Self-Criticism

...P. S.—In between, on Tuesday, there is a debate on the question, "Is Civilization Going Mad...

...By attending two meetings, one can get a complete picture of the trouble in Germany...

...Otherwise...

...a local charge for false arrest, brought by Douglas Anderson...

...However, with disappointment over the New Deal accumulating the masses are certainly more receptive to the Socialist message...

...an injunction proceeding to restrain authorities of Christian county from interfering with Socialist Party meetings...

...Multiply Toledo and Minneapolis, and this is possible in the coming months, and wc will face a crisis in the whole capitalist system that will he thcf most atnte since the general bank holic^y in March, 1.933...

...What are our numerical resources...

...Bupposgd to...

...This means not less than .'10 millions of men, women and chil-dien without any stake in life and this does not include .several millions of farmers...

...It is possible that military rule over wide areas may result...

...We're on By Gordon Nye Gordon Nye is one of the ablest journalists of the United States...

...OUR MASTERS' VOICE THE business nobody knows * ranks with the twelve major industries of the United States, says James Rorty in "Our Masters' Voice —Advertising" (John Day, publisher...

...Except for ohc slate we have no representatives in the states or in Congress...

...Milwaukee Leader w/ien that paper was established in 1911 by Victor Berger...

...Capitalism is not only frightfully sick...

...Blind fury against capitalist greed, against continued torture and uneortainly, is accumulating...

...It throws the spotlight upon the sinister forces fighting the Tug-well food and drugs bill...

...Taylorville Sheriff To Answer for Thomas Arrest TAYLORVILLE, III...

...The Job Ahead THESE are possible backgrounds ia the months ahead and the pre.sont drift forecu.sts them...

...If ba.sed upon long experience and disciplined action in the class struggle, if jinked up with intelligent political action this coming fall, and if it carried with it the willing cooperation of large sections of the organised workers and farmers, this ejemental revolt vow gestatiny could be guided into fruitful channels...

...The opening section is devoted to the historical background of the era of c»pitalist imperialism, the World War and the post-war crisis, the rise of fascism, the decline of capitalism, and the defeat of the Socialist movement in a number of countries...

...In that event elections vmg he suspended in the name of a "grave cmeygcney" and rule by decrees may displace norniai cit'il procesKcs...

...Our system of private ownership of industry cannot function unless we can secure control of world markets in which to dispose of our surplus...

...It regards the world economic crisis not as an isolated or temporary phenomenon but as "the fatal turning point in the capitalist system which has so long been predicted by Socialists, and which will lead to a catastrophe for western civilization Unless it succeeds in breaking its way through a Socialist society...

...Out of the Depths DUT there is this diJtTerence...

...That hope is passing and out of the depths, now come a seething proletarian resentment...

...Our international bankers had bet on England and France—and we were drawn into the conflict to save the investments of the House of Morgan and other Wall Street interests who advanced billions to Europe, either in loans or merchandise...

...Consider the situation that faces the whole'labor and Socialist movement in this country today...

...There are more strikes now than last year and they are increasing...

...Translated into V-ng-Ijsh and published by the League for Industrial Democracy with the imprint oi the Rand School Press, these 148 pages present an original Marxist interpretation of the problems facing the Socialist movement...

...Members who have taken the time to study (hem will concede that the party is still far from that unity of opinion and purpose that is desirable despite some clarification that has occurred...

...QN Mother's Day all the newspapers carried front page stories informing us that war clouds were hovering black over the world...

...Except for three cities we have no jwlitical power in our hands...

...Sir:—The Society for Social Reeducation (88 South Seventh Ave...

...Fittingly the chapter on this subject is titled, "Come up and see me some time...

...One may easily trace four groupings in the party but this is n(A all...

...Even to those who think they know the metes, and bounds of moronia, "Our Masters' Voice" will give them new insight on the manner in which the propaganda mills operate in the new.s, feature and editorial columns, in schools, clubs and colleges, on the radio and,films...

...On Sunday it schedules a talk by Prof...

