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Vol. XIV No. 1, 2 January 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

The First 50 Years of the America Dream, by Art Preis

• [Wall Street Kraken] (cartoon)
• [Dustbin] (cartoon)
• [Riders of the Apocalypse] (cartoon)

Bosses Ask Injunction on Miners

Trumanites in Congress Scheme to Hoax Labor

• Harry S. Truman (photo)

Labor-Haters Try to Blow Up UAW Building

• Police Examine Package (photo)

Stalinists in U.S. Formally Launch Purge of ‘Titoists’

AFL Unions Will Ask Wage Raises in 1950

Court Smashes Cleveland Strike

1949 Trends Point Up New Year’s Tasks

• Both Camps in Cold War Face Serious Troubles, by Albert Parker
• Symbol of Old Year
• Labor Made Few Gains During Past 12 Months, by Joseph Keller
• Civil Liberties Were Attacked on Every Front, by George Breitman

[Editorials]

• The “Secret” That Was No Secret
• The Purge in the Plants
• New Status of Indonesia

Titoism and Internationalism

• Pro-Tito Opposition Inside the French CP, by George Breitman

Visit Your Local Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Two Birthdays in Moscow, by John G. Wright

New Postage Stamp (photo)

90% of Fund Collected with 4 Days to Go, by Reba Aubrey

• Scoreboard for SWP Fund

Intellectual D.P.’s, by Arthur Kent

Stalinists Lie About Rent Fight in Chicago

Thousands of Jobless in Ypsilanti Thrown on Relief, Face Evictions

The Tresca Murder Case

Notes from the News

Rose Karsner Honored at Dinner in New York on Her 60th Birthday

Vol. XIV No. 2, 9 January 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Truman Cloaks ‘War Deal’ with ‘Fair Deal’ Talk, by Art Preis

FBI wiretappers, Perjurers Break Law, Get Away with It, by George Breitman

Spelling It Out (cartoon), by Gray

Plant Purge Contract Approved by Reuther

• Walter Reuther (photo)

Stalinists Agree to 11% Wage Cut for Fur Workers

SIU Officials Continue Threats Against SWP

West German CP Purges Titoists

SWP Fund Completed in Full and on Time, by Reba Aubrey

Washington’s Big Dilemma – Chinese Policy, by Joseph Hansen

The U.S. Plot to Rearm Germany

Workers Forum

• Sees Two Errors in Article on War and Negroes, from Milton Alvin
• Ed. Note

V.R. Dunne Address 3 Mid-West Meetings on Civil Rights Fight

• Schedule of Dunne’s Tour on Civil Rights

Chart Tells Unemployment Story (chart), from AFL Monthly Survey

Notes on Latin America, by J. Gomez

• Bolivia Tin Miners Face Repressions
• The Strikes in Argentina

The Militant Army

• Detroit Reports Busy Week End of Literature Sales

[Editorials]

• In the Shadow of the Blackjack
• The Biggest Lie of All
• Labor Faces Political Betrayal

‘Social Scientists’ and Labor, by F. Forest

The Strange Case of General Yamashita, by John G. Wright

Where Yugoslav Policy Is Basically at Fault

Scoreboard for SWP Fund

Visit Your Local Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Wall Street’s Achilles Heel, by Joseph Keller

Jobless Estimates of Census Bureau Highly Doctored, by Robert Phillips

Backs Civil Rights Fight (photo)

Civil Liberties Movement Can’t Afford Blacklists, by Albert Parker

A Letter Of Thanks, by Rose Karsner

Dowson Gets 15,600 Votes in Toronto Mayoralty Race, by Barry Brent

Notes from the News

Vol. XIV No. 3, 16 January 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Public Protests Mounting Against FBI Lawbreaking, by George Breitman

• Harold J. Ickes (photo)
• Ickes Urges American People to Abolish FBI

Pie in the Sky (cartoon), by Gray

Truman Asks More for War in New Budget, by Art Preis

• Budget Hides Many War Costs Under Other Titles

Japanesse CP Rejects Kremlin Order for Purge

Bitter Campaign Expected in New British Elections

Strikebreaking Stirs Fight in Cleveland AFL

Coal Miners Need Aid of All Labor, by Joseph Keller

Atomic Energy and Capitalist Society, by Arne Swabeck

Unemployment Victim (photo)

A Letter from Australia on the Recent Elections

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

• The Fate of Tan Malaka
• Greek Centrists in Marshall Plan Camp

Dunne Flays Witch-Hunters at Meetings in Youngstown

• Schedule of Dunne’s Tour on Civil Rights

Greetings to the Civil Rights Mobilization Delegates

[Editorials]

• Don’ Rely on the Courts
• The “Welfare City”
• The Trials of the CIO

Truths About Economic ‘State of the Union’, by John G. Wright

Prof. Emerson’s Speech on Kutcher and Bill of Rights, by Thomas I. Emerson

Visit Your Local Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

The Frederic March Case, by Ruth Johnson

New Political Policy Needed by Civil Rights Mobilization, by Albert Parker

Wants Troops in Formosa (photo)

Truman on Formosa, by Joseph Hansen

Curran Machine Expels Four Opponents in NMU

Two Significant Films, by Charles Hanley

Youngstown NAACP Rally Gets Encouraging Response

Vol. XIV No. 4, 23 January 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Denham Seeks New Injunction Against Miners

• Dist. 31 Locals Do Own Deciding on Mine Walkout

FBI Breaks Law 170 times a Day, Admits Hoover

• Hot Wire (cartoon), by Gray
• Yesterday Illegal but “Legal” Today
• Roosevelt Approved Wiretap Lawbreaking

Trotskyists Make Gains in Colombo

Conference Asks Quick Action on Civil Rights, by Arthur Kent

Washington Starts Dumping Foods

Seattle Case Exposes Hall-Lundeberg Lies

Congress Moves to Block FEPC

Atomic Energy and Capitalist Society, by Arne Swabeck

Hazards of Mining (photo)

World Events, by Paul G. Stevens

• British Election Background: Rising Industrial Unrest
• Italian Labor Struggles Against Unemployment

The Militant Army

• Brisk Militant Sales Among Delegates at NAACP Rights Meet

Truman’s Prophecy

[Editorials]

• Remove Clark, McGrath and Hoover
• Truman’s Labor Czar
• Stalin Restores Death Penalty

Events Confirm Lenin’s View on Our era, by G.F. Eckstein

• V.I. Lenin (drawing)

Prof. Emerson Exposes Truman “Loyalty” Purge, by Thomas I. Emerson

China Policy Shows Gulf Between Leninism and Stalinism, by Charles Hanley

Visit Your Local Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Freedom of Religion, by Joseph Keller

Police Brutality Told by Oakland Negroes

Race Hate Victim (photo)

Bartell Hits SIU’s Jim Crow Hiring Hall

Charge Racial Bias in Toledo School Sale

Apartments – At a Price, by Ruth Johnson

The Truth Will Out, by Gordon Bailey

Race-Haters in Chicago Organizing to Incite More Mob Violence

Dunne Speaks at Pittsburgh, Morgantown and Buffalo

• Schedule of Dunne’s Tour on Civil Rights

Jobs Are Scarcer, by Fred Hart

Socialist Party Vote OK’s Merger with Social Democratic Federation

Vol. XIV No. 5, 30 January 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

All Labor Must Rally to aid Coal Miners, by The Editors

Says Steel’s Steal Not Big Enough

Labor Haters Gang Up on Embattled Miners

• He Needs Our Help (cartoon), by Gray
• Robert N. Denham (photo)
• John L. Lewis (photo)

90,000 Strike at Chrysler

Trumanites in Congress Stall Action on FEPC, by Joseph Keller

• ‘Slap in Face,’ Wilkins Complains
• Sam Rayburn (photo)

