Why Is General O'Ryan?
Why Is General O'Ryan? jj^ND why do you suppose Major-General O'Ryan .is New York's Police Commissioner? Why did a "liberal" Mayor, who is constantly professing his devotion to the...
...More than 7,000 families are actually starving...
...During the last few months, thousands of our people have been shocked at the treatment accorded to the unemployed, and to organized labor engaged in peacefully picketing shops out on strike, by the police under General O'Ryan...
...Blvil* Vfpnv-M Wbach, l^vensleln...
...Comrades will meet at branch nearest their homes 10 a.m...
...7, of till comrades or Ihe 3rd, nil and 51 h; .lewlsli Hranchea 1 and 2, us well a* Circles 1 mid 12 Sr...
...henae the "friend" of labor, LaGuardia, retains O'Ryan and must stand sponsor for all his anti-labor acts...
...lo discuss campaign plans...
...7, at 8 p.m...
...July 211, at 157 Montague St...
...Branch meeting TuesOov, August 7. at 11.17...
...O, at 8:311 p.m...
...Comrades have been out nightly on the streets, helping In nickeling, doing considerable outdoor speaking In front of the theatres and helping distribute circulars, urging Ihe workers and sympathizers to keep away from these theatres...
...He has also shown his teeth in his bitter antilabor attitude...
...A meeting will be held Tucs., Aug...
...have been held and are very well attended...
...Business meeting and lecture on August Ulh...
...Why does LaGuardia keep him...
...4, 801 Sutter Ave...
...The workers of the city have an undeniable right to strike, and to participate in a sympathetic strike...
...Tickets dated July 2Rth will be honored August 18th...
...At meeting Monday, .fug...
...2nd A. D. Kings...
...the Socialists are right today...
...22nd A. D. Will hold ruffle and dance Saturday eve., Aug...
...In the CM) Orilre...
...Special arrangements for auto transportation ut nominal cost...
...at Court and Pacific Sts...
...In recent years Seidel kept much to himself, doing much of his active work in the union of his old trade...
...In the Bronx...
...He was employed ns a reader by Mncmillans when he wus elected State Senator from the Bronx...
...Rock Rift...
...at Colby Academy, Bedford and Snyder Aves...
...The hlggi-sl social event of Ihe \ I'M, during the summer months will be held Saturday, Aug...
...There is a municipal election in 1934...
...and So...
...at Sunnyside headi|unrlers, 4915 43rd Ave., to lay plans...
...The fund* obtained from the beach party and dunce will help the finances of the cllv office...
...Buttling from home of David Trrvns, 400 Bench 38th St., Kdgcinere...
...Wvnila mid NrsV Lots Aves., Il'kl vll lllnck...
...iii A. D. Branch meetings every Monday eve...
...Jewish Daily Forward Opens Its Columns to a Discussion of the Declaration The Jewish Daily Forward has opened its columns to all its readers for a iliciission.nl' the declaration of principles...
...Organizations participating are, among others, The Young People's Socialist League, The Student League for Industrial Democracy, and The Young Circle League of America...
...The full program oj' sports and theatrical and musical events will be made public nest week...
...nigra in for next three Mondays: Aug...
...But O'Ryan represented substantial interests that had contributed heavily in every way to the defeat of Tammany...
...llth A. D. Meets Tuesiluy, Aug...
...All speakers In Uuccns must attend i- citing Wednesday, Aug...
...Lucliic facilities will be provided at Ihe lloyal Baths, W. 25lh St., a block and a half from the beach, through the cooperation of Ihe proprietor, ami nil puyinentt for jorkera will be turned nver lo the ^ I'M...
...Those elements consisted of disgruntled Democrats, the reactionary bigbusiness Republican party, antiTammany business men and "liberals" who saw defeat of Tammany as the end and aim of all political activities...
...There were "no economic issues" in the campaign...
...The active support of the Workmen's Circle has enabled tba branch to start active campaign...
