Leninist Trend In Party Reports Leader Editor
Leninist Trend In Party Reports Leader Editor RETURNING from a ten-days' trip in the Middle West states last Monday, James Oneal, editor ef The New Leader,., declared that the "militant"...
...Brooklyn...
...The incompetents are placed in responsible positions without acquiring knowledge, and an apprenticeship in service and experience...
...All member...
...10:45, Young America Speaks, news sketches...
...Hamm, 265...
...German Branch...
...Tammany could not have been Linville Resigns as Teachers' Guild Head The Executive Board of the Teachers' Guild announces that it has regretfully accepted Dr...
...KINGS Prospect Park Branch...
...Frank P. Loeffler, Cattaraugus county chairman, was elected chairman and Mrs...
...The counting of the ballots was in the hands of three "militants...
...This would facilitate organizational matters...
...All the six delegates to the national convention were • instructed to investigate both sides at the convention in Cleveland and to attend the Interstate Socialist Conference...
...jaw-Cost Aeroplanes Sfanemobile manufacturers are reported to be working on plans to pat ordinary automobile engines into "fliwer" airplanes to be sold at low cost...
...This is one reason why the membership declines where they control...
...August Claessens will lecture on "Can We Expect an American Labor Party...
...all tended to make the occasion full of joy...
...Milto.v Bly, violinist, and Minna Friedmsn-, dancer, Will appear on the^jtm' gram...
...Comrades living...
...16th A.D...
...A joint affair will be held by the two branches on Monday, May 11, at the Burnside Manor, Burnside and Harrison Aves...
...The sentiment seems to be very favofnlla to a strong Socialist candidate this year, and the party could not have made a better choice than McKay...
...Stokes, 207...
...Aside from the drift to "Bolshevik Leninism" and earning the antagonism of the organized working class, Oneal says that the "militants" have an uncanny genius for selecting incompetents for party work...
...10:15, John F. ODonnell, assistant editqr of Irish Echo, talk...
...Both in Spokane and Seattle the Norman Thomas inestinls .Were widely advertised by the 'Communists and they wan also on hand at the Thomas lecture m Seattle with all then- propaganda and publications...
...3:30, Donald Heywood's Vocal Orchestra...
...Grace Croyle and Frank P. Loeffler, Olean...
...atease do so without further <kl«i' so accounts can be closed...
...On the other hand, party members are awakening to a knowledge of the dangerous trends in the party...
...10, James Oneal, editor of The New Leader, talk...
...for a "militant" nominee, 80...
...8:30, James J. Bam brick, president of the Building Service Employees' International Union, talk...
...Games, skits, songs, etc...
...It is in the nature of a Strawberry Festival anJ there will be entertainment, card party and refreshments...
...Goebel, 203...
...8:30, "The Message of 91," talk by H. Greenberg...
...International brotherhood is esteemed by all Falcons...
...Yorkville...
...In Cleveland the party once had established fine relations with the trade union movement in which both cooperated...
...8:15, Neckwear Makers* Union series...
...Grace Croyle of Olean was reelected secretary-treasurer...
...Guides and prospects intending to go on the overnight ^encampment, May 16 to 17, may start bringing their supplies, clearly initialled or marked, to the office...
...8 p.m., Theatre Union, play...
...Meeting Monday, May 11, 9 p. m., 05 Avenue B. Voting on delegates te National Convention...
...There are Crawford stores and g»torie> in New York, Philadelgja, Boston and Newark...
...During the course of the trial, assistant District-Attorney Ralph K Jacobs gave evidence of an antilabor bias...
...Fischer, 233...
...Delegates to the national ?tavention are: John F. McKay, Earl Broyles, Tillman K. Garrison, JL R. Khen, Ed Bennedict What Next...
...The meeting was called to order by Fred J. Smith of Jamestown, district organizer...
...Bernstein, 196...
...We would appreciate it- if all comrades would send us the names of children desiring to be Falcons but who do not have Flights meeting in their neighborhood...
...K including tip, 75c...
...The Guild has voted a regular contribution of $150 per month to the Linville Pension Fund, of which Dr...