Judge Ryan Calls FBI Wiretaps “Unlawful”

Tito Regime Announces New Important Reforms

Washington Aims to Save Franco

Atomic Energy and Capitalist Society, by Arne Swabeck

Doing Fine (photo)

Harry Greene, Militant Negro Unionist, Dies

Workers Forum

• A Criticism of Yamashita Review, from R. Lens
• — And a Reply, from John G. Wright

“That Little Paper”

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

• Cure for the “Sick” Coal Industry
• The Hiss Verdict
• Myth of the “Fair” Profit

First the A-Bomb – Now the Hell-Bomb, by John G. Wright

Adamic’s Impressions of His Yugoslav Trip

Visit Your Local Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

“Welfare” in New York, by Ruth Johnson

Dunne Flays Role of Union Officials in Rights Fight

• Large Meeting Held in Boston

Strikers’ Families Evicted (photo)

Curran Machine Continues Purge of Opponents

They Can Dream, Can’t They, by Sidney Crabbe

Kutcher Appeal Will Be Filed in 2 Weeks

New Leader Exposes SIU Officials’ Attacks on SWP

Convictions Without Trial, by Fred Hart

1 Out of Every 9 Jobless in Germany

Group to Picket Spanish Consulate

Notes from the News

Vol. XIV No. 6, 6 February 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

ACLU to Probe Violations of Union Democracy

H-Bomb Faces Humanity with Annihilation

• ‘The Decision Rests With Me, and Me Alone!’ (cartoon), by Gray

Newark Banquet for Jim Kutcher Highly Successful

SWP Leader to Be Honored

White House Ultimatum Handed to Mine Workers

• Pa. Miners Determined to Continue Battle, by F. Forest

Social Democrats Vote for Merger with SP

A ‘Labor’ Cover for the Legion-Hearst Mob, by Art Preis

NMU Seamen Reject Curran Purge Move

European Notebook

• Europe, 1950, by Ernest Germain

French Against Viet-Namese (photo)

Yugoslav Job Freeze, by John G. Wright

Washington Backs French Indo-China Puppet, by Charles Hanley

Atomic Energy and Capitalist Society, by Arne Swabeck

The Militant Army

• 3,200 Extra Copies of Miners’ Edition Ordered by Branches

[Editorials]

• Spotlight on Union Dictators
• “Always Refreshing”
• Doubts in the Ruling Circles

Why Revolutionary Socialists Favor Victory of British Labor Party, by Paul G. Stevens

• Clement Attlee (cartoon)
• Ernest Bevin (cartoon)

What Did Civil Rights Mobilizations Achieve? by Albert Parker

Visit Your Local Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

High Cost of the FBI, by Joseph Keller

Chrysler Strikers Seeking Strengthened Basic Contract

• Chrysler Strike Begins (photo)

Large Opposition Vote in Referendum of SUP

National Telephone Strike Scheduled

A Traitorous Silence, by Fred Hart

A Slight Case of Double-Talk

The Jobless Cab Driver, by Robert Chester

Correction

Vol. XIV No. 7, 13 February 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Millions Will Die, All Liberty Lost – Admits McMahon, by John G. Wright

All Unions Must Take Action to Halt Attack upon Miners

• ‘Miners Will Continue Struggle’ (photo)
• Steel Union Sends Aid to Miners

An Editorial

• The Miners’ Fight Is Your Fight

Kutcher Case Is Taken into Washington Court

What Other Strikers Say

Hitler General Drafts U.S. Dictatorship Plan

Unemployment Hits Nine-Year Peak

Hell Bomb – Road to World Suicide, by Art Preis

European Notebook

• Modena and Ivry, by Ernest Germain
• Maurice Thorez (cartoon)

French Trotskyists Hold 6th National Convention

The Militant Army

• New York SWP Passes 2/3 Mark in Subs Campaign

Cominform, Japan CP Attempt to Avoid Rift

Atomic Energy and Capitalist Society, by Arne Swabeck

“That Little Paper”

[Editorials]

• The Bureaucratic Mentality
• Kutcher Case in the Courts

Key Problems in Study of Negro History, by J. Meyer

Did Roosevelt “Appease” Stalin? by George Breitman

Visit Your Local Headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party

Their Kind of ‘Socialist’, by Fred Hart

Authorities Bury FEPC Ordinance in San Francisco

Federal Mediators Attempt to Postpone Telephone Strike (photo)

SWP Organizer Flays Dictatorial Chief of Police

That Speech of Carey’s, by Joseph Keller

Strikers Prepare New Demands at Chrysler

Toledo Area-Wide Pension Fight Enters New stage

V.R. Dunne, Jim Kutcher Speak at N.Y. Meeting

AFL Council Issues Mild Complaint on State Department Bid to Franco

Vol. XIV No. 8, 20 February 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

SWP Committee Maps Election Drive for 1950

Mine Struggle shows Need of Labor Party, by Art Preis

• ‘First We’ll Get the Guy in Front’ (cartoon), by Gray
• Harry Truman (cartoon)
• Miners’ Heroic Battle Inspires CIO Support

Issues in Kutcher Case Explained by Leader of ADA

Stalinist Rulers Brutally Suppress Shanghai Workers

Progressive Convention Faces Deep-Going Crisis, by George Clarke

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Shipowners on Hiring Hall

Maryland Court Upholds Ober Law

H-Bomb Means Annihilation, Warns Einstein, by John G. Wright

European Notebook

• International Significance of British Election, by Ernest Germain

Ask Pledge on H-Bomb Use (photo)

Mine Owners’ Strategy Based on Truman’s Aid

The Militant Army

• What Miners Say About the Strike

SWP in Detroit Urges Fight on New Fare Rise

Atomic Energy and Capitalist Society, by Arne Swabeck

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Federal Court Approves Jim Crow in D.C. Schools

[Editorials]

• Class Justice in Action
• Three Revealing Actions
• Negro History Week

Worker in East Germany Defends Trotsky

Liberals in Bitter Dispute on Jim Crow, by Albert Parker

Russian Potash Shipments Help Break U.S. Strike

H-Bomb Liberals, by George Breitman

Cannon Honored for Forty Years of Service to Socialism, by Ruth Johnson

• James P. Cannon (photo)
• Plenum Urges Support to Cannon Birthday Fund

Dogs, Steaks and Bells, by James E. Boulton

Waltham Watch Winds Up (photo)

New Demands Issued by Chrysler Strikers

I.F. Stone on Kutcher

Akron Police Murder Defenseless Negro

CIO, AFL Bodies Voice Suport for Mine Union

Legion Purgers Brand Nursery Tunes Subversive

Federal Judge Upholds deportation of Hariasides

Vol. XIV No. 9, 27 February 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Hell-Bomb Stirs Clamor for “New Approach”

Back Us Up and We Can Win, Miners Tell Labor Movement, by Art Preis

FEPC Gutted in House 240–157

Crocodile Tears (cartoon), by Gray

Legless Vet Gets New Help in Philadelphia

NMU Faces Hiring Hall Crisis Without Program

Cochran to Tour U.S. on Outlook for Labor

Ho Veers from Stalin Line, Gets Tito Ties

Me Too, Says Truman of GOP’s Slogan, by Albert Parker

European Notebook

• Rousset-Sartre Debate, by Ernest Germain

Plot Anti-UMW Injunction (photo)

Stalinists Hope Miners Won’t Remember 1943

The Militant Army

• Brooklyn Leads in New York Campaign for Militant Subs

“That Little Paper”

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Letters from Our Readers

• The Bureaucratic Regime in the SIU, from An SIU Member
• Mark Twain’s Kind of Loyalty, from H.S.
• [Mark Twain Quote]

[Editorials]

• Hands Off Yugoslavia!
• Encouragement to Union-Busters
• One of the Biggest Lies in History

