Published Weekly as the Organ of the Socialist Party of New York, Left Wing Branches.
Vol. No.
401 Saturday, October 2, 1937 Cents per Copy SOCIALIST APPEAL Left Wing Issues Convention Call Thomas Quits and Chicago Join Four State Mayoralty Committees In National Appeal Campaign Left Wing To Act On To All The Locals and Branches The La Guardia Stands Condemned of the Socialist Party: By these flagrant violations of the Party constituCOMRADES. tion and these betrayals of the Party policy and trust, the La Guardia National Executive Committee has forfeited The Socialist Party is passing through a devastating its authority and lost all right to speak in the name of the crisis. This crisis can be resolved only by the united, party membership: By its record, both in the political speedy action rank the organization field the field of organization where it has reduced problems facing without mem.
tion of the Party.
On the same day that the Com. Immediate convocation of a national emergency conven trayal of social cutive Committee stands convicted of beprinciple, usurpation of power, splitting 118. munist Party, in keeping with of the movement The National Executive Committee of the Party is to nounce plehrat Frowould like this all no longer entitled to the trust and allegiance of the Party cialists who hold dear the principles of revolutionary soits support to the Republican membership. It is guilty of a gross usurpation and viola cialism, of Marxian internationalism, to those socialists Fusion combination and tion of power.
who are revolted by cynical violations of Party democracy its Mayoralty candidate, La Guardia, the right wing of the The Has Betrayed Socialism no course but to call an emergency Party convention for the purpose of throwing out the traitors, determining the Socialist Party, at a meeting in At its last meeting in New York, the National Ex will of the Party membership on all the important Party the decision to withdraw its reg It directly violated the specific decisions of the 1937 con of revolutionary socialism.
Town Hall, finally made public ecutive Committee betrayed the principles of socialism. problems; and re establishing the Party on the foundation candidate, vention of the Party in Chicago, adopted by the overNorman Thomas, as e foretold in whelming majority of the delegates and endorsed by the On to the Chicago Convention!
The undersigned therefore call upon all Party locals. First Time in History policy of the Right wing of withdrawing the Socialist can Party branches, State Executive Committees, and left York, in favor of La Guardia, wing groups in all sections of the Party, to send a regular By their actions, as the New the Republican Fusionist Stalinist candidate. In qaota of delegates to the Rank and File Emergency Confork the mirs Prime Tin Cheiluhis face of the official Party position, solemnly approved in vention of the Socialist Party, to be held on the days of tory, both the Communist and Sothe Party has been committed to cowardly and the Thanksgiving week end, November 25, 26, 27 and 28, presenting candidates for Mayor alty candidate port of a People Front and of its mayor 1937, inclusive, in the city of Chicago.
cialist parties will refrain from hypocritical The basis of representation for all locals and groups in the municipal election.
At same meeting, the National Executive Com will be made available immediately by the Convention The meeting in Town Hall at mittee ordered the bureaucratic expulsion of all the revo Arrangements Committee which is now functioning in which the Thomas announcement lutionary members of the Party who oppose and obstruct New was made public, marked the the execution of this sell out policy. On the pretext of In order that the delegates may best represent the er ingen socialists inutiliars in this the Party may and does violate with impunity, wanationing of the prembershi; we announce the immediate opencity. Called as a public ratifica wide expulsion drive is being conducted under the directions to be submitted for consideration and any documents tion rally. there were present tion of the National Executive Committee with the aim or view presented by the supporters of the convention.
less than 400 people, that is, a of ridding the Party of all critics and opponents of La This discussion is to begin immediately inside the ranks number considerably smaller than Guardia Socialism.
the membership of the Socialist of the organization, in membership meetings and inner Party itself, to say nothing of The Is Splitting the Party discussion bulletins, and publicly in the columns of the Socialist Appeal.
its normal circle of sympathizers outside its ranks.
The true socialists, who refuse to bow to the autocraState Executive Committee of the tic rule of the usurpers, are being kicked out of Socialist Party of California Left Wing to Act the Party without even the pretense of a trial or hearing.
State Executive Committee of the The Campaign Conmittee of The charters of state organizations are arbitrarily sus.
Socialist Party of Ohio the Left wing Branches of the pended. Other State organizations are being brutally State Executive Committee of the Socialist Party is immediately re organized with only right wing supporters permitted convening a meeting for the pur to affiliate. In every branch and local, a heresy hunt has Socialist Party of Minnesota pose of deciding upon the course been instituted against the revolutionary socialists. In State Executive Committee of the to be taken in view of the Thomas every branch and local of the party, a Loyalty Oath Socialist Party of Indiana withdrawal. It is expected that has been established, with the aim of weeding out all the Committee will make an im those refusing to swear fealty to the La Guardia Socialists City Executive Committee of the porant announcement this week who are Socialist Party of Local New and which will guarantee a camDetermined the Party.
to rule or ruin, and conscious of the fact York, Left Wing Branches mign in New York for an inde that the majority of the active party membership supports Executive Committee of the SocialSendent working class candidate, the Left wing, the National Executive Committee has challenging the Democratic ist Party of Cook County (ChiTweedledum in Republican trampled upon the Party constitution and all the princago)
Tweed! edee candidates for Mayor. ciples of Party democracy by ignoring the demands of National Executive Committee of despite the treacherous actions numberless Party locals for referendums and a special of the Stalinists and the right convention to register the will of the Party membership the Young People Socialist wing socialists.
on these and other burning questions.
League.