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Literary Tea Agog Over Vol. II No. 69 Saturday, December 10, 1988 Published every week by the Wary of England parleys with Hitler, France New Blessed Event SOCIALIST APPEAL PUBLISHING ASS has paid its court in turn to the newly estabat 116 University Place, New York, 8647 lished dominant power in Europe. This week it signed what was optimistically called a no war That bright lad Salter Sinchell. and of course, lots more 00 for six declaration with the Reich.
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By this France hopes to turn the edge of been snooping lately around the hem Van Loon and all the other back alleys of New York polit leaders in the fight against totalAll checks and money orders should be made the Hitlerite sword away from itself and win a out to the SOCHSC Appeal. her 1, ical cafeteria society, came back itarianism.
new chance to pull out of its permanent crisis to the office last week with as It a league against totalitarlEntered as second class matter 1937, at the post office at New York, New York, by crushing the French workers and establishing weird a report as any we ve seen anism, you say. You forgot to under the Act of March 3, 1879.
a Fascist regime the better to prepare itself for for many a moon. At first mention what it is for.
thought he was pulling our col Oh, according to the draft call war MAX SHACHTMAN lective leg; but when he backed it has a splendid positive proEditor Simultaneously Italy began an open and his news with the sacred onth of gram. It is for. why, it for the Snoopers and Gossips Guild, freedom and decency and honesty HAROLD ROBERTS GEORGE CLARKE loudly aggressive campaign of blackmail against we knew we had to believe him and human dignity and.
Asociate Editors beleaguered France, demanding. still in un On the top of the memorandum STANLEY, Business Manager SLIGHT DETAIL official demonstrations the cession of Tunisia, he handed in to the re write man, Corsica, of French Nice and Savoy, and a new We read: FLASH. What It certainly ought to have a deal at the Suez Canal, two well known Anti Semite No. anti Staliniat big membership, then. Just about writers, who have always been in everyone should be able to qual Father Coughlin, his appetite only whetted by Thus the Rome Berlin combination continues opposite camps, are now allify. And just how is it going to the perfuctory disapproval expressed by part of its advances by alternating on the soft and loud hearts and flowers? And how long fight for freedom and decency?
the liberal daily press of his previous anti Semchords and discords. Italy sang the sweet song wil we have to wait for the This is a point that has always itic blast, returned to Jew baiting in his national of peace while Hitler advanced into Czecho happy ideological blend to blessed interested us.
event. Well, Sinchell answered more broadcast last Sunday slovakia. Now Hitler takes over the pipes of HOOKING THE LYONS slowly. The call wasn so deCoughlin singled out Leon Trotsky for a Pan while Mussolini beats his chest for territory Come across, now, we said. talled about that. He brightVicious blast, to carry further the theme that of his own. Holding their ears in the midst of No anonymous libel. Name the ened: After all, you can expect Jews were responsible for the Russian Revolu all this screeching cacophony, England and names, or we ll turn you over to a blueprint. It is going to pro lawyer.
test whenever freedom is violaFrance try to parry as many blows as they can tion. Why. Eugene Lyons and Sid ted: have meetings and press reTaunting Rabbi Leo Franklin of Detroit, who and hope for the best ney Hook, of course, Sinchell releases and all that sort of thing.
had made public during the previous week a These complications reflect only in part the And the call of course points statement by Henry Ford expressing sympathy result of any deliberate policy. They reflect That can be. We argued at out the source of totalitarianism once. Eugene Lyons is a social in capitalist imperialism, and how with the refugees, Coughlin quoted Harry Ben more truly the conflicting cross purposes of a patriot, a leading publicist for the you have to fight for socialism, nett, Ford spokesman, who later corroborated group of imperialist powers, each trying priSocial Democratic Federation against imperialism and its war this to the press, as saying that the Ford state marily to protect or extend its interests at the which supports the war and Roo and especially against our own ment had been written by the Rabbi, and that expense of the others.
