SOCIALIST APPEAL FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1939 War Referendum Campaign Notes 300, 000 PA Workers Face Firing in Sept.
STREET MEETINGS, TAG DAYS START MADE ON INCREASING PLANNED. MEMBERS RECRUITED BUNDLE ORDERS, SUBSCRIPTIONS APPEAL ARMY level.
an by WORKERS FORUM GETTING SUBSCRIPTIONS making another appointment for some other time.
New Wage Slashes in the Offing Attorney AND NEW INTERNATIONAL Local Subscription CamGeneral Stalls on Prevailing Wage Our campaign for 400 new paigns: readers to the Socialist Appeal crease our subscription list The national campaign to inis now well under way.
By HAL DRAPER tave recruited three new mem The drive for 400 new sub quota of new subscriptions.
branches are doing good work, must be accompanied by a lo(Continued from Page 1) the wages of the WPA workers others have yet to really begin. cal Branch campaign. Each Secretary Campaign Committee bers already, and that only scriptions to the Socialist Ap. But reports from the various the beginning. To all who peal and an increase of 670 cities indicate that the others going full blast: 75, 000 work in the other parts of the coun we are listing below various branch literature agent should the Anti War Fund and com aged, Flint is going to serve as ders by agents in connection very likely exceed their quotas. York City alone.
ST. PAUL. sends in 45 on are pessimistic and discour copies in the regular bundle or will also make the grade and ers are being laid off in New try down toward the Southern ways of going about getting take steps to organize his local subscriptions so that the delin subscription campaign along rade Dorothy Schultz writes: shot in the arm. We find with the War Referendum Cam In the matter of increases in 2, 000, 000 Fired Roosevelt Responsible quent branches can begin now the following general lines. The branch is planning a se that through the petitions we paign now being conducted by the bundles, the following cities Nearly another million work Meanwhile with the Building to organize a serious subscrip1) Set subscription quotas for each comrade in your branch.
Flestir weekly street corner are able to reach new contacts. the Socialist Workers Party and localities have already reers will thus have been thrown and Construction trades work tion campaign.
meetings, starting August 16. and that the question of a War and the Young People Social sponded. New Haven has in off WPA by the end of Septem ers still out on strike, Attorney. Contact work: Every 2) Make definite and specific Since there has been practical Referendum often affords us ist League, is getting under creased its bundle by and has ber, so that about two million General Murphy. Roosevelt branch should have a master assignments to comrades for ly none of this type of activity a good starting basis for talk way slowly but is moving still to go. Kansas has added workers who were on WPA appointee, still stalls the AFL Contact List, made up of names contact visiting.
by any party in St. Paul in re ing to former Stalinist sympa stendily forward. It is expect to its bundle quota. Flint, rolls in January will have been unions on their request to re of ex Appeal or New Interna.
3) Keep, simple, clear reccent years, this is frankly an thizers. Comrade Geller or ed, however, that the quotas Michigan, assigned a quota of dismissed.
store the prevailing wage on tional readers, contacts made ords of the progress you are experiment. We shall report on ders 50 more petition sheets for will be fulfilled by the time the 20, has exceeded the quota by Thus Roosevelt transfer projects begun prior to July at street corner or union meet making towards the fulfillment our experience. Weekly tak a tag day and complains that campaign is concluded on ordering an additional 30 Copence of almost one billion dol Murphy has been busy for the ings, sympathizers who have of your quota days to get petition signatures the petition quota for Flint is September 15.
ies. Newark, which has started lars from the relief budget to past six weeks examining contributed to our Party, etc. 4) Keep plenty of subscrip end sell pamphlets are planned. absurdly low.
Many of the larger cities now oft with great speed, has in the war budget has accom the Relief Act to see if this can This is the list on which our tion blanks on hand and make joint picnic with Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS sends in have their machinery in mo creased its bundle by another plished its purpose. the be done.
