«Spiritual Values»
Greet Swabeck for Hungy Men Club eve national for workers cuss that to discuss hot succeed the and clothing, PAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1933 Sabotaging the FROM THE MILITANTS Wrecking Crew LEAGUE ACTIVITIES Mooney Front in the Pocketbook in actual fact, been relegated to the at Work in the limbo of the forgotten. The main Rousing Meetings activity of its membership at preSept. was the date set for a Makers Union sent is in making the Sunday msht Chicago Those unemployed workers who dances a fiuancial success. The huge Mooney demonstration by the Stalinist uational policy still believe that they will be help At New Haven on It is three months since the Student Forum exists in name only.
ud an excellent Boston opportunity to ed out of their present intolerable Common. In preparation strike of the locketbook Workers its doom was sealed when the mem.
When the luturuutional Labor for this demonstration the preced was setuieu. 10 date, never, it Lers and sympathizers of the Lett Dereuse was organized iu 1925, New Haven. On Tuesday, Oct. 3, hear a clear wsitiou on the im.
ing Sunday, Sept. 3, was designated Fraternal ILLALPALLO Opposition were expelled. And Jou unswered a long lult need in the before au audience of fully 100 portance of semny beyond the bound situation by folding their hands as Mooney Sunday. All organizamas but vulleu members were Bosscheibe mistest position in the last was a workers defense organi center, New iluven on the Future an important question bureaucrat, who American labor movement. Here at workers, comrade Swabeck gave a uries of the in order to and letting the President take care Circle sareguurd its existence.
of them, would do well to read over tions regularly holding meetings on ng report about conditions 10 rose to the Was the again a speech which he made Boston Common Sundays were call. lut suu ul where agreement club because of his scandal munger zation which bud as its primatur luternational Communism. The olde whether the Le tutorcera.
ed upon to dispeuse with their own pusers dva live up to the ugrows fully since deserted it. Like most respective of his liteul belices or listeners were mostly. menberete volutionary before we con ot Catholic Charities specia meetings and participate in the ment. any sops workers to others who live on slander, the first organizational connections. It was and sympathi with a sprinkling VCHO Hitler. Our speaker made of Yipsels and a few mem clear that the usual attempts by ally three statements which he Mooney meeting. The was not get the scale. 1o administrasigns that he would have to par becuuse of this united front charac the Stalinists to blame the work made there, taken together, give the approached and promised to open Lion is not doing a thing to see to ticipate in rank and tile activity. ter tbat the ILL succeding in rally. bers and sympathizers.
ing to its support representatives of The spirit was excellent as allers for their failures are false and whole gist of the unemloyed prothe meeting from its platform and the agreeiner At that the employers live up to sent him scurrying.
Although the cost The logical outcome of all this almost every section of the organ listened attentively to comrade bure. ucratie; that the workers tion then turn the platform over to the living has you up tue wages on is an air of pessimism and gloomized labor and political movementouts. Swabeck words. This was proba were ready to light, what they sum of the Roosevelt administrauceded wus correct and clear Mooney meeting che pocketbOOK workers have re. pervading the Left wing movement Thus the OCCASION of the 1st conubly the first revolutionary speel headed leadership. The defeat of First the usual sugar coated proC. Fails to Appear mante tue sume. Yet even the old in the neighborhood. The most terence to establish this organizamost of the socialists had wage scule is not euforved. 10 Blowing eulogies about the cortion, was indeed step forward. Beard. It also gave them an ope German and couseyuently the mises: It is for us to redouble Sunday, Sept. 3, came. No or many stops overtime is rmitted rectness of the party line and the The experienced a rapid portunity to compure our unremit.
ganization held a meeting of its at a time whou unemployment is great possibilities for organization, growth on the basis of its non ting criticism of the social dem strated the bankruptcy of the our efforts to care for those who own. Some organizations turned so serious in our iudustry. leave the rank and tile cold. Cersectarian and class polley. Paruocracy with the stalinist repelling 14 number of trade union work must still depend upou relief, to ers were interested and learned prevent the disintegration of lome out to the Mooney meeting. Anu Moreover, Charles Goldman, the tainly the office leadership of Sklar cularly during the campaign to save und usually slanderous attacks.
