‘Peaceful Coexistence’ And the Sputnik (See Page 3) t h e MILITANT PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING PEOPLE Vol. XXI ■ No. 42 NEW YORK, N. Y., MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1957 PRICE 10c WALL ST. PINS HOPES ON ARMS RACE SWP Election Drive Inspires Pushes War United Activities by Socialists Spending to Block Slump AFTER LITTLE ROCK. Candidates Campaign By Joseph Keller OCT. 15 — Sputnik didn’t Integration and flash into outer space a day In N.Y., San Francisco too soon for Wall Street. By Herman Chauka The Southern The stock market, an important indicator of the condition of the The election campaigns being waged by the Socialist “Moderates” profit system, had begun in Workers Party .in New York and San Francisco are By George Lavan recent months to sag in the providing a growing basis for united action by socialists middle and droop at both ends, The American public is sud­ it the hopes of America’s of various persuasion who share a common belief in the denly hearing a lot about South­ need to advance an independent socialist alternative to the ern “moderates.” Northern news­ declining 15% since July. The Soviet “moon” has lifted with Republican and Democratic parties of Big Business. In paper editors are hailing them as the hope of the South, the financial rulers. They see in it both cities prominent figures in the radical movement answer to the school desegrega­ a pretext to speed up U.S. militarization and thereby give are lending their support to public rallies on behalf of tion problem, the people who can prevent the reoccurrence ,of the capitalist economy another Socialist Workers Party candidates. such “ tragedies” as the federal shot-in-the-arm of war spending. Yesterday’s Wall St. Journal, Vincent Hallinan, former Progressive party leader, enforcement of desegregation at' JOYCE COW LEY, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Central High School in Little which complains that “cuts in w ill speak at rallies in both New Y ork and San Francisco Mayor of N. Y. and YINCENT HALLINAN, 1952 Progressive Rock. war spending have already made themselves felt in part,” observes on behalf of the SWP slates. The San Francisco rally on Party candidate for president, will speak at New York rally Who are these Southern “mod­ Oct. 25 for independent socialist political action . erates” ? What is théir program? in its lead article that “Sputnik Oci. 30 will be chaired by Warren K. Billings, heroic What can fighters against Jim and kindred Soviet achievements are propelling the cold war into fighter with Tom Mooney, against capitalist injustice. Crow expect from them? These questions and their answers will a tough new phase.” Both Hallinan and Billings have urged San Francisco assume increasing importance “TOUGH” TALK workers to vote for Barbaria and Jordan, Socialist Work­ Nat I Guardian Editors since the Southern “moderates” This leading financial and are being pushed forward into business newspaper cites the ers candidates for Supervisor. the national political limelight speech of Army Secretary occupied up tiil now by the Further support in San Francisco to the movement Brucker last week before a for united socialist political action came this week with Back SWP Rally in N.Y. Byrnes - Byrd - Griffin - Eastland women's group, when he stated: the endorsement of the Socialist Workers nominees by School of Southern politics. “You’ll never know the power (The following is the text of the Oct 10 letter from The pushing is being done by this country has, unless there is George Hitchcock and George Olshausen. Hitchcock, a well James Aronson and John T. McManus, editor and general important economic and political known San Francisco playwright, is chairman of the Inde­ a war. That power is so massive manager of the National Guardian respectively, urging interests in the South. And that nobody should ever risk pendent Socialist Forum in that city. Olshausen is a pro­ support to the New York rally- helping hands are being extended trying it out.” Ford-built rocket, planned to be launched from a balloon- minent civil liberties lawyer. for Vincent Hallinan and Joyce in a dark time in America have toy the Eisenhower administra­ The Journal then quotes “ one Cowley. The letter is addressed been most heartening to so many tion, the Northern Democrats suspended platform above Eniwetok Atoll, is one of U.S. of the Administrations’s most Their statement declares: “We believe that Labor answers to the Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile that has to Miss Cowley’s campaign man­ of us who suffered far less for and the Northern press. skilled diplomats’’ as follows: disrupted Wall St.’s war perspective. should have independent representation in government. ager, Carol Lynn. — Ed ) our convictions than he did. A PECULIAR TERM “ When you ta lk peace a ll the In addition, 1 am convinced Frank Barbaria and Joan Jordan, candidates for