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Vol. 14 No. 1, 2 January 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

‘I Am a Partisan!’, by Leopold Wilhelm, from Die Neue Zeitung

Big Steel Gives Fakes Reasons to Up Prices

Anti-Jim Crow Mobilization Forms to Invade Wahsington, by Gordon Haskell

Four Freedoms for America! (cartoon), by Carlo

Arab States’ Intrigues Help Israel, by Al Findley

NAACP Head Says Truman’s Anti-Bias Directive Means Nothing Yet; FHA Refuses to Enforce It

Reuther OKs Acceptance of Witchhunt Contract, by Sam Adams

Closed Shop

AFL Says Pay Boost Is Due for 1950, by L.G. Smith

Labor ’Scope

Memo to Walter Reuther, from R. Fahan

Ohio Labor Notes

Curran’s ‘Confession’ Card in NMU

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

Not in the Headlines

Titoism and Independent Socialism – V

World Politics

The Marshall Plan and the Military

Behind the Kostov Case: Factional Fight Among the National-Stalinists, by Philippe Richard

Model Banquet

Another Boost for Howe-Widdick

Labor Item

The World’s Children Are Starving, by Susan Green

Gates Speaks for ISL at Five-Way Forum on Welfare State Trends

Culture Note

Mexican Purge

Vignette

Middle Ages in Albania

Ukrainian Anti-Stalinist Paper Now Available in U.S.

Chiselers


Vol. 14 No. 2, 9 January 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Keep the Purgers Out of the Plants!

A Look at the State of the Union (cartoon)

Truman Message Sees Fair Deal in Year 2000 – What Does He Propose for Today? by Mary Bell

Notice to the FBI

What ECA ‘Integration’ Means: U.S. Vetoes British Oil Expansion Plans, by Sam Feliks

National Survey Shows Rent Gouge Followed Administration’s Decontrol, by L.G. Smith

Tresca Group Blasts D.A. for Failure to Solve Murder; Memorial Planned

Financier Says Wall Street Has Taken Over SEC; Coffee Scare Was ‘Rigged’

Labor ’Scope

Readers Take the Floor ...

Ike and Hot Dogs

Pegler Sued

Cleveland Workers Forced Back to Work by Court Injunction, by Joe Clark

IUE Gets Pension Plan at Philco, by Frank Harper

The Dynamite Plot Against UAW, by Walter Jason

Method in Madness

Ghost-Quieter

Titoism and Independent Socialism – VI

World Politics

Book Review

Fenner Brockway Gives Background of Bristish Provocation in Nigeria

Press Manager’s Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Negro Weekly, Saturday Review of Literature Praise Howe-Widick Book

Nehru Makes Peace with Capitalists; Hindu fascist Issue Splits Party

Indian Socialist Party Calls for Left Unity, by Yusuf Meherally

Congressional Tax Bill Hits Co-ops but Real Tax Dodgers Ignored

Free Enterprise

Gobbledygook

On the House


Vol. 14 No. 3, 16 January 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

3 Chicago Corporations Initiate Plant Purge

FBI Claims Right to Break Law, Reveals FDR Approval

Truman Points to Becessity for Speedup in Production Rather Than Wage Increases, by Gordon Haskell

Spanish Labor’s Appeal: Stop U.S. Aid to Franco, by Wilebaldo Solano

Battle Over Formosa Ignores Formosa’s Right to Freedom, by Jack Brad

Japan CP Fires Pro-Cominformer, Break Reported

Not Big Enough

Ungrateful O’Dwyer Slaps N.Y. Labor Supporters

Child Labor

Another Refugee from Stalinland Tells the West, by Anton Ekhard, from British Socialist Leader

U.S. Military Missions Spread Over the World

S.F. Bay Area Notes

Joe Won’t Like It

Brookly Newspaper Hints at Solution to Tresca Mystery; D.A. Inaction Scored

Big Wind Due

Readers Take the Floor ...