the They were nowhere to espol, the exar of our union, and Gilbert will not lift the mem. Succo Vanzetti, the oraguization in the discussion period there our policylu the trade union tela. life, and to stand by the victims of be found. It was after waiting for using the employment omnce tor bership out of the stupor and lassi rallied wew suctious of the working were some questions on the dictator Audit their past experience with the depresstou until it is delinitely some time in hopeless expectations cuye. Only bis heucumon aretude that exists within the ranks. class to it and succeeded in build ship of the and Com the Socialists and light wing Cowlover. This goes along with the Somunists made them wonder as to One so for the party to appear that the seven jous. Workers who have Discussing Trotskyism ing a genuine muss defense movemuuist tactics in cialist condemned the Third Inter the importance of working in the redoubling of the propaganda spread Left Opposition produced its platseen kule for two or three years Although there is at present a ment.
the words. Lunious, comrade Swa by the government, thut it is about iews not by the as promised, but are condemued to starve wito tueir place, it is not this Worry roud when the organization was of Marx, men halbeck mudo clear to them the dirto spend 70 million dollars for reby the committee itsell.
This, as we remember, was the wonder why the misleaders have sion on Trotskyism in the party osts of the Stalinists. It be enter the social democracy, which wivestocie policy of collaboration turm produits to be workpd up having the party leaders. The He us masses for the great demonstration. ee months? Yes, they did the Militant the fact that of the Party or belouged to orkoni. Wered by comrade Swubeck who relor the revolution. So interested scheduled for september at which two sections meetings to ill vaction demanding a debate was those workers who were members en crisis. He was effectively ans oublic of working in the untous employed, etc.
were the What Does It Actually Mean?
the we were to hear the best speakers: ancies in the two sections. What ed at an open air meeting at Pitkin zatious attiliated to it. Non party ocracs had itself broken Marx the meeting lasted till alter midthose speakers capable of stirring way meeting a few There is no question that 700 millions is a great deal of money, At these poolest the masses to action. And it waston ugo the tle. They know that an accounting from the Do, until the advice in 1914 by sending working night.
whether to an unemployed worker not an easy matter for the commit entire oflice stat came and terror will soon be asked for from the ership was concentrated wholly in class brothers to fight cach other.
or to Morgan. But what does who should be the main speaker. smuggle through their candidate done. Among the active and clear ise bite loen party ideas wice voted that to for 15 minutes and when the audishould money were actually to be spent For a brief two weeks before the cor the Joint Council. When they thinking party and lenguo members those many non party elements Other meetings on cuinrude Swa without deductions for costs of ad.
date of the demonstration it was could not ministration, Lonest reported that the national office of Stein, broke up the mestiue. there is a growing belief that the were utiliated to the at its be more than cumfused an not soC. is unable le to live up to its birth. Alembers of the Left Opposito speak. Another more sincere beck tour are as follows: Mon. Oct. 16th. New Castle, Pa million workers out of jobs at the honest graft, profits, etc. With 12 the Tom Mooney Council of Action Two weeks later the operators blustering and boisterous rhetoric. tou arrested, either at Patry dec. member stated that the Tues, Oct. 17th. Youngstown hud mude no reply to the request section meeting was culled. Aguin Defeat after defeat on every field moustrations or in nou party activo. had called for a united front with very least even after the so called for a speaker. The delegate of the they tried the same scheme of ter is driving home the painful lesson ities, were Wed. Oct. 18th. Youngstown recovery, it means that for tho. because they were the trade union policy of the American Thurs. Oct. 19u. Cleveland, whole coming winter the govern comrade Cannon as the speaker for members voted. Ill spite of all tuis with ever growing for the cubbers of the Lett Opposition. Sym stalinists. Comrade swabeck prov. ri. Oct. 201. Cleveland, 60 for each unemployed worker, ment proposes to provide about It must be said at this point that and Ble cundidates. The Fraternal Left Opposition are correct. 18 Were victims of the tate, in error in both instances.
