Young Socialists Magazine 1917 July Dec.pdf

14This pile i. conducted by the Newjene,. State Committee of the Youn,People', Soc.iali.t Luaue. Addre" .all correspondence to State Secre-­tary, Louis Coben. 10 Twelfth Ave.,Paterson, N. J.-'--STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT­TEEGeneral Orpniser-Allistant OrpMet-Ben. Hinchan,100 Union St., Trenton.Secretary-Louis Coben. 10 TwelfthAvenue, Paterson.Financial Secretary-Treasurer-Jean.nette Hellet, 279 Belmont Avenue,Newark.Educational Director-Solomon Effrein.524 Henry St., South Amboy.Our Comr~de Yipsel s~-The fan season is fast approaching:l nd we must plan fo r lectures. conductstudy dasses and hold sociablesand entertainments.These thinKs among others 3fC a,\,jla\ part of your organization li feand a source oi unmc3surablc goodto yourselves and those who 3fC interestedin attending your fall andwinter affairs. \Ve wilt grow stronge-ras we do things in the- prope- rway, and the proper way to do thingsis to have every member do his o rher share of the work.At present this office, in cooperationwith State Educational DirectorSolomon EHrein, is making preparationsfor the state-wide inter-cirtledebating contest and lecture course.This work requires a great deal ofattention. To make it the successit ought to be, the coope-r:t tion o fe-very circle IUUSt be- had. You willsoon rece-ive word on this work fromComrade Effrein. Kindly give himyour immediate- attention on all matte-TS.I n all your transactions re-iativeto Educational \Vork, address Mr.Solomon Effre-in , 524 He-nry St., S.Amboy, N. J.The next mee-ting of t.he StateCommittee w ill be ht:ld Sunday, October7th, at 3 P. M., at the headquartersof the Elizabeth Y. P. S. 1-,635 Elizabeth Ave., Elizabeth, N. J.Yours comradely,Louis Cohen, State Sec'y.The State Efficienc:y Contest duringthe first month of its operationhas shown good results. The StateOffice get.! the monthly reports frommost of the leagues :tnd is thus en ..THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINENEW JERSEY ACTIVITIESabled to keep accurate records andto compile the status of the Statemove ment accordingly. Nothingsucceeds like c:ooperation from theCircles.The interest displayed by the circlesin their efforts to capture thepennant can be seen from the recordof the July 1917 returns as follows:Circle Passaic:. I point; Circle I ,New:trk, 1: Ci rcle 3, Newark. 1; Elizabeth.1: Ka rl Havlic:ek (West H o­boke-n), 1; Linden, I ; Kn rney, 1;T renton, 1; Guttenberg, 7; J~rseyCity. 2: p:J.t~rson. 13; Circle 2, Newark,15 ; Penh Amboy, 31; P lainfield,31, and Circle I, Camden, 31.S. E. C. MINUTESThe- State- Executi ve- Committeemet Septembe:r 9th at the NewarkL'\bor L yceum, Bertha N. Bader, o fNewark. in th ~ chair.Tht minutes o f the pre\'ious mee:t·ing were approve:d as read.Bills amountin g to $2.25 wefe o r~tiered paid.Communication: From R udolphKolle-r advising that the- typewriterust"d by the state: organize-r be- repaire-dat cost o f $15, ordered concurred;from Jeanne-tte Heller, ad­\'ising on di"bandme:nt of Circles 4and 5 of Newark; 11I0t;011. that werleclare- the charte-rs of these twOleaguse to be null and "oid, carried;from Lo uis Lnick, editor of the y,P. S. L. column in the N. Y. Call .announcin g move of the New YorkY. P. S. L. convention held lecently,to de-vise ways and means to takeover the Young Sociali sts' Magazineand that a committee of two each beelected from the New York and NewJersey Leagues to decide in whatway the l\lagazine can be taken over:motion, that we reassut our standfor a national owned and controlledoffie-ial organ, in accordance with thepress resolution as passed at our 1917convention and that twO d e l ~gates be~Iected to attend the conference. carried. Commi ttee nlen elected: SamuelFeilowitz and Louis Cohen.The State- Secretary reported: thatduring the month of August. 