TO DR. STEPHEN S. WISE:
-:- TO DR. STEPHEN S. WISE -:An Open Letter On His Conversion To Chirst «ia not perturb von greattn.fjr, I em tare, to know that* i&yoB were never much to my Efcatarer year*. During days...
...Ahd tho nearer you come to Christ and hie teachings, the more you will improve oa my hurried and Imperfect Sketch of your present Violators...
...the organiser ot th* Fapor Box Makers' Union, while to frost *f the struck shop, was approached S* mo* and Silvy and told by the former that 'they' won't allow any mop an that picket line, and that if he would show up again they would 'chase' mm and the gu-ie from'the picket Una When the organiser told them that be was aa official of the Paper Box Makers* Union and would come to do bis duty, then ¦SDvy* told him "that moans flght' "Thia threat was carried out in lee* than one week...
...Rioo, Goners...
...Th* old life of ease and smug power will have tto impelling lure, particularly when you have addressed a street earner meeting for a chilly hour aad a half, aad all you can tab* up in th* collection to throe dollars aad sixteen cents...
...t was Ben I'held you with the mtmiekSgp others as a fine speaker, a B^snnate artist at bowling Sewn the ten pin alleys of phrase[e~Manbood oema...
...Whsroas, the Island of Porte dlfce is rapidly and unoessingly, '.toeoming the property of a few pnanoial fntorosta* and businss* sorporstlons that Ave gained,j>eeSsasioR and taksn hold of th* soil aM reeeiiroee of the islend in.vloaVtioa of the organic law of...
...0km km kluxmra -• |»j Kr first reaction, and perhaps the aesrest t* logic, hi that you expect to saw Ow Xhi Klax Kommerclal Kobra \ ;Wnh a oroas hilted awora...
...Park avenue and 14th street Sunday, Jan...
...48 Woostsr street a firm owned by Mr...
...BUty Bendnfs -what tho HaS do pan hue...
...It appears that after having blackmailed the union Into paying 11,800 in booty, the gang*ten went into the service of the employers...
...by the ineffable association of familiar things they will transport you back to the temple days of your respectability, where hundreds of the same profession sat in satin and starched silence before your lingual necromancy...
...this you can do by joining the only organization In america that is struggling valiantly to put his philosophy into practice...
...W* who are part of tb* mWtanrgr arrayed against th* dictatorship of organised wealth over disorganised huataatty...
...aad I lost Meat and Uaaad of your gold-fleecing flock, your egtsattd studded pa wry...
...only got through collecting the last tt.ieo of a total amount of 11,(00 on December S, 1925, a blackmail booty of the moot treacherous kind...
...The «*T iim^v^o^oiimr^wa ! was *Now wih you keep away...
...bolsheviks, —we...
...Frank MclnEton* ha* lust issued for publicity - m meat gloomy statement to the ffSm* that at leaat 300,000 native Asm Porto Riedns have to be 'token from that island to bs sent tto any other part of the world...
...the Community Forum...
...possible, with full authority to investigate the deplorable industrial conditions as wsll as the general govj ernmental affairs of the island, especially the living and working conditions of the masse* of laborer* in Porto Rico, land and financial resources, and to ascertain how the federal as well as the organ io Isw of the ielsnd hss been continually violated by big financial interests, corporations and individuals which exploit th* people of the island to th* discredit of our nation 1 and, bo it further * •R**olv*d, That it is th* earnest wish of the Aaaerioaa Federation of Labor that such commission may visit the Island of Porto Rico to moke a thorough investigation, as these resolutions urge that such a commission may be com* posed . of men who will net—as several commissions have done in the past—accept mere courtesies and superficial official declarations as sufficient evidence upon which to baee their' officiel conclusions and recommendations, but that the aforesaid commission be composed of Senator* and Representatives capable of going to the very hsart of things, to get the real points and views of men who toil in every kind of work end businsss, who know locsl conditions, who feel the real fselings of the people end who understand our local conditions...
