THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT AT HOME AND ABROAD
THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT AT HOME AND ABROAD Through the States NATIONAL Call to National Convention To All the Memberi of the Socialist Party Deer Comrades: Under the authority conferred...
...In Derby, he spoke under the direction of the Italian-American Politics]} /Club, who heard the Socialist menage for the first Ume...
...THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT AT HOME AND ABROAD Through the States NATIONAL Call to National Convention To All the Memberi of the Socialist Party Deer Comrades: Under the authority conferred by Section 2 of Article 7 of the National Constitution, the National Execu tive Committee of the Socialist Party calls the National Gonvention for 1924 to meet in Cleveland, Ohio...
...Late in January, Denver held a mass meeting, the principal purpose of which was to organise for the campaign...
...Lewie" Great Tour One of the moat satisfactory series of meetings in the tour of Lena Morrow Lewis is making through Pennsylvania at present was at Phil-ipsburg and vicinity...
...Cajander will probably hold his job until the fall session of the Diet...
...The keynote address wis made by Comrade 8. Syr-jala, of Boston, former district secretary...
...Now they have four dailies and a dozen weeklies and tri-week-lies...
...Well, it would be folly for th* eld parties to adopt such methods—and equally, it would be folly for us not to...
...YIPSEL DISTRICT CONVENTION The fourth annual convention of the New England District, Y. P. S. L., was held in Fitchburg April 6 and 6. The convention was called by Comrade T. Tikkala, district secretary, after which the "Internationale" was sung...
...Have good prospects for a fS* more locals—expect to reorganize Roundup...
...137 St Mark'* place...
...Saturday 24, Kelso...
...We are not getting anything out of politics...
...1330 Lincoln place...
...Buffalo Socialist open-air meetings will start this week-end...
...They get nothing from their parties, so they give nothing to them—except their votes^vhlch they seem to regard as having little or no value...
...Monday 26, Medford...
...Lewis' trip is already bearing good results...
...WASHINGTON Emil Herman Lectures Thursday, May 15, Puyallup...
...bSZ Conference for Progreasive Political Action...
...The latter being a retired miner now living in the county institution for the poor, having spent over forty years as a coal miner...
...22, Lawrence...
...State Secretaries are notified to proceed with the election of delegates in accordance with the apportionment made...
...That is why Socialists pay due, and In other ways finance the Party's work at the expense of its whflls rank and file...
...The gas secured has been used in the Municipal Hospital and other city buildings...
...Friday 30, Salem...
...The Republicans and Democrats often think the Socialist Party is plumb crazy—not only making its rank and file pay monthly dues, but on top of that passing subscription lists, taking up collections, and even charging admission to public meetings held under its auspices...
...Lewis' dates for the coming week are as follows: Oil City, May 15...
...Tha Federitltii now bai forty-nine sections, with 1,524 members in good standing...
...For Sheet Metal Workers, Local 137...
...Auspices, 17th and 18th A. D. AUGUST CLAESSENS, Graham avenue and Varet street...
...Only one other Commissioner attended this test but he reported that the well was a success, and the Council voted $25,000 to sink another well...
...Au»-pices, 8th A. D, CHARLES SOLOMON...
...Sunday p. m. 8, Roilyn...
...In the meantime, as has been reported in The New Leader, the Norwegian Workers' party, as the Communists first galled themselves, was split in November, 1923, the minority being renamed the Communist party of Norway, per orders from Moscow, and the majority continuing to call itself the Workers' party, and remaining unaffiliated either with ttle Socialist or the Communist International...
...No man sudao party can serve two masters nhese interests are diametrically opposite...
...It is not expected that there will be any immediate change in the stop-gap Cabinet headed by Premier Cajand-er, appointed last January by the President when Parliament was dissolved and the Kalllo Cabinet quit...
...Of course, there are Socialists (of a sort) who don't pay dues, just as there arc men who accept smokes and drinks and eats when they are offered, but themselves don't stand treat...
...Mrs...
...Greenville, 23...
...18, Leomin-sttf...
