C. P. Controls Midwest Political "Peace" Parties
C. P. Controls Midwest Political "Peace" Parties N.Y. StN.Y. State AFL Endorses Roosevelt, Calls for Defense of Social Gains Special to The New Leader NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.—Endorsement of President...
...The avowed fascist went to Congress two years ago by defeating O'Connell, whose prominence in 1938 had begun to threaten Senator Wheeler's long lived hold on Montana politics...
...Kirby's heavy volume...
...Mr...
...him totally unfit tc represent the Amtx-icar...
...By July 1, 1941 another 600,000 would be.in training.This force is regarded as the minimum necessitated by the European war...
...should they lose the primaries and their chance to name a man against Mead who could draw off Democratic votes...
...Lyons, both of whom stressed the point that the problems confronting labor and . that labor is tJle advance fUard in the titanic struggle of against the assaults of ·)jazi, .Faacist, and Communillt totalit...
...Congressional nomination is being made by Chester Watson, stooge state president of the Minnesota Workers Alliance...
...Many Stal-inites have seeped into the LaFollettes' Young Progressives and the Farm-Union Juniors and are exploiting the brothers' vote-getting peace campaign...
...I cannot believe dropped...
...section near the swamp...
...She recently defeated anti-semitic Jacob Thorkelson for the Republican nomination...
...The American Labor Party candidate for the nomination is Joseph Pis-citello, supported by the A.L.P...
...By doing this the voters cf Hariem will give their **** answer to Marcantonio and h* comrade :r...
...The reviewer does not know Mr...
...Bombs and •Nihilists" THE columnist has not forgotten the thrill of beholding a num...
...But Mr...
...He is opposed by James J. Lanzetta whom he beat two years ago...
...Roosevelt would be understood by the public as condoning the prosecution of unions under anti-trust laws, which is being directed by Assistant Attorney-General Thur-man Arnold and which Harry Van Arsdale of the Electrical Workers denounced as a threat to the very existence of trade unionism...
...Sentembr 17, •** vote for Joseph Piscitello in the American Labor party colon* and not Marcantonio in the Ftf* Column...
...Antonini's statement follows : "We are supporting a loyal and progressive American, Joseph Piscitello, whose nomination for Congress, won the overwhelming support of the Central Committee of New York County, loyal to the State organization cf the American Labor party...
...a perfect though unconscious caricature on tha true history of the Russian revolution...
...As he made a second attempt to escape from the officer, a buddy of Rhodes, Noland Ellis, the leader of the rapidly swelling, jeering mob, fired five shots at him...
...Shortly after, shots were heard...
...It is anecaotage in the iajt stages of dotage...
...ticket (Bernard will be remembered as one of...
...Kirby's book at least half-seriousiy...
...Kirby's virginal ignorance of Russia's socia' and culturll history fully qualifies him for the task of writing a book on "fte Russian Revolution...
...This will be the first time the A.L.P...
...spurious sources of information...
...lrianism...
...Instances could be multiplied...
...To back up these far flung garrisons the war department reveals the need for a well trained forc...
...Then, in the crude casket, the body was taken to the Negro cemetery where Thornton was buried without even the notification of his terrorized wife...
...In addition the army would like a National Guard some 300,000 strong, bringing the potential fighting-force of...
...Labor party in WashisftQB...
...But, in order properly to enjoy "The Russian Revolution...
...shall we say, could have written the text and 1.—«;r-»—1---1 r»----:_>'9 For there are amazing coincidences in viewpoint and insight into Russian life between "The Russian Revolution" and the earlier masterpiece...
...According ti this estimate, only one of 30 registrants would be called for training...
...endorsed last week, it later officially announced support of Robert J. Crews, twin brother of Johnny-Crews, Republican political boss of Brooklyn, whose tie-ups with -conservative and anti-labor circles are common gossip...
...unitY, a point driven borne also by Mayor LaGuardia, who warned that ' continuan~ of la) or's internecine strife-the con8ict' between the A. F. of L" and C.I.O.-was an obstacle that had to be removed as speedily as possible...
...After these, the reader is prepared for Mr...
...when he' said: Resolutions passed by the · conMr...
