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[New York]
Vol. 9 No. 1, 1 January 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
It Almost takes a Revolution Just to Get a Mere 55¢ an Hour, by Walter Weiss
For Socialist Freedom!
Anti-“Pledge” Group Has Logic on Its Side, by W. White
- Local 501 Executive Is Against “Pledge”
Beware! Churchill, Eden Bear Christmas Gifts to Greeks, by Jim Tanakos
Bravo, Maestro!
UAW Ranks, Some Leaders Back Ward Strike, by Jack Miller
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Communist Slate Wins Farm Equip’t Election
- Doublecross (cartoon), from The Searchlight, UAW-CIO, Flint
Mesabi Workers Join Drive; 97% of Goal Reached
Editorials
- Stalin Wins Out on Poland
- Phil Murray Still on His Knees
New Times, New Methods – Or, a Fourth at Bridge(s), by Robert Sherman
The War Front: What Is the Meaning of the German Offensive? by Walter Jason
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Power Bloc Within Power Bloc
A Socialist Review of 1944, by Mary Bell
- S.L. Avery Spells Slavery (photo)
- The Battle on the Home Front
- WLB and the No-Strike Pledge
- Labor Politics and Reconversion
- The International Scene
- British “Democracy” in Greece (photo)
Justice: Two Kinds
Next Week
Vol. 9 No. 2, 8 January 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Atlantic Charter Operate! (cartoon), by H.
UAW Breaks Pledge – Supports Strike of Ward Workers, by Susan Green
Pirates in Profits: Ship Companies
New York Holds Tresca Memorial Meeting
“Full Employment” Bill Guarantees Nothing, by Walter Weiss
New York Puts LA Drive Over; Quota Passed
A Dictionary for Workers, by Stanley Grey
News and Views fron the Labor Front
- Militant Program Needed in Seattle Boilermaker
- Thousands of Municipl Workers Get Sub-Standard Wages, by Jessie Kaaren
- Cleveland Traction Strike, by James Shea
Out of the Past: The Fight Against the Injunction
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
Platform of the Workers Party
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Full Employment: The Capitalist Class Doesn’t Want It
The UAW’s Fuller Brush Salesman
Frisco Protest Meeting on Greece
Government Treats Avery Differently from Way It Did the Miners, from W. White
Strikebreaking Charges on Bridges Union Before CIO
Greek People Force Regency on Churchill, But – They’re Still Battling for Democracy, by Reva Craine
Detroit Mayor and Council Pass the Buck on Housing, by Martin Harvey
In Next Week’s Issue of Labor Action
Cartels: The Profit Organizations of Big Business, by V.F. Jensen
Vol. 9 No. 3, 15 January 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Oppose Labor Draft Act!
- This Is “Labor’s Friend”
- Reasons Given by Roosevelt for National Service Are False, by Susan Green
UAW Local 365 Out to Rescind No-Strike Pledge
UAW Negro Organizer Wins Suit Against Jim-Crow Hotel
Next Week
Giant Companies Enriched by War, by T.R. Cobb
Chicago United Front Meeting Protests British Role in Greece
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Paper of Catholic Unionists Is for No-Strike Pledge, by Martin Harvey
- A Dictionary for Workers, by Stanley Grey
- CP Sanctions Ballot Stuffing in Ship Local 9
Out of the Past: The Triangle Fire, by Ruth Philips
Readers Take the Floor ...
- Welcome Correction, from M. Ring
- Thanks Very Much, from J.C.G.
To All Readers
Surprise Note!
Subscribers’ Note!
Editorials
- WLB Insults Textile Workers with a Minimum Wage of 55¢ an Hour
- Communists Are Strike-Breakers in Union’s Strike at Ward Plants
Study in Political Arrogance
- Inter-Imperialist Conflict of the Big Three, by Reva Craine
Poland: How “Big Three” Differ on “Liberation”, by Mary Bell
The Principles Labor Action Stands For
- [Paper from a Workers’s Point of View], from R.K.
- [Reply], by M.B.
Greece: War of Liberation Still Being Fought, by Jim Tanakos
Fascism Still Exists in Allied Italy, by Jesse Kaaren
WLB Employer Bias Matter of Record, by Walter Weiss
Flash on Labor Action Sub Drive!
Vol. 9 No. 4, 22 January 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Every Worker Knows FDR’s Labor Draft = Serfdom!
- The Profiteer’s Dream! (cartoon), by H.
You Don’t Talk of These Things, Mr.Dalrymple!
“Bill of Rights” Aims to Split Vets and Labor
Memorial Service Held for Carlos Tresca
Minneapolis Defendants to Speak in N.Y.
Suppress OPA Report on Steel Profits, by W. White
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- A Progressive Program for the Longshoremen
- A Big Business Post War Plan
- Local 16 Rank and File Wins Large Vote
- So There’s a Labor Shortage? Here’s a Few Facts, FDR
- Labor Action Does It Again
How U.S. Rubber Profiteers Operate
Editorials
Kerenksy Makes a Lawyer’s Defense of Russia and Atlantic Charter, by Albert Gates
World Politics, by Reva Craine
- [Socialism and Communism], from J.R.W.
- [Reply], from M.B.
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Conscription Guarantees a New World War, by Mary Bell
A Study in Imperialism – Three News Items and Their Meaning, by Susan Green
U.S. Has Its Home-Grown Fascists, by Jessie Kaaren
- Fascist “Nationalist Party”
The Russian Version of Horatio Alger
Hearing Denied on Negro Quotas
Renew Effort to Free Davis
Vol. 9 No. 5, 29 January 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Labor Draft Is Anti-Union
- A Manpower Shortage?
Intense Fight Against ‘Pledge’ as Vote Nears, by Martin Harvey
Churchill Defends Greek Atrocities, by M. Bell
- Watchdog of Imperialism (cartoon)
Cletrac Workers Face Oliver Corp.
“Poor” $10-an-Hour Congressmen
Shachtman Talks on Mesabi Range
Next Week
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- CIO Utility Union Under Fire, by James Shea
- How $teel Trust Is Faring
Out of the Past: Unionism Hits Lumber Trust, by Ruth Philips
Labor Action Institute in Philly gets Good Start
Editorials
- FDR’s Assistant Lets Prices Rise
- Traitors in the Ranks of Labor
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Behind the Drive Against Petrillo and Musicians’ Union, by Walter Weiss
The Incentive Pay Trap, by W. White
A Post-War Locked-Out Generation, by William Gorman
CIO White Collar Workers Program, by Susan Green
Stalin’s Lackey Aids De Gaulle Disarm Militia, by Carl Davis
Lenin’s Famous Letter to American Workers, by V.I. Lenin
Vol. 9 No. 6, 5 February 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Defeat “Work-or-Jail” Bill!
- National Service Act (cartoon), by H.
- Copperheads of the Labor Movement
Shadow Boxing over Mont’y Ward Dispute, by Albert Gates
Ceilings on Livestock Hike Meat Prices for Consumers, by Susan Green
Allentown: Guineapig for Labor Draft, by Walter Weiss
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- The Seamen’s “GI Bill of Right”, by E. Boreas
Out of the Past: Joe Hill, Labor Martyr, by Ruth Philips
Greek “Unions” That Support the British, by Jim Sikokis
Editorials
- Roosevelt Has Been Kidding Labor About Increasing Wages
Greece: Golden Goose for Britain, by Jim Sikokis
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Furlough: A Picture of Life in Nazi Germany, by Sylvia Merrill
GE Cartel Plots Show Need to Draft Capital, Not Labor, by V.P. Jensen
Detroit Workers Hear Shachtman on Imperialism
Behind Jones-Wallace Fight: I. Issues in the Fight over Wallace and Jones, by Max Shachtman
N.Y. Anniversary Meeting for V.I. Lenin
Vol. 9 No. 7, 12 February 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Post-War Full Employment – FDR’s Plan vs. Workers Party Plan, by Sam Adams
On with the Fight Against May Bill
UAW Leadership Call on CIO to Leave WLB
- UAW Rank and File Issue Paper
The Big Three Meet to Decide Who Gets What
CRDC Welcomes Minneapolis Defendants
No Little Steel Formula for Big Business!
Hard Peace Means It’s Hard on Workers, by Walter Weiss
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Cleveland Union Needs Own Local, by Stanley Paxon
- Why Unionists Get Grey, by R. Harris
- Yes, We Know!
Press Action, by Sol Rayo
Report of Greek Events
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
World Politics, by Reva Craine
UNRRA: Imperialist Weapon, by Jessie Kaaren
The Story of the “Liberation” of Poland, by Jonathan Stone
Belgian Workers Force Pierlot Out
They’re Against Even 65 Cents an Hour
Behind the Jones-Wallace Fight: II. The Wallace Program, by Max Shachtman
Vol. 9 No. 8, 19 February 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Big Three Partition Europe
- Power Politics Reign! by Albert Gates
- The Yaltese Double-Cross (cartoon), by H.
