THE SOCIALIST PARTY AT WORK
THE SOCIALIST PARTY AT WORK J NATIONAL AH iaajairia* regarding org aaiaa. tioa in uaorgaaiaaei State*, apatk >Mlaa*l( of orf taiaatian B.tio» »1 leaBata and books, the American Appeal, sad...
...A special meeting of the West Hoboken Branch, attended by Organizer Harkins, was held Aug...
...Uura Hope Crews returned to the dty from a hasty trip to London, for 111 purpose of seeing "Hay Fever," now ' rMaj there...
...Outdoor Meetings In Hudson County, Saturday, August 29 HOBOKEN—Washington and 6th streets...
...They are trying to secure the services of a nationally known speaker for this occssion and all Socialists in Southwestern Pennsylvania are invited tc attend...
...4, Boston...
...2 - i Stste Office News f Since the Lsbor psrty of Penntyl- t vania hss endorsed ss their candi- k dste for Judge of Superior Court a man who in the past has been an f active Democrat even to the extent r of attending the Democratic Con- a vention In New York in 1924, and who is seeking the Democratic nomi- a nation in the primaries this year, o the State Executive Committee of the Socialist Party felt that they I could not cooperate with the Labor g party as far as this candidate was a concerned and has directed that r stickers be printed for the regular b Socialist candidate, Henry John Nel- P son, of Philadelphia...
...We should be glad to have such Comrade name the place, the date and the hour of euch meeting...
...As the tickets are going fast all those who wish to attend are warned to send in their reservations...
...1 The Centre...
...Th* ' change in dates was due to a necessary change in the dates of ths Regional Convention in New York City...
...J.ohn M. Work's csndidacy for the United States Senate is attracting the attention of the working people of the Stste...
...Any Junior Ylpsel wishing to place himself on th* Yrpsel speaker's squad, please write to Lester Shulman, 1336 Lincoln place...
...Local Philadelphia' recently tried to nominate Registrars and was astonished to find that less than 25 per cent of the Party members and less than one per cent of the Socialist voters were registered 7 as Socialists...
...4, at 8:80 p. m...
...LOCAL TtEW YORK Executive Committee * Monday, Aug...
...The eats included chicken, spaghetti, J and other good things too numerous , to mention...
...A been supper will be held st the horns of the Secretory, Msry Rsgozs, 284 Putnam St., Sunday, Aug...
...Plsns for the comIng csmpsign will be submitted and } a discussion on the International 1 Congress will follow...
...Young Socialists are invited to Join Circle 10, Juniors, on an outing to Steeplechase...
...street meeting, 118th street snd . Lenox svenut...
...Thousands of pieces of lit- 1 ersture dealing with the local political situation will be sent into the homes of the voters...
...1 If you have, will you put It at* ¦ the service of Local Kings County ? ' In July, ths 23rd A. D. arranged an automobile outing and it proved botti ' a moral and} financial success, ths ' proceeds of which went to tha ' County treasury...
...Debs' Meeting In Sersnton Birch Wilson is going ahead with plans for ths Deba meeting in Scranton on Oct...
...17,1 1 Sept 1 and 12...
...A fine library of scientific, radical and Socialist books, pamphlets and periodicali were donated to Locsl PhiUdelphii ' by Joseph Cohen and David Dunfee . Emily M. Bettenhsuser is catalog, ing these books and they will soon I be available for loaning to members ; Philadelphia Y. P. S. L. la eon : tinning its organization work...
...t News Items concerning Pennsyl- 1 vanis Socialist activities should be I sent to thst addrsss...
...UNION CITY—Bergenline avenue and Gardner street...
...7, Msynard...
...61 Registration dsys in Pittsburgh st snd Sersnton ars Sept...
...Junior Ylpsels reading The New Leader will please inform thoir friends that all the activities of tha Junior Yipsels are reported in Th» New Leader, and any comrades that desire The New Leader should write to Lester Shulman, 1888 Lincoln place, Brooklyn, who wfll connect their locsl newsdeslsr with The New Leader.., DRAMA Broadway Briefs , Two members of the "Abie's Irish sets", company, at the Republic Theatre, cokipiated three full years *s I numbers of the cast last week with-' rat Siring missed a single perform-1 lace...
