A POWERFUL TRADE UNION HAULS DOWN ITS FLAG
Oneal, James
A Powerful Trade Union Hauls Down Its Flag Crart Lines, Refusal to Organize Unskilled, Brings Dissolution of Glass Blowers Who Boasted "We Newer Surrender" ByJmmes Onenl |-VNX ot%m most tragic...
...A resolution looking toward that end, so worded aa to give the union Jurisdiction over semi-skilled and unskilled labor in the machine branch while retaining the skilled handicraftsmen, waa decisively defeated in referendum...
...Let's see how closely the two fit together, or diverge...
...the appeal to It fell on deaf ears...
...Personal greetings may be inserted for fifty cents or one dollar...
...history u recorded ia tha "Monthly Labor Review" of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for October...
...T. C. L. Orchestra No matter what Instrument you play, nor how well you play, you can loin the Y. C. L. orchestra...
...Pres...
...There can be no ending or abolition of war so long as capitalism exists...
...Roc ka way...
...This marks the installation of the first young Circle Club as a branch of tha great fraternal order...
...Manufacturers who during the transition period tried to operate under both systems were refused a scale by the union...
...7, at 1466 Pitkin avenue, Brooklyn...
...Patrick 1. ij van of the Chicago salfe Trades Council has lntenasaTh hopes to reach a aetUeajfta Artery, of the m s falser thes claims work that the stda ttti in turn Claim they barJaati many years...
...DRAMA GEOUPS Whether you ever participated to a play, whether you can act or not...
...They worked nme hoars a day sad five says a weak and had owe sssaths vaeattea ha the semsser when the fires were drawn...
...A convention journal will be Issued and all comrades are urged to obtain ads...
...The practice of hand blowers of taking positions in the machine plants during the summer suspension of the hand plants was penalized by fines...
...On tha other head the theoretic generallratlona of its intellectual leaders oa a number ef essential que* tic-- represent even bolder heresies than did tMuard Bernstein when his "ravUkinlstle" strlt tures first nv the light If you ask a German Socialist leader today to what extent he considers himself a Marxist, the phenol are that his answer will be: "We are too busy with the conereter problems of our movement to bother about abstractions or about the posa'hftfflss of a haay future...
...But MacDonald Is a Socialist, a Socialist Prime Minister, and known to be such...
...Apply Sundays, at 3 pm...
...The last executive of the union, President Biemer, sadly remarked after the funeral: "The mistake we made waa ha «oitigt»g to the old guild Idea...
...LILLIAN S. KAPLAN EDITOR Published Every Week by The New Leader for the Yoaag People's Socialist League YPSL to Hold Institute In co-operation with the Rand School of Social Science and the Young Circle League, the Young People's Socialist League of Greater New York will conduct an Institute on "Problems of Youth" at 7 East 15th street on Saturday and Sunday, Dec...
...Ffw*j?s-vT The f*~~M"-« Of cours2,'the macv.:33 st'.:.dily pOne an the more severe...
...BASKETBALL touenamint Nov...
...J Members of trade ssaat «a] would avoid the fata ef ttosssj should consider tht ssdjgfl the two organisations...
...The topic for the Junior meeting will be "War...
...In some instances agreements were made w1fh manufacturers tbit were m'—*sd to Strengthen the *«rr"- p-'-*'«"-aey...
...Esther Friedman and Prof...
...no matter what age, sex- race or color you are...
...William E, Bchn, educational director of the Rand School, will speak on the "British Labor Movement" at the next meeting of Circle Six...
...mass production wtsmssssk 1 wipe out skU and reescS* JN ons common mass...
...Joshua Lieberman Will speak on "Youth and Recreation'' and Samuel H. Prledman will lead the discussion...
...The American Window Glass Co...
...The fact of the matter Is that it was MacDonald'a carrying himself as the kind of a Socialist that he is that gained him the universal popular approval...
...Which I freely grant...
...The sublects are open for discussion and all members and friends are invited to attend...
...It may be supplemented by the references to the organization to be found in promisor Ware's book, "The Labor Movement in the United States, 136018*0," and the data contained in Leo wohnane monograph on "The Jrowth of American Trade Unions, 1S80-1»JS.'* Of the period ef its power Projaaeot Ware wrote: It esanveOed every factor...
...Arista vs...