Peron’s Hot Seat: Discontent Grows Apace with Crisis of Economy, by Juan Rey

World Politics

Polish Camarillas: ‘Russian Men’ Silently Purge CP ‘Country Men’, by A. Rudzienski

Not in the Headlines

“Free Press”? Wisconsin Editor Tells of ‘Canned Editorials’, by William Bechtel, from Labor

German Arms and Socialist Policy, by James M. Fenwick

Jamaica Gag

Feline Fair Deal

Not in the Headlines

With the Independent Socialist League

Press Manager’ Press Action, by L.G. Smith


Vol. 14 No. 4, 23 January 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Purge in the Plants: How Can Labor Stop It?

Hydrogen Bomb to Trigger Off New Arms Race

Stalin’s China Headache Linked to Japan CP Rift, by Jack Brad

Dewey Fact Board Soaks Buffalo Bell Workers; Union Men See Arbitration as company Trap

N.J. Supreme Court Kills State Loyalty Oath, by Ralph Stiles

Housing Expediter’s Figures Show Decontrol Unleashed Rent Boosts

UAW Sets Strike Date to End Chrysler Stall, by Walter Jason

Illinois Labor Notes

U.S. Policy Arms Reaction Throughout Latin America

Anti-Murray Rumor

Two Billion More – to Squeeze Out Small Farmers and Keep Prices Up

DuPont Secret

Eddy the Laboring Man

MacArthur Formula

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

Titoism and Independent Socialism – VIII

World Politics

Not in the Headlines

Socialist Policy and German Armament, by Eugene Keller

New York Sun Sets: Takes Last Swipe at Labor, Fires Staff Eithout Notice

Gobbledygook Defined

Shachtman, ACTU Speaker debate Socialism vs. Catholicismat College, by Max Martin


Vol. 14 No. 5, 30 January 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

How Labor Support to Truman Pays Off!

U.S. Reverses Anti-Franco Line; Move Will Aid Spanish Fascists, by A. Michel

N.Y. to Flout Court Decisions

Maragon and Truman, by Chris Sikokis

France and Germany Vie over Saar, by Henry Judd

Can the New Trade-Union International End CP Influence on European Labor? by Pedro Bonet, from La Batalla

World Politics

Eisenhower Gets Dixiecrat Boost

N.J. Bans Play to Help Trenton 9

New Technique

Toward a Stalinist Thesaurus

Military Rule Fastens on U.S. Colonial Lands

Readers Take the Floor ...

Threat

Democrat Did It

Press Manager’s Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Editorials

Hollywood’s Four Films on the Negro Question, by Susan Green

How the Russians Aid U.S. Reaction

Two Supreme Court Rulings Hit Civil Liberties, by Stan Grey

The Ageless Female

Best Wishes

Not in the Headlines

— and Justice for All

Books Received


Vol. 14 No. 6, 6 February 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Yank the CIO and AFL Out of the Snake Pit!

New NMU Group to Fight Curran and the CP; Reign of Terror Goes On, by N.R. Gaden

‘Never Such Hypocrisy’: Both Parties Vie to Shelve FEPC Pledges

Tito Clamps Tighter Police Control on Labor; Fake Reform Heralded, by Hal Draper

UAW Strikes Chrysler for Pension Demands, by Walter Jason

CIO Lifts Calif. Council Charter in Bureaucratic Move Against CP, by Scott Byer

Chicago Unionists Call for Rally to Oppose Stewart-Warner Purge

Shachtman to Debate Prof. Hayek on Socialism in Course of Tour

Miners’ Revolt Aimed at Coal Moguls, by Gerald McDermott

Labor ’Scope

Press Manager’s Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Readers Take the Floor ...

UAW Up Against Fact That Pension Issue Lacks appeal for Men, by Walter Jason

No Progress

“Equal Rights” – Senate Votes to Add Rider to Amendment

Ukraine Partisans Organize ‘Commando’ Political rallies, by Vs.F.

Shadow of the Military Darkens the Schools

‘States Rights’ Fails to Stop the Slaughter of the Innocents

B.C. Bennem (obituary)

Labor and Politics – Democracy and Classes, by Robert Lynd

Stalinists Licked at Student Meet, by Sam Feliks

Experienced Personnel

Tying Wages


Vol. 14 No. 7, 13 February 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

It’s Love – On Both Sides

Truman clubs Miners with T-H in Fair Deal’s 8th Use of the Law, by Gordon Haskell

UAW Faces Tough Struggle in Strike Against Chrysler, by Walter Jason

NMU Ranks Vote Down Boss Curran in New Blow Against Dictatorship, by N.R. Gaden

3 Shachtman Meetings in Chicago Make a Hit; 300 Hear Hayek Debate

Line’s Changed

Anti-Franco Rally Protests Spanish Terror Regime

Oil to Russia

Oakland Gougers Seek Recall of Councilmen Who Backed Housing, by B. Arnold

Two Dilemmas of the Marshall Plan: ECA Conflicts Show Up in Economics, by Sam Feliks

Ohio Labor Notes

To Them That Have ...

