EUROPE'S SOCIALIST CHIEFS GREET U. S. CONVENTION, URGE STRONGER PARTY
EUROPE'S SOCIALIST CHIEFS GREET U. S. CONVENTION, URGE STRONGER PARTY 'I'HE convention journal issued by the Socialist Party In connection with the opening of the national convention in New...
...and eyes that, burn— Fancy in flight Devising and consoling, Fearing, blending Rapture and despair...
...I shouted down Through valleys of your indecision...
...of THE NEW LEADER and AMERICAN APPEAL Published weekly at Mew York, N. Y., for April 1. 1928, State of New York...
...Passing of the K. K. K. ^FTER years of asinine child's play which culminated in wholesale political graft, whippings and, even murders, the Ku Klux Klan is passing from the...
...S. A. de Witt...
...The United States to not the only OMuntoy ta which capitalism has been able to grow for a time without causing the majority of the proletariat to organtoe Itself against it into a powerful class party...
...Drive out the terror that you still are slaves...
...We are sure that the delegates will measure up to their important tasks and responsibilities and return home with a determination to make this political struggle the most importanjt in our history...
...All this was <lOne by trie Klin' in the name of Americanism and against radicalism...
...Teardrops with ardent ties Heartaches—yet never wise » Challenging care...
...In the said stock, bonds or other securities than as so stated by him...
...Climb up, climb up, to where I stand and see...
...Pride in flames Flaring, or in ashes, with Lip bitten—or hope—warmed...
...also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's fuU knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees hold stock and securities In a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner...
...The Knights of Columbus is maintaining a "lecturer" in the field whose goods is largely an inversion of Klanism...
...And I must make a clamor down the wide Green slopes, through town and countryside...
...There is little difference between this K. C. and the K. K. K. The i "lecturer" mentioned has also made application of all this to Mexico and the Mexican Government...
...Thirty years of that sort of activity have not brought power to the masses and it never will...
...labrris Bermen...
...parties of capitalism...
...If any...
...County of New York, ss...
...It is loading up with armaments...
...T/he Hill is only meant "For HS to\ sit on hujh-\ Remain content "Uppjt, the plains.+ .And even now you stand . Battalions.frightened by an old commotio...
...We are Socialist* first and even on these minor issues we have oar own approach to them...
...4 . ¦' "The Labor and Socialist International fellows with sympathetic attention your effort to advance the Socialist movement In the United States...
...You must not see he-dawn beyond...
...Secretary...
...A few have presented an opposite view...
...A number of writers have declared that they have fundamental faith in prohibition and that "unless it is approved by the Socialist Party they will not work with it...
...Socialism is an abomination, a foreign importation, a cult of free lovers, an impious radical creed and all the other bunk which the professional faker markets for a living...
...All other questions are of minor importance...
...i . t ¦'But one must be baud not to see that this state of affairs cannot last forever: that American (sajltellsm must sooner or biter reach Its crisis, aad that 'on that day the workers of the new world win understand, as then- English fellow workers have learned under similar circumstances, that ta the long run there can be no capitalism without class struggle and Industrial democracy without Borialtom "For many years already, dear comrades, you have with admirable perseverance worked to awaken the consciousness of the American workers...
...scene...
...Their Socialism is vague and uncertain...
...contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in eases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the ecanpany as trustee or m any other fiduciary relation the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee to acting, to given...
...Bi4t you...
...Forget that and we are likely to stray anywhere...
...The Trades Council by a unanimous vote supported municipal ownership...
...The brokers of these interests will be on hand to look after their clients...
...Juuus Qerber...
...4. That the two paragraphs next above giving the names of the owners, stockholders aad security holders...
...p. [ Socialists have another, conception of polities< and political, power...
...and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association or corporation has any Interest, direct or Indirect...
...It is insolent, it is domineering, and is reckless in staking the lives of millions in its gamble for world mastery...
...EUROPE'S SOCIALIST CHIEFS GREET U. S. CONVENTION, URGE STRONGER PARTY 'I'HE convention journal issued by the Socialist Party In connection with the opening of the national convention in New York Friday, con-' tains a number of Inspiring messages from Socialist leaders of other lands...