Sat. Oct. 21st. Chicago, IL. whether a single man or the head en con. Club candidates were defeated. asserting itself. There can be no were promised defense only if they After the meeting about twelve Sun. Oct. 22nd. Chicago, IL of a family. This means all of spicuous by its absence up till now, if the Stalinist party had been con conservative unions, even, wel doubt that within a short spacerotskuce their support of the of the youth comrades went to the of would Mon. Oct. 23rd. Chicago, Ill. to dollars a month, or dollars Similarly with the home of the comrade where Swabeck a week. On this amount the uuemit became more conspicuous by its never hear that otticers should in time the best forces of the Tues. Oct. 24th. Chicago, Ill.
presence by proxy as soon as our terfere in section affairs, but in will renounce the organizers of de Lovestoneitos. Orelse, the was staying and a long discussion Wed. Oct. 20th. Springbeld, mis tay together is supposed ployed worker is expected to keep speaker was proposed. Experience our union the Fraterual Club feat and take their rightful places bureaucracy caried on un expulsion was held on the prospects of our provide food has taught us to distinguish between gang want to rule and dictate even with the inheritors of October campaigu to drive out of the or youth work. Thurs. Oct. 20th. Staunton, Iu.
the attacks that come from a party at section meetings.
THE BOLSHEVIK LENINISTS. Kunization all those members who bri. Uct. with. St. Louis, Mo. to keep him coutented and prevent member and those from a party ex! Furthermore, the Fraternal MEMBER. Delonged to the left Opposition, the Sat. Oct. 28th. St. Louis, Moployigent lusurance, let alone him from demanding real unemmember who is trying hard to make Club and the fake Progressives.
Lovestone group, or who did not At Boston agree with the Party or its polSun. Oct. 200h. Kansas City, Mo. change in the whole social system icles.
Boston. The Boston branch forni Mon. Uet. 30. Kansas City, Mo. from top to izer proceeded to point out that David Myers: they, together with The Left Opposition o bottom!
Recent events in Chicago testify ally opened its beadquarters vrlThurs. Nov. 2ud. Minneapolis League delegate who wants to distux of ten percent on the workers in Australia that the has not only not day, Oct. with the lecture by More than this, experience hus Fr. Nov. 3rd. Minneapolis changed its luner policies but, quite comrade Swabeck on The Future shown that the koosevelt adminisrupt the united front be permitted without a membership meeting.
the contrary, continues to pursue of International Communism. Sat. Nov. 4th. Minneapolis to bring her political interests here They also put on a staff of or SYDNEY, AUSTRALIAtration is not likely to spend even Sun. Nov. 5th. Minneapolis The hull was packed to capacity the 700 millions about which all the and build prestige for her organiza gunizers and business agents with August 10, 1033. that ruinous course notwithstanding tion. Under no circumstances must out the approval of the member. Comades: propagauda is being made. Early disastrous effect upon the organ with an audience of excellent com.
Thurs. Nov. 9th. Davenport, Ia. This year they appropriated 500 mil Cannon speak because that would ship.
The back numbers of the Militatation. The following incidents sition and deep interest. Comrade Fri. Nov. 10th. Davenport, Ia. Lions for unemployment relief. In give a face to the meeting. The. The entire needle trades are world etc. arrived safely and satisfied a are deserving of consideration. Swabeck traced the development of Tues. Nov. 7th. Chicago, Ill. nine months time they have suc support to this attack came from ing at the present time 35 hours long telt want. We cannot thank you up until about a year ago, the the labor movement. He presented ceeded in spending 182, 500, 000 out munism who stated that they would dustry, who have so much mnem have given us in getting a clear per practical purposes, two lawyers ul, its collapse and final transforYOUNGSTOWN MASS MEETING of this sum; it is being very econumieally administered, since they be satisfied with local speakers for ployment, are still working 40 hours spective of the situation, and we who hunded all the cases for the mation to national reformism. The ARNE SWABECK still have two thirds of it left.
the sake of helping peace in the week. In the meantime, accord: hope to be able to go ahead in the organization. These were Albert Third Luternational, comrade swa.
