Young Socialists Magazine 1917 July Dec.pdf

10 THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE'UC~('f, anyway-ha, 1Ia, ha.-Therich make the wars and the poor filbtthem, ha, ha. halOeorae: Hi. shattered brain '~ Ddsforth a truth at old as civilizationiu~If. ·Henry: Don't let him hear you.He! i. liable to become violent again.('Dawn approach~s a, Robert remainsmo t iolll~ss. staring into vacancy.)Georlc: t b~gin to feel tired anddiuy. Com~ to think of it now, Imust ha\'e b~en unconscious for ncar ~Iy a day, from faticue and pain, as itwas about noon-tinle when I fell, andnow we are approachin" daybreak.Henry: I wish I could say thc"m~, but I was awake all the- timesince I fdl wilh a sudden pain just-below my Slomach. This was aboutnightfall. Hundreds paued Q"er mybody, but only one stepped o n myhAnd, which I harf,lly f~1t because ofhe oth~r pain. I will ne\'er be ableto describe the sensations which.eized me to se~, on all sides of me,men ' b~ing slowly stamned or groundto death by m~n , horse' and wagon·s.-Under ordinary circumstances 1would hav~ fainted at the sight. butthe dreadful death which threatenedme quickened my nerve •.Georce: Then it certainly was ablessing for me that I did not se~,did not feel any of thi •.Henry: No wonder you a re calmerthan J am. My God, if 1 . hould livea hundred years I could never forgetthe intense mental and phy.icalaiPny which 1 endured among thewounded and dying when darknesslet in. (Weeps.) My God, what haveI done to suffer 10? Oh, those long,endless hours of an eternal nightl­The silence of the dead around mewas e\'en mare gruesome tban thecries of the suffering.-My eon stantpain kept my head awake, whichthreatened to burst with all tbechanging emotions from horror toanxiety; now callill8' upOn God inprayer, then torturing my brain withquestion. as to the why and wh~rt~fare of all this mad carnage, andthrough these all my vision was riv~eted upon my past life and assodations.-Ne\·erberore did my mothera~pear 10 angelie, my ra ther as solicitous,my friend. so kind, my borne10 in\'itina.-Qh. why, oh why did I1i11 ~n to thOle who enticed me. wholed me to belie\'e that was is a divinein.titution ; who fairly forced me intothis from which there is no es·capC'? (Weeps.)Oeorce: J feel no pain while I seeyou suffering like this. Come, boy,cheer up. While tbere il life there i,hope.Henry: Hope! H ope? No, no!Thi. niaht has opened my eyef-buttoo late-too late. I lee it all now.Th~re will be no end to these horrorsas long as the masses can b~ taughtthat they are fighting for theirhomes, for their familiel, for their. country's honor, whatever is mC'antby th at, when in reality all tho,e rottingin the lun or lying in lIam~leSlg rave., alt of us, crippled and dyins.we all have sacrificed our lives forthe benefit of those who have obtain~dpower and dominion overtheir fe llowmen by all the arts ofh ~ II .-0 h , there is that pain again_oh-to remind m~ of my folly. I seeit now. Oh, oh-too late-too late.Gcor.e: Come. , top talking, it excitesyou. It will do you more harmthan good just now.Henry: No, let me. My oyer- 'erOwd~d brain mU5t vomit th es~ oppressivethoughts. That will bringrelid.-Oh. this pain comu and goes.-There, ill letting tip apin.