...strengthshudder to think what may ' ening of the Walsh~Healy act...
...Benson and Anti-Ally Farmer Labor State MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Although the Communist Part failed to make the ballot in Minnesota it has a big stake L this state's September 10 primaries this year...
...were bitter because of restrictions imposed upon then:: blaming and hating the Czar, although it was his tolerance that enabled then, to remain in Russia" (italics are the column's...
...his supporters handling it to appear that the ••incumbent congressman is a friend of belligerent Italy...
...state office...
...Some persons are kno'ttn to be opposed to the crime, but they are outnumbered and are silent about the outcome of what started out to be a "little spree...
...It was "Darkest Russia"—and nq...
...indicated its willingness to do so...
...The State office, under executive director Eli Oliver has announced its support of Mead, the Watson group has been working behind the scenes with the Republicans criticising Mead for his support of the national defense program, and the Rebuilders will campaign against him...
...Standing near the shop and talking with some friends, he remarked about an approaching white man: "Here comes Doris Rhodes, boys...
...While expressing .l~bor'1I readiness to do its shll'rlt' in this essential job, . the convention called upon business and industry to make equal saerlfices na warned that labor would not Permit its · enemies to take advantage of the emergency for the purpose of' whittling down labors newly pined' rights...
...The resolution endorsing the Roosevelt and Wallace ticket was carried Wednesday evening, after earnest discussion, with but one vote in opposition...
...however, be left under the impression that * the above is meant to dissuade him from reading Mr...
...Books and Writers By Elias Tartak "Darkest Russia — k Comtdx THE younger generation of readers will not remember a musical comedy, popular in the nineties and up to 1914...
...Senator Norris enjoys widespread influence in Minnesota and surrounding states< and his fight against conscription is being puffed into anti-Roosevelt, anti-Ally, "pro-peace" propaganda by the many fellow travelers here...
...We now know that one vention called .for . state le~islacratic ·nationin Europe is s~lld- .tion to supplement ' the federal jng immQvable .in defense of ' wage and hour, act...
...Jesse Thorton did not tome out, The whole affair took 25 minutes...
...Many of those Willkie men backed by the committee to rebuild the A.L.P...
...This section will be so organized, that 100,000 new men could be added- in a week if necessary...
...Near the jail Thornton tried to break away, but was stoned by a white mob gathered from among the sidewalk loungers...
...Thornton, the manager of a chicken farm, was regarded as a reliable church-goer, an inhabitant of the community lui u>c jearb, un june 22, tne young farmer went to a Negro barber shop...
...whose gressional record make...
...U. S. military estimates of 4,000,000 needed soldiers are based on the strong possibility of a British defeat in the battle for...
...the nation- to a constant 1,500,000...
...Rhodes, a police officer, heard the remark and in an ugly manner snarled: "What did you say...
...Senator Shipstead, formely a Farmer-Laborite has filed as a candidate for re-election in the Republican primaries...
...Mcudor Publishing Co.: Boston...
...It occupies the front · adequate appropriations 'for ·the as it were at...
...for the Advancement of Colored Peoples and other Negro organizations to pass the Federal Anti-Lynching bill at this session of Congress gained momentum as the publicity spotlight turned on the fifth lynching of the year...
...Opposed to'Egley for the gubernatorial post is Hjalmar Peterson...
...It is a combination of sloppiness, misunderstanding and misinformation, rare to find in any province cf pseudo-scholarship and pseudo-literature...
...This column caught "Darkest Puissi...
...1S4G...
...of 800,000 ready for immediate mobilization and transport to any threatened part of the western hemisphere...
...Loud app~ule greeted the statement by PreSident Green that the nation snPuld now begin ' prepare for '~he moment when the end of th)!war and the demobilization c« the country's war machine, mili~ry and economic,' ~d bring . nEw Jlroblems of unemployment lihd r~adjustment . The appeal of th~ workers land will be in a position to take Great Bntain fighting to ' the aggressive and earry the war their country and the world to the capital city of the Nazist Hitler dominatio.n found a dictator Who is seeking to destroy response in the address of everything that makes life ' worth dent Green...
