THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
O'Neal, James
The Socialist Movement and The Catholic Church An Effort to Trace the Causes of the Conflict; The Place of The Church in Politics By James O'Neal "Editor, The New Leader: "Recently I have been...
...Ernest St...
...ere we assy sees* ant that what the German TTiiIiI-Ii aad to stetomg to defeat ssBtf-GetheCto lagtoterton to Germany they wesH de to aeeaad auttFrettataa* hgtotollon...
...Their ranks have been increased and a new influx is expected from the Juniors who are about to graduate into the Seniors...
...When it saw that this attempt was unsuccesful, it tried to thrust a Fascist Government Into office, and even two hours before the leader of the Peasants Party was entrusted with the task of forming a Government, it was uncertain whether we should not have to reckon with a coup d'etat...
...All Yipsel Circles are requested to send In their contributions, both from Circles ant', individuals, to the Y. P. S. L. office, 7 East 15th St., New York City...
...In all ages the Church has always defended the existing order whatever it might be...
...Comrade Lester Shulman presented Circle Two Senior, South End, with a charter, at their meeting held Tuesday...
...The Bishops' Program is also a near approach to this program, for it provides for a considerable Invasion of the system of private and corporate ownership of industries...
...over, and just there lies the danger For the Revolution is not yet over...
...410 Renwick avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. Incidentally, the formation of the Syracuse branch means that New York will soon have all the major cities represented...
...Then there have been many charges that the success of the Socialist movement would bring with it - decree abolishing religious worship, the destruction of the family, abolition of marriage and with this the passing of the home...
...They can be enabled to...
...Incidentally...
...Like John J. Raskob tfaay joined the Republican Party but tn the recent campaign for obvious reason...
...When it to remembered that this to taken from a long document carefully considered jby high officials of the Church and that the lectures of Father Ryan explaining the Program bear the Nihil Ob*tat ol the Censor Deputatua and the Imprimatur of the Archbishop of New York, it is difficult to see how the old antagonism to Socialism by the conservative Catholics can be maintained...
...Should it come, is it not hideous that Catholic must kill Catholic and Protestant kin Protestant...
...Comrade August Claessens will present a talk on the subject: "Human Nature and Socialsm...
...The officers who were elected are: Organizer, Henri Suprenant, secretary...
...It was also apparent that the Influence of the Social-Democrats on the Peasants Party Is needed both to urge It to quicker progress and In any case to preserve what has already been gained...
...They are Karl Miller, David Miller, Sam Miller and Morris Miller...
...Coalition It Effected Driven by this necessity and the pressure of the electoral law, the "NationalZaranists and the Social-Democrats have entered into an election coalition, according to which' the Social-Democrat* receive a number of candidates proportionate to the balance of votes in 1927...
...The dishonesty of such methods is apparent from the following considerations...
...Tammany had at one tine bees anti-Irish and anti-Catholic and the raw of the Irish in that organization often an interesting study In the r-hanying q— position of city political machines...
...It Is a sad commentary on our American civilization that workers should have to fight a life-and-death battle for the 8-hour day...
...The Increased wage or shorter hears yon win are not for Catholic workers or Protestant workers but for all workers...
...It demanded unconditional power over a long period for a Coalition Government, threatening, if this was not accorded, to resign in the midst of the loan negotiations...
...This Circle has twenty members...
...Social-Democrats against the reactionary oligarchy in Rumania has borne fruit;the Liberal Government has had to make way for that of the Peasants Party, and—a new phenomenon in Rumania—it has been driven to this course by the pressure of the masses at the precise moment when It least wished to do so...
...Harry Karashian suffered a fractured jaw and Charles Balish a deep scalp wound...
...The last meeting on Wednesday was addressed by Clarence O. Senior, who was an American delegate to the World Youth Congress held in Erde...
...Another said: "Young Silk Workers, Whatever Your Craft, You Belong to the Youth Section of the Associated Silk Workers...
