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The New Leader Mail Bag Mr. Sapon's Qullicications Sj& The New Leader: t flEs-Haflhlf the review Of "Left .^B^aitBfl*""" by David - J. Sapoes El Jfow Leader ot May J, J am "JJ^ M write you...
...Above all, David Saposs is a scholar and: a scientist, aad although be has otnhmlttad himself unqualifiedly to the -cause ot labor, still bis .approach to the labor movement is realistic...
...A mass meeting win be held this Friday evening at the Bronx Lyceum, at 170th street and Third avenue, Bronx...
...saspsMyoten of Wisconsin in the ; sji'iatlnn of bUls on social and labor jBjdssWten...
...He was •der and directors of the Labor b Inc., and he is since 1922 a ' isSttat member of , the faculty of 'Shekwood Labor College, and an inatreotar in the Workers University of tbs't L. 0. W. U. i I eosUd enumerate many other activities which would testify to his ssoededge of the labor mdvemoht, but I ol not think it is necessary...
...Saposs, however, misses its importance in his book and...
...S: jnw, there may reflect on David BOtaf enslUtcatlons to write on our EgwWssd labor movement...
...Here's hoping that he and others wiU broadcast often ln the future...
...All true men are soldiers in the same aftny, te do battle, afalnet the same enemy—the empire of darkness and wrtng.—Csrlyle...
...But this modification of our view of...
...and nothing that hapWs |#ea(ien...
...This station is quite bard or dlfBcult to pick up but nevertheless I managed to tune In on the last end...
...We would not consciously do him as injustice, and we are glad to print the above correction...
...being conducted by the union which is Local 810 of the Teamsters International, to organise the laundry drivers in the various parts of the city...
...thus an unbalanced view la presented of American Communism.—Editor The New Leader...
...bimdry Workers Strike Agaiiist Eraanns Laundry The laundry workers employed by the Erasmus Laundry of tie Franklin avenue, Brooklyn, have declared a strike because ths Arm refused to comply with the union conditions...
...i Editor, The New Leader: Just 'a few lines to let you know I tuned ln and heard Norman ThomaS tonight from WRNY...
...In the cage of the Communists it has been worked out as a philosophy...
...27do take exception to the followFQfam sort of book is likely to JHSgT...
...Them can be no doubt ts*|d*kexperience, associations and ssa^RSdp qualify him to wflte on the Isosrsurrement as much as any other psrsos ta the United States...
...Bb has' ssfsiirsMly a historical and ffdSffeaiksiad...
...Ralph Rabbins...
...In "Left ?Wing Unionism" there is only an incidental reference to It here and there, Indicating- that the author does not think it of much importance...
...Sapoes has not had that "porseoeJ experience" in tbe movement that would have enablesfblm to roxch ewMsM i balanced Judgments...
...tram a patient atudent of ' 9^MMg_tary sources, but who has k ^ m\ personal experience ln the "." aBaSSW't he considers which • "Z -jSTenable him to check the ^ jgawts snd to more intelligently , 'LwBnjett the material...
...Sapon's Qullicications Sj& The New Leader: t flEs-Haflhlf the review Of "Left .^B^aitBfl*""" by David - J. Sapoes El Jfow Leader ot May J, J am "JJ^ M write you tout communl*:*^L\\ I do not dispute your views book, ss I have not reed it aa RJ2| |t is possible that I, tec may E-ats with the author's conclusions...
...The workers are now on strike tor three weeks and although a number of them have been .persecuted by the police and a number have been arrested, the strikers are continuing with their picketing.' The union urges .the public to patronize union laundries...
...The Communists think it of vital importance as all their literature' proves while the opponents of tbe Communists In the unions also think it vital because of their continuous opposition to it...
...R Commons, and later colManued with Prof...
...I remain as ever, for broadcasting...
...tJ>" 1 ' - .Cheerfully give space to the shore letter and also concede that we were wrong in assuming that Mr...
...He knotts) it toe wen to do otherwise...
...He was research ssslstant |S Wsf...
...Wine hi' studied at the University of gjIfruMSUh he was connected with the -Racial Democratic Herald" in MllI sjsjiiri of which Victor Berger was fbs otttor, and he assisted the' Socialist...
...FANNIA M. COHN...
...Any impartial and acientlfto student of the Communist movement would be immediately Impressed with this aa tbe moot important phase ot Communist activities - aad It: would bttpc large in any study of ths movement that he might write...
...Prominent speakers will address the gathering, ,and aU laundry drivers are requested to attend...
...He was always considered on the "inside" of *Jf_t ealy bbs he worked from child-1 feSJd IBS Jolaed the brewery workers' saw* a\ aa early age, but he has never bees out ef leech with the movement...
...Hs eg) nnmilIn iilin for the United States tbaton on Industrial Relations, > was an expert of the New Tork Department of Labor...
...Commons in gjgte.Uie "History of the Labor BweaeBt in the United States...
...Sapoes' experience .tin leaves one important question unanswered: Why bee be In his book practically ignored tbe most Important phase of Communist activities lh other organisations7 That phase Is Its conduct and attitude toward those who differ with Communists and which has appeared as "militancy" In the labor movement of this country four times since the Seventies...
...Taunton, Mass...
...Be knows the leadership as well as the n>ax and Ills ef the various tendencies of the, Atoerican labor movement...
...I do not :fmf,-r anetr~- student of the labor '_li|iM*f wh0 snows it so well from otaes.*" S"rl<5 Seposs does...
...Ijbjpa that you will find it possible wJStaush this communication ln the ssgt issue of The New Leader...
...An organisation campaign Is...
Vol. 3 • May 1926 • No. 20