Class Forces in the Chinese Revolution, by Li Fu-jen

• When Chiang Was Stalin’s Ally (photo)

New York NMU Votes to Support Jim Kutcher

Kremlin-China Treaty Is Window-Dressing, by John G. Wright

Government Deportation Drive Hits a Snag

Anti-War Novel Banned as “Indecent” in Japan

Truman’s Interview, by John F. Petrone

Cannon Greeted Warmly at 60th Birthday Dinner

• Cannon Birthday Dinner in New York (photo)

Strikers Favor More Militancy at Chrysler’s

Hot Potatoes, by Ruth Johnson

Grand Jury to Investigate Murder of Fenner in Akron

Advertising, 1950, by George Breitman

Fire Denham? Truman Not Even Considering It

Vol. XIV No. 10, 6 March 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

24-Hour National Strike Urged to Aid Coal Miners

British Working Class Bars Return of Tories to Power, by John G. Wright

• Clement Attlee (photo)

Wallaceite Convention Marks Shift to the Right

• Henry Wallace (photo)

Republicans & Democrats – FEPC (cartoon), by Gray

Bohannan Is Candidate of SWP for Congress

• William E. Bohannan

Trumanites, Republicans Join in Knifing FEPC, by Albert Parker

Curran Runs to Taft in Hiring Hall Fight

Life Offers Only H-Bomb Death, by Joseph Keller

SWP Opens 1950 Campaign in Mich.

We Regret

European Notebook

• An Italian Liberal’s View of Leon Trotsky, by Ernest Germain
• Leon Trotsky (photo)

The Militant Army

• New York Local Goes over the Top in Sub Campaign

Branches Celebrate Negro History Week, by Dickson Woods

ACLU Will File Brief Supporting James Kutcher

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Labor Chieftains Copy Govt. Purge, Says V.R. Dunne

[Editorials]

• The Way to Aid the Miners
• What the Liberals Don’t Understand
• Another Blow at Bill of Rights

Capitalist Propaganda and British Elections, by Paul G. Stevens

Cause and Effect of FEPC Betrayal, by Marshall Haynes

Cochran’s Tour

Australia Government to Outlaw Stalinists

The Post on Kutcher

Urge More Militancy in Chrysler Strike

“Loyalty” Board Fires Trotskyist on Alaska Job

• Charles Swett

SWP Asks Labor to Prevent Boost in Detroit Fare

Fame is the Spur, by Ruth Johnson

• Michael Redgrave (photo)

Kutcher Addresses 20 Meetings in Philadelphia on Civil Rights Fight

Red-Baiters Bolt CIO Longshoremen for AFL, by D. Rossa

The Korean Police State, by Charles Hanley

Detroit KKK Elements Threaten Violence

U.S. Coast Guard Uses Blacklist in Private Jobs

Vol. XIV No. 11, 13 March 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Trumanites Back Police-State Bill in Senate Body, by John G. Wright

Lewis Urges “Mutual Aid” Pact for Defense of Strikes

• Miners – Contract (cartoon), by Gray
• Miners Win Victory by Militancy, by Art Preis

An Editorial

• Chief Lesson of Mine Fight – Need of Joint Labor Action

CP Goons Assault Meeting in Paris on Yugoslavia

Bridges Trial Informer Got OK of CIO Leaders

Technological Gains Swell Army of Jobless

Lilienthal Rants at Scientists Telling Truth, by Ruth Johnson

N.Y. Witch-Hunt Law Revalidated

European Notebook

• Stalinism and Its New ‘Third Period’, Ernerst Germain

Lewis’ Weak Point – Politics, by Joseph Keller

• John L. Lewis (photo)

Auto Union Relief Caravan Hailed in Coal Mining Town, by F. Forest

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

World Report

• China
• Indonesia
• Italy
• France
• Yugoslavia
• Arsenal of Marxism

Cochran’s Tour

Fewer Medical Students Than 45 Years Ago

[Editorials]

• Bureaucratic Bankruptcy Exposed
• The Wallaceite Sickness
• Why No Action on Unemployment?

Laborite Chiefs Try to Straddle Vital Issues, by Paul G. Stevens

Yugoslavia and the Wallaceite Convention, by George Breitman

The Record of Stalinist Treachery in China, by Li Fu-jen

The Miners’ Wives, by F. Forest

New UAW Group Makes Good Start in Toledo Election

Sit-In Strikers (photo)

UAW Officials Propose Retreat at Chrysler

A ‘Do-Good’ Minister, by David Rossi

N.Y. Painters Leaders Begin Witch-Hunt Purge

From the Yugoslav Press

Jail Homeless Family on ‘Cruelty’ Charge, by Ralph Gallagher

SDF Leaders Override Members on SP Unity, by Albert Parker

Unfair Employment Practice Protected in New FEPC Bill

Vol. XIV No. 12, 20 March 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Pittsburgh Civil Rights Violated in Rising Witch-Hunt

“The Very Latest Model – Guaranteed to Last a Lifetime” (cartoon), by Gray

Murray Turns Down United Defense Pact

• Philip Murray (photo)

General Motors Rakes In World’s Biggest Profits

30,000 Attend Ceylon Meeting of Trotskyists

• Mass Meeting in Colombo (photo)

Petitions Filed for Bohannan in New Jersey

SWP Picks Candidates for Campaign in Penn., by J. Minuit

Stalinists Expel Member for Opposing Anti-SWP Violence

CIO Hits Mundt Bill as “Totalitarian”

Big-Money Finances Democratic Machine, by Joseph Keller

European Notebook

• Toward a Dictatorial State in Western Europe, by Ernest Germain

Poised for Crackdown on Strikers (photo)

How GM Sliding Scale Worked Out, by Art Preis

Labor Tasks Analyzed by Cochran in Boston

• Cochran’s Tour

The Militant Army

• SWP Branches Start Action on Renewals for The Militant

An Election Report from London, by T. Burns

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Articles on Yugoslavia Featured in Current FI

[Editorials]

• Was the FBI Vindicated?
• Be Careful of What You Don’t Say
• Looking Backward

Quit Whitewashing the Trumanites on FEPC! by Albert Parker

The Electoral Policy of the Wallaceites, by Fred Hart

Why Belgium Is Now Divided over King Leopold’s Return, by Charles Hanley

House Seeks to Expand Power of FBI Purgers

Shachtman Advocates Participation in Capitalist Primaries, by George Breitman

Correction

Left Hand, Right Hand – Truman’s Flim-Flammery

Rogge – Wallace’s Successor? by John F. Petrone

James P. Cannon and Rose Karsner Honored in L.A., by A. Lynn

Profs, Students Fight U. of California Oath

• Hit College “Loyalty” Oath (photo)

Auto Barons Hit Union with 3-Way Attack

‘Charm’ for Job-Seekers, by Anna Carson

Publisher Paul Block Admits He Financed Suit Against Toledo Union

Morals of a Union Bureaucrat, by Ruth Johnson

Vol. XIV No. 13, 27 March 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Yugoslav Chiefs Deepen Exposure of Stalin’s Crimes

Acheson’s “Total Diplomacy” Offers No Hope for Peace, by Art Preis

• Dean Acheson (photo)

“Loyalty” Purge OK, Says Court

The “Welfare State” (cartoon), by Gray

Michigan SWP Off to a Good Start in Petition Drive

U.S. Military Display Protested by Indo-Chinese

Mine Union Hits CIO, AFL Chiefs for Rejecting United Defense

Govt. Plans to Indict 12,000 Under Smith Act

Anti-Reuther Slate Sweeps Chevy Local, by Emmett Moore

European Notebook

• Struggle for the Workers’ United Front, by Ernest Germain

Starvation Victim (photo)

Bert Cochran Speaks at Flint, Buffalo Meetings

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Letters from Our Readers

• Problems of the Unemployed, from N.J.S.
• Ed. Note
• Workers Control of Atomic Energy, from B.P.
• Sequel to the H-Bomb? from I.W.

