WHERE SCIENCE ENDS
Where Science Ends "... .Science may pursue its quest for the mysteries of the universe but it must halt at the entrance to the mine, the mill and the factory unless the scientist goes there to...
...Many scores of professors in the social sciences have been discharged or have been forced to resign because of their "attitude...
...It isn't a New Year if you carry into it the old frejudices, mvths and hokum of the past year...
...A few thousand member* and friends thus contributing each week or montu win provide the fund that is urgently needed...
...It can open a state office and employ a state secretary...
...A little from each is much from all and the total received each month bj the National Office will set all our organizing machinery in motion...
...They are less free in this country than professors were in the old Prussian universities...
...Bat that need is based on the fact of Mar's weakness the fact that organized capital has ajarie giant strides toward control of every governmental and industrial agency that affects prices...
...Farmftnj in general does not pay...
...Still another was built out of the lootings of a railroad gambler and sustained in part by similar investments...
...The election is over and sane Judgments are returning...
...The chemist may discover a new compound and be thanked, but the political scientist may not say that the parties of capitalism have outlived their usefulness...
...to the National Office and to our party papers, declaring that never again would they be led astray by the deceit of the party broker* of capitalism...
...The biologist may offer a new explanation of some- phase of life, but the economist dare not question the policy of starving miners into submission...
...Labor politics is at a lower ebb than it has been at any time in three (lessee...
...There are others with similar histories, each tied to great property interests whose huge stakes in the present social order must not be questioned without incurring discharge by the scientist and withholding of further subsidies by the masters of American life...
...The masses were stirred by ghosts and goblins of the past...
...The chemists announce they are on the eve of discoveries that will increase the variety and volume of foodstuffs, that "synthetic organic chemicals" may be available for every human ailment and the use of bacteria by farmers to transform waste material into food...
...Louis Levine was dropped from the University of Montana because his study of the tax problem of that state showed that the mining companies paid only a small portion of the taxes due the state...
...Herbert Hoover represents, at the outset of his jananation of the executive branch of the govern—t, the triumph of big business in politics...
...and hsten to the tones of labor spokesmen today at contrasted with their tones in 1920, and wonder feat they were frightened in those early years after ha) war...
...Here i= a university patronized to the extent of millions of dollars by bankers and corporation magnates...
...They must have myths and prejudices and half-truths...
...Hundred*of educational Institutions are alive with Socialist sentl meat...
...The London School of Economics has since had the services of this distinguished scholar...
...The mind is free to explore and to tell what exploration reveals...
...He may occasionally embody the results of free research in a volume that is restricted to reading by a few...
...Wouldn't you like to be a corporation...
...It can place Its own field workers out to continue the work...
...Sympathetic farmers are anxious for educational work in their localities...
...His profession must remain one of the "hire learning," a profession in chains, its teachers prisoners, its output wanting in the sincerity and daring of teachers in other fields, till a Socialist order frees all education of restraint and the educators of corporation coercion...
...Debate is frank and open...
...Thousands of our sympathisers and friend* have written to our standard bearers, Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer...
...Occasionally, like the late Albion W. Small in 1912, he may question our "dual system of justice" which concedes the worker "a share in the product of industry, if he works" and a share to the "absentee landlord or capitalist whether he works or not," but this performance is rare...
...The result was the most disgraceful campaign in our history...
...The crusade was financed by the masters of finance and industry...
...FIND CRIME CAUSE, EVADE REMEDY Poverty, resulting from inequitable distribution of wealth, is the basic cause of crime, asserts the Baumes Commission on Crime...
...Discussion is free...
...This diversion of attention front real Issnea and genuine problems that confront millions of workers In industry and on the farms came at a time when the kings of great industries and banking instttoOens were in supreme control of the two major parties...
...Jasper McLevy, James Oneai, George E. Roewer, Joseph W. Sharta, IJIHth M. Wilson...
...The scientist may invent a new poison gas to destroy human life in war, but the social scientist will hazard his job if he persists in saying tliat this yas may mean the suicide of civilization...
...Members of trade unions want help and advice...
...Confident that you will make a sympathetic r* spans* to this appeal, and with Soicalist greetings, we are Fraternally yours, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Victor L. Berger, Chairman...
...It is evident that day by day and step by step man is wresting her secrets from Mother Nature...
...The order of business will include: 1—Election of a Board of Directors for the ensuing year...
...m Send in your pledge immediately together with your first contribution...
...F * » * I When oil and other natural riches were discov¦Kd in the disputed area between Bolivia and Par¦fuay a question of "national honor'' was also distovered...
...Party difference* had disappeared hi Congress...
...Old beliefs may be modified or scrapped if new evidence warrants it...
...Morris HUlquit, Daniel W. Hoan, James B. Maurer...
...Brooklyn Union Gas Co...