Steel Bosses Say More Price Rises Are Coming, by Mary Bell

Latest on Profits

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

As Labor Faces Its Election: A Symposium

An Editorial

England Is Not Australia – But Will Vote Be Decisive? by William Barton

The ILP View: Weaknesses in Labor Party Record, by John McNair

LP Seeks Middle-Class Vote; Tories Fighting for Existence, by Henry Judd

‘Not Much to Choose Between Labor and Tories’, by D. Alexander

Labor and Politics – Democracy and Classes, by Robert Lynd

Not in the Headlines

Right Wing Socialist Groups Vote Merger

Operation Dixie

Scientists Weigh Witchhunt Rider to National Science Foundation Bill, by Frank Harper

Stalin and God

An Editorial


Vol. 14 No. 8, 20 February 1950
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Socialism
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

EDITORIAL BOARD:
Hal Draper
Emanuel Garrett
Albert Gates

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Next Week Labor Action Becomes an 8-Page Tabloid!

Miners Defy Truman’s T-H in Fight for All of Labor, by Gerald McDermott

Kutcher Starts Suit to Test Purge Program

UAW Broadens the Demands for New Contract with Chrysler, by Walter Jason

ISL Launches Fund Drive for Tenth Anniversary, by Albert Gates

Einstein Warns on H-Bomb: ‘General Annihilation Beckons’, by Mary Bell

Yugoslav ‘Decentralization Reforms’ Have Nothing to Do with Democracy, by Hal Draper

ISL Secretary Gates and WDL Secretary Blast Government Purges in N.Y. Forum

Shachtman Speaks in L.A. on Titoism

Cleveland UAW Strikes Pesco for Union Shop, by Joe Hauser

Boy Scouts’ Militarization Stepped Up by Army Drive

ISL Fund Drive Quotas

Stoolpigeon Test

Press Manager’s Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Psychology – See? Pundits Ponder Proble of Love’s Labor Lost, by Philip Coben

How A&P Chain Cheats You: ‘Losses’ Made Up by Gouging, by George Whitney

Tapping the Wall St. Wire

The ‘Free Press’ Rolls Over

‘Let ’Em Die’ – Medico Trust Limits Number of Doctors

Impressed?

League for Mutual Aid Announces Dinner, Musicale to Finance Work

Japanese CP in Quandary as Cominform Blast Seeks to Impose Suicidal Line-Toeing Course, by Taketo Yamabe

SPD’s ‘Ostbureau’

Jim Crow, D.C.


Vol. 14 No. 9, 27 February 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Why Are CIO Leaders Silent About Truman’s Strikebreaking Role Against the Miners? by Gerald McDermott

Justice Warns of Trend to Police State

NMU Girds to Defend Hiring Hall; Curran Goons Run Amuck in N.Y., by N.R. Gaden

Never Forget!

You’re Looking

Reuther Speaks on Pie in the Sky, by Walter Jason

Akron Cop Murders Negro Vet; Police Chief Isn’t Interested, by George Whitney

ISL Fund Drive Starts with a Bang, by Yetta Barsh

Japan’s Socialist Party Splits; Rightists Out, by Leo Del Monte

Israeli Ruling Parties in Dispute on Religious Schools, Polygamy, by Al Findley

Editorials

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Not in the Headlines

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

L.A. Readers Take the Floor ...

