How I Won the Dartford Election on The Issue: "Did Munich Save Peace?"
P., JENNIE L. ADAMSON, M.
How I Won the Dartford Election on The Issue: "Did Munich Save Peace?" By JENNIE L. ADAMSON, M.P. Exclusive to The New Leader. tONDON.—Dartford is one of the largest constituencies in Britain....
...Parr an declared «stTA?A...
...It is considered significant in political circles here that the Government has lost three out of the last four elections...
...I challenged the government's foreign policy, its betrayal of Csechislovakia and democr racy, and its sabotage of the principles of the League of Nations...
...Then came the election of November 8. The day following many democratic Socialists were told, "If I knew that the- SowaHst...
...my .meetings were all well-attended and many of them were packed...
...This was asked at all meetings, and great uneasiness prevailed amor?gst all sections of the community...
...The effect on the voters was profound, and three days later Mr...
...4, In addition to these boiled conservatives, the aflfB ment faces another handlem ta the absence of two liberal jastfcet...
...Site Be a t Tories la the accompanying article, written exclusively for Tne Now Leader, Jennie 4 dom son, vicr orioa* Labor condido te in Dort¦ford, disc sits as the issues and the campaign she waged to take one of England's largest and most important constituencies from the National Government...
...would receive such a large vote, I would have voted -MT#ss> But the group whksVesiSJSJF regrets the results is 1 aser*» Partisan League...
...During his absence in 1933, the Lieut-Governor, a Republican, sent the militia against...
...at Oxford, without the Labor Party's usual strenuous campaign, the "government's majority was cut in half...
...Such a provision means that no one may mention the bad conditions prevailing in an employer's shop or disclose the aatilihr phases of the boss' record to «* of his prospective employees...
...Threatened os llfflUkgKl Kotot +c Cripple Gemot* meitt Power Project...
...adssJejEM^B opened a new series of asaram in Washington with Senator^ Donahey (Dm...
...Defeated Governor Cross is a retired Yale professor...
...of the probe, lmaiwii, ESS ¦ order from Pi ssiihnd ^INiafi opening the power ceoijisstosMieeme tax records far SS{|M|si fay the commktot, sasd temfmr by Dr...
...Governor Cross campaigned against these legislators in 1936...
...striking textile workers...
...Preliminary investigations by union attorneys and others interested in the act reveal that it is more damaging than either of two similar bills which were defeated in California and Washington...
...Was it the precursor of military and industrial conscription...
...As there are thousands of young people who have acquired their homes through Building Societies on mortgage payments, it was felt that if conscription came, it would mean ruin to those people...
...Snjall merchants, taxidrivers, barbers, and students have united to f%ht Jewish immigration and bar job rights to Jews...
...I have no time to state a policy or answer any questions tonight...
...He took what was until election day considered one of the surest of government strongholds, by rolling up 19,540 votes against the Tory nominee's 17;203...
...The Conservative Party poured out its wealth in an attempt to keep the seat, and at the eleventh hour distributed leaflets accusing me of accepting help from Communists "who stood for civil war," and they refused to withdraw the leaflets or the allegation wten challenged...
...Pro-Nazi sentiments, rising in Sooth America as a result of a great influx o* Reith propaganda, has broken out in Colombia in the form of a huge anti-semitic campaign...
...i ¦ The outstanding development...
...The press, for the most part opIposed to racial discrimination, is against new bills which would «bar . ¦Jews from many industries and keep them out of the country...
...Incensed by the Socialist attitude...
...Chamberlain has kept you out of war...
...Should the boss -sign a "labor" contract with a few stooges in the shop, any attempt of legitimate workers' groups to fight for real union standards would serve to put workers' leaders behind bars...
...power program...
...describing the woederfal Ssstth benefits T.V.A...
...their reports of the exact wording of his speech, the disclaimer only added to the indignation,of the people...
...The Division is composed of the Boroughs of Dartford, BeXley and Brtth, the Urban District Council of Crayford, Swanscombe and Greenhithe, and Stone Parish Council...
...power...
...D. C.— Tw Tennessee Valley ftiilhusaj «X en trial this weak...
...My political opponent arrived and went off again in 7% minutes...
...ThroesjMbsO> dio and the press it a>n»*g again declared that tb»4sT?lP could not win and wged^jf^J of the Democrats...
...He" fought the election contest on a "single track" issue: "Mr...
