Winnie-the-Red Wants a Revolution
RICH, J. C.
Winnie-the-Red Wants a Revolution But She Isn't Quite Certain Just What Sort of a Revolution She Would Like to Have By J. C. Rick IT was only a birthday card and * if it hadn't been for St....
...April le p.m.-String enseinhl...
...The convention is expected to be one of the largest held by the Young Socialists in recent years...
...Boothroyd addressed the meeting of the local Thursday evening on -Public ownership of Public CMItties...
...122—9th Street...
...iQood girl, Winnie...
...HEARING ON SEDITION BILL REPEALER HARRISBURG.—A public hearon the Sedition Act Repealer...
...I don't take anything for granted," I responded, "and I am not trying to evade any issues...
...That was neat aad gsawiuuSj I thought, but one can never tell about Winnie...
...Jasper McLevy, Socialist Mayor of Bridgeport, and Dr...
...We nhgfet just as well frankly face this issue now and meet it in the spa...
...I asked...
...P. Svensaon...
...The Allen anil Hoan Resolutions ASSUME that Communists of any type in the party abandon agitation hi party circles for armed insurrection, would this settle fk« bitter conflict within the party...
...It provides penalties for "Any writing, publication, printing, cut, cartoon, utterance or conduct, either individually or in connection or combination with any other person or persons, which tends to indicate or encourage any person or persons to commit any avert act, with a view to bringing the government of this state, or of the United States, into hatred or eonempt...
...It da we if this continues, because there can be no reconciliation between Lenin-Trotsky Marxists aad Socialist Marxists...
...Let as consider the logic of this situation...
...You wrong me, lady," I protested, "I am not against, a united front...
...s pin—-"Jewish events of Week": s—ttiaar Fried, songs...
...House Bill No...
...It was painfully inconsiderate of Kerensky to have preceded the Bolsheviki in the Russian revolution...
...Insurrection does not appear in its proa rams but it does in its general Sftfn - American Bolsheviks learned by their underground exesnence that they could got become an "open party" and at the same am place armed insurrection in their programs, but it still appears I their literature...
...You know very well what revolution...
...I am trying to suggest that if I must greet you on your birthday with a revolutionary sentiment, you ought to specify what revolution...
...Solomon...
...I only ask that you keep your eyes clear and your head straight about these things...
...The cooperation of several trade unions and the Workmen's Circle has also been secured...
...If there had been a united front between the Communists and Socialists, the Nazis never would have won...
...She was leaving and I •eked after her: *foa didn't get that right What it actually means is 'Communists aad Socialists, unite to fight'—fight each other, 0f course...
...writes: "Does joining the Socialist Party mean that we have renounced iff principles...
...The Allen report does not settle the issue, but the first point in the Hoar...
...Has he changed his views...
...faafsaa, of apMhUikjiig clarity at Buffalo the N.E.C...
...History had marked its sequences in inconvenient order for the eighteen-year-old's sympathies...
...i i't 'we!italaMi: 111:1*— I insersit) of the Air, Washington grrtaa, V. S. Senator Hendrick Shtpafead...
...The large meeting whs sponsored by tbe Chicago Federapio nof l*ai>or directly at the Ash land lWiuhvnril Auditorium Sundav Afternoon...
...Debate, "Shall We have immediate csrn lies StaMllzatienil" Dr...
...Tuesday...
...Sac...
...Heil Karensky...
...This ;s for New York...
...Why «aU till the enemy gets food and ready before you start your revolution...
...10:*5—"parts In New x»rk...
...The ses**» will be held at the Socialist ••*•¦« and will begin with a pub's nesting Friday night, July 18...
...New Jeaaey Paasaic...
...April 23rd, under the auspices of the Socialist Party of Allegheny County...
...Irish lUarkbinls Orchestra...
...Or how would you like the one that deposed the Czar...
...M«a...
