THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION Great Socialist Reunion Staged in the Lake City THE Sixth Regional Convention, Banquet and Demonstration have been held and enjoyed—in Chicago, August 29-30. They...
...James L. Smiley* » Annapolis, Md...
...The Convention was called to order at 2 p. m. by the National Chairman, Eugene V. et>chsT...
...After all, every person is governed by certain psychological laws, and if Socialists could onlyXunderstand these laws much more progress could be mad...
...Socialists, when attempting te convert non-Socialists, should b*ar In mind that th* average person hi prejudiced again*t new idea* be* eaui* they conflict with hi* established ideas and beliefs mentioned above, Th* Socialist, therefore, should gradually and In a *lmple manner explain th* fundamentals of Socialism, and so attempt to change th* views of th* non-Socialist If some of the sbovs psychological facts were appreciated by the So...
...The peopl* liked him, loved him, surged around him, were grate* ful for hi* great life, aad once more •wore by him and rtsolvef...
...Bernstein, represented the Douglas Park Day and Night Nursery...
...Ancient Carthage collapsed be* cause of the rule of the rich...
...Numerous congratulatory telegram* for the guest of honor brought forth gleeful **~ plaus...
...They were stimulating and twice profitable in cash and even more so in inspiration and renewed fellowship of Comrades...
...The knowledge that people are influenced by pomp, should Uad So cisllst branches to hold open-air meetings from automobiles, trucks, or high, imposing platforms...
...Kirkpatrick was made secretary...
...Th* 8th A. D. Branch of Manhattan, for intttnee, always held meetings from a little stand, and had found It quit* difficult to get good-»lz*d audUnc** with it...
...Of course, it cannot be Bald that capitalism is not ah advance over the feudal times, the time of scientific anarchy...
...This edition Is well worth saving...
...The sixth regional convention, banquet and demonstration are justified by th* heartiness, helpfulness, and tuggestiveness of the genersl round-table discussions—in the convention, by the deep and glad renewal of comradeship—at the banquet, and by the inspiration of the great audience at Riverview Park where Debs was himself again—full of the revolutionary fire that went flaming Into the souls of the 4,000 who eagerly listened to his message...
...Irving Newman...
...He works alone — "sits in a corner" — refuses cooperation, and takes all the best —"pulls out a plumb" —for himself.' And, like the Capitalist he is, does not share his profits, hi* benefits, with others...
...Especially pleasing art th* reports of speeches at the Socialist International Congress...
...Yean go by, and the, memories of the teachings he received at the various institutions are submerged into ths subconscious, and the results it that the Individual thinks that the views he hold* are the result of his powsrs of ditcrimination...
...by Mollie Friedmen, representing th* International Lady Garment Workers' Union...
...cialitt Party, mors attention and support would b* given the Junior and Senior Young People's Socialist, League, A considerable pert of our resources ought to b« given In thi* direction, becau** after all, the present youth will be the voters and workers of tomorrow, and it the two Yipsel organisation* have not enough resources to teach Socialism to the present) boys and girls of today it will still he s h*rd« ta*k to teach Sueialism to them when thsy become men and women...
...This teem* to be a conviction from on* end of the country to the other...
...But though it Is better than feudalism, is has within its institution many1 evils which Socialism Is able to correct...
...It I* a wall-known psychological fact that it is very difficult for an adult io change his views on economics, politics, ethics, ett...
...we will never glv* up th* sntpi* " ** The New Leader Mail Bag Notice If "A Friend," Brooklyn, who sends a letter regarding Labor leaders will send his name and address we will publish the Utter in this department...
...I i ii in— The Socialist Rough Writer By M. MULFORD I. Little Jack Hornor Sat in a corner Eating a Christ mot pit...
...He laughed st hi* seventy years...
...by H, lufer, representing the Joint Board of the Cloak Worker*1 Union...
...New York City...
...Such wa* th* interest that it became necessary to place a shorttime limit on those taking part in tbs contribution of counsel...
...The individual after awhile begins to think that he holds his views bscause of his reasoning powers, whereas he really holds them because they've been crammed into his mind...
...And its rich men drained the country, bled the people, and destroyed their land...
