U. S. CONTROL OF OIL ESSENTIAL FOR PEACE, DR. ISE TELLS STUDENTS
PORTER, PAUL
U. S. Control of Oil Essential For Peace, Dr. Ise Tells Students Dr. Commons Praises Socialist Milwaukee in Address Before Chicago L. I. D. Conference By Paul Porter I^HICAOO.—The...
...We have had enough of the persecution of Communists...
...Lured to their ruin by the stories they hear of tremendous fortunes made overnight, they not only go dovn to destruction themselves, but they carry their families wlti them...
...Employees Put Up Fight Two representatives of the bondholders' protective association (the Representative organization of.the capitalist owners- of the company), Merton L. Patterson and Wright, brought in a first report, Tuesday, Dec...
...But this time they even surpassed- their best efforts...
...The bourgeois coalition Government can no longer claim to represent a majority of the population and this fact will involve important consequences...
...The Czechoslovak section of the Moscow International suffered heavy tosses, its poll being reduced by 102,188 votes...
...They had to keep up to the par price of their stock...
...In a statement Congressman huoL said: "1 "Gambling has been outlawed hi aw plaees in the United States, and sa aoaf forms, but gambling on the stock aaahit still continues, while thousands of ana and women are led as certainly sad at uresistably to their ruin as those wta depended on lotteries or now deseed at poker or the horse races...
...The Minister replied that the ex-Kaiser had made a mistake of ten years in his reckoning of time...
...he added...
...The candidates sought election not to the Czechoslovak Parliament but only to the four provincial representative assemblies, in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia...
...A GOOD BOOST "I saw your ad in The New Leader," is an expression often heard by our advertisers...
...The sale is tentatively scheduled for January |9, 1929...
...The land-workers' movement, •which consists of many local unions, comprises in all about 8000 members...
...Harry W. Laldler, executive director of the League, and the Ontario system was pointed out as a successful example of socialisation...
...u&wal...
...tor L. Berger, Socialist, of waaa3j9 doss not prohibit nealtng ht rioaa, sat makes the purchase of stocks *bont fmm is no intention to actually oattvar 3 same to the purchaser illegal, and 2 use of the mays would be daatsf^P speculators and brokers snmwl ia that business...
...La bin On Oil Dr...
...Other speakers at the conference included Laetitia Moon Canard, professor of sociology at Grinh'ell College, Theodore Fowle, professor of chemistry at Detroit City College, Clarence O. Senior, secretary of the Adult Education Association ;f Cleveland, and Paul Porter, field secretary of the L. L D. Ninety students from twenty-eight colleges attended the conference, which was held simultaneously with the annual congresses of the American Economic Association, the American Association for Labor Legislation, the American Sociological Society, the American Statistical Society, the American Political Science Asloeiatton, and other learned societies meeting is Chicago...
...The most significant statement was brought out by Mackenzie questioning Attorney Gardner, that none of the stock of the new company will be placed on public sale...
...sajMt grata and cotton futures as MKjZjH same plane as the lotteries whhh mZ> finally made illegal by act of Ga-«j9 has been introduced by wiitso'tv...
...Besides making more profits through voluntary wage-cuts, the capitalist owners can increase their profits by making worthless their stock bought with hard-earned serines...
...Not even the reluctance of the trade unions to admit him to membership has stopped his steady adVance in status in response to the opportunity offered by the shortage of supply of cheap white labor...
...The only notable Communist gains were achieved in a couple of cities held previously by fused labor administrations...
...Harvard, called for a more realistic facing of facts r~ir-ming Russia...
...William P. Hapgood had told of the experiment in industrial democracy of the Columbia Conserve Company in Indianapolis, of v-liich he is manager...
...We want to restore to the legal owners in accordance with the law those lands which were taken away, from them years ago and which they stOl need...
...But the writer must have some "Interest" in the corporation which periodically lowers his wage...
...The electorate has now given the Government its answer...
...asassaa at the pes—nts and taker was desirable beta—« It wwasf weht these two ctesses together so that they ¦rssht eater a solid treat agatost "ezplatHag by capital...