Detroit NAACP Makes Progress in Restaurants

Ho Chi Minh’s Radio Attacks Yugoslav Leaders

[Editorials]

• ‘A Shame and a Disgrace’
• Union’s Duty to the Jobless

Why They Are Shifting Plants Out of Detroit, by Jack Meade

Lewis’ Position on Union Democracy, by Joseph Keller

Unemployment in California Reaches a Critical Stage, by Al Lynn

Albert Goldman Finds a New Home, by George Breitman

Belgian Workers Oppose Leopold’s Return, by Charles Hanley

Nothing to Worry About, by Ruth Johnson

Ultra-Modern Household Equipment (photo)

What Chrysler Pickets Think of Lewis’ Plan

Chicago Jim-Crow Mobsters Freed, Judge Hits Victims, by Gordon Bailey

John Crown’s Legacy, by David Weiss

Detroit Race Tension Heightened by Murder, by E. Drake

Stalinist Comeback Attempt Suffers Rebuff in Philadelphia ILG Elections, by Rosalyn Leary

From the Yugoslav Press

Ford Pact Weakens Chrysler, GM Fights

Vol. XIV No. 14, 3 April 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

NMU, SIU Leaders Undermine Fight for Hiring Hall

The Modern Oliver Twist (cartoon), by Gray

Jobless Ranks Keep Growing; Action Needed, by Art Preis

Swedish Socialist Group Declares in Favor of 4th Int’l

ADA and ACLU Condemn Mundt Police-State Bill

Burglars Break into, Rob SWP Headquarters

60 Harvard Professors Hit Firing of Kutcher

Did That $125-Billion Go to ‘Disarm’ U.S.?

High Court Upholds Dennis Conviction

N.J. Paper Strike Ends on Disastrous Terms

Trumanites Vote Funds to Witch-Hunt Body, by John F. Petrone

European Notebook

• Royal Question in Belgium, by Ernest Germain

Cochran Talks on Labor’s Outlook at Detroit Rally

Italian Police Against Strikers (photo)

Letters from Our Readers

• Professors retreat on Calif. Oath Fight, from Al Lynn
• May Call Memphis “Labor Holiday”, from Lee Ryan
• Wallaceite Crisis seen in N.Y. Dispute, from Student
• Likes Articles by Germain, Swabeck, from D.P.

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Political Court Decisions
• The Pope on Strikes
• The Yugoslavs and the WFTU

The Yugoslav Elections and Workers Democracy, by John G. Wright

The State of Civil Liberties in India, by Ruth Miller

SP Expresses Regrets over SDF Unity Delay

Wallaceites Consider Deal with Democrats in N.J.

Starving Jobless “Studied” in Calif., by Al Lynn

Thompson Faces Reutherite in Ford Local 600 Run-Off

Safety Council Reports Job Death Toll

The H-Bomb Isn’t All, by Fred Hart

Compromise Stand on Civil Rights at Queens Parley

High Level Redbaiting (photo)

Fighting Spirit Remains High in Chrysler Ranks

High Court and Jim Crow, by William E. Bohannan

Truman Prepares for Shift on Repeal of Taft-Hartley

Grand Jury Absolves Killers of Negro Vet

The Case of Seretse Khama, by Albert Parker

Detroit Mayor Hit for Jim Crow Act

Freedom of Trade?

VFW Spokesman Demands Thought-Control Penalties

Harold Laski, British Laborite, Dead at 56

Vol. XIV No. 15, 10 April 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

The Kind of Unity Workers Want and Need, by Art Preis

CIO Hits Mundt Bill at House Hearing

Bridges Verdict Strikes Blow at Labor’s Rights

It IS Happening Here (cartoon), by Gray

AEC Censors Scientific American, Burns Copies, by Joseph Keller

Solicit Greetings for N.Y. Kutcher Journal

Italian Trotskyists Step Up Activities in Rome, Other Cities

Progress Reported on Penn., Mich. Petitions

• Clyde Turner (photo)

Matthiessen Commits Suicide over Cold War, by Sidney Crabbe

• F.O. Matthiessen (photo)

ADA Still Tied to Truman Policy

European Notebook

• The ‘National Front’ – Stalin’s German Policy, by Ernest Germain

Steel-Helmeted Italian Police ... Smash a Demonstration (photo)

Chicago, Milwaukee Forums Hear Cochran Flay Misleaders of Labor

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Letters from Our Readers

• Objects to Line of Articles on Belgium, from R.G.
• A Reply by Charles Hanley, from Charles Hanley

Cochran’s Tour

[Editorials]

• ‘Shooting Soldiers in the Back’
• Biddle – The ADA’s ‘New Voice’
• The New Censorship Technique

Super Witch-Hunt Set Off by Senator McCarthy, by Paul G. Stevens

What Bethe Wrote About the H-Bomb

Real Issues Were Not Discussed at Browder-Shachtman Debate, by David Weiss

Correction

The Menace of Education, by Ruth Johnson

Members of the Atomic Energy Commission (photo)

Lundeberg Gets a Setback in Seattle Court

UAW Leaders’ Retreat Emboldens Auto Barons

A Lie That Boomerangs, by Fred Hart

From the Yugoslav Press

Maritime Parley Left Way Open for Raiding

ITU Local Asks for Strike Vote at New York Papers, by F. Newman

IBEW in Chicago Signs ‘Loyalty’ Contract

George Novack Protests Newspaper Story on Matthiessen’s Activity, from George Novack

Dutch Trotskyists Run in Provincial Elections

Vol. XIV No. 16, 17 April 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Stalin’s Hangmen Held 2 Trotskyist German Leaders

• 1940 – 1950 (cartoon), by Gray

Sound Labor Unity Depends on Action by Rank-and-File, by Art Preis

Trend Favors CIO Union Against UE in NLRB Polls

Reutherites Lose Key Posts in Bell Aircraft Election

Truman’s Job Plan Offers Drop in Bucket

Hoodlum Violence on Streets of N.Y., by Albert Parker

NAACP Protests Stall on FEPC in Senate

High Court Bolsters Witch-Hunt

European Notebook

• Revolutionist Tells Why He Fled East Germany, by Ernest Germain

Why No Mass Protest in Bridges Frame-Up, by Joseph Keller

• Harry Bridges (photo)

Belgian Labor Blocks King Leopold’s Return, by Charles Hanley

Times Editors Slip Up, Expose Own Censorship

The Militant Army

Cochran Analyzes Labor’s Problems at N.W. Meetings

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Letters from Readers

• A Question on Civil Rights and Fascists, from P.M.
• Ed. Note

White Reconsiders, Offers to Remain NAACP Secretary

[Editorials]

• Tito on the War Question
• The Lay-Offs in Coal

Pension Plans – A Comparison, by Robert Philips

Leon Blum – ‘Savior’ of French Employers, by John F. Petrone

• Leon Blum (photo)

Kremlin Agents Continue Purges in Czechoslovakia and Norway

Sen. Pepper – A Typical Southern Liberal, by William E. Bohannan

The Roosevelt “Legacy”, by Fred Hart

Students Hit Decree Barring Professor at Wayne University, by Seymour Lyons

• Dr. Herbert Phillips (photo)

Angry Hosiery Union Members Fight Wage Cut

Miami Beach, by Ben Stone

Adamic’s Magazine Gives More Reports on Yugoslavia

Chicago Housing Scandal, by Gordon Bailey

Another ‘New Look’? by Jack Lerman

U.S. Court Upholds Purge of 3 Private Employees

Baldanzi Faces Axe in Textile Feud with Rieve

Church Members Back Pastor, Witch-Hunt Victim

Vol. XIV No. 17, 24 April 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

How they Tried to Crush Labor – Then and Now, by George Breitman

Unite Against Capitalist War, Witch-Hunting, Unemplyoment, May Day Appeal of the SWP