The Strange Case of Noel Field, by A Former German Communist

ECA Demands More ‘Integration’ But Europe Resists U.S. Sway, by Sam Feliks

Shachtman Meet in Bay Area Packs the Hall

Judges in Uniform: Courts Click Their Heels, by Stan Grey

Did Capitalism Create Race Hate? SYL Forum Speaker Says It Did


Vol. 14 No. 10, 6 March 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

British Labor Wins in Close Race, Holds Vote, but New Election Looms

If Labor Acts, Miners Can Win! Don’t Leave them in the Lurch! Statement by the Independent Socialist League

FEPC Ripped to Shreds; House Votes Mangled Bill, by Mary Bell

Miners’ Picket Caravans Shut Diggings Down Tight, by Gerald McDermott

Big UAW Locals Call for Help to Miners; Union Pays Medical Plan for Chrysler Men, by Walter Jason

Refuses to Suspend Cop Who Murdered Negro, by George Whitney

Ohio Labor Notes

IUE-CIO Swamps CP-Led Union in NLRB Vote at 5 GM Plants

Reuther Tells Program for GM Contract, by Ralph Stiles

Fund Drive Near 25% in Second Week, by Yetta Barsh

Editorials

Science and You

Reading from Left to Right

Not in the Headlines

American City – Finds Honest Politician: It Creates a Sensation, by George Whitney

World Politics

British Faced with Resistance Struggle by Gold Coast People

The Wallaceites Try It Again, by R.L. Ferguson

Latest CIO Expulsions Plus Similar Case in AFL Throw Spotlight on Purge System, by Gordon Haskell

Pentagon Propaganda at New High in Cost

Hot Potato Problem: The Consumer Gets Rooked Twice Over, by Jessie Kaaren

They Need your Help!


Vol. 14 No. 11, 13 March 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

French Strikes Not Hatched by Stalinists, by Saul Berg

Forced Labor in U.S. Bared Before UN Body

Shachtman to Tour Midwest, East

Will Noel Field Turn Up Again?

Miners’s Great Fight Wins Victory After U.S. Court Case Collapses, by Gerald McDermott

Morale in Chrysler Strike Shoots Up as Miners Win, by Walter Jason

Labor ’Scope

Company Traps UAW Goodyear Local into Support of Loyalty Purge System in Plant, by George Whitney

Akron Press Tries to Hush Up Racism Issue in Murder Case, by George Whitney

Ukrainian Underground Presses Turn Out Anti-Stalin Propaganda, by Vs.F.

Wooing Nazis

Ideological Unity

Our Right – Your Duty, by Max Shachtman

Editorials

Science and You

Reading from Left to Right

You Can’t Outlaw the Stalinists Without Hittling Liberty for ALL, by Larry O’Connor

World Politics

Two Fingers Against the Wall, by Gordon Haskell

H-Bomb Over the Planet, by Mary Bell

U. of Calif. Faculty Fight Loyalty Oath, Wider Resistance Front Needed to Stop It, by A. Garber

House Votes Science Foundation Bill with FBI Man on Every Microscope, by Frank Harper

Justice à la GPU in Florida


Vol. 14 No. 12, 20 March 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

GM Profit Set All-Time Record, but Workers Just Got Wage Cut

Lift the Lid on the FBI Loyalty Purge!

Democracy Gets the 1–2–3: Feinberg, Picasso, Gubitchev

Kafka in the U.S.: How the CIA Purges, by Mary Bell

Is Another Race Riot Nearing in Detroit? KKK Forces Mobilize Against Negro Housing, by Walter Jason

UAW Local President in Akron Opposes Company’s Purge Plan, by George Whitney

Grand Jury Keeps Hearings Closed on Fenner Murder Case, by George Whitney

Chrysler Strike Front Is Firm; UAW Heads on Spot, by Walter Jason

Guderian’s M-Day – Dictatorship Plan for U.S.: Nazi General Draws Up War [Plan]

Ohio Labor Notes

Chicago Pushes Fund Drive to 42%, by Yetta Barsh

Editorials

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

The Socialist Left and the British Labor Party, by D. Alexander

Not in the Headlines

World Politics

You’re Invited

How Not to Fight a Purge, by Robert Magnus

CP Youth Licked at Student Conference; Majority Plans Fight for Campus Rights, by Julius Falk

Ceylon’s Jim Crow

Definition

Bitter Pills

ISL Demands Public Housing in Berkeley, by Arlene Williams

Notes on Iron Curtain Culture: Or – How Prague Apes Moscow


Vol. 14 No. 13, 27 March 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Lewis’ Victory and Proposals Create Ferment in Labor Ranks, by Walter Jason