work of getting subscriptions is sure that every comrade has a is scheduled for August 26 to 50 for its Anti War Fundtion. Several localities have al 10 and now disposes of a total throwing out into the streets. The complete responsibility based, few on hand at all times. It help raise money for the Anti quota. first outdoor meet ready had some success, both of 135 copies per issue and has of 2, 000, 000 WPA workers. for this vicious drive against Contacts should be visited by really easy to get subs. and but to increase its bundle order Not stopping here, the New the unemployed, rest squarely two CLEVELAND held an several hundred leaflets dis with increased bundle orders. by an additional to cover its Deal has still another treat in upon Roosevelt and the Demo pairs. Each sub getter should The Socialist Appeal is the outdoor meeting in the Public tributed in immediate neigh So far a total of 57 new sub quota. Local Cleveland has de store for the WPA workers cratic Majority in Congress. be equipped with a portfolio only paper that reports the Square on August with 150 in borhood. Put up banner scriptions and 10 renewals have cided to top its quota, and has the reduction of the wage rates The destruction of the pre containing Appeals, New Inter. facts about the struggle against attendance. Good reception to by 60 feet across Marquette been sent in by the various 10 placed an order for 50 copies of the WPA workers in the valling wage, the firing of the nationals, Party literature and Coughlin and his fascist gangs.
anti war speakers and hearty Avenue in front of headquar calities since the campaign each issue.
North and East in the direction WPA workers on the rolls for subscription blanks.
Every worker will want to read response to referendum issue ters with the slogan Let the opened.
Local Akron has increased of the miserably low standards eighteen months and the gen If the contact is not home the about this in each issue of the. will hold similar meeting People vote on War. Or They are as follows: its regular bundle to 60 copies of the WPA workers in the eral reduction of the rolls due first time, then leave a note Appeal.
in Square every Monday and ders 100 more petition blanks.
Re and has thereby also covered South.
to the slashed relief appropria every other Friday, plus a FITCHBURG. sends in New newal the proposed increase.
Local The brutally exploited WPA on all these which were emneighborhood meeting every as a deposit on its Fund quota. Los Angeles air conditioned theater.
Philadelphia has added to its workers of the South, who re bodied in the Woodrum B1. white locals which still exclude Saturday night. Have ful QUAKERTOWN, Pa. San Francisco so, come all keep cool to filled Appeal bundle quota 250 will hold a picnic on August 13 bundle order, or 25 of its ceive the security wage of are the result of the reduction Negroes.
Old Timers Cheered New Haven quota of the relief appropriation by 20 a month are to be used by the showing of a swell labor Spectators along the line Washington, musical show. Tickets can percent, filled one third of the to raise money for the camBut watch the figures grow the Roosevelt government as a almost one billion dollars inpetition quota, gained one new paign.
Chicago in the next reports!
logical reason for reducing sisted upon President cheered the Sail and Canvas be obtained at special rates MANY BRANCHES have still member Kansas Workers Union, chartered in Roosevelt.
from Sylvia Caldwell at the 1833 and believed to be the old National Office.
Petitions Reach New People not sent in their reports. In one Detroit FLINT. writes again: week we shall start listing such St. Paul est union in the country. The campaign is having a fine delinquent branches. Takel Minneapolis PAUL LUTT INGER NEW YORK AFL Four carloads of gold card CAMP SEVEN OAKS. Eatontown, members over 50 years in the Tennis, swimeffect on the Flint branch. We warning and act now!
St. Louis Newark With deepest sorrow and shock the City Committee OPENS CONVENTION union were in the contingent ming. ping pong. Plumbing.
New York City. 13 learned of Comrade Paul Luttinger sudden death this of Bricklayers Local and 50 per day. 14 a week.
morning. He was one of the party most devoted and selfToledo Make were applauded continuously reservations, please!
Cleveland sacrificing comrades. Although he was a skilled physician along the line of march.
Phone: Eatontown 515.
with an important practice, he never hesitated to take the (Continued from Page 1)
Akron.
More than 300 brass bands, San Diego humblest branch assignments. He placed all his talents cent housing were carried by drum and bugle corps, and bagMiscellaneous.
at the disposition of the workers revolutionary movement.
the Housewreckers.