...Moreover only two-thirds of their members are elected on a basis of universal equal suffrage, one third being nominated j by the Government...
...Lucia's plan, but bureaucracy would be avoided through join" control by the consumers on the cne hand and the technicians and the miners on the other...
...University of Nebraska...
...Judge Lowell, well-known for his antilabor propensities, stated: "You are then charging that these men have a frameup here and that they intend to perpetrate a fraud on this court...
...Sumner Sehlieter, Cornell...
...The Progressive Party, everywhere it appealed separately to the voters, gained some at the expense of more right winged bourgeoise parties...
...Social-Democracy in Czechoslovakia is now making general progress as against both Communist schism and bourgeois reaction...
...But the Converse Rubber Company went the other corporations one better...
...He characterized the communist experiment there as one of the most significant ventures of the twentieth century, and declared thsh, America could not help but be influenced by the success of the experiment...
...and even manual worker...
...Thus my Government follows in the wake of the Obregon and Calks Administration in the straggle far deBveraace ef the proletariat.'' Socialists Make Notable Gains In Finnish Cities Reports of the recent municipal election results in the cities, towns and rural communities held every three years in Finland has revealed the steady spread of Socialism...
...This success is at the same time a success for international Socialism in Czechoslovakia...
...Many mine-owners who have been ksjag money steadily, would welcome this plan...
...Communism is in a state of disintegration, whilst Social-Democracy in Czechoslovakia is making irresistible progress...
...At the same time be was winning success as a Journalist...
...by a single turn of this wheel of chance Clerks, catmert...
...This policy naturally brings them into collision with the large landowners, who oppose it fiercely, and do not shrink from enlisting the services of the "caudillos," or native chieftains, to helm them in the suppression of these very undesirable champions of modern idea...
...4, for a hearing in the Federal Court before Judge James A. Lowell, on a petition by this bondholders' protective committee for approval of .1 proposed reorganisation plan and an order for the sale of the assets at public auction...
...Ise added that be believed that the present competition with Great Britain for he world's oil fields was more serious .ban generally considered...
...processor of economics at the University of Kansas, and author of ( -The United State* Oil Pohcy...
...Lador Luhin of the Institute of rjcjuomics painted a similar picture of the coal industry in the United States...
...Mississippi leads this years list of lynching states, with three mob murders, Louisiana and Texas follow with two each, and Missouri and New Mexico each having one...
...Patterson have any such intention...
...As long as virtual serfdom continued in some of the coal fields, such as in West Virginia, he said, it would be impossible for union mines to compete successfully with these non-union mines...
...no difficulties had however been caused by his action...
...The trade union movement holds progressive agrarian views, advocating as one of its chief points, the division of the large estates into small lots, the organisation of agricultural credits, and the technical education of the peasants...
...These assemblies are analogous to the former provincial councils, but under the present system are purely administrative bodies for each representative province and possess no legislative competence...
...Franz Soukop PRAGUE.—The Social-Democrat*^Farties' in Chechoslovakia, both Czech and German, won a great victory in the general elections December 2nd, lf2s...
...by Prof...
...lationship, these stocks would not rat ar fall tremendously overnight, when » material change occurred or could ban occurred to increase or diminish that value to the same degree...
...In Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, the unions have a library, an evening school for adults, and printing-works of their own...
...The present Government Coalition of bourgeois parties united against the workers has suffered a severe defeat...
...The new plan takes care of the creditors and reorganization (the original bondholders, or original owners 1. but makes no provision whatever for the stockholders...
...Slovakia and Sub-Carpathian Russia...
...He claimed that the beneficiaries intend to use "stage money" in their bidding...
...High percentages of unemployed, continuous wage-cuts and increase of working hours, greater neglect of child labor, and out and out disavowal of the commonest of civil liberties, have occupied a great deal of toe energy of the Bay State millowning autocracy...
...Mackenzie then responded with the assertion that Gardner's admission proved that it was intended to be a "closed corporation," affording the present stockholders no opportunity to take part in the reorganization...
...The national trade union centre of Paraguay (Union Obrera de Paraguay) has only begun to grow quite recently...
