SDF News
SDF News NATIONAL LocaL BALTIMORE wants the reselutawi on "The United Law« and the" War," adopted at the convention of the !2STtemocratic Federation of New York CSty, reprinted. *K wNeistadt...
...Chicago Milk Union of 6,500 Wins Strike «y M. V. HALUSHKA From tie...
...The question period is the group's searchlight further clarifying many doubts and-misunderstandings...
...May 22 to 31, in tad around Los Angeles...
...B. Bohn was master of The subject set for discussion war...
...on city convention and other urgent business...
...Flatbush-Central Branch meets Tuesday, May 21...
...Robert Hoffman Has-teas binsl*i...
...Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery...
...the recent Social Democratic Federation convention...
...The case is important because it sets a precedent for others and confirms the view of many noted lawyers, who have held that Assistant Attorney General Arnold's prosecution of trade unions involved in jurisdictional' disputes has little chance of success under the anti-trust laws...
...George Lansbury'was primarily...
...Rochester, K. Y. ttie May Day meeting of the workmen's Circle on Thursday, . jr.* 2, in their Labor Lyceum ¦Zg\ very successful affair...
...Discussion on convention resolutions and the next Supperette...
...ELEANOR LEVINSON UNDERGOES OPERATION Eleanor LeVinson, co-author of "Lawless Judges" afid former managtt of the Sand Book Store and Press, has been operated upon and is recuperating at the Gotham Hospital, 30 East 76th St...
...Fights to Save NYA Abandonment of more than 270 of these camps will be made necessary under the provisions ef the House Appropriations bill, the committee was informed...
...June 4 and 5, St Louis, Mo...
...COHRON TO ADDRESS NEGRO LABOR ASSEMBLY Delegates to the Negro Labor Assembly will hear a lecture at their May meeting by Mr...
...May 16 to 21, in and around San Francisco, Calif...
...Everybody is welcome...
...During the strike period the . Dairymen's Union succeeded in signing up over fifty small independent dealers...
...Many young men already- have been cut off from their livelihood by the decrease in grants for youth needs, Congressman Johnson stated...
...He warns of an asJuaiiiliiti wm&*JMVJin ot the trade union apparatus...
...4 -t <*¦ <*' oSt'" ¦"' ¦ ¦ • Upper West Side Branch meeting, Tuesday, May J.4, at 8:30 p. nj.,1 in Hotel Bradford, 210 West" 70th St...
...Claessens atohe on the aims of the labor ansvement, was given a .warm oration, and was asked for a re¦swoio...
...The proposal was approved at a meeting of the group held last month, and was sponsored by Congressman.Jed Johnson, Oklahoma -Democrat...
...These men and women have been on strike Or* several weeks...
...EJ V. Debs Branch meets one Monday, May 13, at 96 Ave...
...K wNeistadt suggest* its printing in leaflet form for other locals make the same re-t printing will be ordered, "fete at once to Social Demo-*S...
...AFL Donates To Anti-Nazis A contribution of $500 to the German Labor Delegation in the United States by the American Federation of Labor was announced recently...
...The Jugoslav Socialist Federation is also Inown to oppose the party's attitude...
...He-urged labor and Socialist forces to give every possible assistance to step the march of Hitler...
...only strong labor unions can protect labor's legal rights," he said...
...The admission fee is 25 cents and the course is being conducted under the auspices of the Women's Committee of the S.D.F...
...Arrangements have been made for two boat rides during the summer...
...They are performing an honorable work and deserve...
...The latest issue of the Federation's paper signalizes the break by featuring the war and peace declaration passed by...
...They represent that class of labor which was punished and penalized by dictator Hitler, and the movement which is seeking to restore democracy and democratic government to tKe German people...
...Report' on 'city convention and-other business...
...Friends in the S.D.F...
...Admission, 40 cents...
...Reports of the city convention will be rendered...
...In the letter to member unions Green stated that the German Labor Delegation "represents the old German Labor Movement which was attacked and wiped out when Dictator Hitler gained control of the German government The free, democratic, independent unions in Germany, which were similar to our own American Federation of Labor unions, were destroyed...
...Saturday, June 8, at 8:30 p. m. The speakers will be David Ashe and Harry Van Acs-dale, manager of Local 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...
...New Leader subs were obtained and much literature was sold...