...Once more, and as Instancing the revision that has characterized they European Socialist movement Cahan wrote: The fact of the matter is that the number of ardent orthodox Martians among the Socialist thinkers of Germany and Austria is at present extremely small, although those who have revolted against some important articles of the old faith are tooth to avow it...
...and *35 to Jit for jsaaas strength blowers...
...Machine production waa producing glass at a cost SO much lower than hand production that the policies of the union had become an absurdity...
...Circle Two will bear Irving W. Cohen of the "Leeane of Co-operative Youth," speak on "The Early Co-operative Movement In England...
...f.e?rs testcrhasel th.f?*r sseaa Hum ihetr fathers and anosed K on to their pose, and «t was the almost aniversal e—lei i that all the male in usees* of a glass workers' ' faaany fsuewed one of the four trades in the Industry...
...As for their treatment of these concrete problems, it generally corresponds to the policies of the aeaMarxian jaarea and of Bameay MaeDsaald, New Leader, February 2,1939...
...For purposes of the record, and more particularly as illustrative of the contention here made, I shall quote a few passages from the Can an articles bearing on this matter...
...Claoasfi i speak at the neat mentisf ! The union has made iwaf reas this year and with OMIf the Rand School I^raiemai It expects to arrange NhB valuable lectures during fhejK PROVIDENCE...
...MacDonald's attitude en these matters of Socialist orthodoxy is a lesson and a challenge to American Socialists...
...The eigarmakers an tflH tog this fate as therr askelj day a shadow of what It mtM and its decline ti due ta as M negleet of the unstdBet tat9 la the trade...
...ve sU _z I unionism alone adaadsasH csnMiging world aaen^J-2...
...They flocked to his gatherings, because his taut appealed to their sense of Jestlso end because they yearn for the high-minded approach to polities with which his name is Identified...
...11, st 8 JO Iv Culture Club holds Its mm every Wednesday ia Irving B Halls, Irving Plata and 1W» Young Circle News FKOBUNS Or TOTJTH The Institute on "Problems of Youth" to be held Saturday end Sunday, Dec- 7 and 8 premises to be important The Institute is being held jointly by the Young Circle League, The Y. P. S. L. and the Rand School...
...December 10th at 7 p.m...
...It is such an attitude that has earned the Socialist Prime Minister of Great Britain the respect snd well-wishers of even his political opponents...
...Other N. Y. Activities A general membership meeting of the New York City Y. P. 6. L. will be held on Saturday, Dec...
...The latest of these discussions started with Abraham Cahan'a series of articles and was that the dogma aad orthodoxy in Marxist Socialist doctrine was outlived and outworn, and should be dropped...
...Baaanah, N. Y. The purpose is to give loaders an opportunity to get arquainted and to discuss problems of club teadershlo...
...Leaders of progressive youth organizations will speak and lead discussions on all topics of interest to young people...
...Rates -for business ads are equally reasonable...
...Did MacDonald address his American audiences along these lines and in keeping with these articles of faith...
...According to orthodox Socialist formula the statesmen of capitalism are but the "executives of the capitalist class," and that means, of the "marauding interests...
...August Claessens will give a series of pantomimes...
...Moreover, they married the daughters and sisten of their fellow (lass workers...
...4:15...
...Of th« family aristocracv the authors of tha "Monthly Labor Review" article write: ilrtsasw wt...
...The Union Is Buried Then the funeral...
...Irving High School...
...They OsW^ esashal faced the ~~V*SJat*J|l the window e*-Tarai|| faced and solved CaBssBsl loan erarenisatioe aaad ns*s bers scattered, sadkaBahei ganiaeriori has tad&jsslmi ad...
...ka5j of the onions should spetk BgB] they atone can save the* 2| sations from the fata tag sad whelmed the union which 4)3 ago resolved to "never su«a8ml JURISDICTIONAL aaej|jj0 CHICAGO (FP)—Stosgg...
...The report gives 180, or 24 per cent, as iiik lasslflfd " Thus pa seed Into history the leading example of a ectmerva...
...after which there will be a dance...
...LT.-ry W. Lakuer will tali on "Youth aud World Peace" and Ga'en Russell ani Abraham Kaufman will be discussion leaders...
...Refreshments will be served...