Big Two Talk Peace – Brandish Big Stick

Loyalty Purge Gets Out of Hand – FBI Plots Mass Political Arrests, by Gordon Haskell

Young Socialists Answer Acheson in Street Rally

Labor ’Scope

Ohio Labor Notes

Chicago Dance Hall Jim Crow Challenged by Ex-CORE Students, by Dorothy Mallory

Arms and World Politics Discussed at N.Y. Forum

Detroit Housing Leader Ousted by Mayor Cobo, by Jimmie Little

Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Fund Drive Nears 50% with Six Weeks to Go, by Yetta Barsh

Editorials

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

Tapping the Wall St. Wire

Not in the Headlines

Small Business: Giant Corporations Use Small Business Lobbies as Fronts, by Jessie Kaaren

World Politics

Labor Candidate in Chicago, by R.L. Ferguson

The Story of Hawaii’s Military Dictatorship: Or – Civil Libewrties Under the Brass Heel

No Prosperity for Farm Labor – there’s Starvation in the U.S.!


Vol. 14 No. 14, 3 April 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Purge Octopus Reaches Out for ADA and SP, by Mary Bell

Cold-War ‘Prosperity’: Army of Unemployed Is Near 5 Million, by Susan Green

U.S. Imposed New Greek Regime, by Chris Sikokis

100 Children

UAW Exposes Phony Offer on Pensions by Chrysler, by Walter Jason

Labor ’Scope

Ford Auto Workers Demonstrate in Favor of Jobs for Negroes, by Jimmie Little

Food Companies Cut Profit Melon but Farm Labor Plight Worsens, by Jessie Kaaren

Rankin, Gerald Smith Develop Closer Ties

East German Police Can’t Quell Socialist Resistance

Tito Gets His ‘Ja’ Vote in One-Party Election

Quite Different

Fund Drive Over Half Mark, by Yetta Barsh

Debates and Meetings Arranged for Shachtman Tour

Editorials

Tapping the Wall St. Wire

Reading from Left to Right

You and Science

Pro und Contra – New German Magazine for Marxist Discussion Appears, by A.G.

World Politics

Not in the Headlines

Not in the Headlines ...

The Cop and the Dukhobor, by Stan Grey

Catholic Labor Classes Plug Taft Version of T-H, Push Corporate State Idea

Fifty-Nine of Harvard Faculty Support Defense of Legless Vet

Philly Westinghouse Union Wins Sefense of ‘Security Risk’ Case, by Frank Harper

Books Received


Vol. 14 No. 15, 10 April 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

CP Caught Redhanded Stealing Funds of UE, by A. Winters

Liberal Dilemma: ADA Weighs Its Independent Role, by Hal Draper

Harry Bridges Convicted

1,200 Hear Shachtman vs. Browder

Chrysler Local 7 Demonstrates in Mass Rally at Plant Gates, by Walter Jason

Detroit News Notes

Why Rents Stay Up

Israeli-Jordan Peace Prospect Bogs Down, by Al Findley

Akron Grand Jury Whitewashes Two Cops Who Murdered Negro Vet; NAACPto Appeal, by George Whitney

Big Brain at Work

With the ISL

The Root of All Evil

Fund Drive Needs More Steam! by Yetta Barsh

Editorials

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

Readers Take the Floor ...

Atomic Prospect: There Won’t Even Be Enough Bandages ...

Shachtman vs. Browder: A Full Report of the Debate, by Mary Bell

A Footnote on Judge Medina: Put Himself Out Defending Nazi


Vol. 14 No. 16, 17 April 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Bridges Conviction Hits Labor, Liberty, by Gordon Haskell

Truman-Dulles Bipartisan Deal on Foreign Policy Spotlights U.S. Imperialism, by Hal Draper

NAM, CIO vs. May Day

Book Burning!

Claude Pepper Boosts Jim Crow

Labor ’Scope

A Magazine Finally Prints the Truth About NMU Fight

Detroit News Notes

AFL Accuses Navy of Using ‘Forced Labor’

Faculty Group and Student Clubs Threaten Strike Action at U.C., by A. Gerber

LA 12-Pager Due May Day: You Can Help! by L.G. Smith

SYL Leads the Fund Drive, by Yetta Barsh

Editorials

Tapping the Wall St. Wire

Reading from Left to Right

You and Science

Youth and Student Corner

World Politics

Readers Take the Floor ...