...3,000 Mass...
...Niles Carpenter of the University ol Buffalo...
...He stated that the plan would give creditors two alternatives.—to join in the reorganisation and take stock for their claims, or to accept a cash dividend...
...Since trade unions tend to decrease the rate of wage-cuts, they must be weakened or smashed...
...Almost complete records of 150 important communities shows the Socialists gained 77 aldermanic seats, while Communists gained 11 and bourgeolse parties, almost everywhere running with only one ticket, lost 61 seats...
...Un- , '.ike Ooremment reforestation, oil once ' taken from the ground cannot bo restored...
...My purchaser offers more in real dollars than this proposed plan would offer...
...Werkhoven was born in 1887, joined hbor at a very early age and was soon elected chairman of the Arnheim local branch...
...Ralph McAllister, Meadvllle Theological Seminary, and Marjory Stocking, University of Tfllnois, also spoke...
...Such is the most encouraging result of the persistent and self-sacrificing propaganda which the Social-Democrats have lately been carrying on in Czechoslovakia...
...than this to a highly developed Industrial nation such as America...
...and ' nooning is more essentia...
...Students Relate Expediences Students told of their experiences as industrial workers at an informal reception for student delegates and visitors given at Hull House by the Chicago chapter of the L. L D. Cynthia 8mith, a graduate of the University of Michigan, related how she had been fired from a non-union corselet and brassiere factory* for praising the union to other workers...
...The introduction of this system represented the first attempt on the part of the bourgeois Government to abolish universal equal suffrage...
...Lynehings Fewer in 1928 Nine lynehings in 1928 is a low record for a year, says the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people...
...Paul H Douglas, Chicago...
...I personally do not believe that Mr...
...Professor Schlicter, although agreeing generally riih the Socialist proposal for government ownership of the railroads, thought that the party lacked Imagination hi merely endorsing government ownership without submitting one or more specific plans for operation...
...The Czech Social-Democratic Party Increased its poll by 108.871 votes, so that now, with 739,411 votes, it has become the second largest Czech party...
...tho'TKen...
...Attack on Suffrage Defeated In order to understand the position, it should be noted that the elections of Dec...
...Communists now running separate tickets cutting their representation «it of the Socialists rank, but the labor frontage was strong enough to cover the hazard, though in one city Iheir method caused the loss of 4 seats, The Socialists are well satisfied with the results, as their strength has again been proved in campaigning where they faced united bourgeois parties and Communist attack violently from the other side...
...In 1822, he was unanimously elected General Secretary of the Party...
...Workers face Lapses Company Now Offers Employee "Interests" 28 Cents on the Dollar By Louis Rabinowitz T> OSTON...
...the agricultural output of the country is onlyhalf what it was in 1863...
...One of the best ways that you can show your interest and boosting- qualities for The New Leader is to keep In mind that our advertisers expect and appreciate your patronage...
...Wolman urged a more realistic consideration of facte and an experimental attitude In economic thought...
...Known . claims against the company...
...In ear methods for the socialisation of workers, lefiinhnj with regards to the peasants, we do net intend to despoil property...
...with the help of Communists,—or alone,—have the majority In 66 municipalities out of those reported...
...Ise declared, although its value might not Be apparent at first...
...The eventual solution...
...With a serious oil shortage at home we wfli be forced to seek oil abroad, and this will be fraught with •he greatest international dangers...
...Professor Commons, in the course of a witty and incisive address, took occasion to praise the Socialist administration in Milwaukee with which he had worked most successfully...
...Assorting that the present situation was hopelessly ehaouc he proposed that a s::nJ-autonomous government corporation be formed to monopolize the industry, and close down surplus and costly mines...
...It is generally believed that the condition of the company's financial affairs were none too good when the stock was sold to the employees and that they were fooled into buying comparatively worthless non-voting stock...
...2* Cents On the Dollar Attorney Alfred Gardner of the bondholders' committee amplified the latter with the opinion that creditors accepting cash would get possibly 30 cents, but probably 28 cents, on the dollar...