CAMP 3L pipe bands, were in the line of HE PASSING THE WORD Emil Katz, who remained BeeWe enshrine Comrade Paul Luttinger in our hearts for his Many Negro Marchers march. They played every Near Brewster, New York AROUND FOR AUGUST 19 dre underling. Beedle tacOutstanding contingents were thing fine personal qualities, his generosity, and his integrity 57 country estate of the from Solidarity For tics after a while antagonized as the Negro unions, the Brother ever to the revolutionist in the front ranks of the Fourth Inter Beer Barrel Editor: bourgeoisie rented for the Leading Branches large sections of the workers in national.
hood of Sleeping Car Porters, Poka. Bathing, sport, Newark, Akron and Toledo happened to be on the East the union Katz and Sullivan have made the best starts so CITY COMMITTEE its members marching in their ping. pong, badminton, Side where received one of saw their chance and began far. Newark has obtained of LOCAL NEW YORK working uniforms, and the Dinand a good time.
your circulars for the August 19 opposing Beedle. In the fight its quota of 20, Akron out of SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY ing Car Employes Union, ai ANNOUNCEMENTS Campfires, singing, dancdemonstration in Union Square that culminated with the com. and Toledo has covered its August 12, 1939.
dressed in white.
against the coughlinites. Most plete rout of Beedie, Katz and Ing.
Many Negroes also marched THEATRE PARTY August 23 Rates: of the people of other neighbor Sullivan expressed, though not in the contingents of the Inter The Downtown Branch 18 Comrade Paul Luttinger funeral and cremation took hoods would only be too glad to clearly at all, the democratic Employed 14 holding a theater party for national Longshoremen AssoAt Your Service Unemployed attend, but don know a thing and militant tendencies of the place Sunday, August 13. hundred comrades who were Ping and Needles ciation, the sugar workers, garWedable to learn of his sudden death attended the funeral Get all Information at about it. Please let me sug rank and file.
THE APPEAL They advanced nesday evening, August 23 age workers, coal handlers, services.
YPSL OFFICE Best that squads should post ne concrete and clear program building service workers, etc.
This is the second edition of POSTER SHOP 116 University Pl.
these circulars on 170th Street. of positive demands about in But one could also observe Illythe play and it is shown at the Grand Concourse. Hunts ternal life in the union and Point, Prospect Ave. Burnside. conditions in the shops. It was Tremont. University in the purely negative stop Beedie! Workers Defense Guards and the Struggle Against Fascism Bronx, and all other working class sections in Brooklyn, and at the hands of the rank and Just before Beedle defeat the garment, millinery and fur file a two year agreement was districts. The object being to signed with the shops which draw a half million people so froze the wage level of the overthe police will have no other whelming majority of the workalternative but keep the fasers for two years and barring cists out of Union Square.
strikes. The wiremen, the asi am passing the word semblers, the boxers, and the around to my fellow union packers are tied down to the members to show up in orderniserable wages of 40 to 45c an to stop them now, for tomorrowhour in a seasonal industry.
may be too late.
Beedie put it over again by We print below three import Only staunch belever in Hit duty and your obligation to us. of apologizing in such a face with all the might and power Worse still is Dubinsky inA, bulldozing the members into be ont documents connected with ler and fascism could so perAugust 12, 1939 Brazen Expression lieving that arbitration instead the discussion in the Interna vert the truth.
tious manner, you would have you possess the forces which sinuation that this letter was Do you imply that because a discharged your duties to the are not only seeking to, but are first printed before Bronx, New York (The various districts this wage increases.
of the picket line would bring tional Ladies Garment Workers However, the danger of his trade unionist believes in any cheer of all of us.
succeeding in destroying us. be and Juwit.
Union on the question of Work words do fall upon listening of the many political ideologies Had your statement read to Yours is an enviable position This is not the truth. My reworker refers to are being covThis worker hopes that Katzcrs Defense Guards. The first ered thoroughly during this and Sullivan assumed And the thoughts he he is not sane? Not rational the effect that we ARE build in contemporary history. Lead marks addressed to Dubinsky week Ed. posts with the interests of the tinsky repudiation of Work leaves with the non thinking el. Not worthy of consideration? ing against the advance of fasership is lacking. Spirit is lack were sent nowhere else except Take up the cudgels for to him and, to Justice.
Much to be regretted was his PARTY SECRETARY QUES do something toward eliminat getic comment to the press on fallen upon fertile ground. This political party which has its will fight on every front against en Dubinsky, and give the attempt to attach label to rank and file at heart, and will ers Defense Guards in his apol ements are the seeds of hatred Do you mean that, since you cism, we would have gloried ing TIONS ANSWERED BY ing the supervisor stooges from Father Coughlin denunciation demagogue, this stooge for roots in the struggle for labor every enemy of democracy, no command, forward!