• For International Solidarity (cartoon), by Gray

Free German Trotskyists, Envoy Told

Truman Wants the Credit – He’s Welcome to It

New York SWP to Enter Fall Election Campaign

Ranks Raise Questions on UAW Strike Tactics

U.S. Court Rulings Aid Jim Crow

European Notebook

• German Dismantling – Who Benefits? by Ernest Germain

International Obligations of U.S. Workers, by Paul G. Stevens

Haymarket Demonstration Scene (drawing)

Capitalist Profit System vs. Socialist Planning, by Joseph Hansen

[Editorial]

• The Baltic “Incident”

Trotsky Long Ago Refuted Acheson’s Lies, by Fred Hart

What Albert Parsons Said at His Trial

• A Fable – An Editorial by Albert Parsons, from The Alarm

Why Labor Must Build New Leadership, by John F. Petrone

Welfare State and Negroes, by Albert Parker

Cochran Speaks on Labor’s Prospects in San Francisco

The “Henry Wallace of Chile” (photo)

Teacher Fired for Daring to Fight Jim Crow

Weak Pension Accepted by UAW at Ford in Canada

Stalin Sinkiang Deals Exposed by Yugoslavs

World Unemployment Up, by Robert Phillips

2nd Toledo Strike on Pension Issue

Truman’s Friends, by Ruth Johnson

Vol. XIV No. 18, 1 May 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Puppets of U.S. Wage War on Filipino People, by Li Fu-jen

The Hunter Hounded (cartoon), by Gray

“Loyalty” Purge Boomerangs on Democrats, by George Breitman

Open Letter to Truman, from James Kutcher

Telephone and Railroad Unions Postpone Strikes

What Was Navy Plane Doing in the Baltics?

SWP Is Notified It Qualifies for Michigan Ballots

GM Local Urged to Prepare for Strike, by Emmett Moore

Turner-Lewin Papers Filed in Pennsylvania

• Herbert Lewin (photo)

Denied Jobless Aid for His Politics

Political Aspects of Labor Unity Proposal, by C. Thomas

European Notebook

• The 25th Hour, by Ernest Germain (book review)

California Jobless Increase Reported

Sidewalk Supper (photo)

Letters from Readers

• Why Starvation in the Richest Valley? from Al Lynn
• Simon Klein Was Too Old, from Ben Stone

The Militant Army

Cochran Debunks Ex-Radical Stooges of Bureaucracy

End of Rent Control Would Cut Living Standards 5%

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Problems of American Politics

If They Don’t Admit It, Maybe No One Will Know

[Editorials]

• Five Years of the UN
• Relief for the Unemployed
• An Issue That Can’t Be Straddled

Pyade Tells How Stalin Betrayed the Partisans

Stalin Sharpens Line Against ‘Tito Forces’, by John F. Petrone

Truman Appoints Advocate of Blood Segregation to a Position in the Top Loyalty Review Board

A Social Portrait of Our Middle Class, by Paul Schapiro (review)

Toward Unity in Ceylon

Walkout Closes Steel Company’s Homestead Plant, by F. Forest

• Strike at Homestead (photo)

Deadlock Continues on Strike at Chrysler’s

Land of Opportunity, by Robert Phillips

From the Yugoslav Press

IPP in California to Back Boss candidates, by Al Lynn

Vol. XIV No. 19, 8 May 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Oscar Coover, Pioneer American Trotskyist, Dies, by Art Preis

• Oscar Coover, Oct. 7, 1887–May 3, 1950 (photo)

Yugoslavs Issue Appeal for Return to Leninist Principles

• Yugoslav May Day Manifesto Hailed by SWP Leader

Sen. Pepper Is Defeated in Primary

A Lesson in Democracy (cartoon), by Gray

CIO Wins Westinghouse Vote by Narrow Margin, by C. Thomas

O. John Rogge Is on Stalinists’ Blacklist

$10,000 Militant Fund is Launched, by The Editors

Filipinos – Colonial Slaves Under U.S. Rule, by Li Fu-jen

European Notebook

• Real Situation in Spain Today, by Ernest Germain

Dunne Speaks at May Day Meeting

British Troops as Strikebreakers (photo)

Militant Fund Campaign Is Off to a Good Start, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

The Militant Army

Philadelphia SWP Begins Campaign at May Day Rally

Letters from Our Readers

• Ken Morris Denies Making Statement Attributed to Him, from Ken Morris
• Ed. Note
• Voices Gratitude for Story About Hosiery Workers, from M.G.

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Lattimore’s Reminder About Budenz
• The May Day Celebrations

How Stalin Sabotaged Yugoslav Civil War

CP Offers Support to Capitalist candidates, by John F. Petrone

Toledo UAW Local Prepares for Bitter Showdown Fight

The Social Significance of the Student Strike, by George Breitman

• New York Street Scene (photo)

N.Y. Students Get a Real Education, by Albert Parker

• Redbaited as Well as Mauled

Thousands in Protest at Wayne University

Unions Take Ads in Jim Kutcher Souvenir Booklet

More Married than Single Women Workers

Vol. XIV No. 20, 15 May 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Truman’s Supreme Court Upholds Taft-Hartley Oath, by R. Bell

Senate Stages Sham Battle on FEPC Bill, by William E. Bohannon

• Senator Lucas (photo)

“We Can Live in Peace with You — But Not with You!” (cartoon), by Gray

Dobbs Speaks on Civil Rights at Wayne University

College President Blacklists N.Y. Student Strikers

Law Guild Repudiates Expulsion of Yugoslavs

Beck-Lundeberg Goons in CIO Warehouse Raid

U.S. Helps to Enslave Indo-China, by John G. Wright

Profits Are Higher Than Last Year

Oscar Coover, Incorruptible Socialist Fighter

His Life’s Aim was to Advance Cause of Labor, by V.R. Dunne

[Portrait] (drawing)

N.Y. Meeting Honors Pioneer SWP Leader, by Ruth Johnson

His Loyalty to Labor Was Model for All, Says Warde

‘No One Has a Better Heritage’ – Oscar’s Son, by Oscar Coover, Jr.

Lifelong Friends Bid Farewell at Meeting in Minn., by Winifred Nelson

• 21 Years Ago (photo)
• What He Would Want Us to Do, by Harry DeBoer
• Coover Fund Will Be Used to Help Young Workers
• A Would That Is Deep and Painful, by Barbara Bruce
• A Stalwart and Selfless Pioneer, by Henry & Dorothy Schultz
• Working Class Has Lost a Real Friend, by C.R. Hedlund
• He Left a Pattern That All Should Copy, by Jake Cooper
• He Taught Us Hope and Confidence, by Grace Carlson
• More Next Week

[Editorials]

• More Maneuvers on Labor Unity
• Militarists Entrench Themselves

European Notebook

• Algerian Workers Fight for Freedom, by Ernest Germain

A Labor Diplomat on the Yugoslav Question, by C. Thomas

Flint SWP Is Setting Pace in Fund Campaign, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Corrections

Students and the Press, by Albert Parker

Toledo Hoodlums Prevent Holding of May Day Rally

Shades of the Depression (photo)

New Chrysler Contract Shows Meager Results

Hosiery Workers Laid Off After Getting Wage Rate Cut

Hoover at the UN, by Paul G. Stevens

Mexican Students Hear Discussion of Kutcher Case

Ohio Labor to Back Democratic Nonentity Against Taft in Fall

• Senator Taft (cartoon)

Detroit SWP Protests Ban on Distribution of Militant

Textile Workers Override Rieve, Re-Elect Baldanzi

Vol. XIV No. 21, 22 May 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

U.S. Yugoslavs Back Tito Govt. Against Stalinism

SWP on Ballot in Mich., Penna.