- London Labor Conference Echoes Big 3 Imperialism, by Sam Adams
Reactionaries Attack Briggs Local 212
It Can Certainly Happen Here, by Carl Davis
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Revoke No-Strike Pledge, from Local 212, UAW-CIO
- Two Letters from Sharecroppers Reveal Living Conditions in S.E. Missouri
Out of the Past: Leaders of American Labor I: Eugene V. Debs
Readers Take the Floor ...
- Letter from a Todd Worker, from Todd Shipyard Worker
Labor Action Book Service
First-Hand Account of Britain’s War on Greeks
Only Guarantee of Lasting Peace: Let the People Decide! by Joe Leonard
World Politics, by Reva Craine
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Labor “Shortage” Exposed
In Next Week’s Issue
Daily Worker Whooping Up Conscription, by Mary Bell
The Army Want to Hang Him: The Case of Pvt. Henry Weber, by John Stewart
- A Reader Writes on the Case, from R.
War Crimes: No Punishment for the Guilty, by Jessie Kaaren
Latest Moves in Tresca Case
Note to Subscribers
Behind Jones-Wallace Fight: III. The Program of the Workers Party for the Post-War Period, by Max Shachtman
Vol. 9 No. 9, 26 February 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Textile Workers Union Scraps No-Strike Pledge
- Took Right Step: Emil Rieve (photo)
- Run-Around Expert: William H. Davis (photo)
UAW Fights Communist-Led Farm Equipment
A Partition of Europe
Local Fights for Contract, by James Shea
Remember the Madison Square Demonstration? by Sol Rayo
Vinson Vetoes Raises, But Profits Climb, by Walter Weiss
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Progress UAW “Rank and File” Issues Its Own Newspaper, by T.R. Cobb
Out of the Past: Big Bill Haywood: American Labor Titan
Detroit Negro Housing Situation, by Martin Harvey
[Rickenbacker on Labor Draft]
Let ‘Freedom’ Ring!
Readers Take the Floor ...
- Mont’y Ward Worker Likes Labor Action, from E.L.
- Reader Sends Note from Southern Worker, from R.G.
Press Action, by Sol Rayo
LA Reader on Nat’l Slavery, from Joe
Power Politics = Hard Peace, by Joe Leonard
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Nat’l Service Act Means a New Slavery, by Mary Bell
Review of The First Round Points to Need of Labor Party for Fight to Finish! by Albert Gates
French CP Now Critical of de Gaulle, by Carl Davis
How the German Workers Befriended British Labor
Behind Jones-Wallace Fight: IV. Conclusion: Workers Party Program, by Max Shachtman
Vol. 9 No. 10, 5 March 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Labor: Follow Textile Workers, Quit WLB, by Sam Adams
WLB: Backs FDR Wage Freeze Again! by Walter Weiss
- WLB: No Wage Increases (cartoon), by H.
They’re Kidding About “War Criminal” Trials, by Jesse Kaaren
Irregular Balloting in UAW No-Strike Voting
Metropolitan Life Acts to Evict 3,000 Families, by Leah Tracy
You Don’t Say! Dept.
Dodge Strikers Still Stand Firm, by Martin Harvey
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Notes on the National Wage Crisis, by Walter Weiss
Helen Judd (obituary)
Out of the Past: Samuel Gompers, Labor Lieutenant of Capital, by Ruth Philips
Press Action, by Sol Rayo
Editorials
- WLB for “Non-Living” Wage But Has to Wait for Vinson OK
- Small Neutrals Declare War on Germany Under Allied Pressure
- U.S.-British Grab of French Bases Behind DeGaulle Snub
Power Politics = Hard Peace, by Joe Leonard
World Politics, by Reva Craine
- Battle over N.Y. FEPC, by J.R. Johnson
Next Week’s Features
Jacques Doriot, a Communist Turned Fascist, by Carl Davis
Old Lies in a New Pamphlet, by Mary Bell
World War II Prepares a New Barbarism, by Sylvia Merrill
PAC’s Hillman Repudiates Need of the Hour – A Labor Party, by W.F. Carlton
Vol. 9 No. 11, 12 March 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
The Militants at Chrysler and Briggs Show the Way
- Support Detroit Strikers! by Martin Harvey
- Detroit Shop Stewards Should Meet to Fight Anti-Labor Drive
- Company Provokes Strike
Lewis Under Fire as He Moves to Get Miners Raise, by Walter Weiss
Murray Meets Wage Freeze with Post Cards, by Mary Bell
Stuyvesant Tenants League Speaks, But Doesn’t Act, by Michael Wylie
Six Fat Years of Profits – For U.S. Business (diagram)
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Companies’ Fault – Frankensteen
Out of the Past: William Sylvis and National Labor Union, by Ruth Philips
Press Action, by Sol Rayo
Editorials
- Dan Tobin, Labor Leader
- A Weakness of U.S. Labor
- The Hate-Campaign Is On
Dino Grandi’s Whitewash, by V.P. Jensen
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Economics of Miners’ Fight, by J.R. Johnson
UNNRA [_sic_]: Club Over Staring [_sic_] Europeans, by Jessie Kaaren
ELAS Leaders Throw in the Towel, by R.C.
Pan America: What It Means, by Sally Gorman
More on Daily Worker Liar, Morris ―
- [More on Morris Story, Please], from S.L.
- [Reply], by M.B.
- Enthusiasm – To Order
Note to Subscribers
What’s On
Vol. 9 No. 12, 19 March 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
This Is How Equality of Sacrifice Works!
- For Chrysler Corporation
- For Chrysler Workers
105,000 UAM [sic] Workers Vote – Against No-Strike Pledge, by Martin Harvey
An Editorial
- Nationalize the Coal Mines
The Enemy Is Trying to Enslave You (cartoon), by Carlo
Detroit Strikers Back; Issues Still Unsettled, by Arnold Cranmer
“Voluntary” Slave Bill Already in Effect, by Walter Weiss
Anti-Labor Offensive on the Legislative Front
- Michigan, by Arnold Kramer
- Colorado, by Robert Sherman
News and Views on the Labor Front
- From Vinson to Davis to Taylor, by Sam Adams
- Militants Lose in UAW Local 719, by Robert Miller
- Oregon Woodworkers Resolve: Defeat FDR’s Slave Bill!
Press Action, by Sol Rayo
No-Fraternization Ban Fails, by V. Jensen
World Politics, by Reva Craine
From the Program of the Workers Party
Akron Rubber Workers Report, by Bill Ford
Editorials
- The Decisions Taken at Yalta
- Vote for Myra Tanner Weiss
What Labor Draft Really Means!
CP Thuggery in Farm Equip’t
How the Communists Betrayed in Greece, by Jim Tanakos
The Upper 1% Lives Well, by Sylvia Merrill
A Little Product of War
Hopkins Forgot to Tell the Pope
Cyprus: A British Colony, by Chris Sikokis
Conditions of the European Jews, by J. Kaaren
CP Lines Up with Detroit Companies
Block That Lie!
Small Wonder, from New York Times
Cleveland Transit Men Win Concessions
Vol. 9 No. 13, 26 March 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Draft Capital – Not Labor
What Causes the WLB to Act Fast
Yalta Divided Up the Planet, by Albert Gates
He’s Not Lying
Here Are the Winners in the War
Missouri Farm Laborers Act to Fight Eviction
“No Wage Increases Granted Here”, by M. Howard
U.S. Rubber Workers Act over Discharge of Committeeman
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Rank and Filers Win Ford Election
Engels Was Right!
Out of the Past: Mother Jones – Crusader for Labor, by Ruth Philips
An Editorial
- An Analysis of the Detroit Rubber Strike
Press Action, by Sol Rayo
Architects of the New World (cartoon), by Carlo
World Politics, by Reva Craine
- Big Three Domination
- India Again
- Lebanon and Syria
- Polish Struggle
- Big Three Conflict
- The Pot and the Kettle
- “Free Elections”?
From the Program of the Workers Party
Editorials
- Danger Signal in Romania
- The Crime Against Pvt. Weber
Friedrich Engels’ Karl Marx Commemoration, by Friedrich Engels
Efforts Persist to Track Down Tresca Killer
New Bedford: “Voluntary” Enslavement, by Walter Weiss
Middle East: Meaning of Pan-Arabia, by William Gorman
A Scottsboro Case in Reverse, by Jessie Kaaren
Telephone Girls Take Strike Vote, by Mary Bell
War Is Hell!