...Berger Moves To Prohibit Stock Gambling Oar s-M»w Loadkr — i ......jsajjPK W7AJSHQKJTON.--a hffl to m— rJ" bung on the stock market...
...I He called attention to the fact that some 3,000 stockholders have $3,700,000.00 at 1 stake...
...W. W. Wilson, chairman of the stockholders' committee, informed the court that most of the workers face financial disaster...
...The owners of the Converse Rubber Company of Maiden were among those who resorted to the "workers' stock" game to increase profits...
...It has once again been proved that in Czechoslovakia a reactionary bourgeois Government opposed to the workers and to Socialism cannot last for long...
...Chamber, the Socialist Deputy Vhegen has drawn attention to a Uilsgrsm sent to Wllhelm n to a Bavarian regiment, in which he refers to it as "Ms regiment.Vliegen pointed out that such behavlour is an offence against the most elementary principles of political tact and is absolutely intolerable...
...This is the view of the Negro's present industrial position, given to the National Interracial Conference, in Washington...
...Thus is added another feature to the sale of company stock to workers...
...We do not wish Luxembourg to figure before the public opinion of the world as a vassal State of Fascism...
...The next five or ten years will see the Negro entering widely the skilled trades with their hlghei levels of earnings...
...IT At Dinner Five outstanding economists, all of whom had previously appeared on the program of the American Economic Association congress meeting in Chicago on the same days, agreed that current economic thought must be revised m hgbt of new developments in American and Russian industry...
...The Social-Democratic Parties, with their 1,142,826 votes are now well thead of the Communists with their 832,135 votes...
...Shortly after, the usual "high-cost, low-profits" campaign was started, and wages were lowered...
...Ise agreed, although he was pessimistic of any immediate chances, was that the industry be taken from private interests, and be completely socialized Dr...
...Dutch Party Congress February AMSTERDAM—In view of the parliamentary elections which are due to take place next year, the annual congress of the Dutch Social-Democratic Labor Party, which is normally held at Easter, is to be held in 1929 on 16th and 17th February...
...Lewis Lorwin, Institute of "Economics, and Lao Wolraan of the Labor Bureau, who spake at the LLO...
...The session v-as crowded with the employee stockholders who are prepared to fight to the bitter end this proposed reorganisation, which would wipe them out without a penny...
...The Republican slogan of "greater prosperity" led American capitalists to further increase their profits...
...The German Social-Democratic Party increased Ksj poll in Bohemia by 44.008 votes and has now, with 403,415 -votes^ became the strongest German party in Czechoslovakia...
...In the latter, one may lose bs weekly salary or part of it In the stock market the savings of a lifetime are frequently lost in a day...
...and "The , tTntted States Porest Pohcy...
...Whereas alternatives I for gas fuel may be found, there is no , known substance for lubricating oil...
...Wisconsin, Prof...
...Hungary and Rumania, the text of the Austrian Education Bill concerning the organisation of school instruction for national minorities, and to-summon a general conference of thesesparties as soon as possible...
...A too rigid adherence to an abstract principle, he thought, was unprogreasive and dangerous...
...Moreover, vast quantities of oil could be conserved, and the States or Federal government would have greatly increased revenues for road building...
...Massachusetts seems des*-* Uaed always to be the first State to bring to the fore the actual results of eapttaast civilization insofar as the average American worker is concerned...
...John R Commons...
...Lur't believed The necessity for Government ownership and operation of the electric power industry was emphasised by Dr...
...We are aat enemies ef eastHsJ," he eeatinoed, "bat ef eaphauatlc systems which exploit ear men, women and children...
...Purchasers of stock on maigbj an not taking merely the ordinary risks test are incidental m the conduct of asas business, which has its ups and 690*4 too, because on the stock market thaw is no relationship between the prices-that are quoted for stock, and the actual nhe of the stock...
...The workers intend to fight the reorganization plan...
...The :itle would rest with, the Government under Dr...
...The courtroom was crowded with men and women, some of whom burst into tears as their story was related by others...
...Big Victory For Gzech Socialists Social-Democratic Parties Poll Larger Vote While . Communists Go Down By Dr...