Labor’s Fear Aroused by Reactionary Trend, by Art Preis

• “We’ll Say Who Your Leaders can Be!” (cartoon), by Gray

Murray Offers Steel Union Convention No Real Program

Trumanite Liberals Join in New FEPC Sellout, by William E. Bohannon

Hitler Went, But Nazis Remain

Reutheristes Set Back at Mich CIO Parley

Question of Indo-China ‘Titoism’ Arises Again

Is Catholic Hierarchy Linked to McCarthy? by Joseph Keller

• Louis Budenz (photo)

European Notebook

• After Greece’s Election, by Ernest Germain

6 Branches Are Ahead of Schedule on Fund, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

The Militant Army

Letters from Readers

• Contract Changes Are Real Need, Says GM Worker, from J.R.
• Disputes Article on Haymarket Victim, Louis Lingg, from W.E.B.
• Ed. Note

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

One Doctor for Every 750 Persons in This Country

[Editorials]

• Help Free Hippe and Haas
• Murray’s Warning on Unemployment
• Teacher Attacks Students

Two Foes Who Pose as Yugoslavia’s ‘Friends’, by George Breitman

Post Office ‘Economy’ – For Whose Benefit? by Robert Phillips

Kremlin Ordered WFTU Expulsion, Yugoslav Trade Unions Charge

No. 2 Leader of West German Communist Party Is Expelled as ‘Titoist’

Debs and Dennis – Another Daily Worker Falsification

Oscar Coover, by Chester K. Johnson

Detroit Racists Plot to Attack Negro Project, by Howard Lerner

• Proof of Anti-Negro Conspiracy (photostat)

L.A. Parley on Jobs ‘Studies’ Joblessness, by Al Lynn

GM Profits and Socialism, by Milton Alvin

Why So Little Was Won at Chrysler

Liars on Unemployment, by John G. Wright

Vol. XIV No. 22, 29 May 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Capitalist Parties Equally Guilty of Killing FEPC Bill, by William E. Bohannon

• “And They Fall for It Every time!” (cartoon), by Gray

Washington Puts the Squeeze on Yugoslavia, by Art Preis

• Tito (cartoon)

An Editorial

• Yugoslavs Need U.S. Labor’s Help

‘I'm a Trumanite,’ Florida Primary Victor Boasts

GM Workers Saddled with 5-Year Contract

Executive Body of Fourth Int’l Holds 8th Plenum

No Relief – Owing to Her Political Views

Painters Union Purge Upheld by N.Y. Court

Cold War Takes Toll in New Jersey Town, by Joseph Keller

European Notebook

• Scientific and Artistic Liberty in Yugoslavia, by Ernest Germain

Branches Step Up Their Militant Fund Collections, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Letters from Our Readers

• Analysis of Ford Local 600 Election, from A Reader
• From Oscar Coover’s Family

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Washington Post on the Witch-Hunt
• Czech Diplomat Quits
• Barkley’s Revealing Slip

London Confab Served War Plans, Not Peace, by Fred Hart

Indo-China and U.S. Colonialism, by Paul G. Stevens

A Scandal That Rocked France – And Made Faces Red in Pentagon, by Charles Hanley

Looking for Work, by I. London

Union Leaders Plead for Posts in State Dept.

Japanese Students Protest

Revolt Against Gosser Flares in Toledo CIO

Lehman’s Spring Planting, by Ruth Johnson

Top Band at Kutcher Dance in N.Y. June 16

Yugoslavs and the U.S., by John F. Petrone

Philadelphia Defense Squads Urged Against Racist Gangs

Younger RR Strikers Active in Toledo Area

McAllister Coleman Dies in New York

Correction

Vol. XIV No. 23, June 5, 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Stop Delay on Yugoslavia Loan, SWP tells Truman

• Pigeonholed (cartoon), by Gray

Big Minority Opposes GM 5-Year Pact

• Walter Reuther (photo)

Murray Reaffirms CIO Support for James Kutcher

Lee, Remington Fired to Appease Witch-Hunters

IUE-CIO Gets Majority in General Electric

Old Parties Are Still Passing Buck on FEPC, by William E. Bohannan

What GM Won in Long-Term Deal, by Joseph Keller

“Loyalty” Oaths for Night Club Set?

European Notebook

• Berlin Ballad, by Ernest Germain

Happy over the Pact (photo)

CIO Packinghouse Head Submits to Murray at UPWA Convention, by Vincent Dunne

Pittdsburgh Branch First to Fill Quota in Militant Fund Campaign, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Poor Conditions Unchanged in GM

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

The Militant Army

Peace

[Editorials]

• Acheson’s ‘Informal Report’
• Government Interference in Unions
• Wallace’s ‘Peace’ Program

World Stalinism in Crisis, by Michel Pablo

Third Party Proposed at Labor Zionist Convention

A Scottsboro Victim tells His Own Story, by Albert Parker

Trotskyist Organizations Move Closer to Unification in Ceylon

NAACP Conference: I, by Jean Blake

Lesinski’s Death Upsets Trumanite Labor Leaders

Cops Against Pickets (photo)

Violence Erupts in Toledo CIO Internal Fight

Mountain Spring Camp Opens Second Season for Vacation Guests

The Most Hated People, by Fred Hart

From the Yugoslav Press

J.P. Morgan and Co., Modern Midas Outfit

Vol. XIV No. 24, 12 June 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Spanish Fascists Join in Attacks on Yugoslavia

Labor, Vets Back Kutcher Benefit

Supreme Court Refuses to Outlaw Segregation

• Hit Nail on Head - William E. Bohannan (photo)
• SWP Candidate Predicted What Supreme Court Would Do

The Future Belongs to the Youth (cartoon), by Gray

Rogge Barred from Speaking at Stalinist ‘Peace’ Meeting

“No” on GM Pact Biggest Ever Recorded

5 Unionists Convicted at Bell Aircraft trial

What Capitalism Gives N.Y. Workers

War Spending to Increase, Acheson Admits, by Art Preis

Socialist Party Convention Rejects Norman Thomas’ Proposals, by George Breitman

Next Week

[The Nation’s Top Brass ...] (photo)

Letters from Our Readers

• A Debt of Gratitude to Oscar Coover, from Dick Clark

Reader Gives the Militant Fund $252 in Memory of Oscar Coover, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Marxism and the Negro

Eight-Week Camp for Children at Mountain Spring

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

The Militant Army

[Editorials]

• Getting Truman “Off the Hook”
• “Democracy” – MacArthur Style
• Revive the Scottsboro Fight

GE Vote in Cleveland Follows National Trend

French Youth Defy CP, Go Ahead with Plans for Yugoslav Brigade

‘Royal Question’ Unsettled Despite Belgian Election, by Charles Hanley

Why Crisis Persists in Buffer Countries, by Michel Pablo

Stalinists Rewrite History, by Joseph Keller

Beginning of Japan Purge (photo)

Starvation Amidst Plenty – Farm Labor in California, by Fred Johnson

• Fresno Strikers Face Evictions, Appeal for Aid

N.Y. Teachers Resist Pressure and Threats, by Ruth Johnson

NAACP Convention: II, by Jean Blake

If Your Paper Arrives Late, Don’t Blame Us – Or the Mailman, by Joseph Hansen

Class on Socialism Held in Newark Every Wed. Eve.

