BRITISH PEOPLE REJECTED COMMUNISTS, APPEASERS
Rice, David
British People Rejected Communists, Appeasers From DAVID RICE IN ANALYZING the returns of the British election, I was surprised to find that The New Leader paid so little attention to the...
...But to equate a humanitarian force like socialism with totalitarian systems like communism und fascism indicates either your lack of understanding of these opposing forces or an opportunistic attempt to build good-will in the party which originally spurned you—the Democratic party...
...The fact is that the District Council tried Weinstock under provisions of the International Constitution which mandates expulsion from the organization for members who have joined the Communist Party or named totalitarian organizations...
...Praises Fries From HAROLD R. HAY .As ONE of your comparatively new readers and one interested in the study and teaching of philosophy, 1 want to express my appreciation for Dr...
...British People Rejected Communists, Appeasers From DAVID RICE IN ANALYZING the returns of the British election, I was surprised to find that The New Leader paid so little attention to the crushing defeat suffered by the Communists and the fellow travelers...
...Equally encouraging for freedomloving people was the defeat handed to the fellow-traveling Labor MPs who had been expelled for following the Moscow line: Pritt, Zilliecus, PiattMills, et al...
...This writer might not have taken your time in commenting on this bit of votsnatching were it not for two national radio hookups broadcasting a tribute by men of good-will from all political parties to a great socialist, Norman Thomas...
...Willie Gallacher, who had represented a Scottish miners' constituency since 1935, was considered "safe...
...Says Seligman Miffed It On Weinstock From GEORGE RIFKIN In DANIEL SELIGMAN'S otherwise excellent column in The New Leader of March 10 he demonstrates how wellmeaning reporters can themselves fafi victim to Communist propaganda...
...In the 1935 election, Gallacher got 17,636 votes, and defeated his Labor Party opponent by more than 2,000 votes...
...This seems to have been a tactical mistake...
...Incidentally, the three men have retained Harry Sacher and have taken their case to the Supreme Court, New York County...
...Thomas, in the course of his address made some pointed references to your remarks which insisted you prove your right to the "d" in democrat...
...Communist Gallacher, losing half his influence, got only 9,000...
...In the letter of expulsion to Weinstock and the others the last sentence reads 'You are entitled to work at the trade pending an appeal being made by you...
...While divided on the details of the welfare state, and on the question of which party is better qualified to administer it, the British people stand united in their affirmation of militant democracy...
...On him Albany won't look good...
...He is suffering not only for his own crime but as a representative of all those who during the dark days of Madrid, of Munich and of Stalingrad looked to Russia with hope and sympathy...
...Thus one of the outstanding facts about the British election was the determined rejection by the British people of totalitarian^ and appeasers...
...2—"Another difficulty is that the Council, in expelling...
...Weinstock is not the President of Painters Local 848...
...I must confess that, I am of that group...
...Horace S. Fries' review of Russell's Authority and the Individual...
...and a decision may be expected shortly...
...Feels for Hiss From FRANK COR TALE The NEW LEADER applauded the conviction of Alger Hiss and heaped scorn upon those liberals who showed sympathy for him...
...The following is quoted from the letter: "The newspapers recently carried a disturbing item...
...the men, made it clear that expulsion carried with it a denial of the right to work in New York as a painter...
...Of the 100 Communists who ran, 90 failed to get one-eighth of the vote in their districts, and thus forfeited the $420 deposit which the British election laws require of each candidate...
...If we continue to go along with a semantic mish-mash which trumpets obvious lies as expounded by the Congressman from New York's 20th Congressional District, what hope is there for those necessary reforms which can clearly be called socialist objectives...
...I believe that we on the left ought to take stock and determine for ourselves the correctness of an electoral policy which makes possible the support of such great political thinkers as FDR Jr...
...He makes three assertions concerning the expulsion of Louis Weinstock and two others from membership in the Brotherhood of Painters which should be clarified, viz.: 1—"One difficulty is that all three men are firmly entrenched in their various locals, which have already passed resolutions supporting them against the (District) Council...
...Raps FDR Jr...
...3...
...In any event, let us make certain that the Congressman finds his political career ended with the 81st Congress...
...And Mr...
...The total Communist vote decreased from 102,780 to 93.000, even though this year the CP ran 100 candidates instead of the 21 it put up in 1945...
...This writer does not dispute your ^ygnt to disagree violently with (or eVen hate) socialism...
...This year, the Labor man got 23,000 votes and...
...asserting that his identification of socialism with fascism and communism smacked of dirty vote-snatching...
...Philip Piratin of London, another Communist who formerly held a Parliamentary seat, this year got 0,000 votes while his Labor opponent got 33,000...
...The very reverse is true...
...They quoted you as saying, in proof of your party regularity, that you hated socialism as much as you hated communism and fascism...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr...
...As you may know, not one of the Communist candidates was elected to Parliament, and the former Labor Party fellow-travelers, now running as independents, were also snowed under...
...Although not agreeing, completely with the reviewer's strictures, I know that he js at least an acknowledged figure in the field of philosophy...
...You might check with certain ex-socialists who were active and important workers in your successful campaign, and with.the Liberal Party on whose ticket you were elected, and ask how they feel about your profound triangularization of socialism-communism-fascism...
...but the (.Weinstock) is still the President of Painters Local 848...
...It might be asked if your hatred of socialism extends to the socialist support you received in your campaign...
...For Attack on Socialism From PHILIP RUBIN I HAVE SENT a letter to the Hon...
...Please do not judge us harshly if we show tears for this tragic figure instead of scorn and anger...
Vol. 33 • April 1950 • No. 13