...i- ¦> —Carol Weeks, Forces April...
...The Minor Issues ^ITHIN the past few weeks The New Leader has received a number of letters from readers on the prohibition issue...
...It is a ruling class with a voracious appetite to master the world...
...It is of secondary consideration to them...
...Those who do not are not Socialists...
...Messages were also TOtolreC •*» printed from Tneodor Dan, Piappo rati, p. M Wllbaut...
...He cannot in any other way be loyal to those he should serve...
...THE CHATTER BOX The Eternal Socialist MY days are buoyed by a full delight Since when I stood upon a lonely height And lonely looked upon the world that still Abides behind the dawn, and waits until Enough of you who dared not follow me Will learn to climb to where I stood, and see---Did you hoi hear me call...
...Remember it and we will follow the road to power and final deliverance...
...Our methods al*o differ...
...Definition Lead molten in the veins Is love...
...With a Tammany Mayor and a large majority of Tammany Aldermen bearing the official stamp of the Central Trades and Labor Council these public officials did absolutely nothing to help the strikers...
...My snmmaaiori expires March 30, 1930...
...Cry Of Youth...
...I know 7 said ( AU thajtj^tight Jtira soul that was not dead...
...As -a Democrat, of course...
...Of no use whatever to the workers...
...Those who accept them are Socialists...
...The Klari assumed to be special guardians of the republic...
...Standing ourselves In the thick of the fight we send greetings to our comrades in the United states aad our ardent wishes that they too win soon be in a position to report a decided progress of their movement and important political victories.'" Vaaeervelde Seads Greeting Smil Vsndervelde, leader of the Belgian Socialists, sags...
...Reason fettered...
...Votes for these officials were wasted...
...N. Y. Editor—James Oneal, 7 Bast 15th Street, New York, N. Y. Ifanaging Editor—Edward Levtnson, 7 East 15th Street, New York, N. Y. Business Manager—8...
...With anxious eyes we an watching the developments on the other side of the ocean, hoping for the coming of the day when the country, of gigantic industrial centers, of the., great masses of workers by band snd brain, urban and rural, and of acute capitalist devekm ; ment, would finally produce the natural opposition movement of the (working class, a Socialist movement of ^I'w-t and power...
...rises Loose Paul Loebe Socialist president of the Qennan Reichstag writes: "I send hearty greetings to the Socialists of the United States at thenConvention and wish them every success in their deliberations and in theneffort* to advance the Socialist movement in the great trans-Atlantic Republic...
...and John Potoa, ef the British Independent Labor , The Socialist Convention ^HE NEW LEADER welcomes the delegates of the Socialist Party to the national convention of the party in the expectation that their deliberations will be fruitful and their decisions as important, perhaps more important, than those reached in any previous convention...
...Incidental to organization and education for this aim the Socialist movement strives for every immediate advantage which may be obtained for the working class through trade union organization...
...And Just to conclude appropriately, won't yos si wish me luck hi the form of a few two pound spec Med trouts, and perhaps a Ave pound pickerel, after a fatigued day, when the lake beckons snd lures BM to a restful troll...
...eaortgagees and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities are: None...
...His hokum is that the Knights are the special guardians of the republic...
...The classic example of this is the defeat of the I. R. T. strikers in New York City...
...Ours ia a movement based upon the claims of the working class and its deliverance from the exploitation of capitalism...
...It has been the most successful investment m ignorance and erudelity which has ever been floated in this dr any other country...
...Secretary of the British Labor Party, sent the fsSsV* tag message: "On the occasion of the annual ssa* vention of the American Socialist Party I send you the cordial fraternal greetings ef *s British Labor Party...
...Thus I must call until you come to me...
...given the contract to.represent the possessing classes for four years...
...President, Pteasantvule, N. Y...
...We seek power so that it may be used byJthe exploited millions,.for their .own emancipation...
...And lonely look upon a world that still Awaits you in the dawn beyond the hill...
...41 New Chambers Street, New York, N. Y. 229 Stockholders, none of them owning or holding one per cent or more of the total amount of stock...
