SOCIALISM ON TOUR: Student sActiv ein Socialis tCampaign - s Page Berkeley Students YOUN SOCIALISG T gh tSpeec Banh ;Ten Cents Voice of America's Future Hits New AreaVOsL 2, NO. 2 November, 1958 bv Tim Wohlforth (Tim Wohlforth, editor of the YOUNG SOCIALIST, is cur- rently on a nationwide barnstorming tour in the course of which lie will speak at some 45 different campuses. The following report is based on the first leg of the tour during which Wohlforth spoke to students from San Diego State College, University of Southern California, Los Angeles City College, UCLA, University of Cali- fornia (Berkeley), University of Santa Clara, Reed College and Portland State College.) SEATTLE—This tour is in many Santa Clara. ways a pioneering venture. This is Close to 10 per cent of the stu- not simply 'because I am bringing dent toody turned out to hear a a new publication, the YOUNG discussion on Marxist philosophy SOCIALIST, the product of the and ideas. The reaction of the freSh regroupment of socialist audience was not too different youth forces, to a larger audience. from the average American secu- It is because I am bringing so- lar college except for a little cialism itself to thousands of greater pre-ocoupation with ethi- cal questions and an occasional DENITCH-WOHLFORTH DE- freshman who would ask you with BATE on socialist morality, re- a straight face: "Do you believe groupment, and approach to« in Adam and Eve?" ward foreign policy—page 3. A couple of the Fathers, who seemed to be Christian socialists, young people who have never explained that a small revolution heard a socialist speaker in their had taiken place at the College be- IN THE YOUTH MARCH FOR INTEGATION Oct 25, thousands of Negro and white student* lives. fore speakers of a controversial demonstrated against segregation and expressed solidarity with their heroic brothers and sinters in thf It is therefore quite natural that nature were allowed to be heard. South. They hope that scenes like the above (teenagers in a Louisville school lunchroom) will soon b» the first three weeks of the tour (Continued on Page 2) commonplace. For a full report of the Youth March by a participant, see the next issue, of the YS, Should t>e marked by a number of "firsts." When I spoke to 150 stu- SIX OR HALF A DOZEN? dents at UCLA on "Marxism— Science or Religion" I was the first socialist to speak on that vast campus since the revision of rules last year which liberal- Donkey Balks at Integration, Liberal Goahs ized regulations regarding student by Daniel Freeman rights. A socialist group, the Eu- "You really want to know how I'd like to vote?" said a Negro mechanic in Cleveland. 'I'd like to ther, has often proclaimed his gene V. Debs Club, has been rec- between ognized as an off-campus group vote for the whole United, States Supreme Court, that's how I'd like to vote. When ic comes to this iWc- "neutrality" as capital giration and civil rights stuff, party is worth a damn." and labor. But is it not a principla wTnich can use campus facilities neither of liberal democracy that govern* for its speakers. A New York Times survey of seven states revsaled that increasing numbers of Negro voters shared, this conviction. Can integration, or other liberal go-its, for that matter, be brought about by the two ment should represent the major- Elsewhere in Los Angeles ,I was ity? Williams' neutrality has also the first socialist in many years major parties? That is what Daniel Freeman, student at Columbia University and YS Corresponding Editor for New York, seeks to answer in the fo-llowiig article. extended to 'his refusal to take .a to "soapbox" in front of Los An- in important primary fights geles City College and the Uni- The election season, more than,: part any other time, calls on the po- who have nothing to gain from sociation, the rights and welfare in Michigan this year, notably versity of Southern California. At those involving representatives of LACC over 250 students stood litically aware person to "take the status quo. of labor, and peace. around and listened, argued and sides," to consider the conse- But what about the liberal, who One argument often heard from the labor movement. heckled for three and a half hours quences of his vote and support. sees an election as a contest of liberals and some who describe A similar situation exists in New as we discussed American troops Socialists have always consid- immediate issues? He must ask themselves as socialists is that the York state, where Rep. Adam in Lebanon, the war threat in ered a vote for the Democratic or himself: can the Democratic or Democratic Party should toe sup- Jlayton Powell, riding the crest of CJnemo y and Matsu, Little Rock, Republican parties a vote for a Republican parties realize even ported as the "lesser evil," or, as *n anti-Tammany revolt by the socialism vs. capitalism and so decaying capitalist system. They the minimal liberal values which this tendency dubbed itself in vegro people, easily defeated his forth. have seen as a necessary step on socialists and liberals hold in 1956 , "Sadly for Adlai." While the teSapio-backed opponent. But the In the Bay Area, I had the most the road towards socialism the common as necessary? This area Democratic Party does have the final result of his attempt to "(re- unusual experience of the tour so formation by the working class of of agreement includes civil rights aura of liberalism about it, it also form" the Democratic Party is the far. I spoke on Marxism air a a party of its own, a labor party, for Negroes and other minorities, contains the most militaristic and spectacle of Powell leading his fol- Catholic college, the University of which would give voice to all those civil liberties of speech, press, as- Negro-hating members of the lowers back to full support of the Congress. The Northern liberal's corrupt machine which tried to vote for Humphrey or "Douglas is knife him. Powell has now an- also a vote for Eastland. When nounced his support of the full U . o f Wash Studen. Runt sas Socialistthe Democrats capture Congress, slate of DeSapio-picked1 Demo- cratic candidates. by Ted Lane Un-American Activities Commit- Eastland and his ilk become the (Below is an article by a University of Washington student tee , said his aim was "to clean out chairmen of the committees con- ADLAI , THE SOUTH'S FRIEND on the current campaign of Jerry Barrett for state office in Wash- the reds" at the University. Sev- cerned with labor and civil rights A final illustration of the sell- ington. A Barrett Campaign Committee has been formed and a eral professors