...Party Picnic Is Postponed to August 18 THE big picnic of the Socialist Party, labor linions and labor fraternal organizations, the event at which tiie Socialist campaign has been opened every year for the past seven years, will be held at Ulnver Park, Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn, Saturday August 18...
...and lene Or Mr of Hock Kill on "Orgnulrallon...
...and Broadway...
...230 Yonkers Ave., few steps from l ihlrt N Him,!, triune*, refreshments and lee cold beer...
...The publicity which has gone out in connection with these military arrangements of the police is a definite threat against labor if it should see fit to exercise its right to fight for an American standard of living...
...Most ominous is the pronouncement since the San Francisco strike that the police through their rifle regiment, and their military equipment of tear gas, mac\ine guns, etc., are preparing against a possible general strike in this city...
...Yorkvllle Socialists will play hosts to comrade* or entire fnr at outing and summer night's festival Sunday, Aug...
...STREET MEETINGS NSATURDAY, AUGUST 4th Albemarle Itiuiil and Fluthtiah Ave.— speakers from local branch...
...Hoping to be named for Mayor, Fiorello H. LaGuardia — who knew better — said that there were no economic issues in the municipal situation...
...Merit at the Village Hut In m ii...
...4, at Coney Island and Brighton Bench...
...J Young Socialists to Honor Josef Gerl A memorial meeting for Josef Gerl, heroic young Socialist murdered by the Austrian Fascists, will be held Monday, August 0, at •r> p. m. at Columbus Circle, TiHth St...
...It is fair to assume that LaGuardia felt it necessary to pay his debt to O'Ryan and the interests that supported him in the first place by making him Police Commissioner...
...Organization and Propaganda Meeting will not be held on Monday...
...Branch 1. . Ilrnnrh meets every Tuesday evening, with special educational program...
...BRONX Lower ith A.D...
...Knowing that a large number of readers are anxious to participate in this debate, Forward asks all participants to be short and to the point...
...EDMUND SEIDEL pDMUNI) SEIDEL...
...Edmund Seidel was a highly skilled worker on stained glass when he became a Socialist, joining the old Socialist Labor Party...
...Joseph Gerl died a martyr for freedom...
...Speakers include Samuel It...
...Proceed* to Unci ns County...
...Till'HAD AY...
...N. Y. The 31th Congressional District conference held here recently drew a very good allciidunre, Lewis II Curtis ot Oneoiitn spoke on "America Musi Crlioosr," Merle A. Wilton of llliighaiiilim on "I'neiiiploymenl...
...Streflt meetings being arranged fu each Wednesday in Hlh AH \ I'M...
...holding meetings each Friday eve...
...12nd A.D...
...Seidel had been inactive in the party for several years, although in the last years of his life he was an active labor official...
...6, Comrade- Alexeff of the Hussion Branch will speak on "The Collapse of Herman Social Democratic Partv...
...For several years he was editor of the Weekly People, official organ of that party, resigning to become a member of the Socialist Party...
...The picnic was scheduled **« last Saturday, July 28, and everything was set for the biggest success in the whole series of outings, but because of the downpour of rain the affair was called off and the date put forward three weeks...
...8, at 8:311 p.m...
...iirlllil*l, MtSgUi...
...More recently, General O'Ryan revealed his attitude toward the organization of workers by asking that all labor leaders register and have their photographs taken...
...1 The Young workers and Socialists are holding this meeting as a protest against dictatorship und fascist terrorism everywhere...
...The charges have been so flimsy that the courts discharged them, but their arrest has seriously injured the cause of labor and intimidated those engaged in rightful activity in behalf of labor with which the police must not interfere...
...Socialists insist that a Socialist Mayor would have considered those economic interests in the appointment of a police commissioner, that a Socialist and trade unionist in General O'Ryan's office would have made a world of difference...
...A year ago the Fusion movement was taking form...
...7. "Itecenl Developments In Germany, at 60IH li.iv Parkway...
...General O'Ryan, as police commissioner of the City of New York, tends to create an atmosphere of terrorism which is likely to mean such trouble in the days ahead...