...Why, even Hitler preaches nothing but idealism while fair ladies bare their necks to the Gentleman with the Axe and clouds of barbarism roll out of the medieval past to enshroud civilization...
...In New IMMpty the militants tight for the admission of Communists and ** oppose their admission...
...Chamberlain declared that he and his group were Communists with • ana...
...Nine Points •T^HE New York State Committee * of the Socialist Party at its meeting in the People's House last Sunday elected two committees, one to draft an answer to the document adopted by- the National National Executive Committee with reference to New York State (printed here last week) and tha other to draft a reply to the long attack by the local militant faction...
...Aaril T- 11 a.m...
...The local committee in charge of the convention has its headquarters at the Socialist Party office...
...c" That is to say, they accept Communist philosophy and Kciples, not Socialist philosophy and principles...
...W*at Next for America...
...The meting of the State Committee in New York last Sunday was devoted almost exclusively to consideration of tbe National Executive Committee proposals for restoring unity and harmony iu the organisation, and a committee of five was constituted to draft a reply to the saute, reporting Iwrk to the State f nmmlMee or SJF..C...
...Palmer Ave...
...Prof...
...122 9th Street, Pittsburgh, Pa...
...The latter committee deferBtti Ha meeting in order t' g>v'' the Stale Committee more time...
...1ft- Ceagxte for Industrial lieue...
...rf!S—"The VI rKmi.,n...
...Oneal stated that this was the view of the State Committee but that the appeal should be addressed to the militants who had been an organized and disciplined faction for years, a faction cutting across all party lines, creating extra agencies for action within the party, and encouraged by Norman Thomas...
...I really want to know what revolution...
...in new headquarters...
...What revolution...
...t^ook Count> co-opera ted in the arrangement of the meeting...
...Shall I greet you with the Hitler revolution or with that of Mussolini...
...The lesson of Gerlanny taaght us one thing, and that is that the Communists would rather unite with the Nazis—and they did...
...ftpfe...
...Conuuunist* will not be tolerated, aad in taking this course we will be ftfhtag the battle of the party members in all the states who want a party of the working class freed of the crackpots standing at the tarawoid ef toe party's door...
...fspidatiOli regarding the conflict in New York -State goes* kjgaas the Allen report' That section reads: "the idhaprnce to the resolutions of the N.E.C, providing the jajafigilinif J of advocates of Communism and violence in the party...
...April 14th, and increased representation of trade unions and other labor bodies is expected over the first conference...
...may day...
...All Fifth Avenue is on the march," I wrote, "to celebrate the achievement of your eighteenth birthday, and may your fields ever grow green...
...They have already appeared before several trade unions, amooe them the Creighton local of the American Federation of Flat Glass Workers, and were everywhere well received...
...The plans are to give a three months' subscription to The Xew Leader with each~25c admission ticket...
...10-Ihe Building .Service Hour, talk* aad music...
...Goldman was for jeers active in Communist organization ss and was then admitted to tie Socialist Party...
...Winnie brightened and nodded her head affirmatively...
...Business meeting Thursday evening, April 11...
...The next meeting of the Chicago T*abor May I>ay Conference will be Sunday...
...One can become most cynical about ide...
...and aspirations in view of all that happened in the recent past," I continued, "but I hope you won't permit that sort of sophistication to curdle your warm young soul...
...School, Clinton Place and Hawthorne Ave...
...A committee of Local Young Peoples Socialist League and Party members are in charge of arrangements...
...Party Notes Pennsylvania Pittsbargh...
...On the contrary, I am all for it...
...This ¦mpu dead sea fruit on a national scale in the end...
...communication consists of U. Solomon, Louis Waldmar...
...The secessionists of the South in 1861 proclaimed the ideal of states' rights, and many brave Americans offered their lives in sacrifice to the cause of slavery...
...First in war, first in peace, and Hearst in the hOarts of hiS countrymen...
...If, in addition, your own forces are divided and those from whom yoa should expect support actually give aid and comfort to the enemy, why then your cause is hopeless...