...COLORADO , 15 Locals Functioning In reorganized Colorado we have fifteen locals and a list of members at large...
...Comrade Paulitsch submitted a financial statement^from The New leader and showed very gratifying progress and was unanimously commended, and all delegates were urged to do'all possible to increase the circulation...
...But it waited too long before dissolving the old Diet...
...He especially stressed th* necessity of giving more time snd financial resources to the eduoational side of the league and not devoting all the time to social and athletic work...
...The Debs meeting there, as in all other Western Stated gave new life to dParty activities...
...The Convention also accepted some athletic rules applying to athletic meet* which the district circles carry on between the circles...
...The meeting will be explain the work of the St...
...Registrations of all parties have been accounted slow in Southern California, and a call recently sent out over signatures of all party officials, including the Socialist Party, urged Los Angeles county people not to fail of their political duties...
...1167 Boston rosd...
...Last year Commissioner Frank C. Parkins, Socialist, secured money from the City Council to sink a gas well on city property...
...Tuesday 27, Grants Pass...
...Wal-demar Dover, Port Jervis...
...By this method w* make sure that the Party shall f*rvt the working class...
...They shall be elected by referendum vote of the members...
...Comrades who reside on the Island for the summer are urged to communicate with the County office for tha meeting placet and dates of both branches in order that they may help in the work while there...
...Fred Sander, Syracuse...
...The liveliest spot on the Socialist map in the West during the campaign will be Wyoming—"home of the Tea Pot Dome...
...The Saturday session of the Convention was taken up by the election of officers, committees and other routine matters...
...Krie, May 20...
...The mass of the Republican or Democratic voters would be amazed and amused if it were suggested that they ought to chip in to pay their party's expenses...
...Wednesday 21, Raymond...
...The reorganized Women's Social Democratic Society has about 2,000 members in fifty local groups, and the Norwegian Social Democratic Young People's Society, organized in 1922, has more than 4,000 members...
...Delegate* to Cleveland The National Executive Committee has elected Morris Hillquit, Victor L. Bergar and Bertha Hale White aa iU delegates to the July 4th convention of the Conference for Progressive Political Action...
...A campaign committee is being formed composed of one member of each branch and it is hoped that in this manner a uniform educational campaign will bo conducted throughout the county under the supervision of the Central Committee...
...The wells were sunk and gas was obtained...
...Frank Favoloro, Rochester: Algernon Lee, New York...
...William Karlin, New York: Julius Gerber, New York...
...In last year's local elections the party got 421,476 votes in 1,673 communities...
...Monday 19, Montesano...
...Auspices, 8th A. D. TUESDAY Brooklyn WM...
...TO DINE L1EBERMAN A gathering of friends of Joshua Lieberman, ex-secretary of Local New York, -will be held on Friday evening, May lfl, at seven o'clock, In the Rand School Cafeteria, 7 East 15th street...
...The menjbers in different towns are active In supplying lists of voters as fast as they can be made up...
...The juniors of our Circle will Hold a sociable In th4 same building at the same hour...
...Thursday 29, Eugene...
...Important communications from the National Office will also be submitted for consideration...
...The city total at present is 3,94f>, also practically equalling the total registration of two years ago...
...Saturday, 2 p. m., Olympia...
...GEO...
...VALENTI's SUCCESSFUL TOUR Giralamo Valenti, national organizer of the Italian Socialiat Federation of the Socialist Party, held a series of successful meetings in the course of his first week's work in the course of his New England tour...
...The resolution was carried by 155 to 102...
...The thoughtless ones should wake up—or be waked up...
...The sneaker at each meeting is August Claessens...
...Writing in the Berlin Vorwarts of April 26, Karl H. Wiik, a member of the Finnish Diet, explains how the Government's scheme to smash the Labor opposition parties so as to be able to put through anti-Labor legislation in the future without much hindrance, fell by the wayside...
...Twelve commissions were named to work out the party's new program in detail...
...Meadville, 21...
...H. D. Wilcox, Elmira...