sevelt and collective security and imperialist government If you Ford had declared, in answer to the Rabbi the Popular Front. Sidney Hook want to stop totalitarianism In this situation all talk of appeasement 703 TO takes a revolutionary socialist po Sinchell was horrified. Always plea for jobs for refugees, that Jews would not sition, and is against the and peace is just so much poppycock. It is work in factories.
and the sectarian, he snorted. You Roosevelt and collective security just want to cut off all forces no longer a question of war or peace, but of the Coughlin skilful use of Ford still rabid, if and the Popular Front. But to begin with. If you began to say lineups for war and the most propitious moment now more hidden anti Semitism, demonstrated wait a minute. Naturally, this things like that, how would you for launching it. Oswald Pirow, the South must be some specific united front get Louis Adamic and the New the futility of rabbis and other bourgeois Jews African Defense Minister, returned from a tour for some definite action or other? Leader and Van Loon and John currying the will of the big capitalists who will Be the beneficiaries of anti Semitic fascism.
of European capitals and predicted war in the That what you think, Sin Chamberlain and Charles Yale chell answered, with just the sug. Harrison and Common Sense and spring. He reflected the increasing feeling of That, in the midst of all the expressions of gestion of a snoer.
for that matter Eugene Lyons to every man for himself in the tangled corridors We disregarded the sneer. All join? And if they didn join, then sympathy for the refugees issuing from govern of European imperialist diplomacy.
ment and big business circles, a shrewd demaright, then, what is this blessed where would your broad front for event you mentioned. Like almost everything else that happens in gogue like Coughlin does not hesitate to take freedom be?
By DONALD BERGNER Latin America is forced to say edly trying to keep the proposal IT A NEW LEAGUE Europe these days, however, the Franco German up the cudgels for Hitler, is a real index to BIT OF DILEMMA that the. or. Why, haven you heard yet?
understanding, no matter how tenuous, tem Oh, we commented.
the exact value of the vaporous cloud of croc. And and his cohorts arrive at Lima Neighbor policy is policy of possible, to soften it and make a The name is already picked the odile tears. The very circles which now cluck porary, or insecure, is nevertheless a new dip. this week for the Pan American friendship for Latin American dead letter out of it. The same League ugainst Totalitarianism which wolkene oltre cop when their sympathy, Coughlin knows, will not hesitlomatic blow at Soviet Union and a new nail Conference waving the flag of dictatorships but not for the thing happened at the last Pan the draft of a call is ready a union workers follow the Youngsate to employ the fascist gangs which Coughlin driven into the barrier of isolation placed united democracy. So do the Latin American peoples. American Conference in Montevi polished product of the combined town example, and break up fisaround it.
delegations from the Brazilian And Why Not?
is inspiring, and the fanatical priest, avid to re deo in 1983. The Cuban delegation Hook and Lyons style. prelimin cist meetings, drive fascists out dictator land of Getulio Vargas, And why shouldn the gov. sent by anti imperialist Ramon kry gatherings have been held, of town, perhaps even bust up the coup his fading notoriety, seized the oppor Moscow could derive little comfort from the the Peruvian barracks of Oscar ernment be friendly to the dic Grau San Martin (his government and members are being ap magazine and speeches of fascist writers and artists?
tunity to come forward as the chief spokesman fact that Poland, rebuffed in its attempt to secure Benavides, the Nicaraguan dic tators? These dictators, in return didn last long. Roosevelt saw proached.
for American fascism. Naturally the League will protatorship of Anastasio Somoza, for the favors meted out to them to that) proposed a similar resolu Well, well, we meditated.
a common frontier with Hungary and a little and the delegates and their native capitalist land tion against armed intervention. The League talitari test such a violation of freedom.
