LETTERS
LETTERS Waidman Replies to Warshow Cites Past Predictions from LOUIS WAUHiAM AtjOLPH WARSHOWS open Utter to ajMiitel in your issue of No*. 4, . fmfl of warepreaentetions. He asserts, jtf ,P«>u....
...When, in 1934, 1 fought the Communist-Militant alliance which sought lo capture and split the Socialist i'aity, the Adolph Warshows were slow to recognize the issue...
...28, at 1314 King* Highway, Brooklyn...
...The outcome of the election is important, but the political situation still calls f«r alertness and strengthening of progressive forces...
...Thaw democratic political organisations function independently under the lawa of their lands, presenting to the public programs and candidates of their own, sad am accountable to the people...
...I took the very opposite position...
...I hav* clipped it for reference should 1 be able to complete a history of American political parties and party struggles...
...In sty Saturday Evening Poet article, 1 mid: "Whils labor has the right, and many liberals believe the duty, to take ,„ active interest in politics, the idea of s r-litieal junto delivering the 'labor vote' is repugnant to American psychology...
...n&LSatUr**tl Ev*nin» Pott article was "aar an attack nor a defense of the PAC...
...statements in Wars how's "open JJjJ"^*!* baseless as the ones Tjust Warshow says that I "attacked" ClO-PAC, he is using language "-if and recklessly...
...12, 3 p. m., at 206 Madison Street new YORK CITY City Kxeretive Committee meets on Wednesdsy, Nov...
...aad bis union gain no immunity in ¦7 eyes because of their labor status...
...Pirn pro positron, which I rests*, here, ia tee clear to be twisted hrta « charge that I hold that "labor, nrlhmlsrly organized labor, has no busi-rnm fct politics...
...1 did »c in the hope that the American peopli can act before it is too late, before th« disease spreads too widely...
...tl, at th* Labor Educational Center, 411 South ltth Street, to organise a new S.D.P...
...Instead of admitting failure, and hav...
...ing the generosity and sportsmanshif to apologize to me for their unjustified attacks, the Adolph Warshows are start ing their abuse all over again, while the) once more pursue their futile political merry-go-round...
...About the Theatre ECSTATIC IL WOOD HAKVBY...
...You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't be here...
...If the Wa, shows want to construe this attsck on labor in politics, let t*m* make the most of it...
...Seriously considered, "Harvey" off*ra not a solution but an escape...
...now he i* indomitably pleasant And Mary Chase lead* us a merry chase indeed, with her whimsy of Elwood and his Harvey...
...By Mary Chat...
...Branch...
...It will consider th* plans of th* Committee on Organisation and Education for the establishment of public forums and programs for branch meetings...
...14, 8:30 p. m , at Mr...
...York City one-fifth of its governing council...
...Pretented by Brock Pttnberlan...
...Happy-go-lucky EI.WOOD p. DOWD knows there are two ways to get along m the world: be clever, or be pleasant...
...Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat...
...California, and other states...
...Whan a Michael Quill, * Joseph Cam a or a Harry Bridges, or far mat matter a Leo Xrzycki, or a Power* Hspgood, enters politics, turning *h onion into a political machine, the tebJ* has a right te know what bis '•"hosopby of government is and what mrt »fa society he stands for...
...The response from democratic an<J progressive elements throughout thi country has been so overwhelming thai 1 am encouraged to believe the Adolph Warshows represent nobody but themselves...
...He has not agreed with me for ten years...
...Klalbu»h Central Branch: Ths first meeting in the new headquaitcis, 1110 Eastern Parkway (at Utien Ave...
...For example, the former editor of The New Loader, James Oneal, wrote to me on August 31, 1H44 as follows: "I have read your article in the Rat evepost and I am impressed with the good contribution you have made to current political history, as well as the rourage you display in writing it...
...and a pooka is a friendly fairy that often assumes the shape of a tall animal...
...No wonder the Communisti have nothing but contempt for them...
...Its members worked enthusiastically with the Liberal Party la New York and with Liberal-labor Committees in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Penxylvania, Maryland...
...Even during the war we must plan and advocate progressive measures for postwar u.S.A...
...For if the coat be ever so fine that a fool wears, it is still but s fool's coat But there's no denying that Elwood comes clad in a delightful garment of whimsy...
...It is an elfin product, fitly carved for Fay...
...Ohio, Illinois...
