Solomon and Thomas Head New York State Ticket
Feigenbaum, Willigm M.
Solomon and Thomas Head New York State Ticket By Willigm M. Feigenbaum cHARLES SOLOMON and Noriiian Thomas were iiaiucd to licad the Sociah.st ticket in New York for the fall elections at one...
...Tliis new ciiarler providc-d a federal l>ii\ver with .imple s; iirces of revenue and a military fiiice to '•iij)prc.-'S liif aspiraliiiii.- (if the workers...
...Answer, Mr...
...called t,he| .convention to order,before,a packed audience of party memfater:^., And Waldman lost no time in getting down to the sjibjept that waai uppermost in everybody's mind4...
...Becau.se of the intense interest in the deliale over the Declaration of Principles and in the Senatorial nomination, the convention was unable to get down to much of its routine business, and the platform, reported by the Platform and Resolutions Committee, was referred to the State Committee for adit-ing...
...A motion to adopt was amended to refer for editing to the incoming State Committee...
...It is well for Socialists to remind the masses that revolution has h.id its place in this country and yet it is important that we sliotild not ignore the role of the working class in the American Revolution...
...In .Massachusetts at the end of tile Revolution several i. iiiity oigaiiiz.ilioiis adopted rcMihitions declaring lli.il <'is iiidcpcndciKc had liweu Wdii li\ a coiiinioii eilort .;// propci'ly should Iw awmd in (oninion...
...Thus far Cod's country has not brought comfort to the farmers who |eed, Gody subjects...
...Rouse-: velt...
...We must repudiate eyery design upon the liberties of the masses...
...I'nini .Mass.icliusellb down to South Carolina this (las- struggle r.iged hut tlu e^iiToited masses lacked cxpcrieiue in orj^anizatioii and they were outgeneraled liy ilie tii)])er griiii|) of tlic colonial ricli...
...So far (iod's cMintry has not been able to employ ten millions of jobless although that was the promise of the NRA...
...Now it is almost universal throughout the country^-Millions .live only.because of the "dole" in some form' and thepeder^ "dQle".is the bigge.st of all...
...After a turbulent discussion Oneal with-<liw his name in the interest ot the Inrtrer good of the party...
...For CongrvsKnien - at . Large, AUGUST CLXkssKNS of Now Vork and CHAIN,ES W. Nt)()NAN of Schenectady...
...That the protests of the masses were justified is evident from the fact that the old col...
...the so-called "centrists," seeking a revised Declaration, sought to^change that wording, and Norinan Thomas, leading the defense of the Declaration, pledged himself as a member of the National Executive Committee to seek to have that wordipg changed "without changing the meaning," in the interest of clarity...
...WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES: Gertrude Weil Klein, Sarah Volovicfc, Esther Friedman, Bessie Burke, Minnie Weisberg, Rachel P. Paj-ken, Jean Benson Maxwell...
...It was a curious fact, noted by few, however, that despite the acrimony of the debate over the Detroit Declaration there was substantial unanimity upon one point: everyone was willing or anxious to revise its literal text...
...The convention was held June 30th and July 1st at the Lahor Teniple on 84th Street, New York City...
...There are far less differences than grounds of common action between us," he said...
...In Charleston, S. C.,-15 workers were elected to one if these cominiitees and three were sent to the lower house of the A^senihly...
...It w.is thi.-, specter of poor farmers and workers rising in ])rotest ag.iinst reaction thai drove tiiis reaction into the secret convention in I'liiladelphia to frame a new ( misiitiilioii...
...Of course, the changeULpohcy is due to-a change itt condition...
...Let him stay there and never let him return...
...There must be an end to borrowing...
...Court of Ap-l>e«l«, JACOB HILLOUIT of New For Associate Justice, JULIAN WEISS of Eric...
...Solomon, who won the nomination for Governor, led the successful battle in the convention for a resolution opposing the Detroit Declaration of Principles, while Comrade Thomas, named as candidate for United States Senator, led the forces defending the Detroit Declaration and opposing the resolution (printed on Page 5...
