SOCIALISM IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
BROZ, ALES.
SOCIALISM IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA Great Progress Being Made in Nation Torn by Revolution and Dissentions By ALES. BROZ CZECHO-SLOVAKIA is one of the several European countries in which Socialism has...
...Tusar'a Government was composed of a coalition of the Social Democrats, Czech Socialists, and Agrarians...
...Tellers—Carroll of New Haven, Rogoga of New Haven, and Carr of Bridgeport...
...But here again the members of the party believe that they can achieve this transformation in a legal, constitutional and democratic way, by evolution rather than by a revolutionary upheaval...
...cial Democratic principles...
...A thoroughly democratic Constitution was elaborated, great landed estates were expropriated, a levy on capital was Introduced, a legal eight-hour working day was brought about, and similar other incisive social and economic reforms...
...Every intelligent person who has taken the slightest interest in...
...bersbip of the party, evut »(Uf the secession of the Comnmuuu, amounted to 280,000...
...Sr/ukup, Haber-inann, and Dr...
...Ing our moral and financial "PPJ...
...I istic aims and ideals...
...At the first general election...
...that we should organise w» young people...
...and that open forums be started in the fall...
...Marxism and K«l.....n The Czech Social Democracy always professed and still professes Marxist ideas, but it also exhibited a tendency towards social reforms...
...Delegates were present from Bridgeport, Meriden, Hartford, New London, Hamden and New Haven...
...Winter, entered the Government...
...When universal suffrage was introduced Social Democratic ideas had already spread through Bohemia, chiefly owing to the rapid development and growth of industries...
...Svehla, who is the leader of the Agrarians...
...They points...
...It Wla stated furthermore that the great majority of the Czech workers re...
...lieves that It will one day become the leading force and power in ths Czecho-Slovak Republic and that [ it will be able to realize its social...
...Resolutions —McLevy of Bridgeport, Morgan of New London, and Rede of New Haven...
...Krahl of Meriden...
...He said that his Government intends to go on in this direction with firmness but also with great circumspection, being fully aware that the organization of production was a very delicate process which can not be brought about in a forcible and hurried way...
...They proved to be the strongest, having obtained nearly 1,009,000 votes or something like thirty per cent of the total vote, while the Czech Socialists obtained 600,000 votes, making a total Socialist vote of forty-six per cent In consequence of this electoral victory the Soda...
...Bearing in mind the encouragement given by the Piatt case, no sane person will doubt that as long as the Australian ballot is used in New York City the result of every election will be a foregone conclusion...
...Obviously, the aforementioned facts are co-related—symptoms of a political condiltion which demands imperatively the most serious consideration of every inde-dependent voter with an iota of civic pride and msnhood in his make-up as well as a wide scrutiny on the side of the Socialist Party...
...The .Social Democratic movement in the territory constituting now the Czechoslovak Republic is of comparatively recent date, for up to ahout fifty years ago the former •bsolutistic Austrian regime did not allow the workers to organize, either politically or industrially...
...The Social DemoV cratic party remains the chief rep* resentative of the laboring miiMt of Czechoslovakia and by the just proceeding split of the Communist party it is certain to benefit cos* siderably...
...A report of the State Secretary was heard...
...Ways and Means Committee.—It was voted to urge.all locals to hold I ni-nics...
...Party Press and Publicity— Newton of New London, Washburn of Bridgeport, and Mrs...
...Johnson of Bridgeport, and Krahl of Meriden...
...The party firmly be...
...Machinists' Hall, Sunday, 'May W. ' Karl C. Jursek of Ham-liden was elected chairman, and Martin F. Plunkett, Secretary...
...But even now half of the members of the Government are Socialists and Social Democrats, without whom or without whose tolerance no Government in Czecho-Slo-vakia could exist...
...He told about the saw organization plan of tho National Executive Committee In appointing district organisers and about the sow weakly paper that will he i«-seeoa la January by the National Office...
...Workers constituting the party warned above all political freedom, democratization of all legislative bodies, eight-hour working day, higher standard of wages, and insurance in case of illness or unemployment As most of these demands now have been realized, the Czecho-Slovak workmen now demand further political, social and economic reforms, aiming at industrial democracy...