...It also proclaims its admiration fer the loyalty af the majority ef the voters ia this country to dsnorrstie proceaees and then* resistance ta the scurrilous propaganda of opponent* and to the many irritations that arose out ef wartime restrictions...
...Harvey is a pooka...
...In my book Labjr lawyer and in mj articles in the Saturday Evening Pott in the Reader't Uigeett and in the World Telegram, I have been trying to present to the American people the facts of s grave public problem, which is largei than any party or any candidate or anjl single issue—the problem of totalitarian encroachments on our freedom...
...Amid the others of an accordant cast, Fred Irving Lewis hss sn amusing spell of csricsture of the psychiatrist dreaming of a book of verse beneath a bough, a bottle of beer and a blonde...
...That ¦akas their activities the concern of all Aatricsns...
...Alas, we were wrong...
...When, between 1936 snd 1940, ss State Chairman of the Social Democrats, together with others, 1 fought first behind closed doors, then openly, the Communist penetration into, and control of, ths American Labor Party, the Adolph War-shows 'granted" what I said, but again, instead of doing something effective ¦ bout it, they carped, criticized and mis represented me, making a vigorous fight impossible...
...The end result of their will-o'-the-wis| policies was this: Pour years after the] disdainfully rejected my advice, aft* they had built the ALP into a formidabh instrument for the Communists—aa ! said they would, if they continued ii that Party—ths Adolph Warshows finally, when it was toe late, in March 1944, left the ALP...
...He is true to form...
...And when I pleaded that the right wing leaders snd the Social Democrats withdraw in s body, because their continuance in the ALP would only help build the Communists politically and industrially in this state, the Adelph Warshows openly denounced me as being opposed to labor snd as favoring reaction...
...A Communist or militant Socialist regains what he is even when the mantle « 'labor leader" is thrown around him...
...Organise tioa atsttors, recommendation* fjnrni the reseat National Convention, th* raising af taanres will be planned and work outlined fer the winter months...
...Make reservation* with Eleanor Levenson, c/e Goldberg, 291 Broadway, New York City...
...It comes to Elwood as a 6-foot 1-inch rsbbit...
...Th* leaders eventually performed the operation that was required, hut th* job was done after gangrene had eaten large sections of tha Part* " SDF NEWS NATIONAL The National ffsesntive Cimmtottn will meet shortly...
...Bliss Tsrtafc speaks on "Prospects of World and Postwar World" for ths Upper West Side Branch on Tuesday, Nov...
...As a further result the Communists now control in Nev...
...But what these unions enter polities, they am seeking public power which may directly affect the life and well-being •f every American...
...Our daily, monthly and weekly newspapers gave effective service...
...AaJ in politics, such labor leaders and "dt unions seek public power...
...17, 8:30 p. m , at ths New Era Club, 274 East Broadwsy...
...said Alice...
...Arranged by Workmen's Circle Branch 830-B...
...The Social Democratic Federation ha* it* modest share in the victory...
...hi eemewhat different words, 1 made ta* asm* statement in my bodk Mar >**ter...
...This does not surprise me...
...The Communists have alsi penetrated and now control many inter national unions and many local unioni of Internationals which they do not con trol...
...I*t me quote another part from James Oneal's letter to me already re-ferred to above...
...and Mis...
...In politics therefor*, ths philosophy *f government of tat trade union leaders must be weighed ia the tight not of trade miHiiiii, but of <h« public welfare...
...We're all mad here...
...Isaac Smellow, Joseph Bragin and August Clasesana will he present...
...A t the 4»th Street Theatre...
...Josephine Hull, as his sister Vera, plays with broader strokes, in a fluttery bustle— that makes more absurd the forthright charge of her hoyden daughter...
...Frank Fay dowers the role with the most competent expression of the comic sense this season has revealed...
...But at the critical moment, when she thinks what "normsl" humans are, she decides that Elwood with his hallucination of Harvey and his sweetness of soul is better thsn the sour-tempered ssne msn he might turn out to be...
...Passaic, N. J.: August Claessens speaks for the Textile Workers Union (CIO) *n Sunday, Nov...
...thst I attacked tho CIO-PAC "on Mo ground that labor, particular!* organised labor, has no place in M(tttpr" and that I thereby repudisted -«,» own lifelong convictions and the pofjtien of not only the Socialist move-Beat, b»t ef all forward-looking people lM world over...
...and primarily for the advancement of industrial and social democracy, here and abroad...
...Also Friday, Nov...
...NatbJng b> further from the truth...
