Socialists Will Open Interstate Meet Saturday
Socialists Will Open Interstate Meet Saturday tfSE Socialist Party Interstate * Conference, representing the sate organizations of PennsylQBJB, Maryland, New York and j^ode Island, Local...
...The New Leader and other Socialist papers have reported the numerous and varied activities during- the past four months...
...Waiters' Union Honors Its Business Agent The ball takes place at Troromers, on Bushwick Ave-, Brooklyn, on Friday, March 27th, 1936...
...Morrison is scheduled to tour . the following cities: Philadelphia, 5 April 17...
...Wednesday, kpril 1, Jamaica Town Hall, 159-01 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, L. L; auspices S. P. Branch...
...and by President Luki...
...However, I want to give Vito a chance to make good...
...B. C. Vlsdeck, s member of the New York Housing s Authority, and Louis Waldman, - New York State Chairman of the Socialist Party, and others...
...Signed) DANIEL W. HOAN...
...He will speak at a number of meetings arranged by the Socialist Party, trade unions snd other organizations...
...Thomas Uses TammanyPaper Against Party TPHE Labor and Socialist Parties * of the world support the struggles of the organized workers...
...Julius Gerber, secretary of the Socialist Party of Local New York,, wired Mayor Hoan regarding this and Mayor Hoan sent the following telegram: Milwaukee, March 19, 1936...
...Hon...
...John Fitz Patrick, president of the 1 Chicago i Federation of Labor...
...A hew branch was organized last week with over 20 members in the 1st Assembly District, Bronx...
...from a number of sources the stsaists in the Socialist Party tew heard a despondent note ¦eased by the "militant" faction, whet thought that by having the JJAC...
...The Forward will not take advertisements of firms whose workers are on strike...
...It appears that minority elements, such as Socialists, Lovestoneites, Trotskyites and others, have been pushed aside completely and have no representation or voice in the governing councils of the union...
...For some reason or other no rebates of dues or record of membership of our Lithuanian branch has been received from the national office in years...
...It was the Progresso, and not the Com*' munist paper, which published tbs I account of his presence at the 8tar Casino meeting...
...Vito Marcantonio, Congressman from Harlem, escorted by a committee, was greeted by prolonged rising applause from all those present, while the orchestra struck up the American and Italian anthems and 'Giovinezza.' — "The officers of the club for the year 1936 are: Congressman Hon...
...William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, is chairman of the committee of sponsors which includes George Meany, president of the New York State Federation of Labor...
...It is because of such shameless ii regard of Socialist ethics and labor solidarity and his frequent interference in the internal affairs of the trade unions that Norman Thomas has lost the confidence of groat masses of organized workers in New York City...
...Wednesdays* April 8, Staten Island S.P...
...The schedule of meetings is as follows: Tuesday, March 31, Burnside Manor, Burnside and Harrison Aves., Bronx...
...to contribute to the Red Cross, and concluded by hailing Italy and Mussolini...
...auspices Pa terser...
...And why has not the Hon, Vito included in his denial the Leonardo da Vinci Art School banquet, the Manhattan i Odd Fallows Temple meeting, another affair at the Star Casino and similar Fascist-inspired demonstrations, all of shisli Sal adorned with his prssense T . • j • m I venture to say that Vito, Marco and Antonini will not send any letter to II Progresso, for what the Progresso has published ia the truth, confirmed for me by many people who were present at the meeting and was listened, afterwards, to Marcantonio's histrionic denunciation of the "League of Nations racketeers...
...Among its members are veterans in the Socialist movement who have now returned to the Party...
...April 2, Silk Workers' Hall, 71 Washington St, Peterson, N—J...
...Vito es found oa three fronts fighting weak Mussolini Stalin snd Hsst...
...All the locals of Greater New York will be represented...
...The regular Socialist Party organization completely disassociates itself from all responsibility for Norman Thomas' conduct and we aie suro that the enrolled Socialist voters will share bur view when j they vote in the primaries on April 2. Bfl ^a^sjBBjej^Sv^swaSssV , 'KKdaVaasftsaa* -jsakSJjSj...
...Buffalo, April 26...
...Ab» raham Cahan, editor of the Jewish . Daily Forward...
...Freed from the obstruction and endless wrangling caused by the so-called "militant" minority...