...New Castle, 25...
...Executive Secretary...
...weekly to the support of each child from birth until it leaves school, and full maintenance of illegitimate children, and children of widows and deserted wives...
...Branch 7 reported that at the next meeting, on Thursday, Mav 22, 1924, Comrade Bertha H. Mailly will sneak on "The Revival of the Labor Movement in Europe...
...British Labor Unionism and th* Ris* of th* Labor Party...
...Recently Perkins requested additional funds to sink more wells...
...THURSDAY—Graham avenue and Varet street...
...Hoboken...
...Thomas B. Smith is State organizer...
...Buffalo leaders of The New Leader *ho formerly subscribed to the New Age are urged to remember that they may renew their subscriptions through Thomas Flynn, 732 Brisbane building, the Buffalo representative of The New Leader BRONX The Executive Committee has agreed to hold the spring festival, dance and entertainment on Satur- | day, June 7, in the large hall at the local headquarters, Crescent Theatre i Building, 1167 Boston road...
...PENNSYLVANIA Mr...
...S. Suomala, of Springfield...
...The National Convention ihall have power to nominate candidatei for President Vice-President, to adopt a National Platform and to transact such other business as the Convention may see fit...
...Expect Kallispell and Whiteflsl to arrange afternoon meetings also as well as evening meetings...
...J. J. Coronal, I. Kaplan, James Oneal...
...New York Activities NEW YORK New State CoaiaiiUee The following election* to the 1824 unofficial State committee have thu* far been announced: Herman Kobbe, Na»»au...
...The speakers at the first meetings will be Patrick L. Quintan and Robert A. Hoffman...
...The Executive Secretary was instructed to call a general party meeting for May 23, at 8:80 p. m., to be held in the Local Headquarters...
...There were 31 delegates representing the 10 circles of the district...
...May 17, Winchendon...
...Eight members of the Storthing stuck by the Social Democratic party and twenty-nine went with the Corpmunlsts...
...Resolutions adopted by the eighty delegates called for immediate recognition of the Russian Government, said that the question of cooperation with bourgeois parties was merely one of tactics, reaffirmed the Socialist objective of a cooperative commonwealth, voiced the hope of co-laboration with the Social Democratic parties of other races in the republic, especially with the German Social Democracy, and said that at present there could be no elaboration with the Communists...
...Barnett Wolff, Jamaica...
...M. FEIGENBAUM, "The Housing Crisis...
...Seventh street and Second avenue...
...The general response from the State is good...
...N. Y. Turn Verein, 85th street snd Lexington avenue, • f-m...
...This is as many as the total of Socialist registrations on the last great register, with several months to go before the principal elections...
...Visitors invited...
...Sharon, 23-24...
...HENRY JAGER, Brosdwsy and 28rd street, Bayonne...
...The following towns will be visited in the coming week: Friday, May 16, Pittsfleld, Mass...
...Shapiro, Brooklyn...
...l,ewyi speak from the bandstsnd in the city park.*' New members are being added to the Party, and subscriptions taken to the Party papers snd the comrades revived and inspired to take up the work of the Party . agaYn...
...Then there may be worked out some sort of bourgeois combination which will enable the Government to function more or less smoothly...
...We Socialists go at it the other way around...
...Auspices, 6th A. D. Manhattan MARIE B. MacDONALD, "Current Events...
...The Convention decided that each circle form Junior Y. P. S. L. circle* and form special classes in American history, parliamentary procedure, music and athletics...
...BROOKLYN Voting for »ix delegates to the But* Convention 1* new in prognu the following having been nomi' nated: J. Axelrad, A. G. Brecken-ridge...
...Auspices, 13th and 19th A. a Th* Bronx JEROME T. DE HUNT, "Recent Developments in the American Labor Movement...
...The various branches as reported by their respective delegates showed a decided interest in Party work...
...Recently we received application for charter from Durango, Colorado, with Allen Peeler as Secretary...
...Fraternally submitted, Bertha Hale White...
...After a short business meeting we will join them...
