SOCIALIST APPEAL TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1930 APPEAL ARMY In the In Mpis. Election Insurance Agents Trade Unions Factories: on Detroit iairs National Council Meeting Discusses Growth of Organization in Minneapolis rill suspensions SOCIETY NOTES paper at World Congress Is Published by The program and resolutions of the Founding Conference of the Fourth International, which NOTICE: We regret the one SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN Well Known Militant Will Stand for Mayor on met last summer in Switzer Executive Board Suspended Because Maority day delay in the last issue of PRAWS TO CLOSE: land, are now available in their There is only another week Ticket of the full lext in a volume which Opposes Wrecking Crew Policies unavoidable, due to the neces. left on the sub campaign has just been published by the sity of changing printers. Unfortunately, the sub drive (Continued from Page 1) Sireet cars. Fur a five cent Socialist Workers Party.
to the list immediate issue was the dis We assure our readers and has slowed down considerably from the camp of Independent street car fare.
Open working class political action.
By WIDICK wemsprised in tleh vslume Paras able to maintain complete con organizer Shephera, prominente ha contence for tapete rous reffore lss made wet wein Under these circumstances, For a new city hosital. Introduction written by Max trol of Local 30, the insurance Local payroli by the Execu on its regularly scheduled not reach the total quota set.
days We intend to announce all An idea of the problems be the Socialist Workers Party is Extend free medical, dental Shachtman which traces the agents local here. Lewis Mertive Board fore the progressive railroad filing its candidate for mayor and optical care to all needy development of the movement rill, Stalinist nead of the United to protect his henchman, prize winners next week. Howfor the Fourth Internacional Office and Prolessional Work Merrill railroaded through BRANCHES AT WORK: ever. nobody has definitely workers in this country and calls on all workers to vote persons.
some of the proposals adfer its candidate, Carlos 10. Open the city idie fac from the time when the slogan ers Union, suspended all seven: repeal of the dismissal by the We are conducting tories and operate them ander for its creation was first raised teen members of the Local Joint Regional Council, an out two won yet so there is st. time vanced to solve them is con Tudson street sales every week start first place. One week left to tained in a by the International Commu Executive Board last Monday. it strongly padded with his fac little printed With the collapse of the trade union control.
ing this week and hope to pamphlet which was put out Farmer Labor Association in 11. Lower local taxes nist League in 1933, to the time The Executive Board had a tional followers. When the Exdispose of the bundle order in complete your quotas. homes Make the state and it was actually organized at a majority elected on the basis ecutive Board then appealed to this way.
council in 1938. Although this the workers and farmers are federal governments bear the conferencea ruitended very dele an dhextenschen for maintenance Allan Haywood.
regional direc ning an affair to clear up the Here the list for the past is nearly four years old, the efi organizationally where full expense of relief.
proposals have the freshness of tion of the globe.
Appeal bill on April 22 or April week: hey were twenty years ago, procedure in the union. As plied with the suspension which 29. Hartman, agent of NEW YORK CITY 10 new ideas and fit the bill in when they first concluded that the aged 12. For a living pension for No worker can understand members of the board, they op Missouri No llens on homes the problems of socialist activ. posed the exceedingly high per election in which Merrill hopes We sold and distributed our apitalist political par. ies o Minneapolis.
many respects. Why are the workers in the ered them no future.
of those who receive old age y under the conditions of cap capita extracted from the uno secure a Stalinist majority, bundle of 200 Appeals last Sat New York State.
assistance railroad Industry kept divided Minneapolis workers and italism in its death agony with lon members by the interna. It IS not yet clear what stand urday at the demon Newark all 13. Give into 21 separate labor organizariends of labor can indicace unemployed out acquainting himself with tional office, and also the high Haywood is taking, although he stration sponsored by the tions, the pamphlet asks? heir desire to make a clean youth California How much does it cost the break with boss politics, and wages convert ir member and sympathizer of Til foisted paid organizers on head a committee to take celegates were at the demon Wisconsin Tailroad men per year to main heir intention to aid in the Youth projects, the Fourth International it is them from outside of the insurcharge of all of Local 30 al. Stration, we reached them at Allentown, Pa.
building of an independent, tain 21 organizations: 21 sets of Will Wage Real Campaign an indispensable guide book in ance agents ranks.
