SDF News
SDF News NATIONAL Regional conferences of Social Democratic Federation members are being arranged in various parts of the country the topics for discussion are the Sociai(Democrats and the...
...Hundreds of Social Democrats, Workmen's Circle members and trade union representatives will attend a banquet to honor Dr...
...More volunteers are wanted for the sewing, etc., of garments...
...Two weeks ago in Maryland, at the Hagerstown convention of the Maryland-District of Columbia Federation of Labor, over 300 delegates pledged active support to the Presitient's defense drive and to aid to British unions...
...Bela Low speaks at educational 'meeting of the branch, Monday, June 16, 8:30 p. m., at 103 East Burnside Ave., on "The International Situation...
...Ralph W. Close, Minister to the U. (S...
...New York City recently saw one of the' most important labor efforts yet made to aid defense of the democracies when David Dubinsky, President of the International Ladies Garment Workers, and a member of the Trade Union Division of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, announced that his organhy zation had pledged itself to hoy $500,000 worth of defense bonds...
...Boat Ride to Bear Mountain Park, Saturday, August 9, Steamer Clermont...
...The title of the program was "The Totalitarian Threat to Civilization...
...On the same program with these men will appear Dr...
...Speakers: M. Rosenblatt, I. Shapiro, M. Benjamin...
...Questions and discussion after the lecture...
...and Brighton Beach Ave., Brooklyn...
...Station...
...To farther publicize its activity the Central Labor Union plans to print 60.000 copies of its newspaper...
...Friday, June 20, 9 p. m., corner Coney Island and Brighton Beach Aves., Brooklyn...
...is directing this work and all those who would help should re-pert to Room 200, 7 East 15th St., New York City...
...Outdoor Meetings Friday, June 13, 9 p. m., corner Coney Island Ave...
...Excursion to Bear Mountain -Park, Saturday, June 21...
...Tickets now on sale...
...Objective—to raise funds for Aid to British Labor...
...This unprecedented activity refuted statements, from small isolationist sections of the 9,000,000-member American labor movement, that the average United States working man was disinterested in the struggle by democratic nations abroad against the forces of totalitarian dictatorship and aggression, according to the Trade Union Division...
...The conference will be held from June 26 to June 29...
...SDF News NATIONAL Regional conferences of Social Democratic Federation members are being arranged in various parts of the country the topics for discussion are the Sociai(Democrats and the toternational Situation, Effective Aid to SSi ^IbS...
...Volunteers are applying in considerable numbers for the workshop to be opened in the basement of the Rand School...
...Speakers: Claessens, Epstein...
...Frank Bohn, Algernon Lee, President of the Rand School, and Dr...
...a conference in Eastern Pennsylvania some time in August and other conferences around the game time, near Chicago and on the Pacific' Coast...
...and Irving Place, Manhattan...
...To launch this drive the AFL is deluging the country with large color posters urging unionists to "Buy Defense Bonds...
...and Valentine Ave., Bronx...
...Speakers: Ctaessens, Epstein...
...In 1940 the threat from without finally forced the program committee to pay more attention tto foreign affairs than to those that were strictly domes- -tic...
...John Locher, president of the Washington Central Labor Union, was cheered when he said that "not one of us believes that our system of government is perfect but we believe that, whatever its imperfections, it has brought more happiness to those who live under it than any other government on ^arth...
...The United States Army and Navy will be represented by Major General William L. Rivers, Capt...
...National Defense Post-War Programs, Our Part iT the Rebuilding of the Labor and Socialist International oreani atkra plans for revival of SJ>.F.,--- aMonai' organignd other questions...
...2, Saturday, June 14, 9 p. m., in W.C...
...and Bay Parkway, Brooklyn...
...Typical of local support throughout the nation is the decision of the foledp Central Labor Union to go along "100 per cent with the AFL activity to aid in every way possible organized labor in Britain, whose members and families are suffering untold misery and hardships due to the devastating blows of air raids by totalitarian enemies...
...The Toledo Union Leader, to inform every family in Toledo of its efforts in behalf of British labor...
...SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC YOUTH NEWS Summer classes in Social Democracy and Public Speaking are to start next Tuesday evening, June 17, at 8 o'clock sharp, in the Rand School, 7 East 15th St., N.Y.C...
...The American Labor Committee to Aid British Labor will hold a conference in the same place at 2:30 p. m., in which the members of the branch will participate...
...The list of authors is headed by Jan Valtin, author of the bestseller, "Out of the Night...
...Auspices, Women's Committee...