Vol. 9 No. 15, 2 April 1945 [Should be No. 14]
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
The Miners’ Cause Is Just! by Mike Stevens
- Bulletin
From 1anHourto1 an Hour to 1anHourto1 a Day, by Roy Gould
Roosevelt’s Production Awards (cartoon), by Carlo
Strike Vote at Cramp’s Ship
Coal Companies Can Pay Miners Royalties – Easily
Negroes Lead California Rent Strike over Discrimination
Senator Taft Represents His “Constituents”, by M. Howard
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
- Capitalist Press and the Miners
- The Times’ Secret
- Speaks for Capitalism
- For Whom? Against Whom?
- Need a Labor Press
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Report on San Pedro Local 9 Elections
- Yes, We Remember Monty Ward’s
“Workers of the World, Unite!” (cartoon), by Carlo
World Politics, by Reva Craine
From the Program of the Workers Party
Some Dangerous Lies About the German Working People, by Albert Gates
One-Tenth of the Nation
- Signs of Negro Revolt, by J.R. Johnson
UNRRA: How Polish People Were Cheated, by Ray Mantlev
Peacetime Military Training, by Mary Bell
Labor and Management in the Post-War, by Frank Snyder
An Open Letter from the Workers Party to the Y.P.S.L., by Max Shachtman
Vol. 9 No. 15, 9 April 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Big 3 Clash for Power!
Cat Out of Bag on Labor Draft
- Labor Draft (cartoon), by Carlo
Miners Fight On, by Mike Stevens
Industry-Labor “Atlantic Charter”, by W. White
Guaranteed Annual Wage, by Walter Weiss
A Labor Action-Workers Party Anniversary
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Progressives Win GAC Election, by Tom Hardy
- Hudson Strike in Defense of Union
- U.S. Rubber Profits and Sales, 1943–1944 (table)
Out of the Past: John Reed, an American Revolutionist, by Ruth Philips
What Is a Fair Day’s Wage, by Frederick Engels
World Politics, by Reva Craine
- [All Is Not Going So Well ...]
- Molotov to Stay at Home
- Russo-Turkish Pact
- Mandates
- Finnish Elections
Bretton Woods and Labor, by John Stewart
The State Anti-Labor Laws, by Walter Weiss
One-Tenth of the Nation
- Danger Signals, by J.R. Johnson
British Send Indian Agents to ’Frisco, by George Dixon
Meat Profiteers Get OPA Go-Sign, by M. Howard
Native Fascism: How Can It Happen Here, by Shirley Lawrence
Vol. 9 No. 16, 16 April 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Miners Win First Round! by Mike Stevens
Russo-Japanese Treaty Suddenly “Impossible”
WLB Holds Wage Line; OPA Holds Price Line ―
Advisors and Sponsors of Nazis Now Advise Allied Military Gov’t, by Mary Bell
Little Steel Formula to Stand After “V-E”, by Walter Weiss
A Lesson in Arbitration
Greet May Day – Workers Party-L.A. Anniversary
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
- Action Necessary for Guaranteed Annual Wage
- Standard of Living Level
- How and By Whom
- What is Workers Control?
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Progressives Win in Ford Local 400
- UE Local 107 Against “Pledge”
- Post Card “Battle” Urged on Local 9
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- A Reader Makes a Correction, from D.D.
- Interest in Housewives, from G.
- Cleveland Foundries Import Jamaicans, from L. Campbell
Communist Leaders of #1227 Expel UE Union Defenders
World Politics, by Reva Craine
From the Program of the Workers Party
[Editorials]
- CIO and WLB
- Fay-Bove Case
UAW Local 365 Wins Election at General Bronze Company
A&P Tea Co.: The Story of a Food Trust, by M. Howard
57 Years of Complete Monopoly, by V.P. Jensen
White Collar Workers Need Organization, by Ray Mantler
How GM Profits Gave Aid to Duponts, by Hildy Jensen
Missouri Tenants Fight Sale of Homes
What Goes On Here?
The Ordeal Depicts Slavery of Russian Workers, by Susan Green
Vol. 9 No. 17, 23 April 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
U.S. Capitalism Lost Its Ablest Statesman, by Max Shachtman
- President Truman’s Record, by Hildy Johnson
San Francisco Points to Big 3 World Domination
Gov’t Evicting Missouri Tenant Farmers
Why the London Dockers Struck, by Douglas Rogers
Two Citizens: One in 2B; One “To Be”
- The Case of De Lorenzo
- The Case of Henry Ford II
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- UE Local 425 Contract Below Par
- Dep’t $tores Aren’t Doing Too Badly, by Jessie Kaaren
- Note on Ford Election
Out of the Past: Ira Stewart, Champion of the Eight-Hour Day
The Visionary
German Workers & Stalinism (cartoon), by Carlo
F.E.P.C.: Negro Rights Struggle, by Jessie Kaaren
[Editorial]
- German Slaves Change Masters
One-Tenth of the Nation
- White Workers’ Prejudices, by J.R. Johnson
Business Wants MORE Post-War Profits, by Ray Mantler
Behind the Attack on W.L. White’s Book on Russia, by Susan Green
Socialist Thoughts: What Are Trade Unions? by Frederick Engels
Alcoa – Story of a Complete Trust, by V.P. Jensen
Vol. 9 No. 18, 30 April 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Dedicate May Day 1945 to a New World of Socialism! Manifesto of the Workers Party
- International Solidarity (cartoon), by Carlo
Goodrich Rubber Strike
Who Are the War Real Criminals? [_sic_], by Mary Bell
How the Third Camp of Labor Fought Oppression in War, by Reva Craine
What the WLB Has Meant to U.S. Labor, by Walter Weiss
Out of the Past: May Day Originated in Eight-Hour-Day Struggle, by Ruth Philips
Shipyard Workers on West Coast Face Cutback Unemployment Now
A May Day Message on Socialism for Working Class Women, by Susan Green
5 Years of the Workers Party, by Max Shachtman
- International Communists of Germany (Trotskyist) Greet Labor Action
Reports from the Nation ...
- Cutbacks Threaten Philadelphia Labor, by Ernest Lund
- Ludlow, Colorado: A Living Memorial to the Coal Miners, by Robert Sherman
- Iron Range Workers Want a Labor Party
- Stalinists Defeated in the Louisville CIO Council
- Against Labor-Capital Unity! by Sam Adams
In Labor’s Fighting Ranks ...
- UE Is Not Prepared for Post-War Crisis
- Five Years of Labor Action (cartoon), by Carlo
- URW Militants Need Organized Program, by Bill Ford
- Some Int’l Harvester History, by Roy Gould
- Detroit UAW Rank and File Faces Reconversion Fight, by Martin Harvey
The War Theories – After Six Years of Fighting, by Walter Jason
James T. Farrell Greets Labor Action
Four Champions of Working Class Freedom, by J.P. Jensen
- [Karl Marx] (drawing)
- [Friedrich Engels] (drawing)
- [V.I. Lenin] (photo)
- [Leon Trotsky] (photo)
Labor Action in Review, by Albert Gates
Vol. 9 No. 19, 7 May 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Hitler Is Gone; Fight for Freedom Begins, by Albert Gates
Il Duce Is Dead! Bravo! Italian Partisans, by Sam Adams
- How the ‘Father of Fascism’ Died (photo)
- Too Bad, Mr. Churchill, Too Bad ―
Cutbacks Have Begun; Unemployment Rises, by Walter Weiss
Employment in Detroit Area Decreased by 107,000 Workers, by Martin Harvey
Frisco Parley Opens Big Three Power Fight
Next Week’s Features
Labor Notes from Buffalo, by John Barnes
- Transport Workers
- Novel Strike
- An “Investigation”
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Why Should Foremen Be Unionized? by John Berne
- Listen to a Union-Wrecker!
- Union Forces Company to Arbitrate
New York May Day Meeting
Why Plastiras Was Ousted, by Jim Tanakos
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Editorials
- Mussolini’s Death and Fascism
- An ‘Authority’ on Conscription
One-Tenth of the Nation
- Roosevelt and Negro Question, by J.R. Johnson
Two Aspects of Anti-Negro Discrimination, by Jessie Kaaren
The German Workers Are Not Guilty, by Susan Green
- Berlin Workers Did Strike!
Casting Light on the Supply Shortage Story, by Shirley Lawrence
What Do You Say, Project Dwellers?
