10TJDI TOtrNG SOCIALISTS' lIlAGAZ1NlITHE YOUNG . SOCIALISTS' CONVENTION Al SCHENECTADYFirst Row :-Photographt'r. Prok ssor K. P. Sheud. Mi ss Benha Y Ohler, Juhn Hughr!, Andr('w MC~311y,~orman M. Shedd.Sr('ono Itow :-\' ictor Ey, \V.:\ Po rtl, Ca rl Orlla nd, Arnold Obri:. t.Third I{ ow :-D. AI('lI::lnd('r~on, ~ harlt·s I-iainrs, Elil a nut'i UClluch. Mayl'r Steinman, Jacob H3ik.,.n, ~r.and Mr~. H. HoekhnTn ,F.lUrth n o w :-Roherl \Vark. l(q )O rtf~ of the 'Ti,iz('u" ; :\layor l.unn oi Sehcnel'tadv; \,ustave Sirebd,of the State Conl1l1illl':. S o.: i a li ~ 1 1':Lrl Y; JCffl' TSOIl Uhris!. Jlllis Troy, Ernest Boyntoll.'-'--:;i~ilisic "OF~~LABOR ~-----The banginJ::' of the hammer,The whirlinf{ of the plane.Tht" cra~ hing of the busy saw,The creaking of the crane.The ringing of the an\'il,The grating of the drill,The 1. .. lattering of the turnin :::lathe.The whiTlin£, of the mill.The dippin~ vi Ihe tailor':; The bustling of tl~e market:-:hear:'.The tlri"ing oi the awl.The sounds oi hune!'t il1du~try1 lun-I 10\'e them aliiThe clinking oi the Ill:lgic type.The earne"t talk of men,The tOiling of a giant press,ThC' !'cratching of the pen.matI.\~ he hies to the town,The haloo from the tree·topA .. the ripened fruit comes down.The kind voice of the dairyman.The shepherd's gentle callThese sounds of honest industryJ' \lwe-l 100'e them aliiTO YOUNO 1l000AL~T.' IU.cU.ZlNJj IITHE STATE CONVENTIONof theYOUNG PFOPLE'S SOCIALIST LEAGUES OF NEW YORK.-'1. very &ifOiika nt ('om'('ntion ha ~ ;U'IdU$t'd in tht' cilY of Sch.:nt'ctady. 10b(' sllrt'. tflt't(' \o\'e-re- four ronl · t'nli,}11 ~tht'l~ this ....·et'k, and the- ('il), wa~btilli~r:.tly )illhtt'd and &'2ily dC"corall'tl spokC' for tht PIlTty aftathr ~).te-I'dl of ~Ia)'or LUlln. Of coursrhi .~ ~pecdl ..... as also lood. It al l'\'IY~ iii.for ··(;us:' IS many call him, Cln dt'1i\·t"rthe- goods with tht vtry best of them.Thtrt" wert' t i,ht anociations of So·cialist young prople rtprtsente!d ::It theCOIl\"('ntion. 10 1\'11 : tht <strong>Young</strong> Peoplt'·sF;lucational Association of tht 8 rOll l(.tht <strong>Young</strong> r'('oplp· $ Edu('ational ASlo'·Ialion of :\tanhattan, tht <strong>Young</strong> PtOIllt·~ Sociali·" Fed('ration of Ntw York,an.1 <strong>Young</strong> Ptop1t'· ~ Socialist lealUtSfrom Watertown. S~'hrntc tad)' , Glo\·er~·I"illt". 8uff,lo and Rochtsttr. Ea.ch asso('iuion ..... as cot it ltd to thrre- dtleiattO(;!.w('r§villr came- Ia.lr to tht COnvtnttoll,,0 failtd to Ktt into tht follo ....·inl lillitTh~ convention lutt'd from Sun(l:iythe 10th thrott,h Tuuday the J2th. andthert' wu somethin, doinll all Ih C' Ilmt"T ht' Sehe-neclld)' younll people had laid~ong tn Itlt aif of "Tht f)utch Com·pany:· ..... hich madr a hit Iott thl' conOU I In ~xcellent pfarram of ent('rtaillmenl,It"ntion :but Ihty were hindered from carryinl it all OUt by the i"rt'at pre-s~ of b\I~ineuThr y've come from Ruffalo and NC'wbroullht bc-fort Iht con\·tntu111 . Yort.: be~ldr tilt" Sota;Constifution' art nOt things that fall bepul tOiether in an hour--