...Albert Lee Smallheiser, vicepresident of the Teachers' Guild, is now its acting president until the annual eledtions next month...
...Control by Incompetents The ThoHn»B-'tmilitant''-Communist front in/ New York was reported in a number of news items in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio...
...The mere suggestion that.the official ballots be burnt indicates the character of those who disfranchised branches and who refused to permit their opponents to inspect the returns...
...Friday—8 p.m., "Undercurrents of the News," Bryce Oliver...
...Another suggested that such action might be "taken wrong at Cleveland" and the motion was not pressed...
...Bore economies result from the ] %tt that Crawford buys such •Ssnaoua quantities of raw matensis to satisfy the demand for WWrferd Clothes...
...The result is stagnation...
...It is asserted by well mfcrmed people that the activities at Jacobs are closely linked with alerts of department store interajhta) curb the growing strength ' ftnEt.glsll clerks' unions...
...we held an inspiring rally on May 3 at Pelham Bay Park...
...Robert A. Hoffman, executive secretary of Local Buffalo, was the principal speaker...
...BRONX 2nd and 8th A.IX Branches...
...Jersey Socialists to Pf^est Militant Election Fraud Special to The New Leader NEWARK, N. J.—New Jersey Socialists will protest the announced election of the seven "militant" delegates to the national1 convention in Cleveland on the: ground that the rotes of several branches were not counted., and that the count itself was exclusively in the hano> of "militants" who refused to permit inspection of the returns...
...The fraternization between the two has also brought almost complete isolation of the "militants" from the general labor .movement...
...by Hyman Nemser...
...The Conference members have] not attempted to usurp powers of: the party...
...The Voice of Local 89, Italian Variety Show...
...So reckless were the "militants" that one actually moved to "burn the ballots...
...Hansen,'260...
...The fund, exclusive of the Guild's contribution, has now peached "S I2?W0...
...Edward J. Squier of Jamestown also spoke...
...Leninist Trend In Party Reports Leader Editor RETURNING from a ten-days' trip in the Middle West states last Monday, James Oneal, editor ef The New Leader,., declared that the "militant" program for the Socialist Party is to make it a Trotsky organization...
...All fsfuford stores are open evenings...
...This is true of Cleveland and Chicago...
...Fine entertainment and food is assured...
...241 Bast 84th St...
...James D. Graham of Montana gave a well'"tjafwred - address -en parte* :p*iw» lams and issues...
...OMEN'S ACTIVITIES JBjjLr 9, Saturday, 1 p. ra.—Class jm&— end Farewell Party of S 1*36-1936 Women's Afternoon gssses held at the Rand School, iw Amalgamated Houses, Bronx...
...Paul and Cleveland as they have in New York, Calir fornia and some other states...
...against a FarmerLabor Party...
...ability of big automobile concerns to swing into mass production of small cheap planes whenever their experiments make m^action feasible...
...Branch meeting Tuesday, May 12, at headquarters...
...Selected WEVD Features of the Week Sunday—11 a.m., Forward Hour, music and sketches...
...The pickets were represented on tie imea...
...Jones, 214...
...RED FALCONS OF AMERICA Flight news...
...Iva Taylor, Dunkirk...
...Neiseher, 295...
...on the East Side are urged to cooperate with us in starting a Flight there, by sending their "children to its meeting...
...In all, the convention was- very favorable to the Interstate Conference...
...Trotskyists have joined the party in Chicago, St...
...The "militants" presented several resolutions which failed to pass...
...Last year men bought fb »say Crawford' garments that Wness increased 70...
...That party is more likely to make headway because, of*Hs facing many ways" and because the* "militants" have been used as a billboard to advertise the Communist Party...
...Henry R, Linville's resignation as president of the New York Teachers' Guild as of April 1, 1936...
...Rich...
...10:30, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas...
...papers, and the impression made on the reader is that Socialism' and Communism are the same...
...If you can translate Danish letters, please get in touch with us immediately...
...7th A.D...
...Voting on delegates to National Convention...
...42nd St...
...Sawieki, 192...