...14 at 8 p. m. in the Rand School, 7 East 15th street The meeting's main topic will be the agenda for the coming national convention...
...28 and 29...
...Youth in the Home, Youth in the Shop, Youth and Recreation, Youth and Peace, the Youth Movement Abroad and in the United States, are some of the topics to be discussedAmong the speakers are: Dr...
...the driving economic interests preclude peace...
...therefore, who will be disposed to state that the receptions given to MacDonald were given to a Prime Minister, and not to a Socialist, let him consider that...
...University of Wisconsin The Y. P. S. L. Circle at the University of Wisconsin has been granted a charter and officers have been elected...
...If any there be...
...Membership was restricted to American citisane and ermrenticeshfns were limited to sons end brothers of the members...
...There caa be no mistake about that And MacDonald the Prima Minister, cannot be divorced from MacDonald, the Socialist...
...Emanuel Owitkes will speci on "Youth and the Home" and Rae Botwinik will be discussion leader...
...In the year of the largest membership of the union, 1910...
...Socialism's head will remain sticking in the sand, with the breezes fa- ". what feathers may be sticking It is these acts of MacDona:d's which have gained him the affection and the renown with Americans...
...Youth and the Shop'' will be A. J. Mate's topic, with Henry Rosner and Mary Goff as discussion leaders...
...Brooklyn, Thursday event e^, November 31...
...After MacDonald'a visit and the successes ha has attained, there can no longer be any question as to which of the two courses — stand-pat dogmatism or revisionism—is the promising one for Socialists, and the proper one—proper because of the approach which MacDonald reflects toward the problems that he Is dealing with...
...Crest...
...A social will follow the general meeting...
...Manhattan, at 63 East 106th street, on Dec...
...As nan/ plants were driven to the wall by the machine plants members mads requests to the national organisation for relief and half of thunion's treasury was refunded to members to 1921-22...
...Progressive Voices Unheeded But because of the trends pointed out in the above paragraph opportunities for the union members became less aad Internal dissention followed...
...teesssr^hed sen sbssbbVi And what, to the Sate of the the union sent out a questionnaire end obtained I fi BssgtaBB from 608 iiiaaalura "One hundred aad Are wan iisaiiipliijal aad moat of them aad had no work afaea they left the glass factories . . , The largest single group, 188...
...And these actions carry their significance to American Socialists...
...It began to cut prices and the union realized that it could hot maintain the new scale It was compelled to revise the scale to avoid driving the hand assaantaeturers —» ~* —* wages declined to 916 aad lata...
...Discussion will be under Ellis Cbadbourns and Gunther Halle...
...Bronx Center, 3075 Clinton avenue near 180th street, Thursday, at t:30 o.m...
...One e*tnssstt ha the h—^ti oosdended that to am sloe at all the union meat adjust Itself to the changing conditions and expend its field to take ha tha machine plants...
...Ida Berg, secretary...
...Progress...
...Else are we to pursue the path of duplicity, by avowing and throwing "undying support" to doctrinal cannons on one side, whilst exulting their dethronement in actual practice on the other aide...
...Having entrenched themselves into a strategic position in the industry the members and official* endeavored to make of the union an armed mstle against other workers In the Industry and to keep machinery out of tha industry, knowing that the machine would destroy their skill and make wav for the unskilled...
...The following dub* are to meet to the second round: Debs...
...it is a challenge In that it puts to the test a Socialist's mettle in discarding dogma...
...Three delegates to the national convention have also been chosen...
...McDonald is no loss of a Socialist for having done that...
...It bad included in its ranks the highest paid workers in this country but due to Us craft excluetwness, it* unwillingness to care for- the unskilled and semi-skilled workers la the indssrtxy...
...The craft guild had for years barred the UTsskilleri and now the unskilled were under the domination or the, "yellow dog contract" end could not be organwed...
...After the session on Saturday nlebt, there will be a social gathering and dance...
...According to orthodox Socialist tenets the insistence on the "irrepressible conflict of the working class and the capitalist class," the class struggle, and the call to class cc/unsclcrusness is the sign manual of Immersion aad baptism in the undiluted waters of Socialism...
...Arista 15, Crest 8. GAMES FOB DEC...
...The discussion leaders will bo members of various young pooole's ores nutationsSessions on Saturday will be held from 3—6 pm...