...Malstar's place and began ta beat aim until no went down, then kicked him...
...present form of satrttaal and insapmln civilisation...
...mSno tt appeared to me...
...and your sflefg stoauesoe...
...Now ye Ktoaals* ocistnh a- Jew aad a Chrtot b*U*v*r Mead...
...aad our dreams comprise aO that Jam* taught to tb* fishermen of CtolB**>'Shan perhaps we will ask yon to vnlnwtssr as a chairman, and later as a spaabar at our meetings...
...He was tb* drat outside observer oa the scene after ths Cathedral explosion la Sofia, Bulgaria, and/during th* terror which followed...
...A nattoaaHatio consciousness can be more effectively quickened during aa hour of emotional controversy and chaos...
...Ma dtvtoa) issrssi whaw jbaetoaad to atanktod and pad, Whits pes and' yaaw Ska of Fifth A***— laasbbta* ¦: btostod eefsto aad gralsad snst far wmrmw...
...Or if either of our first two deductions be correct regarding your Injecting the Christ issue Into Jewish theological controversy—may we ask you— as Carl Sandburg, the poet, once aehS* th* ballyhoo tag Rev...
...Within th* memory of this tost century—two Christ* appeared, here tn godless djaeric*, John Brown, whose broken body made the vision clearer to another—Abe Lincoln who was crucified a hundred time* by th* money changers of his time, long before the mad assassin's bullet ended his glorious resurrection...
...always there are Pharisees to heckle and abuse your enthusiasm, aad in thia cynical ago, miracle* are not accredited, even when performed...
...the scorned, th* rejected, the jeered-at object* for th* low hate aad tear of your world—we atfU car* to project ova prior claim to the acceptance of Christ the man...
...In my virgin apostle...
...b*es Jasvaf . . y» ' Itcspentfulty ysura, N *~ s. A. De Witte...
...Aad you are now ready to Jobs aula the groat •truggl* for tho ttheratlen ot the salary olavos, from tb* atere arises ybu bav* will an year bit*Wo Hottentot...
...wsappmmmn...
...A great -vision indeed...
...weloome bask into the Main streets of the South, the West aad the North every Sera otic department store seam and scrap area dealer who baa bat lately Sod before the bleat* of sight ridinjc bigotry...
...Nor, win there always be tb* awed silence such as has always been your homage...
...We know It will b* very aiduoas at first...
...Henry Ford will ptaee the Star ot-David over an Ms smokestocks, aad-Paderewskl will re-arrange i'Eii Eli" into a sonatina far concert ' piano...
...When will' you afford yourself th* high privilege of our comradeship...
...For years you have been the petted and pampered prolate for paunchy patriarch Ism...
...More from other quarters ta expected momentarily...
...Is that you have really seen the light which most Socialists the world over must see, before they renounce tb* gods of Fifth Asanas aw am cms ta men...
...At what stage of divine rev*efcttba have you arrived...
...Already, good old Nathan Straus has...
...Porto ~mhot and, *Whor*ss, «s a result of this Soneenli sllon of the lande and Sasnoial powere by absentee landtamo, tho bulk of the profits produeed by the Porto Rioo masses of tobsiera are never reinvssted in the krfend but la th*' continental UaJtod States, and foreign countoiea where absentee owner* . rewarn, and it Is thus seen that while* S Sroat inereaee in th* wealth prodaotlun af th* islend is recorded, she masses still remain and are left...
...Subject: "The World of Toeterday and Tomorrow...
...s. at • p. m. Mr...
...Jobs Herman Randan will preach Sunday morning, Jan...
...As your experience, hi Socialist speaking mellows, you will be able to find in your crowds at times, a* dingy pick-pocket, a frowsy scarlet woman, a ragged burglar sprinkled here and there...
...And so will every ptDow-oaa* qlill ot* lay -down the spear of Intolerance and...
...when may we hail you as Comrade Wise...