...The local is to colter...
...Thursday...
...Could the conflict a the party be more clearly stated than Hahn and Chamberlain have Sit...
...Their program consists of one-act labor plays and songs...
...The Dramatic Group of tar Homcwood Branch announces that they are available for entertainments be fore party branches, trade unions and labor fraternal organizations...
...April a—8 a.m -"Starting the Day Right.- Jacob S. Uat...
...Metropolitan string Eavsemble: Id Hippodrome GrwoS Opera McLevy and Prof, Hartmann at . Pittsburgh Meeting for New Leader PITTSBURGH...
...One cannot meet msrhino guns with brickbats, aad a barricade of cobble stones is a poor shelter from howitzers and bombing planes...
...If the workers had been united pa Germany, Hitler would not be Where he is now...
...Nevertheless, I want to say Socialists and Communists, unite and fight" It was a familiar slogan, and Winnie repeated it in sing-song fashion...
...This means that the party should tokeste insurrectionists, providing they do not put their views in print, fist about thaw personal agitation far it in party circlet?, Hapgood declared his belief that ten agitation should bo persisted, and his view was shared by Daniel...
...Corner Review of and Comment on Brants Here and Abroad, Critical and ^3 therwise ~ aaVmen The Indecision of the S.E.C...
...Connecticut Through a misunderstanding The New I.e-jilcr announced In fast week's issue that the showing of the film "Chapayev" was to be held under the auspice* of the Socialist Party in New Haven and Hartford...
...The party cannot Income half Bolshevist and HMC Socialist without every state eventually manning involved in suicidiT strife...
...Comrade Abramowitsch declared that preservation of the unity of the party was important and this met the hearty approval of the committee...
...That's the trouble with you rightwingers—always taking the revolution for granted, letting others prepare for it...
...April is—i* a.m.—Vole of Local ft...
...This action on this shtte of Bolshevism concedes the position of New York Socialists but fj|ke* not settle .the whole issue of Bolshevism in the party.' The Allen report, by the way, is in error whoa it states that armed assrreetion "is condemned even by the Communist Party...
...created more HtjflMiip However, New York Socialists will not be confused in their Mkkp against Communists in the party or those who seek to join it...
...I asked Comrade Allen afjthar bis report implied that the insurrectionists now in the party assid remain and others' be admitted and his answer was, Yes...
...Comrades Umansky, Mygatt, Hughan, Crosswaith and Bohn appeared in the interest of the unity of the party...
...I exclaimed...
...Thus two types of state ortaaaatiens are forming in the Socialist Party, one admitting Com**«»*« and the other rejecting them...
...Wisconsin •igorically belongs to the Socialist section, but as it does not face the ¦trfl in that state ft follows the policy of indecision, nationally...
...1*3* Medical Hour, talk by Dr^MasTts Greenhrrg: l»:i...
...He has not...
...clear...
...Does any party ¦saber want any better evidence of the need of a clear-cut decision •* me issue of Socialism vs...
...Now, you know that Socialists have not shrunk from revolutions when the issue was set...
...Oar answer is that Lenin and Imkdry have aasde a burlesque of Marxism...
...The 6rh CongrrssitmaJ ifoanch is celebrating Its .",th anniversary with banquet at the Petrustoka Gardens...
...This was not a fair question, for it caught her unprepared, but ever quick on the draw she shot back: "Don't evade the issue...
...Haytnond Shannoa...
...President KItzpa trick at the Chicago federation of I*abor opened the meeting in the name of the federation, and rep] edged the solidarity of A titer! ican labor with the workers under fascist tyranny in Europe...
...Brookwood Labor College Chauiaq.ua and Dance Friday evening, April 12th, at Polish People's Home...
...Editor...
...The National tabor Scene," tfniveratty of the Air...
...at least, they voted with them when the vote was important —rather than with the Socialists...
...April 14...