...I'di' Unilcd Slates Seniitor, NQIl-ISIAX THOMAS of New Ydrk...
...Algi'rnon T,ee presided...
...Sinclair is out.of the Socialist I'.irty an;l is ill the ranks of the enemy...
...Sinclair is a line novelist but outside of this is an eccentric, lie has been a raw meat faddist, a vegt-tarian, a technocrat, a fast cureist, for mental radio, for Dr...
...There were two currents in the revolution, one representing the conservative properly owners and their j)reachers, lawyers and joufnalisls who wanted to set up a government independent of the British ruling class...
...The substitute was tead by Mat» thew M. Levy and signed by James Oneal, Harry W. Laidler, Samuel Orr and William HUladorf of the Resolutions Committee...
...We must disclaim every pledge of dictatorship," he declared...
...Even fat industries tliat are prostrate are, being treated with "dole8"i in the hop...
...What a just iignific^at isthe fact tlitt the gov...
...P^ re^Wn...
...Tlu' iii;i^h-> .igaiii hec-inie active liie revolt uiidrr Shays in Ma;-sarini>etts proved...
...Throughout the colonies there was a struggle between these two groups for control of the revolutionary committees...
...Hut the struggle did not cease with llu end if liie military conflict dreat liritaiii...
...The deficit has increased from less tliau a billion each year since 1931 to nearly four billions for the year I'^KH...
...On the othep hand, insurance against unemployment was called * "do!«" and tliis^has not been, conceded while tile most degrading form of aid ha» become general...
...Kui ControlhT...
...After the state secretary had read the report of the .state committee the conventiim adjourned to permit the delegates to attend the convention banquet...
...The full ticket is as follows: For (iovernor, t'llAULFiS SOLO-mon (if Kings...
...We should, recover the story to inspire the modern working class and not follow the cour.se of modern "patriots" who glofify the politicians and pro])erty owners of the late,eighteenth centurj...
...I'Oiget him and turn to Soei.ili-t education, THE "DOLE" WHAT has become of all the politicians and others who objected that "free" Americans would never consent to a "dole" ? It seems only yesterday tliat this wa^idamne'd as an infamous sin against God, the Constitution and tha^,J?jysterious thing called "Americanism...
...FORGET HIM IpWO California reJiders ask why we do not attack Ifpton Sinclair's "V.pic Program" which he olTeis in exchange for t!ie Deniocralic nominiition for (iov-ernor of California...
...Abranis' JiRA, anti-war, pro-war and now ,in Kjiic Democrat...
...With the Sunday session the (Continued on Page Ttn) M THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Wednesday of thiii week the American Revolution was celehrated throughout the comitry...
...Our responsibilities will be as good to us as we are to them...
...YOUNG PEOPLE'S ACTIVITIES: Newton R. Hones, Julius Umansky, Issay Minkoff, Louis P. Goldberg, Samuel H. Friedman, William E. Bohn...
...and reports on Organiaa-yon, Finance and Campaign, on Women's, Activities, on the Y.P...
...Party Constitution Wwe all referred to the State /Committee...
...The nominations were made in an atmosphere more tense than vvi't before characterized a similar situation in a Socialist convention, the climax being reached when the names of James Oneal and Thomas were before the delegates...
...tarian German dinner at the Labor Temple and listened to speeches James Oneal, Fred Sander, Hlf' man Kobbe, Alex Kahn, NormW Thomas, Charles Solonmn «'"' Louis Waldman...
...However, the convention voted upon a revised Declaration, with changes modifying the passages to which exception was taken in the earlier resolution, as a sub' stitute to be submitted with the Detroit Declaration for vote in the forthcoming party referendum...
...The President ;nade no mention of this...
...Solomon and Thomas Head New York State Ticket By Willigm M. Feigenbaum cHARLES SOLOMON and Noriiian Thomas were iiaiucd to licad the Sociah.st ticket in New York for the fall elections at one of the most exciting and in many ways stormiest conventions the i)arty has ever held in the Emijire State...