They can jud 21 billions a victory: the Mooney detnoustra are negotiating with the employers we have a sound international com to various causes, the at of the second and out of necessity THE and the WORKERS spend in loaus by the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation to suption had no face.
the terms of a Code. Have they nection. It is unfortunate that we tracted to it a number of lawyers to carry on the work of Interna CENTRAL AUDITORIUM culled any inembership meeting to had not get contact with you be who offered thelr services, without tional Communism. lle described port bankrupt corporations and However, when the day of the discuss the terms of the code or to fore pur conference, otherwise we charge, to the und who the life of the Third Interna225 West Boardman St. tanks, 3, 300 millions for a so called demonstration arrived when the report on the negotiations No. could have improved considerably by and large wure moving closer to under TUESDAY, OCT. 17, P.
public works program which turns impartial chairman lauded the And why not? The answer is that our general political line. How and closer to Communism.
Lenin and Trotsky and its retreat as a revolutionary movement the Fraternal Club and the Proever, we are rather elated to real ADMISSION TEN CENTS out to be battleship construction to prepure for the next war, billions Unemployed Free Lor the saving of the small homeit; and when the dynamic patimSressives say this union is a demize that despite our lack of knowl. with the development of the German death, under the leadership of Stalin owner (in reality for the saving ocratie organization and a socialist edge regarding the international situation and wilcu the question of and his theory of Socialism in one of the mortgage sharks) but even at 1960 when they do get money approprias an outstanding labor leader but for the Communist Party, we are of the situation.
uted for unemployment relier, they as a poor victim of frame up which not Left wingers. So they divided We are enclosing a copy of our and the united front discussion on the German situation Comrade Swabeck gave a vivid find it is very hard to spend it.
might befall anybody It became evilast fall picture of the German events to the union among them se boxed upon uste pa melletti fuere. when you contades Beidel. Goldman, Fraucis which were decisive in the nella parte it which which he was an eyewitness, and Spiritual Values for the Hungry ers of the Stalinist party, that a the union as its private property. realize that the revolutionary move Heisler and Juck Scher No wonder Roosevelt went on to Mooney meeting without a face Was This is in accordance with Socialistment in this country. has been structors. The latter the in of the Third International. He say, right after his sweet promises not very attractive.
were pointed out the dangers facing the of help to the victims of the del arty democracy in the trade un spoon. fed with the sophistry of lawyers for the In the Soviet Union because of the wrong WE BEGIN pression. The Federal Govern Campaign Speech for the ions.
ment bas inaugurated new meas.
was picked a leading party member ers in time and wo urge them to is as rare as water in the Sahara Party members, continued to press rade swabeck sketched the work of the first week results are encour and does not intend to take over Out of the audience, therefore, we warn the pocketbook work a work by comrade Leon Trotsky rau Beidel und Goldman who were within the Stalinist regime. Com Our new sub drive is under way. the Federal Government cannot, ures of relief on a vast scale, but did. From this speaker we got a ing and demand an account from difficulties lie ahead of us. But we cided with the standpoint of the throughout the last ten years aging. Our out of town sub getters the whole job variety of subjects. He traveled our misleaders for all these outrages have every confidence. The leader. Lett Opposition. They were subse endeavoring to bring it back to have started off with a rush. The Notice with what art he raises extensively, from Tom Mooney to they are committing daily against ship of the Stalinists here is in the quently expelled from the Party. the Leninist path and brought list below tells the story: the workers expectations, Cuba and then to the the workers. Youngstown keeps them suspended with the and ended up with campaign Pocketbook workers, now is the individuals who follow falthfully the argumentional measures were forth its present task inposed by Dunne, Minn.