...In one, said Oneal, two members declared that they would no longer contribute to their state organization.' «* • "r...
...the adoption of a motion that party members identified with the Interstate Socialist Conference withdraw from tt...
...Hitler follows the same course in Germany...
...of die classes, unite, and their friends are invited for this happy 5 • • « "ffflpatty 24th Conference, scheduled at Butler, has been postH Comrades who have riot as yet settled with the Bazaar Committee for .admission tickets, greetings, tte...
...Then the "militants" formed a united front with the Communist Party List year for May Day and Leo Krzycki, national chairman of the party, was the main speaker...
...organization in New Jersey and have avoided dualism, but the Jersey "militants" have been active supporters of the "militant" dual organization in New York...
...10, Opera...
...Those declared elected by these ratrageous proceedings are Friedman, 278...
...William Karlin will speak on "The Situation Confronting the Party" at a joint meeting of the Boro Park, English, Jewish and Finnish branches on Monday, May 11, -9 p. m., in the Boro Park Labor Lyceum...
...between Franklin and Bedford Aves...
...The theory of the "militants" is that the Communist Party is certain to decline because of the decisions of the seventh congress of the Comintern...
...Militants Fail §S3rWSrT" Control in Washington Special to The New Leader SPOKANE, Wash—The Socialift j Party of the State of Wash-j ington met in state convention in Seattle, April 25-26...
...This sea•M should prove even more aoc2*fal doe to the fact that woolen Bps are higher while Crawford "^ftes are still only $18.75...
...This cooperation extended to the establishment of workers' educational courses...
...A. Braiiowsky will speak on "Socialist Prisoners and Exiles in Soviet Russia" on Friday, May 8, 9 p. m., in Room 14, Labor Temple, 241 East 84th St Lecture in English...
...Smithauser, 266...
...Linville should have a special status in the Guild, the Executive Board decided that he should be designated as Executive Director as of April 1, 1936...
...Conviction of Pickets Reversed on Appeal A decision handed down by the 'Appellate Term reverses the conviction of two retail clerks who were arrested while picketing a clothing merchant Harry Katz, on Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, during the course of a strike...
...6 p.m., "Jewish Events of the Week," talk...
...Wednesday—8 p.m., "Undercurrents of the News," Bryce Oliver...
...8:15, University of the Air, talk...
...John F. McKay, prominent Serial i st of the Northwest, was nominated for Governor, h^dbjg.'n complete state ticket...
...That the votes of eight or nine branches might easily alter the results is evident by the vote received by the Socialist candidates...
...The resolutions passed were: against united fronts with the Communists...
...Special oriier of business will be voting for delegates to the National Convention...
...Meeting Monday, May 1% 8:30 p. m...
...To love war because it makes heroes, is to love croup because doctors and nurses die in trying to save the child.—Anatole France...
...Admission is only Hoc...
...After the vote was' canvassed it was evident why these branches were disfranchised...
...John Dewey chairman...
...Thompson was credited with 215...
...Thursday—8 p. m., "Undercurrents of the News," Bryce Oliver...
...The veteran educator and Socialist, who recently reached his seventieth birthday, will, however, continue to devote some of his time to the Guild on a non-salaried voluntary basis...
...Thos who paid deposits will have them forfeited if they don't pay up the balance immediately...
...In order that Dr...
...A reporter from, a Communist paper was seated on the speakers' stand during most of the conven- j tion, but was quickly removed as soon as the fact became known, although the "militants" did their best to keep him there...
...Monday—8:25 a.m., Gity Consumers' Guide...
...F. F. Gordon, of an English steel firm, is reported to have "Invented a new process ef bonding metals which is said to give results unattainable by any other method...
...Smith, 267...
...Ross, 275...
...Contributions will continue to be accepted by the Henry Richardson Linville Testimonial Committee, Room 1709, 104 Fifth Ave...
...This advertising was especially obvious in the May Day fronts between "militants" and Communists in Chicago and Cleveland...
...gjfP*l find the addresses in your jSj*"* hook...
...and 14th Ave., Brooklyn...
...791 Elsmere Place...
