanton, Town Park, 2 p. m.j Laming, Prudrten Hall Auditorium, 8 j...
...Three sessions are planned for Friday, the first day of the convention: 9 a. m. to noon...
...In the war of the classes there can bo no permanent peace...
...May IS, Port Huron, National Guard Armory, 2:30 p. m...
...There were marchers wearing red bands a id carrying wreathes decorated in the same forbidden color...
...To the average worker, who may not realize that he is taking part in a class struggle, it reveals itself largely in the persistent bargaining with his employer for more wages, shorter hours of labor, better working conditions...
...Norman Thomas, Daniel Hoan, Leo Krzycki and Jasper McLcvy are the featured speakers...
...How One Local Lifted Itself Out of the Red * * * A HINT FOR OTHER PARTY ORGANIZATIONS By George I. Steinhai dt J70R the first time in its history the Socialist Party of Bronx County, New York, finds itself without a deficit...
...The party in Bronx County has a very active Organisation and Propaganda Committee...
...When he makes this discovery (I write as if he had, whereas, in fact, the American worker has not yet realized this truth) he is strengthened, not weakened...
...He is then ready to turn his back on false friends of labor, to forget "humanitarian" employers, and to unite with his own class to put an end to the whole system of exploitation...
Vol. 17 • May 1934 • No. 19