...This invitation he has had to decline...
...81, at 8:80 p. m., 7 East 15th street, Room 606...
...Chairman, EH Cohen...
...Thia office will then prepare a letter of invitation urging each per*on in the Hat to attend auch meeting, and we will mail these letter* from thia office direct to the person* named m th* list...
...5, Attle- f boro...
...He now turns to the southern part of the State, what he perhaps somewhat more difficult...
...Chairman, Lester Diamond...
...Down in Terre Hsute Eugene V. Debs is going strong...
...1, at 8:30 p. m„ 51 East 126th street...
...Friday, Aug...
...As soon as this branch is organised, he expects to work in some of the adjoining towns...
...Those who have no machines and want to go to this outing can do so by buying tickets, ths price of which Is |2 snd csn bs bought from all branch organizers snd secretaries, of or directly from the County Sscretsry, I, M. Chstcuff, 167 Tompkins avenue, Brooklyn...
...W Saturday, Sept 6, at 8:30 p. m., 1 corner New Lots and Williams svs> 1 nues...
...80, at 6 p. m. All members of the Local are invited to attend...
...Sept...
...All those who hsve not ss yet secured tickets for this greet event ean do so by addressing the above sddress...
...1 17th 18th 20th A. D. n Thursday, Sept...
...He hss a car and can hustle around the town and out into the country— and still be a Christian in spite of the hot weather...
...His meetings have been such a J success that it has been found a.l- ' visable to keep him in the District * an extra week...
...3, st 8:80 p m , "t street meeting at -24th street an*) , 8th avenue...
...This makss possible thi j maintenance of the Local headquar , tars...
...4, st 8:80 p. saw'corner Havemeyer and South 4th 1 streets...
...The coming event is attracting much attention throughout the State, as well it may...
...AH who wish to sttend should spply immedistely to their Brsnch or Local Secretary for tickets...
...80, at 7 p. m. at 11th Ward Branch headquarters, 1014 North 27th stress, Camden, to consider and take advantage of an opportunity to have Eugene V. Debs in Camden, Saturday evening, Oct, 8. There are soma phases of the matter on which the Local and State Executive Committee would like the advice of as many as possible before making final plans...
...Speakers, D. Kas0 son, Nettie Wiener and A. Kanasy...
...8, Boston...
...he spoke st the Annusl Picnic of the four Railway Brotherhoods of Terre Haute, attended by several thousand people...
...1, at headquarters, " 1167 Boston rosd...
...The speakers will be Shulman, Yavner, Ostrow-sky, Sinkoff, Labelson, Charteck and Draschler...
...i BROOKLYN Street Meetings ¦ Wednesday, Sept...
...The fourth open-air meeting of Circle 11 will be held on Monday, Aug...
...After the conclusion of j a day of sports, addresses were He- f livered by Comrade Rtiggiere, of the Italian Federation...
...Member* are requested " to take notice...
...Speaker, Leonard C. 1 Kay...
...31, on Rochester avenue and' St...
...It is hoped that more mem . hers will help in this work...
...Isidore Aronin, of Circle 6, Hsrlem, wss elected to tske the place of the recently resigned Educstlonsl Director and Lillian Kaplan was reelected Recording Secretsry...
...1 and 6. In order that the Socialist Party may property func- ai tion it is vitsl that all Socialists ai register...
...Speakers', Samuel 1" Beardsley and Ella O. Guilford, j Chairmen, Eli Cohan...
...His dates beginning Mon- i dav will be: r Aug...
...MUSIC Betton Opera Company Ppens at Manhattan Opera House on Labor Day Tlrl Boiton Civic Opera Company *'H uiemble in New York one week li idviTirf, of the opening of its two . "**«l in the Manhattan Opera House tuning September 7. The leading "tutl, conductors and technical staff < earning from Italy on the steam*'a Martha Washington, due to arrive Monday...
...14* "j01*1...