Chicago Educators Aid Kutcher

Vol. XIV No. 25, 19 June 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Cominform Rages as Yugoslavs Welcome Visitors

• YSA Sponsors Rogge Meeting on Yugoslavia

“Never Even Touched Me!” (cartoon), by Gray

SWP Election Convention to Be Broadcast

• Organize Groups to Hear Program of SWP on Radio

Why GM Locals Ratified Pact They Didn’t Like

Rent Control Sentenced to Death – After the Election

8 Unions Respect Guild Picket-Line in Solid N.Y. World-Telegram Strike

Paris Brigade Rally Beats Off CP Assault, by an American in Paris

Mt. Spring Camp Offers Attractive July 4 Weekend

Monopolies Open Drive for Atomic Control, by Art Preis

European Notebook

• Tragedy and Tragi-Comedy in Stalinist Hungary, by Ernest Germain

SWP Branch in Flint Regains First Place in the Militant Fund, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Ranks’ Needs Unheeded at ILGWU Convention, by Jack Lerman

Witch-Hunt Victim (photo)

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

New Leader on GM Pact – Acute Case of Stalinophobia

[Editorials]

• The Stalinist “Peace” Campaign
• GM President Praises “The Boys”
• Help the Militant Fund

The Kremlin’s Problems in the Asiatic Countries, by Michel Pablo

Yugoslavia Today, by Vivienne Goonewardene

• I: The Heritage of Backwardness

Bolivia’s 2nd General Strike in One Year, by J. Gomez

Revolutionary Socialist Party Set Up at Trotskyist Conference in Sweden

NAACP and Politics, by Jean Blake

What Role for the NAACP – ‘Broad’ or ‘Narrow’? by Albert Parker

U.S. Arms in Italy (photo)

Hearing Held on Dispute in Toledo UAW

The Lot of a ‘Lucky’ Farm Worker in Calif., by Fred Johnson

The Court’s Decisions, by William E. Bohannan

Changes in the Purge, by James Kutcher

Court Rubberstamps Trumanite Politics, by Ruth Johnson

Vol. XIV No. 26, 26 June 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Political Apathy in Union Ranks Worries Union Leaders, by Fred Hart

The Big Difference (cartoon), by Gray

Hunger Still Faces Aged in Pension Bill

NMU Hiring Hall Compromise Hits Rotary Shipping, by R. Bell

High Price of a ‘Humane Act’

World-Telegram Strike Holds Firm in Second Week

SWP Convention Talks by Dobbs, Hansen to Be Heard on ABC, CBS

• Build the Audience for SWP Speakers

Jury Whitewashes Mob Violence at Peekskill, by Albert Parker

Trotskyist Statement on Czech Trials

‘Welfare State’ – or Socialism? by Art Preis

European Notebook

• European Capitalists and the American Empire, by Ernest Germain

Militant Fund Reaches Two-Thirds Mark with Three Weeks to Go, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Admitted in Texas (photo)

Leaders Link Yugoslav Struggle to 1917 Revolution and Internationalism

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• A Trade Mark of the Police State
• When they Talk of ‘Peace’ – Beware!

British Labor Party and the Schuman Plan, by Paul G. Stevens

Yugoslavia Today, by Vivienne Goonewardene

• II: Reconstruction and Agriculture

Unity Achieved by Two Trotskyist Groups in Ceylon

Perspectives Developing Out of the Crisis of World Stalinism, by Michel Pablo

Two Peas in a Pod, by William E. Bohannan

Panel Discusses Women’s Role in Class Struggle, by Carol Pelham

After White House Parley (photo)

Rift Appears in Wallaceite Party in Washington, by John Black

Reuther’s Board Backs Gosser on All Charges

Spellman and McCarthy, by Joseph Keller

Vol. XIV No. 27, 3 July 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Hands Off Korean People’s Right to Decide Own Fate! by John G. Wright

Truman Usurps Powwer, Pulls Country into Undeclared War, by George Clarke

• Loyalty Oath (cartoon), by Gray
• UN Exposed as Tool of US in Korean War

Hansen, Bartell Head New York SWP Ticket

• Joseph Hansen (photo)
• Michael Bartell (photo)

Rogge Defies Pressure, Speaks for Yugoslavia

Kalandra executed by Czech Stalinists

Patterson Arrested, Will Fight Extradition

What Would Happen to Jefferson Today? by Albert Paker

European Notebook

• The Demand for ‘Neutrality’ in Europe, by Ernest Germain

Extra Push Needed to Fulfill Militant Fund by July 15 Deadline, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

How National Income is Divided, by Art Preis

Letters from Our Readers

• Norman Thomas and the SP Convention, from George R. Stryker
• [Reply], by George Breitman

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• ‘National Unity’ and Korea
• The Defeat of Senator Graham
• Five Million Times Zero

Korean Battleground (photo)

Yugoslavia Today, by Vivienne Goonawardene

• III. The Federated People’s Republic

Plan to Extend Workers’ Councils in Yugoslavia

The Fourth of July, by William E. Bohannan

Stalinists Concoct Fantastic Charges Against Yugoslavs, by al Lynn

Regents Initiate Mass Purge of Staff at California University

• Oust 157 Workers (photo)

NAACP Parley Votes to Start Own Witch-Hunt, by J. Blake

The Taxes You Pay, by Joseph Hansen

Myer Defends Rent Control in Chicago Radio Debate

Stalin and Nationalism, by Ruth Johnson

Vol. XIV No. 28, 10 July 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Tito Denounces Bureaucracy as Foe of Socialism, from the Yugoslav Newsletter

Truman’s War in Asia Spurs Reaction Here

• “Why Worry? – Truman Says It’s Only a Police Action” (cartoon), by Gray
• Congress Grovels, Accepts Role of Rubber Stamp, by FredHart
• Asia Grab Is Real Aim of Imperialists, by John G. Wright
• Labor, Liberal Leaders Join War Chorus, by Albert Parker

5-Year Contract Vetoed by Locals in Toledo Area

SWP Convention Will Adopt 1950 Platform, Stressing War Danger

European Notebook

• The Stalinist ‘Peace’ Campaign in Europe, by Ernest Germain

Last Week Was Best of Fund Campaign – Total Now Marks 86%, by Reba aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

The Assaults on Civil, Labor and Negro Rights, by Art Preis

The Militant Army

Letters from Our Readers

• More About the Most Hated People, from D. Leon

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Tito’s June 27 Speech
• Pressure in the UN

What Are Stalin’s Aims in the Korean conflict? by Paul G. Stevens

Yugoslavia today, by Vivienne Goonewardene

• IV. The Role of Unions and Status of Women

Sacrifice, for What? by Joseph Hansen

Progressive Slate Is Re-elected in Lackawanna Local

returns from Far East (photo)

Railroad Unions Are Striking for 40-Hour Week, by George Gustafson

Distrust of Foreign Policy Shown at NAACP Conference, by J. Blake

South Korea, by Ruth Johnson

Food Prices Jump; Potatoes Dumped

Vol. XIV No. 29, 17 July 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

An Editorial

• Let the People Decide Issue of War or Peace!

Union Leders to Cooperate in Labor Draft

SWP Candidate Hits Intervention in Korea

• Joseph Hansen (photo)
• Draft Is a Big Step to “Total War Footing”
• ‘Our Way of Life’ and the War in Korea

‘Where Are We Going – Korea or Rock Island Railroad?’ (cartoon), by Gray

There Is an Undeclared War on U.S. Labor Too, by Fred Hart

Workers Councils Are Given Control of Yugoslav Industry

European Notebook

• The European Working Class and America, by Ernest Germain

Branches Rush Money to Militant Fund in Last Days of Campaign, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Why Capitalist System Can’t Be ‘Stabilized’, by Art Preis

Arrested (photo)

The Militant Army

Letters from Our Readers

• Negroes Press Fight Against Jim Crow in St. Louis, from Lee Ryan

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• FEPC Rejected Again
• Murray, Greemn and the Rail Strike

Stalinists Change Tune on Trygve Lie and UN, by John G. Wright

The German Prisoners in the Soviet Union

“No Neutrals Allowed!” U.S. Tells India, Egypt, by Paul G. Stevens

4th International Urges Action to Save Revolutionists in Czech Jails

Harry Bridges Supports UN’s ‘Cease Fire’ Order

No Compromise, Take All of Korea! – New Leader

Socialist Party Will Not Run State Ticket in N.Y.