...Th-> the ur'on mere'" made Its d**""lgained ground in the industry but union decreed that any member going to work in a machine plant automatically suspended himself from membership in the union, had could net return to membership aad employment in a hand flaat without the payment of a me and reinstatement fee...
...The Arista Y. C. C. which was to meet the Alces at 879 Dumont avenue, Brooklyn, on Wednesday evening, Nov 31st, 1939 on the topic "Resolved, that the Jury System Should be Abolished" with Arista in the affrmaUve won by default...
...13 at 8:33 p. m, at 8461 Giles place...
...As the wages and conditions represent pro-ware standards it is tpparen* that they were the best obtained by any American trade union...
...Their week was highly , the shies BHr/ ef glass, the lane capacity of • seints drmna...
...Arista, at 579 Dumont avenue, Brooklyn, Dec...
...The officers follow...
...Even Elihu Root complimented the man and wished him God-speed in his mission...
...Sidonie Gruenberg'i ¦ topic will be "Youth and Sex" and Samuel Roaenthsl will leed the ensuing discussion...
...The Membership Chart Tram Wobxan's study of 'the namneraMp of the organization the following figures are interesting...
...These are acts and actions to which one cannot close his eyes to evaluating the work and the acclaim of MacDonald here, leat one's Socialism be of the ostrich brand...
...The delegates will meet Frank Manning, the new national director, for the first time in his official capacity...
...His comportment indeed, has underscored and emphasized the truth and the logic of Cahan's contentions...
...In addition, Norman Thau and Algernon Lee will address the conference...
...Irving Place aad 17th street, Saturday at 9 pm...
...Julius TJmansky, Paul Porter and Jack Zuckerman will speak...
...That is something which stood out in the press reports, in the official and unofficial gatherings which he addressed, and in tha general comments passed on the man...
...The post-war years brought two new machines into the industry which eliminated two types of skin aad the union waa again facing a crisis...
...Ifr...
...The reference to MacDonald in the foregoing is almost prophetic...
...The machine revolution that was transforming other industries was revolution' zlng the manufacture of glass...
...It may be contended that the receptions and the friendly demonstrations tendered to MacDonald were tendered, not in testimonial of his Socialist principles, but to the man...
...deejaring the shoauee ssfilrn and the erfanadag campaign a fader*., the uamaewe board ef the ezdao^jsat ^g^** <*»* ^J*** aad financial affair* w*r* closed...
...Young people interested In a strong co-operative movement win be especially Interested In this bit.of history...
...Basketball tournament, boxing' tournament, a wrestling tournament, gym dancing tumbling, etc...
...National Convention The national convention of the Young People's Socialist League will be held -in the Rand School of Social Science in New York, on Saturday and Sunday, Dec...
...o Twice during the past three years we saw discussions in The New Leader on what is responsible for the Socialist Party's lack of progress to this country...
...First of all, let me anticipate one possible objection which may be raised to what I shall have to say on this head...
...I The old type of wflJKBM the pern of eacaat BEM...
...Be^aodffi enthusiastie reception ofts I tures the union voted lit" business be transacted mto 10 end that lectures in at 10 o'clock...
...We have all seen how he carried himself...
...But why should not these be abandoned if they are found fallacious...
...he has enshrined himself in the hearts of Americans of all classes...
...and th» Beet-i sssslsa sjassaUm of a stek• or...
...Seng Perknan at the Department of Economics, one of the country's foremost labor economists, is the faculty adviser...
...Members of the Y. P. 8. L. are strongly urged to come and bring their friends...
...A ten dollar prize will be awarded for the best 500—1000 word review of the Institute...
...It operated for three years and closed in the spring of 1927 with a net loss of $84,000...
...The convention Is expected to make plans for tilde extensions of Ylpael activity, including the expansion of Free Youth...
...The Bronx Gym Group meets at P. S. 167 Mohegan avenue and 17tth street on Wednesday at 7:80 pm...
...Circles and individuals who have suggestions can send them to the National Y. P. S. L. Convention Committee, 7 East 15th street, Room 601...
...Junior Yipsel Circle...
...In a sentence, Cahan's position was that the dogma and orthodoxy in Socialism not only hindered progress, but was fallacious...
...Pi chandler...
