AMERICAN -LABOR PARTY ACTIVITIES
Claessens, August
AMERICAN -LABOR PARTY ACTIVITIES By AUGUST CLAESSENS arVBfcfC Affairs Council has been organized with krs ftBea*#re M. Herrick as chairman; Langdon W. Post vice-Mrs Pearl Willfen, secretary....
...Supply An endence...
...In the upstate area a similar conference is being called in Glov-ersville to launch a Fulton County drive, and reports from Haver-straw, Spring Valley, Nyack and Binghampton indicate that the newly formed clubs "in the communities are making fine progress...
...I The division of party delegates in the present legislature will probably be: Labor, 43...
...Harry B. Martin, secretary of Central Labor Council, A.F.ofL., has been named organizer in the Southern tier counties...
...all of whom have established themselves as lead-gjjrf Sberal thought, have accepted invitations to join the ?s*tL It will act as a public tribunal to voicA progressive ijpoght and organize liberal sentiment into ax substantial jTgjH* (or the public good...
...The organization drive in Suffolk County will open Monday night at Patchogue...
...jts fast meeting the Council series of Town Hell CLm and a radio series, begin-Sf-eflnV a radio forum - on April jjjg fte Wages and Hours Bill...
...Independent Labor, 1; United Australia party, 4. The division in the last parliament was: Labor, 46...
...Country party, 14...
...AMERICAN -LABOR PARTY ACTIVITIES By AUGUST CLAESSENS arVBfcfC Affairs Council has been organized with krs ftBea*#re M. Herrick as chairman...
...He will disucc the latest events in the Soviet Union, the recent shooting of 21 Soviet leaders and philosophers, the labor disturbances in Russia, and her prospects for the near future...
...Taa United States took the ini-tjtun in trying to help residents 4 Austria, who are now helpless, nfoit the onward sweep of Hitler's Sara Troopers...
...Of the 29 nations a«aoni the appeal was addressed, ssly twelve have so far responded, h orser to insure the steadfast-gaiof our country in this humani-anaa nwve, evidence of strong pmjti support is needed...
...Sullivan and Ulster Counties now have a number of chartered clubs...
...Chemung County reports a club m Elmira with 75 members...
...The speech, to be given at 8:30 p. m., will be Kerensky's only address in the Russian language...
...in up-smt eoanties...
...George Marlin, general organizer, reports Nassau County now well organised with five dubs in Merrick, Hempstead, Port Washington, Freeport, and Lynnbrook...
...Fifty-nine promi-2ipeflaons...
...Australian Labor Party Wins in Queensland Vote LONDON.—The Australian labor party won a smashing victory in a Queensland election this week to maintain the power that it has held for twenty-ifour years, with the exception of the 1929-19S2 period...
...Country party, 18...
...Tx erst «oanty-wide rally of ¦it Aaerican Labor Party of Nasal County will be held April 20 C da Police Auditorium, M ineola...
...The taxation policy in Queensland, an Australian state with a population of close to one million, formed the major issue in the campaign...
...This —tlUt sill -rriH-n the scope of and -Q«ts» federal aid to the splendid j0tft-*- of the WPA in stimu-<jtint artistic development in the jjertre, music, painting and plastic •* • . . patriet Clubs and Unions affili-ggj via the Labor Party have ieea erged to send telegrams and apasriitr-' Se President Roosevelt od ssgKSTy of State Hull assur-iy tlftm" ef our support in their am to bring relief to the victims a* Haxi persecutions...
...William Forgan Smith, who has been premier of the state of Queensland since 1932, led the I campaign...
...Russian democratic and Socialist New York will fill Carnegie Hall Saturday, April 9, to hear an address by Alexander Kerensky, former Socialist Prime Minister of the then democratic Russia...
...BLnore M. Herrick and Lang-is Hat are scheduled to be the xaripal speakers, and County (MSBta William S. Wilson will Steady progress is being made a aesasnng the A.L.P...
...A conference, called by George Marlin, is expected to have an attendance of 60 trade unionists and progressives...
...United Aus-lia party, 3. If three seats, now doubtful, go to the opposition, the Labor party will lose six instead of the expected eight delegates...
...The Labor Party in Peekskill will hold a final campaign rally next Friday night, April 8. ALEXANDER KERENSKY TO SFEAK ON U.S.S.R...
...Opposition parties attacked the Labor group particularly on its company taxation measure, by which the rate increases proportionately to profits earned on capital, doubling the rate in other states...
...Csaabmble progress has been made this year...
...fte Council approved of a Fed-^ gn«au ef Fine Arts, a bill for agdftStMb ef such a bureau has introduced in Congress...
...Until this year, *&f a skeleton organization was aerittrace in counties outside of Set York City, hence the great tifesex in the vote and the en-nfiscst in the rest of the state a napsrec to New York City...
...S. Wilson of the Printing Pressmen's Union, is county chairman and a provisional County Committee is functioning...
...Ker.ensky will also speak on Friday, April 8, over Statiorf WEVD...
Vol. 21 • April 1938 • No. 15