...They believe that the working masses must first be prepared and educated in order that they may be able to take over the direction of State affairs and the management of industrial enterprises...
...W. E. D...
...A prize will be Sriven W ocal Bridgeport to the one the most subs during the tnonmjn June...
...it will not eliminate all possibilities Of fraud, but it is certainly an improvement, an immeasurable Improvement over the present method of voting and its general use in the State of New York, including the city, undoubtedly would lift the Socialist Party, as a polities' party, out of its precarious state and establish it as a real power in the eyes of the entire radical element of the State...
...Organization and Propaganda—Davis of Hamden, Allen of Wallingford, and Johnson of Bridge-port...
...fact that any power the Democratic Party possesses in the State has been and is derived from the supremacy of Tammany Hall in New York City and thexefore, no matter how much Al Smith or any other Democratic Governor may hate and despise Hylan or any other Tammany Hall Mayor, there will never be any disagreement on this point and both parties will do their level best to make, by means foul or fair, Democratic power permanent in the State...
...At present the Social Democrats have four repre-sentatives in the Government of Mr...
...Tusar'i Government was not therefore a purely Socialist Government, but Socialist demands have naturally received much more favorable consideration than from the former Government Its guiding principle" were expressed in one of the speeches made by Tuaar in which he said that tits Government will strive toward an organization of production which corresponds with the ideals of the working masses...
...In the fall of 1920, the Government of Tuaar fell as a result of a split in the Social Democratic party which was brought about by the agitation directed from Moscow...
...When freedom of assembly was granted in 1867 Social Democracy began t<T take root in Bohemia, which it the most industrial part of Czechoslovakia, but it was not until 1872 that the Czech workers started to publish their own paper, Delnieke Listy (Labor News), and later on constituted the Social Democratic Party...
...The State Secretary recommended that the party of Cos> necticut hold a number of IsrlS mass meetings throughout the Staw during the year, with speakers of national prominence to sddreet them...
...cratic party...
...A resolution was drawn up sew uassed asking for the restoration^ citizen's rights to Eugene V. De* Copies to Coolidge and ths PfJ'V A resolution wss also passed g...
...However, sun* the split in 1920, the party appears to be gaining in strength at the «. pense of the Communists, who sre now on the verge of another split in their own ranks...
...Three members of their party, Dr...
...The so-called Left-wing of the old Social Democratic party, led by Smeral, held a congress at which they declared that they followed the principles of the Moscow Third International...
...politics knows that for decades at every election in New York City at least 100,000 ballots hsve been miscounted, voided, mutilated or protested in- order to assure a Democratic majority in the general result or to carry out some "dicker" with the Republican machine in regard to some minor offices...
...He made a report of ths plans for the mass convention tin* will be held in Brooklyn, September 19 and 20...
...I. Polsky, treasurer of •* sustaining fund for the p!P«r« W raised >$120...
...And let there be no delusion on this point...
...to the Austrian Keichsrat, in 1907, the Czech Social Democrats gained a greet victory and proved to be the strongest party in Bohemia, having received forty per cent of the total vote and elected twenty flepj* ties...
...They believe that they will bring about these reforms while following a democratic and legal coarse, and in this belief they have been greatly strengthened by the realized achievements aince the war...
...Seme Party Dieaantiona On the wholefthe Socialist Agrarian coalition which existed for one and a half years achieved fairly good results...
...Should *» agitate for a constitutional amendment making the use of votinf-ms-chines mandatory all over the fWata...
...This i. miIi proved beyond a doubt how greatly the Czech workers were permeated with the Socialist ideaa which were advocated by the Social Democrats...
...Nothing nothias leas, will do the trick...
...That under these circumstances thousands of independent radical citizens refuse to have their political right of franchise made a thing of scorn and jest by gangs of political thugs and abstain from voting may be well understood tnd thoroughly appreciated if not wholly justified...
...as a permanent political power...
...It was alio voted to hold a banquet the first part of July for the purpose of railing fundi for the...