...JACK WASSERMAN EDITOR Published Every Week By The New Leader for the Young Peoples Socialist League THE PATERSON SILK STRIKE .. Of the 3,500 silk workers of Paterson, H. J., who went on strike in response to me call of the Associated Silk workers about 1,000 are still out...
...The clergyman preaches politics, the civilian prates on orthodoxy...
...The Party of which he is the leader originally consisted of' the Rumanian Nationalist Party in Transylvania and the much more radical Peasants Party in the other Provinces...
...One can hear from one end 3f Paterson to the other, "Oh, we ain't goln' to slave no more,, no more," from the young throats of the enthusiastic pickets...
...There are many Catholic workers who are members of the Labor Party, especially tu Boofhrnd, and within the past two years Mm WheaUey, prominent In Labor Party councils and • Catholic, has been mentioned as a possible Labor Premier in snoosssion to J. niiny MacDonald...
...Carry that idea of solidarity to the ballot box in a party of your own and you have the whole program of action that is urged by th: Labor and Socialist parties of the world...
...If one will study the literature published by those opposed to the Abolitionists in our own country they will find all these fears and charges stated...
...It has however also embraced large sections of the middle-class town population and now stands for the industrialisation of the country, and its transformation from a half feudal economic system...
...THE NEW REGIME IN RUMANIA The Socialists Part in The Current Election By Jakob Pistiner rT'HE great struggle carried on by the National-Zaranlst Party together with the...
...SINGLE MAN OR WOMAN: If eating at home $4 grocery ticket: $1 cash...
...can workers kept them out of the skfiaat trades...
...It is no mere accident that Maniu continually stresses the struggle for legal precedure...
...Cleveland Circle Active "Hy" Fish reports the organization of a circle In Cleveland...
...We shall try to state these reasonc as fairly as possible...
...The circle held regular elections: Sadie Neal, organizer...
...Our ideal is the abolition of wage service aad uniting useful labor and ownership in the same persons...
...Nearly thirty yean ago the Socialist Party began to elect Socialist to city offices in Massachusetts where the Irish politicians shared in a large j measure of power...
...Yet appeal to religious beliefs and prejudices has been made against the Socialist Party and the Socialist program...
...The prospect of these successes by Socialists In this country naturally alarmed the politicians of the city machines and they Just as nstunuTy fought us...
...In which ths public prosecution was not even conducted by a lawyer, and In which the General could Instruct the Judges as to their verdict...
...It has been chiefly waged through the Knights of Columbus who have employed two men to make unrelenting war upon the Socialist Party...
...Theyshould be fighting shoulder to shoulder for their common claims to a greater and more equitable share ta the fruits of Inventions and Industry...
...The socialization of church property would contribute absolutely nothing to solving the labor problem and it is this problem alone that we are interested In...
...Including mayors of cities, were won by the Socialist Party...
...Throughout the whole country the population was exposed to the arbitrary control of the authorities and everywhere newspapers were suppressed in unconstitutional fashion...
...The following is a striking paeaage from the Program: "Nevertheless, the foH peeatbiBtJss af BBSS-MS- production win net be re afiaed se tens aa the majority ss* the...
...Sees Terror Ended It is scarcely possible for other countries to conceive what the abolition of the exceptional regulations means for Rumania...
...Certainly not...
...Join it and share In the good fight for a better world Organization Education Solidarity FREE YOUTH Tseng rwsoArs Socialist League) XI Essex Street, Boston, Mass...
...Errly In the thirties and in each decade thereafter as their ssasxif increased their political tofluence at sat era increased...
...The Juniors, recently organized, number over thirty already...
...Slumbering prejudices awaken...
...Again in 1893 when Catholics fought for the abolition of the laws enacted against the Jesuits in Germany, the Socialists came to their aid in the defense of their constitutional rights...