...3, Tsun- s ton...
...YIPSELDOM Junior Yrpesls The Junior Ylpsel Cerjtrsl Committee will meet this Ssturdsy evening at 7:15 p. m. sharp, at tit*' Rand School, 7 East 16th street, New York City, Two new City Leagus officers have been added to the Officers' List: 2nd Kings County Organizer, Samuel Issman, and Manhattan Borough Organizer, Louis Relln...
...James Maurer has prom, ised to be one of the speakers' si 1 this meeting...
...Italian Socialists hold an open-air meeting this Friday evening at 187thstreet and Cambrelllng avenue...
...this mooting...
...21 and 22...
...Things look exceptionally good for . the movement just now in Lynn, because most of the enrolled members r aro young and full of vigor...
...Ids Kramer, who piny the role | of Mn...
...3, 8 snd 12...
...Joseph will j i organize if the material is there to , > make a Local...
...2, at 6:30 p. m., 7 East 16th street, Room 505...
...Let all Philadelphia comrades register as Socialists this 7 year, and then the Local will be able to do its work much more effectively...
...Speakers, William Feigen• baum and I. M. Chabcuff...
...3rd Mh 10th A. D, y Thursday, Sept...
...VlBc«nt* Balltitir...
...CALIFORNIA Emil Herman has two more locals in his belt...
...Alberto Baccolini, the ' •wdsttor and director of the organi-1 I*""*, is coming with the singeri ,ro» Italy...
...Evolution makes hope scientific...
...The operas include: "Otello," "Rigoletto," "La Fnrza del Pestino," "Martha," "Traviata," "Lucia," "Masked' Ball," "Carmen," "Aidn," "Traviata," "Gioconda...
...2. at Thatford and • Pitkin avenues, at 8:15 p. m. Chairlady Bessie Kaplan...
...1, Pittsfield...
...The Local hae secured Esther 1 Friedman to speak on Sept 6 at an ' outdoor meeting to be held a> ' Golden Hill and Main streets...
...Sept...
...Speaker: Ernest Meyer...
...sweet meeting at 114th street and ' 6th avenue...
...Claessens has con- | rented to stay and seems to enjoy making Socialists of New England " Yankees...
...Speaker: Richard Boyajian...
...The result was that they were unable to nominate Registrars in many Socialist strongholds...
...John's place...
...The taxicab drivers of Terre Haute have asked Debs to tske up their fight with the rsilways which have issued an order barring the taximen from the spsce they have hitherto occupied at the stations in serving passengers...
...4, at 8:80 p, m. a Street meeting at 157th street and , Broadway...
...1 ¦ .. 8»reld Lloyd's latest picture...
...and a very fine new Local at Green Bay...
...Socialists, where he has been organizing, write most enthusiastically of his energy, industry and determination to get things done...
...Ennlnl* Ligotti will sing...
...h Thursday, Sept...
...This again is significant...
...MC*»«i" and "Otello" at Metropolitan Opera House Scenario A. Bagarory announces -JpP'eti easts for the two benefit JJ2*»'ie*i of "Carmln" and "Otello," R«u ep,n th' Manhattan Opera 8*r!d",,y Su*Ul( •v,n,nB,• j J*** Avn will sing'th* title rol* | 'UfaX1"'".' Jossph Uriel will sing Y^'lo...
...8, at 8:30 p. m., . 62 East 106th street, brsnch meeting...
...Speaker: Charles Kruse...
...23, under the auspices of the Italian , Federation and the Boston Central , Branch, at the Workmen's Recrea- , tion Tenter at Weymouth Landing...
...18 but waa' arrested that I night at the instigation'of the Fascist 1 who are cooperating with the . Italian Chamber of Commerce...
...All branches and Locals of a the Socialist Party will have stickers L for this purposed They can be se- ft cured from the StaV Office...
...A reorganization meeting of the North Hudson Branch, called by Harkins for last Tuesday evening, at the Workmen's Circle Building in West New York, was well attended and promises much for the revival of Socialist activity in that section...
...The ntiiman," is due at the Colony Then-1 SS Siptember 20...
