AMERICAN LABOR PARTY ACTIVITIES
Claessens, August
AMERICAN LABOR PARTY ACTIVITIES THE statement ot George Meany, president of the State federation of Labor, charging that the A.L.P. is an instrnment for the political advancement of the...
...was answered by Alex Rose, State Secretary of the S...
...AMERICAN LABOR PARTY ACTIVITIES THE statement ot George Meany, president of the State federation of Labor, charging that the A.L.P...
...awtptien proves that our ataered clear el the esisting jiianii" is the trade union move^avfe Mr M«*ny himself , » «er»b«r ef our Executive jaiiltrr is 1936and the polit^ajastt in our State prove that je data Federation of Labor and _ >aW worked for the same jjajr-T* "'" the 1936 and 1937 a*nons...
...Algernon Le< of the Rand School...
...uijloor are A F. of L" p the first court decision on the 1 "fotoff law designed to prevent ¦art BBteaaee m Old Law Teneatafc la which there are violations i ta* Multiple Dwellings Law, the iv was upheld...
...Harry Kavesh, state secretary...
...Esther Friedman of th« Women's Committee...
...The Nassau County drive for 1,000 new members was launched last Wednesdsy night when Mrs...
...a number of needle trades unions held their own celebrations...
...the Socialist Party (Thomas group) held its own in Madison Square, and the Communists paraded into Union Square with their paper and stooge unions...
...The Social Democratic Federation jammed the Debs Auditorium of the Rand School of Social Science on Sunday...
...The separate needle trade union celebrations were generally successful...
...celebration was addressed by Max Brauer, former Mayor-of Altona, Germany...
...Elinore M. Herrick and Langdon W. Post addressed a county-wide rfilly at the Police Auditorium, Mineora...
...Ma** CJ.O...
...We repudiate this charge «%gi6»ily...
...On Saturday night Norman Thomas was twice deported from Jersey City, where his followers had arranged an open air meeting...
...The A.L.P...
...We are not prepared to concede its defeat," said Secretary Rose...
...Louis Waidman, state chairman, and Benjamin Gebiner of the Jewish So: cialist Verband...
...Hed* wig Wachenheim, refugee from Prussia...
...Republican Congressman Bruce Barton was conspicuous by his absence...
...ir...
...The Rand School chorus opened the celebration with the "International" and two other songs and closed with two...
...Umhey and VicePresidents Greenberg, Wander and Hochman represented the I.L.G...
...The day dedicated to solidarity only advertised disunity by the numerous separate celebrations...
...He also urged Senator LaFollette to investigate the affair, sent letters of protest to members of the Democratic National Committee, of which Mayor Hague is a member, to President Roosevelt, and to J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
...Whereas in past decades it opened up the West in the people's search for new frontiers, its motorized counterpart is used to transport movable shops in the employers' efforts to ferret out cheaper labor markets," Umhey added...
...While agreeing ia the analysis of both major political parties and their inability to serve the national economic problem, nevertheless, the LaFollette program so far announced is considered too indefinite...
...1 "The dismissal by Municipal Court Justice Raimo of the suit of H. J. Gaeker, owner of the premises of 413 E. 9th St., Manhattan, against Nicholas Stroz, his tenant, proves the great value of the Minkoff law...
...and calling 2 all A. F. of L. unions to disaffiliate arid to adhere to Pasditional A. F. of L. policy of non-partisan political Lkma...
...He said: jfr* « an effort to divide labor I totally and is a reflection of the 1 tZTttnie existing between the aac the A. F. of L., which ¦ JJW St* *^ our country will Ifk treat harm to the cause of jiar...
...will watch closely the development of the National Progressive Party launched by Governor Philip M. LaFollette...
...Emil Schlesinger, chairman of the A.L.P.'s law committee, Michael Quill, president of the Transport Workers' Union, and Arthur Huggins, president of the Paper Workers' Union and upstate vice-president of the party...
...He declared that legal action would be taken and if possible the Lindbergh Law against kidnapping would be invoked...
...Umhey Lead* N.Y...
...and the A. F. of L. jiLiiarn are represented and of efkjfktte oncers three are C.I.O...
...Mayor Hague's police handled Thomas and other roughly, and Thomas announced that he would return to Jersey City later...
...Umhey scored the new use of America's traditional covered wagon...
...Harry B. Martin is active in the counties of the southern tier...
...Delegation For Wage Bill Loading in the efforts to bring pressure on Congressmen in order to secure sufficient signatures to the petition which would bring the Wages and Hour Bill out of the Rules Committee, where it was buried, is Labor's Non-Partisan League...
...Represented In the delegation, besides the working girls from centers of the dress and clothing industries in upstate New York, were James J Bambrick, president of the Building Service Workers...
...of N. Y. still has faith in the objective of the New Deal philosophy...
...The 3aO ?cseuare Committee of the consisting of 48 members has 9 trade union leaders of long OBWt in the Labor movement...
...ftaVit.M true that the American jut Party is organised on a ffti fcaae sad seeks to be the poajaH iastinanst of many groups sjek is farmers, professionals, _J hiiism men and the unorpstsi workers, it is at present <c aauuy by trade unionists...
...They represented the American Labor Party...
...industrial and political fields...
...The meeting was attended by 2SO people.-'' - Labor Disunity Weakens May Day Celebration Division and conflict in the labor movement, coupled with years of intrigue by Communist elements, were reflected in the celebration of May Day last week in New York City...
...The S.D.F...
...Hit "Shop on Wheels" The New York group, some fifty strong, which included not only leaders of the A. F. of L., the C.I.O...
...In a short speech Mr...
...The New York delegation, led by Fred Umhey, executive secretary of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, which appeared before most of the New York Congressmen last Thursday, April 27, had the advantage of representing labor on both the...
...Meany further charges that M the leaders of the Labor as* sot trade unionists...
...William Karlin, city chairman, presided...
...Alex la...
...The Labor Party is proud to know that legislation introduced by one of its members, Nat M. Minkoff, has proved a real benefit to a section of our population which has in the past been at the*mercy of the landlords...
...THE A.L.P...
...is making progress up-state...
...and the American Labor Party, but also factory workers from every part of the state, graphically visualized for the assembled Representatives the urgent need for wage legislation which would catch up with the "shop on wheels" when employers tried to escape decent standards established by the unions...
...Walter Soule is visiting cities and towns along the Canadian border...
...All spoke briefly for passage of the bill, while the girls told of conditions and low wages upstate...
...Leonard Ross is working in the Hudson River Valley territory...
...W.U., while Miss Dickerson went for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers...
...The record of the l^jm IfH" Pariy since its grp...
...States Mr...
...HE A.L.P...
...The League is arranging a series of meetings between labor and progressive delegations from each state and the Congressmen from respective districts...
...is an instrnment for the political advancement of the CJ.O...
Vol. 21 • May 1938 • No. 19
