The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-30
strikers Manifest Optimism for Settlement in Near Future
Socialists Challenge
Formally Accepted
Organizer Of Socialist Party Criticizes Chair
man FinkeIman- Calls Turn on Recent Letter

charged that this was a PRO
viso. Comments are left to
the reader.
The Socialist Party's letter
signed by Mr.. Hinkleman on
July 18th states, e. we
hereby challenge the S. L. p.
to debate US in Waterbury
IN A HALL OF OUR PRO-
VIDING." (my capitals) This
must be a game. After offer
ing to provide the hall, these
gentry accuse the Socialist La
Dor Party of insisting that
they provide one. Undoubted--
ly Archie the Cockroach was
still running around in circles
on the typewriter keys when
; he offered to provide the hall.
Blame it on Archie!
The petty capitalist nature
of the Socialist Party reveals
itself in the charge that we
insisted on 500 split of the
receipts. Mr.. Fisher will testi-
fy, that is, If he is a man of
integrity, and il not two young
men from Waterbury who lis
tened to the conversation will,
that the s. P. had decided to
charge admission. I told him
specifically that the Social
list Labor Party would prefer
to have no admission charge
since we were interested only
in the opportunity of exposing
the Socialist Party and pre-
senting our own constructive
program. Since some expense
would be incurred, I further
more suggested that a collec-
ton be taken up.
Being an organization with
petty capitalist ideas, the So
cialist Party begins to run in
a circle and makes the anus
ing error of charging US with
its own sordid commercial as
pirations. (Note: Oscar AM
eringer, S. P. owner of the
American Guardian" de-
manded a fifty dollar guaran-
tee before he would debate
with Quinn. See also the So
cialist Party study class in
Norwalk, Conn, which is
studying Successful Business
Methods Under Capitalism."D
Now for the perfect finale:
the Socialist Party questions
my statement that Mr.. Fisher
expressed disgust with his own
organization and told me that
they had decided not to go
through with the debate. IF
he did, 3" they add with just a
little bit of doubt in their
minds, 'he had no authority
to do So" Didn't they ask
Mr.. Fisher? For the sake of
the record, / should be inter-
ested to know whether Mr..
Fisher would deny he express
ed those sentiments over the
telephone and concluded with
these words, "If l were you,
/ would write them CHS own
organization) the most Wit
operative letter / could think
Of" Must one be an Official in
the s. P. in order to be quail
flied to express disgust with
it? Can one praise it without
being an officer?
On. the bottom of the Off
cial challenge signed by Mr..
Hinkelman, it says, In reply,
please address Il. Z. Fisher,
above address," Mr.. Fisher,
then, has enough authority to
make arrangements for the
debate; he has the authority
to represent his party on the
public platform in this de-
bate; but before he can ex-
press disgust with his organi-
cation, he must be elected to
Office!
Time and space forbid an
analysis of any more of these
socialist party pearls of wis
dom. The socialist labor party
has officially accepted the
challenge to debate. suggest
(mark you, this is only a sug-
gestion, not a proviso) that
Mes ers. Hinkelman and
Brainard sweep Archie the
Cockroach off the typewriter
keys and address a letter with
tentative arrangements for
the debate to the undersigned.
The rest of the analysis of the
socialist party will take place
on the public platform where
the workers of the city of
Waterbury will have the OPP
portunity of judging whether
it Is the socialist party or the
socialist labor party which has
the program which will elm
mate capitalism and inaugu-
rate a social order where for
the first time we will really be
able to live for the first time
as human beings.
Very truly yours,