...Now northern cities came largely under the control of the Irish in alliance with professional politicians of other faiths...
...Pierre...
...One is impressed with the vitality and militancy of the Union...
...Which brings understanding, sympathy, tolerance, good will, solidarity and, above all...
...Another Reply to Tipsel Criticism in THE LEADER of December First Comrade Asherowitz wrote without knowledge of the Bronx Circles...
...Voting takes place -on December 13...
...Grocery tickets are issued by the Assotlated Silk Workers on the relief store tor so many dollars" in goods...
...The Associated Silk Workers have recently formed a Youth Section which has been injecting pep into the picket lines...
...FRANK J. MANNING...
...Now the K. of C. is not a political organisation but It Is safe to say that the overwhelming majority of the politicians of the Catholic faith are members of the K. of C. The public powers of the dUe* have In all countries been the fin: to fall Into the hands of the Labor and Socialist parties...
...In the '70's and tot of the but century the German Socialists gave their support to the Catholics In the fight against the laws of religious intolerance of the Kulturkampr* inaugurated by Bismarck...
...Several meetings have been held...
...It would at first sight appear to haven fallen over the question of the loan which It was- endeavoring to raise abroad...
...How little the Liberal Government realized the situation Is clear from the fact that it thought the moment a favorable one for bringing pressure to bear on the public...
...The course of events during the crisis showed that the reactionary forces are still very strong and are not at all inclined to yield...
...Down to 1912 several thousand city offices in many states...
...The union is providing for 1,000 families from khelr fast dwindling treasury...
...Francis Seminary, St...
...August...
...Certainly...
...William Baron, recording and corresponding secretary...
...We cannot fathom all the reasons for the Church's attitude but some of them are perfectly clear because they have been dearly stated...
...This year I cast my first ballot...
...In the form of excessive Nationalism and banking based on exorbitant rates of interest, to that of a bourgeois State...
...Ohio, meeting at the Socialist Free Library, 3467 East 147th St...
...The Knights of Columbus With this ascension to political sever In the cities the rich prizes In eflleai aid contracts came to the Irish ptducaas and their aliies...
...However slew the attainment of these ends, they wm bare to be reached before we can have a thoroughly efficient system of production, er an industrial and social order that will be secure from the danger of revolution...
...A candid investigation of much that hat been said against us from this tsorce will reveal a startling fact Bees", si that has been said by the Ka Kan Klin against the Catholic people aa a whole and you wfli know what the C»thoUc politicians have said against Socialists aa a whole 1 It is time that the workera of all isttte should emancipate themselves from tht clerical politicians of all types...
...But this forced solidarity of the Irak Catholics made their alien and rtUrJeat character all the more conspicuous...
...Incidentally he paid a tribute to the Socialist movement because of its fairness to the Catholic Churchr Writing In the "Irish World" of September 20, 1924, Father Muench said: "Especially have dastardly attempts been made to alienate Catholic voters from the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket by calling up the spectre of Socialism...
...Rochester, Syracuse and New York City have units...
...Two other strikers were seriously injured...
...In this country there has been some bitter propaganda against the Socialist Party by prominent Catholics, but there is another group of which Father John A. Ryan and Father MacOowan are representative leaders who take a more tolerant and sympathetic atltude...
...The members of this Circle saw some remarkably active service In the textile strike...
...It was not till the Government, after a long and severe struggle with the military element, had succeeded In doing away with the exceptional regulations that have been In force since the war, that further negotiations were possible...
...The Intelligent man and woman will hr.ve little difficulty in giving a reasonable answer...
...This would mean the 'sacriIlce of recognition of the Union, the 8aour day and Increased wage schedules...
...The abolition of property in slaves appeared to the partisans of chatteldom as the abolition of the marriage tie and other evils mentioned...
...James Oneal addressed a joint meeting of the Seniors and Juniors of Circle Eight last Friday on "Communism and Socialism...