speech for the party. The heart of time to unite all our forces against and blindls in the tortuous wake time being comrades Heisler and new, a Fourth International to carefully worded warning that the Federal Goverment refuses to the banner of In Fruitman, Toronto sume full responsibility for the unwith joy it only he could have For a union by and for the workers. great is their faith in the infallibil the Party, were allowed to continue ternational boehmtumista. Ross Manhattan employment question.
heard the concluding sentences as. ity of the Stalinist leadership that their work in the they fell from the lips of his best This is only a beginning. Time they bave given up any attempt The questions and discussion After this, it is quite logical that disciple: Three cheers for Against comrade Goldman the which followed comrade Swabeck must be allowed for returns to he should dispose of the whole mat. Join the ranks of the Discussing «Trotskyism» the conditions in Australia (which can a campaign of stunder and his important. number of questions Suineuapolis. Next week report United States still recognio, and even, to apply the alleged Une to leadership of the local be lecture were very interesting and come in from the cities west of ter by stating, The people of the All at a Mooney united is not on the verge of a revolution: ally decided not to use him any came regarding the Soviet Union. believe, recognize with firmer front meeting!
in Brownsville ary situation. but mechanically But those who work sincerely for repeat every tactie and even every longer as a lawyer for the organi The workers again and again took will show that they too are in the faith than ever before, that spirit ual values count in the long run Mooney gave serious consideration After ten years of repression the word that emanates from the seats ration. He was no longer assigned the floor in discussion and comrade field after subs.
by Swabeck took up fully cach ques. CARRY ON more than material values.
to the meaning of united front. To platform of the Left opposition is set the pastaty a ine MoscowThe everygue us the sursatnding lawyer ton raised. The workers induene Remember that the drive closca This is nothing but a translation the exclusion of Communist speak and silence that the mental eunuchs a new God and taken unto themel. had. The local ers nor a loose, undisciplined or of Stalinism built around the Comselves the mantle of the Wehosen thuish up on one serious case involy planations being made to the ranks. time to overtake these fast step and formal banquets of the old on November 15. There is still into the language of evening dress evidently decided to allow him to Presentative care speak for this own for example, it no longer sutlices to comrade Trotsky, says anything white arestod at a demonstrativas, ating anyone who is not in agree. Bald Circulation. Increasanto. organization. To them it meant dismiss Trotskyism with con Tunny Is fatal in the revolutionary on the it to kill and conspiracy to point of the Stalinized Party. has every friend of the Militant puts it is the fact that he used this serious charge of assault ment with every policy and view.
And what gives special point to further that each participant in temptuous shrug or speering string movement.
with intent open meetings must confine himself of epithets. The ceaseless hammer Bankruptcy of Australian kill, carrying with it a possible led and continues to lead to only his back into it.
piece of sickening hypocrisy to the subject at issue, in this case, ings of the Left Opposition have Th sectarianism of the of sentence of 14 years. When Gold one result: further stilling of the IST 2ND 3RD.
show how superior the following meeting of the committee bers and Yclers demand clarity. Veloped into Right opportunism, is south side of the city, defended and freedom of existence, and its on November 15 there is Tom Mooney. Consequently, at the brought results. The party mem In the past, which has now de man spoke at a Negro forum on the prevention of its growth For the one who heads the list system of spiritual values not waiting grub. is to the Russian system with active delegates that the Weeks the most discussed subject Australian Labour Party (under rarty and explained the position he leadership of the Communist party of the Russian Revolution by com religion but are intensely speakers had violated the united has been that of Trotskyism. The Lang) has been able to ban, not took which led to his expulsion In order to function in the rade Trotsky: second two volumes: in such things as wheat and steel.
front. The delegates demanded ac lessons of the German debacle have only the Communist Party, but all from the Party, he left their inevitable imprints. There of the fraternal organizations with ed also from this case. This action independent thought. You must be should make every one hustle.
then remov you must be ready to give up all and third one tion or they would withdraw.
volume. That The Gist of the Roosevelt Program This, which would have meant is frightful demoralization and do out even a protest from the work of the aroused the resent prepared to accept, and more than The Roosevelt program comes to the destruction of the council of difference within the ranks of the ers. No member of the is ment of a number of the comrades that, you must agree with the pol this, then: first feed the worker Action, was averted, at least for party and mass organizations.