A Soldier Speaks Out on the Post-War World, by George Taber
Vol. 9 No. 20, 14 May 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
The War Ends in Europe! by Albert Gates
- Some Unfinished Business (cartoon), by Carlo
Truman Upholds Little Steel Wage, by Walter Weiss
OPA Creates Chaos on the Price Front, by M. Howard
Ranks of Ford Local 600 Take Action on Cutbacks, by Martin Harvey
Goodyear Tire Union to Vote on Strike, by Bill Ford
No-Strike Pledge Is Company Weapon, by Arnold Cramer
Labor Notes from Buffalo, by John Barnes
News and Views from the Labor Front
- What Can Labor Do for Veterans? by Jack Miller
- Willow Run Local Fights Shutdown
Read and Reap
Workers Party Holds May Day Affairs in Detroit and Buffalo
They’re Preparing for the Third World Slaughter Now, by Britannicus
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Editorials
- Imperialist Intrigues Doom the Independence of Poland
It’s President Truman’s Turn
A Soldier Speaks Out on the Post-War World – II, by George Taber
20 Years of European Fascism
- How Hitler and the Nazis Came to Power, by Stephen Parker
- An Analysis of the Fascist System, by Sam Adams
- Mussolini Served His Masters Well, by Ray Mantler
- Churchill Has “Always Said” ―
- The Collapse of Germany and Italy, by Susan Green
Next Week
Vol. 9 No. 21, 21 May 1945
Labor Action
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Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
It’s Time for Labor to Act ―
- Fight Wage Cuts with Strike Weapon, by Walter Weiss
- For What? (cartoon), by Carlo
- Fight Profit Bund with a Labor Party
Strike over Firings at Bethlehem Co., by John Barnes
Firings and Strike at Continental
Frankensteen Candidate for Mayor of Detroit
Capitalists Receive Their “Unemployment Benefits”
World Labor Leaders Begging for Admission to San Francisco Conference, by Gertrude Shaw
Russia Bids for Colonial Trusteeship, Too, by Stephen Parker
Out of the Past: “He Died for His Class”, by Ruth Philips
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Michigan CIO Against Conscription
- Layoffs at Highland Park
The War in the Far East, by Walter Jason
Leon de Lee (obituary), by Brink
Editorials
- No Manpower Shortage Now!
- France Demands Slave Labor
New York’s Mayoralty Race Is On!
Russian Control of Poland Behind Arrest of 16 Poles
UNRRA: Club Over Heads of Hungry People, by Shirley Lawrence
The German Workers Are Not Guilty, by M. Howard
Sinarquistas: Fascist Party in Mexico, by John MacDonald
Reaction in Greece Grows
Jack Pierce (obituary), by Members of Philadelphia Branch, Workers Party
Vol. 9 No. 22, 28 May 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
N.Y. Workers Party Runs Shachtman for Mayor
San Francisco ‘Peace Planners’ Won’t Stop Wars, by Mary Bell
“Work or Fight” Ending; Fight to Work Begins! by David Coolidge
Yipsels Join Workers Party, by Ann Moore et al.
Price Rise Given to Steel Barons
Continental Workers Win Partial Victory
Out of the Past: Sacramento “Silent Defense” Under the Espionage Act, by Ruth Philips
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ohio PAC Organizes Wards; Retains Old Capitalist Political Line
- Montgomery Ward and the Army Seizure
- Labor Notes from the West Coast, by Al Marks
- Oregon Woodworkers Want to Withdraw from Labor Board
A Reader’s Observations on Wright’s Black Boy, from Jack
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Socialist Thoughts: The Evil of the Wages System, by Frederick Engels
Bob Pierce (Seymour Silberfarb) (obituary)
The Mainsprings of Russian Imperialist Policy, by Albert Gates
Frisco Conference Turns Deaf Ear on Negroes, Minorities, by Jessie Kaaren
[German Anti-Nazis Dispersed by American Troops]
“Such Are the Facts ...”, by Stalin in Pravda, November 1939
Vol. 9 No. 23, 4 June 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
SEC Shows War Is Not Hell for Corporations
N.Y. Elections Issue: Jobs, by V.P. Jensen
- D-Day for Labor (cartoon), by Carlo
Slap at Browder Signal for CP Change of Line, by Albert Gates
Is $25 a Week Adequate Benefit? by Mary Bell
British Labor Party Faces Election Fight
Chicago Truckemen Back to Work
News and Views from the Labor Front
- War Profits in rubber Industry, by Mel Strong
- Management Should Be “Free to Manage”; Labor Free to Starve, by R. Harris
- The Miners Win Another Victory, by Mike Stevens
- Steel Scraps Local “Pledge”
- West Coast Labor Round-Up, by Al Marks
- The Bethlehem Steel Strike
- UE Slaps Post-War “No Strike”
Sharecroppers Fight Eviction
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Editorials
- Anniversary of Brewster Sit-In
- Freedom of Speech in Occupied Italy
One-Tenth of the Nation
- Balance Sheet of the War, by J.R. Johnson
Don’t Crowd the $2 Window, Boys, Or, “The Class Will Be Served”
But Isn’ It a Bit Inflationary
Even Pro-Russian Germans Are “Bad”
Big Business to “Educate” Germans, by Stephen Parker
No Frozen Wages for Politicians
The General Doth Protest Too Much
Vol. 9 No. 24, 11 June 1945
Labor Action
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Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
How to Get Full Employment? by Martin Harvey
Socialist Planning, Not Profits, by Mary Bell
National Independence Issue in Syria Fight
Capitalist Reconversion to Unemployment, by Susan Green
Labor! Beware the Latest Communist “Turn”, by Albert Gates
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Vets Need More Than Bill of Rights, by Mike Stevens
- Labor Notes from Buffalo, by John Barnes
- West Coast Labor Round-Up, by Al Marks
- UAW Local 630 Protests Layoffs
Reminder
One-Tenth of the Nation
- Balance Sheet of the War, by J.R. Johnson
Editorials
- Daqniel J. Tobin, Labor Faker
- Cutbacks and Capitalist Chaos
- Workers Pay for Social Security
Power Politics in Trieste, by M. Howard
The Capitalist Master’s Voice
San Francisco and Freedom of Colonies, by Shirley Lawrence
German Workers Will Pay for Defeat, by Stephen Parker
Portrait: A “Friend of the Negroes”, by W.F. Carlton
New York Election Notes
Imperialist Double Standard
Bell Aircraft Sit-In
Vol. 9 No. 25, 18 June 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
War Costs: One Trillion Dollars, Sixty Million Men, by Shirley Lawrence
Cutbacks, Layoffs, But No Raise in Pay Yet! by Susan Green
A Mask for Every Season (cartoon), by Carlo
UAW #719 Stops Work on Cutbacks
Price Control Defeat by Business Near, by M. Howard
The Foster-Browder Debate and the “New Turn” in the CPA, by David Coolidge
Buffalo CIO Attacks Communist Leaflet
Republocrats, Demicans in N.Y. Elections
News and Views from the Labor Front
- The Labor Party Problem in Hibbing
- Reading Hosiery Workers
- Montgomery Ward’s Profits
- West Coast Labor Round-Up, by Al Marks
- The RWJAC Progressive Group, from Joint Action News
- UAW, Stalinists, Farm Equipment, by Paul Newman
One-Tenth of the Nation
- Southern Liberal and FEPC, by J.R. Johnson
Editorials
- Post-War Military Training for Youth
- On the Nature of German Fascism
- Pay Raises for Poor Congressmen
Big 4 Smell of Oil in Syria-Lebanon Dispute, by Sam Adams
Shachtman Tour
Vol. 9 No. 26, 25 June 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Workers Party Plan for Reconversion and Post-War, by Mary Bell
- A Guaranteed Annual Wage! Jobs for All! Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Shachtman on New York Bus Slowdown
Detroit UAW Asks National Strike Vote! by Martin Harvey
Trial of Sixteen Poles Shows Moscow Domination of Poland, by Albert Gates
Big 5 Veto Overrules Small Nations, by Stephen Parker
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Veterans, Seniority and Jobs, by Mike Stevens
- Labor Notes from Buffalo
- Twelve Subs from the Coal Diggers, from H.B.
- Bilbo’s Back to Africa Program, by Chris Warren
- Negroes Get Priority in Layoffs, by W.F. Carlton
- Labor Action a Fearless Paper, from J.R.