...1, st 8 80 p. m...
...He has his new route marked out to September IT in the southern and central ••part of tlfe Slate,"" WISCONSIN William Coleman, district orgalzer in Wisconsin, has organized a husky Local at...
...Henri Ursal...
...the farmers and wage-earners of the State would demand tym for their own...
...On the 16th inst...
...It's not every day that we can get Debs...
...This opportunity csn be made at wonderful a gathering as has ever been seen in Camden If all will cooperate a little...
...Pennsylvania Socialists living in si cities must register iti prder to vote in the primaries...
...Xhair' man, Rosenberg...
...Come out, and bring others...
...4, for the purpose of nominating a ticket tor the coming town election, which will be held the first Wednesday in October...
...t PENNSYLVANIA J TO PENNSYLVANIA i READERS t Information concerning the So- t elaliet Party of Pennsylvania may t be obtained from the State Sec- i retary, Darlington Hoopes, 415 Sweden-, street, Norristown, Pa...
...th* following *venm|, l«« Mew 0 mtU hi» debut in Baji...
...The entire city and suburban .towns will he placarded with the announcement of Gene's coming and several thousand circulars on the coming municipal campaign will be distributed before 1 the meeting...
...Judging by the interest taken by the public and the comments heard about the city on Debs' coming, the Park Theatre should house the largest audience in Its' entire history...
...2, Fitchburg...
...Debs I will have something very significant and stirring to say...
...The main speaker will be Comrade Va. circa, who was to speak at this ear, ner on Aug...
...BAYONNE—Broadway and 23rd street...
...Street, meet- J ings will be held and It is hoped to ' stage a meeting of the same propprHons as the Debs meeting a few 1 dsys before the campaign ends...
...Brsnch will meet ' Tuesdsy, 8ept...
...Tuesday, Sept...
...He will address the State Federation of Labor convention in the K, of C. Auditorium August 27, following the* grand parade...
...1 Have You An Automobile...
...Tickets for the first dste should be exchsnged for ones besring ths correct dats by sending them into the City Headquarters, Room 38, 62 Cannon St...
...2. Extensive plsns are to be msde for the city election csmpsign All members should attend...
...The corners are but two blocks ' spart...
...Speskers...
...Please aand your schedules to Esther Milgfam, 863 Elsemera place, Bronx...
...Sept...
...Don Jme...
...Bridf opart The date for the Dehs meeting in Bridgeport is Thursdsy evening, Oct...
...Hamdtn A caucus will be held at th* home of C. Mahony, 80 Franci* avenue., Whitneyville, Friday evening, Sept...
...The recent v referendum of cooperatiorrwith the Labor party distinctly provided for tl such cooperation only on the ex- k press condition that the Labor party tl nave as its candidates for political o offices persons who are not allied t< with any capitalist or middle-class fi poHtical party...
...F. Aciernn...
...Fred Hodgson has been elected as directoi and is working with Comrade Levinson...
...WEST NEW YORK—Bergenline avenue and 14th street...
...John's place, so those who come down will find us at either place...
...in will not count...
...The next meeting will be held Wed nssdsy, Sept...
...4. Tickets are being alloted to Local* and Branches...
...Make it a point t< register this year...
...1 Volunteers are wanted to help put < this meeting over...
...26, C Sept...
...s It ia avnertad that tha moatina* of i Sept • wfll be held ia Boston un . the Boston Common CONNECTICUT Shaltor, 1 Ths most successful open-sir rally held hare la years was addressed I by S. E Bssrdsley of New York, snd M. F. Plunkett of WaHtngford, last Saturday...
...13, Harkins expects to have all Hudson County branches functioning healthily...
...8, st the Psrk Teysstr...
...Wednesday, Sept 2, at 8.30 p m., it street meeting st 96th street t»4 1- Broadway Speakers, Gertrude Weil 0 Klein, Samuel H. Friedman and Alexander Schwartz...
...Cohen, and Jack Bertin as tithi Samuels, have both played more tha MOO consecutive times...