...By January, 1922, they had brought the membership up to 6,500, in 200 sections, and at present there are about 10,000 dues-paying members, in 720 sections...
...Sunday p. m. and evaning, Portland...
...A small fee will be charged and a good time is assured to all...
...You have nothing to lose but your chains and a world to gain" FINLAND Dozen Socialist Women Deputies Details of the April election in Finland show that there are twelve women among the sixty Socialists who won seats in Parliament...
...According to Communist] sources, the Communist party, has abqut 14,000 members, and the Workers' party 40,000...
...Auspices, Workmen's Circle of Mon-ticello...
...Party activity is increasing in Pennsylvania and Mrs...
...The Agenda to be Instructions to Delegates to the National Convention...
...Talks to Party Members 4. Why Socialists Pay Dues The old parties never ask their rank and tile to finance their campaigns...
...Solomon M. Switkes, B. C. Vladeek, Louis' Licht and the "Executive Secretary J. F. Viola...
...Local National Committee* On May first, the National Office issued a call for the formation of local national campaign committees...
...Things are looking brighter foi the Party in the State and file oui petitions for our Presidential electors soon...
...Saturday p. m. 7, Yakima...
...23, Somerville...
...R. Suomenin, of Gardner...
...One of the most important matters before the convention was the acceptance of the report of the Educational Committee elected by the convention...
...The Social Democrats waged a hot fight and the Communists, despite their handicap of illegality, did considerable campaigning...
...Experts in the employ of the gas interests had declared that the plan wes not prsc-tical...
...The Government hoped by raising a great Communist scare last Fall and arresting some 200 alleged agents of Moscow, including the Communist deputies, to frighten the voter* into electing a Diet made up almost entirely of bourgeois groups...
...Why should we," they would ask...
...Mark's place...
...And we own our Party because we pay for it...
...Labor Lyceum...
...Auditors for 1924, comrade* H. Puhakka and T. A. Partan...
...Stivin laid great strws upon the necessity of getting back to Marxian principles...
...The election of delegates to the Netional Convention shall, wherever possible, be completed not later than thirty days preceding the convention, and the respective State Secretaries shall fur-nub the Executive Secretary with a list of accredited delegates immediately after said election...
...Yipsel Notes An important meeting will be held this Friday evening, May 16, of Cir-cte Six Seniors...
...Following close upon this meeting engineered and run by men far past three score, was one arranged bv a young aeventeen year-old high school boy at Reynoldsville, What this young lad did to interest his school mates and townspeople and get a good crowd out, is deserving a story in itself, which Mrs...
...MONTANA New Loc'al Organixera James D. Graham, State secretary ' of Montana, writes: "H#ve received an application for charter from Florence, Montana, twenty-six members, including duals and members-at-large...
...Sunday evening 8, Cle KUum...
...The followingiofficers were elected: Comrade Parker of Fitchburg was unanimously elected district secretary...
...MONDAY Brooklyn AUGUST CLAESSENS...
...The most important rules are that six months' membership in the Y. P. S. L. shall be required to participate in Y. P. S, L. athletic meets and that nonprofessionals shall be allowed t6 participate...
...SPAIN Yipseln Gsining (irowjd-Rapidly Despite more or less open persecution under the dictatorship headed by General Primo de Rivera, the Federation of Young Socialists In Spain is gaining ground rapidly, according to data found in a recent Issue Of El Socialista, the official weekly of the Spanish Socialists...
...Among the most notable being the two branches of the Jewish Socialist Verband who have more than doubled their membership within the last three months...
...As for the professional politicians, of course, it is reasonable that they should spend money on 'campaigns, because they expect to get it back ten-fold in jobs and contracts and so forth...
...Bergen-line avenue and 14th street, West New York...
...Several thousand letters will be sent out together with •the Party Platform and other literature...
...Sundiur, 7:30 p. m., Cen-tralla...
...He is still directing the Party work from his home in Estan-cia and will be able to enlist considerable support from labor unions in preparation for the campaign...