The structure of the Catholic Church makes certain that Father Coughlin could not speak made a diplomatic move that was supposed to defend the six and a half bulion gentina and Cohen of Chile tried work against totalitarianism our just as destructive of freedom as so brazenly without considerable support in the Never has it been so amply dollars of capital invested or to keep it off the floor. When that selves. Curious that we weren dictatorship of the right?
mean Polish Soviet friendship but we know Don you know you can stop Catholic hierarchy. His speeches are submitted what this friendship has been worth before is nothing but an empty phrase der Wall Street is disturbed by their tongues way out in their This time the ancer was more Violence only breeds violence!
for approval to his bishop, who, in turn, is and what it will be worth tomorrow. At best checks of course, and then stuck than a suggestion. You invited! Don you realize that if you in the loose mouths of cheap Nazi propaganda!
responsible to Archbishop Mooney.
Poland is a weak reed as Joe Stalin only politicians.
And no wonder that the Wall it away in a dusty cubby hole. Why, you re sprung from Lenin limit the freedom of friend in Europe!
Franco Aldes Street organ, the Times, The United States government ism, and don you know that fascists then that is only the first step Hull, John Lewis daughter breaks out into a rash when Latin means at all costs to preserve and Leninism is the source of totalThe Pot Boils Over And finally it is worth noting that the Kathryn, the of s Dan American delegates hint at a pos expand its control, economic and itarianism both of the Stalinist in the necessary chain which Franco German peace declaration was an Tracey, the Alf Landon, sible demand for assurances of military, of the Western Hemi variety, as the New Leader will leads to limiting the freedom of The brew mixed at Munich two months ago nounced at the height of the anti Semitic pog.
will make the conference walls non intervention in case their sphere. Six and a half billion dol tell you any week you look at it, your working class opponents and then of the party factions and is already boiling over.
roms in Germany. Humanitarianism has no ring with their stirring denuncia countries take over some of the lars, ofl, silver, gold, copper, and and of the fascist variety, as Max then ends up in the personal dicThe great game of the diplomatic double place in the politics of imperialist war.
tions of the anti democratic total industries now directly controlled especially the nitrates of Chile, Liberty! Why should you have tatorship of your Stalin? The They will not refer, however, to cases this domand is really only tions; these are the things that been invited? The only political trouble with you Bolsheviks is, as the struggle against capital. the fact that every country in the demand of an agent for more Roosevelt, Hull and Co. defend on tendency that belonged was nat always your complete lack of urally that stalwart and consist morality.
ism into two diferent compart Latin America except Mexico and commission does not lessen the behalf of Wall Street.
ments, for all experience shows Costa Rica has been actively or (This is the second of a seriesent defender of freedom, the So NEW PEOPLE IN FRONT that the separation leads inexor passively engaged in helping velopments in the hearts of on the countries south of the Rio cial Democratic Federation. Later As we remember, we reably to social patriotism. LoveFranco win in Spain! But woe to Roosevelt and his Wall Street col Grande. The first, on Peru, ap on, if you are polite, maybe a few marked in a half aside, many of To The Editor: crisis more boldly and effectively. stone support of the LaGuardia him who should dare denounce leagues.
peared last week. Comrade Berg of you will be taken in on suffer these names you mention in conThe Socialist Appeal did a mag. But the basic programs of both People Front in the last New the dictators on this side of the Same In 1933 ner will contribute next week an ance, after everything is all ar nection with this proposed nificent job during the recent papers seem to me too similar for York Mayoralty election; of the ocean! They shall quickly be The delegation is undoubt analysis of Chile. ranged.
war crisis, but there is one bone the Appeal to be justified in con Lehman. Wagner. Rose Browd taught that the holy water of Hmmm, we replied, Who is used to write and epeak against League are those of persons who which must pick with it. Its temptuously dismissing the Love er Front in the last New York Wall Street billions makes going to belong to this League? Popular Frontism and against October 10 issue stated editorially, stoneites another small group state election, and of the outright democratie heroes of the most EVERYBODY DOING IT the idea that fascism can be Apropos of the Lovestoneites: which makes big claims for its Roosevelt. Democratic candidates ferocious dictators. Why, it against totalitarian stopped by reforming capital During the crisis, their paper too anti war position. And, of course, in Michigan, California and MasJust how democratic are these ism in the realms of the arts, sclism?
failed to appear. And when it did there is no excuse for stating that sachusetts show, as we have recountries are they? who runs democracies. What kind of ence, philosophy and literature, Let not bring that up. The. faltering volce, a party afraid the Age failed to appear when it whether it comes from Germany. old Popular Front was a Stalinist of its own shadow. have actually did appear. dwell at stone policy in practice volds all them? Why is the governlooked up the files of the Workers such length on this point because claims to a revolutionary position (Continued from page 1)
If he doesn fool the politicians or Italy, or Russia, or Japan, or Popular Front Those people are Age and find that it appeared it seems to me a good example of on the war question.