...Farmers and their famffko are moving to town in steadily increasing numkers, to And jobs in factories, stores, garages—anySnhg that supplies a boas and a regular wage...
...In view of the reduced cost, has never apparently occurred to either company...
...A few years ago James Harvey Robinson declared that "the day may not be far distant when, should the chemist learn to control the incredible interatomic energy, the steam engine will seem as complete an anachronism as the treadmill...
...at 36 cents per 1,000 cubic feet which is 6 to 6 1-2 cents cheaper than Brooklyn Union could mare it...
...There is a distinct depression in ffse farm-politics field, due to discovery that the American fanner is becoming less and leas important...
...Qoolidax...
...Reaction Runs High In Washington J0+<rrer-Symbol of The Triumph of Business By Laurence Todd WASMNGTONVTw^uti tor increasing Influence ,™ for organized Inner tm the United States in the Manr 18Z9 are net bright...
...As Professor Harlow oi Boston University sai9 a few years ago, such work is "too sacred to lay before the general public...
...The earth below, the depths of the ocean and the universe are surrendering secrets that promise increasing human mastery of the earth...
...WM, H. HENRY, Executive Secretory...
...The new year may witness a break—industrial and femfeai—in this apathetic harmony...
...Riding property interests stand at the gate of knozvledge*and the social scientist must obtain permission before passing through...
...7 East lath Street, in the Studio...
...Man is the only animal that ouusuuols a cage for his neighbor and note him fas it...
...Trade unionism is not hmpisg op with this growth...
...Hot does this depletion of the influence of trade snhtas stand alone...
...They have considered such cases from time to, time but the union is too weak to effectively protect members in *he expression of honest opinions which may offend the property oligarchs...
...The aid is never new...
...The psychologists probe the^inner life of humans and man is unfolded in terms of instincts, emotions, fears, affections „ and inherited prejudices...
...It is ¦dispensable for capitalist parties when they are Peeking working class votes...
...The truth, no matter where it leads, is his guide...
...For years votes in that body have not dramatized any keen party ifhlsliies Journals of the big financial interests declared satisfaction with the election whether Smith er Hoover were elected...
...There is nothing like oil to make statesmen nurry over "honor...
...There are so many of our reactionaries who believe in free discussion with a "but" that like a smoked cigar there is nothing left of it but the km...
...Then there are requests for literature, for lecturer*, for organizers, for aid of all kinds to organise part) locals...
...So' jhs dream of a nationwide political power based on tot organized wage workers and the organized fannors has been shattered...
...As in the care of the Panama Canal, the Government will handle the work directly rather than through private contract...
...Berkeley Best Maid Bine Heron Cadet Co-Ed (Berger) Conrad Porto Everwear Modern Maid Onyx Polntei Trie Finery Coral Band Gold Seal Gordon V line Gotham Gold Stripe Granite Harris Lagan MeCaDuni Nome no Propper VanRaalte Holeproof Hollywood Haiyoke lady Haven Idukwood Vamp Tor Laurel Lehigh Merit Oliver Tltinia $7,000-a-Year Engineer Works for Government On Boulder Dam Project WASHINGTON (PP)—Chief Engineer Raymond P. Walters of the U. S. Reclamation Bureau will be in charge of construction of the Boulder Canyon Dam on the Colorado River—the biggest Job of the kind tackled anywhere on earth...
...Now and then within the narrow range of annual meetings of professors in the social sciences they have more liberty in frank discussion...
...Investigation is unhampered...
...Ample funds are provided for this great work by rich patrons and the scientists may pursue the electron, uncover the ruins of an ancient civilization, or translate a mysterious parchment without being asked what is his "attitude'' towards the thing he investigates...
...We do not know of any professor in the physical sciences who has lost his position because of his "attitude" on any theory or principle within the range of his science...
...FREEING THE SCIENTIST The wdKcers in the social sciences themselves know the servile position of their profession 'in the present order of society...
...and the factory unless the scientist goes there to show how much more values may be extracted from the labor of workers and to enrich die owning class...
...The idea of reducing the price to the consumer...
...C Marsh, who for years was director of flat tanners* National Council, says, in a discussion af the farm problem at the close of the old year: Tarmers as a class are not cooperators but extreme tszMduaiists . . . There are only about 1,800,000 tamers, oat of 6,371,000 in all the farmers' seuing ¦gsnlisllons . . . About one-filth of the value of ail tana products was sold cooperatively last year . . . *hrsnara have lost most of taeir political prestige and power...
...Ton must provide the financial resources for this work if It is to be done, and it must be done...
...He must not offend rich patrons of the universities...
...That is the view of the trend of distribution of sewer, which is the Bfebiood of politic* and govern¦jaat, taken by the balk of the Senate and House ¦niiirnrfT'r re aasemMhmg In the "capital to complete •fe final lame-dock session of the CooUdge regime...