Foreign officials: 21 journals: 21 con the best possible time. The nation wide labor party. by The Minneapolis branch has the winning of the masses to Merrill high handed action. Progressives Prepare Chicago ventions: 21 headquarters, and voting for Carlos Hudson. set up a campaign committee revolutionary socialism. reminiscent of the bureaucrat Progressives in the union are paper was just right for that 21 sets of local lodge halls? which is laying plans for an Copies sell at 25c each and ic high links of Homer Martin preparing to fight against the affair, as well as the article on Total the pamphlet continues. Obvi.
other mayoralty candi energetic campaign on behalf may be ordered through the against which the Stalinists suspensions at a membership Party organizer.
Gusly this terrible and costly dates stand for the continua April 11 Several new bundle orders point out that duplication still exists and son of the cruel profit system mayor. Minnesota APPEAL Place, New York City. In bun the culmination of a long fight and agents came in this week: needs to be remedied.
hat is condemning millions to is being planned, as well as a dles of five or more, coples in which the Local resisted his action is completely unconsti MAY DAY ISSUE. Why does our present Bro(1) From Johannesburg, So.
starvation, that is breeding series of radio addresses. may be bought for 180 each. attempts to dictate to it. The The By Laws of the As previously announced. the Africa, a group of Trotskyists therhood leadership have to ascism, and that even now is censor our magazines and the ten charges shall be brought will be a special feature Corcing another horrible im issua.
Labor paper? And why do we perialist war upon the masses before the International Execu pager containing a host of inhave to maintain laws in our tive Board before any action of teresting features related to (2) of Wiseton, Sask.
the United States.
Brotherhood constitutions for Canada. begins with new The Socialist Workers Party suspending a Local body can May Day bidding members to publish advocates be taken. No such charges bundle of per issue.
So far only two branches (Al and circulate their own opin Opposition to any war conhave been presented.
lentown and Boston) have (3) And George Whiteside of ions? We want to remind our ducted by a besses governWhile eight members of the placed their extra May Day Whitewater. Kansas is taking board have instituted legal acreaders that the railroad union ment Opposition to the new orders. There is only few bundle of aiso.
leadership which still main lake war for democracy be The first Plenum of the lined the financial possibilities employed youth and the possi tion on this basis, the progres. weeks left. All orders must be tains this kind of a strangle. ng prepared by Roosevelt newly elected National Council involved. It was reported that bilities of unemployed youth their main fire at the member 22. Send it in right now sives intend to concentrate in no later than Saturday, April Don forget about the May hold over its members profes Landon. Such a war would Day page APPEAL!
ses to believe in democracy. rst of all fasten a fascist dic. of the Young People Social. the Challenge of Youth had in organizations. The valuable ship on the following basis: creased its paid circulation experiences in organizing Refusal to recognize MerIn fact, it is perfectly willing to atorship on the masses in the tional met in Akron, Ohio on from 000 to 000 copies and workers allow its members to die for United States. All war funds democracy in another war.
was still going up with the were discussed together with the unemployed.
the week end of March 31 with Not During Disaffiliation from the the next experiences in other sections.
20 members Ask Hour Day and alternates April issue.
penny nor a man to the bosses period it will be the task of Lou Backer, National Direc war popular referendum on present. National Council Request from the Among the general demands any and all wars. Support only members from Minneapolis, the League to increase the list tor of the Jobs for Youth for an industrial charter cover raised by the progressives who the world wide war of the Chicago, Ohio, New York: Calor subscribers to insure the is. Campaign (see April issue suance of the twice monthly Chayenge of Youth) outlined ing all insurance companies.
published this pamphlet were workers to free humanity from Hornia and Massachusetts at Local autonomy all off.
the plans for the campaign.
