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SDF News NATIONAL A two day regional conference will be held at the beauti-tol Workmen's Circle Camp Hoffnung near Piperaville, Pa., ^arfai arid Sunday, August 23-24. Delegations of Social...
...1 Herman Kobbe speaks on "Civil Defense Against Air Raids" over WEVD, Wednesday, August S, at 10:15 p. m. Court of Appeals Permits Secondary Picketing in Beer Union Cose An important decision permitting secondary picketing of nonunion delivered products was handed down this week byi the New York Court of Appeals, in reversing the disorderly conduct convictions imposed oh Samuel Bergstein and four other members of the Beer Drivers Union, Local 23 of the Int'l Union of United Brewery Workers AFL...
...The other booklet is 'A Letter'to Americans" by Max {ishnan retailing at five cents...
...emuel Burt, A1LP left wing candidate in the 1940 election polled over 12 percent...
...Canada, with an income of $4,000,000,000, will spend about $1,000,000,000 for war this year, it was said...
...Claiming that the overt acts charged' against them have nothing to do with Violence against the government, but only with the defense of their trade union in strikes, the 29 defendants have announced their intention to test the constitutionality of the act' under which they' were indicted...
...Thursday, August 7 — Corner Burnside and Walton Aves., Bronx: Speakers: Eli Rosenblatt, S. Bobrowsky, Irving Shapiro...
...lie committee ^on arrange-KBtB, elected by the City Execu-V gic Committee, is preparing the sad* for the conference which in!include plans for a vigorous japaign to revitalize our state tpuiization...
...Nails Worry Over Decline in lOocoHoood Standard* ef Youth By their own admission, the Nazis are worried over the growing stupidity of their youth...
...The union members had picketed Mt...
...Reducing the size of commercial films from 35 to 16 millimeters will enable the schools to utilize motion pictures from all the major studios, instead of being limited to those few marie outfits which produce primarily * • for the school trade...
...Six Nations Spending 50 BUilons on War The staggering cost of war was...
...Support of Klein by the American Labor Party as announced by Luigi Antonini and Alex Rose, was termed an important factor in the election...
...History—A*Made in Movies—Now on Public School Screens Films on historical, geographical, scientific and literary subjects will be made available for use in the public school system for the first time this year...
...The writer says this problem has been agitating the people far some time...
...Met by a storm of criticism at the time the indictments were handed down, Acting Attorney General Francis A. Biddle has since soft-pedaled the case...
...He asserts that the army is highly critical of the school achievements of young men passing their army examinations, and thst professional schools are complaining that they cannot proceed with the courses because they must first teach elementary subjects...
...Quantities of both are obtainable - t lower rates...
...It retails...
...It was seen ss more especially significant for here was the first concrete political test of polls such as the one recently held by the' New York Daily News, which announced that the district was '^eavily" anti-war...
...4. A People's Government...
...Liberties Union Sees Trotskyite Case" Most Important" in Years Terming the indictment of the 29 "CIO and (Trotskyite) Socialist Workers' Party members as the most important civil liberties case in years,'* the American Civil Liberties Union announced this week that it would aid in their defense against charges of conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States...
...In Hne with -this, a Civil Rights Defense Committee has been Set up with George Navack as Secretary-Treasurer, in an attempt to secure financial and moral backing...
...Center, 844 Utfca Ave., corner Church Ave...
...Speakers: August Claessens, Max Aronoff...
...U.S...
...5. A People's victory over Fascism and a people's peace...
...Payments for "incidental expenses'* made by labor unions to persons performing picket services are not "remuneration" and therefore not wages within meaning of the Unemployment Insurance Law...
...The results were also a complete repudiation of the equivocal stand on the war taken by George A. Hastings, Republican...
...Reservations are 11 jO per person and can be made bSJ>.F...
...Arthur G. Klein, ALP-indorsed New Dealer won a decisive victory in the 14th Congressional District special election held to fill the unexpired term of * the Ute Representative Edelstein...
...Further indicative of the political drift was the poor showing of Leonard H. Wacker, left wing ALP candidate...
