Buffalo Socialists Defeat Militants in Primary Fight
Buffalo Socialists Defeat Militants in Primary Fight Old Guard in Erie County Elects Six Out of Eight State Committeemen and Two of Three Candidates for Delegate to National Convention on the Basis...
...THE Women's Committee of the * Socialist Party have captured the People's House for four days—_ April 23-26 — during which they will have the right of way with the People's International Bazaar and God help the man who attempts to assert his rights tc "'bogus democracy" during those four days...
...Manhattan, Cooperatives, and stili others to be reported later...
...He «¦ assisted by a police force of YsZj -els and Falcons with full autasS ity to take in suspects of wfcsjaj the Women's Committee baassSI . iere are many in the party sjsl :he other cooperating orgsaissJ(^H The squads of police, a&sistedM trained experts on the floorf Osx...
...Hahn gave a statement to the Buffalo Evening News say* ing that Clifford Wagoner of North Tonawanda and Edward W. Cray of Niagara Falls, Socialist candidates, had repudiated Hoffman and asked voters to support Hahn and' Brkkner...
...State Committee members definitely elected are Isidor Beck-man, Charles H. Roth, Norman Heppel...
...In Niagara Falls three "militant*' canvassers told enrolled So-, delists that Local Buffalo had lost nearly all its members, that it was being evicted from its headquarters for non-payment of rent, that it owed John Ellison over f300 and because of failure to repay him,, Ellison had been forced to sell his house furniture...
...Many admitted that they are Communists...
...and who, on the - basis of inaccurate unofficial returns, led by 81 votes for national delegate in the 40th Con., grass district, which takes in a third of Erie County and all of Niagara County...
...A fine bazaar journal telling all about it will be ready by the end of the week, cooperating organizations contributing advertisements...
...A recheck of the official tally sheets showed a tie vote, with nine east in various booths but no indication as to whom they voted for...
...Buffalo Socialists Defeat Militants in Primary Fight Old Guard in Erie County Elects Six Out of Eight State Committeemen and Two of Three Candidates for Delegate to National Convention on the Basis of Incomplete Return*—Others In Doubt Special to The New Leader BUFFALO.—Despite a bitter campaign carried on by the "militants," the Socialist forces were victorious in Erie County, electing certainly six and possibly seven of the eight state committee members, and carrying two of the three Congressional districts for national convention delegates...
...The Debs Auditorium will belong to the women comrades those four nights and they will put on a program with the cooperation of the Socialist Party, trade unions and labor fraternal organizations...
...There ana...
...A recheck of the tally sheets shows that Hahn got ten less totes than originally credited him, reducing his lead to 21 votes over Robert A. Hoffman, executive secretary of the Socialist Erie orgaRixatior...
...number of suspects already orVH list who will have to "show ejaH why they should not be compsSa to patronize a merchandise m| The burgomaster will exsnfi full powers to punish for conttssK issue injunctions, declare rsfjfi :10ns unconstitutional, conssnf visitors for service, issue IssL suspend them, alter them, taq/St them, restrict them, reorgawsi aW police, spank them, and in Im way forecast the '"idealism" of thO} new wrinkle in political philoso^BJte the "all inclusive party...
...Every Socialist voter received three letters from Thomas pleading with them to support his candidates...
...The next day Wagoner had the News publish his denial in which he said, "1 have not even teen or talked U> Mr, Hahn in nearly two years and am supporting Hoffman and the old guard...
...Organizations that will have booths are the Finnish branches, Bronx County, 4th A.D...
...H. J. Hahn, who was elected to the state' committee from the 2nd A.D...
...Socialist Women Arrange People's Bazaar, April 23-24 Many Party Branches to Have Booths — More Ikm* $25,000 Worth of Articles to Be Sold at Barpfc Prices—Dancing and Entertaining to Feature Asms*}' Affair for Benefit of Party Institutions...
...This was not discovered till late, in the day when an elderly woman phoned Mrs...
...Matthew S. Rosen, James Battistoni and John M. Secord...
...Yes, the People's InternatisMt Bazaar in the eople's House, 7 K 15th Street, Manhattan, beginassf Thursday, April 23, is going t*^| -ome affair...
...Elizabeth C. Roth were elected national convention delegates, as were their alternates, Edward W. Simon and William L. Mueller...
...James Battistoni saw Gray primary day and the latter said not only he bat his wife and family were "of course voting for Hoffman as against Hahn.' The lowest trick was saved for primary day when a Hahn canvasser visited enrolled Socialists in Hoffman's own ward and told them that if they voted for him their ballots would be void...
...A number of party branches will have booths, there will be $25,000 worth of articles on display at bargain prices...
...Saturday and Sunday, while the Yipsels and Falcons will present original skits...
...Police canvass reports had the "militant" candidate elected in the first Assembly district over Angelo Cordaro by a majority of four votes...
...Martin B. Heisler and Mrs...
...A baOot recount will undoubtedly show that Cordaro is elected...
...V...
...A baOot recount is probable...
...As a result of intensive Socialist canvassing of voters, the loyal party workers discovered to their amassment that many Communists, probably a hundred in all, are enrolled as Socialists, and they, of course voted the "militant" slate...
...Make a note of thf four days and enjoy the fun...
...Several other districts had no record" of any votes cast but where party members actually voted...
...The night before the primary, the Rev...
...Another feature of the bazaar will be the setting up of a burgo___ master's court with bursjsassj|W James Oneal in charge...
...bring offenders before the courtle> a hearing and trial...
...The "militant" sole victory was scored by the Rev...
...there will be music and dinner to be served on Friday...
...Even a casual check-up gives Hoffman an additional ten votes and a ballot recount may prove he was elected...
...All this is false...
...Roth to ask about this falsehood...
...In more than a score of districts' the booth clerks failed to canvass the Socialist votes although many votes were cast...
Vol. 19 • April 1936 • No. 15
