The Upper West Side Branch-Its Unit System By Which Dues Are Collected
Gilbson, Leon
The Upper West Side Branch—Its Unit System By Which Dues Are Collected Tkio it the third of a teriet of article* on our Socialist Party] branches. The m-itrrial it bated on factt gathered (>//...
...Sir Stafford Cripps to Speak Here April 2nd I Sir Stafford Cripps, M. P., oni of the most brilliant of the younger Socialists In Great Britain and deputy leader of the Labor Party in Parliament, will speak In New York April 2nd, it is announced...
...Among its 14 speakers or lecturers some enjoy city-wide reputation...
...The fourth article in thit teriet will deal with the Finnieh Branch...
...There will also be dancmg with music by .he Puro Boys, and, of course, refresh1 menti...
...George H. Goebel will act as chairman, and Leonard Bright, executive secretary of Local Westchester, will welcome the visitors on behalf of Branch Mt...
...Tne facilities for street-corner meetings in this section are excellent...
...MEMORIAL MEETING FOP SHIPLACOFF ON FRIDAY MARCH 16th ATRIBUTE to the memory ol the late A. I. Shiplacoff will be paid Friday night (March It) at a memorial meeting in honor of the late beloved Socialist and laboi leader at the Brownsville tabor Lyceum, in which he spoke so often, so eloquently and so movingly in the course of his useful and beautiful life...
...In party policies he is a member of the uncompromising wing that was Instrumental in getting the Labor party to move so sharply to the left In the last two or three years...
...All comrades, old and new, come to meet each other I Burnside Manor can be reached easily by any one of the following routes: Jerome Ave...
...6. Membership coverage for special events...
...5. Increasing subscriptions for party press...
...The speakers will be Norman Thomas, James Oneal, Charles Solomon and Louis Waldman...
...8:30 p.m...
...The many apartment house...
...A number of their experiments have been followed successfully...
...and apartment hotels employing liveried doormen and elevator boys make difficult, if hot impdssible, canvassing and the distribution of literature...
...The cards give the member's name, address, telephone, dues .ecord, occupation, Anancial status, time for calling, and his political opinion...
...Although it is organised | like the famous Rochdale coopera- | tive movement in Great Britain, it has...
...It should be needless to add that JJjost of the opinions expressed in Wfctt the Other Side" are, of mrne, not shared by me...
...7 East 15th Street...
...April 21, Charles Solomon, "The New Deal and Power...
...Other apeakera: Norman Thomaa, B.C...
...Details are being rapidly worked out, but some of them can be divulged at this tiro*: The party will be a reunion dinner at Webster Hall, Sunday night, April 15th...
...A recent innovation of the Branch is the Unit System...
...Brief speeches will be delivered by men who m his lifetime were his close friends and associates, and who honor him in his death as an inspiration to service in the great movement to which he gave his life...
...All comrades are invited...
...If it proves successful it would be well to have other branches study the system...
...Comrade Abraham Cahan, having read my pamphlet on "The United Front," printed last year, asked me to write an article on the same subject, bringing the matter up to date...
...The Labor Lyceum is at 219 Sackman Street, Brooklyn...
...It is time to stop subsidizing capitalism, and instead, to use the economic power of the money we Spend to subsidize Socialism...
...The executive committee consists of 15 members who ar...
...or University Ave...
...The Branch maintains an office at 100 West 72nd Street with facilities for conducting forums, Branch meetings, executive committee meetings and YPSL activities...
...Vernon and Westchester County...
...Admission at the door will be considerably higlier...
...Louis Sadoff will be chairman, and the speakers will include Norman Thomas, Louis Waldman, Charles Solomon, B. C. Vladeck, William M. Feigenbaum, Louis P. Goldberg, Morris Flnestone, and others...
...There will be a constant round of music, dancing and entertainment...
...Buy now I Rebel Arts will take over the entertainment fir the evening and they have promised playlets, songs and dances...
...The People's Cooperative Society ha already been accepted as a member of the Eastern States Cooperative League and is also t member of Cooperative Distributors...
...As Comrade Cahan's publication appears in print, however, it gives' fhe impression, not of being a periodical, but of being a factional pamphlet...
...Every comrade is urged to make an inventory of his Sr her meager earthly possessions and immediately forward whatever can be spared—from a shoe-lace to a yast—to the Bazaar Committee in the Party Office...
...For a while its membership will | undoubtedly be composed pre-1 dummanUy of party members...