12 outof 15 leagues sent in their monthlyreport cards for July, no nominationsw ere reeeived for the office ofstate organizer, membership accountfo r /uly stands: on roU 196, goodstanding 593, in arrears 203, result ofthe vote for N,tional Secretary, with7 leagues voting gives Wm. F. Kruse,96; and Albert B. Wt:iss, 38, Orderedreceived.Motions: T hat election o f a StateOrgal,1 izer be refe:rred to State Committee; that the matter of startin g acard index system be deferred indefinitely;that the advisability of join.ing tlle People's Council in a body bereferred to State Committee; that thefo llowing amendment to the stateconstitution be rderred to the StateCommittee for endorsement. to submitit as a rderendum to the membershipof the State organization,carrie-d," That the State Executive Committe-eshall ' give Ilarticular atte-ntion tothe work of organization throughoutthe state. The Ge neral Organize rshall appoint a Deputy Organiz e-r foreach county whe-re a league has beenestablishe-d and officially recognized.The Dc-puty Organizer wheneverpossible shall be- a member of theState Executive Committee and apportionedto the county of his residence-.They shall do everythingwithin the-ir power to faci litate thebusiness of the Slate League in mat·t eTS within their jurisdiction andshall always be und e- r the instructionof the Ge- neral Organizer and theState Executive ommitte-e."Motion : That we recommend tothe State Co mmittee that F rankHellttle be dropped from the StateExecutive Committe- e- for failure toa ttend two successive meetings with­'Out submitting an e-xcuse. carrie-d.Louis Cohen, State Secretary.West Hoboken Yipse1s will holdHawaiian Costume BanThe Karel Havlicek Circle of WestHoboken has made all arrangementsfo r the monster Hawaiian CostumeBall to be held Saturday evening,October 27th, Nepivoda's Hall, 420Spring Street. Tickets will be 25c.,A Hawaiian Orchestra has beensecured to provide dance music andthe h all will be given a Hawaiian ap·pearance.Every member is working hard tomakethis affai r one long to be re·membered, Prizes and souvenirswill be dnstributed. All Yipsels andfriends are asked to attend and enjoythemselves, A circular letter hasbeen sent to all leagues and Social·ist auxiliary bodies, so Quite a largeattendanceis expected. Ten per centof the proceeds will go to the CountyTreasury and the rest will be tlse&for other educational purposes and tobuy literature.The circle also decided to buy anddistribute 1000 copie-s of the leaflet,"The Price We Pay."The only Bohemian Socialist paperin this vid nity, the "Obrana," afte-rbeing twice Su ppressed was finallydenied second dass postage rates.The circle members will distributethe " Obrana" to the subscribers inlJiudson County e\'ery wee-k.An essay contest will be held onthe History of the Karel HavlicekCircl e. All wi ll be read at a literarymeeting to be- !leld October 10th, andthe winners will be decided by theaudience.The members nlso col lected $7.00fo r the People's House. I t was decidedto have a gymnastic mee-ti ngnery \Vednesday, beginning September12th. Frank Patak was eJectedgymnastic director. Hereafter thccircle will also ha ve- one social amonth. The Fifth Annive-rsan' Celebrationwill be held some-ti~,e inDecember. O n Sunday, September9th, a ba nquet wa ~ held in honOr ofComrade V. Vanura, the Cirde's formerDramatic director.A renewed effort will be- ma de tosecure subsc riptions to the Y. S. ~r.Alexande-r T e-xcl was ele-r:ted Re-­cording Secretary ill place of \ V.Eichoff, who has resigned from theleague.The members of a local ill a subur·ban section were di scussing preparationsfor dection. One- Italian co m­rade of long standing membershipsaid that for years now, he had tiredhimself out visiti ng the polfin g placeswhic h were widely separated and hethought that this year the pa rtyought to hire all automobile- for th e­day. Several of the e-omrades agreedwith him, but suggested that it wou ldbe unnecessary to hire- a car as ComradeX had one and would probablybe wilJiJ1g to loan it. The mover ofthe scheme objected, however, sayingthat it ought to be a la.rge car. forfou r or five people. On being told bythe others that the car in Questionwas a Ford and seated 'five, he s~ id ,"Ob, it's a regular Ford?" Thisbrought out a laugh from the gather.ing and so by way of explanation headded, "Y' know, dere's a half a Fordwhat's got only seats for two."THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINEG1IReport on People's CouncilBy William F. KruseBy vote of tlle National Committeeof the Y. P. S. L. three de lega teswere- chosen 10 rtprese-nt the Y. P. S.L. at the meeting of the People'sCouncil scheduled to be held at !o.IinneapolisOn September lst. T o economize on our expe-nses the localsecretaries of :Minne-apolis and St.Paul, and the National Se-c