...O'Rjran stepped aside and the Major was nominated and elected...
...Tickets from Amu lierenvv it...
...While this matter seems to have been dropped and an attempt has been made to explain it away following a public outcry, it shows an attitude toward the labor movement utterly at variance with the boasted attitude of the present administration and in lin$ with militaristic and fascist trends abhorrent to the democratic spirit...
...William Karlin, candidate for AttorneyGeneral, and August Claesaens, candidate for Oongrctwtman-atLarge...
...I., Suit., Aug...
...Friedman and Albert llci'ling, chairman...
...Certain members of the Fusion crowd knew that in the temper of the people then prevailing O'Ryan would be a bum candidate, and they insisted upon pushing him ashjs> in favor of Major .LaGuardia, who had built up a reputation as a fighter and a "liberal...
...Why did a "liberal" Mayor, who is constantly professing his devotion to the labor movement, appoint the cheap little tin-pot militarist to head New York's police at this critical timie ? The answer is found in inside politics, and if you'll pardon us, we'll tell the story, because there's a neat little morul in it...
...The Socialists were right then...
...Baron, Sulerl and dayman, TI'KKDAY, AUGUST 7th Dltmart un'il Second Aves., Astoria - Speakers to be announced...
...WFrom the time that General O'Ryan assumed charge of the Police Department, he has shown SB attitude of bitter opposition to organized labor in their struggle for better living standards...
...7, at home of Carl Flrhnndlcr, 310 W.lOfith St...
...M. 1 (igeiihiioiii, AUSUitCfoeMeii*, Marv I'osT Jark Berlins...
...In the Senate he made a fine record as a Socialist legislator...
...The committee in charge of the picnic, while disappointed, as were many thousands of others, by trio enforced postponement, assert that the three additional weeks will give them time to make the affair even more successful than it promised to be...
...first Socialist to serve in the New York State senate, died Tuesday at the Fordham hospital nt the age of 50...
...Mayor Is Asked To Dismiss O'Ryan HARRY W. LAIDLER, chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the Socialist Party and candidate for Controller, has written the following letter to Mayor LaGuardia: In behalf of the Socialist Party of the City of New York and many thousands of organized workers, I urge the immediate removal of General John F. O'Ryan as Police Commissioner of this city...
...Tickets to be obtained from John Lewrlne...
...Downtown Branch...
...Lnst year he withdrew from the Socinlist party to support the candidacy of Joseph V. McKee for Mayor...
...Cohen on "Coming Campaign...
...Past 22nd S|, and Ave, X-W...
...It is not an unfair assumption that the debt is still being paid...
...He was buried in Philadelphia Friday...
...WEIINKHDAY...
...What he meant was that since the elements he sought to lead were so diverse it would be dangerous to raise any economic issues for fear of shattering the fragile structure that was slowly emerging...
...They need our help...
...u*m«l«.m«ifil CMtwratlv* Branch...
...mid A. D. llranrh 1. Members of the IMh Assembly District, together with Ihe Ylpsel orgaillr.ations fathered by the brunch, huve been helping Loral 300, Motion Picture Operators, In Us rITorts lo bring to terms the L'tlra Una Inand the might Theatre, both in the 18th Assembly Districts...
...Socialists insisted there were and are economic issues in last year's campaign, and in every campaign...
...AUGUST St* IiOngwiMKl Slid I'tosrtecl, Bronx-Klli »inch...
...Siegfried i.ipschiti will speak Tuesday, Aug...
...A speaker' -bureau has been organized...
...Buffet service...
...He was a great reader and a thorough Marxist scholar...
...Those who fought against Dollfuss in February have received jail terms totalling 900 years...
...Suets Monday at Assembly,Koom Hldg...
...They are gallantly holding out against all provocation, and the attempts to trap them into support either of the murderous Nazis or the equally murderous Heimwehr regime...
...1'dgeiilerc, I...
...Money should be sent to the Max Winter committee, 7 East 15th Street, New York City...