...I The formation, maintenance, ex- i pansion and supervision of this the Branch Organizer, subject to the api roval of the Executive Committee and the Branch membership...
...REBEL ARTS PERFORM AT BRONX BALL Tonight—Saturday, March 17— all roada lead to the Bronx, where the party's annual entertainment and dance ii being held in Burnside Manor, Burnside and Harrison Avenues...
...Later articles in The New Leader will describe these two organizations...
...L. I. D. SPONSORS NEW RADIO SERIES A new series on the "Economics of the New Deal" is being presented under the auspices of the League for Industrial Democracy over the facilities of the National Broadcasting Company...
...i With regard to dues, assessments and other financial matters, I the unit heads will receive assignments from and report to the chairman of the Propaganda and Membership Committee...
...B. 0, Vladeck will preside as toastmaster...
...2. AH necessary information about members readily available...
...Comrade Cripps comes to America to argue a case before the the United States Supreme Court but he will give one speaking date to the party...
...Vernon Local at its last meeting voted to start a Rand School Extension Course, consisting of Ave lectures, starting Wednesday, April 9, at 9 p. m., and continuing every Wednesday for five weeks...
...A PERSONAL NOTE i By Gus Tyler AN article which I wrote entitled ** "The United Front" and appearing in a publication, 'Hear the ' Other Side," has created a mis-| impression that I should like to, correct...
...street car to Burnside Ave...
...To sum up, at the coBt of two or three hours of work per month on the part of the n ost active members, the following can be accomplished : 1. A report en every member once a month...
...Comrades Algernon Lee, Dr...
...All who have attended their previous affairs are looking forward to the "Russian Carnival Night" this Saturday evening, March 17, at 844 Utica Ave...
...GIFTS PILE UP FOR SOCIALIST BAZAAR The International Socialist Bazaar, one of the most colorful events the Socialist Party of New York City has ever undertaken, will be held next week-end, March 23, 24 and 25, in the People's House...
...It carries general party news and announcements...
...Bohn and Nathan Fine will act as instructors...
...Details will be announced next week...
...May 5, Norman Thomas, "The New Deal and International Relations...
...Thousands of dollars' worth of iroods will be offered for sale at bargain prices...
...These heads I are furnished with dues collector's 'cards issued by the national office...
...This sre can do by joining the People's Cooperative Society, and doing as nnii-b of our buying as possible through the People's Cooperative...
...This impression is confirmed by the very unfortunate title of "Hear the Other Side," which might be » good title for Comrade Cahan's article but certainly not for all the articles in the brochure...
...station, walk west...
...active in both branch and party work...
...For instance, from May 25th to November 6th no less than 82 meetings were held...
...Debs Hall, Mi, Vernon, is in the center of the town, opposite the New York Central Station...
...I The system is intended to be extremely flexible...
...There have been lome exciting and thrilling New Leader birthday dinners, but the Tenth Birthday dinner is going to be the greatest of all...
...It has a seating- capacity of 260 to 800...
...In addition to this large hall the headquarters has a small hall seating about 80...
...They pro-' vide complete branch coverage for j pecial e< ents such as a theatre' party or bazaar...
...Membership may be obtained by filling out sn application card...
...MemWrs will be shifted from one unit to another I to equalize work, and at the branch | grows, additional units will be formed...
...and 42nd St., Brooklyn...
...The event will be a dinner, and the uaual symposium...
...The Tenth Birthday party is going to be a big event, the biggest yet...
...Among the Socialist speakers scheduled in this series are: March 81, Louis Wa-ldman, "The New Deal and Social Insurance...
...and in Berlin...
...He secures the names and addresses of persons sufficiently interested to be placed 011 the mailing list...
...Dr...
...The East Flalbush Branch 7 In Russian Evening By Rath Weisberg ' The East Klatbush Branch, with headquarters at East 06th Street, Brooklyn, is rapidly forging ahead with a whole series of delightful events...
...Friday...
...There will be music by the WEVIt string ensemble...
...The editors are Alexander Kuhnel, David Fenwick and Paul Linson...
...V that time ita territory extended a* far north as Branch 8;>uyten Dujvil Creek...
...May 26, i Harry W. Laidler, "The New Deal 1 —ASummary...
...Horn Park Labor Lyceum, 14th Ave...
...Something will be going on every minute for those who know a bargain when they see one and for those who will come to be gay...
