COMMUNIST CONFESSIONS
COMMUNIST CONFESSIONS "Loreism" Discussion Reveals Some Light By EDMUND SEIDLL WHEN Communists fal out—as also when otheri 40__4ome interesting confes lions and an un-mincirrg ol words may...
...That confidence is strengthened by the confessions contained in the extract ef the Volkszeitung editorial published below: What "Loreism" It "In view of the serious charges raised in the resolution calling for the liquidation of Loreism, as published in the resolution in the Volkszeitung on Saturday, we shall attempt to establish whether or lot those charges are justified...
...In the evening Mailly Hall will house Tamiment Tattles, which is in the nature of a rollicking review of doings at Tamiment during the summer...
...He urged them to make the strike a straight union fight and hold their ranks together until they were completely victorious...
...Queer Magistrates...
...Recently tie Volkszeitung published a resolution emanating from a source condemning "Loreism," and immediately thereupon that paper editorially published a repljj in which the interesting admissions, referred to above, appeared...
...In assuming that public operation necessarily means that kind of a system, Mr...
...the development of our party, are the following: " 'An underestimating of the most fundamental changes in American capitalism since the imperialistic war, and consequently a similar understanding of the revolutionary possibilities of the existing class struggle in the United States...
...The only question in dispute then was, how many months it would require...
...NORMAN THOMAS...
...A controversy, it appears, is taking place in the Workers' Party, s controversy between What is designated as "Loreism," and its oppo fHi The term "Loreism" is apabed to a policy and attitude regarding American political and economic conditions espoused by Lndwig Lore, editor of the Volksstitung...
...He shows what at heart he thinks about Sam Koenig and the politicians who designated him for his pie tent high office...
...Experience of past summers justifies the belief that the Camp will have a capacity crowd during the Labor Day week-end, and no doubt many will stay until September 18, when the Camp closes officially...
...LABOR DAY AT CAMP TAMIMENT 1 i CAMP Tamiment is bringing its season to a close in the usual befitting manner—this time even mote aptly than in former years—with a presentation of Walt Whitman's "Salut Au Monde...
...On Sunday the Tennis Tournament finals will proably be played off, but courts will be reserved for those who would rather serve than watch...
...Silent on effective reform of the educational system...
...They promise something to everybody...
...Talks With A Weekly Letter from the Socialist ThotnClS Candidate for Mayor of N. Y City ANY man or woman who uses the ballot for any other purpose than to earn a two-dollar, bill or a politioal favor from a boss ought by now to recognize the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the old parties.* Mayor Hylan and Tammany have worked together hand and glove for almost eight years...
...That unfitness is further proved by the kind of campaign the Mayor and his rival are making...
...Thomas told the strikers that though he was not present to make a political speech, he felt they would be interested to know that the Socialist Party is strongly behind the strikers in their efforts to win their just demands...
...It is interesting reading to learn from a Communist faction that the "earlier programs of the Communists in America were patterned after Russian, and possibly German, bat surely not after American, . fashion...
...Waterman gave us the measure of the old party machine...
...It is equally edifying to read of a conspicuous Communist deriding tat "revolution-romancers who now knew that the revolution isn't just witting at the corner...
...Tammany Hall and Hearst's man Hylan—professional friends of the people—pick...
...On all these points and many others we have a definite platform...
...The controversy has been a number of months in brewing, and is now about to be settled jr...
...13 by the third rail st the Alhurtis Avenue Station of the I. R. T. Railroad, Corona, Long Island...
...Mktakea Are Admitted It is not necessary to publish that editorial in full, and no violence is done to its context by publishing only the extract that is given below...
...They know that the revolution is not 'wsiting at the corner,' and or.ly awaiting our call to gat into action...
...The speech was enthusiastically j received by the 2,000 workers present...
...We belong to those who readily enough recognize the 'fundamental changes of American capitalism since the imperialist war,' but we interpret them differently from those comrades who today have not as yet quite shed themselves of their illusions of 1918 1919...
...12—Falling in a vat of lye, John Hill, 48, a worker, was whirled about by the paddles until he wae fatally scalded and his skull crashed...