...There were also some half-Socialists who had been led to misunderstand what Socialists stood for and had worked themselves into the state of mind of believing that the Socialist Party had as its only object the defeat of' Tammany Hall...
...ami Circles 3 and 11 Jr...
...ID, at Noknl Hull Gardens...
...All comrades are urged to attend open air meeting Friday, at Sutler and Miller Aves., nnd Monday, Wyonn and New I .-Us Aves...
...will hold u Gerl memorial meeting on Tuesday...
...QUEENS County Picnic...
...MONDAY,* AUGUST tth i hue......it and Wush...
...v Y.P.S.L...
...The committee looking for a mayoralty candidate Anally decided upon General O'Ryan, a prosperous lawyer with a war record and definite capitalist Interests...
...the Socialists are still right...
...79th St...
...Saturday eve., Aug...
...Arrangements for an open uir demonstration to protest against war maneuvers being planned with Solomon and Thomas...
...Viirkville Branch...
...The meeting has been postponed to the following Monday, August 13th...
...The state campaign of the Socialist Party will be formally opened with 'addresses by Charlies Solomon, candidate for Governor...
...BROOKLYN Bensonhurat Branch...
...Ilrgiilur business meeting held Thursday...
...Forward will print letters from both sides—pro and con...
...sharp...
...Contributions for Austrian relief must not cease...
...Large numbers of workers have been arested of late for exercising their legal right to picket...
...MANHATTAN , 'Wiih...
...i:i, Harold Drawer on "Socialist Party...
...Note* All cultural directors will meel Tuesday...
...18th A. I...
...Ornttefn, Wllaon...
...The continuance of General O'Ryan in office is a menace to the welfare of .the great mass of men and women in our city...
...Orgunl/er, Room KIO, 41 l n ion Square,, New York City...
...325 West I'ml Ave., or from Joseph Sugar, -J.U., l...
...Vllltct Branch...
...Plans lire being made now to help Local 509, Bakers Union, to picket stores on strike ami address street meetings In front of them...
...Condemned to die by the fascist court, and rushed to the gallows a scant few hours later, he died with the words, "My ideals are higher than my head" on his lips...
...Branch 1. .lurk Altaian will sneak on "Militants' Viewpoint of Ihe Declaration of Principles" Tuesday, 7th...
...20, David Ashe on "Labor Injunctions...
...0, Dr...
...His crime consisted in protesting against the Austrian fascist terror and for the rights of the working class...
...WmIssW...
...Norman Thomas, candidal* for United States Senator...
...In his present post O'Ryan has made an ass of himself with his tin-soldier rifle regiment, with his crazy orders as to policemen's heavy coats in hot weather, and in many other ways...
...f HELP THE AUSTRIAN COMRADES The misery of the Austrian Socialists who are fighting fascism has been intensified during the past few weeks, according to word received here by Comrade Max Winter, who is on tour in California...
...General O'Ryan must be removed...
...Ave,, Bronx - ICIIenlurh, Waller, Woakow, l.c\cnsh-ln...
...Party Notes — City Executive Committee meets on Wednesday, August Kill...
...AUGUST 1th Sullivan and Fourth, Mtmh-^Speakers In be iimiouneetli 1113rd St...
...For several months Ibe weekly Friday niglil iiieeiings nn Katteru Parkway and titles Ave...
...He offered a fitting sequel to the heoic deaths of Kolman Wallisch and Weisl...
...JullSeWUfm, Slegel...
...A beuch party In the afternoon nt the root of Kith St...
...7. M-Jth A. I...
...Will the people, amused or outraged—or both—by O'Ryan, see the point in 1934...
...Swimming, too...
...al Srdgwlek and Vail CmtInndl Aves...
...Hclshts Branch...
...will be followed by a dance and entertainment in the evening al the Brighton Beach Socialist Headquarters, lll.'i Brighton liearli Ave...
...Gerl Memorial Meeting Circle II Sr...
Vol. 17 • August 1934 • No. 31