...CULTCKI OXM iMSm "Marriage, Right or wag1 will be the subject ef a kesat be delivered before tht (90 Club by ^. C. Eby of Hjijjg Tork Times Staff, Wedsg evening, Dec...
...12 the circle, known as the Student Socialist Club, will bear a lecture by Paul Porter, field secretary ef the League for Industrial Democracy...
...at Brookwood labor College...
...When the union disbanded hi 1928 it had less than a thousand members...
...7 and 8, in the afternoon and evening...
...Julius C. Edclsteln, organiser...
...BaAO, JM '1 that the nalgieaaeaimali otousta aad suW tsawwm Party...
...One may imagine the pride of craft and the narrow psychology which these attitudes fostered in the organisation...
...Alexander Plchandler will speak on "Youth and the Scheoi" and Nathaniel Weyl will act as discussion leader...
...Their wages were $30 to see a week ear abasto-screosla...
...or 86.6 per cent., is reported as eoaaasoa laborers, 89 have gene lata the aalldang trades and 17 into auto* mobile aad allied Industries...
...I, respectively, at t p. m. at 800 West 181st street...
...Debs Crab The Debs Juniors will celebrate their third anniversary Saturday evening, Dec...
...had the exclusive monopoly of a machine which gave it a big advantage over the hand plants...
...The club contains apnrexhnatsly forty-five members...
...It waa the rival manufacturers who feared ruin because of...
...The final subject will be "The Youth Movement in America...
...Black face type Is mine...
...From moat unexpected quarters — quarters usually regarded as pronouncedly hostile by Socialists—nothing but the spontaneous outburst of good-will come forth...
...butcher wottssstjjja rrraftt rAugust Claessens reaMf ¦ tured before the Hebreisebt Workers Union on ''Secants Labor Unions...
...Julius Kowalskl, seraeant-et-arms...
...The Institute will continue Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 6- Youth Abroad and Youth in America will be topics for discussion...
...MacDonald has earned the generous good-will of the American public...
...16th—Arcs 12...
...With this ."aside" out of tha way, I proceed...
...The recrudescence of Socialist activity among young people In colleges and shops has been most unusual...
...Metnffme the ration followed an exefusrve policy in the matter of Job monopoly which made it almost a family affair...
...A Powerful Trade Union Hauls Down Its Flag Crart Lines, Refusal to Organize Unskilled, Brings Dissolution of Glass Blowers Who Boasted "We Newer Surrender" ByJmmes Onenl |-VNX ot%m most tragic stortss v m the history of American trade asssssssm la that which records tha fate of the National Winsow Glass Workers...
...23—Alces 11 Ares 5; Debs S. Sholem Aleichem 11...
...The membership wast rapidly declining aad the test scale waa signed tar tha Blast of 1934-25 which renrasaatad a tS per cent reAscOoa la wages...
...Bfemer also made the point, according to the "Labor Review," that "the marked difference In the development of the industry in Belgium and the United States was la the attitude of the organised workmen...
...Lot him answer that another Socialist Prime Minister, of the "uncompromising revolutionary" variety, would have received the same open-hearted outbursts of esteem as MacDonald, and the fallacy of such contention would at once be apparent to such advocate...
...work on the Marchendia St biggest building Jnthf sg nearing completion, is fasts by a jurisdictional scr&pjkta the steam fitters and alasa movers...
...Last week five new members were enrolled...
...Morris Novtlc will be chairman of the Saturday session from 3 to 6 P. M. At this time, Dr...
...Sunday night...
...4:50, Alces vs...
...Does MacDonald'a attitude, policy, and expressions as reflected to his speeches in the United States Senate and before other bodies accord with such doctrine...
...According to the orthodox Socialist tenets such instrumentalities as the League of Nations and Pacts of Parts are mere humbug...
...Prof...
...Plans are now being drawn up for the agenda...
...Debs...
...And the question naturally arises—Is there anything- of significance in it for Socialists * I maintain that there is...
...In that year It signed a acale which provided an increase of 40 per cent above the scale of the preceding fire...
...Washington Heights Yresets The next meetings of the Washington Heights Junior and Senior circles will be held on Friday, Dec...
...It Is the willingness to stand, not dogmatically for a doctrine, but for a cause, and that willingness does not preclude looking at problems from the other fallow's standpoint, and understanding his side of the story...
