PHILA. LABOR INSTITUTE MAKES RAPID STRIDES; WORKERS' COLLEGE PLANNED
PHILA. LABOR INSTITUTE MAKES RAPID STRIDES; WORKERS' COLLEGE PLANNED (Bra Had sVsadar Qui ¦¦»¦¦>*—O " DBI11 ¦ADHLPHIgv—tbm Labor Inatsfcate - was built through the efforts of the Workmen's...
...A large sum of money was raised for the Socialist press and organisation...
...an expert on financing and accounting...
...Reorganize...
...Insurance Plan Local Hortcon, Wisconsin, recommends establishment of an Insurance plan for the benefit of sick and disabled members: "Cues to be 50 cents per month...
...Technical Bureau The State Committee of New York recommends that the National Office organize a technical bureau, which it outlines in the following statement: "1...
...The progressive movement in Illinois was ditched within a few months after the election of 1924...
...National Executive Committee, shall' appoint a Board of Directors for the Technical Bureau, which shall appoint a constituted of eleven or more Directors as follows: "A lawyer familiar with corporation counsel duties...
...a physician familiar with public health requirements...
...1 '•' Connecticut Socialists Busy Wka Many- Activities Connecticut Socialists find plenty to do in this period of awakening...
...In other words, he was a farmer who farmed the farm...
...Illinois Convention May 13th The T"»*<*"nO office has also Issued a new pamphlet bearing the title "The Farmer's Problem," written by the late John C. Leheney...
...March 25 Philadelphia.—North Philadelphia socialists have arranged a" supper for the evening of...
...Any technical problem referred to the Bureau shall in turn be referred to the particular Director to whom tt Is most familiar, and he may pass it along the Bureau deemed most competent to advise as to its best solution, or may furnish the required advice himself...
...This is a 33-page pamphlet, suitable for carrying in the pocket .Price: S cents a single copy...
...WORKERS' COLLEGE PLANNED (Bra Had sVsadar Qui ¦¦»¦¦>*—O " DBI11 ¦ADHLPHIgv—tbm Labor Inatsfcate - was built through the efforts of the Workmen's Circle and the Jewish labor unions of Philadelphia...
...National Executive Committee will meet in New York City March 17...
...Agenda Committee recommends that these suggestions and others that may be submitted be referred to a platform committee of five members to be elected by the convention...
...The National Executive Secretary may act as secretary of the Bureau or may provide it with a special secretary as required...
...The monthly financial report of the national office shows a substantial sum contributed during February to organization and educational work...
...Perhaps the greatest share of the credit for the success of the English Forum is due to Comrades Simon and Mrs...
...In addition to the English Forum the Institute has also conducted a Jewish Forum which was not quite as successful as the English one...
...During the War and the internal fights the book shop was forced to close...
...Address at the head of this column...
...It was an undertaking involving a lot of money and it is due only to the untiring efforts and In exhaustive energies of the individuals connected with it that It has been able to come through all of its difflqulties and make the progress that It has m*de> Aside from beginning the center for union offices and meetings, the Institute at the beginning of this season started an educational program which is a credit and a source of pride to every Socialist...
...The Jewish group has given performances for about a dosen organisation* during the winter.while the shgSsj fees given about six...
...Order from the National Office...
...The booklet is of pocket size and sells for five cents a copy...
...Saturday, March IT...
...Socialists of Okla...
...A complete state ticket and list of presidential electors will be nominated...
...March 25, beginning at 7 o'clock with J. Henry Stump, Socialist Mayor of Reading, as1 the principal speaker...
...an authority on relations with public service corporations...
...The Mothers' Club of die Workmen's . Circle of New Baven wil^ give a. packI age party for the benefit of the'' striking miners Saturday evening, March 17, at 438 Oak street...
...Illinois is the next State to announce a state convention of the Socialist Party...
...Socialists at Stamford will soon add another local to the state organization...
...Agenda Committee recommends election of such a committee...
...About ninety per cent of the members of the Board of Directors are members of the Party...
...Only books...
...Philadelphia at one time had the best Socialist Book shop In the country...
...a sewerage expert...
...There is no request for money contributions...
...this announcement Is made by National Executive Secretary William H. Henry, following correspondence with ^he members of the committee...
...Another venture which the Institute is Just entering will be greeted with enthusiasm by the old timers in the movement...
...The convention has been called to meet in Chicago on May 13...