- Letter from a Sharecropper, from John Jones
World Politics, by Reva Craine
China: The Struggle Between Chiang and the Communists, by Susan Green
Editorials
- Pastor Niemoller and the Nazis
One-Tenth of the Nation
- The Case of the 92nd, by J.R. Johnson
The Future of Women Labor, by Ray Mantler
Grand Illusion: Labor-Boss Cooperation, by Pearl Prentiss
Socialism and Post-War Housing – I. Kitchens and Ladies’ Magazines, by Marian Gould
Reactionaries Terrorize Greek Masses, by Jim Tanakos
Picket Lines Enforce Goodyear Rubber Strike for Wages and Union Conditions
Bell Aircraft Firings
New York Election Campaign
Vol. 9 No. 27, 2 July 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Workers Party Pickets Gerald Smith Meeting
Congress Plans a New Slave Law! by Walter Weiss
Goodyear Out; Big 3 Rubber Strike Impends, by Bill Ford
Stalin’s “New” Poland, by Albert Gates
Bell Sit-In Caused by Massive Layoffs
Pigeonhole FEPC; Stall Anti-Poll Tax, by Chris Warren
Mickey Mouse’s Publicity Agent Works for Tammany
U.S. Using Bavarian Fascists, by Jessie Kaaren
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Tobin Scabs on Chicago Truckers, by Roy Gould
- West Coast Labor Round-Up, by Al Marks
- FE Issues: Wage-Cuts, Stalinism
- UE Strike threat = Results
- Kindergarten Demerit System Issue at No. American Aviation, by Ann Jordan
- Reading Hosiery Workers Walk Out
One-Tenth of the Nation
- Eisenhower and Jim Crow, by J.R. Johnson
Conscription: For a New World War – For Anti-Labor Use, by Susan Green
Editorials
- The Communist Party Menace
- Liberation: American Style
Next Week
Native Fascism: Smith and McWilliams, by Shirley Lawrence
Socialism and Post-War Housing – II. The Housing Shortage, by Marian Gould
Who’s Going to Own Gov’t War Property? by V.P. Jensen
“New Turn” of Communists – II, by David Coolidge
- Skids Greased for Browder
New York Election Campaign
Vol. 9 No. 28, 9 July 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Defeat the “Ball and Chain” Bill!
- What New Slave Bill Would Do
Industrial Powder-Keg in Detroit
Firestone Out, Goodyear Strike in Third Week, “Pledge” Scuttled, by Bill Ford
- Bulletin
Russia Goes After Bases in Turkey, by Sam Adams
Harlem and the Mayoralty Election, by Susan Green
“Talking” the FEPC to Death
L.A. Workers Party Pickets G.L.K. Smith
News and Views from the Labor Front
- URW #5 30-Hour Resolution
Shachtman Election Meetings
One Turn Too Many! (cartoon), by Carlo
New York Election: Hooverism – New Deal – War Deal, by Walter Weiss
Workers Party Program for Organized Workers
Communist “New Turn” – III, by David Coolidge
Editorials
- New Wave of Labopr Militancy
- Epitaph on Polish Independence
World Politics, by Reva Craine
Next Week
CP Leaders “Confess” Their Mistakes, by John Stewart
Socialism and Post-War Housing – III. America’s Permanent Housing Shortage, by Marian Gould
Simla: Move to Stop Indian Independence, by P. Prentiss
Socialist Call Caught in a Lie
New York Election Campaign
Vol. 9 No. 29, 16 July 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
A Real Program for Minnesota Iron Rangers
Vinson Report Proves Labor Needs Own Plan, by Walter Weiss
- Reconversion! (cartoon), by Carlo
Workers Party Gains New Youth Affiliate
Navy Ends Rubber Strike, by Bill Ford
German Communist Party Against Soviets, by Mary Bell
N.Y. News Strike
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ship Union Victory – After Four Years
- [Associated Press Dispatch]
- Reading Steel Walkout Wins Demands
- Army Breaks Truck Strike, by Roy Gould
- What Could Be Better – For Bosses
- Gen. Motors’ Demerit Plan, by D.B.
What They Say ―, by Walter Weiss
- Man-Made Scarcity
- “Butch” Butchers Facts
- Rubber Workers, Attention!
- Browder and Bridges
- It Depends on Your Point of View
Left Parties Spurn United Action Against G.L.K. Smith, by Jack Brent
New York Election: Profits – Government – Unemployment, by Walter Weiss
Workers Party Program for Organized Workers
Editorials
- Who’s Behind the Bilbos?
- Italy Still to Be Liberated
Next Week
Post War Draft: Labor’s Case Against It, by Stephen Parker
Socialism and Post War Housing – IV. Our Cities, by Marian Gould
ALP: Lacks Real Plan for Reconversion, by V.J. Jensen
Communist New Turn – IV, by David Coolidge
- Oop – Sorry! (cartoon)
- What We’ve Always Said About the CP
Morris Kent (obituary)
Robert Amsbaugh (obituary), by L. Campbell
Vol. 9 No. 30, 23 July 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Stop Stalling on Wages, by Walter Weiss
An Editorial
- Strike-Breaking record of War Labor Board
Plenty for All (cartoon), by Carlo
The Militant New York News Strike
Program of the Workers Party for the New York City Elections
Rubber Unionists Learn the WLB Lesson, by Bill Ford
Big Three Divide Spoils of War at Potsdam, by Mary Bell
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Antics of the Buffalo War Labor Board
- West Coast Labor Round-Up, by Al Marks
- Lumber Workers for Strike Refendum
- Workers Party, News Strike
They Say – And We Say
- Hoover, Surplus Properties
- Willow Run
- $70 per Day Is Enough
- $53 an Hour Wilson
Why the Greek Communists Confess Their Errors, Too, by Jim Tanakos
New York Election: Guaranteed Annual Wage
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- Last Rites for the FEPC
“Suffering” Due to News Strike
Railroad Workers Strike in So. Chicago
India: No Solution Made at Simla, by Kenneth Masters
- What’s Wrong in India
Socialism and Post War Housing – V. Slums, Congestion and Blight, by Marian Gould
Reason for Hate Campaign Against Nisei, by P. Prentiss
Communist New Turn – V, by David Coolidge
“Fascism Is a Matter of Taste” ...
Special Bulletin
Vol. 9 No. 31, 30 July 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
War Is Not Hell on 10to10 to 10to180 an Hour!
Congress Going Home – No Plan on Jobs for All, by Stephen Parker
Big Three Plan a Super Versailles, by John Stewart
The Layoff Is the Payoff! (cartoon), by Carlo
New Leadership Is Needed in URWA
- U.S. Rubber Strike, by Lawrence Smith
- Akron Aftermath, by Bill Ford
L.A. Anti-Fascist Meeting; Workers Party Showed the Way
Belgians Repudiate King, by J. Prentiss
Statement of Workers Party Candidate on Ben Davis Case, [_by Max Shachtman_]
Rankin’s Union-Busting Bill, by Susan Green
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ship Workers and Reconversion, by Susan Green
Socialism and World Peace, by Ernest Lund
New York Election: The Workers Party Fights for Socialism, by Walter Weiss
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- For a Labor Vet Organization
- Defining Stalin’s Imperialism
Vet Insurance: How Soldiers Are Swindled, by Mary Bell
More Confessions by CP Misleaders, by Albert Gates
- ... A Terrible Anti-Marxist Mistake ... (cartoon), by C.
Home-Grown Fascism at Work in U.S., by Shirley Lawrence
Socialism and Post War Housing – VI. Capitalism and City Planning, by Marian Gould
How Social Security Works in Out [_sic_] Life
New York Election Note
Vol. 9 No. 32, 6 August 1945
Labor Action
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Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
An Editorial
- U.S. Labor Needs Its Own Party Now!
British Labor Goes Left! by Max Shachtman
- What About It, Murray, Green et al.?
- Highlights in British L.P. History, by Britannicus
Strike Bound U.S. Rubber Taken Over by the Army
OPA Aids Big Business Profits, by T.R. Cobb
News and Views from the Labor Front
- URW Notes from Akron
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- Strikes Hit the South, Too, from R. Harris
- Steel Article Makes a Hit, from Vince
- Praises Gould’s Housing Series, from Annemarie Crocetti
The Labor Party Victory, by Ernest Lund
Gerald L.K. Smith: America’s No. 1 Fascist, by Hal Draper
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- Congress Quits; Jobs Can Wait!
- ’Frisco Charter: Betrayal of Peace
Ill-Fed, Ill-Housed, Ill-Clothed Remain That Way on 65 an Hour, by M. Wilson
Admiral Leahy, Marshal Petain
A “Hard or Soft” Peace for Japan? by P. Prentiss
A Living Johnny Got His Gun, by A. Stein
Home-Grown Fascism at Work in U.S., by Shirley Lawrence
Socialism and Housing – VII. Politicians and City Planning, by Marian Gould
Vol. 9 No. 33, 13 August 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Russia Enters War Against Japan!
Atomic Bomb Shows Why Socialism Is Necessary, by Albert Gates
“Thieves Fall Out” in Trial of Henri Petain, by V.P. Jensen
Potsdam Decisions Guarantee New Wars, by Carl Davis
“Nazi” Bilbo; Product of Poll Tax, by Chris Warren
A Nisei Veteran Fights VFW Prejudice
Who Caused the Detroit Rubber Strike?
News and Views of the Labor Front
- What “Equality of Sacrifice” Meant?
- Railroad Profits Zoom!
- The Northwest Corner
Next Week
Churchill, Tory Imperialist, by Susan Green
Gerald L.K. Smith: America’s No. 1 Fascist, by Hal Draper
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- A Warning to Automobile Workers
- British Elections and American Labor
- CP convention Ousts Browder!