...less than one quarter of the votes will be on farm* in •nether decade...
...Scientists assure us that old age is a disease largely preventable and that the span of human life may be measurably prolonged...
...Science may pursue its quest for the mysteries of the universe but it must halt at the entrance to the mine, the mill and the factory unless the scientist goes there to show...
...In a triumphant announcement Brooklyn Union Gas Co...
...A new generation of men and women h.r been reached by us during toe campaign...
...Here is another one with investments in a department store, coal mines, and in the public utilities of many cities...
...Organised capital determines what new industries shall h» developed, what terms of employment shall rule, ant what favors shall be shown by the government, fihsugli the banking system, to the manufacturing as ajtfast toe farming industry...
...Because of his "attitude on public utilities and labor questions" which did not harmonize with powerful property interests...
...FREE RANGE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES What impresses the layman is the unrestricted range of the scitntists in studying the physical and human aspects of life and its environment...
...Everything is tested by experiment, comparison and analysis...
...Members of the Socialist Party desiring to join the association are invited to at* tend...
...Even as the >cientists were in session the first wireless communication from the Antarctic was received in New York and a Berlin scientist wrested a pigment from the blood, a new substance for treating cases of poisoning by gas...
...No fundamental issues remained...
...Xhese facts point to a growing wage-working dsns problem, as the proportion of Americans drawteg wages is steadily gaining...
...how to further enrich the owning class...
...By order of the Board of Dreetors, MORRIS BERMAX Prmidemt...
...dictum that prosperity goes only to the qbireirntrips toilers" of the land...
...In the fatherland of the Hohenzollerns a professor could be an avowed and active Socialist but in "free America" he would be driven from a university...
...The New Leader Publishing Association The annual meeting of The New Leader Publishing Association will be held Monday evening, January 7, at 8:30 p. m...
...Professional politicians discovered that old religions, racial and other prejudices could be used to sway the voters...
...They succeeded...
...He must respect the ruling ideas in politics and economics...
...The saving in cost price will be divided between Koppers and Brooklyn Union Gas Co...
...Old beliefs may only be challenged at his personal risk...
...It can advise and assist members in local elections...
...Report of the Editor...
...By a process of natural selection this coercion weeds out men of conviction and independence and leaves the sycophant to survive them...
...This special knowledge of history and so^ ciety cannot be shared by the masses...
...In the face of this coercion the social sciences are sterile and ' largely so many academic apologies for the workless incomes of our higher Babbittry...
...Begin the New Tear with the resolution to put the only promising party of the masses In America on the map as a growing power in our poll tics...
...To punish by unsrivonment involving torture in every eaaeeivsMe farm is a most tragic phav hi the annals of mankind.—Eageae" Dee* A Call to Duty To All Socialists Vital Organization Work Waits On Funds rjX> SOCIALIST PARTY MEMBERS, Friends and Sympathisers...
...With the present tendencies continued...
...the belief that the truth established by the methods of science in this field is dangerous if it is made popular, - EDI CATION AND INVESTMENTS Whence conies this coercion of the social scientist...
...What we ask of you Is to frame a budget tat yourself for the coming year, a budget of weekly or monthly contributions to the Office for educational and organization work...
...It can issue special literature adapted to its state...
...has discovered a new way to mace profits...
...3—Report of the Business Manager...
...Funds are needed and they are coming in »n response to a few letters sent to a select list of part' members and friends...
...Walters, whose salary Is only $7,000 a year, has been chosen by Secretary ot the Interior West from a large field of possible builders...
...The unpardonable sin of the teacher in this country consists in the denial of any of the claims upon which the great banking and corporation interests rest or modestly suggesting that the social order and the American government might be improved by reorganizing both for the welfare of human beings...
...In this situation is the real explanation of Congress' failure to do anything in the past two years ¦jah the bituminous coal problem and the injunction •vfl...
...James McKeen Cattell^ noted psychologist and editor of four scientific journals, was the next to walk the plank because he favored exemption of conscripts opposed to war...
...Until labor and the farmers do become dnrespectful one : more, the politicians will not worry...
...He is conscious of an ever-present power of subtle censorship over teaching and writing...
...Extinct creatures who lived in remote geologic time are reconstructed from their fossil remains...
...His ''attitude" is important, not his desire to ascertain the truth...
...At Harvard Harold J. Laski had ventured to question the status of our sacred cow, capitalistic property, and he was compelled to leave...
...Republican and Democratic political programs an avers nearly identical than ever before...
...He must serve that class, not question its privileges...
...So science may pursue its quest for the mysteries of the universe but it must halt at the entrance to the mine, the mi...
...Proepeeta fer increased jjwii for organised bosmeas—especially the big busl¦cts which dominates the basic lndustries-e^re very •right...