...May Day Conference meeting April 8th, at 7 P.M., at 167 .Jefferson St...
...vocal quartet: *:W> -Royal Dub h Traveler, Tendiik «Ie l.eeUw...
...That's the spirit...
...mere breach of radical etiquette that I had committed...
...H, Goebel, chairman...
...However, I tried to cheer the girl with the remark that there had been a pretty good revolution in 1776 as well...
...He emphasized that he spoke as an individual, not as a representative of the L.S.I...
...Speaking ftp himself and others Ike him he...
...Claessens speaks on "Two Years Lnder Roosevelt" at Hawthorne Ave...
...All proceed* go toward our quota for the united Socialist Drive...
...The second committee consists of Julius Gerber, U. Solomon and G. A. Gerber...
...April » * ii pja.—taiwrattr of the Air...
...There was the recent putsch in Greece, for instance...
...3»3S W. Moo •evert Road Sunday...
...Except this: when you base the power, you don't need a revolution...
...The basic cJanagt of opinions win remain and they cannot be compromised...
...4,000 ATTEND SEGBR MEETING Nearly 4.0*0 people attended two antifascist mass meetings las week with (irrhjnrt Segrr as speaker...
...I merely want you to be more discriminating about your revolutions...
...The longer it drifts the mare acute it will become...
...Ifoor Winnie...
...Violation of the act is punishable with a fine, or imprisonment not exceeding 20 years, or both...
...Prl...
...j?MjZ NatH Convention In Pittsburgh July 19 _ i -PITTSBURGH;—-The Young PeoIhr1 Socialist League will hold national convention in Pitts«*rh July 19, 20 and St...
...at 6 P.M...
...Saefasiar, String l.nsem)jl« : h ::«> SiaiiiniHl Spaeth, "The Talent Detective...
...lairitone...
...Branch One and the Y.P.S.L...
...For myself, I can say that I still adhere a the principles of revolutionary- Marxism as generally interpreted sad developed by Lenin and Trotsky...
...Russia and Austria and Spain will tell you **- fty tact that experts in tactics assy disapprove of the strategy displayed in these engagements dsgl ^^detQg Their martyrdom will ev«r glow warm in the boasts of libertyloving mankind, but these martyrs eld not psaeipftato revolutions fey the sake of revolutions, in arsry case the course of events forced it Winnie, I noticed, was becoming impatient aad here she interrupted: me to say: "Yes, but if only they had done.' so in than...
...10 Gotham Male Ouarte* ; 10 :i...
...It is expected that at least 1.000 additional subscribers to The New Leader, the official paper of the Socialist Party of Pennsylvania, will be secured through that one meeting...
...Certainly not The struggle oi Ssetslisir...
...It was no...
...Party branches, individual members and friendly organizations are urged to secure tickets immediately at the Party Office...
...The very mention of Kerensky was enough to set her teeth on edge as I very well knew it would...
...104, introduced byDarlington Hoopes, Socialist member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, will be held by the Committee on Judiciary General, Tuesday, April 9th, at 2 p. m. The bill is coming up for a hearing in spite of the opposition of many conservative groups, after President John Phillips of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, who will appear in behalf of the Repeal Bill, indicated to every member of the Committee on Judiciary General that organized labor wants the Sedition Act rpealed...
...12 imon- Pttlestlntxi music: 8 p.m...
...Pittsburgh...
...Features of tke Week on '""**-> WEVD vmm *»a...
...Usually it is a desperate means and should be adopted only as a last resort when all other efforts are exhausted...
...Apr.l 11—«:U p.m...
...rick's day I might not have remembered to send it to her...
...Yeh," she answered, and came as near to jeering as is possible for a pretty and altogether engaging young lady...
...Funds mere gathered at both meeting for the Chest for Liberation of Workers of Europe...
...1«:15—"The Three Debs," vncal trio...
...April 11th, Aug...
...Director Teele of the United Wiallat Drive report* hair a quota Of Tompkins Count) a 1 reads raised...