...A section of the London press commented in scathing terms on his political ineptitude and knoweldge...
...Picketing and boycotting are banned except in cases of labor disputes, thereby prohibiting union men from taking part in any such actions joining an embargo against Germany...
...It was "a strenuous contest...
...There is a strong membership in the three Cooperative Societies in the areas covered by the' Division...
...At Dartford, one of the largest and most important constituencies in England,'Jennie Adamson, Laborlte, crushed the government's candidate's vote...
...Elliott issued a disclaimer and accused the Socialists of misrepresentation, but as all the great national newspapers of all shades of political thought were unanimous ir...
...The Bridgewater polling was the fifth in the "little general election" series fought since Chamberlain returned as the modern angel of" peace from Munich...
...Recorded in favor of an old-age pension bill, nothing was accomplished in Its support until 1936 when three Socialists were elected to the State Senate and two to the House...
...CONSERVATIVE'S WEALTH MOVED FRUITLESS THE Tory nominee of the national government is head of a large firm of builders and contractors known as Wimpeys...
...From time to time Toe Now Loader will prlat exclusive stories by labor candidates victorious in many nations throughout the world...
...This provision sets up the principle of "Company unionism or no unionism at all" ?ot the state...
...During the contest the Minister of Health...
...British Polls Show Swing From Tories win ?oT?To«s«taeec?e»* Labor Vote Rises in *ll Elections, » Special to The New Leader LONDON, -i- As the British...
...only at Walsall did the Chamberlain crowd, i after having poured thousands of dollars and its most potent speakers into the district, keep its seat, and even there the Laborites bettered their 1036 total...
...From Washington Laser ' WASHINGTON...
...Because the~Socialists held the balance of power in both houses, this bill and other social welfare measures passed both houses...
...ft The Supreme Court heard.—JL ments for and aomst-tjjs^^H tutionality of T.V.A...
...If the ex-chancellor of Austria does this, however, it will be from'no real agreement with the Nazi pfaicies, but because of Hitler's offer of freedom, which the Reich dictator made to Schuschnigg in a recent visit to the hotel where he is imprisoned...
...necticut wrecked old party hopes and a>pirations...
...Chamberlain is distinctly worried by the trend since if it continues he will face an internal revolt in his own party, control over which he has" only so long as he delivers national policies which mean reelection to the bulk of the Tory parliamentary bench-warmers who never open their mouths or break into print...
...in the big coal-mining and railway center of Yorkshire's Dorrcaster district, the Labor Party won a remarkable victory by holding its Parliamentary seat with a vote of 31,785 for John Morgan to 20,027 for the Tory-Simonite-MLibera4< National" candidate...
...Francis Biddle, chief csasseJ for the committee, expliiaei mat President Roosevelft «ate est directed particularly Stlm Costmonwealth and SootherB^Osasair» headed by Wendell L. JTBBw, notorious enemy of T.V.A...
...Ohio) gcsjfclfX The court case is the ends] tot whether the government ess s»duce and sell power,- ^OtSm^mm it can build "dams only desnsoigation purposes and *—il eailiij Lawyers for the gowrmaat «j4 14 utility companies argmi tfc opposite sides...
...Conn—Tlx- November election i»?J...
...Special to The New Trader PORTLAND, Ore.—While Senator LaFollette's Civil Liberties Committee is continuing its probe of the entire West Coast vigilante movement that wrote a pro-fascist law onto the statute books of Oregon, unions in this state are continuing their fight to kill the new measure in the courts...
...Owing to the fact that this parliamentary contest was the first straight fight between Labor and the National Government since the Munich agreement, it created tremendous national and international interest...
...Conn...
...Couched in language that makes it seem a mere stipulation of conditions for picketing and striking, the bill actually gives every antilabor boss in the state a clear way to jail strikers and refuse to enter into collective bargaining with employees...
...The new act also provides a oneyear jail sentence or a $300 fine for using direct or indirect means to discourage someone from working for an employer willing to hire him...
...AHthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary who resigned because of the Chamberlain appeasement policies, has been quick to take advantage of the anti-cabinet sentiment among the people and in the House...
...has brought S>?* Tennessee Valley and tat ertirf South...
...before rW dent Roosevelt appointed Mm t» the Supreme Court" The other five justices, hsnua, have been making increuingh1 ibera I decisions, .and they nay save the "yardstick.1' tares Income Tax Return Before the ill illSS|ssi(ii|S...