...Fortnight Season of Opera Opens at National Saturday The fortnight's senson of opera at the National Theatre, Second and Houston streets, begins thi, Saturday, under the management of Cav...
...The demand will far exceed the supply, and it is expected thst sll tickets will be sold within two week...
...The chairman will be Sidney Rothenberg...
...Speakers...
...Sept...
...Miss Crews will play 'm biding role in the Schubert presHtation here...
...The "Wage Slaves" of the j General Electric Co., and of the shoe factories there, have derided they want a Socialist Party Local...
...All young Socialists are urged . to get in touch with these officials and help make the Y. P. S. L. s real live organization...
...Claessens is to speak for ', the Labor unions, mostly textile workers, in Maynard, Labor Day...
...A Urge collection > was taken and many subscriptions ' to our monthly bulletin were obi tsined It is expected that s new 1 Locsl will be formea here shortly New Hsvaa Ths Executive Committee of ths Local met last Wednesday st the home of Chsrlet O'Connell snd decided to accept a dat* for Renaie Smith, M. P., of the British Labor party, who is touring the country...
...Upper West Side Branch Tuesday, Sept...
...Philadelphia f A number of Philadelphia Social ¦ ista have pledged to contribute $1.01 or more per month to sustain thi I Local...
...All arrangements have been completed for the Debs Dinner*in Newark en Sunday evening, Oct...
...tioa in uaorgaaiaaei State*, apatk >Mlaa*l( of orf taiaatian B.tio» »1 leaBata and books, the American Appeal, sad ether nilliii of thit kind, thou Id bo addressed to tht Nt liomal Otace, Socialist Party, 2683 Wathlaftoa Bird., Chicago, HI...
...8, st 163rd street " and Intervale avenue...
...J Sept...
...81, to make further plans for restoring the branch to the position it once held as the leading branch in the State...
...These speakers will be ready as soon as the Circles swing into their fall activities...
...Circles are requested to make arrangements for lectures now...
...Wausaii...
...Speaker: Leo M. Harkins, Socialist Candidate for Governor of New Jersey...
...We want to organize...
...As 'Hippodrome reopens Monday tight with an excellent program of •ludrrille headed by Paul Whiteman and til band...
...reserved sests 60 cents...
...In Philadelphia ai the registration days are\Aug...
...Office would b« glad to have any Comrade anywhere in an unorganized locality tend to thi* office the name* and addreaaea of from a doien to three dozen comrade* who might be induced to attend an organization or reorganization meeting, to ha held in an inexpensive hall or, preferably, in a private home...
...Chairman, Samuel Grsdstein...
...Ths recently reorganized 12th Wsrd Branch of Jersey City will meet st 266 Central avenue on Monday evening, Aug...
...By the next State Committee meeting on Sunday, Sept...
...All Socialists are 0 urged to go to the polls on the primary election day and write in the name of Henry John Nelson, si Be sure and place a cross after the T name, as merely writing it...
...UNION CITY—Summit avenue and Courtland street...
...Orgsnizer Leo M. Hsrkins it continuing his work in Hudson County...
...Admission is 26 rents...
...Renewed and sustained acivlty by these three branches and the Hoboken Branch now seems assured...
...TK opsrai scheduled for the week !' "ssteniber 7 are "Aide," "Faust," 7*!*«i'' "Otello," "The Barber of j *»ilk)," "Carmen," "Lucia di Lammer¦Htf ia the order named...
...26, and at Old Forge on Friday, A tig...
...1 Circle members has been organized...
...Nettle Wiener, A. Kanasy and J others...
...Speaker: William Kane Tallman...
...Sept...
...All 1 members are urged to came to the 1 headquarters and lend their aid in 1 making this campaign a success...
...The first open-air meeting of Circle 2, Brownsville, will be held Wednesday, Sept...
...NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT J An outing was held Sunday, Aug...
...This will insure not only getting your tickets, but sitting with the members of your Branch, as tables will be ressrved for brsnchss and other groups...
...1, at 170th street , and Gratit avenue...
...Speakers, Ella O. Guilt ford and Leonard C. Kayo...