...Patterned From the Russian "Nothing injures the Communistic movement in the United States as much aa the lack ef 'sober consideration' and 'realistic' judgments oa tbe economic and the political situ ation...
...The i Camp i« a non-profit seeking organization, having devoted its profit to the support of the Rand School, where it maintains its city office...
...But they still overestimate the 'possibilities of the present class struggle in the United States.' They contend that it is pos- ¦ sible, through maneuvers, to launch mass movements upon American soil—mass movements baaed upon a comprehension of the class struggle —whereas we are of the opinion that it requires long and toilsome labor to educate any considerable portion of the proletariat In the United States for the class struggle...
...CAMDEN...
...As is to be expected, various resolutions, pro and con, anent "Loreism," have been adopted...
...Silent on markets, save for a few generalities...
...He made ail emphatic plea for unity of the workers on the political field as well as on the industrial side...
...Waterman, the hand picked Republican candidate, makes the same sort of glib promises...
...We were proven correct, and tha o'bers had fundamentally to revise their opinions...
...national convention...
...The one thing that the present cat-and-dog fight in the Democratic party shows is its unfitness for the business of governing New York...
...If, on the otl.er hand, Mayoi Hylan has been incompetent, surely it didn't take Tammany Hall these many years to find that out...
...Comrade Walker Sends Thanks The many readers of The New Lesder who were shocked to read of the death of Maud Davis Walker, wife of Ryan Walker, tha noted cartoonist, will be glad to learn that Ryan Is convalescing at his home in Great Notch, N. J. He will be unable to leave his bed for a week or two, it Is expected that his recovery will continue...
...COMMUNIST CONFESSIONS "Loreism" Discussion Reveals Some Light By EDMUND SEIDLL WHEN Communists fal out—as also when otheri 40__4ome interesting confes lions and an un-mincirrg ol words may be expected...
...Indeed, both old party machines get big contributions just for keeping city administration so corrupt that the people cannot be expected to trust it with the management of those necessary services for which the interests get such rich reward...
...Camp Tamiment, although in wooded and mountainous country in Pennsylvania, is a surprisingly ¦ short distance from New York City, ¦ Philadelphia, and other large cen¦„ ten...
...On the following morning a Tennis Tournament will be begun...
...The worst times of our storm and etrese period have of course bean overcome, but there are still today deceptive illusions entertained as to tha possible growth and ef ficecy of our American movement And until one makes up his mind to look the facts soberly in the face, to judge conditions from an American standpoint, and to adopt the tacties in accordance therewith, our Communistic movement in this country will not record any great hsndway...
...Toward you all, in America's name, "I raise high the perps.ndiculat.hand, "I make the signal, "To remain after me in sight forever, "For all the haunts and homes of men...
...If, as Mayor Hylan now charges, Senator Walker is the friend of the underworld rnd of the traction interests, an was he when Hylan supported him as part of the Tammany organization...
...It is to end this situation that the Socialist, and Labor Fusion Party is at work...
...4, with a Hobohemia Masque Ball, in Mailly Hall...
...The revolution-romancers of those days also have since learned a lot...
...They will both keep the 6-cent fare—Mr...
...If Governor Smith has aj pointed commissioners too friendly to fare increases, that fact also was ki own to the Mayor during the prears that he now assures us he supported the Governor...
...They assume that the voters are such boobs that all they want is promises...
...Falling from a two-story building st Secsurus, N. i„ while at work...
...Our candidates cannot build that party jutt by making speeches...
...Give us a strong party based on the' interests of the workers and not of bosses political and industrial, and gradually this city can be made an immensely better place for ourselves and our children...
...The profits of the employers in the flower and fancy feather industry, Thomas declared, have been wrung from the "broken bodies and blood and tears of women and children...
...At that time it was a requirement of 'good Communistic form' to measure the coming of the proletarian revolution in the United States as a matter of months...
...The chant to humanity is a rare combination of the arts: poetry, music, dancing, and painting...
...Salut Au Monde" will be presented on Sunday evening...
...Magistrate Goodman is a Hylan appointee...