...There is the pamphlet published in Chicago by Albert Goldman, with an approving introduction by Arthur G. McDowell, and evidently eheulated with'the sanction of Local Cook County...
...Hahn declared that the paragraph if the Declaration ef Principles referring to action in a period of *maes and confusion" Justified his support of armed insurrection...
...Ithaca...
...if the Buffalo insurrectionists do not receive Sphctwa, in their appeal to, the New York State Committee, he will anag their case before the N.E.C...
...N. Y. Prepares to Replv to N.LC...
...Bomhoviim will continue with its paralyzing effect upon ifi ssrty activities, and if it does not split the states before the end 9f the year it will split the' national convention in 1936...
...Ift- Rebel Arts Review, talk...
...The State Secretary lias urged all locals, however small, to arrange meetings and demonstrations of some kind in celebration of May Day...
...Auspices, South Side Branch...
...The party member who cannot »¦* with Goldman that this ultimately means splits is blind...
...Julius Gerber, James Oneal and Chas...
...at least they pretend to be...
...George W. Hartmann, Professor in Pennsylvtnia State College and an active member of the Socialist Party, will -peak at the Schenley His^h School Auditorium...
...soprano...
...It is merely a means to an end...
...at home of Car...
...TwHve out of the fifteen voting members of the committer were present, as well as all members of the stale executive Committee...
...Next open forum of Branch Friday, April 19th, at 8:30...
...Grasp the opportunity while you have the power aad fight for your cause as sooner or later you will have to do...
...Newark...
...Raphael Abramowitsch of the executive of the Labor and Socialist International was invited to address the meeting...
...The Socialists may well ask, Do we accept the "revolutionary Marxism" of Lenin and Trotsky...
...It was plain that she was engaged in a crusade to rehabilitate my ideology...
...I know that- the word 'revolution" has an engaging sound in many ears and revolutionary phrases are spouted indiscriminately at our gatherings...
...Conflicts and Confusion AFEW instances will show the confusion that is still rampant...
...Pa., demanding favorable action...
...Iu both ciUes the showing is under the direction of {he Film Pbote league and interested organizations are to sell blocks of tickets on a per centage basis...
...IBaaois ( hiraro...
...At Buffalo, when Herman Hahn and William Chamberlain acted as ipikumer, of the insurrectionists...
...The Red, White and Blue, and My Country, Right or Wrong...
...S. I...
...Yours for the Revolution," was the parting shot as she closed the door, this young and contrary Winnie the Bed...
...We have had Trotsky is ts before us in New fork who admitted that they would expel all who disagreed with than if they obtained control or, failing in that, mould split the party fcf taking a big majority over to the Trotsky group...
...10 :fc"«— Forbes and Krai!, twopi » jo te:im...
...New York State state Committee...
...Very well then," I waj malicious enough to mock her...
...One should never "forget the revolution, she insisted...
...Nanuet...
...My whole "ideology," she explained, needed revamping, and her violence was as overwhelming as it was flattering...
...The two sstagonistic philosophies simply, cannot be reconciled irrespective of okssW sd'ocaey ef insurrection is or is not dropped...
...l^dLitli Friedman, piano...
...She relished the wisecrack, and I'm afraid I was becoming a little annoyed...
...The other meeting was sponsored by a group of German organization* under the leadership of t°e German branch...
...That the issue is not settled even on insurrection is evident by JKspod'g statement that...
...K::t« Hippodrome Grand Opera...
...I should have regretted the oversight, for I like Winifred, whose earnestness and sincerity have not stifled the charming impulsiveness of her eighteen years...
...latin I. KmKl sou...
...Decidedly not...
...and Labor political groups sent 130 delegates to the first conference for a 11*35 Chicago Labor Mar Day, March Mat, at the Carmen's Hall...
...The Flynn Sedition Act was passed in 1919 and is considered one of the most drastic in the country...