~Hbwoft~ n did 1 hea r p~ople denouncingthe rich and powerful I I felt likeclloking them lor th~ir envioushatred. that 1 deemed it to be. \Vhenth~y prot~lted against war, I consideredthem cowards, worse-trait_ors. O h, if I had only li stened tothem, if all of us had h ec'd~d th~irwarnings we would not be here now,forsaken by God and man. ( Excited.)The thought that I was such a foolwill drive me crazy also. Oh, ",hyoh-myGod-I can't breathe-J~h I(Falls bacS')George: Come, calm yourself. Itwilt pass o ... ~r. H~re comes h ~ lp.Thank God, here co m~ s help. (Criesof help me, 53 \'e me, water, are heardo n all sid~1 al members of Red Crossappear.) Thil way. For God's sak~.hurry up.lit Red Cross (bends over Henry):He'. a goner. His int~ltinu arepierced.2d Red Croa: Conle on. No timeto lose.(R~newcd cries of help.)Robert: Shut up your noise, you'llwake my children.-Where are mychildren? (Searches on the groundand 'in his pockets.) 1 am sure mychildren were here just now.lit Red Cro ..: Ano\hc:r one gonenutty. Poor dnil!2d Red Cros.: L~t's act .way fro mhere. \Ve've had enoueh troubl~ withthese ldnd of case5.Robert: Hold on there! Give me tback my children.lit Red. CrOll: That'. all right, myman. Go over to the hospital. That'sa good boy.Robert: But I \Vant to see mychildren.2d Red Croll: There they are!Looking at the fire O\'er there nearthe hospital.Robert: Fire! You threw them iotathe fire. Yes, I saw you do il­My God, get them out. There th~yare, look. (Shrieks.) Give me backmy children. Ha. ha. ha 1 S~~ themthrow away th~ir arms and legs.Look at the blood 'spurting fromthem. The blood is coming thisway. There, there, look out( we'l\drown in it. Ha, ha, ha, now it isdrying up-the fli~s are drinking it.­Hurry up, we must put out the firewith blood.-There'S no more blood.-Give me your blood! (Rush~s atfirst Red Crosl, who jump. aside andRobert stumbles and falls. S~condR~d CrolS shoots him 35 he falls.)2nd R~ Crop) Sa\'~d you just intime-Oh, what brutes we ar~ forcedo be, even in our vocation of mercY!lit Red Croll: It certainly was aclose shave. (To G~org e:) What'.th~ matter with you?Geo'l'e: My leg-(Red Cross cuts op~u bis trouserleg and examines.)l i t Red Cro ..:You're not hurtmuch. Bullet . truck your leg at atanJent causing simply a painfulswelling of the muscle. (Saturates abandage.) Here, wind this bandag ~neatly around your Jetr and W~ willlet you later, if you can't limp alongby that time. We mu.t att ~nd to themore serious cas~s first.• (Th~y cary off another woundedperson.)'George (bandaging hims~If ): ByJove, many .would call me luckywithout reAecting that J only escapedtbis time to be patched up for anothers l aught~r in which J may b~finished off.-Quch! (Starts in afrightfrom Henry,) Ah !-My n erv~s aresurely going to pi e c~s.-I thought Isaw H enry moving, (Rail~s Henry'sarm and drops it.) He's dead, poorfellow, and he certainly dung to lile.And he looks p~aceful . as thoughnothing is disturbing him in theo ther 'world beyond. (Henry uttersa groan causing George to shudder.)Almiehty God, can it be possible heis slm living.-Henry, Henry, do youhear me? 00 you (e~ 1 anything?Open your eyes if yOU do.-Ho li\'es(To be concl ud~)NEW YORKFOURTH MEETING OF STATEBOARD OF CONTROLHeld at S. P. Headquarters. S8J MainStreet, Buffalo, N. Y., SundayAhernon, June 17th, 1917M~~ting called to order at 1.30P. M, by State Secretary E. Kaise r.Comrade Edw. Kaiser acting ac chairmanand Bertha Vossler as secrelary.Followine members pr~s~nt : Edw.Kaiser, Buffalo; Axel . Berggren,Jamestown ; Harlan Whitmore, Rochester; Bertha Vossler, Rochester.Comrades Brooks . and SwanSOn ofBuffa lo were absent. .Communication read from RochesterLeague to the effect .that ComradeHarlan Whitmore had b~en e l ~c t e..!to filJ the un expired term of ComradeGlickman on State Board (ComradeGlickman having left Roch~st~r). anaComrade Kaiser report~d that BuffaloL~ague had e l~ct ed ComradeGlenn Swanlon to take the place ofComudF' Kaiser on Stat~ Boa rd(Comrade Kais~r now b~i ng