were dismissed, put legislation. This Jim Crow, labor- out by northern liberals to the headquarters set up in the University district. Some 40 young peo- on probation, and defamed. hating wing of the Democratic forces of reaction and racism is ple are already participating in this committee. Plans are being The culmination of the trend Party is the most unified and most Stevenson's 1956 campaign. For 'laid to reach the 7,000 registered voters in the area and the stu- of McCarthyism came when the powerfu l element of the party. the sake of "party unity," Steven- University President, Dr. Henry dent body). ®- THE BLIND LEAD son and his liberal camp-fol- Jerry Barrett, senior in history Schmitz, refused to allow Dr. J. lowers took such a weak position Robert Oppenheimer to speak on The Democratic Party is noth- at the University of Washington, ing more than a coalition of these on civil rights that many North- having earned a reputation as a the campus as a Walker-Ames ern Negroes voted Republican. Lecturer in the course of his tour Southern reactionaries, urban po- defender of academic freedom and litical machines and the labor Meanwhile, a campaign poster Civil liberties, was nominated by of Western universities. The re- circulated in Florida during the sponse of a few people interested bureaucrats, who, like the ma- a convention of independents, so- chine bosses, attempt to "deliver" primary campaign showed a pic- cialists and liberals to run for in civil liberties resulted in a series ture of Stevenson with the follow- of protests which were instrumen- the votes of the workers to the the State Senate in the 32nd (Uni- party. We thus observe the curi- ing caption: "Florida and the versity) District. Barrett, 28-year- tal in reversing this trend. South NEED A MAN OF MOD- Jerry Barrett was one of these ous contradiction of labor "lead- old Korean War Veteran (para- ers" leading labor into the hands ERATION ... a man friendly to troops), accepted the nomina- people. He wrote the petitions the South Adlai Stevenson has which were signed by nearly 2,000 of those who stand for the open tion of the "United Liberals and shop, against the minimum, wage, shown more understanding and Socialists" saying he would cam- students, faculty members and consideration of the South's prob- residents of the area in a three- for the Taft-Hartley Law; of paign "as a socialist." Negro "leaders" placing the Negro lems than any other candidate for day period of canvassing. He and President." It is common knowl- The candidacy of a University four or five others organized a people in the hands of those who student as a socialist would have are today fighting a last-ditch edge that a principled attempt to meeting which overflowed one of act on evil rights, rather than just appeared to be impossible until formed battle against racial equality. JERRY BARRETT the lecture halls, and a talk about it, would rip the Dem- very recently. From time to time committee which went to the Labor's support to the Demo- in the last ten years Seattle, and ocratic Party apart. was his participation in the cam- State Capitol in Olympia to pro- crats is rarely repaid in kind, particularly the University of test to the Congress. either by the northern liberals Since 1946, the two capitalist Washington, has achieved promi- paign which opposed legislator Al- parties have had solid bipartisan bert CamvelTs bid for re-election. Jerry Barrett, ex-paratrooper or by their political creditors, the nence as a center of many contro- lieutenant and National Maritime machine bosses. In Michigan, agreement on questions of foreign versies involving the issues of aca- This campaign contributed de- policy and civil liberties. As stated Al Union men ber is tall (6 *2"), lean, Governor Williams, the darling of demic freedom and civil liberties. cisively to Canwell's defeat. (Continued 011 Page 4) Barrett's initiation into politics Canwell, chairman of the State (Continued on Page 4) the liberals and of Walter Reu- Page 2 YOUNG SOCIALIST November, 1953 Young Socialist Hallinan Stands Pat: Army Says "No Tim Wohlforth, Managing Editor BERKELEY, Calif. — Patrick \h felt that it was none of the put in a nowitio nof disassociating Allen Taplin, Business Manager (Butch) Hallinan, one of f^a Army's business what organiza- himself irom his own parents. Fi- Acting Editor: Martha Curti, leaders of SLATE (student antt- tions he had or had not been af- nally the Army sent Hallinan a Editorial Board: Bert Deck, George Payne, Tim Wohlforth ,Rich- fraternity group) at the Univer- filiated with during his civilian letter disqualifying him from mil- ard DeHaan, James Lambreeht, Michael Kovacs. sity of California here, has been life, itary service. "I expect to get re- declared ineligible for service in The Army immediately began classified 4F any day now," Butch Corresponding Editors: Philadelphia—Arthur Phelps; Detroit— the U. S. Army. an investigation, conducted with said. He stated that he did not Evelyn Sell; Chicago—John Worth; Minneapolis—Tom Leonard; The so?.e charge against Halli- the cooperation of the FBI, dur- know whether the new classifica- Denver—Leonard Hodgett; Los Angeles—Peter Allan; Bay Area— nan was that he was "unable to ing which it questioned some 150 tion would be marked so as to Richard Kenny; Seattle—John Severn; New York—Danie l Freeman; refute a close and continuous as- friends of Hallinan. Almost all of distinguish a "political" 4F from Baltimore—A, Robert Kaufman; Canada—Ernest Strong; Britain— sociation with two persons identi- those questioned testified to the a "physical" 4F. Janet Downs. Roving Correspondent: Shane Mage. Western Repre- fied with Communist front organ- loyalty of Butch. At no time did The Hallinan case emphasizes sentative: James Robertson. izations." The persons in question the Army accuse Butch of having the complete absurdity of the mil- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE :$1.00 a year, $.50 for six months. Bundle rates: $7.00 for first 100 copies. $5.00 lor each additional 100. The YOTOi'G SOCIALIST is published were—his mother and father, Vin- any "subversive" affiliations or itary "security" system. That the monthly at 144 Second Avenue , N* .Y. J, N. Y .Phone GR 5-7920 . Opinions expressed cent and Vivian Hallinan. Vin- views even though Butch openly military should be allowed to in- in signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the YOUNG SOCIALIST, cent Hallinan was formerly vice admits to his socialist views vestigate the political affiliations which are expressed in editorial statements. of young