tended dying profit system. a) For a six hour day with lengthy discussion on the It was the opinion of the Na cers and organizers to be elect out reduction in pay. It is in The maintenance and in The Plenum was opened with war preparations of the Amer tional Council that the excel ed by the Local membership teresting to note how this de crease of direct relier in Min the singing of the Internation. ican government and the anti lent pamphlet. Youth Want Trade union democracy. Stockholders Bask on Vacationing mand foreshadows part of our neapolis. Eliminate red tape alere report by the Socialist war tasks of the League, was Jobs, recently issued by the dicains pointeise rule by poli. Promenade Decks At San Quentin transitional program Martin Abern, who outlined the the main task of the League be disposed of very easily. this latest outrage of the Stalin sons will desert the Easter par mills hammed with normal acA strong fight looms against It is estimated that 700 per San Quentin shops and jute (b) For two men on every loyment compensation pay locomotive for convenience and inents.
job tesks before the Party and the tions of the Roosevelt imperial to the Jobs for Youth peti. the Mertints are not satisfied towns for the promenade deckstivity today while forty two No cuts on safety (c) Against the consolidation for every worker at a mini. League followed. Comrade ist government and to rally tions being circulated during with driving more than 500 of eleven lines that are schedring leaders in of terminals unless it benefits mum of 50 weekly for thirty Abern also reported on the the youth of the United States the campaign, will be ob the workers.
hours of work, or at trade progress of the Party, the to the realization that the tained.
members of Local 16 over to uled to leave this week on latest menu mutiny remained trade union wages when these Twice a week Appeal, trade main enemy is at home! Other points taken up at the the of They are intent cruises to Bermuda Nassau in solitary confinement. d) For an adequate retire are higher.
union work, Workers Defense Unemployed Work Plenum included anti fascist to carry out their usual line an Kingston, Havana, and West ment system. We can add that Public Works Guards and the international The ringlenders, described with the permanent techno very important discussion work, regional schools and the way through. Rule or ruin Indies nche Swedish American liner as youthful inmates, were mettwenty billion dollar situation.
was held on work among un summer camps.
is their policy. It is up to the logical and secular unemploy federal public works and hous Membership Gains membership of Local 30 to Kungsholm will lead the pro ed the additional punishment ment problem mentioned in a ing program. state housing judge them accordingly. cession with 500 passengers of having to stand at rigid atprevious column this demand act. municipal housing au The most important task of On the following day seven tention on an 18 inch spot in takes on special significance. hority controlled by the union the work of the past four liners will depart carrying (e) joint national agree movement.
ment between a legitimate most of the holiday crowd, front of their cells for an un5. Municipal support to the the coming period.
months and plan the work for starting with the French liner broken hour each day. They railroad unions and all railroad Nathan setting up of consumers co Gould. National De Grasse on a cruise to the were rationed a diet of bread companies, course, progress Secretary West Indies.
and water, with one full meal along this line has been noted profits of the middlemen. Give made this report. The accom In addition to the numbers but inadvertently through the the farmers a decent price for plishments and failures of the compromise proposals, for exsailing on special cruises sev. every other day.
eral thousands will depart over second hunger strike ample, adopted last fall with Free school books for light of the National Conven Independent Labor Action Seen as Need After the week end on regular trips within two months, which kept President Roosevelt interven grade, high school and univer tion decisions to overhaul the Chicago Election Campaign to South America Central 2, 600 of the 5, 300 inmates in the tion.
sity students. Free street can organizational siructure of the America, the West Indies, and world largest prison away (That all union demands and bus transportation for stu fighting nature of our moveLeague to correspond with the Continued from Page 1)
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on transatlantic be made Jointly and backed by2ents. No wage cuts workers is an independent poecutor ordered a probe of Coast rips.
terday.
all the crafts.
employees. Free hot burches ing of the membership for the listricts inhabited by the small Had there been such a party, He threatened to suppress ment. The education and train in the Gold Coast wards, the litical party of the workers. high school activities. New York Times San Francisco Call Bulletin Oppose Lobbying children. Socialist Revolution and the home owner, the white collar could no doubt have gained the if he found them More funds for or underhoursucation. Real task of winning the youth by worker and small business number of a hie seals.
violating any laws.
who manhandled the youths.
demands be academic freedom for teachers the presentation of the Transi. man. But it would be false to especially wards taken to the railroad compan and students. No tuition for tonal Program in a colorful assume that in his more than which are predominantly work ter statement declaring that proceeded to torture him as an The issued a coun and clamped an iron claw upon the wrist of one. He then ies direct and not taken to leg university students.
and dramatic manner formed 600, 000 vote no workers or un er and where the machine can the police, Stine and the Chamislative bodies or the Interstate Il strikers. Extend the movement the major part of the discus einployed votes could be count didates were elected solely on ber old and that they were been addressing. No use of police against biect lesson to the 500 stuCommerce Commission sion ed. It would be just as false labor support.