...The vote was: 8,674 for Klein, 3,337 for Hastings, and 714 for Wacker...
...Corner ^OSth St...
...2. Removal of all pro-Fascist and anti-Soviet reactionaries from places of power in the Government, diplomatic service and military command...
...Workmen seeking to aid Britain will be given the full resources of the Municipal Civil Commission and receive priority over those scheduled for municipal service tests in the same trades...
...t .' Tuesday, August 5-^Corner 170 St...
...and Jerome Ave., Bronx...
...10 a.m., isiirtirns at 9 p. m. i ; TStsjs are $1 for adults and 50c for children under 12 years of age, and may be obtained at 7 E. 15th St., or at branch headquarters...
...London May to World's Diamond Catting Center LONDON...
...Speakers: Aug...
...Coaodiew Leader Like* Article* mm Esq...
...office, Room 200, 7 E. Ilitn St * ' NEW YORK CITY i Annual excursion to Bear Mountain Park, New York Social Democrats and their friends, i Sale onion and Workmen's Circle raters and others will be held m Saturday, August 9. Steamer tinnont leaves Battery Park Un, West 132nd St...
...Speaker:' August Claessens...
...Particularly have f liked the articles by the aew leader of the London County Council...
...The slight vote polled by Wacker, backed by the full resources of the Communist-dominated left wing ALP was a sharp drop, showing where the voters stand...
...British Humor Not So Fanny to Nasi A certain German Consul in Portugal, who had been loudly advertising together with the Nazi radio that the British have been swept from the seas, received a telephone call one mom. ing that a Nazi convoy had been seen floating up the river...
...It is a (-lendid document and should be Bed st onee...
...EnglishStalinists Call for New Peoples Qoy't LONDON...
...This intelligence enables draft troops to "learn faster and learn more" during their limited training period...
...Write to National i tftce...
...Ottawa...
...and From GRACf MaelNNIS Secretary, CCF Parliamentary Group To the Editor: Congratulations on your paper...
...Undaunted by the turmoil, the Trotskyites in the meantime announced the nomination of James P. Cannon, National Secretary of the SWP, and one of those at present' under ' indictment, for Mayor of New York, running as the "Trotskyist Anti-War Candidate...
...Already nearly 2,000 applicants have been received from the New York area, and applications workmen throughout the country arrive st the rate of more than 100 a week...
...William Karlin was attorney for the union...
...the British Communist Party on the day Hitler invaded Russia follows five main lines: 1. An immediate military and diplomatic agreement between Britain and the Soviet Union...
...Tests, Show Draftee* Cleverer Than Civilians Array teste given to about 130,000 selectees indicate that the average intelligence of the selectees is "ftigher than that of the general population...
...Paid Pickers Are Union Employees—Rating Any person engaged by a labor union for the purpose of picketing the place of business of a struck employer, provided wages are paid for such service, is an employee of the union, according to an interpretation of the New York Unemployment Insurance Law snnounced by Mliton O. Loysen, State T)epartment of Labor...
...Civilian Technical Corps Pecrarrs 20,000 Mechanics Acting on the statement by Winston Churchill that he would prefer to have 20.000 American mechanics than 1,000,000 American soldiers, testing of Civilian Technical Corps applicants has begun at Civil Service Commission offices here at 299 Broadway...
...The constant calls to the consul reporting this amazing phenomenon all innocently pointed out, as one informant said, "I know they fly the British Flag, but since your radio reports that the British no longer patrol the waters, I thought that just in case one crippled warship be still afloat '. . . the colors were camouflage...
...Speakers: T. Levin e Shatzkes, 'Louis Epstein...
...They estimated that the six major nations at war are spending at the rate of $50,000,000,000 annually...
...N, Cohen, Morris Kurinsky, Alex...
...This principle applies equally if the person is a member of the union, if he is on strike, or if he is or was an employee of the struck employer...
...Speakers: Theodore Schapiro, Jos...