...W. K. Harrison...
...Raymond Leslie Buell, Dr...
...Saturday, June 14, 9 p. m., corner 68th St...
...Frank Kingdon, formerly President of the University of Newark...
...The banquet will be held on Thursday, June 19, at Irving Plaza, 15th St...
...Banquet and Social Gathering, East Flatbush, Br...
...Flatbush Central Branch — Theodore Schapiro, member of the branch, speaks on "Labor Strikes and the War," Monday, June 16, 8:30 p. m., at headquarters of the Ai.jP., 2127 Catc|i Ave., near Flatbush Ave...
...Many labor organ-------------— izations began purchasing large amounts of defense bonds to speed the rearmament program...
...Labor Throughout U. S. Pledges Aid to FDR Policy A record outpouring of pledges by organized labor in support of President Roosevelt's policy of all-out aid to the Allies was noted last week by observers of the Trade Union Division of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies...
...Boat leaves Battery Park, 9 a. m., West 132nd St., at 10 a. m. Name of Boat, Steamer Wauketa...
...Tickets, $1, obtainable at City Office and at branches...
...Center, 254 E. 94th St., BTclyn...
...Annual S.D.F...
...Pan-American interests will be discussed by Eugenio Arrzorema, a member of the staff of the Mexican Embassy and by Carl B. Spaeth, Assistant Co-ordinator of Relations Between the American Republics...
...J. Borden Harriman, U. S. Minister to Norway,- and Mr...
...In the lead were the national officers of the American Federation of Labor, President William Green and Secretary-Treasurer George Meany, who after purchasing $50,000 worth of defense bonds for the federation, visited the White House to inform President Roosevelt that they were calling on all of AFL's national and local unions and its 5,000,000 individual members to "invest in American democracy by buying defense bonds...
...The original painting was presented to the President...
...The ILGWU, with 265,000 mem-' bers, is one of the largest unions in the United States...
...Louis Waldman, who has been Chairman from the beginning, will preside at most of the sessions, h? will present oo the guests of the conference by far the most brilliant array of speakers ever to appear at Tamiment...
...Speakers: . Prim off, Claessens, Blnmenfeld...
...Others on this list are Isaac Don Levine, Herbert Agar, Editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Dr...
...O. L. Wolfard, and Lieut...
...from the Union of South Africa...
...Note: Dinner will be served shortly after 6 p. m. Valtin Among Speakers Set For Tamiment The 1941 Tamiment Conference will take up all phases of the problem of war, and, from every point of view, will be the most interesting and important one ever held at Tamiment...
...NEW YORK CITY Quantities of newly made clothing as well as materials are being received by the Women's Committee, S.D.F., for Aid for British Labor...
...The courses are being given by the Social Democratic Youth, with August Claessens as instructor...
...A special treat is in store for all attending...
...The first of these conferences, ^nll be held near Boston, Mass., July 12 and 13...
...Started as a labor conference to consider all matters connected with the welfare of the labor movement and progressive forces of the United States, the sessions held at Camp Tamiment beginning in 1935 have steadily widened their scope and increased their importance...
...It will secure large quantities of hospital supplies, blankets and clothing for adults and children for shipment to London...
...From the CIO side, David J. McDonald, Secretary-Treasurer of =-the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, spoke over the radio under the auspices of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and urged aggressive defense of this country by aid to the British people in their gallant struggle against Nazism...
...Mid-Bronx Branch—Branch Social, Saturday, June 14, at 8:30 p. m., at the home of Mike Leven-stein, 1055 University Avenue (Jerome Ave...
...Simon Berlin, chairman of the City Central Committee, Social Democratic Federation, on his more than forty years of devoted service to the Socialist and labor movement...
...The Women's Committee of theS.D.F...
...This year history has dictated the theme, and the chief topic up for discussion will be: "Our Defense of Freedom...
...a New York State conference July 18, 19, and 29...
...Thursday, June 19, 9 p. m., corner Fordham Rd...
...Shiplacoff Branch — Branch meets Sunday, June 15, at 12 noon, at Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 219 Sackman St...
...The labor movement will be represented by Thomas Kennedy, Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, and George Q. Lynch, ^President of the International Union of Pattern Makers...
...Subway to 167th St...
...From Maryland to California central organizations of millions of organized working men and women promised • action to speed all physical and moral <aid possible to Anti-Nazi forces...
...Among the diplomats will be Mrs...
...David Saposs, who was until recently head of the Research Division of the National Labor Relations Board...
Vol. 24 • June 1941 • No. 24