...Other speaker*: Henry Fruchter, Benjamin A. Gebiner...
...M. Feigenbaam...
...He is a brilliant orator and a leader of the British bar...
...If you want to bask in a truly Russian atmosphere, eni hanced by all these gay diversions, and have a maximum amount of fun at a minimum charge—be sure to attend...
...features similar to the cooperative movement in Belgium...
...4. Increasing number of active members...
...Norman Thomas will dedicate Debs Hall March 27th at 8:30...
...Party Members Orgai ize Co-op MEMBERS of the Socialist Party have, during January, organised the People's Cooperative Society...
...Up to the present, this publication has actually been self-sustaining...
...Not many yachts are expected, but a lot of simpler things are...
...Tremont Ave...
...The audiences totaled about 17,500, and about 5,200 pieces of literature were sold or distributed with the result that 15 new members were secured...
...ii was my general impression that my article would merely appear as a contribution to a maga*»'«# containing various articles of a widely diverse nature...
...near Church Ave...
...The m-itrrial it bated on factt gathered (>// the Commit-' tee of Survey and Statistics, of u Inch Gilbton it chairman, nril E Upper West Side Branch is * one of the oldest in the city, dating back almost rtJf a century to the old S.L.P...
...Max Winter...
...March lfttb...
...subway to Burnside Ave...
...Dtte...
...And watch for more details next week...
...This Branch issues a bi-monthly publication, "The Comrade," which appears two or three days prior to a meeting...
...THOMAS TO DEDICATE DEBS HALL Mi, Vernon Branch, Westchester County, N. Y., has voted to name its new headquarters, located U 26 East 1st Street, Debs Hall...
...Several weeks ago...
...The method follows: A number of active members known as "unit heads" are held responsible for maintaining contact with | Ave other members...
...The general policy of the Upper West Side Branch is to set an example to other branches as to methods of organization...
...The chairman of the street meeting prepares a report covering the date, the location, the speakers' names, the attendance, the number of pamphlets sold and distributed...
...standing of members...
...These speeches will be broadcast every Saturday afternoon at 5:30, E.S.T...
...Other features of this new movement will be described in an early issue...
...In fact, jt his been definitely organised so that party members may, through their cooperative, help support their party financially...
...The New Leader's Tenth Birthday Party April J5th "Til !•: New Leader is ten yean old * This paper was founded in the winter of 1024, and for ten years, all the time under the same editorship, has carried on In the spirit of its founders...
...Vladeck, VV'm...
...This annual affair ia the pride of Bronx County...
...In addition to routine work, the, heads maintain records of subscriptions to party press and at- J tempt to build it up...
...The unit head becomes well acquainted with the member and discovers his situation as it affects party relationships, brings him into those activities for which he seems best Atted, sees that he is kept in good standing through dues or exempt stamps, and generally acts as party contact for him, and personally sees the members of his group at least once each month to report the result of inch call...
...Sir Stafford, who is a son of Lord San key, one of the Socialist peers of Great Britain and former Labor cabinet member, is leader of the Socialist League and is considered one of the coming men in the world Socialist movement...
...The report as of December 81, 1933, shows a membership of 163, with 81 in good standing...
...3. A check-up on th...
...To day, limited to tbe 7th and 8th Assembly Districts (known as the "silk stocking" district) its boundaries are 58th to 102nd Street and Central Park to the Hudson...
...Membership in the People's Cooperative Society, therefore, means membership in the worldwide cooperative movement...
...Its inhabitants consist of fairly prosperous basiness men (75%), "white collar" workers, and the proletarian type (25...
...The central office of the People's Cooperative Society is at 7 East 15th St., New York City...
...Savoy Manaion, 6322 20th Ave., Brooklyn...
...The histrionically inclined oi ths branch are presenting, that diverting and witty comedy of Chekhov's, "The Proposal," and further to enliven the gayetits their own quar< I tette, whose splenoid singing i« | attracting much favorable x>m' merit, will offer popular Russian songs in a characteristically de> | lightfut^manner...
...To avoid any misimpression, therefore, I. should like to state: I take full and complete responsibility only for my article and nothing more...
...It means building the cooperative commonwealth today...
...Tickets can still be bought f.om Bronx party members or at County headquarters, 800 Prospect Ave...
...street car to Harrison Ave., which is one block east of University Ave...
...This year's discussion will be on an immediate plan for the Socialist party...
Vol. 27 • March 1934 • No. 11