...farm aYages Rise to Highest Level la tO Years .The Agricultural Marketing Service", U. S." Department of Agriculture, reported the general level of farm wage* rose to the hoighest level in 11 years on July 1, due primarily to the heavy drain on the supply of workers available, in rural areas...
...4,500,000...
...Wednesday, August 6—Comer - Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave...
...Union Membership Rises Claimed membership of unions has jumped one-fourth since the -defense program began — AFL claims 5,000,000 members...
...3. Placing of- Hess on trial, and publication of all the secret negotiations...
...was inaugurated two weeks ago to enlist several thousand American technicians for service in England...
...Speaker: August Claessens...
...Fred ipWt, Pfrst to Sign With Florists' Union Fred Spitz, Second Ave...
...Local New York will trtM the host and .will provide oioforts and entertainment for •if up-state delegates...
...Corner Rivington and Clinton Sts., Manhattan...
...The , consul replied that it was hardly possible since he had received no notice of its arrival, but he nevertheless hopefully took his binoculars and trained them on the ships, only to be taunted by the British flag flying brazenly from each yardarm...
...Schwartz...
...He said 11,000 teachers, from" W1PA rolls and elsewhere, will conduct the classes...
...This remarkable confession that educational standards have declined under the Nazi regime in Germany, was made by the Hamburger Fremdenblatt, in an editorial entitled "The Youth la Growing More Stupid...
...for ten ants...
...V;--«\r, the City Central Committee meets Wednesday, August 6, at 7 E. 16th St, at 8:30 p. m.AElec-tion of Recording Secretary of Local New York in place of Matthew Metzler...
...y Three previous drives to organize the industry had failed because of a blacklist against union members by the Metropolitan Florist Association^ but the financial' support offered by the parent ^"international * the United Retail add Wholesale Employees, as well as the Joint Board of Retail and Wholesale Employees, along with the willingness of socially-mmded employ era like Spits to Cooperate, assures the success of the drive, Manager Robert Brown stated...
...Compared with these staggering outlays, the amount the United States is putting into armament seems negligible, it Benson & Hedges Ordered M^if lo^SiS 5o?,, Benson A Hedges, New York, entered into an agreement with the'Fe'deTal Trade Commission to discontinue certain ' misleading statements in the Sale of cigarettes.' Benson & Hedges agrees to cease using the term "non-nicotine" as descriptive o? the mouthpieces of cigarettes in a manner tending to convey the impression that the mouthpieces have the effect of either denico-tinizing the cigarette tobacco or appreciably removing the nicotine from the tobacco smoke which passes through them...
...He said the new program will be emphasized in areas where alien population Is concentrated...
...Biddle said "in view of the international situation and the ever-increasing threats to Democratic nations, it is,essential that subversive movements be met by an organised and directed program of education and Instruction...
...At 160 percent of the 1910-14 average, farmers were paying approximately 16 percent more per day for hired hands than on April l", and 24 percent more than at harvest time last year,1 'the Service said...
...They cover various phases of American history such as the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, Lincoln's presidency, and the City of Washington, as 'well as non-historical topics...
...Seiag what can be'done under actual war conditions makes one realise just what a properly-orgaaized city could do ia time of peace...
...War Aims, Peace jJnM and' the World After the fjr" was' written after a conference of' prominent American jjnj European Social Democrats jetting in New York...
...More than 47 .percent are above normal intelligence, it was announced "by the Adjutant General's Office which administers intelligence and aptitude tests to the draftees, whereas only 31 percent of the population at large falls into the "above normal" group...
...Claessens, Jos...
...Wide Open Spoces Crowded conditions in Washington have led to plans to shift government offices to other cities...
...The average day rate without board in Connecticut rose to $3.55, the Service said, while the lowest rate for any State was in South Carolina, with farmers paying an average of 95 cents...
...A bsnquet is being arranged to peet the up-state delegates on •tarday evening, August 16, at TsTenetti's Restaurant, 43rd St...
...First intention to move was announced by the Interior Department's Grazing Service...
...Shopkeepers apprentices fail in spelling, punctuation, and composition...
