SOCIALIST APPEAL JUNE 15, 1940 TWORKERS FORUM Ewa Seamen Convicted on Phoney Need Two a Week Charges of Revolt and Mutiny Appeal to Fight War Lundeberg Fights Anti Alien Drive SCOREBOARD 75. 00 Flint.
Baltimore.
40 Newark 18 0 0 Seattle 0 colored; others would be hurt and embarrassed if they were referred to in that manner. In most cases it becomes something that can only be resolved by the party builder in his day to day work.
He will have to determine which to use.
This question is not a new one. Continued from Page 1) the status of proud and self re part of the navy, smashed in It was discussed considerably in twist the few relevant simple specting union men, who have a 1934, is to be imposed by law.
Every day we come closer to war and every day the necessity the Communist Party and Young facts into endeavoring or con volce in determining their wages, That maybe what the Mari of publishing the APPEAL twice a week instead of once becomes Communist League from 1929 to spiring mutiny. Elaborate inter working and living conditions time Commission and its high ever more urgent. To struggle against the war propaganda, to Write to us tell us what going on in your part of the 1933, when the Stalinists were pretations of the relevant mari Those limits, which mean some er ups may think. But wait till teach the workers the meaning of every move of the Roosevelt labor movement hat are the workers thinking about! lell making strenuous efforts to re time laws by the Attorney thing like a decent living to the the seamen hear about this!
us what the bosses are up to and the men and the local cops cruit Negro members. As part of and the federal judge, thoroughly men are now, according to this They ll fight back against this government, is a task which cannot be fulfilled by an APPEAL and the Stalinists send us that story the capitalist press didn which comes out only once a week.
it campaign the CP. was advo: confusing to a jury of small busi New York decision, to be wiped decision. They ll fight it in the print and that story they buried or distorted our pages are open cating the establishment of nessmen unacquainted with sea out as mutiny. Anything the higher courts, and on the docks, Our branches, however, do not seem to realize this urgent Negro republic in the black belt. Caring life, were served up with captain and the shipowner says, and on the ships to you. Letters mest carry name and address, but indicate if you anywhere necessity. We have collected only 160. 00 in the last week, barely Together with this, public trials dark hints about the war situa is to prevail, says the New York else it needs fighting. The seado not want your name printed.
of white party members on charg. tion.
decision. Admiral Land concep men are through with sea slavenough to keep the APPEAL going on the basis of once a week.
es of white chauvinism were ery, Admiral Land!
Only three weeks are left and 61 of the funds pledged are still Even all this had as its first tion of the merchant marine as staged. These were vulgar dis result six hours of deliberation by due. In those three weeks we must collect every cent.
The Main Question of course, you assume a very plays which sought to impress the jury and then a message to Every comrade must be at his post for the two a week Appeal.
democratic pose when you say but which, because of their arti. the judge that they could not Workers Are Asking Editor: freedom is an important cause very ones for whose supposed possibly come to a decision. The In our door to door distribution worthy of the support of the benefit they had been arranged. Judge thereupon charged them of the Appeal we are encounter workers.
ing among working class fami theory, but Russell or any other Garveyism. It advocated that verdict. They finally got one tolies two reactions to the war: in intellectual leader could rot in white workers in Negro neighbor gether after deliberating til near Branch Pledged Pald tense desire to keep out of the jail waiting for the revolution boods be discharged and be re midnight and two hours the next (Special to the Socialist Appeal. ionized seamen. For they have war and, at the same time, the While the Cultural Committee placed by black. Obviously this morning.
And what a verdict! On the Upstate New York. 50. 00 50. 00 100 wish to see the defeat of Hitler takes steps to defend academic slogan could only serve to create 10. 00 Akron.
10. 00 est the Roosevelt war machine freedom, you sit on the sidelines in will between the two. Cer charge of conspiring to make. Harry Lundberg, acting presi use by the experience wit late 100 Opera Rockville 00 100 Texas 00 00 100 is utilizing this fear and hatred and smile sarcastically. You are tainly a demand for both to be mutiny and revolt, and to resistent of the Seafarers Internationalen moves which are actually of fascism to whip up his pro waiting for the ULTIMATE vic hired would have been more inlawful commands of the officers, al Union and secretary treasurer designed to smash the unions. Chicago 100. 00 90. 00 keeping with the ideas of class the jury voted not guilty, on the of its West Coast affiliate, the 90 Gov Strikebreaking, 1934 St. Paul 200. 00 160. 00 80 this feeling toward support of the You many reply that you are solidarity. It was against this charge of endeavoring to make Sailors Union of the ancie Still fresh in the minds of the Lynn 50. 00 37. 00 program of the Fourth Interna concerned primarily with the background that the permissibil revolt and mutiny on a vessel, fought back stubbornly he was seamen, especially on the West Minneapolis abused proletariat rather than ity of sometimes using the word the jury voted guilty. How men on the stand for several hours yes. Coast, is the government role 300. 00 200. 00 67 Boston.