...56th St...
...Stem pa, 280...
...10:15, Symposium on the Dance...
...They supplemented these unfair proceedings by...
...The pickets, who were fined $50 each by MagBtrate Rudich...
...Trotskyists call themselves "Bolshevik Leninists" and regard themselves as the heir to the "pure Communism" of Lenin and Trotsky before Stalin began to "liquidate" it...
...He found evidence of this wherever the "militant" faction has control...
...A letter sent by'the Communist Party was also tabled without being read...
...The Engineer of London reported that by the process any two metals with a malting point of about 1,200 degrees Centigrade can be bonded together and attar bonding can be worked and treated as if they were one...
...Edward Thompson, member of the State Committee, asked permission to inspect the tabulated vote of the outlawed branches and this reguest was denied...
...Several resolutiohs were adopted which were definitely against any sort of a united front with the Communists or any of their splinter groups and too* a democratic Socialist position on all issues...
...In two cities of Indiana, where locals of the state organization affiliated with the national office exist, some members are becoming disillusioned with "militant" policies...
...Saturday—10 a.m...
...Although we could not 'participate in the great demonstration of International Solidarity exhibited at the Polo Grounds on May Day...
...Tuesday—8pjn., "Undercurrents of the News," Bryee Oliver...
...Four students who adl give five mutate talks are: Harriet Schwartz, Rose Goldsmith, pfcn Emery, and Mrs...
...Thai was the end of workers' education and the party's fine cooperative relations with the trade unions...
...on Monday, May 11, at 8:45 p.- m., in Foresters Temple, 295 Gates Ave...
...John Lovejoy Elliott is treasurer and Prof...
...Suppliers, eager m, thia wealth of business, quote setter-market prices in many in'tances...
...New York State Jamestown.—The TriaCounty Socialist Committee — composed of delegates from Socialist locals in Allegheny, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties—meeting Sunday in Jamestown, unanimously voted to continue its affiliation with the regular New York State organization and repudiated the Communist trends in the party...
...Thomas has destroyed himself by his factional activities and his alliance with the Communists...
...The group meets Friday nights...
...ghat's the story back of Crawvalue...
...The following were elected to the organization committee: Mrs...
...Charles Wilbur, Cuba, and Fred , J. Smith, Jamestown...
...This action was essential to give a majority to the "militant" candidates...
...are Sam Epstein sad Isaac Tilzer...
...The request was again Jenied...
...Boro Park Branches...
...Reasoning on the basis of an "inclusive party," the "militants" want to take in all "radicals" and splinter Communists, the Trotskyists, however, to have special preference...
...The *militants" tried their best to "capture" the convention bat were ploughed under at every turn...
...Juvenile Reasoning x Like much of the reasoning of the "militants," their expectation of the disappearance of the Communist Party is juvenile, said Oneal...
...Business meeting Tuesday, May 12, at 8:30 p. m., Clubrooms, 6618 Bay Parkway...
...However the practice of corresponding: with foreign Falcons, is made difficult by our not being able to' translate certain foreign languages...
...The committee of three threw out the returns of eight or nine branches and it is known that three Finnish branches tried to get ballots and failed...
...The Socialist vote He McKay was 256...
...This year a. similar united front was arranged, and this May Day demonstration was smaller by onehalf than fast year's...
...PWRTtttfeWS New York City MANHATTAN i 6th A.I...
...against war and fascism, etc...
...This is the logical fruit of years of flirtation with the Communists, said Oneal...
...12 midnight, Midnight Jamboree...
...8:45, City Chamberlain A. Berle, Jr., talk...
...While the general feeling was in favor of the "Old Guard," it was decided that at this time the State of Washington would not commit itself either way...
...The significance of tSe studies by motor companies, according to aviation experts, lies JOp...
...fjewBSVille and Midwood-Brigh- ' /The luncheon will be held at the Qrand Street Boys House at 106 |f...
...After a recess Thompson renewed his request on the .ground that the whole committee was responsible for the returns...
...10, University of the Air Forum...
Vol. 19 • May 1936 • No. 19