...Observers here are much perturbed by the almost fascist looking cross in circle Progressive symbol...
...The whoie bogjj is a classic of credulity, garrulity and dullness...
...or without any, provocation...
...A week later a Negro fishing near the river scared up a drove of cultures and buzzards and came on the gruesome spectacle of a half-devoured body...
...account of the various political groupings, of their aspirations, programs and intellectual past...
...Over in Montana campaign interest is centered on Jeannette Rankin and Jerry O'Connell, both running for Congress...
...the non-partisan and overwhelming approval cf other Congressmen, regardless cf party lines...
...Gibr.a ltar in defense of 'anti-trust suits against labor unthings that are dear to us...
...These will probably parallel those of the Democrats to avoid any loss of votes for Roosevelt and Wallace...
...The delegation of 'the I.L.G.W.U...
...Its premises axe , as myopic as its conclusions are cross-eyed...
...If the conscription bill passes in September, the high command will have 900,000 men in uniform by January 1, 1941...
...more dure...
...And 'it has the pontine ponderousness of the true dullard...
...Ft6d1 President Green·the convent...
...An impressive note of international solidarity was struck by Mr...
...pen here if England is forced restoration of the .pre:vailing -rate yield...
...Green reaffirmed the readi...
...Another attempt to capture a F.-L...
...communist buddies now march hsrid-in-hand...
...The memory of the masterpiece is i bit vague, but this columnist remembers the peculiar enjoyment derived from the,'crazy thing...
...after the tragedy—the farce...
...As the mob gained, the fear-crazed boy tried to get up, but finally collapsed from sheer exhaustion and the howling crowd grabbed him...
...Kirby's nook...
...the first Congressmen to front for the party during the Spanish Civil war days...
...although such outbreaks came about suddenly and without premeditation .. ." (Again, italics are ours...
...Eucene Connolly...
...O'Connell has just received a letter from Abbott Simon, executive secretary of the Stalinite Committee to Defend America by Keeping Out of War "suggesting" that the congressional candidate head the "mobilization" movement in Montana...
...The LaFollettes keep their party skirts clear of the Communist "peace" mobilizations, but many of their supporters also back the CP...
...U. S. Seeks 1,500,000 Regular Army for Hemispheric Defense By GEORGEORGE SHORT WASHINGTON, D. C.—Although this nation's military command envisages the need for* an army of 4,000,000 men to adequately protect both continents of the western hemisphere, the total peace-time force to be trained will not reach more than 1,200,000...
...have been consistent opponents of such New Deal legislation as old-age pensions, wages and hour laws, and the child labor amend- - ment...
...A number of delegates abstained from voting, but the majority was so overwhelming that no one ventured to ask for a count...
...He has consistently voted against the New DealiA&ws...
...Perhaps never before has American labor spoken with the determination, militancy, and profound understanding of the problems of the nation and the world as at this convention...
...Rhodes knocked him down with his blackjack, arrested him, and marched him oft" to jail...
...Interest is centered or...
...The "Tolerant Czar" IT WOULD be futile to reproach Mr...
...THE reader must not...
...Kirby knows a let...
...the 20th congressional district in New York City where Vito Marcan-tonio is running with Republican, Communist and Fascist Italian support...
...State AFL Endorses Roosevelt, Calls for Defense of Social Gains Special to The New Leader NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.—Endorsement of President Roosevelt for re-election, continued approval of the New Deal, and repeated declarations that organized labor would fight uncompromisingly for the defense of the nation and the protection of its social gains marked the convention of the New York State Federation of Labor in session here this week...
...They too are exploiting isolationist sentiment, Miss Rankin more honestly than O'Connell who is tying up with the Chicago "peace" rally...
...Kirby's keen eye that "Lenin had the aid cf Jewish intelligence: a greater force than Slavic violence...
...It would he like reproaching a public school boy for his ignorance ci differential calculus...
...and then—W...
...has met outside of New York...
...hy Lewis Pun...
...He also knows that "The Czar was blamed for progroms (Sio...
...A full slate of presidential electors will be selected...
...Running with Benson in the Minnesota primaries are Charles Egley, leader of the Stalinite dominated Farmers-Union, who seeks the Governorship...