...a situation developed which should have shown the members that they were pursuing a suicidal policy...
...Every member will be urged to express himself on matters affecting the national organisation...
...East New York and East Platbush sections of Brooklyn on Dee...
...ad, bat a majority at the members continued ta the old ways...
...The decision went to the negative side...
...I486 Pitkin avenue, Brooklyn...
...It didn't reckon with certain other human factors of a psychological nature...
...Labor Monthly...
...Let's take en honest ¦ view and test Mac Donald's procedure in the light of the orthodox tenets of Socialism...
...Gym Nates The following activities continue at our gymnasium in the Washington Irving High School (tth floor) 3—4 for girls, 4 to 8 for boys...
...The discussion will be led by Philip Geliebter, Elisabeth Dublin and Morris Novik...
...it were better, therefore, to forget it...
...Is the conductor...
...When the European war broke out the great Belgian industry was paralyzed which gave American manufacturers a big advantage in the home market aad the export trade while tha union was able to obtain wage increases la 1918-16...
...The program indicates the field to be covered...
...Orsmataed in 1880 ae Loam) Assembly No...
...fhsegh soer latitat ioTl had crept ta aad enter intelligent lea 111 Skis they maintained standaids that were impossible in other trades...
...Whether |a|] late to atone tor past esssi 3 mains to be seen...
...The meetings, of course, are all free and open to the public...
...President Hoover and Elihu Root...
...Arista 9; Debs »—Crests 0; Aicos 9, Sholem Aielchem 0. Nov...
...Circle rear Paaee The first anniversary entertainment snd dance of Circle Poor, Seniors, Benson buret will be held on Dee...
...Which shall it be...
...In reeeatyese] eigarmakers have cbaaeaj ej atutude towards the vtdaSal^ are trying to recover oat a*] pest mistakes...
...If you would like to be an actor, Join any of our dramatic groups held at...
...and from 7—9 p.m...
...Circle Two, Bronx O. Kantorovltch, editor of The Wecker, and prominent in Jewish Socialist activities, will speak at the meeting of Circle Two, Bronx, on Friday, Dec...
...Labor Monthly...
...Bronx Center The Smanon Club will sponsor a hobo frolic with entertainment and dance at the Bronx Center Auditorium Saturday evening December 14...
...The coming convention is expected to be one of the most successful in recent years...
...The demonstrations given to the Socialist Prime Minister were a demonstration that Can an was nearer correct than his dissenters...
...Death was only a matter of time...
...In the United States and a namlw in gsaJaad, Resjluai, France, end Itsly...
...Had he been a different kind of Socialist from what he is, had he been a Socialist of the "rsvolutionary Marxian" proclamation, it is a certainty that he would not have been accorded the receptions which ha received...
...And lastly, what of MacDonald'a action in placing a wreath upon the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, and* the touching reference he made thereto ? Waa that in keeping with the conventional, not to say orthodox Socialist atMtude on this matter...
...To Branch 6?8 went the honor of installing the first youth battalion...
...Smcs its organization la 1880 the glass workers had been di-.iJed into a number of organisations but In 1908 the four trades were united tato the National Window Gsaah workers which adopted the ponVty iy( refusing to recognize the machine or to admit workers ta machine plants to membership," bote tew years rater the cylinder blowing machine was invadihr the Industry and other machines were tq fe|k>w...
...In support of his contention to drop the doctrinal canons on "class consciousness," Cahan mentioned the following: We are in the habit of considering the worker's economic conditions exclusively, his mind and heart belntf practically out of the picture...
...Debating The Victor L. Berger Club met the Debs Y. C. C at 1466 Pitkin avenue...
...Other concessions were made by the union...
...This custom recalls the intermarriage of aristocratic families in old Virginia and lb the Hudson Valley of New fork, a cohesion of wealthy upstarts who transmitted to he'rs the cult of social distinction that raised them above the vulgar herd...
...Ramsay MacDonald has been here...
...By 193S the hand industry was feeling the encroachment of the sheet-drawing machine plants in two ways—in the loss of workmen, who were going into the machine plants, and in the closdag down of many band planta which could no longer meet the machine competition...
...It was not tha ansae that contributed to any ssohfflsmg policy...
...I shall in the fcllowing attempt to point that lesson...
...Write to the committee for ad blanks...