...miniature general elections "swing ' into the final lap, it ?s becoming more evident here that the people are turning away from the Chamberlain-led cabinet in open disapproval of the Munich pact and the Tory policy of placating the dictators...
...VOTE REBUKED TORIES' POLICY THEN the agitation for National Service came rapidly to the fore...
...He said: "I have replied to your questionnaire...
...On the day of the poll their loudspeaker vans appealed for - a "Vote for Chamberlain," "A vote for Britain and not for Russia...
...Elected Governor in 1920, 1932, 1934, and 1936, his record was consistently anti-labor...
...Ceatismtfr "liberals...
...eon m it tee, utility offiesejs «and task "experts" spent several days trying to picture the law T.V.A rem as unfair to private power ampanies...
...Both candidates were invited...
...bafam X tribunals, each obviously dwZ into fees of the "electric .jf2 stick" and'men willing to (he jt affair hearing...
...As it is flanked on one side by the River Thames, there are also many riverside workers...
...Chamberlain has not got the confidence of the people of this country...
...Godfrey Mitchell (Conservative)--42,276 Labor Majority_ 4,238 Following the declaration, I said: "We are proud indeed of the magnificent result of this by-eleetion...
...It has now only a small rural area with farmers and agricultural workers...
...Even the Prime Minister's reluctant efforts in behalf of the refugees from Nasi Germany hasn't kept the electorate on the Conservative line...
...This clearly emphasised the points in my election address and in my speeches: "The government intends to make the poor pay for rearmament...
...Ai many labor leader's have Batatal out, this moans that even «Uetier, of funds to fight the lass* law is prohibited...
...There are 129,000 electors, and the women voters outnumber the men...
...Jennie L. Adamson (Labor)--46.514 Mr...
...f KURT SCHUSCHNIGG MAY ¦ACCEPT NAZISM AT TRIAL LONDON...
...No decision it «. pected-for at ieast six...
...Thousands' of men who lire in this Division work at the Woolwich Arsenal...
...This dispatch is being written as the results of the- important Bridgewater poll are coming in...
...EjjjfiP to re-elect Governor Wilbur Cross for a nrecedcnt-bteilnsf fifth term but its expected large vote in the industrial centers was cut heavily by the Socialist (Social Democratic) candidates who even ran first in many cities...
...ANTI-LABORITES HINTED AT PENSION REDUCTIONS I SPOKE for 35 minutes on the government's foreign policy, the "''Munich agreement, and the peace plan and policy of the Labor Party, which is in harmony with League principles, and also questions for 10 minutes...
...Denying responsibility for this, Governor Cross, however, refused to countermand the order...
...So far the score of Labor 2, Tories 2 and independents 1, doesn't really tell the story of the rapid swing to the government's opposition...
...this obviously cripples all craft unions in the state...
...CokMSSl W?T waa opposed by Coimeelspl**r" at the Democratic co^f^ti cause of his anti»UborSOS*JP Hartford Central Labor «"JJ following Howes' nominsUSfijg) drew its support of Cross-ats^j domed McLevy...
...Cardozo died recently and Rmi will not vote because be setsi « attorney for T.V.A...
...It liaa all kinds of industries within its borders—silk, flour and paper mills, cement, radio and engineering works, the wellknown Vickers firm and Callenders cables...
...Kurt Schuschn?gg may astonish the world at his ¦trial by declaring himself a convert to Adolf Hitler's views...
...TVA Fights for Life as Court Hearings Opera Ali P u b i i c Ommmmmm...
...Although he has given little encouragement to those M.PV, including members of the Labor Party, who have approached him with a proposal to build a new anti-Chamberlain alliance m Parliament, Eden has been building himself up by managing to step into the popular sentiment through frequent speeches...
...Part of it is really a dormitory for London, and men and women who are something "in the city" travel to and fro each day...
...Public Hash* SsnSx...
...Cross, Supported by C. P., Used Militia on Strikers By JACK COOPERMMAN \K\Y HAVEN...
...not only has conserved artsrsl resources, but has also constrted "human resources...
...WSSSSW Justices Clearly Prsjewmj Justices Busier esse^sssspBSk particularly the latter, esp^B' pretense of judicial impartial, and asked questions indicate* bitter hostility toward Ok T.f...
...I fought the election on the Labor Party policy of peace and reconstruction at home and abroad...
...Vernon Bartlett's victory in a district which the Tories felt was in their bag, is a major political upset, despite his being an unaffiliated progressive...
