The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-03
FOrward Invests $4,000 in Bankrupt
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expulsion of 10000 members of the
language declarations, and the states
Of Ohio and Michigan by the socialist
party national executive committee
in 1919, because of their loyalty to
the revolution which gave us Soviet
Russia.
Not at All Promising.
Now the socialist party comes back
to Ohio, laments its weakness and
complains about loss of vitality. Cut
the vitals out of an organism and it
is not going to function long there
after. And when the socialist party
lost its militants, lost those who
could tell an honest-to-goodness
revolution when it occurred, lost the
army Of actives who demanded affili
alton with the Third International
then it itself was lost. Today it lives
on hopes for resurrection. 1t is so
far gone that even the quack political
doctors that possess it look at It
askance and wonder when it will kick
its last
The Cleveland regional convention
proved this party bankrupt in prin-
ciples and policies, in revolutionary
spirit and activity The national
executive committee of the socialist
party, tho represented, understood its
main duty at the convention to be to
get subscriptions for the new weekly
the national headquarters intends to
issue.
Nary an Idea.
Did 1t read an analysis Of the pres
ent situation in the United States, the
inroads that class collaboration is
making into the unions, the open shop
offensive of the capitalists, the COM
ing war and the imperialisms Of the
major powers? Not a word! Did it
even review its heralded victories in
Belgium, it's coalition with French i'm
perialism, it's "stabilization" policy in
Germany which has now thrown fatty
Hindenburg into its lap? Not a world
Mind you, regional convention Of
the party and not a line of theoretical,
or even organizational direction from
headquarters.
The comrades came to see Debs.
He presided. And the feature of the
afternoon session was not a debate
upon how to broaden the daily de-
mands Of the workers in an effort to
lead them to revolution, but the pre-
sentation Of a nice big cake to Gene.
The Righteousness of the situation,
the whole local of jamestown, N. Y,
eleven members, count them!) COM
ing to Cleveland with cake for Debs.
nicely tucked away among the dele
cations shirts and indies, portly
woman comrade marching down the
aisle of the so-called mass conven-
ton Of one hundred, handing the big
heart-shaped cake to Genet could
ionly have been funnier if she, in ap-
proved movie slapstick style, had
thrown the cake at him.
Days Of Miracles Not Past.
There was an agenda. Organiza-
ton, propaganda, American Appeal,
fnance,-this was it. The pearl con-
tributed upon the question Of organ
ization was by one Sicily, who had
just come from Yonkers, N. Y, where
be claimed, he has just organized So
cialist party local of $50 members
(Krumbein, please noteD. The
modus operandi was: 1. Enter the
town. 2. Look up the comrades. 3.
Get list Of citizens. A. Call on them
personally, fill them full OF enthus-
iasm, good will, optimism, bring them
to tears If possible and sign them up!
Under propaganda, Van Essen OF
Pittsburgh suggested that the party
at least ought to organize study
classes. With this we could not dis.
agree as we, one after another, heard
these many mouths utter sweet moth
ings. The American Appeal, the ma
tional weekly which is to be born in
January, 1925, caused the only heated
discussion, for Jos. STARTS of the MI
ami Valley Socialist was present, and
he wanted some consideration for his
sheet. But, and this is peculiar,-a
delegate from Pittsburgh arose and
made a real argument for centraliza,
ton. STARTS lost. Some socialist
party member must be sitting in on
us in Pittsburgh, we fear. All the
towns pledged themselves to secure
thousands of subscribers, and so end
ed this number on the program.
The Yellow Angel Of Counter
Revolution.
Tho the Jewish Daily Forward
that veteran assassin OF Soviet Rus
STA had ladled out $4,000 to agar
initiate the party, the comrades were
given to understand, under the dis
cussion Of finances, that their dollars
would have to fly to the rescue Of
the yellow thousands Of the Forward
would not last long. May we make
a guess? May we guess that the
Forward $4,000 was given with Ger
tain stipulations? May we go so fan
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