...But we are just plain voters, not looking for ' office or political favors, and there ! would be no sense in asking us to I contribute...
...The following district committee was elected: T. Tikkala, of Fitchburg...
...The old parties uphold the capitalist system...
...When the great bulk of the old Norwegian Social Democracy went over to the Communists in 1921, a number of Socialist veterans started to rebuild the party on a straight Socialist basis, and they have done it...
...Irving M. Weiss, Buffalo...
...This standpoint brought out in the party's new declaration of principles a)id in a speech by 'Joseph StiVin, editor of I'ravo l.idu, the party's leading daily...
...There was a big open-air meeting under the auspices of the Party in New Iflaven...
...CZECHOSLOVAKIA Social Democrats Moving Leftward Report's of the Easter convention of the Social Democratic party of Czechoslovakia, held in Mahrisch-Os-trau, show that this first national gathering since 1020 wan permeated with an increasingly revolutionary spirit and that many of the delegates, especially those from the industrial districts, felt that the party.'s fifty members of the Chamber of Deputies had reached the limit of toleration toward some of the Government's reactionary measures, such as the much-debated press law, which has been put through the Chamber and awaits sction by the Senate...
...25, Everett...
...24, Plymouth...
...Who pays the piper may call the tifne...
...The subject of hia speech was "What the Y. P. S. L. means t» me...
...This gathering, which has been arranged by a committee of active Party members, is held in honor IQd appreciation of work, rendered "by Joshua Lie'behman as secretary of Local New York, The toast masters for the evening Will injude Algernon Lee, Samuel P. Kramer and Norman Thomas...
...The Victorian Labor party, at its annual conference at Melbourne, has adopted a report recommending as a preliminary to the full State maintenance of children that a Labor Government, when it attains office, should contribute from the State revenues fis...
...Samuel Orr, New York...
...Friday 6, Yakima...
...21, Braintree...
...In Carbon County, Utah, D. C. Grundvig reports a letter campaign is under way...
...Friday 23, Chehalis...
...James Folan, Schenectady...
...Perkins, who is himself a prominent engineer, declared that gas was obtainable in large quantities...
...W. H. Dearing, Staten Island...
...Seymour Stedman and George R. Ktrk-patrick are designated alternates...
...Election of three representatives to the Unofficial State Conven-t)««» and receive report from the delegates to the recent City Convention...
...At Punxsutawney, near three hundred persons listened to Mrs...
...The City Council was inclined to refuse this request •o Perkins arranged an evening demonstration to test the present wells...
...Two sponsors of the meeting were comrades 88 and 70 years of age...
...Branch 7 acting through its efficient Executive Committee will circularise its members and sympathizers and expect a packed house to greet Comrade Mailly...
...point of view...
...AUGUST CLAESSENS...
...They cannot at the same time serve the great mass of the producers—the wage workers and working farmers...
...Sunday 2 p. m„ Vancouver...
...While there was no serious objection by the presence of Social Democrats in the Cabinet headed by l'remier Svehla, It was emphasized that Ministers Haberman, Bechyne and Srba must not forget that they, as well as the Socialist deputies, were representatives of the prole-* tariat and that their desire to help keep the new republic going smoothly must not prevent them from defending the interests of the workers at all times...
...Saturday p. m., and evening, Silverton...
...Florence is a farming community in the Bitter Root Valley in the western part of the State...
...Those who provide the funds for an organization have both the right and the power to dictate it* policy...
...They are light, from tlioir...
...The registration in the county of persons signifying Socialist Party preference has already reached (i,476...
...Auspices, 4th A. D. Braintraa, Maaa...
...CALIFORNIA Registration Increased Thst the Socialist sentiment is on the increase in Los Angeles County and city is shown by early returns from the county registrar of voters...
...Saturday evening 7, Ros-lyn...
...Great Falls will arrange twe meetings for Esther Friedmsn, one in the afternoon for women and then a regular night meeting...
...The net result of the Government's drive was a loss by the Communists of nine deputies and a gain by the Socialists of seven, leaving the Labor groups only two Deputies weaker than before...