StateS~e retary) .Upon motion Comrades Whil mor~and Swanlon were duly accept~d asmembers of the Board.State Secretary r~port~d that onlyRochester, Albany and Buffa loLeagues had advised the Slate Officeof thdr approval of State Board'saction at last n\eeting. in eketi"gComrade Kaiser to fiJI the unex piredlerm of E. C. Bautz as stale s~cretary.It may be assumed, h owev~r ,that the action m~t with general approval,as no word of ob j ~ct i on washeard.State secretary reported that communicationhad been rec ~ i ve d la stmonth from New Jersey Slate F~derationasking New York Stat~ Officeto send fraternal . deI~ga t~ s toth~ir State Convention held May13th. State secretary accordingly appointedComrades Tishler and Glickmanal r~pr~senti.ng up-state (boththele comrad~. being in N. Y. C. atthe tim~ ), also Comrades Pollock andD~ Young of New York to repr~se ntdown-state. Of these Comrad~s T ish- .ler and Glickman attended the Convention.Minutes of New Jersey State Conventionwere read by state s~c r~taryand ordered placed on file for referfnce.•THE YOUNG SOCIALIStS' MAGAZINEOUR OWN "AFFAIRSState sccrt:tary reported he ballcommunicated with Comrade Bertha~tai1ly of the Rand School regardingthe Scholarsh ip Contest matter,which had been. neglected by pre\T jou sState Scnetary Bautz. No reply wasreceived, h'owc\'cr. from the RandSchool. consequently, owing to latedate, the mattu was dropped en·tirely for th e present.State Secrelary Edw. Kaiser reportedon' the matter of bondinghimself, stating that for personalreasons it was very incon\'c nicnt forhim to secure bond locally. but he offeredto furni sh a personal promissorynOle instead. which would coverany shorlagc in state secretary's accQunt, which might be found at theexpiration of his term of office inScpt~ mb ~ r , 1917.Upon motion Ih ~ Board acc~ptc(1Comrade Kais~r ' s notc! in place ofbond. The n O t ~ was drawn up. dulywitne!s~d by thr~e lI1~mh~rs of th~Board, also a notary public. .,ndplaced in the safe-ke~ping of ComradeVossl~ r . Copy of nOte beingplaced on file at State Offic ~ .Comrade Vossler r~por l ~d she hadcompiled Ihe State cOn.!ititution andgotten same into prop~r 5h3p~. sothat state secretary now holds thr~~complete copiu.Upon motion state 5~cre tar y wasinstructed to have sufficient copies ofthe Constitutio n made for the USe ofdd~ga tu at Sept~mber Con\·ention.State secretary reported that Ihetotal "ate all National Refer~ndumdated February 10, 191 7, was as follows.for the state:To change Artide 6, Sec. 1-260Yes, 6 No.T o insert Sec. 2-211 Yu.61 No.Upon motion is was d~dded th atthe State Board of Control go o n recordas favoring and endorsing the:candidacy o f Comrade Will. F. Kruseas National Secretary of Y. P. S. L.,owing to his 1110st efficient work anduntiring efforts in this capacity in thepast.Upon motion state secretary wasinstructed 10 urge all Leaguu to takea more liv~l y interest in the NationalChampionship Contest. now beingrun through National O ffi ce.Upon motion state secretary wasinstructed to urge all Leagues to u.list in securina .ignatares to th e petitionbeing circulated from NationalOffice for th e repeal of the ConscriptionAct.Slate secr~tary reported as followsOn fiullncial statuI of state :February 25, 1917, to June 17th, 1917.Gen~ra l receipt!, ' $159.05. Gen~ralCl5hu r sem~nts f 119.1O. Cash balan .!~June 17. 1917, $39.95. Reccipts on as·.!iessment stamps to dat~. $9.50. Totalcash on hand Jun~ 17, 1917, $49.45. -Outstanding mon~Y5 to dat~. $189.4 ...Cash ba l a n c~ $39.95. Total worth a!Siale Office $229.39.Slale Board reported t h~y had dulyaudited slate s~cre t ary ' s books an