...sustaining fund of the Commonwealth...
...Party men," of course, will deposit their ballots with a light heart on Election Day...
...The transformation of the present society into a Socialist one is, of course, thV final and avowed aim of the Czecho-Slovak Social Democracy...
...BROZ CZECHO-SLOVAKIA is one of the several European countries in which Socialism has become a dominating force without which, or against which, it would be impossible to carry on the Government of the country...
...What is to be done...
...A report of the literature sg«J was read urging the locsls to bay more literature...
...Thus a new Government Was formed ami a Social Democrat, the late Vlastimil Tusar, became Premier...
...State Organizer McLevy urged the Locals to get busy and organize for the coming city elections throughout the State In the fall...
...forms which the Social I>i.....i-m, were able to bring about, . t„n»t that against Communist attempt...
...The Reeelatiea When the former Austrian regime was overthrown on October 28, 1918, the Social Democrats collaborated on the upbuilding of the Czecho Slovak Republic and took part in the formation of the first Government...
...The elections resulted in a great success of the Social Democrats...
...No one will contend that the voting-machine is a panacea...
...The idea of cooperation between the Socialists and the Agrarians, upon which Tusar's Government was based, originated at first with President Masaryk and it was favored by such prominent and well-known Social Democrats like Karl Kautsky, because the industrial workers and peasants chiefly represent the laboring elements of the State...
...Ha reported the conditions of the party throughout the country...
...After the secession of the Cess, munistt, the Social Democrat* held their own congress on November VI st which it was stated that the mew...
...All other schemes of hunting the so-called Labor vote catering to disappointed Republicans and Democrats, Independents, Liberals and what not, are but chasing the wind...
...it rosy give temporary success but it ess never establish the Socialist Pert...
...The Committees elected were: RuUe—Morgan of New London...
...out the advantages and Social r...
...There can be no doubt that ths Social Democratic party and the whole Czecho-Slovak Socialist and Labor movement was greatly weak, ened by the, split in the Social l>emo...
...What is the duty of th* Socialist Party under these premises) Thsrs can be but one answer to this question...
...Connecticut Socialists in State Convention The Socialist Party of Connecticut held its annual State Convention nt...
...Democrats wanted the premiership for themselves...
...Several speakers declared exp|aji!y test the Social Democrats wars I. .und u take part in the Goternmeiit if any consolidation of the newly ostss-lished Czecho-Slovak Republic was to be accomplished...
...The circulation manager of ottf monthly paper, the Commonweslt* (Ksrl 0. J rsek), reported that we had over 500 subscribers to WJ Eaper...
...It is a well-knowi...
...to the Willimantlc striken ¦"d*"l mending them for the Ktntt*'J%L order prevsiling during the straw and we demand thst the Stats PWr* be withdrawn from the scene st once...
...Were it not for the Communists, who four years ago disrupted the Social Democratic party, the Socialist movement in Czechoslovakia would be even stronger than it is today...
...to spread chaos and anan hy, the Social Democrats advocated con...
...mained faithful to the old Be...
...solidation, social and economic re-forms, and social democracy...
...Ways and Meant—O'Con-Jiell'bf N»w Haven, Carr of Bridgeport, and Rogaza of New Haven...
...The actual strength of the Social Democratic party after the war was first demonstrated in the municipal elections held on June 16, 1919...
...The Committee on Party Preps and Publicity recommended that the National Office use the radio for propaganda purposes...
...Unless the party desires to function pre-eminently as an edu-cational institution it must seek to find some means to secure an honest count on Election Day in order to attract the radical voters of New York to its standard...
...A Statement and a Question a________________ By GEORGE OLLENDORFF GOVERNOR SMITH has vetoed the voting-machine bill and Daniel Piatt, with his crew of ballot manipulators, have been acquitted of any wrongdoings by a jury of their "peers"—a peculiarly felicitous term in this connection, as the juries in these kind of cases are habitually drawn from panels composed in the main of superannuated, petty politicians and other Tammany Hall hangers-on in need of a little "easy money...
Vol. 2 • May 1925 • No. 22