...the appea~rice of the large delegation of...
...This campaign parallels a score of others in nearb states where alleged "progressives," supported by man ¦communist iront organizations fight pro-Ally candidates, smearing them as "War-mongers...
...Simon's letter to O'Connell was featured in the latter's tabloid indicating co-operation between him and the Communist Party despite O'Con-nell's attempt to win votes by hanging on to the New Deal...
...Another 50,000 men are considered a minimum for harbor defense to protect naval and airplane bases on American shores...
...Because of the importance of aircraft in defense the army must now have an air force of 150,000...
...Each carried, his two bombs, ready to hurl them at the ieast...
...ber of Russian "nihilists" on the stage...
...He runs in the district about St...
...But it a delie-ht to behold the musical oomprlv RaKhit'<: idea of Russia around 1900...
...His verbiage, his soporific gravity, his inconsequential chatter—shouldn't be missed...
...Luigi Antonini...
...GOP strategists are counting on those CIO leaders who have been nominated—many are from the Newspaper Guild, the National Maritime Union, and the Transport Workers—to split the labor vote and carry the Republicans...
...To demand such things would mear, taking Mr...
...Bocks Ex-Gov...
...ions, notably in the building "We must pray each day trades, as aimed to destroy theEngland will stand and I am right of labor to organize and mistic enough to believe that demanding that the suits be will stand...
...True tc the Hitler-Stalin paet Marcantonio by his actions has won the support ci the Italian fascist elements in Harlem, with whom he and hi...
...Kirby'i tome will be enjoyed as...
...John T. Bernard, who filed for Congress on the F.L...
...Town authorities ordered some Negro prisoners who were working on the road to make a box, and took them to the scene where Thornton's half-decomposed body lay...
...and people of the British adoption of a federal anti-lynch' Leaving no r~ for <\ouBt as to WDee labor .• tood on the war and ~1lee~f at destroying the dictatbrial . J'egimes, ~the conven.~ the sujlpOrl of the org'ajDed workers of this state in thiS' &Teat task...
...Regular A.L.P...
...How this operates can be seen in the 17th Congressional District where Morris Watson, communist vice-president of the controlled Newspaper Guild, opposes Bruce Barton...
...heans go out to of wages on WPA projects...
...might will triumph...
...and ' state labor department...
...This was well exemplified among other things in the keynote speech of President Lyons, the address of William Green, and the presentation of vital issues confronting labor made by George Meany, secretary of the A. F. of L. It was further emphasized in the addresses of guest speakers, who helped lift the discussion of vital problems of labor and national defense to the level required by the seriousness of the moment and the temper of labor's organized, hosts...
...Rhodes...
...fronts...
...H. Cham-berlin's careful and conscientious "History of the Russian Revolution...
...The Communists will challenge the naming of Roosevelt electors, but are outnumbered on the new state committee elected in.the April second primaries...
...party from behind the scenes...
...Our author has the true gossiper's taste* ijf...
...To meet these threats the War department, believes the United States must have an army of 1,200,000 to 1,500,000 ready for instant service...
...the reader is advised to read first a few good books or, the subject Platonov's or Pares's "History cf Russia...
...In addition to those the Communist section of the A.L.P...
...Paul...
...Th* very misspellings are classical...
...GOP-CP in Open Fusion To Defeat New Deal By BILL ROBERTS New evidence of C.I.O.-Communist plans to keep New York State's 47 electoral votes out of the New Deal column was seen by political observers this week, in the open fusion between the Stalinites and the G.O.P., not only in several o? this city's counties^ but throughout the state where the Watson committee^endorsed all but four Republican candidates...
...His statement was lifted out of the local C.P.'s dictum—his platform being based on "opposition to the United States' involvement in imperialist war...
...It is bad ing the nominations of Elmer Benson, former governor, an a long string of Farmer-Labor candidates in an effort t capture the primary poll, elect its candidates and run th F.-L...
...investigators found that the Negroes of the town are too intimidated to talk,' and the whites are anxious to protect their townsmen...
...Hkhy'* book...
...He knows that the dews piayed s sinister part in the Russian revolution...