tional. It is therefore imperative 177. 00 119. 50 66 Detroit The leadership was unal guilty of the other, the jury did on the Merchant Marine moved strike of 1934, which was called that we have available for sale the abused intellectual. fail to colored was discussed.
46. 35 62 Philadelphia 25. 00 13. 00 52 concise pamphlet answering the cause by deriding the Committee terably opposed to the word op explahol but sought to match to adopt a bill, introduced by the to back the semen wearing red 105. 00 55. 00 50 question that the workers are for Cultural Freedom or the faro Negro. At party meeting in recommendation for extreme mon Bland, barring all non rectly, the government intervened New York City 950. 00 417. 00. 44 Toledo.
40. 00 citizen seamen from being em Arst against aliens. Governor 17. 50 we defeat Hitler without support University. To go further, think the Brownsville section of Brook clemency.
East Chicago In sentencing the men the ployed on American vessels.
25. 00 Merriam had sent a telegram to 10. 00 40 What a blow against the ma Madame Perkins, urging that the 25. 00 10. 00 40 We understand that you are from a consistently negative pol Gerber and Mitlin, had charges judge put bluntly what he had Los Angeles 100. 00 40. 50 preparing a pamphlet on the war. icy. Presumably, you are offering of white chauvinism preferred already, in teamwork with the ritime unions this would be is in Department of Labor commence 100. 00 30. 00 30 It should not be a general anti socialism to the masses. Actually against them by Israel Amter, prosecuting attorney, worked into dicated by the fact that, accord series of deportations in order Buffalo 00 00 20 war tract. For we find that the you are offering in your literature son District oranizer. The road the heade me the jury: the seamen ing to conservative estimate, to crush the stories Maritime Workers 780. 00 150. 00 19 Madame Perkins quickly obNew Haven workers have not forgotten the only a criticism of capitalism to son was that they insisted that should remember, he said, that about 80 of West Coast seamen 55. 00 10. 00 lessons of the last war and have say nothing of liberalism. sugat times the word colored had to when they are on a ship it 15 are non citizens, with at least the liged. She sent a telegram on THE ARMY.
National Office 550. 00 44. 20 Do illusions about who pays for gest that occasionally you take be used as a matter of tactics. LIKE BEING IN San Francisco 100. 00 00 Answering your telegram and who profits from imperialist time off to tell the workers just William Bryant, a militant Negro which means, bluntly, no union same percentage, if not higher, July 19, 1984, which said: lation already requires that 75 Omaha 25. 00 00 war. But they hate Nazism. The what kind of a set up they will worker and ex serviceman, took ism on board ship.
their defense. He The captain of the Ewa, thor of all personnel on American ships federal immigration authorities, to me in regard to action by 15. 00 00 pamphlet will not be effective in have after they ve gotten rid of the floor in spoke in the following vein: oughly primed, was the most must be citizens.
Indianapolis 10. 00 00 know that at one time brazen of all: any meeting of the assure you that the Departour work unless it draws on this the one they have now.
Oakland 10. 00 00 ment of Labor will cooperate Statistics Conspicuously Portland sentiment and is composed with Incidentally, may suggest.
10. 00 00 Absent with California officials. The the above question in mind. One that you could do worse than ex was prejudiced against being remen Lorain 00 00 of the workers suggests as a title tend your democratic tolerance in ferred to as a Negro. preferred the witness stand, constituted The Bland Bill, endorsed by the applicable immigration statutes How to Fight Hitler. That the direction of studying a little to be called colored: there are conspiracy against the officers.
authorize the department to Maritime Commission and the DeTOTAL 3907. 00 1521. 05 89. should also be the theme. Such a or Russell along with so much of any others who are like that. When it was pointed out to himpartment of Commerce in other take into custody and deport pamphlet will help us increase Trotsky. It is somewhat amusing is bad but true. In the worker that the union contract with any alien who advocates disbeto learn that while you dismiss movement, however, began to the ship owners provided for words, a government bill was lief in or opposition to all or the sale of the Appeal.
