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Read news on This Page of Ipmortant National Labor Institute at Camp Tamiment Tamiment Institute Wins Support of Many Leaders By George Field AT a meeting of active support- * ers of the...
...It is estimated that each student will be able to cover all expenses, tuition as well as board, for between $20 and $25 for the week, including the Tamiment trip...
...An after. noon win be reserved for recrea. tion and an interesting evening of entertainment is promised...
...The sessions will be held at the Finnish Socialist Hall at 521 Cambridge St., Allston, beginning at 2:30 p.m...
...Not being a scientist but just a common, everyday textile worker I am applying a term that I think aptly fit* the situation, i Treaeheritis...
...In the employ of the Governor was a servant who suggested to the mistress of the house that...
...On Friday the entire student body will be taken by bus te beau* tit'ul Camp Tamiment, and there they will enjoy that idyllic vacation resort for workers...
...Housing as an important social problem will be considered during one of the sessions, and B. Charney Vladeck, member of the Munic- > ipal Housing Authority, is at work on the program for this department...
...However, they consulted, and they consulted, and the boy, like the sick baby industry, got weaker and weaker...
...The social hall or auditorium with a capacity of over a thousand is spaciods, airy and overlooks Taminjent's lake...
...The list of prominent sponsors • is growing daily...
...During the winter a good deal of money and effort were expended to make the camp more beautiful nad comfortable and to increase its facilities...
...The mistress - agreed...
...Textile employers in all parts of the country are lining up governors, high dignitaries of the nation, business men and lawyers, to assist them in putting the blame for the condition of the industry some place other than where it properly belongs...
...Read news on This Page of Ipmortant National Labor Institute at Camp Tamiment Tamiment Institute Wins Support of Many Leaders By George Field AT a meeting of active support- * ers of the recently organized r Tamiment Economic and Social Institute a comprehensive program j sms outlined and elaborate plans , made for the launching of the first of these annual events June 27th f. to 30th...
...The Institute will follow the general lines of last year's successful gathering of young workers in the movement, but it is promised that 1936 will far surpass 1934 in content and arragemenfis...
...an address by Comrade Oliver Peterson on "History Through the Socialist Looking Glass" after which seven group conferences will take place...
...America in the Face of Crisis" wiQ be the subject of the first session...
...Camp Tamiment's special institute rate of S3 a day and the low $1.50 registration fee for all sessions, will insure .a large enrollment...
...a lighter program including singing, entertainment and dancing will follow...
...to agents and superintendents it is only a job—a job with a good salary, and a fat bonus in many instancesIt is unfortunate that during all of the experimentation to bring life to this sick baby, the "quack^' ' and not the real physician has been consulted...
...Treacheritis" can be described as a disease of the human brain which brings about a malicious growth of corruption that thrives on broken promises, unfair trade practices, cut-throat competition and human exploitation...
...A. Socialism and Popular Security Plans, with Alfred Baker Lewis as leader Ralph Hultgren as chairman- B. The Outlook for Labor, Maud Van Vaerenewyck and A. VeDeman...
...As announced in The New Leader 1 two weeks ago, the topic will be: 1 "Labor, Government and Indus- ' try...
...There will follow fire days of intensive instruction, details of which will be made public later...
...The consumer is not consulted, the manufacturer does not gain, but the jobber, the commission house, and in many instances the retailer, with the importer, reap the harvest...
...Among the labor ' leaders who will be present are George Q. Lynch, John P. Burke, Frank Crosswaith...
...Robert J. Watt, Joseph Schlossberg and others...
...and lasting until 11...
...Profits have lieen immense during the last twenty-five years' life of this baby...
...The workers, with their families, depend on the industry for a living...
...the professional was called in and diagnosed the case at once...
...The New Leader, eager to aid in making the Institute a success and thus to contribute to sound Socialist education, makes the following offer: For new subscriptions to The New Leader totaling $60 there will he a premium of $20 toward expenses of the student...
...To diagnose the sickness within our industry properly, we must find out the root from which it emanates and see if something cannot be done to correct or cure it...
...Many other leaders in our social and economic life, all recognized authorities in their respective fields, are yet to be heard from...
...But these two things in themselves, even though 100 per cent concession were granted the employer, will not eradicate the disease in the industry- Take off the processing tax, and the chiselers, profiteers and racketeers will immediately fight for the same percentage of reduction in the finished goods...
...Social Security and Labor" , will bring such an authority as | Abraham Epstein into the picture...
...Assistant Sec1 retary of Labor, Congressman - Thomas R. Amlie of Wisconsin, ' Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, B. Charf ney Vladeck, Louis Waldman, Elia nore Herrick, Chairman of the Rei gional Labord Board, Professor f John Dewey, Father Francis J. f Haas of the National Labor Adr visory Board, Rabbi Edward Israel, James H. Maurer, Charles i Solomon, Alexander Kahn, Prof exit nor Henry Pratt Fairchild and - Adolph Held...
...D. American Socialists in Office and Out of Office, Morris Bcrzon leader and Joseph B. Greenfield chairman...
...served at 6 p.m...
...Inflation" and "Taking the Profit Out of Wax" are two related topics the discussion of which will be lead by Mr...
...They say, "too many cooks spoil the broth," and the cotton textile industry has had too many cooks...
...These men represent organized labor, the farmers and-the government...
...E. Socialism and Americanism, S. Syrjala leader and Henry Fine chairman...
...C. The Economic Basis for Socialism, Louis Marcus leader and David Boynick chairman...
...F. Socialism and World Affairs, Theodore Smith leader and Maurice Wheeler chairman...
...It is a fair application of tariff if the political cry prior to election of "American workers must be protected" is to be carried out...