...GREEN of the American Federation of labor has formftmt «*f- President Coolidge f^twom^'natdvttbon, dealing %fes -conditions in Potto Rico, 'adopted at the recent convention m the A. F. of L.: gjftWhereas, the Chief of th* Bumpto of Ineular Affaire of th* War ntoaiHnient, in charge of all the IMelel affaire of the Island of Jlsi:hi...
...Ska* you have at one* become somsIfscbw swr* tbaa mere society news, to...
...I apoke my jUlfTi to tb* thousands of unconsoled i rbbsl In/asi Ton gar* devious con- - pmbsn to tb* calloused consciences of pbwejjowners...
...Or then again, perhaps—aad nearest i to intuition—ta the thought that this Palestine Home for Jewry baa been tilting shakily on the quicksands of sickly sentiment that still la its foundation...
...aad BUJah come to Fifth Avenue: a new Moses come, to lead Israel to ths*land of much more milk aad a whole lot mora honey...
...I bad arrived at a asttayapny that relegated yon and [supra u> a dim realm of inconsequential igggti The soap box ot the Socialist isgeakor...
...In a statement on the incident the officials of the union say: "Our organizer, George E. Powers, was beaten up by four gangsters nesting In Norfolk and Delaneey streets...
...Gangsters Beat Up Paper Box Union Organizer After Extorting $3,600 in Blackmail Scheme A brutal climax of a vicious blackmail scheme perpetrated on the Paper Box Makers' Union- by New Tork gangsters was reached Monday night when George E. Powers, the union's - organiser, waa set upon and seriously beaten up...
...the lama, th* leprous, the halt, the blind, and the next moment - lashes the money-ohangere who are forever profaning the house of slssssV^isrsski M*"tho...
...xwin hardly'TOthaee you to know r-isw tatimate a subject of Interest you kos*o become So me...
...paper box worker* 1* in progreas, and Intimidated the pickets on the picket Use, telling them that they would "allow" girls on ths picket lino hut no men...
...He baa had extensive experience to Burope during and since the war...
...more emotional of the millionaire enemies aad protagonists to the meter of immense donations tor administrative purposes —and the Fund...
...itms at least...
...Not at all like the good old Fifth Avenue collections...
...Up he cane and down be went one* more under the weight and pain of more blows from oii, four...
...But after you have spoken a few times to the street corner Pharisees, with the sidewalks for pews and the motley of American toilers tor parishioners, you will gradually nod acceptance of our picture...
...Have you ever paused to consider him ee the Christ of your yearsT Have you ever heard hie vote* a* it even to thia day rinse out with love for the lew...
...Red and white Terrors to Burope" will be the subject of aa address by Joeiab Wedgewood...
...S, at 1) t-d-la th* Community Church, Park avenue and 14th street...
...aufParing In the most' unbsarabls ••Bros of poverty, hunger.stricksn StoJ mdustrially oppressed...
...Not satisfied with this, they went a step farther...
...This Christ bVasiness can be turned to profit even among as Jews, it properly handled...
...Wborefore, war* you so suddenly pawad to proclaim -Christ aa a great 3 toantor...
...During which little party of rellgoue Inebriation you may succeed in shaking down the...
...Christtai, Jew or Athlaat earn accept Christ as washer aad stm remain apologist far our...
...f stousWf J V • ' No* h*»e you coano ta iota Gees and aa tbaa, wetoom...
...These same gangsters—Moe Grossman, ¦Joey.' 'Silvy* and 'Young^Frenchy...
...the christ of These Years Than cam* Gene Dob...
...There/to nothing Jlke prodding the staid orthodox- long beards into dervishes, aad the smug reformists Into bowling fanatics, and giving them something for which to dance aad shriek about...
...Wedgewood wad a minister to the late Labor Cabinet of J. Ramsay MaaDoaald...
...and, ¦ "Whereas, the.Bureau of Insular affair* of tho War Department has ••tonsibly devised for this prob•m...