tl TIm yo~a ~~' . ~G~._·\_"=w =· :...-,-____..."..-"_Nf'W York: :md nothin, in this consti·IIltion ,hall. in any ..... ay. conRict with theplntform. c:onstituliol1 and rdolutions ofsaid party," So it is plain enollsh thatthe <strong>Young</strong> Pt'Oplc's mo\'cmcnt of thisState of Ntw York. al lust. is .u.felyunder the s n~f\'i.ion of tht parentbody.The nl:\lttr th:lt arou!lw the mostdi SC II~.5inn was Ihe qut§tiol1 of the ageIimil" of League ml"l1\bers. The tr\\thie that there hac always been quitt a dif·ierentt ~Oloni the \';uiou" Itaillt' inrtrtrtn~ to the "It of the member!O.At RochtSIt'f. for tXlltnflk. we han h:adan undtr age limit of ,ilttetn yran. butno upprr agt limit at all. This hal' bttnlilt' tllCt' with all (If the up-state leagues_I think. Tho~e in the ci l), of New Yorkha\'(' hMl a younger Illcmllcrsitip. Therewa'i thrrdore bound to be :l. long di!;('un ion On this point, nnd it wU acernluatt'dbtcaulIr Comradr Stre\K'I, rrprr:stnting tht Stall' Comlllitt~. had ,omr,·try strongly srt vitws on Ihis matttr.Wdl. it turned Ollt that Ihrrt wtre twore-poru on Ihe :orction having to do witha&t' limits, and hoth thr: majoritr andtht minority rtport will be !;ubmitttd,alollg 'o\jlh tht r('~t of tht con5litUlionadopted. 10 a rt'ft'rrndum ,'ote- of thel.ngl1C' ml'lIllX'u of tllr: statt. The twoft'port~ rlifftr a ~ I ~ hall txplain. In themajorilY r('l)()rt yOl1ng peoplt may be('omt and rtmain IlItmbt-rs of a League~tw~n the- asee-' of fourtttn andtwenty-two. At the laltc:r age they betamtp.3~ S i"e mt'ltlhtri without a vott',lind indigible to hold offict'. and remain~ up to the age of twenty-li'"e, at whicht;me- they drop oul of the League-.. who is ex-oftkid a rftfmbtrbf the·Board.11 wali decided by the eon\ttf1tion to 10-p-te th~ Headquaflln flir the pftKi1t al -RocheMcr. and to se~ the membersof the Board of Control from anlOngthe contiguous Luguel, This mily lookundemocratic. but it is in the 'inter~uof el'Onom), and convenicncc. Thc S0-cialist Party of the State dots the samethini in the ,matter of itll Extcillh'cComrnittt'e.Thc prt~e-nt Board 'Of ' Control willconsist of tht.lallo.w..il"l¥ )'ouna comradcs:~IcNally. of Schenectady; Btrtha VossIt'r, of Rochtst('r; and Comradts 'Vark.Hainn and Alex:\I\derson. of Buffalo.Comradc john Hughu. of Roc::hc!ottr,\\'a~ el«t('d (i('ncral Secretary of theFc(]eralion. At presc-nt ht. is the effi(:ienl ASlIiltllutt Orlanixer of LocalRo~,:hrstt"r. Socialist Party. It stems tohe Ihr I1IlanUllQu!S opinion tbat he willmake a ,'cry successful Gene ral S«r~tary.The next ('ol\\'enlion which will oc:curin Iht month o f August of next yur.will be held in tht Big Town on theI-\lIdsOIl. They ar(' a good bunch of)'oung c"oolTllde .~ irom down that way.aml if thc spirit an(] inulligencc of IheNew York dtkgate-i\ to the Schent'fladycon,·t"ntion is any criltrion. the youngcOlllradt ~ of Ihr big cit)' will know how10 hold a most succtssful St"Cfnd mtttingof Ihe r ... drraliol1.~urr r.i .5 ing. hl1~ the Smc:((('niusts in citin&, Karl ];farx. or wh~therthe YOllllg SociaHstl are un'dtr· the im·p'rri~ion that the Socialist "ictoT)' intheir home tQwn \!t'as' a ~i~ortt~ be('redite-d to their Leaaue and its mem'brrl .at any rate, wht.n that part of 't!it ~n!ot i tution wu rea.d. which makes thc:. ;tqungP«"Oplt', Socialist Leacut.s a put of theorganintion of the Socialill Party andthrrdore lIndtr the control of the ronstitlltion.platform and resolutions of iheSocialist Party-tht. dc-\egatcs fromSchell«tady were aU on t.I'I.c:ir ftet at,thesamt liOlt and almost. ealling tht: chair·nlan naTlll.' s ! Oh no! r/l,y did not wantto be part ot and UA.der_ tb£. ~D.tall. andsl1per\'ison of the Socialist Party. It rtmindcdmr of a dan of $(hool childl"tnwho arc I1l1dtr the 'impre:lSion that \1It")'know mort th an the·teachn,The sooner that Ollr yO\lnl comradc'in Sehen«tady and · elsewht~ ruli,t'th:lt it is our plaet to Itam and not totn,h. Iht quicker our or,anizations willgrow and the stronlt.r they will hecomt'.If they would only realite thc importanccattachtd to bein, a part of the SocialistParty and the Socialist movcmtnt. Th(':Ihought alollr of having a Youns: Pc-op!t.'sDrpartmtnl erca~d in the SocialistParty and thus bttominl a significantEditor. <strong>Young</strong> Socialist !