...LARGE FAMILY — (5 or more persons) : 89 grocery ticket: $2 cash...
...Then are still many mighty Bastilles of reaction to be levelled to the ground...
...If eating away from home, meal ticket and $1 cash...
...Would it be any consolation to you if Catholic rulers ordered you to the slaughter or that Protestant rulers sent you to the trenches...
...And *hc was right...
...Circle Two wishes to emphasize that its last meeting was most excellent, the Educational Program having for its theme the History of Philosophy, which was accompanied by brilliant discussion...
...petlons...
...Over the largest part of the country no assembly or meeting of any Association has been possible without the permission of the military and civil authorities...
...With Boohdtoti it as a ssattsr of baatsstog so the State playing usttber friend nar sweaty to any sect sr creed...
...More than 1,000 are back at Work In the shops that nave acceded to the Union's demands...
...There is nothing surprising about this considering that vast changes In the socclal order may involve disturbances which, the Church fears, may lnture It as the possessor of vast properties all over the world...
...Is it not just ss stupid for Catholic workers to vote with John J. Raskob because he Is a Catholic when he, also, fights organization of the workers In the Industry of which he Is a master figure...
...otherwise, the favorable settlements made In 150 .shops Will be lost...
...Brooklyn Circle Two Seniors will hold a social and dance tomorrow evening for the benefit of the Brownsville Sunday School at the Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 2*9 Sackman St...
...His politics assembles voters by creeds...
...When It Is added that 12,000 soldiers who had been placed at the disposal of the police for political purposes, were immediately demolished and sent home, and that the whole of the election machinery, from the distribution of the voting papers to the counting of the votes has been placed entirely In the hands of the judges, in order to prevent the stealing of votes which has hitherto prevailed, perhaps the enormous transformation that has taken place may be realized even by those 'n other countries...
...The Baptist, the Methodist and the Catholic eaeh has something in common with all otben of his own faith within the sphere of thst faith, but in politics and industry it don not count...
...Both Circles report a growing membership...
...All offences were tried in military courts...
...The relief allowances are: SMALL FAMILY — (1 to 4 persons), |8 grocery ticket...
...Even when the Government had been formed, it was, and is still, forced to take every step in advance in the teeth of the resistance of the reactionaries, who employ sabotage tactics and use every Imaginable means to make the life of the new Government Impossible The fact that the Peasants Party had come Into power at first caused the Social-Democrats to feel strong scruples against entering upon an election coalition...
...Moreover, the economic questions bound up with politics and political parties have no sectarian aspect...
...In the former, the workers own and manage the todastrtes themselves...
...Address communications to H. Fish...
...Florence Robinson, financial secretary...
...Young People's Socialist League, 12702 Oakiield Ave., Cleveland, Ohio...
...No Overtime for Young Workers,'' shouted a third: "Give Us a Chance to go to Night School...
...The only act of violence in this strike so far came from the bosses...
...The Social-Democrats, however, rejected this on the ground that it> was impossible as yet to know under what conditions and under what law the election would take place...
...Now that is all done away with...
...Maniu was requested to form a Government, and Immediately dissolved Parliament...
...The National-Zaranlst Party wished to extend this alliance to an election coalition...
...near Kinsman Road...
...They had been eoustons to the most laborious and m»"lbji|_M...
...New Bedford, Mass...
...At the time of this writing the only iutside financial help received is $500 Irom the Forward Association...
...Tag Day for Paterson Strikers The Y lose is will participate in a General Tag Day for the benefit of the Paterson Silk Workers who are in their seventh week of strike...
...Thej feel that the revolution is successful...
...Much Is made of the fact that the Socialists have thrown their support to the Progressives...
...A small strip along certain frontiers is, it Is true still, subject to military control In virtue of the exceptional regulations, but the Jurisdiction of the civil courts has been restored, the censorship has been completely abolished, and the right of assembly Is now in the hands of the civil authorities...