...And added: "The verdict clearly proves that Mr...
...therefore give a vote of thanks to him by voting for me...
...The electorate has almost doubled in the last 14 years...
...ANTI-SEMITIC CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN COLOMBIA BOGOTA, Colombia...
...It may be that we shall have to make inroads in these great social services—we should do so with regret because we should be hindering the things we want to preserve...
...no iisllisUss are put on the vigilantes abo, win millions of big business dollars tohind them, are now preparing * spread Oregon's law Urrsnrbm the country and abolish every a> ion, whether in the A F. H%> I C.I.O., or unaffiliated...
...California, Washington...
...the Senate-House comndttetjj vestigating T*V?A...
...TheJ**e cratic machine, .supported by the Communist Party...
...Thomas Parse*,, hem si the US...
...I had the honor of being selected as the standard-hearer of the Labor, Trade Union and Cooperative movements, whose members rallied splendidly with personal voluntary service, financial assistance and moral support throughout the campaign to win such a great victory...
...Late information reveals that, while their majority was cat in half, the Conservatives wen at West Lewi sham...
...The people of this constituency—one of the largest in the country—have shown by their votes that they reject the foreign policy of the government, that they object to the betrayal of Czechoslovakia and democracy, and that they are determined to see to it that there shall be no economic cuts at the expense of the poor of the community...
...The result of the Dartford by-eieetion was declared at 2:46 a. m. on Tuesday, November 8, 1938, as follows: Mrs...
...KSgJKJ' more correct to say thatJis*^ defeat was due to the **IJC support of the Democrat*petent '.observers beliese IjEB the League supported Labor would have won * "J^j What /the future coara» ** League) will be is uoknewn^ _ The Communist PartyJ**^L ported the Democrats a»d«lK Robert Minor to the state t*JmZ an attack on the 8oebtMs^**jC yielding- their prtoclples...
...SHe made * remarkable speech, from which we take the fol- lowing important stotesnentoe> SstnsSn '?p&mBmfBf&R*^B?F- J)e**rnment say that not enough money has been spent .on arms, they muct remember that it has ibeen spent en -bosipB^lsseith and pensions...
...j*^^ nronist voto is *o •**nw"Wm!jM not expected to exceed 8W...
...We had a magnificent meeting organized by the League of Nations union branches in the Division...
...Whose pensions will they touch—old age pensions, widows' pensions, ex-service pensions...
...and he is reputed to be a millionaire...
...Stunned by the electtm^g Labor's N'on-PartiMLn LSSjSOSj^ contends that Cross' *#JPg^ due to McLevy's vote...
...The electorate were somewhat disturbed at this pathetic exhibition...
...Socialist .SS**** for Governor...
...On other occasions state forces were sent to scenes of labor troubles, labor meetings, picket lines, textile strikes, garment strikes, and the notorious Remington-Rand struggle which made a black page in the record of the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee report...
...Bv -elections will shortly take place in Fylde and in the Kinross asm West Perch division of Scotland, whose M. P., the Duchess of Atholl, resigned to teat public sentiment on Chamber Iain's foreign policy...
...Bartlett, a journalist and former news broadcaster on foreign affairs, running his campaign on the Munich issue had liberal and labor support...
...Some very competent observers feel that Eden is seeking to lead a "center -opposition...
...The American Civil Liberties Union has sent attorneys to cooperate with labor lawyers in the battle to upset the act as a violation of constitutional rights...
...Our issues in the election were quite clear: "Poverty or Plenty," "Fascism or Democracy," "War or Peace...
...Any strike that is not supported by a majority of all an employer's workers are banned...
...Last week, during the air defenses debate in the House of Commons, one of his short talks set the benches boziing with discussion of an attempted "Fourth Party...
...No union, according to tht mt* law, may raise money in "earn of legitimate requirements...
...Walter Elliott, came down to support the govern want candidate...
...Oregon Unions Push Fight on Pro-Fascist Law New Statute Found More Damaging Than Similar Bills That wore Defeated in...
...Surely no better type of constituency could be found for a test of public opinion...
...like Jerow.Pjfjjg joined the chorus in AttasUssj*^ per McLevy...
...And this despite the the running mate of thSflP Governor Cross...
...Can't Join Embargoes All "jurisdictional" disputes are declared criminal under the act...
Vol. 21 • November 1938 • No. 48
