The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-09

artv so acquired Tor against all or
any other property of the municipal
ity, and shall not be included in any
limitation of thd bonded indebted
ness of such municipality prescribed |
by law. None Of the restrictions of
Article XVIII, Section w, of the con-
stitution shall affect this section
with regard to th4 product or service
to be supplied by sluch industries; and
it shall be liberally| construed in order
that municipalities may have wide
discretion and imSmediate power for
dealing with suchs exigency."
In our issue pf March 9Th, we
poked a bit Of funl at this tremendous
scheme of reformifts. 1t was then be-
fore the State Executive Committe
of the S. P. for approval and was
approved as an OFFICIAL Socialist
Party measure for solving the pro-
blem of UNEMPLOYMENT. Jos. W.
Sharts, editor Of 1.-THE S. P's. official
organ, has answe}ed our attack upon
his unemployment plan in recent
issues. He has made several state
ments which we believe should be
answered because tley have the value
of throwing a light upon the present
character of the Socialist Farty of
Ohio which is, in its flabby and re-
formistic character similar to its
parent, the Socialist Party of Amer
lea.
Who is the Renegade?
Saws editor Sharts in his answer:
'The first blow at us and our pro-
gram comes from The Toiler, news
paper launched by the Socialist Par
ty of Ohio, to be the official organ,
but which deserted with the "Left
Wing" element and joined the Com
munist Labor Party fiasco. -. Since
that betrayal, it has not ceased to
hurl it's maledictions at the Socialist
Party with the usual implacable fury
of the renegade"
Let us see to whom history points
as the deserter and renegade. The
State Convention of the S. P. of Ohio
Twas held in June 1919 previous to
1.-THE formation Of, the Communist La
bor Party tfflc-At tit6~ng September
at Chicago. The Left Wing Council
within the Socialist Party had been
Iorganized previously. The Ohio Party
was tremendously "Left" in its tend
encies, programmes and activities
something very significant occurred al
the State Convention in Cincinnati
in June that had an effect upon tht
course of state and national Party
dlldlTS. WUdI Wdo ~
The Convention of the Socialis
Party of Ohio adopted as the frs
Section of the first Article of it
rewritten Constitution the following
''Name. The name of this organiza
tion shall be the Socialist Party o
, Ohio and it shall be affiliated will
THAT SECTION of the Socialis
} Party of, the United States of Amer
lea WHICH ENDORSES THE LEFT
WING PROGRAM" The writer wrot
that particular section. Editor Shart
was a delegate at this convention
Did he vote for its adoption? w
are not positive, but in view of tn
fact that he represented himself thel
as cleft" in his inclinations, we be
lieve that we are safe in stating tia
he did vote for it. AT least the Con
vention adopted it, as did also tn
! state membership on referendum
/, AND 1T WAS FOR THE AD0P
TION OF THIS PARTICULAR CON
STTUTIONAL SECTION THAl
THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF OHIt
? WAS THROWN OUT OF THE Ma
, TI0NAL PARTY BY THE RE
!, ACTI0NARY NATIONAL OFF
GALS WHO THEN, AS NOW, Fill
! IT'S OFFICES. True to the Conven
!. tion's act and the expressed will o
, the membership in the referendum
q adopting this section, the Socialis
Party Of Ohio stayed with the Lef
Wing in the Communist Labor Part
at Chicago. Naturally 1t took th
Party property with it, even If
/, did not take Mr. Sharts. In the de
|. cisive moment he chose to remain i
/, the camp of the reactionaries and !
: there to-day-a renegade pure an
simple.
. Deep Water.
Editor Sharts steps off into prett
deep water when he attempts to RI
(; dicule our jibe at this Socialist
scheme in referring to It as "a per
fectly legal, peaceful way", quotinI
!, his own phras,ology. Writes he, 81
we had the bravery Of the editor o
The Toiler no doubt we would scuttl
underground" write anonymously
meet with the other communist com
: rades in a coal cellar. and there, Will
! Keeping n sharp lookout for th