...Nowhere was there the clause in question...
...Fur Workers I Hit Left Wing : Leadership '¦ MK^E trian 1,500 furriers as\ sembled in the Manhattan , Opera House recently were treat- ed to a sample of the unscrupi ulous tactics of Communists who : succeeded in capturing their union...
...James Oneal, editor - of The New Leader...
...Emilio Nardone, very active president of the club, delivered a brief address vibrating with patriotic faith, and after having stated, amid applauses, that the LaGuardia Club could do second to none in answering the appeal of the Fatherland, urged all...
...Still another one is "Grossman's Shoes" which is being picketed by strikers...
...When the latter was confronted with Goldstein's proof of his misrepresentation of the union agreement to the members, the minority elements took heart and openly on the floor of the meeting declared that they have been systematically deprived of their right to be heard in managing the affairs of the union and that they have been terrorized by the Communist leaders of the organization...
...Goldstein con; tended that no such provision had i been made in the agreement and i that a statement made by Gold at the ratification meeting that there was such a clause was a complete falsehood...
...That, slso, is part of his...
...Before the presentation of the drama Mr...
...Us conference represents at ssthslf of the membership of the j5/ throughout the country, and 2p conferences in other states Bjsjnport New York in its fight (gainst pseudo-Communism have H organized...
...to flffkl the action was defeated...
...There are 12 more groups of Socialists formerly members of branches which the "left wingers" have captured or destroyed...
...OH meeting is called in accord Mpjjt decision of the last con{diaa, which provided that if the ]fjHjB*l Executive Committee did gjCsjpead its action in suspending jfci starter of New York State, it {jfgmeet again to take action, kflhon by mail in the N.E.C...
...It refuses hundreds of thousands of dollars of such advertising every year...
...The "Day" is a Jewish daily published in New York City...
...Thus the "left wing" is answered...
...They have paid their dues to their Chicago secretary...
...Although a few individuals known as "Socialists" have been working with Gold and- his Gommtrrust allies, there is no "united front" of any kind, and hundreds of Socialists snd opposition Communists and others are protesting against what they believe to be an intolerable condition in the union...
...But he could not explain why this point was not embodied in the agreement...
...Boston, April 28...
...The Social Democratic elements among our Italian comrades are getting together again and are building a branch that will be free from Communist entanglements...
...the latter have been organising for weeks, and the result n increasing prestige for the Socialist Psxty Interstate Conference...
...So the Hon...
...To the Pi misses/' then—(whose publisher, by the, way, is a personal friend of Marcantonio)—and not to the pale of East Thirteenth Street, whs see eel willing to hold the bag, should the denial be addressed...
...Fish...
...Morrison Here on April 14lh i IJERBERT M. MORRISON, • : chairman of the London County Council, editor of the London News, and leader of the f British Labor Party, will arrive in this country on April 14th for a lecture tour under the auspices - of the Rand School of Social k Science...
...Vito should aead s tetter es the Times, i...
...Socialists Will Open Interstate Meet Saturday tfSE Socialist Party Interstate * Conference, representing the sate organizations of PennsylQBJB, Maryland, New York and j^ode Island, Local Bridgeport...
...Let me now quote from II Progresso Italo- Americano (Italian daily) of MarsK 9: THE FESTIVAL OF THE LA GUARDIA CLUB AT THE STAR CASINO "The great artistic festival of the F. H. LaGuardia East Harlem Political Association took place at the Star Casino, East 107th St., New "York City, on Friday evening, March 6th...
...Sidney Hill- -man, president of the Amalga. mated Clothing Workers of Amert ica...
...At first he said that the agree...
...Those who have no respect for the wishes of others and who use their names without their consent act upon a low plane of ethics that decent human beings will not tolerate...
...They do not favor publications that are enemies of Organized Labor...
...il The gathering was held followl ing a challenge made by Harold '. Goldstein, president of the Interi national Fur Workers' Union, to t Ben Gold, manager of the New ¦ York fur union, that he prove his i statement that the agreement recently signed with the, employers, . contained a provision prohibiting ; an employer from discharging a • shop chairman during the next ! fourteen months...
...I am honorary member, snd not president, of one of them, which did hold s festival, but for its own treasury and not for the Red Cross...