civilians shows both the presidential candidate for the which he shares with his father. VOL 2, No. 2 November, 1958 Progressive Party and his wife Following the investigation the extent to which we have departed worked with him in this and other Army wrote Hallinan a letter stat- from our traditional civil libertar- liberal and socialist endeavors. ing that he would be declared in- ian traditions as well as the grow- It all began, Butch Hallinan eligible unless he came to a hear- ing influence of the military in all told the YOUNG SOCIALIST, ing and "refuted" the charges of phases of American life . Surely when he refused to sign a loyalty "close p.ssociation" with his par- the only sensible solution is to oath presented to him at the time ents. He refused to attend any abolish, the entire Army "security" of his pre-induction physical. such hearing or in any way be program. instead that I speak a block away up at Sather Gate and defying ar- at a noisy intersection where the rest for practicing free speech. YS Tou r. . . likelihood of a section of the stu- SLATE MAY WIN (Continued from Vage 1) dent body being run over was While at Cal I got a chance to I was the first Marxist or atheist rather great. attend a SLATE meeting and to to speak on God's rather opulent Sentiment is extremely strong talk to some of those active in little acre in the hundred years on campus that Sather Gate be SLATE. There seems to be a very of its possession by the Lord's reopened. The ASTJC executive active interest in SLATE on agents on earth. committee, which represents the campus this Fall. The chances of SATHER GATE CLOSED student body , has unanimously this group sweeping the next elec- Another first of the tour, how- asked the University officials to tions and taking over all the seats ever, was not quite so heart- ask the Regents to allow free on the ASUC exec look very good. warming in its implications. At speech in this area. The editor of Certainly the idea of SLATE, a the University of California Ber- the Daily Cal told me his paper student political party dedicated •keley campus I was the first per- supported this dema'nd . SLATE, to the abolition of fraternity dom- son to ever be denied permission the anti-fraternity g r o u p. is ination and the establishment of a to speak at Sather Gate, the Hyde strongly for this proposition. truly representative student gov- TIME TO LAUNCH THE BIG ONE Park of Cal. Supporters of the YOUNG SO- ernment, should be tried on other . While at Berkeley I visited CIALIST in the area are urging campuses. where there is agreement, and to terested in socialism and consid- Dean Strong and asked him for that if the Regents turn down the One of the most enjoyable fea- reach out to new people interested ers bringing left-wing speakers to specific permission to speak at students' request that the students tures of the tour so far has been in socialism. the campus to talk with students Sather Gate and he specifically organize a free speech fight, with talking together with other young REED CLUB THRIVES one of its main tasks. Certainly denied this to me. He suggested one speaker after another getting socialists in the various cities I At Reed College in Portland, the growth of clubs like this on visited. In Los Angeles I spoke be- Oregon, I spoke before a very in- campuses throughout the country fore the Conference of Young So- teresting and dynamic group, the would be a most valuable thing. cialists, a city-wide group which FOCUS Club. Close to 100 people it would provide the opportunity is open to all young socialists no out of a student body of 600 turned for the American student to hear matter what their political views out for the talk. FOCUS began more than one side of the ques- or affiliations may be. I spoke to some ten years ago as a branch of tion. a similar group, the Mark Twain the Young Progressives. It was NEW YqRK CITY —Over 200 pro-segregation school board, "Ne- Club, in San Francisco. These one of the few local groups that Having spoken to over a thou- students heard Benjamin J. Davis, groes have a right to attend school clubs seem to be doing a fine job was able to survive the demise of sand young people from San Diego Jr., speak on integration from a just as much as anybody" . . . of bringing together the somewhat that organization and to keep a up to Portland, I feel I can make sound truck near the City College UCLA has just appointed the first scattered socialist youth forces in radical tradition going on the one or two generalizations about campus. The Marxist Discussion Negro to its faculty. Prof. J. T. these local areas, providing an op- campus. politics and the American student. Club had invited Davis, a Commu- Gier, a graduate of the Berkeley portunity for these socialists to Presently FOCUS is made up The American student is a long nist Party leader and iSinith Act campus, was given a two-year ap- discuss and to carry on actions largely, of socialists and those in- way from a socialist or for that victim, to speak on campus, but pointment in engineering. . . . matter a militantly liberal con- sciousness. He is terribly isolated a 1957 ruling bars any persons DICTATORSHIP DEMOCRACY convicted under the Smith Act to TO from the rest of society. He knows speak at any municipal col- NEW YORK CITY—The latest little or nothing of the life of the lege. . . . Several busloads of communique from Youth March American workers, the Negro peo- City College students are partici- Headquarters tells of the tremen- ple and the poor farmers who to- Stodent s Pos hVenezuel aForwardgether make up the majority of pating in the Youth March for In- dous response to the Call to Join by Pete Camejo tegration. the March. Over 60 buses have al- this country's citizens. * * * (The writer of this article is a student at Massachusetts Insti- ready been pledged by unions, tute of Technology 'who visited Venezuela recently). APATHY DECLINES BOULDER , Col.