n·tary.wh o had to make the Irip anYII .1}' tJattend a National Exe-cutive C011lm itte-eme-tting, were chosen as d('I "l:'a tesArrangeme-nts were- made for a Y. P.S. L. organization me-eting of IheTwin City Ie-agues for Aug. 31 st. andI left Chicagt) the night before. afte-rspeaking at tl\'O me-etings that sa mee\'e-Tling, to get to Millneapolis ontime.Meanwhile- big things we-re happe:n_ing. Special trains he-aring hundredsof delegates from al l over the coun ­try were on the way. But the- Go\'­elnor of ~finnesota, overriding~fay o r \'an Lear's welcome andpractically suspending the state ('o n.stitution ,forbade the mee tlllg'.T housands of ~o ldiers swarm('d onthe stree-ts of U inn(';l.po lis. and e-ye r},­thing ready to spring the trap. TheGOvern or of Nortll Da kota invite(tthe coun cil to come to his state. anin l'italion grntefu ll}' receil'e:d amionl), the J,!rcnt distance- to he tra\'f'l.ed preventing it ~ acce-ptance. MayorHoall of Milwaukee n('xt invited theAll circles are reminded to keepOctober 27th ope- n and to gO to theWest H oboken Yipscl's HawaiianCostume Ball.Council meeting to hi ~ citro and itKEEP THIS FROMsecme:d that Ih e Governor of "Visconsinwould interpose no ohjection. AnHENRYFORD('fi'ort wa s thereupon made to hol (1the m('e-ting in Hudson. \Vi scon~in.riR'ht acros; the state line fmlll Min­II~ SO t.1. and wi thin commuting rli~.tance of th e T win Citie-s. But Hu'!·SOn has the reputation of heing therougl1est, toughest tnwn in threestate- so It has a prize fighting ring inwhich a!J ba ttles too rough andbloody fo r any olher city are pulledoff in perfec t safety. When the com.mittee made a trip to inspect con­"ention facilities they were met by ariotous mob of "patriotic" roughnecksand ",ere fo rced to return. Anall day session was held by some- ofthe early arrival5 at Minneapolis. andthe decision was made to get togetherwith the £alltern delegates then approachingChicago, so as to finallydetermine the convention city. Thetrip to Chicago was made that nightwithout furth er eventAt Chicago a Convention was heldwhich was attended by over 500 accrellite-dde-legates. It call1e- to orderas originally sc he-duJed, sa\'e that theloca tion hall bee-n s lig htly shifted.Plans for teillporary organizationwefe- made, :t nominating committeeelected 10 chOOse a tcmporary exec_,uil'e cOlllmittee of de\'ell (w hichl:t!er wa s increased to sCI'cnteen)SOllie short specches delil'ere-d , andthe org'aniz;ttioll well started. SeymourStedman 01 Chicago wa s chair_man. while jallll's H. Maurer and JobIlarriman were made vice.chairmen.~carcdy had the lIleeti ll g gone wellunder way Ihat about a hundred polireoftieers, In 1I1lifoT111 allll plaincI,) thl'~, cllt('Ted the hall and upOn in _:>Iruc lions frOIll the go\'c:rll or orllt-reuth e meeting to disperse. T hevrdl'r was complil'd wilh.\\'ilhin the !lext twenty-four hoursthe political si tu ation here made itpossible to hold another session. TheMayor oruered the police- departmentto protect the meeting as long as Ihelaws of the land were 11 0t be:ing \'io-1;ltcd, and demanded to know by whatright the GOI'crnor commanded thel'Ity's poliet· force. The Gove rn or'sreply was the despatch oi fOur companiesof militia under the commandor Adjulant-Gl'lleral Dickson, st raight{rolll Springtield by special I r:UII. atrip of ti "e h o ur~. ).!eallwhile theconvention was meeting. a constituti'lilwas .1dOple-(\, a statement On th e"Terms oi Peace" was concu rred in,o ther committees pro"ided for. andtill' organizatio!1 was pe-rfected to~uc h a degree that 110 further interruptionswould destroy th e workdO ll e. Each state delegation llJel~e llarately and elected two of it3numhcr to ll1('et with the cxecutil'eboardshou ld suc h action becomenecessary. E,"cry train brought inrH'W de- legates, until we had almost1.500. In the place of the two localsecretaries designated by ('lIr Na_tional COlllmittee. Samuel H. H oIland. a young attorney and memberof the Northwest Y. P. S. L.. and~Ir s. A. W. Kruse, Ci ty Sec retary o fthe Chicago Leagues, secve-d asYipse:! delegates. I was one of thetiro delegates chosen to represent thestate.The convention adjourned with iumost pressing work done, and immediatelythe hall was turned Ove rto a Jewish wedding party th:tt hadbeen awaiting possession for the pasttwo hours. Our delegates dispersed15