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Lindbergh, Fascist Hope, Has New Line, by Shirley Lawrence
What Is Happening in the Phillipines [_sic_]? by John Berne
Franco Tries to Keep Power Thru Monarchy, by M. Howard
As If You Didn’t Know
Socialism and Housing – VIII. The Labor Movement and Mass Housing, by Marian Gould
Vol. 9 No. 34, 20 August 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
The War Is Over! by Albert Gates
News and Views from the Labor Front
- An Immediate Post War Prospect: Ten Million Unemployed, by Mary Howard
- Labor Notes from Buffalo, by John Barnes
- Longshorement in Fight for 6 Hour Day
They Say – And We Say
Shachtman Talks on British Labor Victory
Workers Party Files Shachtman Petitions for New York Mayoralty
In Memory of Leon Trotsky, by Ernest Lund
Gerald L.K. Smith: America’s No. 1 Fascist, by Hal Draper
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- Congress and Unemployment: A Lesson for Labor and the PAC
- Rubber Workers’s President Discovers Bosses Cut Wages
Why Russia Joined the War on Japan, by Sam Adams
Atomic Power: What Is the Future of Man? by Ernest Lund
What Labor Must Do for the Veterans, by Stephen Parker
Akron Anti-Fascist Committee Pickets Rev. Winrod’s Meetings, by Bill Ford
Who Is Hirohito? by P. Prentiss
Next Week
Vol. 9 No. 35, 27 August 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
The Layoff Is the Payoff! by Ernest Lund
Peace, Ain’t It Wonderful! (cartoon), by Carlo
Tammany Challenges Shachtman Petitions
45,000 Are Now Jobless in Buffalo, by John Barnes
SWP-WP Unity in Question
Cramp Ship Local No. 2 Works for 30-Hr. Week, by the Philadelphia Reporter
AFL Union in Fight with Jack and Heintz, by James Shea
Steel Workers Strike Against Union Busting
Rubber Workers Fight for 6-Hr. Day, by Bill Ford
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Labor Notes from Buffalo
- UE #425 Parades Against Layoffs
Socialism and Housing – IX. Housing and Full Employment Planning, by Marian Gould
Legislator Backs Race Violence
Get Your August New International
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Gerald L.K. Smith: America’s No. 1 Fascist, by Hal Draper
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- “No Time for Piddling Around”
Civil Life in Wartime Germany, A Book Review, by Susan Green
Some Results of the War
- China: Who Gained in This War? Investment Holders
- Phillipines [_sic_]: Who Gained in This War? Rich Collaborationists
New York Election Campaign Meetings
The Unity Question in the Socialist Workers Party, A Statement of the Minority Group
The New Negro Problem Created by the War, by Jessie Kaaren
A Ford Worker Writes on the Willow Run Shutdown, from Ex-Willow Run Worker
Vol. 9 No. 36, 3 September 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Cessation of Hostilities! (cartoon), by Carlo
Quit Stalling and Provide the Jobs! by Susan Green
The Road Ahead for British Labor, by Mary Bell
Seattle Boilermakers End No-Strike Pledge
For a Guaranteed Annual Wage and Jobs for All! Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Workers Party Goes on Mayoralty Ballot
Lifting “Little Steal”, by V.P. Jensen
Ship Union Takes Lead in Job Fight
- [Camden Workers Demonstration Against Layoffs]
Gates Tours for Workers Party
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Labor Notes from the Northwest
[Opposition to Seattle Police Plan]
[Steamfitters Union Out on strike], by B. Donaldson
Boilermakers Resolutions - Job-Hunting Days Are Here
In Detroit, from D.S.
In New York - Local 365 Wins Union Fight
Shachtman, Gates, Lund, Speak at W.P. Meetings
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Gerald L.K. Smith: America’s No. 1 Fascist, by Hal Draper
Editorials
- No Labor Candidate in Detroit Elections
- China: Battleground of Imperialism
Chicago’s Unemployed, by Roy Gould
Whistling in the Dark
German Communists Out to Break 8-Hour Day
Unravelling the Balkan Riddle, by Sam Adams
The SWP and the New York Elections
- [Letter to the SWP], from Reva Craine
Winrod: America’s Jayhawk Nazi, by Shirley Lawrence
Army Trains Strikebreakers
Vol. 9 No. 37, 10 September 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
For a Guaranteeed Annual Wage and Jobs for All! Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
For a Labor V-Day: Jobs for All, by Shirley Lawrence
Stalin Levies an Imperialist Peace on China, by Sam Adams
“All Manpower Controls Lifted” – News Item (cartoon), by Carlo
Leaders Flop on Buffalo Joblessness, by John Barnes
Philadelphia Ship Local 42 Campaigns for Labor Party
How They Lied About Pearl Harbor, by Ernest Lund
Workers Party Tour
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Louisville Steelworkers Scrap “No-Strike”
- American Can Strike and the CCF
- Philadelphia Labor Party Resolution
- FE Votes Against UAW Entry
- Trying to Make Scabs of Vets, by Ray Mantler
- New York Unemployed Demonstration, by Chris Warren
Scientific Progress Under Capitalism! (cartoon), by Carlo
Gerald L.K. Smith: America’s No. 1 Fascist, [_by Hal Draper_]
Editorials
- What Labor Must Do
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Detroit Active Workers Conference of Workers Party, by Albert Gates
Myth of “Overpopulation”, by Paul Seward
Capitalist Barbarism at Work
Youth Action Ready Soon
Atlantic Charterism
Vol. 9 No. 38, 17 September 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Help Put Shachtman on the Radio!
Truman’s Plan – Or Ours, by Susan Green
What They Fought For: U.S. and British Imperialism at Work in Asia
- Korea, by Sam Adams
- Hong Kong
- The Military Mind at Work
The Victors! (cartoon), by Carlo
Longshore Fight for Wage Raise
Atomic Energy – For Chaos or New Future for Mankind? by Stanley Parker
‘Superseniority’ Bar to Labor-Vet Unity, by Mike Stevens
The $5,000 Workers Party Building Fund
Gates on Tour
- Gates Tour Schedule
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Wage Increases – Fact and Fiction, by Walter Weiss
- “We Did Our Part” (cartoon), by Carlo
- Labor Notes from Buffalo, by John Barnes
Layoffs Continue
Boss Politics
Stalin and the Kurile Islands, by Albert Gates
Gerald L.K. Smith: America’s No. 1 Fascist, by Hal Draper
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Some Background History of British Labor Party, by Britannicus
Old Misleaders Await the Fall of Franco, by R. and M. Gould
Bevin Aids Greek Reactionaries, by Jim Tanakos
- Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary (drawing)
Allied Victory No Help to Europe’s Jews, by Jessie Kaaren
The Low Art of High Diplomacy
Vol. 9 No. 39, 24 September 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
A 30% Increase Is Easy for General Motors
- As We Go to Press ...
Back UAW 30% Demand! by Mary Bell
Socialist Youth League Forms
How to Reconvert! (cartoon), by Carlo
CP Drive On in IUMSWA
Frankensteen Differs Little from Jeffries, by Martin Harvey
U.S. Maintains Japan’s Gestapo, Hirohito, by Jessie Kaaren
Note to Workers Party Branches
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Two Significant White Collar Strikes
- Longshore 6 Hour Day Fight: Bridges New Line at Work
- Rubber foremen Strike, by Mel Strong
From Left to Right
- “Here Lies a Man”
- Superseniority
- Tendency of the Times
Workers Party Fund Report
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
British Labor Party: The Housing Problem, by Britannicus
Editorials
- Scuttling Jobless Pay in the Senate
Stalin and the Kurile Islands, by Albert Gates
[Space Limitations Prevented Publication ...]