...But the feeling of the masses was so strong that no one ventured to oppose it...
...They will organize into groups, churches and sects till the earth grois cold and life Is no longer possible, ffhat is their right, but in the meantime the masses who bear the burdens of civilization should strive to make these burdens lighter for themselves and for their children...
...The circle has sixteen members...
...Is still in the hospital at this date...
...Abraham Bishop, a Jeffersonlan who helped to disestablish the Congregational Church in Connecticut, once said to the political parsons: "The clerical politician is a useless preacher and the political Christian is a dangerous statesman...
...They came to be the deuuoaat force in city organizations like Tsnuaasy Hall...
...Those who are interested in joining the circle will please write to Fred Sander...
...Free elections will take place for the first time In Rumania, and it is eas] -to understand the spirit of jubilation tha reigns amongst the population...
...Up to the present Rumania has been characterised by anarchy, arbitrary power and corruption—all incompatible with the progress of industrialisation...
...Our Inquiring friends will also note that In the passage quoted the Bishops' Program has in mind the ideal of abolishing wage service and investing workers with the character of co-operative owners of -Industry...
...Mutually as they fought their way into better paid occupations and Into the pro...
...reach that stage gradually through eesperaUve predoctive societies and copartnership arrangements...
...Scabs do not like this youthful vigor and the activities of the young peoPteare having a healthy effect...
...For a number of reasons the/ were almost exclusively members of to* Democratic Party and voted as Deass crats...
...In the quarrel over slave property In this country the Church remained neutral as a whole, although In Louisiana where it was strong it accepted the old order of slave property as the Protestant churches did...
...It may be pointed out that illicit relations between slave owners and their black girls had become so widespread that the very thing they charged to the Abolitionists was already present in the South...
...If I ever vote again according to the dictates of my conscience, it shall be-for the Socialist Party...
...The Place of The Church in Politics By James O'Neal "Editor, The New Leader: "Recently I have been reading coplet of The New Leader given to me by a local subscriber...
...Circle One Seniors was also presented with a charter by Lester Shulman at their meeting Friday night...
...Moreover, it Is not as keen as It was fifteen and twenty psars ago, especially in this country...
...These are the questions which the Socialist Party raises...
...1928...
...Let us remember that hundreds of millions of people have disagreed over the mysteries of the wonderful universe of which we are a part and that for thousands of years to come they will continue to differ...
...As immediate program for the next Parliament it demands the Democratization of Rumania, the Combatting of Unemployment, the Revision of the Agrarian Reform Measures, the Alteration of the Taxation and customs law, the securing of the national claims of the minortles and the maintenance of peace...
...Around the edge are printed amounts from 51 to II, which are punched out as the goods are purchased...
...Yipsel Circles will be formed in Paterson after the strike is over...
...So far, Albany...
...We Demand a Growing Wage for Mind and Body...
...Brooklyn...
...By remaining neutral over this question the Catholic Church passed from the old order to the new one in this country with little friction The Protestant churches spent many years after the end of the war in binding up the wounds inflicted by their divided views over slave property...
...The other alternative Is to subdivide into clans, cliques and faiths led by professional politicians and the emergence of abysmal hates and prejudices such as the last national political campaign witnessed...
...In his book on "Social Reconstruction,'' a series of lectures delivered at the Fordham School of Social Service and based upon the Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction, published by the National Catholic War Council early to 1919, Father Ryan expounds, a large installment of the Socialist'' program...
...Dec...
...They no moR waat is lose them than the owners of the easing industry want to see their pt-taerty nationalized...
...tone of them came back to the political party of their fathers...
...Socialists Were Active The Social - Democratic Party has taken an active part la the struggle for the overthrow of the Liberals, and even entered Into an alliance with the NationalZaranlst Party for this purpose...
...The Circle Is holding a Christmas party at the home of Sadie Neal, 15 Emma Street, Tuesday evening, December 18...