...The Socialist Party is still (he stroUKest political organization fighting for the soul and alegianre of the working masses, hut to win this allegiance will require hard work, aa effective cooperation of the members as can be obtained out of divergent views, and k sober realization that ele-meittnl storms may face us that will test our knowledge and discipline .as fhey have not been tested since 19\1: Let us concentrate on our job or another form 'of eonrentration may await lu...

...Some of the papers stated it in this manner: "Arms race seen leading to certain conflict...

...The Detroit roiivenlii.n will have to keep them in mind in making its (li'cisioi\s...

...seems to be moving from t&cpr^o causes...

...If we can we will be able to serve them and build an effective political movement of the working class...

...It is announced as a Manifesto, but this is a^i error due to an incorrect translation...

...Later he was city editor and then, advertising manager of the New York Call...

...Betterton, who arrested Norman Thomas and Douglas Ander.son and set loose tear gas bombs on a group of people who attended a Socialist campaign meeting here, will shortly find himself defendant in the following actions: A federal charge of false arrest, brought by Norman Thomas under the "diversity of citizenship" clause in the United States Constitution...

...Unfortunately, this is not the case...

...No matter how they said it—-what it really means is that a lim^us are about to start on our way to Heaven, via Hell...

...and I am ready to feel that those in power are only too conscious of what they are doing, while the workers are just plain dumb...

...I have been listening for the past half hour to a distinguished surgeon, now a refugee from Germany...

...Is Marxi^ Socialists rrt Editor's Corner Review of and Comment on Events Here and Abroad, Critical and Otherwise By James Oneal The Detroit Convention •yHF^ national convention of the Socialist Party will as-* sembli- in Detroit as this number of The New Leader comes from the press...

...They sincerely hoped that the New Deal would bring relief...

...Japan is in the same fix, so is England, France, Germany and every highly organized nation where hand labor and SCARCITY have been displaced by machinery and PLENTY...

...Jt is ofTered for discussion and is so staled on i)ages l.?2 and \M...

...Influenced by Veblen's brilliant analyses of America's acquisitive culture, Rorty rips to shreds the claims and pretentions of organized ballyhoo...

...But that is history...

...Written with skill,- vision and irony, "Our Masters' Voice—Advertising" contributes to an understanding of the kind of stuff that is fed to "100,000,000 guinea REFERRED TO EXPERTS Editor, The Leader...

...Multiply Toledo and Minneapolis and what may we expect...

...Best of all, the author explains how the workers in the arts and sciences are debauched in the advertising business...

...In the lower levels of the capitalist system there u a situation of which Toledo and Minneapolis are striking examples...

...Tlie I 24 cents am terial, rent profit the f receives wh« Under this« is also the a| only to the or 24 cents made...

...Kriegel, entitled "Hitler and Hell...

...The number of resolutions and proposals offered exceeds that of the last two conventions...

...Being aggressively nationalistic'and militaristic, "the more violent will be their mutual antagonisms, the faster will they aim again.st each other, and the moiip will the countries that are still democratic be driven towards fascism and a policy of war...

...One may not agree with everything in this booklet and yet we must agree that it has extraordinary merit both in form of presentation and in contents...

...Tfieref be sold in world—or in chine has no| a surplus of Hence the ized nations potitive race sell aeropisn refrigerators, shirts, locom fommoditics nations ncei the road to I to undersell diplomatic li or commerci warfare, mi That is ' tariff walls other natloB like wall...

...It exists in many other industrial areas...

...Deputy Sheriff Joseph Betterton of Chri^.-tian county is scheduled for several required courses in constitutional law in the near future, according to attorneys engaged by the Socialist Party...

...this spirit of give and take in the groups can be invoiced in tke convention as a whole with the view of getting a maximum of agreement on essentials with a minimtim of friction, the convention will accomplish a desirul)le purpose...

...The general financial crisis came with .a change in the administration at Washington and desg/te the universal fears of the period the ma.sses remained calm...

...The delegates meet while the capitalist world is still in collapse, with a party organization still weak in numbers and lacking in cohesion of ideas, and the task uf preparing for a Congressional campaign...