Wallace’s Capitalist Credo – And Its Link with Politics, by Hal Draper

Assaults on Academic Freedom in Michigan Mounting; Wayne Bans Debate on CP Issue

Not in the Headlines


Vol. 14 No. 17, 24 April 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

UAW Rejects Chrysler Scheme; Reuther Reinstates Demands, by Walter Jason

Hill Boasts That Jim Crow Controls Democrats, Got FEPC Bottled Up

Protest Cold War on Democracy, by Gordon Haskell

Philly UE Suspends Local Headsas Pro-CIO Forces Organize, by Frank Harper

Labor ’Scope

Dodge UAW Rallies Mass-Pickets, by Jimmie Little

The New Lysistrata

Cigarette Makers Lying in Ads, say FTC Probers

Michigan Labor Notes

3 Successful Meetings Held in Detroit and Ohio for Shachtman

Plug for Taft

Books Received

Fund Drive: 2 Weeks to Go! by Yetta Barsh

Fund Drive Box Score

Editorials

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

They Told the Truth About Dulles, by Philip Coben

World Politics

Who Killed the 32 on the L.I.R.R.? by Susan Green

Inside Franco’s Spain, by Michel Salmon, from London Socialist Leader

Abner, PAC Candidate, Defeated in Chicago; Ballot-Rigging Rife; Policy Mistakes Seen, by R.L. Ferguson

“Atlantic Defense”, from Manchester Guardian

2 German Trotskyists Jailed in Russian Zone

Maryland Ober Law Bags First Victims: 3 Quakers

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

Classic Quote


Vol. 14 No. 18, 1 May 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The Fight for Socialism Is the Hope for the World, by L.G. Smith

From the Old World of Capitalism, by Ben Hall

— To a New World of Socialism, by Gordon Haskell

From This a New Man Shall Arise! by Hal Draper

Neither Washington nor Moscow! by James Haskell

Ten Years: the ISL Story, by Albert Gates

The Future Belongs to the Youth, by Max Martin

Moscow: Arch-Enemy of Socialism, by Mary Bell

The Communist Party: Labor’s Foe, by Emanuel Garrett

Freedom Draws No Color Line, by Larry O’Connor

Let’s Harness Labor’s Power, by Walter Jason


Vol. 14 No. 19, 8 May 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

H.S. Students Strike to Support Teachers in N.Y. Pay Demands, by Max Martin

Roosevelt’s Way

Labor War Brews on West Coast – Bridges vs. Beck, by S. Robertson

CIO Electrical Union Wins Big Plants from CP-Controlled Rival, by A. Winters

Scoop!

This Is NOT News

Chrysler’s Beating UAW top the Punch on Publicity, by Walter Jason

Michigan Labor Notes

Note

8 Curran Goons Arrested for Assault on NMU Opponents, His Port Agent Convicted

Dodge UAW Heads Impose Official Gag on Rights to Distribute Leaflets, by Jimmie Little

New Low: Farrell Attacks Politicals in Unions, by Peter Loumos

John L. Lewis Adopts Political Purge in UMW, by Frank Harper

Oscar Coover (obituary)

Daily Worker Explains

They Need Your Help!

Fund Drive Box Score

ISL May Day Rally in N.Y. (photo)

Announcement

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science, by Carl Darton

Reading from Left to Right

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor

World Politics, by Henry Judd

U.S. Diplomacy Loses a Round in Greece, by Chris Sikokis

UC Faculty Compromises on Oath Struggle; Wayne Hears Stalinist Prof. – Off Campus, by A. Garber

Why Nazis Recoup, from ADA World

Michigan Universities Maintain Ban on Student Council Meetings

Murder of Binaggio Points to Politics-Crime Linkup

Why Is UAW Losing to Stalinists in FE Plants? by Pete Jarms

Not in the Headlines

With the ISL

Books for Germany: Help to Build Socialism!