...The indoor or outdoor speaker In cass he met a hostile or unfriendly audience, would be able to get along nicely if he had a knowledge of crowd and mobepsychology...
...and the sixth regional Convention and demonstration mads the conviction emphatically manifest...
...A particularly beautiful ia* cid*nt la th* banquet was the pre** •atation of a glorious bouquet to Comrade Debs by two tiny misses who, with Mrs...
...State Secretary of Illinois, William R. Snow, gave an address of welcome to th* delegates...
...There were too many Jack Homers in Carthage, just as there are beginning to be too many Jack Homers In America today...
...Hi put in hi* thumb, pulled tut a plum, And taid, "Oh, what a good boy am I!" —Mother Goose...
...He is ultimately selfish...
...by William R. Snow, who ipok* very touchlngly on finance, to which th* guests— without coaxing—promptly retponded with mor* than 1500 in cash and pledges...
...The old-time com* radelines* characterized the event...
...No doubt of it...
...Likes The New Leader Editor, The New Leaden Just a line, to congratulate you upon the excellence of your time of August IS...
...In nearly every address there was urgent mention of the American Appeal as an imperatively necessary means for practical, effective propaganda and the promotion of organisation...
...your tditorial on "To the Bourgeois Scientists," and the poem, "The Image of God...
...by Morris Setklnd, Labor Editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, representing the Central Committee of th* Worklngmen't CircleVtry Walter Thoma* Mills, of California...
...Mor* than 800 guests assembled at Douglas Park Auditorium to have a general good time...
...Addresses w«r* made by Samuel Retssman, representing the Amalgamated Clothing Worker...
...The Convention continued tilt almost six o'clock, when, regretfully, It had to he adjourned to make way for the banquet The banquet, with Dab* as guest of honor, was a pronounced lueceas...
...Following are tome examples of whst I mesn...
...The amassing wealth by the few is a product of capitalism...
...It was a plutocracy...
...A Socialist tpetking from an auto or high platform it bound to get mor* attention and respect than if he spoke from a soap-box or two-foot stand...
...C. A., etc...
...Nearly 100 delegates were present, with many taking part in the discussions and all keenly attentive to the four general subjects considered in the council: organisation, propaganda, the American Appeal and finance...
...These events are to be recorded as clearly indicating that there are hosts of Socialists whose memories hold many thingi too dear to die, whoie hearts are strong now seven yean after the fiery blasts of the World Warmany Socialists whose hopes are high and set on big things yet to be done in snd through our movement, a host of Socialists whose souls grow warm in the renewals of our great and strange fellowship...
...If requested the nsme will not appear...
...his tongue was tipped with the sams flsmlng power that was his fifteen and twenty years ago...
...because these views havs been drilled into his mind from childhood on, in the schools, churches, and social Institutions like th* Boy Scouts, Y. if...
...th* sixth regional convention, banquet and demonstration showed that multitudes of men and women have an intelligent' eontempt for the organized wolfishn*** and stupidity called capitalism, and have a deep and deathless determination that this civilised barbarism shall pass, must be removed from the highway of human progress and that the feet of the rising generation shall he set in pleasanter and more beautiful ways leading to forms and phases and degrees of life now unknown to the working clsss anywhere on earth...
...who opened the proceedings with an address that set things going promptly...
...Latt election they secured a platform about tix feet high, and .the use of an auto: with these two aids they were able to hold more successful meetings than before...
...The New Leader cannot accept anonymou* Utters for publication, Ths name snd address are required not for publication but as evidence of good faith...
...JACK HORNER may be said to represent the Capitalist...
...The evils of capitalism are many...
...In conversation, courtesy, klrrtflintli, attitude, high spirit, generosity in cash, and general playful* nets there was evidence of th* eld* time love of comrade* and a "comeback" peychology, Eugene V. Debs- well, he refutes to grow old...
...Debs' speech was a climax in thsf* pines*, power and even-welcome magnetism of hie personality and eloquence...
...The demonstration at Riverview Park on Sunday was a rousing success, it drew mor* th»n 4,000 rejoicing people...
...Psychology and Propaganda Editor, The New Leader: I have recently read of some of the advances made in psychology and havs come to the conclusion that unless Socialists understand psychology as well as Socialism they will never make much headway...
Vol. 2 • September 1925 • No. 37