...to Edncate One Milton Aliens Acting Attorney General Biddle announced a nation-wide program sponsored by the Department of Justice will be launched with $14,000,000 of WPA funds to educate 1,000,000 aliens seeking naturalization in the duties and responsibilities of American citizenship...
...Embattled Britain's war cost was placed at close to $20,000,000,000,000 a pear, pr about as much as all of the' United Kingdom's 47,000,000 " people earned last year...
...Wage rates on the farm advanced sharply from April 1 to July 1, although the increases were not uniform in the various States, the Division said...
...This was part of the union's campaign to boycott all beer delivered by Bailis Bros...
...The C.T.C...
...The 2 to 1 majority by which Klein was voted into office was seea by observers as a clear indication of popular support for the President's foreign policy...
...Washington circles indicated that the prosecution of this insignificant left - wing splinter group was pushed, rather than indicting Christian Fronters on evidence already in the hands of the authorities, for fear that the latter action would alienate the 'Irish Catholic vote in Eastern urban centers...
...The New Policy sdopted by...
...ai Broadway...
...florist, was among the first to sign a union agreement with the Retail and Wholesale Florist Employees Union Local 29, C.I.O., in the union's organizing drive, it was annodhced this week...
...Only about 10* skilled diamond workers out of thousands escaped from Holland, but the world demand for diamonds is so far ahead of the supply that the possibility of the development of London as the center of the diamond-cutting industry instead of Amsterdam is being discussed here...
...New York State A "gate conference of Social Democrats will be held in New font City on Saturday and Sun-dij, Atfnst" 16 «nd 17...
...S.P.F., 7 East 15th St., Sew York City...
...some informed quarters believe that it will be allowed to die with a minimum of publicity...
...Flatbush Central Branch meets every Tuesday, 9 p. m., at the W.C...
...Delegates ut king invited from all parts rf tie itate...
...8—Corner Brighton Beach and Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn...
...Speakers: Algernon Lee,' Meyer Levenstein, Epstein...
...railroad brotherhoods, 500,000...
...Klein Sweep in 14th Seen as FDR Victory, Defeat f orALP Left-Wing Running on a platform of complete support for President Roosevelt's foreign policy...
...Charles Latham...
...and Jeronie Ave., Bronx...
...emphasized this week in figures made, public by government agencies...
...WP*A Director Hunter said a survey* snowed" that there ' are more than 5,000,000 non-naturalized persons above the age*0f 14 living in the U. S. and its possessions...
...Leventhah Friday, Aug...
...For the country as a whole, officials reported an average of 1.98, up 28 cents over April 1, 36 cents over July 1, 1940, and the highest rate paid since 1930, the announcement said...
...Corner 208th St...
...The day rate without board, for instance, held steady during the second quarter In 'Alabama and Mississippi, but rose as much as $1.10 per day in Kansas, or to an average of $3.06, with experienced tractor operators receiving $6.00 per day in some parts of the State...
...Delegations of Social ZHZ^Sa'wfll come from Penn- *—-¦-¦ i ' "-:_u-L iTlJ?i western New Jersey, Maryland and Washpffladelphia branches of as S-D-Saba' the Jewish So-2Sist Verband are „ electing" a 2innrt*9 on.arrangements and te&tk>S*i office is sending the fortne conference to locals, WDches, "friend^ and sympn-E?s within a- radius of 200 2«of" Ae'camp, Hew Booklets ¦fro new booklets have been minted by the Rand School Press L gll S.D.F...
...Street Meetings Friday, August 1 — Corner Brighton Beach and Coney Island Atves., Brooklyn...
...As the first step in thus enlarging the schools' picture sources, the Board of Education has approved a list of twenty-two films, all in sound and some in color...
...Vernon Tavern, protesting the delivery of beer by Bailis Bros., beer distributors...
...and Walton Ave., Bronx...
...Wacker got only 6 percent of the vote...
...state organiza-„0KS, locals, branches and indites and members are urged » obtain quantities for sale and (BstributioD...
Vol. 24 • August 1941 • No. 31