...While the workers have no higher Ideal than a" mediocre wen-being made up tot the crumbs from the table of the rich, they may reason shir hope - to wismtsin that ideal so long as tmaugration remains restricted and AmerSsen industrial Imperialism continues to dceasnate the rest of the world by dint of Ms superabundant capital...
...A representative of the working class to be true to his class in office must owe his mandate to a party of his class...
...Statement of the ownership, management, ctreulatlon, etc, required by the Act of Qonavsss, August 34, 1913...
...tarn and town Re-echoed zvith my words...
...The world rolls our brief beauty in the muck, The old men count our souls as discs and tags...
...New Ywk, N. Y...
...It is time that this attitude be dealt with frankly...
...They may warrant expression in favor or against, but in either case they are not fundamental...
...April with sibyl face April...
...Did Murphy act as a union man or as a Democrat...
...They subscribe to the program that the powers of production should be owned by .corporate groups to exploit the masses, and enrich the owners...
...Its fundamental aim is to transfer the great natural resources and the industries of the nation from corporation masters to the people, to be managed for the common good of all...
...X am gtod w> Mabtetosj...
...sure oar frissdsft) smsrieatbst here tin lobar Part* has not CSV matntstoas aad esaesV idetsditoBOtttioa, at* coating** stsadDy adisast ft* ' Artier Hraserun, M. P.tbe VfJ7 early days of the existence of tfts fTsrir we had to carry on our efforts, ss Pj* are aware, under very serious hesdV caps...
...Its hist for Mexican oil has brought us near to war with Mexico a number of times...
...Here is a case where the president of the city parliament of workers was instructed to cast his vote as Alderman for municipal ownership...
...The only issue between the twp parties is which shall be...
...A. De Witt, 7 Bast 15th Street, New York, N. Yl 2. That the owner to: Owner—The New Leader Publishing Association, 7 Bast 15th Street...
...The City of New Haven had the option of taking over the water works...
...These are fundamentals...
...Before me a notary public in and tor the state and county aforesaid personally appeared Samuel A De Witt, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he Is the Business Manager of The New Leader and that the following Is, to the best of bis knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, and circulation of the aforesaid publication for the date shown In the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied In Section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit: . m ^ 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, tp*"«g«"a editor, and business manager are: Publisher—The New Leader Publishing Association, 7 East 15th Street, New York...
...S. A. DE WITT, Buslines 1*inigrSworn to and subscribed before me this fourth day of Aprfl, 193...
...HUGO POLLOCK...
...The factories harness us to black machines, The cannons turn us all to blood and rags...
...One little life is given us, one passionate boar to pit against a world made black by last, One hour of wild revolt against blind creeds Before our leaping hearts have turned to doit Beyond the darkness of our lives there shines A sun that lights a newer, cleaner day, But blindness lies upon our searching ejeS Show us, the way, O Lord, show us the way...
...Another example comes from New Haven...
...They are in custody of 100 per cent Americanism...
...Thej, are willing that we Shall give our tirpe for generations.to come in pa Basing the contract from one parly tp the other...
...Meyer Oluis, Treasurer, 175 Bast Broadway, New York...
...The conventions that will gather at Houston and Kansas City will represent a variety of capitalist and financial interests...
...But I jmust climb each day upon the height And fill my being with a rare delight...
...To divert attention of wage workers'from the struggle 'for shorter hours, higher wages' and a better status in industry to hate of Negroes,' Catholics, Jews and immigrants is tp shatter' the Unity'that is essential to a working class movement...
...A "Labor" Alderman jJECENTLY we observed in these columns that men endorsed for public office by the trade unions do not and cannot represent the organized workers when they are elected...
...An oligarchy of concentrated capital rules this country...
...It brought to the top as choice a collection of morons and charlatans as ever swindled dupes...
...Max Press...
...oppose sufeh rr|r^tiorit If our ruling classes drift on to- the hloodjf: atfj»V ' strophe that lie* ahead the objector will have no power to regulate anything...
...This reasoning has special force in the United States...