...Activity by the AFL on behalf of the German Labor Delegation is the result of an appeal made to the Federation by Frederick Stampfer, leader of the German Social Democrats, and Dr...
...Although-conspicuous as a democratic Socialist and also prominent in the Labor Party Until failing health compelled him to retire a few years ago, Lans-bory*s main interest'in life Was the promotion of peace between nations...
...The fSg Circle League brought a -jpdly number of young people Sine meeting...
...Wlliam E. Bohn speaks on "Issues .in the Coming Election" at die meetinr of the 21st A. D. Manhattan Club of the A.L.P...
...Aus-ajtss, Workmen's Circle...
...Admission, 35 cents...
...3 ! • 11 * * Meeting of the 4th A. D. Branch on Tuesday, May 14, at their: headquarters, 393 Grand St...
...C. Report...
...While the appropriations measure is still in committee, several of its terms -are known...
...This would mean a weekly wage slash ef $12...
...The cooperative movement sponsored by the Chiang Kai-Shek government is booming, and the newly opened southwest provinces are humming with an industrialization which had been foreign to them until the last year...
...June 3, Kansas City, Mo...
...Chicago Bureau ef The S'eic Iteader CHICAGO.—The usually metropolitan front-page headlines of the European conflict were pushed aside this week to make room for news of the city-Wide milk strike waged by 6.500 members of . the Milk Wagon Drivers Union and Dairy Employees Union against the Associated Milk Dealers of Chicago, the association of the large milk dairies including Bowman and Bprden-Weiland Coin negotiating for a new agreement, the old one having expired April 30, the dairy ; association insisted on a new wage scale of $28-43 in place of the present one of $39-S44...
...Members ef the two unions, at a meeting in Car Hen's Hail, voted not to accept this drastic wage cut The union was successful to curtailing 90% of the milk supply brought to Chicago and in . almost completely stopping home delivery...
...it was announced by Frank R. Crosswaith...
...WHO Reaction Cthnaxes KM School Driw ceT* r?'' ^Sl...
...Z. Lorber, editorial writer for the Chicago Forward, representing the Social Democratic Federation, delivered a stirring address...
...On tile third day of the strike the union and Milk Dealers Association reached a temporary settlement...
...The German Labor Delegation to the United States is endeavoring through education and the dissemination of information, to inform labor and the American public of' what happened in Germany...
...Claessens* Tour May 12, Omaha, Nebr., Jewish Community Center, 8:30 p. m. fitosr: TheWax in Europe and tfe Future of Civilization...
...His peace activities had earned him- the name of "Briton's No...
...One Pacifist...
...Dir...
...v* .. * * -Meeting of the Mid-Bronx Branch on Monday, May 13, at 40 West1 Burnside Ave...
...Her balance of trade for the present year has been excellent, with exports exceeding imports by more than 100 per cent...
...The common theme developed by all of the speakers was the need of emphasis Open the deeper ethical values of civiiizstion, of opposing to the barbarism of dictatorship a democracy so wide and genuine that it includes all the finer values of human life...
...also the bristling concept of the big-stick strong man on horseback to bring about the workers' paradise...
...at the Harlem Labor Center, 812 West 125th St...
...With the added appropriation for the co-ops, the number of such units wiH be increased above the present total of 1,200...
...A few years ago they cut the number of these camps to 1,200, but - last year members of the House joined and fought it out with a group around the White House and we forced them to* re-establish 300 camps...
...Shiplacoff Branch Social and Card Party, Saturday, May 11, at 971 Sutter Ave., Brooklyn, A.L.P...
...The second session will take place this Monday, May 13, at I ^30 p. m. sharp, in the Rand School...
...In connection with the presentation to Mrs...
...He was a peculiar combination of the Christian pacifist and advocate of various "left" movements Sot was profoundly sincere in all his activities...
...Speaker will be Algernon Lee...
...The steamer daremont has been chartered for excursions to' Hear Mountain Park on the Hudson, Saturday, July 20, and Saturday, August 10...
...2) Are the changes in Socialist policy justified by new developments...
...I. Wsldman, teacher of the W. C. School, and August Claessens ,noke...
...The third will be held one week following...
...Henry HiiimaiSa, and President Harry D. Gideonse...
...Bela Low will present two moot qestions: 1) to what extent if any, are the social and economic theories of Marx applicable to present day problems...