—The Colorado high school and college, neighbor- On January 23, 1958,Venezuela® .daily reports that the YOUNG hood and fraternal organizations. changed overnight from dictator- supremacy of socialism over capi- However , the American student SOCIALIST is again in the news Rallies have been held at almost ship to democracy, a democracy talism is unquestioned. The only is curious. He wants to hear a so- at the University. Last spring the ai) the city campuses and activity which stands unquestionably the question is the best path to cialist point of view. He resents YS, with the support of the cam- extends to Yale University, Tem- best in the western hemisphere. achieve socialism. those who tell him he can't hear other views .A number of students pus paper and the state Civi lLib- ple University , NYU, St. Johns, Venezuela remains in a state U.S. TANKS PROPPED erties Union, won a battle against Queens, Vassar, Swarthmore, Bard, are even willing to stick out their of revolution. Its labor movement, DICTATOR necks to see that a minority point the university administration for Long Island University , and many organized in less than six months, others. The "origina l estimate of The most immediate problem of view is heard. the right to distribute the YS on is united and militant, and has for all is to save what has been only 1,000 participants in the campus. In an editorial , entitled already conducted a general strike won , political democracy, so as to Also, one can notice the begin- appears in retrospect to be "Return of the Radicals," the March to protect its interests. be able to continue the Venezue- nings of political awakening oh Daily took issue with an oppo- ridiculously conservative. Students The students of Venezuela have lan revolution. The main opposi- campus. Attendance at socialist nent of the YS distributions: are coming from Southern, East- taken the leadership, both ideo- tion to a democratic government meetings is larger than a year or "Whether or not the YOUNG SO- ern, and Mid-western schools by logically and physically, in mov- comes from the upper class and two ago. The number of young CIALIST is worth reading is not bus , car, scooter and plane to ing the nation) out of its feudal- the American business interests. It people who are seriously consider- the issue . . . the basic question demonstrate for integration of the istic economy and culture . The is widely known that the United ing a radical solution to the stands: Should college students be schools. North and South. youth movement stands today as States provided the dictator Jim- world's problems is on the in- free to read what they wish? The probably the most independent inez with all his needs, tanks, crease. Occasionally students or- answer, of course, is that any stu- and militant organization of its guns, jets and money. During the ganize on a larger scale as witness dent must have free access to all CLEVELAND— Asocialist con- kind in the world .The student or- early January attempts to over- the development of SLATE. In controversial material." ference "To discuss the signifi- ganizations of Caracas U. and U. throw Jircinez, the FBI used its fact , when I visited Portland S° si; * cance of the 1958 elections and cf Merida both required all pro- contacts with the Canadian Em- State, a new college with virtually AUSTIN, Texas—By an over- meet the question: Where do we fessors to agree to cease teaching bassy to keep the dictator inform- no political past, I met a student whelming vote of 17-1, the stu- go from here?" is to be held here in case of a return to military dic- ed of underground activities, who ran against the fraternities dent assembly at the University Nov . 28-30. The YOUNG SOCIAL- tatorship. They have done an which led to innumerable deaths there and came within 10 votes of of Texas approved a resolution IST has expressed its support of enormous part of the work in un- in the attempt to overthrow Jirn- winning. asking that integration be ex- this conference, to which all es- ionizing workers, forming the po- inez. tended to restaurants, cafeterias tablished socialist groups and a litical parties, and acting as a mil- If the election to be held in The American student is by and and other facilities near the Uni- number of individuals have been itia in the interest of the working November succeeds in replacing large docile, apathetic and isolated versity campus. ... A student-run invited. . . . Students at Oberlin class. the existing Junta, an enormous from his fellow men. However, poll of high school students in College have formed the Oberlin Eighty per cenlr of the univer- step shall have been taken on the small bat important currents of Little Rock revealed that 71 per Socialist Club , the first socialist sity students of Caracas are ei- road to a socialist society. The opposition can be noted. It is to cent were for the re-opening of club on campus since the demise ther in the Communist youth or elected government will undoubt- these pockets of opposition, of life schools even if it meant integra- of the Debs Club a few years ago. the Democratic Action youth, of edly be socialist, and the demo- and of critical thought, that the tion. ... At Van B'Uren ,Ark., a The club wil l sponsor a meetmg which 90 per cent are militant so- cratic process of the ballot will future of the American student white high school senior told the for YS Editor Tim Wohlforth, eialists, Among the students the have been achieved can be seen. November, 1958 YOUNG SOCIALIST Paga 3 YS Editor Answers Questions About Socialism by Tim Wohlforth evitable. Only if the socialist revo- socialist or radical. However nei- During the last three weeks I have spoken to American students on about every type lution had been victorious in the ther is he a "contented" member of campus. I have spoken to students at low tuition or tuition-free city colleges ,at the mam- West could the Soviet workers of the middle class. In order to live moth state universitie sof the West, at a Catholic institution, at high-tuition, wealthy have been spared this fate. he must work for others and have schools, and at a small liberal arts school with a left-wing reputation. However today the Soviet work- others determine the amount he Out of the literally hull-;-) ers are taking care of this situa- will get paid and the amount of dreds of questions I have at- not suggest to someone that they ,infinite blackness and evil that tion themselves. This is the mean- work he will do. tempted to answer in the last few embark on a career to become a the American press presents to its WORKERS MUST FIGHT weeks, I have selected a few of millionaire without several hun- readers in order to scare them POLITICALLY those most frequently asked, ques- dred thousand dollars and a into support of American impe- Already .today one can see the tions which come up inevitably at "good" background to begin with. rialism. On the other hand we effects of the speedup on the every meeting, to be answered in INEQUALITY UNDER don't see simply thousands of workers as the bosses try to keep the columns of the YOUNG SO- SOCIALISM contented workers happily pro- ahead of the game during a re- CIALIST. Socialism will not be .a stag- ceeding to build