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Circle No. 1 of the Bridgeport Young
Peoples Socialist League at a regu-
lar meeting on June %, 1884. The
resolution states, among other
things, that:
casper McLevy, town chairman
Of the local S. p, gave official per-
mission to Socialist elected sheriffs
Cooney and Snow to enter into
partnership with defeated Repub-
lican sheriffs Maloney and Hoch-
eiser and to divide fees, and.
"He fought as mayor to retain
Eames, Republican and noted
manufacturer and opponent Of or
ganized labor on the Park Board,
despite the charter BIPARTISAN
ruling to the contrary; and also
appointed George II. Woods, lead
ing Republican politician and
president of the reactiOnary Tax
payers League, as manager of the
municipal garage, The later joined
the s. P. ON McLevy's recOmmen-
dation). -"
August P. Thorne, local emissary
of the notorious j. Henry Roraback,
public utilities king and Republican
boss of Connecticut, still remains
in the Office of Bridgeport Welfare
head, in charge of the disburse-
ment of relief in that city, despite
demands for his dismissal from
many different quarters. An inveS-
tigation of the welfare Department
has been dragging along for eight
months, never getting past the
comic opera stage Of fist-waving
across the committee room or alder
manic chambers. McLevy has de-
clared the motion of a Socialist al
derman Ian unpaid officer to have
an interim report on Thorne, de-
manding his immediate dismissal
and remanding him for criminal in
vestigation, out of order. A similar
amendment to a motion for the
floating of 100000 loan to cover
relief needs, to the effect that
the Welfare Department publish a
monthly statement Of its expendi-
lures, was also declared out Of order
by car McLevy.
Testified Against Unemployed
McLevys record on the question
of unemployed relief is distinctly
unsavory. Last Winter snow shovel
ers of the city went down to City
Hall to demand their pay. There
the workers were attacked and Sam
Kriger and Sparrow, two Of the
leaders, were arrested. Despite the
bitterest condemnation from MEM
bers of his own party, McLevy tes-
titled in open court against these
two, aiding the prosecution in SEN
fencing the workers. Rank and file
socialists worked actively in the de-
tense committee, despite the actions
of their chief.
McLevy fought against the en-
dorsement of the Workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill, introduced
in the last session of Congress by
Representative Lundeen and refer
red to as H.R. 1898. The city coun-
Gil, however, endorsed the proposal,
despite McLevy.
In the present strike of relief
workers in Bridgeport, McLevy has
openly attacked the strike, describ-
ing it as silly to fight for $12
weekly, instead of $500 Gin script
wage.
His failure to move actively
against Welfare Commissioner An
gus P. Thorne, is being taken note
of by unemployed and employed
Bridgeport workers alike.
ONE cannot accuse Jasper McLevy
v of neglecting his official duties,
particularly when it pertains to at
tending social functions, welcoming
noted guests and marching in mill
tary parades. On Feb. 6 he ex-
tended his official and personal well
come to General Josef Halter, we'll
known Polish fascist and instigator
of pogroms. On April 6 he crashed
through a picket line to greet Nazi
officials of the SIS. Europa, an &C
ton which was vigorously protested
by the Socialist Workmen's Circle OF
Bridgeport, and dozens of local So
cialists. A request for permit fol
an anti-fascist rally near the scene
of his meeting with the Nazis was
denied.
Most characteristic of all was
that ON May 80, the date that
Kieve Liskovsky, rank and file So
cialist now under attack by Nc
Levy, spoke from the platform Of
the National Youth Day commit
tee, together with Communists,
against war, MAYOR JASPER
MCLEVY WAS MARCHING IN A
JINGO DECORATION DAY PA