...August Claessens de-tVered file main address and also (poke for tire Workmen's Circle f^irttmn in the afternoon...
...acted as chairman...
...He returned from Germany and Italy confident that- peace Was possible with the dictators and held that "understanding" would assure it...
...North Tonowanda, N. Y. : August Claessens'addressed a mooting of the Remington-Rand Ojsrkers, A.F.L...
...The agreement stipulates that members of the anion will continue at the present wage scale until a permanent contract is drawn up'by May 31...
...They will discuss "Labor, Thurman Arnold, and the Anti-Trust Act...
...NEW YORK CITY The City Executive Committee meets Wednesday, May 15, at 7 East ljSth St...
...Social Progress: HtC-lMO...
...that are affiliated with the Negro Labor Committee...
...Voorhis Group Fights for NYA Special to The New Leader WASHINGTON, D. C—A conference of labor and industrial leaders and representatives of the general public to analyze means of cutting down the mounting number of jobless in the United States was held recently in Washington...
...The American Federation of Labor had -awarded jurisdiction to the Teamsters, and Justice Letts held that no jurisdiction dispute existed after the AFL award...
...Bertha H. Maifly and Algernon Lee, in whose honor the drive had been conducted...
...Contact The New Leader for bookings...
...are cordially invited to attend...
...Mailly and Algernon Lee of the funds which have been gathered daring the celebration, it was emphasized that the drive is not ended...
...Chicago May...
...and finally die Marxian principle that the workers must emancipate themselves...
...Federation, 7 East 15th gpMr York City...
...The Women's Committee of the Mid-Bronx Branch is holding a card party on Wednesday, ' May 22, art 1:30 p. m., at the Bronx headquarters, 40 West Burnside Ave...
...In the southwestern provinces, the industrialization of which has been one of the major accomplishments of the Chinese wartime government, 472 factories of over $20,000 capitalization are operating...
...when they meet Friday, May 10, at 8 p. m...
...The address is 40 West "Burnside Ave...
...And in receiving the contributions the two lnmored guests of the occasion spoke movingly of the long history and the many struggles of the School and stressed the fact that adult education for a more socialized way of living is more needed now than it ever has been in the long history of the institution...
...The assembly is composed of representatives from each of the unions* both AFL and CIO...
...Members of the Voorhis bloc have pledged themselves to lead the House fight to save both the CCC and NYA from emasculation...
...The basic principles were outlined, beginning with the Communist Manifesto, contrasted with the Utopian Fourierist conception ef dependence upon good princes to- lead the workers dot of their misery...
...Review" Second Session May 13 '! The first - of three sessions of the course on "Socialism in Review" was given' test -Monday afternoon in the Rand School at 1.30 p. m., and was enthusiastically received by a large audience which heard an inspiring address by Bela Low...
...The National Youth Administration is also scheduled for a severe slash...
...Purges in Soviet Trade Unions Seen Signs are appearing that one of the periodaf minor purges of officialdom—this time to the trade unions—is in the offing in the Soviet Union...
...Lansbury, liborite Pacifist Dies at81 George Lansbury, one of the most lovable and colorful figures in the British.labor movement, died this week in London at the age of 81...
...Friends in the audience were urged to continue their efforts to add to the .financial support of the Rand School...
...Other dates and cities being arranged...
...Italian Section Leaves SP on Isolation Issue Culminating its long-time opposition to the Socialist Party's isolationist stand, the Italian Socialist Federation, comprising several hundred members, voted to leave the SP this week...
...Admission free...
...George E. Cohron, manager of the Harlem...
...Let us on this May Day renew our pledge to build for the Cooperative Commonwealth, which offers the only solution to end war, depression and unemployment" Morris Poiin of the S.D.F...
...Co-bps Rebuild Industry of Free China Coal, iron ore, and raw cotton were the three chief materials which Nippon industry hoped to extract from China, but so effective 'have the guerrilla tactics of the Chiang Kai-shek forces been that Tokyo has been unable to secure by force as much of the products mentioned as she did in ordinary pre-war trade with Nanking...
...chairman of the Negro Labor Committee...
...in a highly successful reeeptier and radio broadcast in the>stodic% of Station WEVD on 'Sunday night, May ?. From eight p. m. Until eleven the studio* were crowded with active friends of the school who had come to greet Mrs...