...It is, however, expressly stated In thu agreement that It Is merely a coalition for election purposes and with reference to the law now in force, and that the Social-Democrats reserve to themselves complete liberty of action both In the election campaign and more especially after the election, and they have naturally entered into, no engagements ol any kind with the government...
...Whatever may be your interpretation of the origin of life and the mysteries of the universe all of you, for example, have a common interest in avoiding another bloody war...
...That is an important fact to be remembered by our correspondent and his Inquiring friends...
...better economic conditions for the toilers of the nation...
...People were beaten and their property stolen, for the hand of an unchecked tyranny lay heavy upon the country...
...Professor of Social Science in St...
...Not till an administrative reform has beer carried out, substituting local autonomj for the present centralization of power: not till the national minorities hav< been ensured real equality of rights and the possibility of determining their owr cultural system...
...WINSTON DANCIS...
...In reality, however, it was the newly created public opinion in Rumania which obliged foreign capital to demand other securities than the signature of the Liberals...
...It again appeared four years ago when Socialists supported LaFollette and this appeal was made by certain politicians to Catholics...
...Many naive people think this was accomplished long ago...
...150.00...
...We seek to socialize industry and operate it for the service of humanity instead of for the profit and gain of a few...
...Wilfred Farland, educational and Social director...
...The Irish immigrants faced deep prejudices before the Civil War...
...This was natural sai necessary, as any other group would hast' acted in the same way under shnflar cecums tancn...
...Mark also the fact that this ideal of the Program when realized means a great alteration in the system of capitalist property, thus changing thi very basis of the present social order and freeing the working people from dependence upon private owners and corporations for the opportunity to earn a. living...
...This to also the old Socialist eon arm nation of the wage system...
...His arm may never fully mend...
...That is a remarkable statement...
...Is It not a stupid thing lor Baptist workers who are denied the right to organize for their own protection In the Standard HI industry to vote with the Rockefellers becaise they, too, «e Baptists...
...Native Americans were oppaaje to them holding public office and Asaari...
...The picket line included four women when 'it was attacked by the murderous bosses who have made previous attempts to provoke the striker.- into violence...
...The four of them were arraigned before the Grand Jury last Friday...
...The Government Party Is traditionally hated in Rumania...
...New York City Circle Four, Bronx,, has been rejuvenated, and is resuming active work after a long summer sleep...
...Which is the better course...
...I think It would be a good experience for any Yipsel who can to look over this industrial battle right on the the ground...
...The situation was extremely critical...
...The struggle will be a fierce one and will be carried on principally In the direction of strengthening the SociaK Democratic organizations...
...Four bosses led an armed attack on a peaceful picket line at the Karl Miller Silk Co., 21 Mill Street...
...remain wage-earners...
...to the latter they own a substantial part af the corporate stock and exercise a reasonable share in the management...
...Francis, Wisconsin, answered this attempt to employ religious bigotry against the Socialist Party because it supported La Follette and Wheeler...
...Ylpteh Address Strikers Frank Manning, of New Bedford fame, and Julius Umansky, the executive secretary of the New York Y. P. 8. L., went to address the mass meeting of the Paterson silk strikers last Tuesday evening as well as to get some first-hand Information concerning the strike...
...Refreshments will be served and the admission Is 35 cents...
...The Social-Democratic election manifesto refers to the political situation and to the connection between the present struggle and future conflicts...
...Immigrants of other nationalities and of the same religions faith have also tended to vote with the Democratic machines controlling northern cities...
...He went on to say that the "British Labor Party is frankly Socialistic" and that In 1923 the Labor Party Conference "passed a resolution that the party's supreme object was the establishment of the Socialist Commonwealth...
...But a great deal of rubbish had to be cleared away before the coalition could be organized...
...This forced the imnugranta to herd tn clans for sheer protection sad self-preservation...
