Top o' The Leader Tower With Readers n' Boosters
Top o' The Leader Tower With Readers n' Boosters By the Editor NEXT WEEK! Q U T of the underjfround Socialist movement of Germany has come ^ a small book that is of extraordinary interest to...
...Long live Fothergil Montmorcrcy Wiggle...
...To distibute more we must create more...
...I ami therefore I be...
...B u l g i ng banks, decreased loansi When the big bankers have no confidence in capitalism, why should you...
...It's right but, on the other hand, it could be wrong," Fothergil responded...
...The booklet is not offered as a final word on the issues that are raised but is presented as a serious discussion...
...We were afraid to press Fothergil further on this issue for fear of exposing our intellectual limitations...
...We marveled at the man's reasoning powers...
...Their patronizing air, their assumption of affection for those they despoil, recalls a similar attitude on the part of planters for their Negro slaves...
...We s.hall run an article next week regarding this notable publication...
...The company wrote a letter to the Recovery Adniini...
...to The New Leader...
...For some time," he answered...
...i. "I'll be up and at 'em," Fothergi^ added...
...We have the "right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" but the right is a phantom of the IJtain till we can transform it into bread, jobs, homes and security for the workers * • • Of course, Socialism might wreck civilization i<ut as capitalism has done such an excellent job along this line we will not waste time arguing the question...
...1'he big shots of capitalisM too often display this insufferable snobbery...
...A group of Socialists have written a survey of what has happened in Germany, interpreting the forces that brought the ascension of Hitler to power, presenting a critical view of the German Socialist movement, re-examning its Uctics and methods, of the International, the Communists and the Communist International and presenting some tentative con-« elusions...
...Your paper will carry fifty-two issues to every subscriber loaded with Socialist argamenta and reasons why he should join the Socialist Party...
...Bates is enthusiastic over our scries on Basic Principles and lio|ie.i "that these articles will be continued as a regular feature in The New Leader and that they will Inlcr hv publishrd in permaBi'iil f i i i t n. Murray R. KiiiK, who writes the informative article on fascism in this issue, congratulates us on the "splendid historical May Day- number," and writes that "The New Leader gets better and more interesting all the time...
...He is convinced that "the American workman has generally decided that his interests are outside of a national union rather than inside one...
...for future reference...
...With a majestic wave of the hand Fothergil bade us to resume our sitting posture...
...he was asked...
...Millions of workers are outcasts while you still sit high in your tower of dollars...
...Few of us for several years past," you say, "have enjoyed the incomeAo which we have been accustomed, to which we firmly oelieve we are entitled...
...The laboring masses want to produce and distribute and your class have locked the gates in their faces...
...He was a little academic, of course, but he had made the answer as simple a.s is possible, considering the coniplea matter it dealt with...
...All realized that th|^ great hour had come...
...The May Day issue was great...
...His vjews will appenr ixclusively in The New Leader...
...What a man...
...Our definition of a moving picture is a Democr.itic or Republican judge issuing orders to striking workers to move on...
...we thought...
...All these troubles were "acts of God...
...When the masses know the Socialist road to power they will not tolerate your system very long...
...In fact, it may be ' wrong in part if the report is approached in the right spirit...
...Sol Berman, Montreal...
...All this was said with a modesty that was impressive...
...But your class, Mr...
...The governments that have followed have been little better than di^uised dictatorships with working class organizations living a precarious existence...
...Activity during dog days declines, with the result that party publications and institutions suffer...
...Dog Days The hot summer months are always bad for Socialist publications and Socialist propaganda in general...
...Yes, it was Fothergil...
...Every party member and sympathizer WHAT HO...
...It is now reported that President Roosevelt has prepared a "lasting new deal...
...a figure strode across the threshold, paused in the center, and gazed at us with an air of triumph...
...Alex Solomon of St...
...In three months ending March 6 the deposits in national banks increased a billion dollars but bank loans in the same period defreased $200,000,000...
...I t it ripest for Socialist transformation and most rotten for human welfare...
...It is one of the most important Socialist documents that has ever been published in many years and an Eriglish translation is now available...
...More powei...
...They now t irn to fascism, the last ditch of a decaying order...
...Above all, in the street and hall meetings, at picnics and other aflfairs, do not neglect to get subs to The New Leader...
...Sometimes it rains and sometimes it pours," said Fothergil...
...rather embarrassing that some beg for bread while others are hogs at the same table...
...Havmg surveyed the minds of the workers, he also concludes *hat they prefer the company union kindly provided by the big shots...
...How long will you be with u« ?" he was asked...
...You still receive an enormous salary which is extracted from the exploitation of the workers who still serve you and from the surplus you extracted from those whom you hurled into the breadline...
...He was overthrown in June, 1923, in a bloody counter-revolution...
...We cannot distribute that which does not exist...
...Th« number of the unemployed throughout the world is over 27 million...
...Members of the staff and a few visitors rose in respect and .stood at attention...
...Why the umbrella...
...BIG SHOT SNOBS U E who has been down and out ^'t.d had his home invaded by a charity ^meller will appreciate the arrogance of the snob...