...Preservation of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps was undertaken as one of the immediate tasks of the committee, since the economy drive in Con-' gress has already been directed against the CCC, with a cut of $50,000 in its appropriation having been scheduled...
...I I » * * T8e j Brighton Beach Division of tiie A.LP.-is holding an installation . and card party on Saturday, May 11, at its headquarters, 3117 Coney Island Ave...
...June 6, Chicago...
...of Buffalo cele-hmtod its recent victory over the BEJsmanaai elements in the recast primaries and county com-sdttee elections by a banquet on Isaday evening...
...Rudolf Katz, the delegation's secretary in the.U.S...
...Jane 7-8-9-10, in Indianapolis, Dayton and...
...The co-ops, which have proved so important in maintaining Chinese production and morale, were granted $3,000,000 recently by the Chungking government...
...From ton to eleven the crowd gathered in WEVD's Littie Theater, and from there the program was ¦ broadcast to thMuamofe of Rand School supporters gathered in houseparties all oner the metropolitan area, do speakers were: Michael Strange, Eugene Lyons, Dr...
...elubrooms...
...LID Field Secretary Joel Seid-man of Baltimore, the principal speaker of the evening, spoke of the economic conditions confronting workers in the United States...
...Morris Seskind, secretary of the Federation of Jewish Trade Unions, gave a vivid account of the history of May Day...
...The Upper Bronx...
...a full measure" of support We have investigated the movement and find that it is a dependable and commendable organization and a movement which we can with perfect propriety support...
...He suggested that the convocation be held within thirty days...
...The Sherman Act was invoked against the accused in a jurisdictional strike" which tied up building in this city, the strike being directed against the Operating Engineers to decide which organization should operate concrete mixer trucks...
...Mid-Bronx supperette and lecture on...
...Hay Roily Is Huge Seecoss Chicago's heavy snowfall did not dampen the spirit displayed at the united May May celebration held at the AOW Auditorium...
...Labor must work to end the CIO-AFL feud...
...At the same time, William Green sent an official appeal to every AFL national and international union, requesting it to give all possible donations to the delegation...
...a number of jionunent trade union leaders and public officials were among As guests...
...on Friday, May 17, at the Hamilton Place Hotel, 138th St., near Broadway...
...Tickets Will soon be on sale at the City Oflke...
...m: y. -"The A.L.P...
...COURT FREES TEAMSTERS OF ANTI-TRUST CHARGE WASHINGTON, D. C —The government lost its first case against trade unions ander the anti-trust laws when the Federal District Court this week ordered the acquittal of the International Teamsters Union and five officials of-its local here...
...Kung...
...ftit , The writer, obviously reflecting Kremlin opuv ion, complains of decisions token by small committees that do not constitute a plenum...
...Proceeds for refugees...
...An editorial in a recent issue of the news...
...On the economic front, China is on a firmer basis than she has been at any time- since the beginning of the war...
...emotional in forming his views on peace and - Other issues and was a stormy petrel in the British labor movement...
...paper Trad denounces various alleged violations of "trade-onion democracy...
...that donation completed the $5,000,000 grant promised to the movement by Minister of Finance Dr...
...program on WEVD, Friday, May 10, at 10:30 p. m. * * * A. I...
...Federal Local rjsitD, last Friday...
...At one time we had 2,500 camps," he said, "and they cost from $18,000 to $25,000...
...The first period briefly covered the concept of modern Socialism as an Ideal, as a movement, and as a science...
...Among the visitors were mary distinguished representatives of the trade union movement, of the Social Democratic Federation, and of the Workmen's Circle...
...Cincinnati...
...Field Office of the Social Security Boaid...
...Lansbury's peace activities led him into some bizarre ventures, such as his personal Visits to Hitler and Mussolini in'1937...
...This split, following the April convention of the SP, is expected to have wide repercussions...
...The Bensonhurst Branch is running a reunion and Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 8, at 8" p. hi., at their headquarters,' $416 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn...
...James Oneal speaks on "Social Democracy Here and Abroad" on the 3.D.F...
...headquarters, 40 West Burnside Ave., Bronx...
...There were songs by the jESaen's Circle- Chorus and jqJos and a capacity audience —ponded with enthusiasm...
...Club of the Pioneer Women's Organization is holding a Card Party on Saturday, May 11, 8:30 p. m., at the S.D.F...
Vol. 23 • May 1940 • No. 19