...M P- Just arrived from England, at...
...Oocarada"Wtoa, ws may net be able to profit vary mach la spirit from contact with you...
...AN APPEAL FOR PORTO RICO Resolution Sent President Coolidge Urges a Through Investigation FIESIDENT WM...
...The Jewish 'bnslaessman aoeepts Christ as a teachtow ta life ethics and conduct...
...aad the candelabraed pulpit P At fifth Avenue Rabbi are poles leg*nt from each other...
...Pagan...
...The company you win keep aad the acclaim you will earn can hardly bear comparison with avhat baa long been your pleas tire and custom...
...They went to work for the Maderlght Paper Box Company...
...some of them high usurers, many of them coarsened cloak aad suit manufacturer*, plundering politicians, legerdemain lawyers, fee-flattened physicians—a goodly sprinkling of intellectuals of unearned income but all of them taking your pasty platitudes tor gems of genius—most of them as parasitic mentally aa.fhsy are materially and hardly one of them a worker—even as Peter was a fisherman aad Jesus a woodcarver...
...There (are section...
...tumbled out a hundred and fifty thousand 'dollars...
...During days of Epjcsceace settlement house inpgrcsts had brought me in contact Eft your platitudes and posturELtofar a week or two of sundays bjpfehe Free Synagogue...
...of America today where Abe is stSi as bated aad reviled ad waa Christ among the Fifth Avenue Tabernacle goers of Jerusalem...
...I have long ago -'ousted out of your proteased religion, j^sud yet my disturbance is genuine...
...But after a who...
...Monday night December M. at about 6:20, while Power* waa Calking to the girl -pickets, the four gangsters came out of Mr...
...there is a wealth of enriching adventure before yoia reverend doctor, just as soon as you really accept jesus as a man and leader...
...when .yea haw* Is*rued how completely our pmpusss...
...Firsts then Car history that might 'ThW* aersr boon definitely recalled, had ***, pot but yesterday quite heroically ; iBfiiiiml the reality ot Jesus tb* Jew 'eta year Jodean ewe* and lambkins...
...Last Tuesday night Wsramnor It...
...Is your ^SkWtasar prenundameuto the fruitage HsPfsakapj reason, or oostatlc rhyme T Si i mm ao orthodox rabbi, and *et I am aoafiuwiny oonoorued...
...Si*' heartless solution of separating 300,000 Porto Ricons from wWh" aatrv* aoil, because th* W^drawal of wealth . from th* Stand by abssntss landlords makes paair Hfe untenable and their induotriai devslopmant almost a ftoami be K i "Resolvsd, ¦ by thia forty-fifth convention of th* American Federation of L^bor In convention assembled that the President of the, American Federation of Labor bo earnestly recommended to request the President and the "Congress of the United States, to create a commission aa soon aa...
...The gutter holds many nasty and doubting Thomases...
...Melster and three other partners, where a strike of...
...which query brought forward' hie last ounce of strength, if any was left to supply enough coupsclousness for aa emphatic I •No!'" - The Community Forum Bar...
...The Least Plausible Inference But our last inference, and perhaps the leaat plausible...
...j I know this description of your flock wUI sound cruet dogmaUc aad unfair at first...
...who have mad* th* Bersaoa on tb* Mount osn* answer a thousand times to the crucifixion Judgment* of a thousand Pilate* -we, blooded Jew aad Gentile dreamers, radios hi...
...we, who have turned tb* cheek a thousand time* against th* blow* of indifference from the stultified many, aad persecution from th* power-drunk few ^ we...
...LOu Christ yea wSl have your groat struggles with temptsiloe...
...offll Ih4so>Ms» ssHsJi hroMysd loh* dhw sopMtplimf ^tfiii hisy wMh thoPee*** * JtaM ywuatosady torawatoa...
...Great **awfc* -of pebUetty tor IMS...
Vol. 2 • January 1926 • No. 53