socialism in the cession period by trying to get Q. What you say about social- nant society but quite the oppo- Socialist Motherland. more work out of the workers. ism is all very fine but what will site—a dynamic one. It will not be The Soviet Union proves one Also the workers see the at- happen to individual initiative a society of conformity. The real- thing—-the viability of the planned tempts of the bosses to deprive under socialism? You speak of ization of the goal of economic economy. The great achievements them of union protection through constant change and develop- plenty, of economic equality is not of the USSR, cannot be made any so-called "right to work" bills. ment in history. However when the end of social development but the less important by ignoring Here on the West Coast in the you get to your socialist society rather the beginning. It means them, as the capitalists try to do. states of California and Washing- there does not seem to be any that man for the first time in his- The USSR is developing at a pace ton a great political battle is be- change and there is nothing but tory can devote himself to more that will shortly outstrip the U.S. ing waged between the bosses on conformity and homogeneity. than simply filling his belly and —the greatest of the capitalist the one hand and the workers oil A. The myth of individual ini- getting a roof over his head. Eco- nations1 . Thus we see in flesh and the other over various "open shop" tiative or enterprise is probably nomic equality will lay the basis blood that the social method of propositions which will make coir the oldest of the many capitalist for inequality—inequality not of production is practicable. lective bargaining as presently myths. While in the early days physical possessions but of dif- In addition the USER shows us YS Editor addressing Los Angeles carried out illegal. of capitalism there was at least ferent interests and abilities. that it is possible for a major City College students at outdoor Yes , many workers live better some reality to the idea that in- Socialism will allow man to go power to function without trying meeting. than they used to. Some own dividual initiative was the corner- beyond the beast—to devote him- to dominate the world. Cerainly. homes and cars on credit. But a stone of capitalist development self to the development of the today when U.S. battleships are ing of Hungry and Poland. The few months out of work and it all certainly by now it is pure make- human personality in all its rami- three miles off the coast of China workers, however ,do not need the disappears. With credit buying it believe. Under modern capitalism, fications — something which has we must realize who is the real "help" of Dulles. In fact they only takes a short time for your individua l initiative is suppressed, been barely tapped in previous so- aggressor in the world. stated clearly during their strug- "middle class" worker to lose not encouraged. The intelligent cieties. SOVIET BUREAUCRACY gles that they wish to preserve the everything. A worker in such a po- person, the artist, the writer, all Q. Isn't Russia what happens However on top of the progres- planned economies of their coun- sition will fight. He will find he are subjected to the pressures of when you try to get socialism? sive economic system has jgrown tries and to go on to democratic needs to be organized politically conformity. They don't have any equality up a repressive bureaucracy socialism. as well as on the job. He will re- In addition upward mobility is there. There the bureaucrats run which lives and acts much like Q. Yow socialists appeal to the ject the "company unions" in the on the decrease. By in large the everything. The worker is worse the capitalists do. This bureau- workers of this country for their political field—the two capitalist rulers of today's monumental in- off than here,. cracy is quite the opposite of the support. But aren't the workers parties—and strike out in a so- dustrial empires are the children A. Yes, you are right, we must great socialist ideal. That it came content? They live better than cialist direction by forming a of yesterday's rulers. Regardless of look to the Soviet Union for a into existence is not isurprising to most middle-class people. They party of labor. Then there will one's personal abilities I would concrete test of the viability of socialists for we have always held certainly aren't interested in be very little talk about our "mid- socialism. What we see there is that under conditions of scarcity class struggles and things like dle class" worker. In fact people a very contradictory picture. On and economic backwardness in- that. will begin to talk of our proleta- Yout hMee itn NYCthe one hand we do not see the equality and oppression are in- A. The American worker is no rianized middle class. To Pla Viennn Festivaa l TWO VJEWS OF SOCIALISM: by Nora Roberts Vienna will be the gathering place of the world's peace-loving young people next summer. The seventh world festival of youth ex- lenitch, Wohlforth Debate Unity, Program pects over 18,000 participants from by Rose Myland member of SJLATE (a student Implies governmental suppression man and Singer, any more deserv- all corners of the earth to come to BERKELEY, Calif. — On Wed- anti-fraternity party). of the Communis tParty and other ing of the name "socialist" than its bi-annual round of culture and nesday, Oct. 1, at Stiles Hall, the Wohlforth, who spoke first, serious critics. are the Nazis. sports events University YMPCA ,approximately pointed to the hostile attitudes of 2) "Peace can be secured by a Item: the SP threatened the In- The purpose of the festival is 70 students heard two sharply and the SP-SDF towards socialism, to- system of collective security," dependent-Socialist Party of Ne$ to promote a better understand- fundamentally contrasting views wards other socialist and left- which necessarily means support York State with court action be- ing among people of the world in of socialism. One was presented wing forces, and towards socialist of NATO, SEiATO and the Bagh- cause it was planning to call itself order to break down national bar- by YOUNG SOCIALIST editor morality . The attitude becomes dad Pact, the military arms of the "United" Independent-Social- riers. It is felt that if the youth Tim Wohlforth; the other by Bog- clear in the international docu- American imperialism. The SP- ist Party. A discussion between of the world express the desire to dan Denitch, former field repre- ment of social democracy, "The iSDP attitude is clear: the main SP-SDF leaders and representa- get to know one another, an end sentative of the Young Socialist Aims and Tasks of Democratic enemy of American socialism is tives of the ISP revealed that what to war will be possible. League, who spoke for the Young Socialism." This document has I Communism (Stalinism). The cen- the SP-SDF really objected to was At the festival, each delegation two major anti-socialist points: 1) j ti-al thesis of the Y SEditor was the use of the word "socialist" presents a cultural program show- Peoples' Socialist League of the Socialist Party-Social Democratic "Bu t democracy has the right ] that the main enemy of the Amer- by the ISP, who dared to infringe ing a sample of life in its coun- Federation. The debate was mod- and duty to protect itself against ican workers and American so- 011 the SP's self-appointed monop- try. Although there are competi- erated by Carey McWilliams, Jr.. those who exploit its opportunities cialism is our own ruling class oly of the word. tive sports games between the dif- a graduate student and active only in order to destroy it." This here at home. Item,: the insistence of the SP- ferent national teams, the iCtmpha- Bogdan Denitch explained this SDF that the Shachtman group sis is on fair play and not on very "easily." He pointed out that disclaim its past in order to crawl. victory. Besides the festival events the "Aims and Tasks" document chameleon-like ,into the SP. themselves, participants will have ¥5 Supporters Respond to Fund Appeal was written so that other So- Denitch brushed these off by a chance to discuss with students by Allen Tapliii ' cialist Parties throughout the sleight-of-hand magic as silly, in- and young workers from all parts Business Manager, YOUNG SOCALIST world could agree with it. He cited consequential things. of the globe. American youth need a socialist newspaper! This was the belief the English and Japanese Socialist FOR SOCIALIST UNITY Transportation costs are ex- of the editors and supporters of the YOUNG SOCIALIST back in Parties, but neglected to mention Wohlforth concluded his pres- pected to be, at the most, $400 October , 1957 ,when the first issue came out. And today this is the Guy Mollet and the French "So- entation with a question: "Why round trip. There is also a regis- belief of many thousands more of America's young people who have cialist" Party (SFIO) which just can't we have a real unity of anti- tration fee of $5 per day for the been introduced to socialism through the pages of the YOUNG SO- supported De Gaulle's rise to imperialist forces? An organiza- ten-day stay which covers room, CIALIST. rower. He also stated that all the tion open to all young socialists board, and minimum transporta- resolution The expansion projects launched by the paper at the beginning parties adopted the regardless of their views or affili- tion costs in Vienna itself. with little face-saving disclaimers ations, who can write and speak of its second year have already begun to pay off. The national barn- The United States delegation such as was adopted by the YPSL as they believe , without face-sav- storming tour of editor Tim Wohlforth has already brought the news- plans, for the first time since the recently. (See the report of the ing devices, for real democratic paper, with its program for a united, militant, and independent social- festival's inception, to present a recent YPS'L convention in the socialism?" He asked the YPSLers, ist youth movement, before thousands of young students and workers well-rounded program, represent- October YOUNG SOCIALIST). "How can you go along with the on the West Coast, ing American life. SOCIALIST "COOPERATION" 'Aim sand Tasks' pamphlet? Why A conference was held on Our readers and supporters are ali young people, wrokers and stu- Wohlforth then told the audi- can't you be ooen and unafraid October 4 to set ut >a national or- dents, none of them well off. It is their contributions, in money and ence phout the things the SiP-SDF to break with the status quo?" ganization to prepare the 400 effort ,that keep the paper going. Right now they are digging deep hid done to hamcer and block Afte r brushing off the treacJi- young people to go to Vienna from to raise tha $1,200 needed in our fall fund drive. With one month other socialist, forces . Item,: the erous nets of the SP towards other America. Local committees have of the campaign period gone by, $405 have come in, one-third of the hurried consultation between the socialists. Denitch expounded a been set up in Seattle, Portland, goal. Contributions have been received so far from groups in Balti- arch reactionary ,William (Rusher, short h'story of the radical move- San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chi- more, the Bay Area, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles , New York, Phila- publisher of the National Review, ment. He pxolained that the rea- cago, Philadelphia ,and New York delphia, and the Twin Cities. And pledges have been made by sup- and Sam Friedman, New York son thp SP-SDF was t;he future to handle area participation. porters in Boston, Buffalo , Cleveland, Denver, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Stat-p Secretary of the SP-SDF socialist rnovpmen t in this eorai- The national headquarters is to Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver. and Herman Singer, editor of the trv wns that it is against the 'be established in New York. No We ask a51 owr readers to pitch into this campaign and help make Socwlict fall (officia lorgan of mo^t totalitarian svstem In the office has been found yet, but the fund drive a success. Contributions can be made through YS the SP-iSC'FK The result? Rusher world. Russia. And it made this those who wish more information supporters groups in the cities named, or directly to the newspaper. backed down at the last minute clear to the American worker. may contact Joanne Grant at 27 For information on how you can help with time and effort , as from a scheduled debate with Tim WHO IS THE ENEMY? West 84 St., Apt. 12, New York, well as money, write to us and we will put you in touch with a YOUNG Wohlforth because the YS was Wohlforth . in his rebuttal, New York. SOCIALIST supporter group in your area. nob , according to Messrs. Fried- (Continued on Page 4) Page 4 YOUNG SOCIALIST November, 1958 CAMPAIGN ROUNDUP: Young People Help Bring Socialist Ideas to Voters by Barbara Doritty California in November move-, Socialists throughout the country are uniting to present a soci- ments are under way for united alist alternative to the major