Vol. 14 No. 20, 15 May 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

UAW Gains Victory at Chrysler but Dangers Loom for the Future, by Walter Jason

U.S. to Finance Wwar by France Against Viet-Namese People, by Jack Brad & H.D. Spector

Liberal Party Leader Calls for New Party, by Philip Coben

New CIO Union Challenges CP in Office Work Field, by Mary Johnson

Michigan Labor Notes

Democrats Choose a Party Hack to Contest Taft’s Senate Seat, by Joe Hauser

Baldau Chosen to Head Cleveland FEPC with Support of Labor Men

May Day Perverted into M-Day by Both War Camps, by Mary Bell

Howe in Three Meetings and 2 Debates at U. of C., Madison

Profiteers’ Angle

And It’s Your Baby!

Fund Drive Hits 98%; SYL, N.Y. Star, by Yetta Barsh

In a Nutshell

Editorials

You and Science, by Carl Darton

Reading from Left to Right

Tapping the Wall St. Wire

Not in the Headlines

Labor ’Scope

ISL Program – In Brief

Triple Jeopardy? Vicious Prosecution of C.O. by Attorney General

Pro and Con: A Discussion Page

Launching a Discussion Page

On Political Action

Discussion Article

Independent Labor Party (cartoon)

R.R. Firemen on Strike for Jobs and Safety, by Gordon Haskell


Vol. 14 No. 21, 22 May 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Railroad Union Leaders Surrender Strike Aim, by Gordon Haskell

Big 3 Decree Permanent Occupation of Germany as Garrison in Cold War, by Hal Draper

On Ike’s Letters

AFL Leader Threatens New Party If Fair Dealers Don’t Deliver

Taftism

Congressmen Worried About “Oligopolies” – Can’t Turn Back the Clock to Small Business, by Susan Green

Michigan Labor Notes

‘Liberal’ Prof says State Can Ban Freedom If It Is Danger to Own Power, by James Lowery

Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Corporation Heads Figure Ways to Raise Own Pay and Beat Tax

Editorials

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

Readers Take the Floor ...

Not in the Headlines

World Politics

The ISL Program in Brief

Books Received

The Background of Allied Policy in Germany – Cold War Crime: Dismantling

French Forced to Propose Steel-Coal Pool with Germany to Bolster War Preparations, by Sam Feliks

Marshall Plan Evolves at Big 3 Meeting – Is It for Guns or Butter? by Henry Judd

Help!

Political-Action Discussion


Vol. 14 No. 22, 29 May 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

More Jobless, Higher Profits for 1950 Due

‘We May Have to Occupy More Countries, Says V.P.! by Hal Draper

Labor Party Leader’s Parley Maps Timid Policy for Britain, by Larry O’Connor

Truman Boasts Fair Deal ‘Saved’ U.S. from Socialism, by Mary Bell

Charges Against Gosser Create Scandal in UAW, by Walter Jason

Michigan Labor Notes

Free Enterprise

Fight Still On in Pittsburgh over Westinghouse Plant: CIO vs. the CP, by Jefferson Joyce

Donnell Bill Threatens Rail Workers’ Rights; Bosses Press Brutal Anti-Strike Measure, by Larry O’Connor

Socialist Youth Get Good Vote in Student Election at Berkeley

Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Pro-Capitalist Act of God

Editorials

You and Science

Reading from Right to Left

Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...

World Politics

ISL Program – In Brief

German Dismantling: Some Cases

Pro and Con: A Discussion Page

On Political Action Policy

U. of Wisconsin Cracks Down on Anti-ROTC Demonstration, by Jim Black


Vol. 14 No. 23, 5 June 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Czech CP Told to Toe the Line – Or Else ..., by Gordon Haskell

UAW’s Contract Victory at GM Marks a Turning Point, by Walter Jason

Times’ Chief Says U.S. Hated by Europe, Asia

Labor Zionists Here for New Labor Party

Smith and McCarthy

Anti-Semitism

See Truman Manipulating Cold War to Avert Crash

Michigan Labor Notes

Ohio Labor Notes

Trends

Featherbeds

Work Stoppage at Westinghouse Aims to Defend Steward System, by Joe Williams

India’s CP Is in the Rough

Anti-ROTC Students Punished by U. of Wisconsin Administration, by Dave Wood

New NI Features Text of Debate

50-Cent Coffee

Announcing This Year’s ISL-SYL Summer Camp

Sweating Licenses

Press Action, by L.G. Smith

Editorials

Youth and Student Corner

Reading from Left to Right

‘4th International’ Goes Whole Hog

World Politics

Not in the Headlines

ISL Program – In Brief

Labor and the Fair Deal, by Ben Hall

Cold War Crime: German Dismantling III

The Union Got This from GM

Chi Daily News Writer Blasts U.S. for Bucking Asian Revolt


Vol. 14 No. 24, 12 June 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

Summer Camp-School coming!