WORKER the union, will really plan steps of Harry Milton.
the vested interests, who seeks emancipation, only you and the matter where it derives its There is but one direction we manner to offset the arguments Editor: to pull the non union Emerson July 15, 1939 to destroy all labor organiza Republicans are the apostles power, you would have united must travel and that is for siven which are contrary to his tions because these are the bul of what is virtuous and good? us even more strongly. If you ward. There is but one goal momentary point of view. This a letter from Comrade James tempt to educate the members International Ladies Garment warks against fascism, needs Just what do you mean by such said that you would employ and that is our emancipation trick has been overplayed. Cannon, about my previous in trade unionism, will inau Workers Union to be dealt with with a finality brazen expression?
every and any agency to de from forces which oppress us. The very title Dubinsky used correspondence concerning Lo curate frequent shop meetings, To President David Dubinsky. which leaves no room for com You have lent arguments to stro the scourg ankind It is my hope and trust that in his so called answer to my cal 1010. Through all the and will fight for the thirty Few Pointers to a promise. Either he is destroyed our enemies. Because you have right fire with fire, you would my democratic right to appeal letter, wisecracking. guess comrade hour week and the thirty dol. Dear Brother Dubinsky Cannon tried to indulge in iar minimum wage.
As a brother member in the or he and his ilk will eventually given them the opportunity to have lived up to the best tradi from the statement of Presid. Labor Hero. clearly shows quote you, a labor leader, as tions of labor heroic struggle ent Dubinsky is recognized and the scornful attitude our presfriendly criticism of an inex Comrade Cannon is correct. family of the as destroy us.
Criticizes Dubinsky Stand admitting (falsely, of course) upward.
given the rational consideration ent stock of leadership display perienced worker. correspond Correspondents should be presume that it is my privilege to Perhaps he suggests we concise, to the point, and sure of avail myself of my democratic Brother President, you have that we are NOT united in ONE As a member keenly desirous it justifies.
ent.
Long live the tinue to trust blindly in the sort their facts.
right to voice an opinion which compromised us, and at the COMMON cause. Can you not lof encouraging the timid, urof leadership Local 1010 of the InternaFraternally yours.
which did 80 differs with yours.
see this terrible error, this onus sent to revitalize the waning Comradely.
same time failed to aim a blow which you have cast upon us? spirits in the face of the black tional Brotherhood of Electric much to hand over the workers Barney Goldberg am a member of Local 10, at our enemies.
to their enemies in so many cal Workers, is the AFL Radio Aug. 10, 1939 Obligations our union do future, implore you to re Local 10, so there is a certain affinity. The subject matter of the not prohibit the right of any state your position, to attack nations of Europe. It is time local in New York City. This THE FRIENDS of The Russian between us. It is the same local letter which Harry Milton ad member to believe in whatever that Dubinsky put a stop to union has agreements with the Bulletin is to hold a boat ride which mothered your earlier dressed to his union is not the dogma he or she desires. And such smaller radio companies 10 heroics and com and picnic on Sunday, August trade union beliefs. But before question now. But your own our organization permits our cated in New York City, such menced to give real leadership, From Justice, August 1, 1939 27. The boat will sail from the go further, and to dispel very tactless method which you des members to affiliate with any In fairness the issue at As Pilot, Fada, Ansley. Garod. Battery at 10:15 am going definitely any idea that this is cribed as consigning this re group whose intent and purhand, and with but one desire Air King, etc.
William Beedie, former busi Beach. There will be dancing party. announce that be solution to the waste basket pose and by its practices is not FEW POINTERS to which you belong is a minor in mind, namely to establish TO LABOR HERO a fair compared with the puny the fact that issues are more ness manager and still repre.
sentative of the International political wagon to which your important than individuals, rate orchestra. At Playland. subject to the partye linee nor fort and thoughtful considera you alone prohibit it, because Earney Goldberg, mentality is hitched have sent copies of the original office, was recently discredited in section reserved for the party discipline. speak my lion. Any man who is ready to I want to be recognized as Member of Local 10.
in the union because of an illSince you take so much to letter addressed to Dubinsky fated bureaucratic ouster move letin, we will picntc all after. This. however, does not pre ideal is accomplished, no mat. sponsibilities your likingo litice through Justice. may be re erred and literally divided together with the present reas directed by him against Emil idea do ter else am judged?