...A world-wide' system of high speed production operated for profit motives can lead nowhere but to economic conflict for world markets...

...Self-Criticism by James Oneal Out of the Underground Social "Socialism's New Beginning Provoking Statement OUT of the underground revo-hitionary movement in Germany conies a small hook, "Socialism's New Beginning," the work of a Swialist group writing under tlie pseudonym "Miles...

...He was brought from Ne^w Orleans, where he was connected ivith an important daily, to become the first managing editor of the...

...He became managing editor of the Chicago Daily Socialist and its successor, the Chicago Evening World, and ran its circulation up to over 300,000 a day...

...It is as objective as a scientist observing an insect under a miscroscope...

...Not only that, it will al.so bring every element of the party into an etfective cooperation in the campaign that is vital...

...Well, let us look at the facts...

...A notable cartoonist, ^la« Socialist cartoon \"The Fool Vote," together ivith his editorial comment, was circulated by the hundreds of thousands, and for months he had a weekly cartoon in the New Yoik Call that attracted wide attention...

...We cannot make up for this weakness by bombastic resolutions...

...In sections where fascist morons are nnmeroiin they will find a psychic situation favorable to their action...

...German fascism, unless overthrown, may lead to a world of fa.9cist states...

...Comrade Nye 1ms lived for the last few years in Florida...

...The daadlocks that occur in the parliamentary system, and too often the "petty squabbling and corruption" that go with it, appear to the masses to be consequences of the "weakness of the democratic form of government," but in reality it is the crisis "of the capitalist system whioi crisis of del sion of basi of the nia88( a "strong j through a • continues th« nomic societ] only "in the] "leaderihip i fore tke mJ power of ti enterprises i also leada j possible salvj dictators...

...Rather was it a fight between England and Germany to control world markets...

...This averages a little over 400 members in eacli of the 48 states, but as the bulk of the membeiship lies outside of the 12 soutehrn states, the average in the remaining UG states is a little over 5.50 for each .state, certainly not an imposing army to cope with an oxtt/ionliiiary cii.sis...

...For those this econon to insert 8 cording to i Ijflbor—wori vateiy own* for every A duce...

...a charge of criminal assault, brought by local residents who were attacked while attending the meeting...

...The executive, judicial, legislative, police and military powers are held against the workers...

...the N'RA as a curative fades the stark fact of over ten millions still unemployed...

...No single group is a unit on all basic views and to present some semblance of cohesion it is obvious that within each some concessions have been made...

...William Im: So Long...

...The essence of American industry depends upon selling cotton shirts to Chinamen and machinery to the rest of the world...

...The economic student — understanding the underlying motives controlling our present society— will say: "What else can you expect...

...In addition, an attempt will be made to have the attorney general proceed against the deputy sheriff and Mayor J. W. Spresser of Tay-lorville, charging conspiracy to prevent citizens of Illinois from ercising their right of assemblage...

...Wolf Adler: "Is Insanity Inherited?—New Light on the various Insanities: Paranoia, Dementia Praecox, Melancholia, etc...

...Capitalist' civilization may then devour it«elf through its destructive crises and waps, sink under the weight of its own contradictions, while 800 millions of the backward peoples of Asia, also victims of fascist-capitalist exploitation, may "overrun the old capitalist world and plunge humanity anew into the darkness of the Middle Ages...

...Can we go to them as an organization more unified in purpose and more disciplined in action than the.se revolting masses...

...Can we reach them...

...Yours for some Socialist sense...

...Wednesday, this is followed by a discussion by Dr...

...Written under the heel of the Hitler terror, it bears no trace of anger or hysteria...

...The membership is about 20,000...

...After twenty years spent in an industry that thrives on the exploitation of snobbery, fear, emulation and sex appeal, Rorty turns upon the graph and survey "experts" and the business psychologists and "public relations "counsels," showing them up as parasites on industry...

...The late World War was not a battle to make "the world safe for democracy " regardless of ballyhoo and the lying that was done to fool the people...