...The visit of MacDonald, however, has supplied the answer to this controversial question...
...Entertainment- muMo snd refreshments will be provided for 35c...
...its program of job monopoly for its members, and refusal to adjust itself to the introduction of machinery it committed suicide...
...The Belgian union, always as strong economically as was the American, recognised the hie i ms sis ahi ~J^M rl^oree^EFM ft is ft...
...and the money raasaaamg la she kreeeery after sB the obueaUeas ef the wains were snot was etstrOteied •tllsv cantts to the Ml members in coed staammg at the tone ef the dfcjsstaHsn...
...N. J., Friday, January S. The debating committee supervising the tournament will meet Tuesday evening...
...that there ia a lesson In it and a challenge...
...R I. 0m Rhode Island textues stsha doldrums, with a 10 per aad to woolen mill workers reaepl the pest month, acooedhajlt state labor commissionefh tft Three textile plants haveisi down...
...Did MacDonald "smite" them In that way when paying his glowing tributes to Ambassador General Dawes...
...The topic: "Resolved that War is Inevitable" was defeated with V. L. Berger in the affirmative...
...5:09, Jacques vs...
...Alces at 76 Throop avenue on Saturday, January 4; Arcs vs...
...Samuel H. Prledman on "Current Labor Problems...
...The same year the union held its first and last national convention in Cleveland and threw down the bars but It was too late...
...Paul R. RsdceevUevich...
...Class consciousness'' was a thing that did not exist among American workmen...
...the price-cutting who got together: m a conference to ltiS and asvaaged a truce...
...And if it be of the latter brand...
...They wore at tads time uafeded b. ¦sihhury...
...Sidonie Omen berg...
...On Dec...
...39 st 7316 Twentieth avenue...
...1 Other Unions ta IstM The iron, steel andtJn^L hare also for yean htesS the disintegrating esaassfXl conservatism that asspwfajl window ^lase wcrharr ataw tion...
...It has, perhaps, done even more for the good of Socialism than all our efforts...
...The speakers on "The Youth Movement Abroad" will be Mrs...
...It is a lesson inasmuch as it points the way to "Americanising" the movement...
...ThMH ee aad perils persist...
...Rita Polio, treasurer...
...But let's go into this matter ih further and more concrete detail...
...Nathan Fine in Brownsville Nathan Pine, research director of the Rand School, will address a joint meeting of all circles In the Brownsville...
...Harold November, vice-president...
...Delegates to the national convention are as follows: Julius Edelstein, Lewis Tanenbaum, Harold November...
...In addition, plans will be laid for the expansion of Pree Youth Into a separate paper...
...FLATBUSH On Friday, December 6, the riatbush Young Circle club was installed as Branch 1001 of the Workmen's Circle...
...dramatic coach of the Flatbush Club, will meet the applicants at the above places...
...TBla...
...18: Sholem Akdehem vs...
...Working conditions became more stable aad the union was able to recover from the wag* reductions of a few years before...
...Circle Six, Manhattan Dr...
...Realizing at last that the hand Industry was gone the convention "ruled that members coaki accept work In naaehtee pleats aad etfll retain their membership aad standing ta the union, and it aessstad upon aa Intensive nuaalatisj rasa reign ta the machine plants" Aa orgeatnation fund of 810,000 waa voted aad the eatarsjign was concentrated oa a West Virginia plant "the attempt was soon given up, bow* ever, as the organisers met not only indifference on the part ef the workmen but strong opposition from the management, whose unskilled wurtctra were employed under individual contracts...
...800 «f the Knights of Labor and adopting aa As slogan "Never Surrender," it died in 1923 by official action of the remnant of the organisation that resnained...
...To attempt to divide the two would be the veriest sophistry and specious reasoning...
...From 7 to 9 P. M. on Saturday, Gertrude WeU Klein will act as chairman...
...His visit will have done that if we learn the significant lesson contained in his actions and the receptions tendered him...
...This will be the first of series of regular Joint monthly meetings to be held in various sections of Brooklyn...
...7 At 4 pm...
...15 at 8:30 p. m. to the Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 219 Saekman street...
...For Juniors, at Wash...
...This, I think, has been one of the main faults of our movement...
...8 and Sunday, Dec...