...Lorwin believed that semi-autonomous government corporations, with Labor well represented on the controlling boards, must more and more supplant private Initiative in the industrial field...
...If there were any such ra...
...Economic development is also retarded by the lack of transport facilities...
...The Labor Movement Of Paraguay Paraguay is one of the most backward ward countries of South America...
...The Social Democratic Deputy, Zelms, has consequently sent in his resignation from the Council of the Order on the ground that the Order was originally founded for all those who had fought for freedom and democracy and that its bestowal on democracy's greatest enemy is incompatible with its essential character...
...Ise showed,.could now be a tax-free State had it properly controlled its oil production...
...It is most significant that this fact should have been clearly proved in the year in which the young Republic celebrated its tenth anniversary and further developments may be awaited with renewed confidence...
...are joining in increasing numbers the flock of lambs that are sheared in Wall street...
...The backbone of the centre are the seamen's and rairwaymen's unions, which maintain relations with the corresponding unions of Argentine and Uruguay...
...The Socialists and the Communists took all the additional seats in the cities where the rise of population afforded more places in the representative bodies...
...Carl Haessler of the Federated Press urged students to take a militant part in the labor struggle...
...There are more than 3,000 of these who have invested 83.700.000.00 in the firm...
...Attorney F. R. Mackenzie, representing ¦. the stockholders committee, responded ! when Judge Lowell r_sked if anyone wished to oppose the reorganization plan...
...Wright or Mr...
...An Honor For Mussolini Protested By Latvian Socialists By a n>w Leader Correspondents PARIS,—In connection with the celebration of the tenth anniversary of Latvia's independence, the highest Latvian military decoration, that of nhe Bear Slayer, was—it has just been announced —bestowed on Mussolini...
...died after a short illness, following an operation, at the early age of 41...
...Although, he did not j expect the oil resources of the world to ! ever be exhausted, the likelihood of a prohibitive cost within a generation was probable he stated...
...They hope soon to be able to issue a journal...
...30.—The Socialist "paper, "Escher Tagblatt," deals energetically with the ruthless expulsion of Communists from Luxembourg...
...Their cry was heard by their bond-holders in the form of greater dividends, and felt by their workers in the form of lower wages...
...the others were all Negroes...
...t'e regretted that mora economists, while in acoc;~d with the Socialist program, had not openly supported Norman Thomas during the past campaign...
...The employee "stockholders" agreed to have their wages cut...
...Like all employee stock this carried no vote of any sort...
...The elections to the administrative bodies have become purely political and the verdict is positively annihilating for the present reactionary Government...
...He must have a "share" In the mill In which he works...
...Owing to the bad managemapt of the large land-owners, the holders of the "latifundia...
...Deputy Zelms action is viewed with great satisfaction by the entire Left...
...Fight Against Persecution of Communists In Luxemberg ¦ Bv a New Leader Correspondent1 BERLIN, Nov...
...Socialists new...
...Cornelius Werkhoven 'By a New Leader Conrjpcndeiit' AMSTERDAM.—On December 4th, the Secretary of the Duth Social-Democratic Labor Party, Cornelius Werkhoven...
...N*w Prmtdemt *f ' MmcUm Vr*m p&or TesweMeaato**1 aVehu-ed thai saeh snawsls waaat fcrtag ahead a nifsaa ttoa «f the peasant ah—» by aredaeBrteeeates to tattler Um peasants Iron their preeeot isiioltiea, The PrisHtat saW that the saefal...
...Further proof was of>red when Attorney Lee Friedman stepped forward, stating that he represented a prospective purchaser, "Under this plan," Friedman said, "it would be a waste of time for anyone to bid at this so-called public sale...
...The Clericals...
...That is a very serious charge...
...These were Prof...
...Ethel Childers, University of Kansas...
...Many of them have their entire life-savings wrapped up in the company...
...The object of this Conference would be to work out a common program for the four parties on the basis of the Austrian Bill The Conference will be held in Klagenfurt or Maribor...
...Professor Seba Eldridge of the University of Kansas proposed an extensive pogrom of research into possibilities of Socialism through consumers' movements...