...Arm bands, tags and cans are being supplied by the Associated Silk Workers...
...Boro Committee of the Bronx Meets The Boro Committee of the Bronx has oalled a meeting of the Bronx Circles for tomorrow at two o'clock...
...This young voter is puzzled for an explanation of the conflict between the Socialist movement and Catholicism...
...They must have been Impressed w(|h the fact that while other papers gave much attention to this phase of the campaign The New Leader almost completely ignored It and devoted its pages" to issues and problems which affect the welfare of the masses regardless oi what religious faith they may profess...
...two of them work outside of the state...
...Would you have the kindness to print in The New Leader an explanation of the conflict between the doctrines of Socialism and Catholicism from a Socialist viewpoint...
...You have the aame interests and the same general welfare at stake.' They should all be ta trade unions fighting for their common welfafe and in their own party for the same reason...
...The Aim of Socialism On the other hand the Church had become an Important Institution of the old arder in France and one can understand the rage of the revolutionaries because of the resistance offered to the new order...
...tl cash...
...Louis Hablb, an elderly striker, whose arm was broker, in two places when one of the Millers hit him with an iron bar...
...If you are a worker in industry, all other workers are your brothers...
...Although never clearly stated there appears to be a fear on the part of many Church authorities that the Socialist movement would take over Church property...
...It is the duty of the masses to break down these ancient feuds by telling their shepherds to keep their faiths out of the political arena...
...They can go to their separate churches on Sunday and then return to the industries united In the cause of Industrial betterment and march on to complete industrial democracy...
...The routhful pickets, flaunted banners reading like this: "Young workers need more than a living wage...
...Not only the law, however, but also the political situation made an election coalition desirable...
...Socialists would nationalize the mining industry, if the mines become the property of the nation will that any more affect belief in any particular creed than public, ownership of a library does...
...The majority mast somehow became owners, ' er at toast fa part, of the tosh amenta af seedocUea...
...One can understand this fear when it Is remembered that much church property was (Confiscated during the French Revolution...
...Some Catholic Socialists He added that knowing this, "Henry Somerville, an outstanding member of the Catholic Social Guild of England and author of numerous publications on questions of social reform, has been an ardent advocate of the British Labor Party...
...It is encouraging to note that the strikers have a Youth Section that has been prominent on the Picket Line and has been making itself heard in the strike region...
...This Circle will hold Its affair on Wednesday evening, December 19th, at the home of Philip Plouff...
...Pred Hoelscher, Secretary of the Associated Silk Workers, an independent, progressive union, says that the other 1,000 (nust not return to work until their demands are met in full...
...I am a Roman Catholic...
...This Is not only of Interest to myself but also to several others of my own faith...
...There is no desire and no necessity for it...
...Holland...
...I would prefer at this time not to have my name published...
...The same is true of the nationalization of other industries...
...Leo Ouilletta...
...Youth nay" has become a weekly institution on the picket lines and it's tome day...
...Father A. J. Muench...
...A Catholic on the Socialist Party The varieties of religious and nonreligious belief are so numerous that it is absurd to think of founding a political organization on any one of them...
...It is not one of our seeking...
...He is entitled to his own political views the same as any other citizen but when he uses the prestige of his office for or against any political party he plays the role of politician and the mischief begins...
...Suppose a majority of the workers today were "owners of the instruments of production," whether through co-operative societies or any other type of collective organization, is it not a fact that a large part of the Socialist ideal of colleclve mastery of production for the welfare of mankind would be realized...
...This highly efficient and humane work cannot go on unless Labor and its friends i-espond to the call of the Paterson strikers in their fight for human conditions, recognition of the Union and the 8-hour day...
...educational and social director...
...In particular it Is necessary to prevent Rumania's being used In the service of Imperialist or counter-revolutionary plans for an intervention in Russia...
...To the extent that the priest or pastor condemns it he transforms bis church into a political institution and it becomes involved in political controversies...