Commerce should be in Cents whom the Yipsel had hardly needs belaboring that to build union defense guards Comrade Gould against fascists and vigilantes.
the whole tendency of the unreport to conclude that all of Kelly We know, of course, that the investigating them. It further ion officialdom has been the Cheaper public utility showed that since the National 800, 000 votes were workers The trespassing charge is a votes. And that is so even labor skates and the Stalinists welcomed any inquiry into its no decrease in convention (November, 1930 flagran Trame ur opposite with the tragic effect rates with activities by the workers of because the gained 186 new Eranting that a majority of the will at once reply that an in five boys were not on school of tying the railroad workers to wages for workers engaged in the League such industries. For two man members and organized new workers cast their ballots for have led to the defeat of Kelly. Its militant activity in condependent labor party would Akron, property but in the street at the the government machine (Special to the Nuclant Appert)
th) That our present useless units in Fresno, California, the Mayor.
time of their arrest. The inThat would have merit ST. PAUL, Minn. Speakers New Brunswick. and and expensive legislative vestigation is obviously part of was a increase NY Lynn Mass. He pointed out too, that Kelly was publicly ac. workers candidate, or that it youth has already boards and lobbies be abolish SAUNDERS FOUND It must be borne in mind the re elected mayor oly irnection with the came to brought the larger reactionary cam from organized labor joined ed and that our Brotherhood that throughout the country our claimed and supported by wide would leadership be requested to join GUILTY BY JUDGE forether with the Party, In nur business interests. the depart. Kelly took office.
sections of the financial and the chances whereat deal to many young workers into con paien sesinst all working class with representatives of the unemployed to protest the with the rest of the labor move and wide publicity these Appeal for Support cuts and lowered relief standnierous antifascist activities ment store magnates. reac nient for the building of a (Speat to the Sint Appeal)
Essentially, however, there youths had not heard of the ards at a mass meeting of 500 workers political party, NEW YORK The case of and is now well on the way to tionaries, as well as by the is no great choice between the The has issued an In explanation, it is pointed Peter Saunders. Negro work becoming a real youth organi trade unions and the liberals.
At the time of their arrest, appeal to one experienced political hack Akron labor for and relief workers held zation whose name, program out that too many millions of er arrested on February 20 and activities are known to Labor Support Helps at the Anti Nazi Demonstraand the republican new comer, the five boys were distributing funds for the defense of the by the Workers Benefit AssoOne element swung the elec Fundamentally they are both leaflets calling for increased five. It has pledged to fight ciation March in the auditorithousands of youth.
um of the State Office Buildtion called by the Socialist into this useless Semi Monthly Challenge tion in Kelly favor. We refer capitalist candidates notwith appropriations, conver the case to the end.
lobbying process.
Workers Party, finally came most or sion of the armaments budget ne probe is merely the ing.
which has landed in the pockic trial here today after hav. The oreanizational check up port rendered to him by the against and relief cuts into a public works fund for the test in a series of provoca After a short introduction by ets of the lobbyist. commonly ing been adjourned six times unemployed and decent jobs tions against Yipsels and James Rosenthal, chairman of tional Secretary, verified the of the Labor and Green said nothing that known as legislative repre since the arrest. members. Through ac the Workers Benefit AssociaThe decision, which took report of the National Secre. Non Partisan League. the 110. Green came out for the Dies for all who need them.
sentatives.
and the Communist committee and Kelly said Youths Manhandled tary and showed that the Party. While the latter is no nothing: that Green came out tivities of Stine, who is trying tion. Bernie Simmer, business eight minutes to read The lobby simply cannot take Previously. Stine had torn to make a name for himself as agent of the warehouse union, the place of a good labor union, handed down by Magistrats League has made more prog the leaflets from one youth, a crusader against the Reds. Local No. 20297, took the chair Rothenberg in Tombs Couri.