Workers Party Candidate for Mayor Tackles the Main Issue – Jobs! by Ruth Philips
- The Mayoralty Merry-Go-Round in New York, by Straphanger
- Program of the Workers Party for the New York City Elections
- a Valentine for O’Dwyer, by Walter Weiss
- How to Pull the Lever for Shachtman
- Campaign Contributions
Vol. 9 No. 40, 1 October 1945
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
UAW Moves on Companies for 30% Increase, by Martin Harvey
Business Gets Profits; Labor the Run-Around! by Walter Weiss
- Contrast This ― (diagram)
- ― With This (diagram)
Strike Still Continues at Kelsey Co., by Martin Harvey
Effective New York Lift Strike, by M. Gordon
Chicago Realty Group Incites Race Hatred
Some Facts About the Role of the U.S. Army, by Jack Dixon
U.S., Russia Main Contenders for War Booty, by Mary Bell
Harlem Cops Arrest W.P. Distributor
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Labor Notes from Buffalo, by John Barnes
Government Should Work Buffalo War Plants
Veteran Seniority
Bethlehem Strike - Kelsey-Hayes and Kept Press, by J. Swift
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- [Use of Derogatory Term], from Martin Harvey
Nationalist Cells in New York, by Shirley Lawrence
World Politics, by Ernest Lund
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- Hershey, Seniority, Closed Shop
The Editor’s Midwest Tour
Workers Party-Socialist Workers Party Letters on Unity
- Shachtman Writes on Basis for Unity, by Max Shachtman
- Cannon Reply to Workers Party Unity Bid, by J.P. Cannon
Shachtman Statement on N.Y. Elevator Strike
“Let Us Prey”
Vol. 9 No. 41, 8 October 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
An Editorial
- Workers Defense Guards to Defend Unions Against American Fascism
Labor Is on the March to Make Up War Losses! by Susan Green
Police Club Anti-Fascist Workers (photo)
What’s the Meaning of Race Riots? by Steve Parker
Detroit Anti-Fascists Picket Gerald Smith
Chicago Diesel UAW Walks Out for 30%, by Robert Miller
Support Indonesian Independence! by Mary Bell
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Reading USA-CIO for Labor Party
No. 2715 USA-CIO Resolution - Doublecross in Chicago UAW
- Motion Picture Strike Analyzed, by Hal Draper
- Who Won the War in Steel
The Boss
The Worker
Workers Party Again Initiates Smith Picketing in Detroit, by Martin Harvey
World Politics, by Henry Thomas
- Communist Support Dwindles
- Socialists Moderate
- India
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
SWP Minority Resolution on Joint N.Y. Election Campaign
New York Municipal Merry-Go-Round, by Straphanger
Max Shachtman Only Candidate with Real Program for Labor, by Walter Weiss
Harlem and Bilbo’s Party, by F. Forest
Cop to Mayoralty Candidate, by Oliver Vaughn
New York Workers Need a Real Labor Party, by Ruth Phillips
Vol. 9 No. 42, 15 October 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Strike Wave Is Labor’s Fight for Full Employment and Security!
Nationalize Industry Under Control of Labor; Build a Labor Party! by The Editors
A Matter of Reparations Coming Up! (cartoon), by Carlo
Housing Crisis: Even Park Benches Denied New York Vets, by Walter Weiss
“Good Neighbors” in Labor Camps
Oil Plants Seized to Protect Profits, by M. Howard
Workers Party Election Radio Broadcasts
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Iron Range PAC: Form Labor Party
- Frankensteen vs. Jeffries, by Martin Harvey
- Land of Opportunity, or, You Too Can be President
- Kelsey-Hayes Union Faces Injunction, by Lee Roberts
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- Reader Is Factually Wrong, from C.R.H.
- A Correction – Situation Same, from Sympathizer
Workers Party Fund Goes Over Top
Shachtman Speaks in Newark
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
World Politics, by Britannicus
- Differences Between British Labor Gov’t and Tories
- Civil Servant System
- Preserving the Empire
- Difference Between Bevin and Tories
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Pegler Incites Vets to Form Hooligan Squads Against Labor
Workers Party Tour
How Would You Handle a Fascist Demagogue?
U.S. Fascists Cast Nets for Veterans, by Shirley Lawrence
Big Business Would Give Freee Speech for American Hitlers, by Ben Hall
Britain Stirs Arab-Jewish Conflicts, by Jessie Kaaren
Planned Economy, from Time
Brothers Under the Skin, or, What’s in a Name, by Leigh White, from Chicago Daily News
Vol. 9 No. 43, 22 October 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
WP Again Leads in Fight Against G.L.K. Smith
Security and a Living Wage, A Statement on the Strike Wave by the Workers Party
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Movie Strikers Hurl Back Attacks, by Hal Draper
- Stalinists Play Fast and Loose with Electro Workers, by Paul Newman
- Fascist Smith Rants in Denver
Amvets of World War II Hold First Convention in Chicago, by R. Ferguson
World Politics, by Jessie Kaaren
- Allied Imperialism in Indo-China, Java, Philippines
- Aussie, Indian Seamen
- What They Want
- Philipßpines Smolder
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Lynch-Law and Lynch-Mind
Editorials
- The Imperialists at London
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
News York Municipal Merry-Go-Round, by Straphanger
Workers Party Candidate Demands End to Discrimination in New York
Record of Max Shachtman
Workers Party Endorses Louise Simpson for City Council Post
We Support the Dockers’ Strike
Workers Party Election Radio Broadcasts
Our Candidate’s Stand on Election Issues, by Walter Weiss
Vol. 9 No. 44, 29 October 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
UAW Leads in Labor’s Fight to Win Living Wage, by Mary Bell
Peacetime Youth Draft Prepares for New War
Thousands Picket Smith’s Meeting
$200-an-Hour Wilson Bucks 30% Increase
D.A.’s Office Stalling in Tresca Case
Indonesians Battle for Their Independence, by Stephen Parker
- Detroit WP Holds Indonesian Rally
Lessons of New York Dockers’ Strike, by Walter Weiss
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Steel Demands and a Labor Party, by Robert Harris
- A Publisher Speaks the Truth!
Left Jabs, by Shaw
Business Manager’s Corner
An Editorial Correction
Ben Davis, No Labor Candidate, by Albert Gates
Marshall Report: A Program for War, by Walter Jason
Workers Party Program for Organized Labor
Editorials
- Bring the Boys Home!
- World Trade Union Federation
How They Love Stalin’s “Socialist Fatherland”!
Letter from a Reader, from J.S.
How to Cast Your Vote for Shachtman
Cast Your Ballot for Shachtman for Mayor
Jim Crow and Mayoralty Election
WP Candidates’ Speech on Radio
Workers Party Stand on Amendments, Proposition
Vol. 9 No. 45, 5 November 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Truman Opposes Labor’s Demand to Maintain War Take-Home Pay, by Albert Gates
President Waves “Big Stick” in Foreign Policy, by Mary Bell
The Fruits of Victory! (cartoon), by Carlo
SKF Picket Lines Hold Firm!
Behind the “Civil War” in China, by Sam Adams
Workers Party Leads Again in Oakland Picketing of Smith, by Larry O’Connor
New York Election Campaign Notes
Mesabi Miners Face Big Wage Cut
News and Views from the Labor Front
- The Case for the 30% Wage Increase, by Susan Green
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
James T. Farrell Resigns as Chairman of Civil Rights Body, from James T. Farrell
A Socialist Analysis: GM and Wages Theory, by Ernest Lund
Marshall Report: What Kind of an Army Gen. Marshall Wants – 1, by Walter Jason
Editorials
- The Elections in France
Budenz Changes Faith
Socialist Party Leader Backs Free Speech for Fascists, from Ben Hall (letter)
Full Employment? Only a Matter of Convenience
Joblessness: Prospects for Next Year, by Henry Barnes
What Russian Workers Did in 1917, by Steven Parker
Mixed Troops: Got Along OK in Infantry, by Eleanor Mason
Behind the Demobilization Slow-Down, by Joe Leonard
Gannett Foments Picket-Line Violence
Next Week
Vol. 9 No. 46, 12 November 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Congress Cuts Corporate Taxes, Gives Profiteers a Boost, by Walter Weiss
Labor’s Demands Will Be Won on the Picket Line, by P. Prentiss
Los Angeles Labor Stops Smith Again
The Language of Capitalism (cartoon), by Carlo
For a People’s Referendum on Compulsory Military Training, by Susan Green
Negro Vet Segregated in Detroit, by Lee Roberts
Army Seizure Netted Ward Union Nothing, by Paul Newman
An Editorial
- A Socialist Program for the Jews
News and Views from the Labor Front
- A Lesson in Tolerance
Left Jabs, by Shaw
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
How a Detention “Home” Hardens Young Inmates, by Youth Reporter
On the British Labor Party, by Britannicus
Marshall Report: What Kind of an Army Gen. Marshall Wants – 2, by Walter Jason
Editorials
- Truman Doubletalks on Wages
SWP Evades Unity Proposal Made by Workers Party
How British Persecute Greeks
Next Week
Indonesians Struggle for Independence, by Jessie Kaaren
In Memory of Eugene V. Debs: America’s Great Socialist Leader, by Henry Salter
“A Monroe Doctrine for Russia” – Byrnes, by Mary Bell
Behind the Demobilization Slow-Down, by Joe Leonard
How “Practical” Is Capitalism? How “Utopian” Is Socialism?, by Max Shachtman
Vol. 9 No. 47, 19 November 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Hands Off East Indies!
- “... They respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they shall live ...” – Atlantic Charter (cartoon), by Carlo
U.S. Steel Falsifies Its War Profits, by M. Howard
British Again Foment Arab-Jewish Riots
Results of New York Elections
Windsor Ford Strike: A Fine Example of Union Solidarity, by Lee Roberts
How Frankensteen Was Defeated, by Martin Harvey
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Labor Notes from Buffalo, by John Barnes
With the Workers Party
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
An Analysis of GM’s Proposal: Long Hours Depress Wages, by Ernest Lund
Demobilization: The Servicemen as Hostages, by Joe Leonard
Editorials
- Support Indonesian freedom!