Boston Mass.
sia Crabbe Russell as a petty bourgeois and earn something of the revoluti. such meetings, the captain said opposed at yesterday hearing (Crabbe letter is but one of pride yourselves on your complete wis year edition of the Neszme and that the contract didn apply to only by the unions which Lunde sanized government or teaches not being Marxist enough in that Overture and Nat Turner. To the company agent: a packed hearing room of hostile of Immigration and Naturallzation important point. We Washington has today pubshipowners, Congressmen and lishing not one but a series of you have kept only half of Marx day would be deeply insulted to be called colored. An Admiral Conception government officials heard Lun again wired to the District Di2e anti war pamphlets and the doctrine the economic hall. reir were will always make me Admiral Land, head of the deberg firmly stand by the posi rector at San Francisco to act committee in charge will see to fer you POWER, page 284. That which there is evidence presentIt that the series adequately Don scoff. After all, gentlemen, think of the phrase a gentleman Maritime Commission, has tion of the seamen, that they will with promptness in any case in answers the question pointed it is perfectly possible that you of color which is on a par with for three years pressed for trans fight against any further inroads ed to or discovered by him Inout by Crabbe undoubtedly are not infallible. It is, also, pos the crack Some of my best forming the merchant marine in into the membership of their unto what he frankly calls an aux ion through this alien smoke dicating that an alien is deportable.
the most insistent question sible that even Marx might have friends are Jews butwill Nevertheless there are Negroes iliary to the navy which means screen.
that the workers are asking heen subject to error. If you who wish to be called colored. wiping out all union limitations The bill was not cpposed by the In such a manner the New not admit this possibility, the Editor. rights of shipowners and Stalinist led National Maritime Deal cabinet member represent EXTRA!
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worker might as well cast his Avold antagonizing them; comply on lot with Hitler and Stalin as far with their wishes. Win them into their officer agents. The brazen Union and not because they ing Labor gave the waterfront Minneapolis has increased its Dislikes Our Attitude as any hope for democracy 15 them; and also learn from them. judge in this case represents the outside the hearing room, Lunde tack against the San Francisco regular weekly bundle order from the party. Let the party educate stand of captain, prosecutor and were asleep. either. In the hall bosses the cue to mask the atChicago.
Youngstown To Bertrand Russell concerned.
by governleg. Detroit Minneapolis, Minn.
is, Arlene Stoutenburg Negro or colored will disappear, ment authorities to force. islative representative, and told trouble makers who teach com the largest regular bundle on the Phila.
Gentlemen: Boston Since the above letter was they just as it disappeared for me. al Land conception upon the him what he thought of the sta munism. Incidentally it made Appeal mailing list, and shows If an impartial critic were to find out that there need seamen.
linist rats who were tog yellow to no difference to Madame Perkins firm intention on the part of the Los Angeles judge the character of the social self has written a letter which, Shame in being a Negro, just as vailed before 1934 received, Bertrand Russell himnot be the slightest feeling of Admiral Land conception pre the Bland bill.
defend their membership against that the immigration laws at the Minneapolis comrades to make time made no mention whatever the Appeal known to the thouist Appeal solely by Walter Rourke article (Appeal, May Total. 17 we sincerely hope, will cause their need be no shame being the years of no unions. That ing with shipowners, here to push nism.
Washington is literally swarm of the phrase teaches commu sands of workers within their territory. Factories and union By next week we should begin Miss Stoutenberg to be a little 18. on Bertrand Russell, he less irritated with the AP Italian mar hundreds of bills which they have born Jewish, Irish, Swedish or conception of the merchanointroduced to get more gravy and Then started the waves of arwould scarcely be impressed by halls will be covered thoroughly. to see first results of the branch Mainly Citizens Arrested PEAL narrow minded attiThis order naturally involves a ine meant what all powerful subscription drive announced in anything but its bigotry and its Amter admitted that there was es mean in any industry hunger, petty conformism to a theory kind.
tude toward Russell and his some logie in Bryant speech, treatment, horrible living con. try to get the unions hamstrung. rests and illegal raids. Out of 373 financial sacrifice on the part of the last issue. Remember, a bound which carefully dismisses one of who were arrested during the these comrades, and the Appeal volume of the Appeal to every From the University of Cali was absolutely wrong to use the but he still maintained that it ditions, starvation pay, etc. etc.