parties in this fall's elections. Students socialist political action in both and other young people are working actively in this effort. states. In California, Washing- In New York State the Indepen-O ton, and Ohio, socialists are cam- dent-Socialist Party election cam- Columbia University, where a to- paigning against the "Right-to- paign is in full gear as the YS goes tal of 300 students shivered in the Work" laws which are on the bal- to press. A recent rally drew a cold rain to hear socialist views. lot in all three states. crowd of 400 to hear the candi- Dr. Annette T. Rubinstein, candi- dates and two guest speakers. The date for Lieutenant-Governor, was In spite of unsuccessful at- various groups that have united the featured speaker A lively dis- tempts in other states for united together in New York have put cussion followed her talk. Meet- independent socialist action the forward socialist objectives, de- ing's have also been scheduled for Socialist Workers Party and the .. claring that "wars, depressions City College, Bronx Science High Socialist Labor Party are on the and exploitation of minorities can- School, and elsewhere. ballot. not be ended in an economic sys- CHICAGO ,DETROIT PLANS Socialist electoral developments tem run solely for profit and not A unity of independents and so- throughout the nation give real primarily for the people's bene- cialists has been formed in both promise that 1960 will witness an fit." Seattle and Chicago. (See write- impressive united socialist effort YSA STREET RALLY up on the Seattle campaign, p. 1.) nationally behind a presidential The campaign, has received an The United Socialist Campaign in | ticket. Young people no longer encouraging response among Chicago has begun its fight for want to put up with the evils of young people. The new party call- independent political action, call- YS supporters help Muriel McAvoy ,Petition Manager for the Inde- the two parties. Now is the time ed a meeting Oct. 16, attended by ing for withdrawal of all troops pendent-Socialist Party, check petitions in the Young Socialist Alli- for the young people, students and students i'rom several schools and from foreign soil, an end to war ance headquarters. workers, to carry the banner for Colleges in New York City, to dis- preparation, and Negro represen- socialist ideas. As students and cuss ways of furthering the cam- tation. It also calls for the 18- dates. The Socialist Workers Party and discussed their politics * workers, it is up'to us to engage paign on campus. year-old vote. arid the Socialist Labor Party are Although there will be no sq- in activities which will make the on the ballot "in Michigan. The ciialist candidates in Ohio and socialist future a reality. The Young Socialist Alliance In Detroit, young workers and group recently sponsored a "Meet has already held a street rally at students have organized a Youth the Candidates" reception at which Committee for Socialist Candi- candidates from both parties met BarrettCampaignsasSocialist Donke Balky ..s . Dulles is now reaping the fruits apparatus in order to maintain (Continued from Page 1) socialist club on the campus since (Continued from Page I) from the military and economic their hegemony, and thus their and independent. After refusing the Young Progressives in 1947. by Truman, and continued by alliances sowed by the Democrats. profits. to sign the loyalty oath, he was The activities of the last six Eisenhower, this has meant cold Meanwhile, the people of the discharged "under other than hon- months: a peace walk with the Thus, almost any economic ques- Quakers, a protest meeting against war and militarism, witchhunt world stand in danger of falling orable conditions" from the Offi- and thought control. Despite lib- tion becomes for the worker a cers' Reserve. Yet one of his for- continued nuclear bomb testing, eral criticism of "brinkmanship," into the abyss of nuclear world political question, since his mate- mer classmates of Infantry OCS the speech of a Smith Act de- the institutions of the cold war, war unless they take the power rial interests force him to politi- made the remark that he thought fendant. Now it can be added that such as NATO and the Baghdad of controlling the world's destinies cal measures.'It is precisely in this Barrett was the most RA and a University student socialist is Pact, were developed by Truman out of the hands of big business modern class struggle that labor, "gung ho" soldier he had known. running for the Senate from that and Acheson. The support of re- Barrett, presented with this con- district. and its American political repre- in its own self-interest, must raise The convention which nomin- actionary dictators for the sake sentatives, the Democratic and the banner of the liberal goals tradiction, reflected, "keeping my of the "defense of the free world" Republican parties. against those who, in their self- bills paid in full makes me feel ated Barrett was composed of was initiated by Truman and Ach- that I can complain about the many divergent Socialist and left It is sometimes said that a so- interest, have consistently at- eson. tacked them. merchandise." Barrett has helped wing groups, including pacifists, cialist or "third party" should not preserve that right for himself liberals, civil libertarians, mem- While liberal politicians criti- be encouraged because our gov- While a mass party of labor has and others. He has participated in bers of the Socialist Workers cize the alliance of this country ernment is based upon the "two- yet to be built, the necessity of many activities which have mate- Party, dissident Communists, and with dictators, they always agree party system." There is indeed a the political organization of the rially aided the fight for personal independent socialists like Barrett that we should and do have a bi- kernel of truth in this statement. working class is nonetheless vital. liberties in Seattle. who havs never belonged to any partisan foreign policy. They criti- The idea of two parties has a cer- In the coming election it is the political party. NEW SOCIALIST CLUB cize Trujillo, Batista and Chiang ain symmetry derived from the socialist candidates who call lor With this convention, the effort twit are never able to bring them- tendency of class society to polar- the formation of such a party. It Encouraged by the initiative of to unite the left on particular is- selves to oppose aid to these de- ize into "haves" and "have-nots." is therefore understandable why such students, many professors re- sues took a major forward step. fenders of