...Every local and branch that expects to participate in the national and State campaign work must respond, and every-member of the Party is urged to see that his local acts at the first meeting held after the call is issued...
...E. ROEWER, JK "Problems Before the Socialist Party...
...Friday 16, Tacoma...
...This has been a Left Wing stronghold for several years, but the progress of the Party organizations indicates a return to sanity...
...There are four Fusion Conservative women Deputies and one woman Deputy belongs to the Swedish party...
...Tuaa-day 8, Hermiston...
...The report of the Executive Secretary showed a steady increase in dues-paying members...
...The State Labor Conference at Sydney (New South Wales) has confirmed the action of the Executive of the Labor party in excluding Communists from the party on the ground that Communists, as such, are members of another political party...
...n Coney liland is again on the men With the English-speaking branch conducting a campaign to open a summer headquarter* for the Social ists of the City who frequent Coney Island, the new Jewish branch, re-cently organised, is carrying ton an intensive membership campaign...
...Tuesday 20, Aberdeen...
...SATURDAY, MAY 17 Hudson County, N. J. FRED'K KRAFFT, Washington and Third streets...
...Comrade Peeler and Comrade Gilbert are working to establish a county organization...
...Com-rade Kennedy is confident we will have national and State tickets in Colorado on the official ballot and also a large number of county tickets...
...We feel that our votes are precious, because we own our Party...
...Saratoga avenue and St...
...District Secretary 'Kennedy reports that the Debs meetings at Pueblo and Denver did great work in strengthening the morale of the members...
...at branch maetinga...
...The organizing of a local at Florence is the result of Emil Herman's work, so we will have to stand the blame for it...
...W. W. Passage, W. B. Robinson, A. I. ShiplacofrT Chas...
...The rebuilding of the party, following its wrecking through the Communist split in 1921, has been very successful, the present membership being 187,866, including 17,-883 women and 83,773 members of Labor athletic clubs...
...The plen as laid down by the committee, which was accepted by the convention, consisted in the spreading of The New Leader among the Y. P. S. L. circles of the district using it for articles and current event discussions, the touring of the Y. P. C. L. and party speakers 'throughout the district, having Yipsel members prepare speeches on specially, assigned subjects during the summ^jn preparation for touring the circles next fall and winter, the selling of pamphlets and free distribution to members in good standing, the arrangement of debates and declamation contests smoryj the circles, and the formation of libraries...
...Comrade P#ulitsch reported on the general conditions of the branches and the same showed a decided incimn in tha attendance of member...
...One-third more dues stamps were purchased in the first four months of 1924 than for the first six months of 1923...
...Thursday 22, Pe Ell...
...Should jve evtr abandon this democratic <ln*nd*l basis, our movement would be in grave danger of death or corruption On The International Front "Workers of the World, Unite...
...Corry, 19...
...A. Hoch, Niagara Falls...
...Campaign plaijf, are now being formed by the Central office...
...Sunday 8:30 p. m„ Portland...
...The report also as accepted included the election of a special educational director for the district circles...
...NEW MEXICO Will Go On Ballot New Mexico will be on the official ticket in 1J>24...
...Auipic**, American Labor Party lae> ture bureau...
...Monday, June 8, Hood *iver...
...at the Hotel Winton, Sunday, 10 a. m„ July 6. t „ , The National Convention shall be composed of 200 delegates apportioned among the States—one from each State, and the remainder in proportion to the average national dues paid by the organisations of such States during the preceding year...
...He says Socialism is the only thing worth living for, and the way he and his comrade travelled for days all around the county and put up bills and invited folks to attend the meetings was a delight to the heart of a Socialist organizer...
...WYOMING AND UTAH Secretary Kennedy reports he will have State and national tickets in Utah and Wyoming...
...It is logical that Republican tad Democratic'' campaigns should be financed by bankers, railway kings, coal barons, mill owners, franchise magnates, and landlords, with seme help from office-seekers and protected lawbreakers...
...The Convention decided to finance one Yipsel representative to the Socialist Party convention which is to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, next July...
