FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
Feigenbaum, William M.
For Proportional Representation By William M. Feigenbaum _ c-wTTHE Socialist Party is in ^ position for the first time to win for itself a voice in the affairs of New York City...
...McGoldrick in office for an additional year, were flayed by Levy, who charged that if they were correct, then the voters "would be compelled to content tbesjselves with the controller whom chance and appointive political expediency had foisted i upon them...
...3. Establishment of a municipal bank for the threefold purpose of taking away from the bankers the juicy profits of the marketing of city bonds, providing an institution where the people of this city may maintain accounts without paying: exorbitant sums to bankers for the privilege, and furnishing a concrete example of municipal socialism in practice...
...According to present indications, A. N. Weinberg, executive secretary of the arrangements committee, we are getting a very favorable response from the various friendly trade unions, Workmen's Circle branches and other organizations...
...The City Committee of the Jewish Socialist Verband, headed by a committee of Joseph Leventhal and Philip Klukovsky, have undertaken to see to it that all of their seventeen branches in New York will participate...
...The sub-committees of that body would be charged with administrative functions, and the executives who run the city, would be responsible to that legislative body...
...A municipal election campaign far controller this year provides a toe opportunity for Socialists to Make a clear-cut campaign on the Bonuses and the tragic failures If the LaGuardia administration in fti year of office.' Mayor LaGuardia tode into office on the pledge that tiaries of cky employees would Mt be cut," that no furloughs •Mid be introduced, that the only I •SshflMn "pewonnel would be dipUd tit useless office-holders...
...Wednesday there will be a trip to the -Amalgamated Apartments, and the Women there, with Mrs...
...Last year Mabel Solomon, Mil- . drsd's older sister, graduated from...
...ether inexpensive ways from pleven states—young men and women, all awarded scholarships for their activity in and Icyalty to the Socialist and labor movement...
...Reservations can be made to the Rand School Institute, 17 Bast 15th Street...
...And then on Friday at 2 p. m. the out-of-town students will be taken to Csmp Tamiment, to stay until Sunday afternoon...
...The speakers are Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers, Andrew J. Kennedy of the Amalgamated Lithographers, Julius Hochman of the Ladies' Garment Workers, Abraham Miller of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and Charles Solomon and William Karlin, noted Socialist leaders and lawyers, who have been following the NRA and the labor movement intimately...
...Altogether, these eight days should be a milestone in the lives of the young men nad women who will come to the Rand School Institute...
...President Algernon Lee and Associate Directors William E. Bohn and Nathan Fine are in charge...
...The third and last class on ProfcUmi of Organixattdn will start at 12 noon under the guidance of Julius Gerber and Main Lewis...
...At 10:46 a. m. similarly, from Monday to Friday inclusive, the second class will be held on Problems of Propaganda, with August Claessens and Larry Dtvldow of Detroit as discussion leaders...
...Thursday night is graduation for the regular students of the Rand School, with Prof...
...Wtoned upon the city...
...George H. Goebel and Bela Low will- be outside speakers in -this class, discussing the technique of meetings and literature distribution, and the whole question of educating tho party membership and the public...
...The eity, consisting of live boroughs, would be sub-divided into large districts, each electing s number of Aldermen—ten, twelve or fifteen—the number to be settled later...
...There will be a conference on the general subject of...
...On the third day, G. August Gerber and Leonard Bright Will be introduced to consider election campaigns nationally and locally and deyeloping the party in communities of from 60,000 to 100,000 inhabitants...
...Norman Thomas, sitting ton the Charter Revision Committee by designation of ,the 'Socialist Party as its official representative, is chairman of the committee on proportional representation that began its hearings this week...
...Louis Sabloff and a host of otlier numbers of their branch, to bang their branch banner on a tree at the Socialist picnic on that day...
...The party has its position on the matter of proportional representation, and through representations before that committee it will be able to argue more effectively than ever before for its position...
...N ^cialisU maintain that the con••tt with the bankers, when they, *•>» to the rescue of the city—at *Wg profit—is not the sacred P** that LaGuardia claims it is...
...The legislative body.could then go to work, and the people will know that they are governed by a legislature thst exactly reflects their political convictions...
...jlsygrounds are shut down, libra-1 Ks« .are closed or curtailed, the...
...the 21st A. D., Kings, and the Sunnyside Branch, Queens...
...that the men and women elected on its ticket should be responsible TO THE PARTY for carrying out those principles...
...And of course, the YPSL is now carrying on a contest to see which circle can sell most tickets, and are they on the job...
...There is, for example, the so-called Preferential or Hare system...
...The Polish Socialist Alliance and the Spanish branch as well as Westchester County have also acted already...
...The program is packed, with interesting, entertaining and eduoaTtnrmi-pwije^ts...
...2. Steeply graduated income taxes to hit the bankers and the wealthy who have held on to their money through the (depression...
...Through the revision of interest rates and the scaling down of the principal, wage cuts can be restored, furloughs repaid, the relief services of the city maintained and increased, and the city steered away from the brink of bankruptcy...