...For the coming season arrangements are being made to furnish performances not only for iligsnlsSIISlis In Philadelphia but also in the mmXimr towns near Philadelphia, these perfswmanceh are furnished without any charge to the organization except for the Actual expense involved...
...5«c...
...members to hold a SO day policy before receiving benefits If sick and disabled, the 30 day wait to give the Party time to arrange the funds to finance the company...
...Literatare to Chinese Socialists Socialists in the National Labor University at Kiangwan, Shanghai, China, order a good batch of Socialist literature and ask for information to further the work of propaganda and education atoong the...
...This affair promises a corking good time for Socialists and their friends and those who wish to share' In an enjoyable evening should order tickets of Marie Hodgson, at headquarters, without delay...
...Within a few weeks the Institute will again open a Socialist and Labor book store and circulating library and it is hoped that ^fevoss.t.W fa the are...
...The National Secretary of the Socialist Party shall from time to time communicate with men and women qualified for membership in the Technical Bureau, and shall have power to enroll them as such, keeping a record of the education and qualifications of each member, which record shall be open and available to all elected Socialist officials whether National, State or Municipal...
...Both groups are new...
...per dosen, $3 per hundred...
...There are several proposal* dealing with internal reorganization, with foreign relations and with prohibition, among other subjects...
...Among those who spoke at the Pormn during the season were H. H. Brailsford, Rennie Smith, James Murphy, B. C. VTadeck, Paul Blanchard, Robert Moras Lovett, and a host of other Socialists...
...The Jewish Socialist Verband of New Haven also held a banquet in Dorchet Hall Sunday evening, March 11, with a hundred couples present...
...a teacher or person with school-board experience...
...a paving expert...
...and "Considering that this is the policy of our Socialist comrades abroad who live in the midst of unsettled conditions, policies and rivalries that menace the labor and Socialist movement...
...Should be short enough to be printed on a postcard with the Socialist emblem and motto...
...It looks as if Cpl...
...A New Pamphlet A new pamphlet called "The Farmer's Problem," written by John C. Leheney, is now off the prass and ready to be mailed out...
...an electrical engineer...
...At Its high peak It did twenty-five thousand dollars in business a year...
...a statistician and expert on office organization...
...Local Jamaica, N. Y., places the following resolution on the agenda: "Considering that the League of Nations is a fact and that as the working class of the nations acquire more political power in their respective nations the workers will have more and more Influence in shaping the League and Tn.Ung it a genuine instrument for preserving the peaee of the world...
...Mayor Stump Will Speak For Socialists In Phila...
...fleets Wft'X I On ^uMay I^MCAOO.—The National Executive V* Qaauaitet of the SneMst Party Mesa a special session fa the Band School of Social Science, New York City...
...that they want support for the League...
...It is particularly interesting that the educational part of the Institute's acuities is almost entirely conducted by members of the Socialist Party...
...This is a very timely piece of literature, written by a man who > had considerable experience on the farm...
...This and preliminary work in connection with the National Convention needs the attention of the committee...
...Mayor Stump should be greeted by a big crowd of Socialists and sympathisers...
...being made to open several classes No elhrtV,bI¦ng, spared to maksjJiese a ¦access aa the fcruaa *. There are also two dramatic groups now functioning in the Institute...
...Lindbergh's good-will flight was one of those areo-NAUGHTical successes...
...They can be mailed to the Labor Institute Library, 810 Locust street, Philadelphia, Pa...
...that American Socialists cannnot afford to take ma Isolationist position in this natter, i fee It "Resolved, (bat the Socialist Party declares in favor of the iftafiifl Skill ¦ Joining the League of Nations;, that we believe that Its imperfections no shore Justify remaining out of the League than Imperfections in our own system, of government justify citizens in lefisrtpg to ase their rights of suffrage...
...we herefore urge that the Socialist platform omit all reference to the subject" Agenda Committee recommends consideration of the statement of New York State Socialists on prohibition, which condemns the private production and sale of liquors as debauching elections and as an Injury to society and favoring control and distribution as a substitute for the admitted evils of the present Illicit traffic...
...Small sums are still coming in from the sales of the Debs voluntary assessment stamps and this item, together with sums received as monthly pledges, organisation and sustaining funds, shows a total of over a thousand dollois for the month...
...The governing body of the Institute Is elected by a convention of Labor organizations held' once a year at which the Party has representatives...
...If any readers of the New Leader have any books that they want to dispose of the Institute Library win appreciate any contributions that they can make...