...I believe that I \»TIS Born during an eclipse of the sun, man, but^ahera—there are others...
...Vna» the good word on...
...He looked for a moment at the portrait of Karl Marx, shifting his glasses upward from their lodging on a wart at the end of his nose...
...F. M. ^ i , ^ (What a Man) Wiggle Is With Us Tuesday there was a roar in the Rand School, a crash and the door of The New Leader office fell in...
...The assumption is an equality of sacrifice by your class and ours...
...The number of jobless in the United States is over 10 millions, niore than one-third of the world total...
...Sloan, possess the industries that enable us to produce things to distribute...
...This is the third dictatorship Bulgaria has had since the end of the World W&f: Stambulisky was dictator during 1920-23, ruling in the interests of the peasants...
...Watch for it...
...Stambulisky was murdered and rule by political assassination became general for a year or two under, th« Zankov Government...
...Do the big financial rulers have confidence in their syslemT They do not...
...riW...
...That is al that can be Baid in answer to your question...
...These are only a few of the messages we receive from all over the nation...
...stration asking that these "acts of God" be countered by permitting the 40-hour week ctause of the limestone code to be clianged to a 48-hour week till next September "to recover from «ir losses" The NRA granted the rcqtiest t i ^ the "acts of God" now figure in the Ici^er accounts of capitalist enterprise Labor, however, pays for God's acts by increased working hours while {he capitalists recover theiclosses...
...NRA will nnsider "acts of God" as a reason for agreeing to hours of labor longer than are fixed in a code...
...The comrade who asked the question wilted...
...He abolished freedom of the press and assemblage and enacted a compulsory labor law...
...therefore you be...
...Why arc these industries paralyzed in your hands...
...Space is also infinite, and where I am or where I will be is also immaterial...
...John II...
...We are sure that this feature will be of special interest to all our readers...
...William Plampin, state secretary of Texas, wishes that "every party member in the state had received a copy of the Tenth Anniversary number...
...So far it has been a blasting new deal for the workers many of whom have been fasting for years...
...The worker who once received five dollars a day gets nothing now...
...should find his place in Socialist work...
...Tell your readers about it, and now for a wash and a sandwich...
...FASCIST BULOARIA I ATE last week Bnlfaria turned fascist and many Sodalitts and Gmimunists were imprisoned...
...The American capitalist system ia more severely hit by the depression than any other country...
...Yes, we are one happy family in this country with the same interests and no class struggles but it...
...Daniel F. Downey of Massachusetts sends a similar letter ^nd was especially impressed by the first pa^e drawing as "full of a deeply tragic aymbolism...
...We are...
...That picture of a giant ruled by a pygniy niov<^ us to tears...
...With Our Readers Mordecai Shulman of Chicago uriUs that "The Ne^ Leader has greatly improved lately and is the best Socialist periodical at present...
...SLOAN'S ECONOMICS FEW more pearlt from the Sloan jewel box should be stored by the historiat...
...You know that eternity is endless, and no educatj^ man will trifle with time...
...Louis, "as Just one more subscriber," is highly pleased with the Labor Section...
...Ever thinljiof t h a t ?" The query came as quick as a flash of lightning, showing that the man was resourceful in any emergency...
...Up in Vermont a limestone industry ten miles from the nearc;H city was isolated by the washout of a bridge...
...The labor skinners add snobbery to their role of exploiters...
...be was asked...
...How do you get that way...
...Alfred P. Sloan, president of General Motors Corporation, is one of this type...
...Biilgaria has suffered from the depression and the ruling cliques have been unable to restore production and exchange to nortiial...
...1 "What do you think of tb« I Dnrrow report...
...Fothergil Montmorency Wiggle...
...Pouff," said Fothergil with another gesture as he turned from the portrait, "I'ra^a radical," \id he, at the same time surveying each person in the room...
...Away with all compromise and kowtowing to petty liberals, but let's use common sense...
...CONFU)ENCE...
...And to think that he is added to The New Leader staff...
...He strode out of the room and was goj...
...therefore we be...
...Take their attitude towards the labor union controlled by workers...
...some one cried...
...Perhaps it is necessary to explain this heavenly aspect of the NRA...
...No comrade can afford to rest in these days of depression...
...A m e r i c a n capitalism is the highest developed but is terribly affected by the depression disease...
...One objection that we have to imperialist wai- is that the generals have always led us to fight uur friends and to support our enemies, li they will lead us against the exploiters of the working mas es of this country instead of against the working masses of other countries we will talk the matter over with thtm...
...Q U T of the underjfround Socialist movement of Germany has come ^ a small book that is of extraordinary interest to the workers and SotialisU of all nations...
...It's all a matter of perspective and , perspective is important to ritfht what is wrong...
...The depression gave me my opportunity...
...Don't think too hard over this or you will also be in need of recovery treatment...
...A boarding house accommodating the "hands" of the company was also destroyed by fire and the most severe winter in years brought further inconvenience...
...You are...
...Lemke Bron of California sends the following: "Congratulations on the militant tone The New Leader is using...
...Bom during an ecplise of the sun, an astrologer declared that I was' destined to great things...
Vol. 17 • May 1934 • No. 21