>' ~Iagaline.part of tht grealcst educational instill!·D.:ar Comradr :-tion the world has ever known. the Socialist Party, sho)J.ld be ulfficitnt caliseThc first con"tntion of <strong>Young</strong> P«"Ople'sSo;..·ialist u"gue~ of. the State of Newfor ncry member of a Y. P. S. L. tokt.(:p on agitating until a rul SocialislYork. btld al Schentctady. the 10th. J1theducational institution is ereattd by IhtlIud I:?th of August. wu ctrtainly a suc Soda list Party for the purpose of !living~· t~ s. 11 markcd Ihr beginning of Ihe organiz:llion. of .' tht <strong>Young</strong> P«"Ople by the tion. The capitalist institutions are.tht American youth a Socialist rduca-(]o-tn Iht' minority report. young proplemay lX'conX' and rt'lllain activt nlt'nlbt-rshtty,"t'f'U tl-X' 3ge-.. of lihc:tn and thirtyindush·(,. and at thirty thty automatica\lyhe-,'Olllt' I)(lu i,·t mrl1lben, payingdut~ a~ htfure-. if thry (It~irr to I'Ctail1 ~oriali't Party in thr Empire State. Let ing tht:ir bc:~t to capturr the 'minds of thctht'ir nu.'mbt'r ... hip. but ha"ing no \'011.'.newer grnuation,-and we ca.n no\'" brcertainwith an organiution of yOUllg11 ~ hope' that the strtngth and enthusiasma nd btint: indilliblt 10 hold offict.Now. all bctwt'tn thur two 'rrportll.~ howl1 at this convention will also bring pt.OPlt that will soon be national-the.... hich art to be Stilled by reftrendum. about the rrution of a "Voung Pf!Op~'s Socialist movlment can also do its shareWI.' young pe'oplr of the up-state are Dt'parlment" in the Socialist Party of in training <strong>Socialists</strong> from their cradles.!'>trolll(ly of the opinion that the m~ority thi5 State, which would be a great asset Let us hope that the next oon;·entionr ~ port. if adopttd, will turn the Federatimlilllo a <strong>Young</strong> People's Socialisty, P. S, L. of New York State a muchin furthtring the work of that same Dep:trtmentalready created at tht Nationalin New Vork City in 1914. will tina theKindt"rga rtt"n Association. and it wouldgreattr oTVniution and a di,iinctive institutionunder the control and' suprr-lIlost certainly squrt'lt the very life out Of1ice, The organization .of thr variousnf Ihe Roche ~ tcr LUMU~. a5 well as leveralof th~ otheH. We fondly hope that OIlC FedrratlOIl. tht. adoption of a con- Olt.nt" of the Socialist Party of the StateYoullg Pcoplc', . Socialist . Leagues into \'ilion of the "YOllna: People', QeO!rttheCOlnrade~ o f tht state will thinktwkt--and lIt\'tral timu moreo-beforeslitution and the t"lection of State officers of Ntw York.. ~ .....Itickillg tht knifr into tht. vitals of the ill tbe result of. the ,,:oris ("1:~i~ on:"'bf.. _ J .c:t~t~inlY ~ fl tht .con".!!lti~ hap,!%<strong>Young</strong> P~opl",'s mo,·tnltnt 01 the Statt Ihe first con"cntion. .. -. Sociahst. ·... •of N~ ..... York.Ho ..... tver. harmony in all matteTS ean- Very fraternally yours. ITht uteuti,'c po ..... er of the Ftderationi~ nColrd in a Slate Board of ConCilllSt' if Wt all agr«4 .on tvtry,thina: be--• .;. Deltp\(': {rom Bronx County,not br up«1td at any ' con"ention, be- jt ..... W' . O_IUST, .trol of 11,'1.' ptUOIl!l. whieh shall .Iso supiO(e-M Iwt-,wh .. " c-'::lIt If} be 3n :lu:-'I1i:lry Of),:
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