...He has been showered with expressions of sympathy which have come from all parts of the country, and he desires to thank all for the consolation he has received and the strength these messages have given him to face life anew...
...In the after-, noon the campers will engage in an Aquatic Carnival...
...The Labor Day week-end at Tamiment begins on Friday evening, Sept...
...None of them is aware that even more than a seat in the subway the New fork worker wants room to live in...
...This opportunistic characteristic of Loreism found refuge under illusive representations, such as "soberness" and "realism," in the economic and political situation.' "It is true there are differences of opinion in these matters in the party...
...P. S.—One thing Walker won't say about Hylan is this: Magistrate Goodman held Vacirca, the Italian, for Fascism in SBO.OOO bail on a false charge at the instigation of the Fascisti...
...They will reduce taxes, yet extend the municipal service...
...Everything that Hylan says about Walker or Walker says about Hylan, they have known about each oth»r these many years...
...Our tret, programs were, patterned upon Russian, and possibly German, but surely not upon American, conditiona That our movement did not go to pieces upon those programs was due to their being quickly withdrawn, Had the Communistic movement in its beginning in the United States been given a sober and a realistic way of looking at things, we should never have lost so large a portion who went along with us inspired, and who cheerfully faced danger as willing victims, because they were prepared to serve the revolutionary cause...
...have taken my stand on thi bases of peninsulas and on the high embedded rocks, to cry thence: "Salut Au Monde...
...Watermen unconsciously made when he denounced municipal operation of the transit system on the ground that our lives would not be safe in a system where the employees were political appointees...
...This poem is appropriate to the spirit of Labor Day, for in it Walt Whitman speaks for each human to all other humans...
...They are jointly responsible for everything that has happened in the City administration...
...Silent on any plan for achieving municipal ownership of gas and electricity as steps in a public super-power system...
...The extract is also felicitous regarding the present mistaken tendencies of the Workers' party, though it does not cover all of them...
...The best commentary I have seen on the old parties, Mr...
...The most important characteristics of Loreism,' it is there stated, 'as they have manifested themselves in...
...and those who join him in |Js position...
...George ZulsulT, 26, was killed and two fellow workers were injured Aug...
...Meantime, Comrade Walker requests that The New Leader express the hearty appreciation and thanks of himself and the immediate relatives of his wife for the many kindnesses which he has received in his afflication...
...Its railway center, Stroudsburg, is but one station beyond the : Delaware Water Gap, one of the I scenic wonders of America...
...But far and above all this edifies ton, there is the satisfaction that every Socialist will derive and tha renewed inspiration that he will get in confidence in his cause, and in knowing that his Party acted rightly in opposing the fantastic, zealous, and chimerical efforts of the "Leftists" for some years back...
...We to-1 gether can build it by jumping into the hard work of canvassing, distributing literature, and organizing street meetings...
...None of them explains what good-it will do to build new subways if we have no better provision than at present for zoning maunfacturing plants and building houses...
...That's what is recorded in the extract below, taken from the leading editorial of the New Yorkei Volkszeitung of August 17—s German organ of the Workers Party of America...
...Thomas Addresses Artificial Flower Workers Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for Mayor, again addressed the striking members of the Artificial Flower and Fancy Feather Worktrs' Union, Wednesday, at ths Headgear Workers' Lyceum, 205 East 4th street...
...They are silent rn the housing problem...
...His many friends hope to see him restored to health soon...
...Walker says he will give a seat instead of a strap for a nickel—but they give no suggestion how they will do it...
...Its post-office address is, Forest Park, in Pennsylvania...
...If one took the standpoint, as we did, that American capitalism came out of the World War immensely strengthened, and had not—as so many of our friends of these days claimed—become weakened, he was considered a counter-revolutionist...
...Labor's Dividends Chris Hegeman, 27, a signalman, was electrocuted Aug...
...The extract is enlightening and felicitous for the confessions that it makes — confessions which acknowledge the early mistakes of our American Communists, mistakes and misjudgments for which the Socialist Party refused to stand sponsor, and for the refusal, of which, in part, a split resulted...
Vol. 2 • August 1925 • No. 35