To most people in this country considerable. capitalism has he at least convinces a great num even from the democratic coun all firm anti Stalinists. Surely you tries. So everybody against it in can see the difference.
regularly every week throughout a tendency on the part of Marxist (Remaining doubts may be re the various Latin American counto overcome the disadvantage of ber of people both in this country September and October, Nor dia sroups to blackguard each other moved by an examination or the tries make up composite pic lack of centralization and the externes that the Unitem estets ein snow, all these writers who are study. What did you say the its voice seem Itering to me. with more enthusiasm than sense program of the Lovestone Thom ture of gauchos, guitars, funny istence of a working class that is tries that the United States is in disgusted with Stalinism and are name of this League was we even compared to the Appeal. of responsibility. Let us have as Libby Lapp Fish edition of the looking hats, many colored shawis still free to struggle for higher terested in nothing else than to feeling unhappy.
asked again. Did you say League Both papers gave the war crisis polemies, by all means, but let us People Front and League for and hot tamales. But behind the wages and better conditions. build up friendly and neighboriy front page prominence on October also have fair play. Oh, you mean those writers against communism and fascism?
relations between all countries of romance and color and spice Should its wealth and superior 1, for example. It is worth comwho are appearing in the New As you describe it, we seem to Peace, namely, the Keep Amer stands a population almost as industrial machine fail to bring the western hemisphere for their Leader?
DWIGHT MACDONALD ion Out of War Committee.
have heard of the scheme before paring their major formulations. To us it is self evident that no large as that of the popu victory to American imperialism mutual benefit and for protection Well, wouldn have put it in. But no doubt our memories The Workers Age said: one can pursue policy of class lation whose great majority lives in its economic war with the pov against dictatorships. The war which threatens us quite that way. But yes, those deceivo us.
Path Is Not Smooth Our Reply collaboration and petty bourgeois under conditions as bad as or erty stricken totalitarian regimes, today will. not be war of then more forceful measures will The path is not altogether pacifism and yet lay claim to worse than those of the most opliberation on the part of the democratie imperialist states. comrade Macdonald communica much less to one similar to ours.
on the factual point raised in proletarian anti war position pressed section of this country, be taken both in the form of an smooth. The stern attitude of the the sharecroppers, attempt to reduce the living Roosevelt government in attempt Czechoslovakian national tion, we cannot but agree. The Whoever tries to do both these Take Chile for example. The standards of the American working to protect the oil properties of capitalism has oppressed work Lovestone paper did not fail to things is perpetrating a fraud, average wage of the Chilean roto ers and of keeping its rivals out the American capitalists in in Mexers in Czechoslovakia, whatever Ico will require explanation and appear, and the statement in our which deserves no less vigorous or peon is between five and ten of Latin America.
their nationality. How can it editorial of October 10 was there exposure and condemnation than Knowing that they are being Secretary Hull will not find the What Price People Front Today?
be trusted to fight for liberty? fore erroneous, based on report the fraud of the Stalinists, who and beans. Ate the factory work courted on all sides, the Latin task an easy one. The claim that Only revolutionary workers we received but failed to check also know how ers much better off? Figures are American capitalists are holding the United States is interested in government will be capable of up. Hence, a public rectification is tionary phrase or two on holiday scarce in the gangster like do out for a high price. They de guarding the democracies of the Leon Blum shadow boxes with history with his Shadow waging, if necessary, a really called for and we duly record it. occasions. It criticism is due the and the few figures that are avail mains of these Latin Fuehrers, mand not only good and cheap western hemisphere will sound a Parliament. Daladier applies drastic penalties to the anti fasciat war for the libera commodities but also entertain ittle hollow In view of the dic French workers. The Communist Party hails the defeat tion of the peoples.