...The neat year wagnrlstinna were made with Individual manufacturers and the general wage committee disappeared...
...For our purposes we begin with the peak year of 1910 which includes the period of affiliation with the A. F. of L. Membership of Glass Workers Tear Members Year Members 1*10 70,000 191T 46,000 1911 62,000 193d 43,000 1912 6MW0 1910 37,000 1913 40.000 1920 33,000 1914 39.999 1921 38,000 1916 88,000 1922 32,000 191« 41,000 1933 16,000 It will be observed that there has .been a continuous decline in mersfcesshJp since 1910 except for the abnormal war years when there was a temporary recovery...
...Does Mac Don aid's attitude and action and policy accord with that...
...Flatbush, 3820 Church r.venue...
...These demonstrations of unmistakable friendliness given to MacDonald were evidence of something to be noted by Socialists...
...The asnllmeiit generally was that the the between hand and machine renters should be definitely drawn, and that workmen should identify themselves unmistakably as hand or sa machine operators...
...Nor* man Thomas- A. J. Muste...
...Sholem Aleichem...
...Oa this head Cahan wrote: The students or professors who eagerly listened to hie spsennas during his presidential campaign did not do so from class motives...
...at the Washington Irving H. S. M. Pecker, director of the Glee crab...
...That has no plane ia modern Industry...
...So did the universal scale and private agreements became the rule...
...In order to hold a place in the industry the craft workers bad to work longer hours...
...Reverting again to this appeal to class fefellHg in the same article, Cahan cited Norman Thomas' campaign...
...Ctrelo Two, BtsssJUs On Sunday, December tth...
...MacDonald And American Socialism Reflections on American Tactics Seen in Conduct of Premier By Edmund Seidel JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD'S visit to this country has, in my opinion, done as much good for Socialism as a generation's effort oa the part of American Socialists...
...All Ylpeels are requested to attend...
...Leaden Week-End An out of town week-end for leaden of Junior Clubs members of Senior Central Committee and a few guests is being planned for December 31...
...Certainly nothing like them have been given to any American Socialist...
...Joshua Lleberman, Algernon Lee, Philip Geuebtet, and J. L. Afros...
...Tsasr had Ike moat eesspsrto asonsosly ef any anion hi the eoonf try sad when this wee threatened ^the hsmertatton ef English, ehv and Beiston gates workers, dent Cane want to Edrape sad stfaadaed assemblies there...
...Black faced type in the foregoing u mine...
...It has been dropped in Europe...
...The sesficn cn Sunday afternoon will last from 2.Z0 to 0 P. M a.-.d J. L. Afros will be chairman...
...The skilled glass workers had declared once more . . . that they were a handicraft guild and would so remain...
...When we tell the English speaking worklntman In America to go to the ballot-box on Election Day not merely as an American citizen, but also, and mainly, as a member of the working catss, our plea falls on deaf ears...
...Such aa attitude may well mean the abandonment of some of the Socialist articles of faith...
...Organisation Education Solidarity FREE YOUTH Young People's Socialist League 21 Essex Street, Boston Mass...
...The language of clses feeling in which we address him Is a foreign tongue to him.—New Leader, January IS, 1929...
...Area vs...
...Of course, there was some vigorous dissent expressed to Cahan'a view...
...Friday evenings 8:30 pm...
...His subject will be "The Materialistic Conception of History...
...Victor L, Berger at 71 Newark avenue, Jersey City...
...A last attempt to save the sinking structure was made by establishing a manufacturing plant to West Virginia which began operations In 1924...
...All Yipsel circles are urged to give careful attention to all convention business...
...Deriving as we do our insDlration from a doctrine exclusively economic, we disregard, ae a rule, the human nature side of our problem...
...The Bless wethers were able to sssessafn a standard ef prtxJn-tisa ef 41 bens a week, their Idea ef the ailli ef the market, on the ittHlm ef waleh they were well ssdsrsaed...
...David B. Ruasi...
...Here, then, are acts and actions which Socialists cannot blink when they show their elation with the impression which MacDonald made in this country...
...tive union that refused to change its OTganifstlaB so that it would be adapted to modern industry...
...8 st 8:80 p. m. Everyone is incited...
...According to orthodox Socialist doctrine there "caa be no peace as long as capitalism lasts...
Vol. 9 • December 1929 • No. 18