- Situation on the Wage Front
The Issue of Military Training
The Camera Eye (film review), by Libbie Coleman
Civilization, Capitalist Style, from Time
Where Does Argentine Labor Stand? by Susan Green
Oil versus Jewish Immigration, by J.K.
Ship Profits Come Before GI’s Return, by Ray Mantler
Why Every Reader of Labor Action Should Read The New International, by Emanuel Garrett
Ford Co. Rejects Women’s Seniority, by Larry Reynolds
Vol. 9 No. 48, 26 November 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Workers Party Pickets Demand Indonesian Independence
- Workers Party Resolution Against Imperialist Rule in Indonesia
All-Out Support to UAW Against the Auto Barons, by Susan Green
Communist Leadership Loses in #101
Truman, Attlee Meet in Diplomatic Secrecy, by E. Garrett
Progressives Win in Akron URW Goodrich, Firestone Elections
The Ministerial Crisis in France
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Labor-Capital Farce, by P. Prentiss
Left Jabs, by Shaw
- White Man’s Burden Dept.
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- The Case of the Willow Run Union, from A Reader
- A Vet’s Job-Hunting Trip, from UAW Worker (Veteran)
- Chicago Reader on Racial Strikes, from G.F.
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
Free Enterprise System at Work
Workers Party Activities
Strictly Impartial! (cartoon), by Carlo
Demobilization: Why Brass Hats Want a Big Army, by Joe Leonard
Editorials
- UAW Fights for All Labor
- Fumbling the Atomic Bomb
Workers Party Leads Second Smith Picket Line in Oakland, by Scott Byer
Atomic Energy: For Barbarism or Socialism? A Series by The Editors of Labor Action
Cartel Ties Between Nipon, U.S. Capital, by Chris Warren
Indochinese Continue to Fight for National Independence, by Eleanor Mason
Exposing a Stalinist Slur on Labor Action, from Labor Action, Chicago Office
Next Week
Vol. 9 No. 49, 3 December 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Back the UAW to Victory!
- Back the UAW to Victory!, by Martin Harvey
- GM Rejects Union’s Offer of Arbitration, by David Coolidge
- GM Can’t Break Union Say Linden Auto Strikers, by Susan Green
- Vet Learns the Facts and Joins the Strike, by Jane Powell
Capitalist Values! (cartoon), by Carlo
McCormick Vote Raises Vital Issue
W.P. Cites Need to Fight Smith
U.S. Labor Swinging into Action, by Jack Wilson
News and Views from the Labor Front
- The GM Strike and “Free Enterprise”, by Emanuel Garrett
Left Jabs, by Shaw
- Army Scraps Warplanes Costing Millions
- Kiss-of-Death Department
- Tongue-in-Cheek Dept.
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
Next Week in Labor Action
Capitalist Barbarism in Europe, Part II, by Stephen Parker
Demobilization: Who Is Served by Occupation Army? by Joe Leonard
Editorials
- The GM Strike and Politics
The Camera Eye (film review), by Libbie Coleman
New International for November
Take Note!
Atomic Energy: For Barbarism or Socialism? Part II, A Series by the Editors of Labor Action
On the Auto Assembly Line, by Bill
A Bank Solves Unemployment!
British Fourth Internationalists Protest Policy in Indonesia, from Jock Haston
Vol. 9 No. 50, 10 December 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
CIO Breaks with Truman! Need for Labor Party Posed by GM Strike
- President Truman Plays Role of Strikebreaker, by Emanuel Garrett
- Strikers Oppose Truman
- Now Is the Time to Turn PAC into a Labor Party, by Mary Bell
- Steelworkers Prepare to Strike
- Murray’s Attack on Truman
- Auto Strike Pickets Have “Fight-to-the-Finish” Morale, by Sid Roberts
News and Views from the Labor Front
- What “Open the Books” Means, by E. Garrett
- Answering GM’s Argument: More Output, More Wages? by Ernest Lund
- Hyatt Works Strike Effective
- Linden Workers Out to Win
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
With the Workers Party
Don’t Look Now But You Have a Big Surprise Coming! (cartoon), by Carlo
American Legion: What Does It Offer the Enlisted Man? by Jack Wilson
The Truth About Pearl Harbor, by Walter Weiss
Troops Stranded While Ships Load Munitions Against Java
Next Week
Atomic Energy: For Barbarism or Socialism? Part III, A Series by the Editors of Labor Action
Labor Must Support Fight of Colonial Peoples for Freedom, by Mary Howard
British Unleash Terror Against Palestinian Jews, by Jessie Kaaren
Vol. 9 No. 51, 17 December 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
UAW Strikers Stand Firm! But Leaders Make Shameful Retreat at Ford
- “Company Security” Plan Means Union Insecurity, by David Coolidge
- The UAW Strike: The Road to Victory, by Max Shachtman
- Mass Picketing at GM; Solidarity of Steelworkers, by Jack Wilson
- UAW Meet Turns Down Truman Plan
- Tarrytown Strikers Hold Demonstration, by Sid Roberts
- What are PAC-Backed Congressmen Doing? by Eleanor Mason
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Minnesota PAC Flirts with Stassen
- Labor Party Trends, by Mary Bell
- With the Hyatt GM Strikers
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
An Exchange Between WP and SWP Minority on Unity Issue
Off Limits, by James M. Fenwick
Tresca Murder Anniversary
Atomic Energy: For Barbarism or Socialism? Part IV, A Series by the Editors of Labor Action
Iran Revolt, Russia and Oil Imperialism, by J.K.
Wallace and Jobs for All, by Susan Green
Jersey Housing Crisis: Effects the Poor, by S. Berg
Self-Rule for Colonies; Bring the GI’s Home, by J.M.F.
Vol. 9 No. 52, 24 December 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Company “Security” Means Insecurity for Unions!
- $1,169,000
- The Issue in the GM Strike
- Uniion Must Not Yield to Union-Smashing Demands, by Jack Wilson
- Ford Offer Has Strings Attached, by Mary Bell
- Chicago CIO Meet Backs GM Strikers, by R. Miller
The URWA Convention, by Helen Scott
- Rubber Workers’ 7-Point Program
British Commit an Indonesian “Lidice”, by Jessie Kaaren
Prices Up; Ceilings in Jeopardy, by Susan Green
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Political Physiology
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
Left Jab, by Shaw
- Veterans in GM Strike Lose G.I. Bill Benefits
- We-Do-Not-Desire-an-Inch-of-Foreign-Soil Dept.
Business Manager’s Press Action
The Nuremberg Trials, by Steven Parker
Off Limits, Part I, by James M. Fenwick
- The Brutalization of the American Soldier
- The War Has Debased All Human Values
- “You Are Worse than the Germans!”
Editorials
- Nationalize Big Business!
- Two Steps Backward
- R.J. Thomas and the Labor Party
French Communists Join Fourth Internat’l, from British Socialist Appeal
Atomic Energy: For Barbarism or Socialism, Part V, A Series by the Editors of Labor Action
The Tasks Before the Shipbuilders’ Union Convention
Vol. 9 No. 53, 31 December 1945
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interest of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
A New Year of New Struggles for an Old Ideal, Message of Labor Action and the Workers Party
Fight to Open the Books! by Mary Bell
- The “Closed” Corporation (cartoon), by Carlo
The Myth of High Wartime Wages, by Walter Weiss
On the Line with GM Picketers, by Bill Miller
URWA Preserves Status Quo; Progressives Lack Program, by Helen Scott
Tug-of-War by Big 3 over Turkey, by Jessie Kaaren
Capitalism Can’t Make Jobs for All, by Eleanor Mason
News and Views from the Labor Front
- The San Francisco Machinists’ Strike, by Rita Ritchie
- A Veterqan goes Job-Hunting, by Sam Bagradian
Left Jabs, by Shaw
- “Bids Powers Be Frank”
- We Do Not Desire an Inch of Foreign Soil Dept.
Business Manager’s Press Action, by Paul Bern
With the Workers Party
What’s Wrong with the Labor Party’s Nationalization, by Susan Green
Off Limits, Part II, by James M. Fenwick
- The Brutalization of the American Soldier
- The Years of the Locusts
- “Lootin’ Is Verbootin’!”
- Man’s Inhumanity to Man
- An Unendurable Friendship
Editorials
- What “Open the Books” Signifies
From the Program of the Workers Party
Next Week
Atomic Energy: For Barbarism or Socialism? Conclusion, A Series by the Editors of Labor Action
Profit Interests Cause for Nationwide Housing Crisis, by P. Prentiss
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