...In my opinion, the Federal Trade Commission, as well as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, authorized by the President to make investigation and report back at a stated period, have laid sufficient groundwork to make such a congressional investigation easy...
...Camp Tamiment, where the sessions will be- held, is the ideal setting for such-ah institute...
...They will also have an opportunity to visifc Unity nearby, the summer home of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union...
...Flynn, who was recently . identified with the investigation of the munitions industry as advisor to the Senate Committee...
...The officers of the United Textile Workers of America believe, honestly and sincerely, that they have within their organization the proper methods and the right poultices to apply, if given an opportunity, in a national way, to discuss with employers the conditions ¦ existing in the textile industry...
...In the present hurried appeal of textile employers to the Government to take prompt action to eliminate the present processing tax in cotton mills, there is real justification, just as there is real merit in the argument to debar or heavily tax importations of goods from any nation that can be dumped on our shore* at a cost of production which cannot be reached here in America, even if workers gave free service...
...They have by now practically disappeared, and their disappearance cannot be charged up in any way to high wages...
...William E. Bohn, Secretary, 7 East loth St., N. Y. C. The Textile Workers Prescribe For a Sick Industry ¦y Thomas F. McMahon International President, ttited Textile Workers of America •¦f"HE textile industry of our country is indeed a sick baby, particularly the cotton division, which is approximately 150 years young...
...There is scarcely anyone who does not realize that the textile industry has been built around human exploitation...
...The highest priced physicians in the land were called in by the distracted parents...
...For details address inquiries AT ONCE to The New Leader, 7 East 15th Street, New York City . Bay State Socialists in Significant Conference April 27th BOSTON.—"Socialism.Foundation ?or Security" will be the subject of a conference Saturday, April 27, under the auspices of the Eastern Massachusetts Federation of Socialist locals...
...Doctor So-and-so, a practical physician, ought to be called in...
...New Leader Scholarships at Rand School Institute "1*HE second annual Rand School Institute, booked for the week from June 23rd to June 30th and which will give an opportunity to many out-of-town Socialists and trade unionists to become acquainted with New York and Camp Tamiment, is receiving the wholeheaarted and enthusiastic cooperation of The New Leader...
...For $30 in subscriptions the contribution will be $12-50...
...What we have proposed many times is a tariff equal to the ¦ difference between the cost of production here and the cost of production in any importing nation...
...Science has created new names for different diseases that affect mankind;, they have just missed out in not applying some term applicable to most of our textile employers...
...This discussion will include i a serious appraisal of the factors that produced the depression, and efforts to solve our economic problems will be reviewed...
...his stomach not being used to this kind of nourishment rebelled, and he became a sick boy...
...A Sick Industry This industrial sick baby can well be compared to the child of a former millionaire Governor of Connecticut...
...A lovely spot in the Poconos, it combines scenic beauty athletic activities and:distinctive entertainment with perfect conference facilities...
...The program of the conference as outlined by Comrade Paul Carlton, chairman of the arrangements committee, will be as 'follows: At 2:45 p.m...
...Ineed, The New Leader is cooperating to the extent of providing a large number of scholarships to out-of-town workers, who will come to New York i'or a week of study and pleasure...
...Early reservations are advised...
...Is it not natural to conclude that our sick baby industry could be made better if real application of the proper method according to facts at hand, in our possession, were applied, rather than to continue with the old slip-shod system as it exists at present...
...John T. Flynn, noted econ- j omist and author and chairman of , the Institute's Committee of Sponsors, took part as the luncheon guest of B. Charney Vladeck...
...When the students, gathered from every part of the country, come together in New York on June 23rd they will be greeted with a dinner and the all-important gettogether at which they will become acquainted, with each other and their teachers...
...At 7 p. m. reports I on the various conference* will be i made, followed by two short ad| dresses: "Tribute to a Socialist" by Herbert Heller and "Channels of Socialist Activity" by Harry Maltzman...
...The doctor thought of his own boyhood, he thought of what he had done and how he had suffered, he did not forget the human side, and he applied the simple remedy, with the result that the boy got well...
...This young lad skipped away from hi 3 tutor and enjoyed life naturally with the rest of the boys surrounding his home, and with them he enjoyed a feed of green apples...
...Finally, leaders of the American . Federation of Labor and heads of | government and labor agencies will join in a discussion of "Collective ', Bargaining and the Company [ Union...
...G. What's What in Cooperation, Ralph Price, Gerhard Rheder, E. F. Statman...
...Paul Calton chairman...
...In either case the Rand School will add free tuition...
...At this early e date the Institute announces Edb ward F. McGrady...
...There will be Six sessions from s Thursday night, June 27th, to Sunr day morning, June 30th...
...Investigation Needed First—A real Congressional investigation of the industry, beginning January, 1914, and continuing up to and including December 31, 1934...
...A supper jirepared under the diraction of Cali Kimball will be...
...Before this sick industry thrives again this latter palliative must be applied...
...Registration fees should be mailed to: John T. Flynn, Chairman, Room 1008, 15 East 40th St., or to Dr...
...I The United Textile Workers of America have suggested, in season and out, that the real consultants for' employers to engage are the workers in their mills and their chosen representatives...
...The boy being too sick to tell, or possibly afraid to tell, what he had done, placed the high-priced consultants in a very awkward position—<hey could not diagnose the case...
...The employers must accept the friendly offer of the employes in the industry who are as much, if not more, interested in the welfare of the industry than are many of the so-called agents and superintendents...
...Beginning at 8 p. m. and lasting until 11 p.m...
...This division has l>een supported and maintained, in season and out of season, by a tariff...
Vol. 18 • April 1935 • No. 17