strike as aliens, no less than 272 office has therefore extended a comrade bringing in subs; and the greatest intellectuals of our day as unworthy of any serious In the great strike of 1934, and fornia where he is now teach word coloredi Amter to the con in subsequent struggles, the Westernment Maritime Commission That alone proved that the drive burden as light as possible. We us to every branch getting The endorsements by the gov. were citizens of the United States preferential rate to make the the 1938 and both 1939 bound ing, Mr. Russell wrote the folsupport because he happens to be trary, Bryant was absolutely among those misguided liberals lowing letter to the British right. He spoke fine words at that coast seamen smashed the Ad and the Department of Commerce against aliens was merely a salute these comrades for taking 25 subs. Get busy, comrades! Get magazine who do not recognize the SWP as bringing our press to those subs in!
mecting: members of the Social miral Land conception of the of the Bland bill barring non method whereby the employers the lead the infallible beacon of Truth Since the war beran, have ist Workers Party can well af merchant marine. They fought citizen seamen from United States cloaked their union busting drive broad layers of the working class felt that could not go on he ford to use them as a guide in their way up from sea slavery tol vessels will not surprise the un against the workers. regularly every week, and will lighting the path of mankind. Or The Los Angeles branch is the ing a pacifist. If were young their work.
give full publicity to their en third major center which has had are you such a self sufficient orenough to fight would do so, Brooklyn, deavors.
ganization that you need not conDavid Rahlens great success with the Detroit but it is difficult for me to urge RED SUNDAY plan. Boston has cern yourself about the impartial critic and direct your thrusts others to do so. Now feel as To all other branches anxious been breaking records for three only for the approval of those though ought to announce my to spread their influence among months now through its use, changed mind.
the thousands of workers, we say well on the East Coast as it now showing that it works just as who already have been brought Mr. Russell is now assured of to see the Light? Obviously, you Follow the example of Minneaare not, either financially or nu: the revolution. He may even not rotting in all waiting for polis, and swell your bundle order seems to be doing 3000 miles merically. Yet, you appear to to several times its present size: away in Los Angeles.
get back his appointment at Get out among the workers with We quote the West Coast rethink that you can well afford to waste three columns of expensive City College. As to Sidney the paper, and see that it reaches port: space in hurling invectives at a Freedom, we shall take the Hook Committee for Cultural When other New York building job. However, the representatives operate and help maintain the 30 the people for whom it is intended an excellent method for neigh The A. comrades have adoptsorry looking, cowardly, and un time shortly to demonstrate trades unions failed to back up of the other building trades un Hour Week and our standards as ed. Center all your strength on inspiring professor.
the fight of Local 8, International ions did not show up to call of well as yours, so that we may reaching as many workers as borhood sales of the SOCIALIST Tomorrow, if Russell declared that it is no better than RusCharges that the Federal Bu Brotherhood of Electrical Work their men. Local is therefore all live like human beings and not possible! Tell us your financial APPEAL, suggested by the exhimself one with you, you would sell now reveals himself to be.
reau of Investigation has used ers, against a lockout by the Con pressing for action by distribut like slaves.
problem, and we shall extend to perience of the Detroit comrades: Yes, Miss Stoutenber, we are Gestapo methods to help the solidated Edison Company at the ing the leaflet.
not hesitate to point with pride That which is worth winning you the best preferential rate pos to the door that you are distrivery sure that the truth that at this new member even though the SWP stands for is the only Tennessee Copper Co. break a 39th Street power plant Local The full text of the Local is worth fighting for.
today he is afraid to open his months strike of 1, 200 Negro and took the unusual step last week leaflet follows: buting a workers paper free, as Remember It is your livelipart of the Anti War campaign mouth. If, tomorrow, he came truth. We are certain that the liberalism of a Russell, of white miners and smelterers were of having its pickets distribute TO THE TRADE UNION hood for your loved ones as well Subs weren too good this of the out in support of Trotsky, you made on May 30 by the Interna leaflets to the members of the WORKERS as ours that we ask you to up week, with only 17 received since Ask him to donate to the would hasten to his defense. Your! Hook committee, etc. servesional Union of Mine, Mill and other unions at the plant, proof the attitude hold. We must all strive together the 1st of June. Minneapolis ac Appeal fund, by dropping coin is one of: let the liberals the capitalist class and not the Smelter Workers (CIO. testing the disorganized display 39th STREET POWER HOUSE to maintain our standards. Wake counted for nearly half of them in the container you hold up while working class. Russell, Hook, come to us, otherwise we can The indictment of the FBI was of the union building trades work Would you want to see a head up before it is too late.