allowed to belong to a fraternal or facing the charges in this case.
icies of the Party. Otherwise there with promises, then shove the rethe time being, by a decision to put these charges in writing to the factor in the lives of the workers of organizations have dwindled to al and Scher who were not members That is why the is a mere The Unemployed Council is no ganization, the result is that those with respect to comrades Heisler is no place for you in the I, DI Intl. Workers School sponsibility off to others the state, the city, private charity: finally, party. The argument in defense of the locality. Almost as bad off is tew party members and supporters of the Party but very close by why it cannot grow and no more Repistration Oct. 15 every eve, tell him to be resigned to his fate shell of its former self. That is Fall Term when the worker realizes he has the party that the speaker gotten nothing at the end of it all. subbed can merely imply only Notwithstanding its supposed mem pletely out of existence. The in pathizers, the pursued a resembles the organization of its more lenient policy until these carly years. The united front polAnnouncement of Courses and to think of all the spiritual best those who know and can take records show that there was not er every day, but owing to our pre comrades identified themselves with ley which made possible the birth values which he is accumulating a position whenever necessary. Such one single dues payment made last sent inability to widely disemin. The Marxian Educaional Center as of this organization has been over. Organization Principles ABERN. All the agencies of the Stateunder Stalinism. Let those who ask Shifter and Dressnin, the stal. the members that are leaving the they were given no cases to handle tarianism. Lawyers identified with the government itself, the newsshteld and support such miserable inists in charge, why not one of the party in disgust are not turning to Though no decision of such a char the revolutionary movement for de Applied Marxian Economics papers, the radio, the church, all FIELD.
upsr the demonstrate again try to make him who refused to let the workers lisatas frameup, was distributevech. and Apathy. We are making our tude of the ILD to these comrades is munism cannot be used by the State and Revolution swallow these the Nazi ideas, which are so prontable to ten to comrade Cannon for fear them because they prevent the chiet task the solving of the litera. tantamount to their removal as at. because they have views that that his speech might draw the at.
In the Workers Clubs ture problem. Without a weekly torneys of the They are differ from the Party leadership WEBER.
worker from, realizing what the tention of the masses sacrificed an An even worse condition, it posi organ our propaganda is necessar being replaced by entirely inexperi: while the finds it expedi Fundamentals of Marxism situation is and from putting up a other Mooney demonstration and sible, prevails in the workers clubs. Uylnited and we are doing our enced lawyers who are prepared to ent and correct to employ Tam WRIGHT. fight for his demands. The the made a mockery of the united front. The American Youth Club, once re best to overcome this difficulty. accept every dictum of the Party many criminal lawyers (Liebowitz)
first step is for him to clear away these Let them take responsibility for ferred to as the cream of working There is a wonderful market for the without question.
in cases involving workers perse Write or phone School Headquar cobwebs if they have found a place Auch fallures. The interests of Tom Class organizations, has degenerated works of comrade Trotsky avail. Through it all the membership cuted by the capitalist state. In ters for information: unconsciously in his own mind.
Mooney demand an answer: Why under party leadership to almost able, and we propose to reprint as remains in a state of ignorance be reality there is nothing strange in Then he will be ready to think of did the Stalinists sabotage and then the same level as any petty bour many as possible in pamphlet form cause none of the actions of the this practice. It is the result of 126 East 16th Street how to organize to get what he fagrantly violate the discipline of geois social club. The revolution directly funds are available. bureaucracy are made pub the line pursued by the Party in wants, and what he must have it the united front?
Ary policies to which it was dedic 11. All of these decisions are the which can have no Tel. GRAmerey 9524 he is to survive as a decent human CHARLOTTE SHBCHET, ated when it was launched, have, For the Secretariat. made at the top without any ex. other results. Abeing.
to er, whom the National ottice sent. union; We are not like the left situation as whole, we more or the united front was discussed in country leudius to its collapse in Militant Builders then 1 the to action