Katz and Frank Sullivan, who or our a press in in the recent elections were unming, and fun galore being very definite notions as to an worthy to be heard and not have grievously erred. In this does not belong in Justice wish to advise you that it is the workers Socialis Day. Daily contestedly elected to the posts arranged. The return trip will ideology not inimical to the inshunned. Harry Milton crossed manner you literally divide and therefore, will not of Business Manager and Pres be made on an evening boat, Lerests of my class labor.
be policy of our organization to Worker, Socialist Appeal, New Arbeiter ident of the union.
with a Broadway show to be a controversy has arisen due and against fascism, and that asunder, because the many and you disavow your connection communication which their shtimera consign to the wastebasket any Leader and It was my contention that offered, followed by dancing. a letter addressed to Local deed yields to him a prestige varied ideologies will persist de with any sector party. It is not senders first print in their Fraternally yours Tickets are available at the 66 of the by one of that very few of us enjoy, and spite your insult to their in. of your letter, to reach the con even if they are addressed to Beedle was a labor skate and BARNEY GOLDBERG, had sold out the radio workers National Office at the nom its members named Harry Mil position worthy of labor contegrity and your questionable Local 10, time and again, by conces inal price of only one dollar. ton. It was introduced as a res sideration. But even more imettitude, by inference, as to clusion that, like Harry Milton, to us by self styled labor August 12, 1939.
sions to the bosses. fear of Make your reservations im olution for consideration by our portant was your castigation of their loyalty and devotion to a you are an ideological sect heroes.
strikes, cowardice, and bad mediately before the limited unton. Through some devious members of the be one member who is deserving lebor organization. There arian to whom the trade union not DAVID DUBINSKY Blow for Blow number of tickets are exjudgment. Beedie was originally associated with the so hausted.
and underhand means, the cause you sought to evade the of such a rash description. The Against Coughlin cialist Party. In the party he arch enemy of organized labor, call to the union memrecruited Yipsels to hand out INFORMAL HOUSE Coughlin, got hold of this pro challenge and lies of Coughlin. time is not long past when you How a Labor Leader Avoids Issues bership to return blow for leaflets, picket, counteract the posed resolution and perverted You beat a retreat when the to, fought vigorously and need was for attack.
blow the attacks of Fasoista influence of the YCL in the Box 245 Kerhonkson, its meaning intent.
ashamedly for an ideology you When you, in your quoted now (it seems) have shunted. To the Editor: and Coughlinites was ut.
him appearing in the August union. He had two YCLers de (Near Ellenville)
In a vicious and slanderous answer to Coughlin, said that And we know you would have tered by Alexander Hoft.
ported in those days. His phoWith due respect to the abili. issue of the Justice, as manner he attempted to create there 120 acres of greenland in the man, General Manager of ney agreements with the own are amongst Catskilla. 10 acres of pine for us and did, resent any slur upon ty of David Dubinsky as Presi shown by the enclosed clipping, the impression that the Glements of various political yourself by anyone because of dent of the International Ladies He sees fit to answer in a Cleaners and Dyers Union, ers of the Micamold Corpora archery: swimming and horse is fostering a revolution ideologies and some plain that professed belief. Have you Garment Workers Union, to puny, inadequate manner a Local 239 of the Amalgation of Brooklyn, led to that back riding nearby: dancing. ary movement and is actually lunatics. you over stepped the drifted back so far?
mated Clothing Workers, beshop going over solidly to the UNUSUALLY LOW RATES give an answer where an answer lengthy letter which dared diffore five hundred members CIO. When the Yipsels began 18 Weekly considering the physical neces ground of common decency. As Should Have Attacked Coughlin is due, one must wonder, how fer with his opinion. Weekend Yet, he at a membership meeting to wise up to Beedle dirty Busses met at station sities to accomplish it. Only a a leader of the most important Had you, in your position as ever, just what peculiar quirk did not wish to risk printing work in the union, he had them Tel. Kerhonkson 118 liar like Coughlin could place labor organization in this coun President of our mighty union, compelled the attitude dis the actual contents of the letter August 9, at Irving Plaza, New York.
all expelled: that is, all except!
Islich an interpretation upon it. try, you fell far short of your taken Coughlin to task instead played in the answer given by in question.
An Exchange of Correspondence Between David Dubinsky And, a Rank aud File Militant of Local 10, the sunbathink: handball, ping pons.