...Labor—One Year After NRA...
...So city work% suffer, schools are crippled...
...The g|rl rated by her classmates as "Best Actress" is Dorothy V. Cerlnp, a niece of the late A. I. | Shlplacoff...
...The students will, of course, be the guests of Camp Tamiment...
...In the rating of students by their iclassmatss, Mildred is listed as "Did Most for Brooklyn College," "Most Popular," and "Best Orator...
...LaGuardia admits that he is sis in . a . strait jacket by the Inkers' Agreement...
...It begins with the official welco7n^H»*n<luei Sunday, June 17, at 0 p. m. in the Debs Auditorium...
...The evenings will be devoted to Meeting the local comrades Monday night, attending a show presented by Rebel Arts on Tuesday, listening to a symposium on Wednesday night on the question of Youth and Socialism...
...Some would modify the Hare system by permitting party designations to appear beside the names of candidates...
...The election returns would indicate the strength of the parties and seats In the legislative body would be assigned to the parties in proportion to the votes cast, and the legislators would be responsible to their parties...
...Different points of view will be presented by Algernon Lee, toastmaster...
...The second day Marx Lewis will take up the matter of building and maintaining the party locally, in a comprehensive survey...
...Chas...
...Tha rubject i for discussion is, "Socialism and the American Working Class...
...those wen hjr, ttlWrmV...
...Mildred is also president of the senior class...
...Bill Feigenbaum, one of the act'.ve members of this branch, is threatening, with the aid cf Ben Lichtenherg, Sam Baron, Dr...
...Thus, the nominee receiving the lowest number of votes is the first elected...
...Sarah Volovick and others as hostesses, <W'" tfivs * reception to the students...
...The SuEE Court °* the United 8tatM doctrine in the Mlnnef^K**t*fs'case, The bankera'j agreement need be no exception and would not be if Socialists ruled...
...Afternoons each day will be •spent visitin...
...On Thursday Jack Altman and David Lasser Will lead the discussion on work among the trade unions and the Unemployed, with Julius Gerber summarizing...
...Should there be any who wish ot come to Camp Tamiment for this weekend, which, besides the discussion, will include a fine theatrical, musical and social entertainment, the regular rates will have to apply to them, which are reasonable enough...
...Ben Fischer of the YPSL, Phil Heller of the Young Falcons, Jack Afros of the Young Circle League and Joseph Lash of the LID or student group will be th« speakers...
...Socialist Party branches that have as yet not acted should do so at once . This affair is the biggest affair our party runs every year, and requires the fullest co-operation of every branch in order to insure its success...
...What is going to be the remedy, now that a series of political circumstances made proportional representation a possibility...
...i today LaGuardia bemoans that •> can do .nothing because his p are tied, that he cannot re-i jb the debt service of close to1 «f,«)0,000 a year...
...is one of the honor graduates of Brooklyn College this month...
...This will be their rallying point where they will gather to renew old acquaintances-and meet friends for an enjoyable day at the greatest annual gathering of the year of New York's Socialist and labor movement...
...W» between nations have been Pjjjt downward or wiped out altof*WJ mortgage rates have been everywhere there has J? > general agreement that ] SpW circumstances can cause' to be modified...
...Please take care" of them for me until I get there...
...But tbl bankers proved too strong for too...
...Under that plan names are printed on a ballot, and voters express their preference in order, with one, two, three, four and five votes for seen candidate...
...Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey, three each...
...Connecticut, Indiana, New Mexico and Virgina each add one...
...Significant in the suit was the Jatervention by the Socialist Party through Matthew M. Levy, who fsented a brief emphasizing that postpone the election of a new Controller would be a violation ol democratic rights...
...The Socialist Party believes that all men and women holding certain principles should unite to promote those principles...
...Illinois and Ohio send two each...
...They are coming in thiw—smd...
...Students from 11 States at Rand School Institute By Nathan Flne J7ROM Downers Grove, Illinois, comes the following postcard to the Rand School Institute: "1 am sending some if my clothes on ahead to the school...
...The Fusion Party and the Citizens' Union, who had brought the mit to hold Mr...
...It is for * plan of that kind that the Socialist Party b .working;' Socialists Prepare for Controllership Battle ' sfSE New York Supreme Court 1 has ruled that the vacancy in tie office of Controller must be filled at the November elections, and that Controller Joseph D, McGoldrick, appointed when Major Cunningham died last month, reBains in office only until January 1. An appeal now will go to the Court of Appeals...
...But in addition there li another high point for the Sodtliit Party...
...1 1Ihe trouble goes back to a uritage of the corrupt Tammany rale, when the staggering sum of | about |2,250,OQO,000 was run up as the elt&'s debt Pyramiding real" estate valuations, Tammany sdministrations borrowed money *itn a carefree hand, floating Wad issues (through private bondi tones) until that vast debt was...
...Tuesday there will be free tickets to "Stevedore" at the Workers' Theatre Union...
...Brooklyn College with honors,, similar to...