...The Czechoslovak and German Clericals have suffered an aggregate loss of 300,000 votes...
...Professor Ho loom be...
...amid Dr...
...Stockrearing and agriculture are the chief factors in its economic life...
...In its demoralizing eSect on the po>' pie, the stock market is even worse,uisn the lotteries were, or poker and horn races are...
...1 Immigration Goes Down Negro Status Comes Up WASHINGTON — (PPi — Immigration restriction by the United States has created an industrial "vacuum'' which the Negro is filling...
...As it is now conducted, the stock exchange is merely a gambling joint whsrt a game of chance is conducted...
...This wJl be a blot on the industrial map of New England," declared Wilson, "and it is going to be a serious blow to these people if they are wiped out...
...though political in character, were not parliamentary elections...
...If it were a smaller place, and not so final}intrenched by tradition and the supper, given to it by those who get Into it because of the fanciful tales of sudden riches that it may bring, or has brought 8 would be raided as other gambling Joiati are each day, by the police...
...Employees of this company, and some workers in other plants, invested their savings on the representation of Converse and his emissaries...
...But a higher price for the consumer, if State controlled, would fore* the introduction- of gas-saving devices on automobiles, which automobile manufacturers can now ignore, he pointed out...
...John Ise...
...Expulsions have hitherto taken place without any indication of the motive...
...He argued that the plan of sale would discourage bidders other than those on the inside...
...He believed that this field has heretofore been largely neglected, although probably of more Importance from a Socialist point of view than the trade union movemen t. Earlier in the conference...
...The experimental attitude of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, he believed, accounted to a large degree for its eminence in the trade union movement...
...The article says in part: "In the great majority of cases the victims are political exiles whose very existence is menaced, simply because their views differ from those of the present rulers of their countries...
...Commons Praises Socialist Milwaukee in Address Before Chicago L. I. D. Conference By Paul Porter I^HICAOO.—The necessity of increased ^-'social control over natural resources via the keynote of the Chicago later- ¦ c-jllegiate eonferenc * of the League for ¦ I-idus'nal Democracy as sounded by sorre of America's most noted economists rrj their conference addresses, Dec, 27 and *8 The Government must eventually assume control of the.oil industry if the , present waste, overproduction and harm- 1 ful competition is to be curbed, declared Dr...
...Speculation on the stock marks* dsat not differ in any vital paruouhr has aambnng in poker, or from the ' nsshia lotteries which Congress outlawed jig 1890...
...In the rural districts Socialists held their own and even made some advances...
...Attorney Gardner stated, totalled about $2,017,971...
...Both countries have much to learn from each other, he said...
...A tax of ten cents a gallon on gasoline, tf gradually applied, would in the long run benefit the consumer, Dr...
...Also that it was the intention of the capitalist owners originally to reorganize the company and allow all financial losses to fall on the savings of their employees...
...The State of Oklahoma, Dr...
...Prof...
...The reactionaries are defeated...
...dinner on Friday evening, which was attended by some 170 parsons...
...It consists of 43 organizations, most of which are merely local unions...
...Professor Douglas emphasized the family minimum wage as deserving more attention from economists...
...One of the victims of the lynchers was a Mexican...
...The Social Democratic Parties in Czechoslovakia with an increase of 150.000 and a total vote of considerably over a million, now constitute a power which must arouse fresh hopes and create'fresh energy everywhere...
...Georgia, often in years past, one of the states with largest number of lynehings, this year comes through with a clean record...
...The bourgeoteooelltion has also begun preparations--foran attack on all the earlier revolutionary gains of the workers and especially on the eight-hour day...
...Thus arose the modern company union...
...Lela Marshal...
...Bxploitatioo of the oil industry by private inter- i ests has been characterised by graft, po- | '.meal corruption, criminal waste, and j-.-ass tncampetenee...
...All these encroachments have now been successfully checked...
...Minorities in South Eastern Europe Bv a New Leader Correspondent» VIENNA.—The Yugoslav Socialist Party has requested the Austrian SocialDemocratic Party to send, for information, to the Socialist Parties in Yugoslavia...
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