...Merrill of New York submits the following suggestion: "That a special committee of five be appointed to formulate and submit to the National Executive Committee for appropriate action a plan for bringing the message of Socialism to the women of this country, and for the organization of women into groups for systematic work In the Presidential campaign...
...workers of their city...
...We urge out comrades to put this pamphlet to good use— place it in the hands of the farmers so that they may more clearly understand their actual situation...
...During the winter a campaign for wiping out the mortgage was conducted and as a result the financial burdens have been considerably reduced...
...The National Executive Secretary, with the advice and consent of the...
...Yet storing" the whiter they have served as a great help in arangtng en terrain men ts gar va-ious unions...
...In the course of the season it has conducted a series of twenty-four Bonday afternoon lectures which hod an average attendance of about six hundred and on occasions when exceptionally popular speakers spoke the doors had to be shut and hundreds of people turned away...
...y> It is hoped that within, a comparatively short tunc the Law&r Institute win become a second Rang School in the field of workers education and even more...
...an architect familiar with city-planning, building, codes, public building construction, etc...
...A few men at the head of It had been Intriguing with capitalist politicians even during the campaign for LaPollette and those who are disgusted with, the parties of the capitalist class In Illinois will have to vote for Socialist candidates if their votes are to count for anything worth while this year...
...I There is considerable work being done by the party in the field of organzation...
...The president of the Board is Comrade Berger, the local manager of the Forward...
...The work was hampered a great deal because those at the bead, of tr% Institute had to devote most of their time to raising the money necessary for meeting the mortgages...
...Short addresses were delivered by President Brewster of the Central Labor Union, George Moffatt of the Stamford Painters, Walter E. Davis of Hamden, former alderman Cederhokn, and Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport...
...League, Dry Law on Agenda Of Convention Agenda Committee-of Socialist Party Makes Public Proposals Received - From Members (By a* New Leader Cscreapwident) Chicago.—The agenda committee of the Boci»lfcrt party has made pnfcue a aeries of recommendations It has received which *Win come op lor action at the national convention in New York City teganlasj April 14...
...The season was wound up this Sunday with a debate between Norman Thomas and Max Eastman, when several hundred people had to be turned away because of lack of room...
...The national office is in need of more funds contributed direct by party members and sympathisers and Executive Secretary Henry urges them to communicate with hint...
...Morris Rice acted as Toastmaster, and the secretaryorganizer of the New England Bureau delivered the chief address...
...Prohibition local Rochester, N. Y, submits the following resolution: "Resolved, that we recommend to the consideration of the convention that the problem of the liquor traffic and its prohibition fa something outside of and unimportant to the economic issues In which we are interested, and that it is poor political tactics for us to get into conflicts among ourselves over this problem or allow it to divert atttention from the important issues in which we are interested...
...The agenda, as made public by National Secretary Henry, includes the following proposals: Pgatfsrsa Local Menssnlta, California, recommends that the platform be restricted to the fewest possible planks, leave out reference to prohibition and all immediate demands, and give a definite statement of fundamental Socialism...
...Agitation Among Women State Secretary Herbert J...
...Members of the Verband were present from Hartford, Ansonia, Waterbury and other cities...
...Sandino's men kill 4 marines...
...Prospects should get In touch with George Moffatt, P. O. Box 648, Sjtamford...
...The pamphlet is a popular presentation of the problems of agriculture as they have evolved in the past hundred years...
...The meetings win consider final arrangements for the national convention which meets In New York City on April 14 and act upon seme matters that have arisen since the last meeting of the committee in Philadelphia...
...Dues may be raised or lowered as committee sees fit...
...Organization work in many states will also be considered by the committee...
...The supper wilt be given at the Labor Institute, 808 Locust street, and the charge per plate has been fixed at 75 cents...
...Considering that a committee of the last convention will present a report on a similar matter, the Agenda Committee recommends that this suggestion and others of its kind be referred to that committee for consideration...
...a telephone expert...
...Bridgeport Socialists held a monthly social Saturday evening, March 10, which attracted visitors from other locals...
...Libre*, both veterans in the Party and who for several years were in charge of the Forum conducted by the Young Democracy of this city...
...The...
...When Bertrand Russell was here fifteen hundred people were In the hall and about a thousand were turned away...
...Worsxnsa'a Cireh) fratyhrs and other friendly organisation...
Vol. 7 • March 1928 • No. 13