...The Rar.d School is giving trem free tuition, full maintenance and entertainment for eight days, June 17-24, inclusive...
...Bertha H. Mailly will greet the students...
...MIDWOOD BRANCH WILL MAKE A TREE ITS HEADQUARTERS TPHE Midwood Branch, out in Flatbitsh...
...New Y or k and Pennsylvania .each send ten students...
...Levy made clear the Socialist principle that "if democratic government is to have any meaning at all, it is that the voters should not be prevented from expressing themselvestat an election in order that they may choose their own officials...
...Voters in each district would cast ballots for party littc rather than for Individuals...
...Each parly to nominate a slate of candidates, in order of the party's own preference...
...Among others the following branches have already secured their blocks of tickets: the Upper West Side Branch, the 8th A. D., the Amalgaamted Co - operative Branch, the 8th A. D., Bronx...
...For example, here are the election figure* for 1981, the last year in which a municipal election was held without "fusion" to blur party' lines...
...4. Complete elimination of graft and corruption from city affairs and elimination of useless offices...
...The party's plan for eity government is to organize a city legislative body to have real legislative functions...
...Workers should not bear the burden cf the recklessness of others...
...Secretaries and organizers of the party and the Yipsels, fighters for the .cause on the trade union, fraternal, and political fronts, inspired idealists and inquiring minds, above all, young men and women with energy fire and hope, all are beginning the trek to the great metropolis and to the Rand School...
...Frank Crosswaith, Harry W, Laidler and Louis Waldman, In addition, August Claessens, Larry Davidow of Detroit and Mrs...
...Socialists push four main planks in a campaign for controller this fall: 1. Drastic downward revision of the Bankers' Agreement...
...Comrade Gerber will begin by giving the structurs and functions of will Ulk on the activities of the -Women's committee...
...I Justice Walsh's decision marks i victory for Levy and the Socialist farty in their fight for democracy ta the eity...
...A good number of other branches have already indicated that they will not be outdone by the Midwood Branch...
...Early tomorrow I start the hike to New York City and unless I have very bad luck I sin uld he there in plenty of time for the ban<|tiet...
...To understand the problem it is necessary merely to look at a few figures...
...There are various plans for proportional representation, most of which are unsatisfactory to Socialists...
...On the means of curing those evils —on the specific plan of proportional representation—there is disagreement, and our party is anxious to have the public understand just what it is we stand for —and why...
...Salomon's Daughter Wins High Collage Honors Mildred Solomon, second daughter of Charles Solomon...
...Under these four plans for a municipal financial platform, Socialists will make an intensive drive to rally the people behind them and to follow the victorious example of Labor and Socialists in London and Glasgow...
...The fight is on...
...The last session, with Marx >J>wia in charge, will deal with 'the party, while Esther Friedman tarty publicity and press, with William M. Feigenbaum and PhilHp Hochstein as outside speakers...
...is preparing to makt its headquarters at a tree Saturday, July 28, at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn...
...Starting Monday morning at 9:30 there will be the first class on the topic) "Our Message to the American People...
...Taking the vote for cotinty offices we And the following: ';'< of Alder- AlitorVote % men mm Democratic .»7/i,4« 70.1L 8 M.5 nepuMlcan .MB.IS7 S0.jf.iJ Jl finTl.ll.t .137.Mil 9.F WH t "Ml I With the continued disfranchisement of hundreds of thousands oi voters political cynicism tended to prevail, more and more voters remained away from the polls, and to a very considerable extent the city goverhment became a oneparty dictatorship with the real power in the hands of a camarilla of ignorant, vulgar and thieving district leaders...
...rial services and the health writes of the city must all suffer...
...But even in that event elections would emphasise personal ambitions rather than party, policies, for there would be ssi' way .-its* mates*' Parte', responsible for what an elected official would do...
...For Proportional Representation By William M. Feigenbaum _ c-wTTHE Socialist Party is in ^ position for the first time to win for itself a voice in the affairs of New York City commensurate with its voting strength...
...Inquiry should be made at once to Camp Tamiment, 7 East 15th Street, Algonquin 4-3004...
...On the evils that proportional representation is designed to cure there is little or no disagreement...
...This plan does not leave room for party organizations, for under the system citizens craving office may secure the necessary number of signatures, and their names will appear on the ballot...
...The third day Norman 'Thomas will discuss the problems of the movement in the light of a decaying capitalism, the danger of war,and the menace of fascism, The fourth day's topic will be on unionism and the last will be a consideration of the role of the middle clatte* and the meaning of democracy...
...the sights of the city •and the labor movement...
...The Young Circle League of America, the youth organization rf the Workmen's Circle, is responsible for nine students.' I The Socialist Party and the Young 'People's Socialist League supply the rest...
...Jesse Holmes, candidate for governor in, Pennsylvania, as guest orator...
...first session will be devoted to the question of what U practical and what it r*volutionaryf The second day in this hour will consider the tigniftcanet of political action for a Socialitt party...
Vol. 17 • June 1934 • No. 71