the "free world." In modern capitalist society, this the socialists are the only propo- fused to sign a loyalty oath re- The convention declared its inten- When not a single voice is polarization is the conflict of the nents in this election of real civil quired of all the University Staff. tion to make Seattle ring with raised in the Senate against the working class and the capitalist rights and liberties and of an end Their refusal led to a court bat- the cry for peace, civil rights, and Marine invasion of Lebanon class, which are irreconciliably to the imperialist foreign policy. tle which ended when the State greater equality. The platform at- Could it toe that this bipartisan opposed. This struggle, essential- Supreme Court declared the tacks the rule of the big businesses foreign policy is dedicated less to For one who holds dear the Washington State Loyalty Oath and the big parties in the United ly economic, drives the capitalists liberal goals, the socialist vote be- the preservation of freedom than to turn increasingly to the state unconstitutional. In January 1958 States. to safeguarding the" ever-increas- comes his real alternative. the students organized the first Attorney Jay Sykes, the candi- ing need for profits by a small date running against the "little number, of capitalists? Senator from Boeings," Senator Henry M. Jackson, said that the "CHIANG WILL PASS" MacDonaid Leadership 30-40Shuns Fight;convention was doing something In an article in the New York unique in the history of the state, Post (September 15), columnist and perhaps in the history of the Joseph Barry attempts to pin the nation, in welding socialists and rap for this foreign policy on one Young Workers face Unemployment Problemnon-socialists together around a man, Dulles. He fails to note that by Neva Kecsemeti single slate. Under these conditions, many One delegate was able to raise Dulles is simply adhering to the The young workers who are the suicidal policy of "containment" delegates found it impossible to the issue of unemployement. A majority of the 250,000 unem- come to Rarick's aid. very rugged militant delegate free Debate enunciated by Acheson. He does, ployed in sleel looked to the Unit- however, aptly describe this bi- SHAM OF DEMOCRACY from the domination of McDon- (Continued from Page 3) ed Steel Workers ninth constitu- ald or Rarick spoke very power- partisan foreign policy: "Now we tional convention for an answer Showed that Denitch was uncon- ."have appointed ourselves a per- Howe ve r , MacDonaid was fully on the need for 30-40 (30 to the number one problem facing haunted by 200,000-plus votes cerned about the program around manent police force with the that hour week at 40 hours' pay). He which a unity should take place.. them, unemployment. Unemploy- Rarick polled when he ran for emphasized this was the answer to task of quarantining Communist ment has become a tragedy to the president, conduct The YS editor felt that the cru- •China until Communism passes, and had to a the bosses all-out attack on our cial thing is to stop World War III young workers and their families vicious struggle against him. His union—to fight for 30-40. This ©blivious to what is so obvious who have now exhausted their un- bureaucratic hold has been weak- and that the driving force to- to the of the world—Chiang would bring the unemployed back wards that war is American im- rest employment benefits. Many re- ened by this strong protest vote. into the struggle against the boss- will pass from the Chinese scene ceive small Supplemental Unem- This weakness was illustrated by perialism. He 'hit the YPSLers for far sooner than Communism. es by giving them something to being so anti-Soviet that they for- ployment Benefits which do not the frequent meetings he had with fight for. The response to this del- "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." begin to pay for the necesities. the executive board during the get who the real enemy is. egate was very good and several Although Wohlforth believes In many states workers are denied convention, an innovation. Mac- other delegates came over to him S.U.B. Donald is in deadly fear of any to discuss what could be done. that workers democracy and so- cialism cannot be established ta The convention showed clearly opposition in the union, although The leadership of the union also Subscribe Mow! he boisterously thumps his chest Russia without a political revo- that Liteelworke rpresident James realizes the steel bosses are on the lution against the bureaucracy, he n 6 months $ .50 MacDonaid feared a discussion on trying to prove he has nothing to offensive . This is the main rea- the important issues and deliber- fear. pointed out that the Soviet Union D 1 year $1M son why they have deserted the has many very good and progres- ately kept the convention aimed The convention, which was de- policy of "mutual trusteeship." at the Dues Protest Movement. sive aspects which must be de- scribed by capitalist politicians But their resolutions signified that fended against imperialism. "Re- (Name—please print) Certainly the convention spent a such as Senator Kennedy of Mas- the union bureaucracy is not for disproportionate amount of time member," he said, "the battleships sachusetts as a show of democ- getting very tough. Their resolu- which are three miles off the (Address) on the Dues Protest Movement, racy, allowed a few dues protesters tions dealing with wage policy are which was extremely weak before coast of China are American the floor but only under the most all general and do not deal speci- ships; Russia's are not three miles ihe convention began. The Rarick repressive conditions. Although '(City) (State) fically with 30-40 or other specific From California." In spite of leadership did not defend itself MacDonaid received a formal vote sections. However, room was left against the charges made against Denitch's great concern about YOUNG SOCIALIST of support, it was clear that many to continue to fight for the shorter someone being friendly to the So- t: sums' the union for a million of the delegates could not stom- work week at the same weekly pay. viet Union, his organization dis- 144 Second Ave. dollars without going through the ach this sham of democracy, and This struggle by the unions for solved into a group which capita- ; New York 3, N. Y. channels of the union, and sup- the workers in the plants are sure- 30-40 is a life and death issue to porting ths "right to work" laws. lates to the policies of the State ly not going to fall for this line, i every steel worker Department.