...The Tag Day will take place Saturday...
...Every important change in society has been preceded by such fears, sometimes honestly held but too often otherwise...
...They constituted the hard-boiled Vigilante Committee...
...not till the transformation of the Siguranza into an ordinary police force, which was promisee Immediately on the entry of the Government into office, shall have been accomplished, will the bourgeois regime In Rumania be secure and the social struggle determine the further developments...
...The Socialist Party is a political organization and recognized as such under the law where it has polled the required number of votes...
...The same reasoning applies to social and economic problems...
...The main exception to the rule has bets some of the Irish who have become millionaires...
...If you would do so I would deeply appreciate it...
...Manhattan Circle Six ushered in its new administration with a collection of $2.60 for the Paterson trikers, and a donation from the Circle treasury of $5.00, giving a grand total of $7.60, which if maintained as an average should make the New York City quota about...
...Syracuse Circle Formed Through ths efforts of Comrade Kielman, a Yipsel group was started...
...This has been tot situation for at least twenty-five yean...
...A READER.'' 'T'HE above letter from a reader in Vermont is interesting considering the deep religious prejudices that emerged In the recent national" campaign, prejudices which found expression In the Republican and Democratic parties but which found no place in the Socialist Party...
...The subject was "How Youth Can Work for a New Society...
...Real Issues dlappear and elections simply stage hates, fears and ancient animosities...
...When the crisis declared itself, and it became clear that the elections would again be held under the Fascist Electoral Law promulgated by the reactionary elements in February 1028, negotiations were renewed...
...The meeting will give an opporunity for the newly organized circles in the Bronx to take a look at each other...
...The program was offered as a means of averting the danger of revolution which was feared at the end of the World War...
...fesslons such as the law, medicine, eke,' they were able to break into the poBttol organizations and eventually to bacons the most Influential political group fc them...
...An investigation would reveal that the business part of the meeting occupies a half hour at most and the educational activities have an interested group attending them for periods ranging from an hour to an hour and a half...
...Where they did not absolutely control, their numbers and political influence was so important that they held the bahost of power and had to be reckoned with by the politicians...
...This means another change in the form and character of property— the passing of the, industries named out of the hands of a few into the hands of the people and changing the motive in industry from one of private enrichment to one for the welfare of all...
...The crusade has been wares aasialy in terms of religions faith bmt the model-lying motive, we believe, hat bees that of holding on to political offlres...
...Now the Socialist movement seeks to reorganize the whole social order of modern times and this implies nationalization of the chief agencies of production, distribution and transportation—the national resources, power sites, coal and metal mines, big trustified industries, railroads and so on...
...The Fight For Political Power Another factor In the Catholic opposition to Socialism In this country is almost wholly political...
...The agreement is further expressly made between the two parties and not between the Government and the Social-Democrats...
...It was shortly following the Socialist successes In Massachusetts cities nearly thirty yean ago that organized Catholic opposition to Socialism arose In this country...
...The paper is instructive and well worth reading...
...And Catholics are being urged by unscrupulous politicians to refuse support to a ticket with which the Socialists have aligned themselves...
...Ths sons of the immigrants have u a rule followed the politics of their fathers...
...It became Increasingly clear, however, that the masses of the workers were pressing for a coalition, on the ground that the fight against reactionaries was not nearly over...
...22, and the organizations cooperating are: The Young Poale Zion, Fellowship of Reconciliation (Youth Section), Bronx Free Fellowship (Youth Section 1. War Reslsters' League (Youth Section), Pioneer Youth of America, Union Theological Seminary, the New York Student Council, including the colleges, and the Youth Peace Committee...
...None whatever...
...The Socialist Party is the' party of an the masses...
...The writkr found a well-stocked Relief Commistery Store at 53 Ellison Street with 39 ¦liferent grocery Items on its shelves...
Vol. 7 • December 1928 • No. 52