...They "granted" what 1 said but inatead of helping to fight the Communist-Militants, they carped, misrepresented and hindered our efforts to combat them...
...Augaat Claesaens speaks on "Analysis of Results of Election snd Work Ahead'' Thursday, Nov...
...How do you know I'm mad...
...I'm mad...
...Having been in the thick of labor's Hat, both economic and political, for ¦tey years, I do not find it necessary Lw^D'*e in rom*ntic idealization of Th* self-respecting American *nL»re„ regard it as an insult and a *¦*¦ of snobbery...
...it com**, more briefly, to his sister Vera and to the psychiatrist Chumley, as well...
...His timing, his variations within repetition, in a myriad subtle ways quicken the thankful spirit with wine of noble vintage, in the theatre's pouring...
...In addition to the whimsy of plot snd the wizardry of acting, Mary Chase has provided deft dialogue, whirling at moments into gorgeous heights of nonsense, snd building "Harvey'' into an iridescent crown to set on any season...
...A new S.D.F...
...This is the meaning of the "practi ral" politics, pursued by th • Adolpl Warshows...
...The faet that hs is » tea* fid* labor leader, snd that Ms organization is a bona fide labor *»"*,' has nothing to do with the case...
...It was a description of a significant political and social phenomenon in American polities...
...Because 1 refused to tske this abuse and backbiting any longer, ii 1*40, I resigned from all positions o leadership and let the Adolph Warshows without any opposition from me, try ou their own policies and tactics...
...Memorial meeting for Fannie Khalabium, Tuesday, Nov...
...Phsssdwlpana, Pat Moating called for Tuesday, Mev...
...Vera is concerned about Elwood...
...A girl who alio1 followed a rabbit once protested to the Cheshire Cat that she didn't want to go among mad people...
...Events," says On*al, "justified the attitude you and AI Lee took in th* inner fight of the ALP while others, including myself, believed that your policy wss not helpful, that it prevented ssn* elements from msking the ALP what it professed to .be...
...For twenty years h* has tried the clever way...
...Branch will be organized in the East Bronx...
...She wants him treated, to drive Harvey away...
...Rand School Workshop for the manufacture of clothing for war aufferers is open daily from Monday through Friday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. and on Wednesday evenings...
...You're mad...
...I Mrs never at any time or place token the position that labor, organised or otaenrise, had no placs in politics, snd I ur« net repudiated my "life-long con vie-tiass...
...SFD on National Elections The Social Democratic Federation «*n-gretulato* President Boeseyett aa his reelection...
...16, 9 p. m., for Branch 1, Bronx, at the Workmen's Circle Cluiiroomn, Washington Ave...
...The wining of the war ami the wining of a just peace require a strong lacking for President Roosevelt and the liberal, labor, and progressive element...
...Tuesday, Nov...
...Rubenatein's home, 444 Central Park West...
...To this great task the Social Democratic Federation pledges its best efforts...
...Set* by John Root...
...New to be opposed to a political junta placing the "labor vote" on the auction block a practice which seems to meet with ths approval of the Adolph War thaws—is not to be opposed to lsbor in politics...
...As to trade union leaders in politics, I mid Una in the article: "As lo ig as trade union leaders con Am themselves to the task of raising wages, shortening hours and improving ths conditions of employment of its member*, their political philosophy is of HUM concern to the public...
...Throughout the country leaders of democratic and progressive thought took the very opposite view of the article from that taken by the Adolph Warshows...
...Any attempt to confuse what we have here with labor "in politics in Great Britain, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and other countries" a ts insult these great labor parties...
...26, at th* Mitres* Chateau, 1830 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, l/ouis P. Goldberg, chairman...
...Warshow "grants" what I say about Communist penetration in government, in labor and in public life, but he disagrees with my method of fighting these termites...
...Perhaps it's the world that's mad, and Elwood with his rabbit that's sane...
...14, 8:30 p. m____Algernon la* answers questions on current issues •very Ssturday evening at 9:16 o'clock over Station WEVD...
...And the world, if we were not mad, wouldn't be in its present situation...
...Testimonial Dinner for Faaay Ksts for her 30 years of fine service to Socialist, labor snd rharitaabl* causes, Saturday, Nov...
...Directed by Antoinette Perry...
...17, for the Brighton Beach Liberal Party Club...
...Wlllism Karlia speaks on "Labor and th* Election Returns" Friday, Nov...
...and Clermont Parkway...
Vol. 27 • November 1944 • No. 46
