Young Socialists Magazine 1917 July Dec.pdf

10 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINETHE NEW YORK STATE CONVENTIONBy Louis LevickComing at a tim~ when all the forcesof re;.ction nrc busily at work plottingThe program of the COIl\'C'lltioll willbe a s follows:"ention shall be suspend cd. and tht'.eon,'C'ntion s hall proceed to the electionof o fficers,and planning to deprive the people of Saturday, Septembt:r 1st. G.30 P. ),f.C\-ery right allli privilege guaranteed -Banquet, Ebling's Casino, l5Gth I I. A Chairman shall be entitledthem by the constitution, the FifthStr~t and St. Ann's Avenue. to the pri\' ilege of voting, same a.sAnnual Convention of the New York Sunday, September 2nd, 9.30 A. ),1. held by other delcg':Ites.5t2tt Federation of Young People's Sociali5tLeagl.lts will strike an important Auer bach's Casino, 1315 Boston ORDER OF BUSIXESSto 12.30 P. ~r.-Business Session,keynote: in the hi slory of Ihe American Road.1. O l)ening of Convention by StateYoung Socialist movement.Sunday, S~tember 2nd, 2 P. 1\1. to . Secretary.Militarism, war, conscription and 6 P. i\1.-Afternoon Session,2. E lection of T emporary Chairman.c\'cry other buming question of the day Sunday, September 2n d, 7 P. 1\1.­will be discussed and acted upon at this Lawn Social, F ranz Siegel Park, J, Elet:lion of T emporary Secretary.com'ention. No topic of illll>ortance to lOOth Street and Grand Con •the Y. P. S. L will escape notice. Plans course,4. Elt'ctlon of Credentials CO lllmit·to combat military training in the high)I ond a~', Scptember 3rd, 9.30 A. )1. tl'!t'.schools will be adopted; campaigns of to 10 .-\. .l\1.-BusillC'ss Sus ion 5. l{ecess.org.mization and education will be outlined,and cn~rything else possible will )Iondar, September 1rd, 10 A. )1.­ i. Election of Permanent Chair·continuC'd.u. St"lIt in g of Delegates.be done to build up a bigger, beUtr and Elel:tion of OfficC'rs and Adjournmellt.Sergeant-at-arms and assistants,man, "ice-Chairman. Secretary.mightit'r Young Pwple's SocialistLeague in the state.RULES8. Election of Committees: Education,O rganization, Resolu-This year's ~Ia l e COI1\'enlion will be1. :\ Chairman and a Vice-Olairmanheld in the Borough of Ihe Bronx, Newshall be elected at the beginning of {'aeh lions, Constitution.York City, on ~ptembtr lst, 2nd andday's session.9. Rellort of State Board of Con·3rd. For a long time Ihe Bronx Yipsc!s:!. A permanent Secretary, and :lll trol by State Secretary.had been wailing for Ihe opportunity toa ~s ista11t, who may be chosen from outsi{lethe body of delegates, shall be 11. neport of Fraternal Delegales.10. Report of Leagues.act a~ the hosts of a slate conventionand they c1aiRl that they will make thiselected for the entire cOin-ention.year's gathering the fillC5t ever held.12. Report of 'Committees: Resolutions,Education, Organization,J. :\ pennanent St'rgunt-at-armsTwenty-two delegates representing and an a ssistant shall he elected.Constitution.fourteen leagues will attend the rom'ention.There will a lso be fraternal dele­1~ elrcled; each committee to consist of 14. Kew Business.4. The following Committees shall IJ. Unfini shed Business.gates from the National Y. P. S. 1... Office.New Jersey League, Massachusettsrive deleltatr~; membership on commit- 15. Good and Welfare.1t"1.'S to Oc limi ted 10 not more than than 16. Election of Officers.Y. P. S. L, Rand ~chool, New Yorker two delegatC's from the same league: Ii. AdjournmC'nt.Volku.eilllng. Socialist Party State Committee on Education, Committee onConlmittee, Pennsylvania y, p. S. L., Organization, Committee on RC'solutions This / state con\'ention come'S duringNew York Call and Young Socialists' ad Committee on Constitution.a time when it takes great effortMagazine.S. Di sc lI s~ i o n shall be limitC'd to five and extraordinary courage to keepThe con\'ention will he opened with minutes for each speaker.alive the Young Socialist movement.a ballqurt in honor of Ihe delegates and 6. Olairmrll of committees shall have The progress of the Y. p. S. L. thatguests to be held at Ebling's Casino, 20 minutes to report. No delegate to will be celebrated at Saturday's banquetlS6th Street and S t. Ann's :\\'enue, on speak a second time until al\ desi ringwas due in no sma1\ part to theSaturday e\'ening, Septembtr lst, beginningto use their time shall havC' had an op­offic:e rs who ha,'e so faithfullypromptly at G.3O P. M. Charles portunity to speak. Fraternal delegates served their league.'V. Erwin, Managing Editor of the NewYork Call, and Ludwig Lore, AssociateEditor of the NC'w Yorker Volkszeitung,will address the delegates, and spC'echesshall speak only on subjects relating tothe organization which the)' reprC'sent,except by special ru li ng.i. The sessions of the conventionO n behalf of the Young Socialistmo\'ement for which they ha\'e sog ladly given of tht'ir time and en erg)"the Young