Super­ Use of the label “moderate” time, people get to believe that Dear Miss Lynn, that the dismal record of both visor, are running fo r office because they feel the same is as wide, all-em'bracing, and you’re never going to use what­ This is to let you know, in major parties in the city and consequently as vague, as cur­ ever power you have.” way. Moreover, they are both active socialists whose reply to your query, that I will nation leave only one recourse rent usage of the term “liberal.” All this “tough” talk, of course, program emphasizes the socialist future of mankind. Al­ be glad to give my support to for intelligent voters — inde­ As applied to the (Southern scene Hurl "Spy" Smear at Wife doesn’t preclude some maneuvers the meeting oh Oct. 25 at Central pendent political action. In my though the undersigned do not necessarily agree with it is being employed to describe in the direction of “peaceful co­ Plaza, when Vincent Hallinan opinion, for a progressive citi­ every point in the program of Frank Barbaria and Mrs. (1) anti-integrationists not iaen- existence.” But it does indicate will speak for the candidacy of zen to vote for the candidates tiiied with fire-eating statements that official propaganda is Jordan, we endorse their candidacies for the stated rea­ Joyce Cowley for Mayor. of either of the major parties of absolute defiance ot the Su­ To Prejudice Sobell Appeal being pitched to prepare the sons and call upon the citizens of San Francisco to vote I have the utmost admiration in the New York Mayoralty preme Court decision and legis­ American people for an intensi­ for Mr. Hallinan whom the Na­ election on November 5 would By Myra Tanner Weiss for them on Nov. 5.” lation to destroy it at any cost, fied arms race and the sacrifices tional Guardian supported in his be a foolish waste of a valuable (2) those who may have taken that further inflationary war In New York, support continues to grow for the Oct. campaign for the Presidency on ballot. OCT. 17 — A ferocious campaign, inspired and or­ the abovç positions but who spending w ill entail. 25 Cowley rally, at which Hallinan w ill speak. In a letter the Progressive Party ticket in Sincerely, ganized by the FBI and the Department of Justice, was nave since indicated that they 1W52. His courage and optimism James Aronson unleashed this week in a desperate attempt to prejudice MORE SACRIFICES of Oct. 10, James Aronson, Editor of the influential iheiieve nulluication, interposi­ I concur! Certainly, the Democrats are weekly, the National Guardian, urges support to the rally. tion or abolition ol the public the appeal of M orton Sobel! t<y~ John T. McManus bell. One such article purports going to press the issue and have school system unfeasible, (3) the U.S. Supreme Court. Sobell The letter declares that a “vote for either of the major to give the results of its own already fired their opening state officials who have endorsed is serving a 30-year sentence in parties in the New York Mayoralty election on Nov. 5 OTHER COMMENTS private “unbiased” and “inde­ salvos. Thus, Senator Symington such positions but are credited Alcatraz following his conviction (The following are additional pendent'' investigation into the (D-Mo.), a former Air Force would be a foolish waste of a valuable ballot.” John T. with secretly not being for tnem. in 1951 on trumped-up charges excerpts from the Stryker- new evidence demonstrating the Secretary, sarcastically com­ McManus, General Manager of the Guardian and the The present leaders of the of “conspiracy to commit es­ Wohlforth statement reported innocence of Sobell. This is the mented that “ Eisenhower wants Southern "moderates'1 are Gov pionage-’ for the Soviet Union. 1952 Gubernatorial candidate of the American Labor elsewhere on this page. — Ed.) article, “The people who stole it to meet the enemy at the border LeKoy Colxins of Florida and This campaign has been un­ Party, heartily concurred. (See text of letter on this page.) The lack of fundamental folding along two lines. First, [the atom bomb] from us” in with a firm ly balanced budget.” choice presented by the Repub­ Gov. Luther Hodges of North the Oct. 29 issue of Look maga­ Even the most conservative Additional speakers at the New York rally will in­ Carolina. Gov. Frame Clement of an attempt is being made at a licans and Democrats in the New "spy” smear against Helen So­ zine. This article, which we will financial commentators are clude Mrs. Clifford T. McAvoy, long active in the Progres­ Tennessee is also associated York Mayoralty election provides bell who has spearheaded an in­ analyse in a follow ing issue, declaring for no-holds-barred in with this group, .but since Fasi sive and American Labor parties, and Tim Wohlforth, a graphic demonstration that the vestigation of the frame-up of bears all the earmarks of FBI tackling a stepped-up super- Tennessee has long <been a Ke- editor of the new youth paper, the Young Socialist.