...I am President Lyons and all officers ing and I believe that the of the State Federation were rewill turn and that ultimately electe Negro Lynching Spurs Drive for Gov't Action A renewed drive by the Nat'l Assn...
...Military strategists explain that 400,000 such men would be as ineffective a force for our defense as is the present army...
...The opposition came principally from building trades delegates, who expressed the fear that endorsement of Mr...
...When Elmer Benson filed for the U.S...
...The officer, using an epithet, accused him of having left oft" the "Mr...
...Of this force 300,000 will be army regulars, 220,000 guardsmen-and reservists, and 388,000 draftees...
...just by a squeeze, in 1914...
...the International Ladies' Garriient Workers, for the first time fsince the return the I:L.G.W.U~ ~ the A. F. of L., was an added ,element in the picture of powerrand solidarity presented by the convention...
...the American Laker party in the Twentieth CongM** sional District will turn on* <*> primary day...
...Marcar.tor.io has filed for the nomination o? the Democrats as well as the G.O.P...
...Thornton kept going however, running about three quarters of a mile into a field before he fell, weak from the loss of blood...
...In a small truck they brought him to a swamp, and dragged him out...
...Marcantonio...
...The contrary is true...
...tbe event of wat, and to ~is enl' t,he' conveDti~n de.dared that e/ren 'polisible' precaution was * be takeK tG ruure the necessary In~sure of national disciplille an~· ~ency .w h i .avoiding excelses detri~ntal the' interests iio( demOcracy and labor...
...Of further national importance are the September 17 primaries, which will decide not only State candidates, but the A.L.P...
...Nowadays, we need all the laughs we can lay our hands upon...
...I hope that every person registered ir...
...cf course, there was an American "clean cut boy," who saved the young and beautiful Russian princess from somebody's foul clutches, whether from the nihilists or the corrupt police—this columnist remembers not...
...They were ferociously bewhiskered, bebloused and beiurcapped in the bes...
...which declared that while l~bor approved fully the principle 'of the draft, it was opposed to tae 'Burke-Wadsworth bill and ~avoied an ample trial . the voluntary enlistment system...
...the moment...
...and the A.L.P...
...It is reported here that he is supporting the Chicago Peace Mobilization organized by the Communist Party...
...The hoodlums appeared from out of the wooded...
...Senate last week, his public statement called for "a thorough-going peace program...
...Benson is running agaff??t George Lommen, Faxmer-Laborite attorney...
...N.A.A.C.P...
...Dress Joint Board and as a member of Local S? of the Irternationai Lidie* Garment Workers Union...
...50...
...Antonini's statement was made in reply to a challenge from Eugene P. Connolly, leader of the Communist dominated left-wing group, who is supporting Mar-cantonio...
...Don't Miss It...
...Support Piscitello in the American Labor Party column, not Marcantonio in the Fifth Column," Antonini urged Labor Party voters...
...A peace time standing army of 400,000 will probably be reached after an intensive publicity campaign designed to secure volunteers who would remain :in the force for several years...
...O'Connell went to Spain as a guest of these Stalinite organizations...
...You must read "Darkest Russi»"f-pardon the error—"The Russian Revolution.* If the reader knows anything about Russia's history, Mr...
...Senator's campaign for re-election if it defeats the regular A.L.P...
...Where "rebuilder" candidates are running in opposition tc Republican nominees, they have GOP support, given in the hope that votes will be drawn from the democrats...
...The political situation in this part of the country looks good to local commissars, especially since the LaFollettes are stumping throughout the sectors haranguing against "meddling in Europe's mess...
...As district manager for the Harlem office of the...
...That the "Jew...
...endorsement of Senator Mead as well...
...Stalin, Zinoviev and others...
...Kirby speaks cf "progroms" against the Jews, and of the "Boar War...
...The Watson group plans to knife the...
...The Negro not realizing he had been overheard, said that he referred to "Mr...
...As a stooge of the Comraonirt party...
...State Chairman of the American Labor Party, last week issued a strong statement supporting him...
...ess of the American Federation .f Labor to bring the conflict tc a close, to resume peace negotiations with the C.I.O...