less during the last four great shakes as a vote getter. in favor of lower taxes and and it is time for us to quit the and sent some young hoodlums Comrade Sol Goldberg was re for the meeting. The speakers, lobby and build the union by Rothenberg found Saunders months than in any previous the fact is that the trade union Kelly said little; that Kelly In this city does defended his economy re.
of guilty the united effort of the 21 disorderly the crafts to amalgamate and orconduct charge and lined The most important decision control or manipulate almost cime and Green claimed the Vincent, assistant super teaching in the public schools resenting the Teamsters Joint intendent of schools. ran out and was forced to withdraw Council and Lawrence Pfeffer ganize the railroad workers, him 15. On the question of of the Plenum was to begin a quarter of a million votes. could economize still more, or. cruelty to animals the publication of the the pamphlet points out.
of the building, his arms flail from the Teachers college at of the Building Trades Council.
of tory for possible defeat) for as a good mayor, and Green ing. and threatened them with Akron University. Others have attacked the 15 percent cut that Magistrate declared Youth as a twicemoll To which we can only add a violence.
been fired from their jobs as made last month on the al.
hearty amen there was absolutely no eviJune The reports of Ernest the local Democratic machine. had no record.
Erber. Editor, and Ruth Wil his victory, he can thank or civil Liberties Union stated One must remember that the He then called the police, a result of his stool pigeons.
dence and dismissed the ready inadequate relief budgcharge.
ets in St. Paul. further cut ner. Business Manager, defithere was little to choose beEnds April 15th of 20 percent is threatened if Trotsky Letter To Saunders had been held un nitely showed the need for a ganized labor.
der higher bail than any of semi monthly paper and outThe crying the rolls are reduced, need of the tween the two candidates in Modern Quarterly their attitude toward the malSpring Sale 20 per cent Off!
the others arrested at the throwing this additional group ter of civil liberties, trade on the local relief rolls.
same time and on the same union rights. picketing and so Comrade Trotsky sent the charge and had been subjectResolutions were passed confollowing letter to the edi. ed to the third degree in demning the national war apors of the Modern Quarter the police station after his In the parliamentary field, ir List Now propriations calling for the ly on March arrest. The Magistrate sent Chicago, as well as in the na. History of the Russian Revolution turning over of all war funds Gentlemen a copy of Saunder testi Monday, April 10 at 7:15 tion, the great task still re by Leon Trotsky 98 39 to the unemployed: demanding mony on the beating given SAM GORDON The Trade Unions and the Transition mains: to break the masses The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolutionthe passage of a housing act disagree completely with away from the two major caphim by the police, to Police International the general tendency of your. 00 by Isaacs 50 now before the Minnesota leg.
Monday, April 10 at 8:50 PM Commissioner Valentine and italist parties. Independent po. 50 Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky. 69 review and therefore ask islature: thanking the local promised to look into the JAMES BURNHAM Third Party Movements Middle My Life by Leon Trotsky 00 80 that you remove my name trade union movement for its matter further Class Politics suffered a blow in this election 50 The Third International After Lenin. 75 from your list of contribuaid in fighting these cuts and Saunders was defended by Tuesday, April 11 at P.
through the action of the labor The Stalin School of Falsification 50 00 calling for the continuance of tors the American Fund for PC JOIN WRIGIT Theory of Permanent Revolution organizations. the Stalinists Sincerely yours 90 Russia. Twenty Years After by Victor Serge 50 co operation between the unlitical Prisoners and part of All classes held at and the liberals. It is necesLeon Trotsky Visit the Labor Book Shop nowions and the Workers Benefit his fine was furnished by the IRVING PLAZA, Irving Place and 13th Street, sary to sharply reverse this sit28 EAST 12th STREET, Association as the organization Coyocacan, organization.
Admission: 25 cents per lecture tiation before the workers can of the and relief progress on the political field.
Add 3c per book for postage workers.
Labor Skates Help To AKRON YPSL Reelect Mayor Kelly UNDER PROBE; FIVE JAILED MINN. JOBLESS PROTEST RELIEF AND WPA CUTS to been dumpeders money has Was THE MARXIST SCHOOL THOUSANDS OF TITLES forth.