...Hoan Hits Use Of His Name By Militants FACING a rising protest fax New York and other states against them, the "militants" have combed the country to find some prominent Socialists who would lend their names to the attempt to deceive the enrolled Socialist voters in the primary on April 2. Failing to get such support, they took a chance and announced that Daniel W. Hoan, Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee, approved their cause...
...He has gotten in touch by telephone with his New York Communist Italian friends and has instructed them to publish a sweeping denial of our charges of his having participated at Fascist mass meetings in his Harlem district...
...There are two LaGuardia clubs in Harlem...
...Lorraine Hall, 2307 Broadway, Mew York City...
...Breach...
...Detroit, April 22...
...The telegram shows how irresponsible it is in its fight against the Socialists in the Socialist Party...
...Assuming, for the sake or argument, that the Progresso is lying, why, then, not send a letter to II Progresso asking it to correct the story T Why has the Hon...
...What is contained in ' 'a letter from the public' published in the newspaper La S tarn pa Libera is not the truth...
...Finnish and Jewish Socialist ^Jfjitions, will again meet this Cjstrday in the People's House, 7 East 15th Street, New York G*/, st 10 a. m...
...Among the anti-union ads that regularly'appear are "Ukor," a big trust anti-labor concern which the Butchers' Union is fighting...
...The Brooklyn Italian branch has been ruined by the "left wingers" and the New York branch, which was stagnant for several years and had only half a dozen members, was disbanded by Local New York during the heat of the internal fracas...
...The "Day" is a Jewish organ of Tammany Hall and it continually runs advertisements of firms that are unfair to labor...
...But he is going to i the extreme of even denying the truth to >retain the anti-Fascist1 reputation among his Communist friends...
...These comrades have not been connected with oar local for many years, thanks to our national office...
...Manages of support and encoursjstutut have also been promised asm conferences in- Illinois and Ohio...
...His first lecture appearI ance in New York City is scheduled for Wednesday evening, April 15th, at Mecca Temple...
...He will also visit 3 Reading and Bridgeport...
...Another ad of this type ie "Stuhmer's Bread," anti-union, which is being fought by the Bakers' Union...
...Local New York has increased its activities and membership and has organised a number of new branches...
...auspices 8th A. D. Branch, SJ...
...Will Marcantonio do that...
...A farewell banquet is planned t for May 1st...
...Wolin, the left-wing: chairman of the Furriers' Council...
...Thomas declares that he insisted that the advertising of May's Department Store be eliminated because its workers were on strike, bat all the other unfair advertising it usually carries continues to appear...
...Thursday, April 9, Midwood Branch, Brooklyn...
...By August Obwimii Local New York City EXCELLENT progress has been ! made by Local New York City since She "militant" disrupters bolted bom the Socialist Party last December...
...Gerhart Seger Meetings in New York and Vicinity When Gerhart Seger, former Social Democratic member of the German Reichstag, brilliant speaker and writer, and exile from Nazi Germany, returns from a tour across the country at the end of this month, he will remain in New York City for some time...
...The meeting made it clear that many of them have* been terrorized into submission to the dictatorship of Gold...
...Marcantonio dictated to as from Washington, by telephone, the following communication: '1 ask you to deny my participation by the LaGuardia Club of Harlem...
...Vito, Marco and Antonini, or II Progresss ItaloAmericano, is not telling the truth...
...There are now 65 functioning branches in'Local New York City...
...Julias Gerber, 7 East 15th Street, New York City, Have not authorised my name to be used in New York primary fight for any faction of the Socialist Party...
...and continue in© Sunday...
...heave them into power in Set .York State the party members throughout the country would MSStissively bow to the august deIHsjs The "militants" never expected a rising by the members...
...The entrance into the hall of the Hon...
...County, and it will be the seventh Jewish Socialist Branch in that County...
...Since the Communists have published the above statement without a word of comment, I presume that they have accepted as absolute truth what Congressman Marcantonio has told them...
...Vito presents the Hon, Hun.ss s fighter for "social sad industrial justice...
...Vito Marcantonio, Executive Chairman, etc...
...Then he insisted that an agreement had been made with the employers for protecting shop chairmen from discriminatory action...