Socialists' Magazine take!by rep~sC'ntati\'es o f the different shall be from 9.30 A. M. to 12.30 P. M. this oppor tunity of extending itsleagues will follow. :\ musical programwill be gi"C'n hy Paul JdenC'k, 8. Roberts' Rules of OrdC'r shall be state secretary, and to the membersand from 2 P. M. to 6 P. M.sincerest thanks to Edward Kaiser.pianist, and other professional talent,u~ed, with the excC'ption that wIlen the of the State Board of Control­Al1>ther I feature of the com'ention Prel"ious Question is called, 01lC' dele· Glen Swanson, Bertha Vossler, H.will be the lawn party to be held at gate on each side may speak for fi,'e ,V hit more, H. Brooks, :\. BerggrenFranz Siegel Park, 169th Street and minutes; also that the previous queslionand Darwin Sherman-who have 50Grand Concourse, on Sunday evening,may be called by a majority ably guided the destinies of theSeptember 2nd. All Yipsels arc invited ,'ote,leaguC'. It also extends its heartiestto this affair. There will be an interesting9. Election of Officers shall be by grCC'tings to the representatives of thC'and entertaining program, follo ..... ed majority vOtt'.Xew York Young Socialist move­by dancing and singing, Refreshments 10. On Monday, September 3rd, ment o n the occasion of their fifthwill also be. served.at 10 A. :'II., all business of the con- annual convention.THE,,"OUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE \IIEDITED BY II * 1 YIP S E L DO M II *11 LOUIS LEVICK ISTATE BOARD COMPLETESNEW YORK CONVENTIONARRANGEMENTSBuffalo, N. Y.Final official arrangements for thestale con\'C'ntlon of the New York StateFederation o f Young People's SocialistLeagues were completed and last details settled at the fifth and last me~tingo f thC' S tale Board of Control, whichwas held in this city at Socialist head­Quarters. fI83 )[ain Street, On Sunday,August 19th.The convention will be held in theBronx County. New York City, onSeptemllt"r 1st, 2nd and ::lrd. Twentytwodelegates and nine fraternal dele­~ates are scheduled to attend thesessions.The state constitution states that eachleague shall be entitled to one delegatefor every SO members in good standingand major fraction thereof, and in viewof the circumstances the Board ruledthat one delegate be allowed for every500 dues Slamps purchased during theyear and major fraction thereof.A set of Rules and O rder of Businesswe re drafted for the convention in:~~t~~~n~~'a;~t~i:~:5 s~~t:e\~:r~~t~~:~~~1~mendations which will be brought up atthe convention,OthC'r important businC'Ss of theleague was also transacted at this finalmeeting or the Board of Control. Thestate secretary reported that he hadvoted in favor of having Wm: F, Kruse,Chicago, Miss Lida. Ron, l,linneapolis,and Walter OIs~I, St_ Paul, representthe y, p, S. L. at the People's Councilmeeting to be held at Minneapolis,Minn., from SeptC'mber lst to 6th.lie also reported that the AlhallYleague had beC'1l practically reorgalli r..:d .and that it has o rdered !'ta11lps all,1supplies ami seems to be Ih'ening 1111He stated that he ha(1 sent Ollt a formleiter to the ll'agues on Jilly 12 eudor-­ing the Yipse! Fund for the I~alldSchool and ·anothu circular 1~, ttC'r illformingthe le3gues oi the allproxilllatenumber of cOI1\'\'lItiol1 d.:legate~.Accordi ng' to the tinanclal rel)OTt ofthe state St'Crelan' til': total worth ,,{"tilestate office at pre-sent i~ S:!9·t}·I. Of t hi~$179.-14 is ollbt.andin~ and $114.itl i~ theamount of cash on hand.The st a~ secretary al so reported thatkagul's hac! been very 1;lx in sending' intheir monthly report cards, hence a detailedand complete report 011 ilHli\·idualleague membership, financi,,1 standing.etc., cOllld not be prepared.The matter of arri \';ng at the numberYIPSEL STATE CONVENTIONof delegates each l C'agu~ is entitled IN MASSACHUSETTSto was taken up at this mccting of theBoard. (hving to the fact that allLawrence, :'II ass,leagues had not sent in complete reportPlans fo r conducting a strenuous cam­cards, covering their good standing paigll of prop:lganda and educationmembership, etc., thC' Board was forcedto ascertain the number of delegateseach lel1gue is entitled to on the ba si~of stamps purchased during the year,since the last convention.among the youth of this state will uediscussed alld acted upon at the nextstate con\'ention of the Young Peoplc'sSociali st League of :'Ifassachusttts to beheld at this city on Sundar, Seillelllber~nd.-DelegatC's representing enr)' ci rclein the slate league wi ll assemble at theconvention ball, 184 Broadway, near til':north station (B. & 11.) 10 transact th o:hllsiness of the Massachusetts YoullgSocialist mo,·ement.Two sC'ssions will be held; olle in themorning, starting promptly at II A. :'01.,and another in the afternoon. If fotlndnecessary an evening se~~ion will beheld, but this is not e.,xpected, so theYipsels of this city have arranged aUIlK Srwiali'h have under-1