...Our irrepressible and irresistible j District Organizer, Alfred Baker Lewis, is now organizing in Lynn, I Mass...
...di in sll othsr cities they are Aug...
...However, the Arrangements Committee may switch the meeting to Schenectady avenue and St...
...August Claessens spoke in May- , nard, Aug...
...21, and by the time this reaches our readers a second meeting will have been held on Friday, Aug...
...Marius Hansoms, Rand School lecturer, will addrsss the branch...
...George H. Goebe) of Newark will be present on behalf of the State Committee...
...Th* Nation...
...Speakers, A. Brsunateln, A. Ksnsay, and others ,' to be announced...
...This is the first invitation tie has had from the Railway Brotherhoods for a long time...
...Alfred Baker { Lewis, New England Distrirt Or- . ganizer, and Warren Edward Fitz- , gerald, Distrirt Secretary...
...v» J The Executive Committee ef Local " Bronx will meet Monday, Aug...
...This is an intolerable condition...
...Speaker*, Samuel Beard„ iley...
...Head quarters have been freshly papered and painted and all members an urged to visit them...
...Westmoreland Local Westmoreland will hold a Labor Day picnic at Oakdale Park, on the West Newton road between Madison and West Newton...
...The Registrars si morning, afternoon and evening, un til 10 o'clock...
...The Town Hall with a seating capacity of 8,000 has been , secured...
...INDIANA Willism H Henry, district organizer, organized two more Locals thit week...
...Louis Shomer, Lester Shulman...
...Others to be announced...
...28, to perfect plans formulated at the previous meeting...
...The City Convention to nominate 1 candidates for the Socialist ticket will be held in the latter part of September and a Campaign Committee formed to carry on the campaign...
...MICHIGAN District Organised, Joseph F. Viola is combing Ssginaw just now for a Local, and writes eneouragj ingly of the prospects...
...The Danville, Illinois, Trades and Labor Assembly have invited Debs to address them on Labor Day...
...William has his warpaint on to some purpose...
...If the citizens of Wisconsin could be made thoroughly acquainted, with Work's fine idealIsm, unimpeachable character and intelligence, he would be elected...
...Chair, man, Lester Diamond...
...Another outing to 1 Ardsley is being arranged for Sun| day, September 18 and all Socialists 1 who havs machinal are asked to do| nate them to the Xlngs County Local 1 for that day...
...A Debs Committee of Party members snd Workmen...
...Speskers, WilHsm Ksrlin, 1 H. Nemser and J. A. WeU...
...Harlem Jewish Branch Friday, Sept...
...28, an open-air meet* ' ing will be held at Wilkin* and In-, tervale avenues...
...Please be at 1681 Park place, at 1 p. m., Sunday, Aug...
...He addressed ! two of the largest meetings that the ' Socialist movement in Maynard has J ever had...
...31 ssd Sept...
...While In Scranton Wilson clrcu; lated a Charter application and ex ; pects to organise s branch...
...Frank MeGlynn, well-known for hill (htrtettrization of Abraham Lincoln f» th* pliy of that name by Drinknter, hat been engaged to play the ill Of Ephraim Cabot in the Western Mmptny of "Desire Under the Elms," ¦•» tiing cast...
...BRONX 1 Due to the continuous hot spell II ' hss been decided that fewer meetn ings he held and spare til* speakers J until th* cooler weather sets in...
...GREATER NEW YORK CITY COMMITTEE Wednesday, Sept...
...Wednesday, Sept...
...22nd 2»rd A. D. Friday, Sept...
...Iago...
...r They have appointed a committee c to make arrangements for the J meeting...
...But what he has done in unfavorable conditions indicates whst he can do wherever the Socislists will meet him even one third of the way...
...NEW JERSEY Debs In Camden All New Leader readers and their friends in Camden and South Jersey are invited and urged to be present this Sunday night, Aug...
...Matter* of vital importance will be ;" transacted...
...lllith Wilson will speak at Jeasup on Wednesday evening, Aug...
...He is receiving calls from numerous points: "Come over, and help us...
Vol. 2 • August 1925 • No. 35