and the established intellect made by Reid Robinson, Interna ers and calling upon the workers line in our Daily Newspaper some The comrades elsewhere through passing the Appeal to him.
have no traffic with them. Such uals as a whole today are serv. tional President of the union, fol to demand from the representa morning, reading as follows. Demand from the representa out the country will have to get The object is to cover as shut in policy on the part of a ing the war makers. There is lowing a decision of the union tives of your Local Union that tives of your Local Union that up some real steam, if they in many homes as possible. Speed COMPLETE DEMORALIor progressive. It is self defeating he middle sound in war and executive board to end the strike. action be taken on this question ZATION OF THE ENTIRE action be taken on this question tend to keep in the running. Min. is an important factor in the sucat once.
neapolis is setting a fast pace on cess of this plan.
because it fears to stray from ita ORGANIZED LABOR MOVEThe union charged that FBI at once.
its Appeal work. Here is this This procedure has been used agents had arrested 20 unionists own dogma long enough to effect ism is a war of the working The plant, now being modern MENT IS TAKING PLACE We know how you feel every week record: class against the capitalist on charges of conspiracy to dyna ized, involves considerable contwice with increasing success. We IN NEW YORK time you pass the Picket Line.
are convinced that this method other forces for freedom besides class. Those who like the intel mite TVA property and had struction work, and for many Do you realize that the unity Why should any man have to will insure mass distribution of support for Marxists or the forces tween, actuals serve the capis concentration camp at Copper. ceded to Local by the company. being broken by the consolidated self respect. Remember that we herded strikers into a private years this work has been con of the Building Trade Workers is lower his dignity and lose his our press. We call on all locals Buy the APPEAL to make use of it. signed)
controlled by Marxists. Rourke Stoutenberg.
Why, look around sign confessions under duress. ing now, however, to take this Union Trade Workers?
will give our support whenever All out on RED SUNDAYS!
says: The decisive blows in deIN MINNEAPOLIS you at the actual facts, at what fense of academic freedom as well The agents were accused of re work away from the union, which Stop and consider what this your rights are questioned.
at: as liberty and progress in general the Russells are actually do fusing to allow, wives, parents works a six hour day, 30 hour will eventually lead to. It is not The Consolidated Edison ComShinders News Co. will have to be dealt by the working Editors.
and relatives of the men to visit week, at two dollars an hour, and unbelievable. It can happen and is pany is laughing up their sleeves ers. Perhaps! But what are we them at Hamilton jail at Chata have the work donerky ano eight work that you are performing on Union Bulding Trade Workers.
6th St. Hennepin Av.
In AKRON, our attention to a system that Use of Negro or nooga Morris Kroman, The Tennessee CIO Industrial hour day at seventy cents to this job. Stop before it is too late. DON TEAR DOWN THE 4th St. Nicollet Av.
the APPEAL may may take generations in coming Colored No Problem Union Council convention at 10 an hour.
Do you think your representatives FOUNDATION WHICH WE be obtained Pioneer News Co. at: and refuse to take sides with libKnoxville passed a resolution de Accordingly 19 representatives are doing the right thing! HAVE BUILT THROUGH 238 Second Av. South eralism because it is not the ulNEWS EXCHANGE Do not be blind to the penny Numerous letters have discussed claring that FBI agents used of the building unions met in the MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK. REMEMBER timate cure all? Such a position the question whether Negroes strongarm methods in an unjusti. Building Trades and Construction wise and dollar foolish policy. You Peterson News Stand, 51 Main St.
is too remindful of certain relig prefer to be called colored, but tied attempt to pin the charges Council on May 16 and decided may be next unless you live up to UNITED WE STAND DIWashington Av. way PORTAGE CIGARS, ious sects who put all their faith the problem is really one of com on union men, and asking for fin that a non union condition existed the principles of real unionism. VIDED WE FALL SUPLabor Book store, cor. Howard for the cure of the world ills in mon sense in day to day work. ancial aid in fighting against the at the plant. The Council voted Be Union Men Not Card Men. PORT LOCAL No. of the 919 Marquette Av.
West Market the second coming of Christ. Many Negroes wish to be called FBI frameup.
to call off all workers from the In Unity there is Strength. CoIBEW!
TSELLING THE APPEAL Mpls.
MINERS ACCUSE IBEW Local Appeals to Unions FBI OF HELPING To Back Electrical Workers BREAK STRIKE.