...N. Y...
...Arthur Rsnrtonwn...
...Those who do not accept these fundamentals are prohibitionists or anti-prohibitionists first...
...Now that it is passing it is important to call attention to a revival of another }00 percentism...
...President Murphy of the New Haven Trades Council was elected Alderman on the Democratic ticket last November with the approval of the trade unions...
...They remain Democrats or Republicans and owe allegiance to their respective parties...
...We have nothing in common with the bourgeois sentimentalists or the bourgeois bootleggers...
...Dual allegiance is impossible...
...They may be worth considering...
...In the face of all this, how ridiculous it is to hear some voice peep the objection that it will not work with the Socialist movement unless it agrees to regulate.appetites or to...
...What must be the humiliation of the millions: wtri paid their money into the coffers of these fakers!' ' The Klan has done considerable harm' to the labor movement for there are cities where some members of the unions have* heen: Klansmen...
...Since the end of the World War there has been confusion and uncertainty in American politics, especially in the ranks of the workers...
...The Socialist movement is representative of the working people of all countries who seek to alter the fundamental basis of capitalist society...
...3. That the known boudheldors...
...an ancient tyranny ?of.thundered to, yovt¦ bVains...
...We bad to face sonietftaM w» ridicule and always the uppusltlns SJ the traditional political mterssts Eg were strongly entrenched and ssssusatf impregnable...
...Then 1st m leave this week's stint to my guests...
...At the moment when you are about to launch a new effort your friends of Europe send you then- fraternal greetings...
...But^.you are slaves...
...Not only because tt to convinced that the American workers have the most direct and compelling Interest £o organ* Ise themselves Into a class party but also from,the point Of view of general Socialist propaganda m the rest of the world...
...Battalions, frozen' *y an old command...
...Such a man might make a big fight for the workers on every question but if he does so he is certain to incur the enmity of the party leaders and be denied another nomination...
...Its organs and propagandists are malicious in their attempt to silence all criticism...
...I know I made A fifing of courage, but you seemed afraid...
...And with spring so maddeningly in the air, and trout biting at everything except Socialist- propaganda, what else can I do but leave aU you behind at your tasks and over-conscientiousness, while I go knee-deep in tumbling brooks, and hold ooaussa ion with Isaak Walton and the hills...
...Desire wielding wMps...
...We remember the time when, although there were millions of organised Socialists on the European continent, the British trade nntrmlrta snowed no interest ta politics or in parhanwnt, "Masters of the world's gold supply of almost InaxJasneUble natural wealth, of a domestic market of one hundred and twenty minion consumers and of an Industrial organisation without equal ta the world, the American capitalists enjoy a sufficient margin of profit to enable them to leave a smaU portion of it to their wage workers...
...The above Is a poem I wrote for the Socialist Convention Journal, and which appears there for all those who wish to keep a momento of what will no doubt prove to be the most significant Socialist Party occasion of all these mad and uncertain years...
...Socialists may even differ regarding them and cooperate in the greater work and greater aims for which their organization is maintained...
...There have been a few such cases but they also disclose the folly of working within the parties of capitalism...
...Lead molten in tke veins-Is love...
...We cannot subscribe to the view that workers-can participate in the primaries of the capitalist parties and obtain power for the workers...
...with loud liquid eyes . . ft-^f April "voluptuous skies , VeOing despair...
...Stockholders holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of stock: None...
...Come up, come up, from out your living graves...
...I'khow 7 sent.you messages as clear '' As Jhc bibs depth of mountain atmosphere /si which, n*y senses danced...
...V signed a report against city ownership and voted in favor of the private corporation ! Of what use is even a union man in public office as a Democrat or as a Republican...
...It may give a few "labor leader*" a few jobs but the working class is left with an empty bag...
...That confusion is dissipated and the political field is occupied by the Socialist Party as the only organization contesting with, the...
...remained as (yen now you stand...
...with rainbow grace ' Charming the air...
...It is time that these miscreants were retired with their psychic brothers in arms, the K. K. K. One is no more desirable than the other...
Vol. 7 • April 1928 • No. 17