Supreme Court Hits Legal Jim Crow in 3 Decisions; Dodges Segregation Angle, by Jesse Kaaren & Larry O’Connor

MacArthur Teaches Iron-Fist ‘Democracy’

Remington Case Shows New Turn of Screw in Truman Purge

Court, Corporation Work Together to Soak Union

Ohio Labor Notes

Recognize It?

Labor ’Scope

1,500 Marchers in Philly Protest Military Jim Crow, by Frank Harper

Brooklyn College Scandal: ‘Liberal’ Prexy Swings Ax on Academic Freedom for Press, by Eugene Martel

Schuman Plan Asks Autocratic ‘High Command’ for Economy, by Sam Feliks

Books for Germany: Help Build Socialism!

Editorials

CP Registers Losses, by Daniel Welsh

Reading from Left to Right

German Dismantling: the Network of Inter-Imperialist Rivalry

World Politics

ISL Program – in Brief

Readers Take the Floor ...

It Was a Victory, But —, by Max Shachtman

Taking to the Floor on the GM Contract: Discussion

SYL Forum Hears Prof. Gerth on Karl Marx and Max Weber

Readers Take the Floor ...

Pro and Con: Discussion


Vol. 14 No. 25, 19 June 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

MacArthur Acts to Force Japan CP Underground

Labor Politics in Mid-Year: A Roundup

BLP Blast at Europe Unity Plan Is NOT Socialist, by Sam Feliks

Midway into 1950: Labors Score in Politics

Norman Thomas Girding to Reverse Convention Line on Elections, by Walter Jason

Michigan: Suit Charges Detroit Bias in Housing, by Jimmie Little

IUE-CIO Wins Runoff Election at Pittsburgh Westinghouse

Profit Crops Up

The Supreme Court and Jim Crow, by Gordon Haskell

Editorials

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

World Politics

Not in the Headlines

U.S. and Forced Labor, from The Workers Defense Bulletin

ISL Program – In Brief

Semanticists and Russia, by David Welsh

N.Y. Teachers Fight for Pay Raises Against O’Dwyer – Get the Business and a Red Scare


Vol. 14 No. 26, 26 June 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

The British Labor Party and European Unity

Israel Makes Arabs ‘Second-Class Citizens’, by Al Findley

World-Telly Strike Shuts Down N.Y. Daily Paper

Ohio Labor Notes

CP Fronts: Stalinist Party Losing Out in Non-Party Sympathizers, by Daniel Welsh

Farm Bureau Wags the Government

Midway into 1950 – Labor Politics in Reading

GM Contract and Unemployment, by Philip Coben

The ISL Program in Brief

You and Science

Reading from Left to Right

World Politics

Not in the Headlines

They Need Your Help!

Positive Approach to Western European Unity Is Needed as Against BLP’s Nationalism

Readers Take the Floor ...

Defense of Purge Misfires in Radio Program on ‘Loyalty’, by William Barton


Vol. 14 No. 27 July 3, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 28 July 10, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 29 July 17, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 30 July 24, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 31 July 31, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 32 August 7, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 33 August 14, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 34 August 21, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 35 August 28, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 36 September 4, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 37 September 11, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 38 September 18, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 39 September 25, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 40 October 2, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 41 October 9, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 42 October 16, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 43 October 23, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 44 October 30, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 45 November 6, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 46 November 13, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 47 November 20, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 48 November 27, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 49 December 4, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 50 December 11, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 51 December 18, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


Vol. 14 No. 52 December 25, 1950
Labor Action
Independent Socialist Weekly
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Company in New York City

EDITOR:
Hal Draper
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Mary Bell
L.G. Smith

BUSINESS MANAGER:
L.G. Smith

 


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