...I am glad that * union man ci such standing wiH have the opportunity tc- cnallesgt Mr...
...Kirby's sources cf information art amazing, if a trifle incorrect on the score ci "without premeditation...
...the Islands,'which would leave this country isolated, faced by a minimum of 5,000.000 German, 2,000,000 Japanese, 3,000,000 Italian and an unknown number of millions---'-of Russian armed and well trained men...
...slate in September...
...before the living...
...Mf-Piscitelio has established himself, as a trusted and efficient trade union leader...
...The victim was a 17-year-old Negro farm worker, Jesse Thornton, whose vulture-picked" body was fished out of the Pataylagga river near Luverne, Alabama, a typical Southern town in the heart of a farming district...
...Simon referred to O^Con-nell's co-operation with the American Leag-ue for Peace and Democracy, the International Workers Order and a score of Communist fronts set up during the Spanish civil war...
...Thornton became incensed, and answered: "I did say Doris Rhodes...
...His campaign in this predominantly Italian district is based on "peace...
...But this is haw it goes on for over 650 page?, with childish rair.blings about the "tolerant" Czar, about Rasputin, Kercnsky, Lenin, Troizky...
...Thus, Mr...
...mistake...
...Ncr is it concealed from Mr...
...Crosseyed History THHE reading of L. P. Kirby's book* brought * back the pleasures of "Darkest Russia" tc the columnist's mind...
...took a leading part in the movement for endorseriumt of President Roosevelt ana ' the convention's well laid plans for the protection of labor 'stan8ards, It was upon the initiative, of the I.L.G.W.U...
...Watson can only draw votes from the New Dealer opposing Barton, thus assuring reelection for the advertising executive...
...As the U.S.A...
...officials have selected the Hotel Marin in Utica for the September 7 State Committee session to name national candidates...
...Simon's letter says in part ". . . those of us who want to stay a: peace remember the splendid leadership which you gave to the Progressive movement in Washington...
...Kirby's book for its lack of analysis cf Russia's er.tar.glea social, economic arid political problems before 1914, for the absence cf any coherer...
...Attended by nearly 900 delegates speaking for 1,250,000 trade unionists—the largest single unit in the A. F. of L.—the convention was an inspiring milestone in the history of organized labor in America...
...arms in the Column...
...liberalization mocra!!y and democratic of unemployment insurance...
...labor as the keystone of nationa...
...And there are sufficient shipping facilities for transportation...
...Green and Mr...
...By this time, the reader has guessed that this column cannot seriously discuss Mr...
...Kirby, as a young man...
...Russian style...
...making an immea~urable A resolution was also adopted fice, standin~ like the Rock excoriating the Thurman Arnold of particular importance was thll understanding !hownby the delegates of, the dancers of regimentation that would confront On the qUe$tion of eonseription, the conventianfollowed the lead of the execUtive council of the A. 'F...
...the nation in...
...Thomas J. Lyons, president of the federation, speaking from the chair, declared that while favoring the re-election of Roosevelt organized labor will unitedly condemn and combat this -policy of the Department of Justice...
...Kirby from Herodotus or Gibbon, but is it possible that Mr...
...These soldiers will not be adequately trained for more than 18 months after the Burke-Wads-worth bill is signed by President Roosevelt...
...It was caQtu "Darkest" Russia.'* Some of our older readers are sure to re^p this gem of light comedy...
...are paying a ' tremendous . ing law...
...fon heard a plea for the unity (J...
...delegation tbJat the convention also adopted-;'}a resolution calling for all possibte aid to Great Britain and lier Allies, moral and material, short of war...
...THE R I'SSI AS' REYOLVTIOS...
...His report to, the city officials merely led to a small press item that an "unidentified" Negro had been found...
...creates this armed force at least 100,000 men will be garrisoning outposts in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and the Canal Zone...
...Marcantonio wa» ttti Btili if idertified with every sert of Communist front o-ggnizatie* As a member cf Congress he opposed important measures urgently needed to strengthen tte defense of the United Stat* measures which wor...
...any time, anywhere, any place," as soon as the 'C.1.0...
...Then—Souvarinc's "Stalin...
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