...An inventor, may construct a new device that may revolutionize a dozen industries, but a sociologist dare not question the ethics or the usefulness of absentee masters of industry...
...It can establish relations with isolated sympathizers and enlist their cooperation...
...Social workers will curt It, by individual . treatment, the commission THESE SILK STOCKINGS ARE MADE IN MILLS THAT ARE FAIR TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT In connection with an appeal on behalf of the Allen-A strikers, the American federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers has T sen circulatlng^a-^ist of brand names' of women's full fashioned hosiery which either carry the union label or are made by unionized workers under the best of conditions...
...Greetings: The November election was the climax to a can...
...Thus step by step the party win grow and expand and be ready for the congressional and state elections in 1932...
...Then as the organization increases la membership in each state the movement in that state will become self-sustaining...
...i> * * * ^ While the stock gamblers are reaping fortunes IB the -tuck exchange please do not forget Mr...
...But the poiitidans have no idea as to how it will come, or where ft May lead...
...It is embodied in "learned monographs or bulky volumes, the perusal of which" is left "to a highly select few...
...With little soliciting thus far, nearly fifty comrades are on the pledge list...
...The degradation of this department of science led Professor Spingarn to say some years ago that it justified "the jibe of European scholars thai there are three sexes in America, men, women and professors...
...A small fraction of professors are organized in the American Association of University Professors to protect members from being victimized by our ruling plutocracy...
...explains that this Is economy for both companies...
...Differences between the parties had disappeared...
...He must concede the sovereignty of members of this cla*s in political, social and economic science...
...JULIUS GERBER, Secretary...
...Some of the most popular and widely advertised brands of fashioned silk hosiery are included in this list: Practically all these brands of hosiery are obtainable in the average department or neighborhood store and the selling cost of these stockings is within the range of the average woman's purse...
...They examine the totals of farm organizaflsns* membership and smile...
...PROTECTING THE SACRED COW In 1895 Edward W. Bemis was dropped from the faculty of the University of Chicago...
...The government gives shipping capitalists a ship Without even asking for it wnile the farmers have jpten asking for a little aid for ten years without petting it...
...Wider reaches of the starry heavens are being brought within our ken...
...at the People's House...
...The subtle censorship acts or...
...Charles A. Beard, grilled by corporation trujjjees of Columbia University because of his support of free discussion, resigned in disgust Beard since has become the author of a masterly work, The Rise of American Civilization...
...Our earliest known ancestor has been traced back to Java at a period no less than 500.000 before Christ...
...p * * * i f: Poison gas is not only effective in war...
...V Miss for strong organization among wage-workers ant farmers, and need for their joint action in polite against the forces of big business, is greater now ¦sal in 19X0...
...Its economic foundations are Msg sapped and knocked to bits...
...411 members of the association should attend...
...Here is your program, comrades...
...It will increase its finances from dues and other sources...
...This Is a wider appeal to ull party members and sympathizers for continuous contributions throughout the year from week to w or month to month, as you prefer...
...The leaders of the two parties were compelled to turn the attention of voters to prejudices, hates and myths...
...This should be increased to several thousand and a monthly fund of several thousand dollars each month must be available to the National Office to do this work...
...Thousands of our sympathisers were Influenced by this "campaign...
...It lias investments in gas, telephone, and other public utilities and its trustees include bankers, railroad owners, real estate men and corporation lawyers...
...Some humble folk find it difficult to understand Socialism but they have no difficulty in voting tnat the big industries shall be owned by a few and •bat the rest of us should work to enrich the owners...
...Cuts Cost But Not Price The Brooklyn Union Gas Co...
...Practical polltidaas look over the figures of labor union memberall...
...It explains, too, why Fail, Doheny, Sinclair and lamas i ¦ I j stay out of jail...
...He is Iks manufacturers' ideal statesman—one who for years nta keep organized labor and organized farmers wondering whetuer he will not, after all, do something hi restore them to an influential place In the nation...
...pairn of hysteria that crossed all party Uses...
...Charging the consumer $1.15 per 1,000 cubic feet of gas, the company has the gas made by the Koppers Co...
...Everywhere the tldiIs turning In our favor and there is great and import ant work to do...
...Ancient rocks and tools are made to tell their story of our shaggy ancestors' early lives, arts, struggles and ways of living together...
...What a contrast with the worker in the social sciences, one who considers the problems of modern society...
...J'HE marvels of scientific research have been unfolded at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
...They contributed in almost equal proportions to the two parties of capitalism...
...He had charge of construction of the Pathfinder dam In Idaho and has been in Government service far 25 years...
...Meanwhile the spirit of militant self-organization and sag defense among the wealth producing classes will dfc dawn...
...It is shocking to most oi his colleagues to speak so frankly for they know that a sin has been committed against the holy of holies, capitalistic property...
Vol. 7 • January 1929 • No. 55