...Jack Altman, in defending the expres.iion "Workers' democracy" in the Declaration, In.nisted that the word.s mean "Social democracy," to which Charles Solomon retorted :"If that is what it means, Why docs it not sny so...
...The assault U|)on the Declaration, led by L«uis Waldman, (Miarles Solomon, Jacob I'anken and James Oneal,/«tr/egscd the belief that certain phrases were subject to double, interpretations and therefore the document could be used against the Party...
...Matthew M. Levy and Fred Sander were elected vice-chairman, and . the following convention committees were thea elected: RESOLUTIONS AND PLAT-FORM: Harry W. Laidler, Jamei Oneal, Louis Waldman, Williin Hillsdorf, Jacob Panken, Samuel Orr, Charles H. Rich, CONSTITUTION: Julius Gerb«r, Alexander Kahn, Henry Fruchter, Walter Dearing, Fred Sander...
...We will make this position clear, and the door of America will be open to us," Gonvention Dissents from the Detroit Declaration , At this point a large portrait of Morfis Ilillquit was brought to th« platform, and Waldman concluded his Address with a touching tribute to the late Socialist leader, and to A, I. Shiplacoflf...
...the amendment carried by a vote of 49 to 27 in the last hour of the convention, and the State Committee appoint^} James Oneal, William M. FeigjVaum and Carl 0. Parsons as a suff>mmittee to prepare it for submiMion to the National organization as an alternative to the Detroit Declaration...
...Outside the nominations, the most exciting debates were over the Detroit Declaration, the resolution criticizing that document being carried by a delegate vote of 70 to 43, representing a party membership of-2,0261/2 to 1,058...
...More, than 250 delegates and other party members sat down to a K'""' P...
...At the close of ^ stirring "keynote" speech he declared that the, Socialist Party must send a note of cheer to organized labor...
...Will it then lie inflation and universal collapse...
...That, deficit tia^ reached thv staggering total of 10 billion dollars with nwe increases ahead...
...No Socialist could expect anything^ else...
...For Chief Justice...
...the other represented tht mechanics, laborers and poor fprmers who were exp^ited by colonial masters and avu^t of whom were excludied from the franchi>e...
...After the roll call jyigernon Lee was elected chairi|ia|i of the convention over Harry W. Laidler by a vote of 67 to 35...
...GOD'S COUNT^IY I\' his radio address last week President Roosevelt concluded by .saying, "Let us keep it God's country...
...ORGANIZATION, FINANCE AND CAMPAIGN: Martin B. Heisler, George I. Steinhardt, Carl 0. Parsons, Harry Kritzer, Meyet Gillis, William Karlin, W. C. Perry...
...ernment has accoiimulated the greatiwt peace-timi deficit in our history...
...Kill Adorney-Gpernl, WILLIAM KAUI.IN „f New York...
...c sec no reason for kicking a dead animal...
...nial abuses of ini-prisonuieiit for debt, denial of manhood sutliage and other wrongs coiilimied fcr decadis after the adoi)tion of the C'onstitulion...
...I'KKl) SANDER (if .*^,vriicuH...
...Payment of the interest and principal on this debt caa only l»c effected by increasing the cost of living...
...Then he declared that the party cannot dodge the issues involved in the internal controversies if we are to benefit by our opportunities...
...In New York I ily the .-tniggle became hitter, almost a civil war...
...Vin l.ieut.-fiovernor, HIOKMAN KOHHI'^ of Uonssnlciir (bounty...
...It is the duty of Socialists to acquaint the workers of today with the line ;illlumj,'h futile struggle of their ancestors in the .American Kevohitioii., That struggle is lost to modern workers...
...State Chairman WaldipAn...
...SJj., and on...
...About 120 delegates were in Bttendanfifl, when...
Vol. 17 • July 1934 • No. 27