...Following- the ovation, the orchestra struck up 'Giovinezia' (Italian Fascist Anthem) while some girls with Red Cross armbands went around the hall to pass out carnations and receive the contributions, offered, with great enthusiasm, by those present...
...Work is now in progress to reorganise these branches and by the end of April Local New York will have the same number bf branches that it had before the bolters got out...
...News of many more undertakings during April and May- is now being snneunced- in other columns of this issue so there is no need for repetition here...
...Finally he said that such a clause had been in an agreement which he had signed, but could furnish no light as to the whereabouts of such an alleged agreement...
...The meeting also furnished evidence that while the Communists yell for "united fronts," they disregard it in action when they gain control in a union...
...The ewsvage of opinion between tae "militants" and the Socialists in the party involves almost every basic priarialt between pseudoConaanism snd Socialism...
...You can see very easily that either the Hon...
...April 13, 20, 27 aad-May 4.Marcantonio's Double Dealing ? By Luigi Antonini General Secretary of Local 80, 7X.GJ.ry.rf THE Hon...
...ment was "tentative," although itj was signed, sealed and ratified by the membership partly on the strength of his statement made at the ratification meeting...
...Bay thought that the matter vesJd drift into the national conftstfem, with a docile membership Hating "The Leader" while they tko prepared to intrigue in other Instead of this quietism of the liriilWtn...
...Almost all of these are stalwart Socialists and Trade Unionists who returned to the party now that the disrupters and communist elements have left us...
...That bi part...
...The national office is supposed to send the rebates and records of dues to the state secretaries...
...A new Italian branch is also being organized with some 25 members...
...At the crowded Manhattan Opera House meeting, Goldstein appeared and read a copy of the agreement furnished to him by President Luki of the International...
...Vito ignored the Progresso and has, instead, rushed to his Communist friends...
...A branch of Lithuanian Socialists in Brooklyn has also applied for affiliation with Local New York City...
...Nobody at that -festival played or sang the Fascist 'anthem...
...Obviously put on the spot, Gold made desperate efforts to explain...
...Cleared of Communists, careerists and trouble makers, the active membership which remained in the party will continue its fine work in strengthening our ranks and increasing our activities...
...Max Zaritsky, \ president of the Millinery Workers' , International Union...
...This new episode is another illustration of Marcantonio's dual rote, He is doing nothing to correct the impression, among certain Italians,' that he is pro-Fascist...
...Norman Thomas has selected this organ for the publication of a series of articles against the regular Socialist Party organization in New York City and state...
...Wednesday, April 16, Ssa Gate Forum, Coney Island, Seger will also deliver s series of lectures at the Rand School of Social Science on Monday lussesa...
...It recently got an injunction against the union...
...The agreement was signed by Julius Green, president of the Association...
...It is a rival to the Jewish Daily Forward, the Jewish Labor and Socialist daily which has helped to build up the powerful needle trades unions...
...Branch, S.P...
...of his game...
...More* than 200 new members have been admitted to membership during this period of storm and stress...
...game...
...David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies' Garment - Workers' Union...
...Friday, April 3, West Side Socialist Forum...
...It even includes tbt kind of party oi-janizsOob Hsrtllints want and the kind tsat ifce "militants" want...
...The Communists, of course, have promptly obliged their pal, and so "L'Unita Operate"—Italian Communist weekly of March 21st carries the following statement on its front page: * A DENIAL BY CONGRESSMAN VITO MARC ANTONIO « "Thursday of last week, when our paper had already gone to press, the Hon...
...This is my chsUengel P.S.—Thursday morning's New York Times reports s letter of tne Fish, Jr., as a delegate to the national Republican enserieliesi The Hon...
...It is likely that Texas Socialists, who were recently brought seder what they eaD "Hitler referendum" in the election of deleaves to the national convention, iffl slso send greetings...
...The original was filed in a vault ip the office or the International...
...A New Jersey conffenBCe will be represented by dele|tija> and Montana will be repre¦oted by an official observer...
...Vito, Marco snd An* tonio, whose double dealings' were exposed by letters published in La S tarn pa Libera, Italian AntiFascist daily, sad by my letters in The New Leader, has resorted to a master coup...
...Algernon Lee, t president of the Rand School...
...Chicago, April 24...
...i Mr...
...Thursday...
Vol. 19 • March 1936 • No. 13