...Lewis is especially pleased at the number of young people attending her meetings and the interest they are showing...
...Thuraday 6, Pasco...
...20, Clinton...
...Open air meetings now being conducted weekly are:MONDAY—St...
...It would be impudent for these gentry to charge the ordinary voter for the privilege of supporting them...
...Convention passed resolutions against wars, asking for the moral and financial support of the Finnish Socialist Federation in helping the Y. P. S. L. to form circles in cities or towns where the Federation has locals snd helping the Y. P. S. L. to carry on educational work, pledging the support of the New England District circles to help the Socialist Party in the 1924 presidential campaign, resolutionkfor Th* Nsw Leader and Free Youth...
...Auspices, Harlem and ^Finnish Branches...
...Eroil is a good worker...
...Socialist Party Headquarters, Wash-ington square, East Brsintree...
...NORWAY Communist Advances Rejected According to a Christiania dispatch of April 22 to Het Volk of Amsterdam, the Social Democratic party of Norway, at a national convention, has rejected an offer of the Norwegian Communist party to work together in the elections to the Storthing due next October...
...Wednesday 4, Umatilla...
...Athletic director, comrade, Fimlaid, Gardner, SOCIALIST MEETINGS .(Meetinga are outdoors, if no Hall it given...
...Almost unaided, in 1922 he called a State convention and secured nomination of a State ticket...
...Those who get service from a political movement should foot its bills...
...Lewis writes she may give us some day...
...THURSDAY Brooklyn AUGUST CLAESSENS, Sumner avenue and Floyd street...
...The party has net resources of about $6,000...
...In the old Diet there were fifty-three Socialists' and twenty-seven Communists (labelled Laborites, as the Communist party is outlawed in Finland) always ready to do battle with the uncertain combinations formed by the Government from the various more or less discordant groups embracing the other 120 members...
...The Socialist Party has legal standing in both States...
...AUSTRALIA Easter Labor Conferences Importance is lent to the Australian Labor Conferences this Easter by the Labor political successes in South and West Australia...
...The great Communist scare turned out to be a humbug, the evidence consisting of old stuff, and by the time election day came along nearly all the arrested persons had been released...
...There will be a meeting of the State Executive Committee Sunday morning at State headquarters in Albany...
...No Farmer-Labor party for them— straight Socialist...
...There were successful meetings in Naugatuck, New Britain, and other towns...
...Titusville, May 10 and 17...
...WEDNESDAY Manhattan AUGUST CLAESSENS, 125th street and Fifth avenue...
...Wednesday 28, Roseburg...
...And just because the Socialist Party aims to put an end to th* *x-ploitation of Labor, just because its triumph would be injurious to capitalists and profiteers, it cannot and should not look to them for financial or other support...
...Changes in the district constitution were passed upon...
...After the split the Social Democrats had only three little provincial newspapers...
...It is planned to hold a national convention in the near future, in spite of decrees forbidding such meetings...
...Canvaaaera on tha membership drive reported rood progress, several new msmbers making application for membership and bain* pre stent when application 'was being considered...
...TUESDAY—Sumner and Floyd avenues...
...In the one case, as in the other, this all-taking-and-no-giving practice is sometimes due to men thoughtlessness, not to wilful meanness...
...Mark's and Saratoga avenues...
...B. J. Riley, Brooklyn...
...F. Bjfirldund, of Worcester and S. Syrjala, of Boston...
...Comrade Albert Weisbord, National Director of the Y. P. S. L, was the principal speaker of the day...
...The Finnish workers' fighting spirit came back strong during the campaign and Socialist leaders are sure of the future...
...SUNDAY Montieello, N. Y. AUGUST CLAESSENS and M. A. NOVICK, Debate on "Resolved that Socialism will Ameliorate the Condition of Mankind...
...They serve the dsn that lives on rent, profit, and interest...
...FRIDAY, MAY 16 Manbattaa AUGUST CLAESSENS...
Vol. 1 • May 1924 • No. 18