no reason for amending our judg piace to apply it to its failure to able show why. In Brazil, for in ment and flattery. The capitalists tatorial character of the vast ma of the general strike as a victory. Which way for the The Socialist Appeal said: ment of the Lovestoneite anti war more systematically and adestance, the average factory wage of this country have decided to be jority of the Latin American counFrench working class? People Frontism has collapsed. Not democracy but the rival from being too quately with the shoddy oppor position.
very careful in their salesmanship tries. But all these are regarded ries over spoils and tribute is at siinitar as they seem to be to tunistic realities behind Love the thought! Outside of Mexico the pastor like Secretary of State, task of entrenching American im Reaction is in the saddle. French Workers must choose.
As for civil liberties, perish methods and fortunately for them as minor problems. In the great stake between Hitler and the democratio nations.
comrade Macdonald. we believe stone pretentious lip service to and tiny Costa Rica and to a Cordell Hull, suits their purposes perialism in the Latin American that the basic programs of both principles he has long ago aban limited degree in two or three in all respects. The most sancti nations, black can be easily made The interest of the Czech papers, the Appeal and the doned. The Editor. THEIR CHOICE AFFECTS THE WORLD WORKING CLASS.
government is to uphold the Workers Age, are irreconcilable.
other countries, Latin America is monious platitudes are ready to to appear white, especially by WHICH ROAD WILL THEY TAKE?
property and the profits of the The struggle against imperialist one mass of bloody dictatorships. roll off his tongue at every op such a religiously devout gentleCzech capitalists and bankers, war is possible only on the basis From Guatemala to Tierra del portunity.
man as the Secretary of State.
Hear the answer by: enable them continue their of a revolutionary struggle against Fuego, from Rio de Janeiro to twenty year exploitation of all capitalism and for the class inde. Continued from page 1) Lima, 85, 000, 000 human beings Convention Hails Twice Weekly James Cannon and James the peoples of Czechoslovakia. pendence of the proletariat. It is provide a lawyer and the Amer walk under the daily shadow of But their is only one way to therefore only a combination of Fund for Political Prisoners the Insh, the bayonet, and the The Tenth National Convention of the hails with fight Hitler and Hitlerism: by export radicalism, phrasemonger. and Refugees is participating in bullet.
enthusiasm the decision of the party to publish the Socialist Noted Socialist Orators breaking away altogether from ing and duplicity when Lovestone the defense.
Even Carleton Beals now an Appeal twice a week. The Socialist Appeal is for the as your own bourgeoisle. by speaks of a revolutionary work That the local capitalists are ardent supporter of the gov indispensable for the winning of American youth to militant at IRVING PLAZA, Irving Place and 15th Street launching you own firm and ers government for far off pleased this expressionernment that sponsor for socialist action, as it is generally indispensable in the mobilizing independent struggle under your Czechoslovakia! and at the same of independent working class sen the terroristic dictatorships of of the American Musses around the transitional demands and for own leaders.
time follows People Front or timent was indicated by the edithe socialist revolution.
Both papers also called for the Democratic Front course in the torial reaction of the San Fran Workers and other sympathiz The convention pledges the full and sacrificing efforts of defense of the Soviet Union. It is United States, with all that it im cisco Chronicle when it declared: ers are being urged appear in every member establish the semi weekly Socialist ADMISSION 25 true that the Age formulations pies in the realities of the anti The time has come to stop court and by their presence make Appeal, and for the multiplication of its distribution. It awaits were academie and dry as com war struggle.
treating such incldents it more difficult to penalize work the next step: a daily Socialist Appeal Auspices: Socialist Wokers Party 4th International pared to the ardent and moving (It is precisely the revolution pranks. few stiff Jall Rent ers for attempting to exercise Bulld the press of Socialism!
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