Liberals Repudiate ALP as Communist Front
Liberals Repudiate ALP as Communist Front Statement by Liberal Labor Committee of the A.LP. Dean Alfange, Chairman; Joseph V. O'l.eary, Secretary; Alexander Kahn, Treasurer; George S. Counts,...
...We call upon them to maintain their organizations intact...
...With the aid of Mr...
...The ALP was organised in 1936 chiefly » sustain the New Deal and President Roosevelt in the Empire State and to piovide a political home for liberals and laborites fiee from the outside...
...In the eight years of its existence, the ALP has achieved a notable record in making the Slate safe for Roosevelt in lil.'lfi and 11)40, electing LaGuardia in 1!H7 and 1941, anil in the campaigns for the election of Gov...
...The quick-change peifonn-•*** of Mayor LaGuardia, first as a neutral,'* later as a pallbearer who would tot take even time to come out and vote ¦ the primary, and now again as a peace-*"jer» n*s been n contributing factor...
...Hillman offered the liberals of New York "peace" Hnd "unity" by insisting that they endorse Mr...
...His interest in toe ALP, as in former years, is only transitory...
...Earl Browder has captured tto American Labor Party...
...William C. ki i nun...
...Louis Siegcl, August Claessens...
...the ALP, formed in 1036 as a party for, by and of the liberals of our State, is no more...
...The answer he got is political history now...
...of the party's organism and 1bus to bring ubout the present debacle...
...To all our active workers in this hard-fought contest, we desire to express our deepest gratitude for their warm cooperation and loyal adherence to the great principles for which we stand...
...Li¦iiiikiii and Senators Wag-Bel and Mead in 1938 and 1940...
...In 1942, Mr...
...As it is, the reports indicate that the transfer of Bronx and the re-**tton of Kings counties in the Coramu-¦jst column was effected by a mere hand-*w of votes...
...Not enough, however, to offset to* disciplined force of Communist "col-•ats" aided and abetted by Mr...
...In the meantime, the Llberal-Lnboi Committee, whose candidates were presented to the ALP voters in this primary, declares that it will take no part in the state convention which the present leaders of the ALP will doubtless soon call...
...PHE primary le turns leave no doubt * that Mr...
...The transfer of the ALP to Communist possession has changed this picture...
...An effective committee with broad powers has been selected to formulate plans for future political activity...
...Hillman they have got it now in the captured ALP...
...There can be no unity with Communists and erstwhile saboteurs of our national defense...
...Our fight for a liberal-labor administration of the ALP was predicated chiefly on the conviction that the Communistsjptind their hangers-on must be kept out of the party's control if we are to muster the full New Deal strength for the principles and ideals which Roosevelt, Wallace and Wagner symbolize in public life...
...The peace offerings emanating from Mr...
...Unfortunately, under the laws of our State, the ALP was not able to prevent the infiltration of the Communists into vital pint...
...more satisfying dividends than "unity" with Farleyites two years ago...
...If our task has been made infinitely harder by the death of the ALP, we shall have to apply ourselves to this task of saving New York for Roosevelt and for the New Deal with greater vigor and all-out devotion...
...The overwhelmingly Communist-dominated new State Committee, undoubtedly, will also attempt to nominate non-Communists on its Executive Committee to present an innocent facade before the public and to expand thereby its*insidious influence...
...Hillman mid from the Mayor's office now that they have made a gift of the ALP to Eail Browder and his associates will impress no one...
...The recent vote polled In this primary •¦•test, nearly doubling the vote of last **TOst, is proof that a great many more •f the ALP enrollees were aroused this tour to the danger that confronted their tortjr...
...The liberals and laliorrtes of New York are out of it...
...Andrew R. Armstrong, State Treasurer...
...It will be our duty to rally the hundreds of thousands of voters in the Empire State who voted for the ALP in the past but who would shun a Communist-Al.P, to the banner of President Roosevelt...
...Alex Rose, State Sscrstary...
...The ALP is through •a an independent liberal force in our Sate, Another experiment in independent labor political action has failed...
...Our immediate concern, nevertheless, is with the effect the disappearance of the ALP as a libel a]-labor party may have on the Roosevelt strength in our State should he lie a candidate for reelection this Fall...
...It appears quite evident that the Browder-Marcantonio-llill-***n vote in this primary equals the full C**Uounist strength polled in former Jsltcsss...
...As for Mayor LaGuardia, we want no part of his mediation or unity plans...
...Liberals and progressives will under no circumstances serve as a front for a band of masked Communists and their fellow-travelers.' Liberals and profs lessives- may well look out for such a liap and be aware of its consequences, » * • i oiiiinillte to Formulate Policy and Plans for Future Activity George S. Counts, Alex Rose, Andrew R. Armstrong, Dean Alfange, David Dubinsky, John L. Chillis, William Agar, Reinhold Niebuhr, Dorothy Norman, Alexander Knhn, Joseph V. Q'Leary, Pearl Willcn, Matthew M...
...George S. Counts, Stat* Chairman...
...Since 11n y had lost, official ballot standing in 11*38 and 1940, the Communists" were feverishly in search of a party front...
...Hillman's experiment in "unity" with Communists in 1944 is likely to yield him no...
...To all honest purposes...
...Bennett for governor...
...The Presence of Mr...
...Levy, A. Philip Randolph, Samuel Wolchok, Luigi Antonini, Morris L. Ernst, Joseph Buskin, George Marlin, Rev...
...Hill-sssn'a shock troops...
...Sidney Hillman within tMs Browder-Marcantonio coalition is of set minor significance...
...By straddling the principal issues involved in this primary election, the Mayor has forfeited the confidence of the liberal and progressive forces of this city...
Vol. 27 • April 1944 • No. 14