...Certainly not...
...Italian Variety Show...
...as I said at Buffalo, Goldman is admitted in Chicago and be would hp excluded in Maw York, while New Jersey also accepts Communists •hem we have lajontnrl in New York...
...Even that carried the banner of idealism...
...Max Winkler and F It...
...Bolshevism in the party...
...That's it exactly,'* Winnie was quick to interpose her argument...
...A. W. May, Dr...
...10:30 Moira Macmshon...
...Those wishing to secure their services should communicate-with Stewart War, Socialist Party, 132 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh...
...But with that terrible lesson before you, you are still against the united front...
...Our future hat with the organised working class, not with the "left" sickness that mrta with Bolshevism tn any form...
...It's your opponent that plots revolutions and insurrections then Besides, in organized society aad agamst established governments with all the modern weapons at their command one needs not only the will to revolution bat the physical foree to match their foree...
...Coca...
...3 JO pjn.— String ensemble...
...Members of labor unions and Socialist Party and labor fraternal organizations are urged to write or call upon Chairman Eugene Caputo, 21 Merchant St., Ambridge...
...April IS—8 p.m...
...r'E Buffalo meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party still leaves the issue of Communism in the party saset'.ieti...
...Efforts will br made to persuade the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and f varment Workers to man h their workers, direct from union mass meet i rigs in (heir own hai fs to the parade...
...Chicago trade unionists ami Socialists will ipomor a May Day parade and demonstration...
...The loraI is Hearing the half-way mark in raising the quota for the I nited So daiist Drive...
...79 trade union, fraternal, unemployed, young people...
...Friday, April 5. at 8:30...
...Back came that postal card like a check too optimistically issued...
...But, after all, revolution is not an end in itself...
...The committee to answer the N.E.C...
...New York knows its duty to the asvemest as a whole, aad other states should also act in accord with thii duty before action to prevent a catastrophe is too late...
...Central High School, Norman Thomas on "Wltcb Doctors of 1935...
...Samuel Laderioan of the Pocketbook Workers* Union Mas selected chairman of the roiifereoce and Gus Patterson of the Workers* Committee, vicechairman...
...Goldman declares in this •saw pamphlet that he expects to see: splits in the Socialist Party...
...BacklaaS f'aaaty...
...celebrate the -opening of new headquarters at 2(H Washington PI...
...Taa...
...Forward Hour, music and sketches...
...Communists who agree to keep quiet about armed insurrection may appeal ta the Allan report as a> justification for them retaining membership h>the Socialist Party, while we in New York who oppose them can ate the Hoan resolution as a reason for excluding'Communists...
...Thar...
...signatures on a BOB t'"n urging tbe Common Council to establish a municipal light seal power plant...
...It carried a notation in red pencil reminiscent of teacher's markings on your best efforts in English A. "With revolutionary greetings," it read, squelching this reactionary who had neglected his revolutionary greetings to anyone so militant as Winnie...
...She visited us that evening and her purpose was...
...Collins: 1»:43—Don Carlos, "Past Philosopher...
...Now don't tell me that you would sponsor only idealistic revolutions, for they are all idealistic...
...Here more Is a departure from -the Allen report in that it rules sat "Cnsiipwpn 4ffO moience" in New York, while the Allen report aoroly rules oat yjolsnoj, net Communism, in the other states...
...But if you refer to the united front as proposed by the Gpnyeeaistst I am against a fraud and a delusion...
...That's not the point at all, and you know it," I said...
...It condemned [the advocacy of armed insurrection in the party bat not Communist:philosophy and principles...
...The Allen report a« the Revolutionary Policy Committee condemned "advocacy of armed jssnrreetion or similar methods" as being "incompatible with memberskhj in the Socialist Party of the United States...
...Some other states do not -face this peril ss we do in New York ¦Si therefore tolerate-a waiting and indecisive policy...
...Wed...
Vol. 18 • April 1935 • No. 14