The Desperado, by Theodore Kovalesky

River Breachesd in Korea (photo)

36 pof Roosevelt College Faculty Support Kutcher

July 23 Memorial for Oscar Coover at Mt. Spring

Ford Paper Prints SWP Answer to Lies of CP

Advertising for War, by Ruth Johnson

Extradition of Patterson Denied by Mich. Governor

Vol. XIV No. 30, 24 July 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Labor Must Build Its Own Party – Dobbs on Radio

• Farrell Dobbs (photo)

All Present and Accounted For (cartoon), by Gray

Truman Starts Shift to Full War Footing

• AFL Head Invites War Dictatorship over Workers, by Joseph Keller
• U.S. Unionist Tells Why Korea Hates Rhee Rule

Wallace Breaks Silence, Backs Truman’s War, by John G. Wright

• Two Years Ago We Predicted That Wallace Would Be in the War Camp

SWP Convention Takes Clear Anti-War Stand, by Ruth Johnson

• SWP Appeal to Radical Workers for Support in ’50

European Notebook

• Our Alternative to the Schuman Plan, by Ernest Germain

$10,000 Militant Fund Is Completed on Time; Thanks to Our Readers, by Reba Aubrey

• Militant Fund Scoreboard

Government ‘Cushions’ – for War, Not Welfare, by Art Preis

The Militant Army

• Flint Goes over the Top in Sub Campaign for The Militant

What Radio Listeners Write About Hansen Talk on ABC

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• The Cost of Empire Today
• Progressive Party in Crisis

New Yugoslav Law Hits Stalinists on Sore Point, by Fred Hart

Why Nehru Engages in Mediation and Irritates the U.S., by Paul G. Stevens

Let the People Decide, by William E. Bohannan

Two Cities Pass Laws Typical of Police-State Rule

Grieving Parent (photo)

Vicious Purge Is Launched in Ford Local 600

New York YPA Starts Witch-Hunt Expulsions

Spanish Exiles Nail Anti-Yugoslav Lies

Vol. XIV No. 31, 31 July 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
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A Letter to the President and the Members of Congress, by James P. Cannon

Price Rises, Tax Hike Slash Wages

• Imperialist War (cartoon), by Gray
• U.S. Detains Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Menace’
• Our Bill of Rights: Unlisted Casualty of Truman’s War
• “We Don’t Even Know Who the Enemy Is”, by Joseph Keller

Dobbs Offers Socialist Program for U.S.

European Notebook

• What’s Happening to Soviet Kolkhozes, by Ernest Germain

Class Struggle versus Class Collaboration, by Art Preis

What Radio Audience Wrote About Two Speeches by Farrell Dobbs

Korea-Bound GI (photo)

The Militant Army

ACLU Deplorees Exclusion of Foreign Born by NMU

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Letters from Our Readers

• Antidote for Capitalist Lies, from P.M.
• The Fight Against the Ober Law, from R.D.

Trotsky Memorial Issue

New Rates at Mt. Spring Camp

[Editorials]

• Jim Crow in Korea
• A Question for the Cominform
• As If They Had Been Bombed

Truman Orders Europe to Rearm in a Hurry, by John G. Wright

Grief-Stricken Parents (photo)

Belgian Tension Rises as Leopold Returns, by Charles Hanley

Union Leaders Join Move for Witch-Hunt in Maritime

Corporations Pay No Taxes – Simply Pass Them On

Storm in Asia, by Paul G. Stevens

Coover Hall Is Dedicated at Mt. Spring Camp

On New York SWP Slate

• Harry Ring (photo)
• Gladys Barker (photo)

Friends Asked to Help in N.Y. Petition Drive

Detroit SWP Protests Banning of CP Papers

Notes on Yugoslavia

Stalinists Cover Up Reason for ‘Shocking’ Wallace Shift, by Albert Parker

Flint UAW Members Cheer Appeal for Return to Democratic Bargaining, by Emmett Moore

Vol. XIV No. 32, 7 August 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Belgian Workers Rise, Kick Out Fascist Monarch, by Charles Hanley

• Scene at the Place Rogier, Brussels ...

Intimidation Fails to Halt S.W.P. in N.Y. Ballot Drive

Meany Offers to Yield Labor’s Right to Strike

Smith Act Upheld by Appeals Court in Case of Eleven

“What Are We Fighting For?” Bitter GIs Ask

Police Ban, Smash Union Sq. Rally

Sliding Wage Scale Is Answer to Price Rises

1950 Election Platform of Socialist Workers Party

European Notebook

• Stalin’s New Collective Farm Policy, by Ernest Germain

Letters from Readers

• Minority Oppression in Los Angeles, from Al Lyan
• Wants Article on ACW-CIO Situation, from M.C.
• Gives Facts About “Panic Buying”, from L. Ray

More Radio Listeners Praise SWP Broadcasts

H-Bomb, Totalitarianism – End of Capitalist Road, by Art Preis

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Franco and the Labor Leaders
• top the Gangsters!
• The Real Role of the UN

“Program for Peace” Adopted in Yugoslavia, by George Clarke

The Stirring Tale of the Warsaw Ghetto, by Paul Schapiro (book review)

Jim Crow Marches On, by Jean Blake

Corporations, FBI Incite Hoodlum Attacks Against Workers at Los Angeles Plants, by Murry Weiss

“Guns Not Butter” Is Program for Europe, by John G. Wright

Vol. XIV No. 33, 14 August 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Congress Moves to Make Labor Pay Cost of War

Racial Bigot (photo)

Wallace Desertion Exposes Stalinists

Truman Urges New Step to Police State

Center of UN Conflict (photo)

SWP Finishes Petition Quota in 45 N.Y. Counties, by Ben Stone

Yugoslavs Invite Soviet Writers to Come and See

Stalin’s Hangmen Hold 2 Czech Trotskyists

Reuther Disapproves Violence at Plants

Labor Leaders Protest Against Senate Vote for Loan to Franco, by John G. Wright

Two Victims Held in $50,000 Bail

European Notebook

• The Uprising of Belgian Workers, by Ernest Germain
• Paul Henri Spaak (photo)

Letters from Readers

• Readers Approve Cannon’s Message to President (1), from N.S.
• Readers Approve Cannon’s Message to President (2), from Morgan West
• Readers Approve Cannon’s Message to President (3), from B.M.
• Wants More Leaflets on Murray and Green, from Chicago Steel Worker

More Replies from Listeners to SWP Broadcasts

The Militant Army

• Splendid Job Done by Branches in Subscription Drive

What Socialism Offers to the American People, by Art Preis

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Five Years After Hiroshima
• No One In – No One Out
• Another Undeclared War

U.N. Debate Exposes Role of U.S. in Asia, by Paul G. Stevens

Liberals at Wailing Wall over Korea, by Joseph Keller

Why Nehru and His Class Try to Straddle Fence on U.S. Policy, by Charles Hanley

Now They Admit It

Your Money or Your Life, by Theodore Kovalesky

Bridges Imprisoned, Bail Revoked in Anti-Labor Move by Washington

Preparing the Draft (photo)

The Kravchenko Trial, by Charles Hanley (book review)

Trotsky Memorial Meeting Will Be Held at Mt. Spring

Seamen Leaders Help Weaken Hiring Hall by Backing Purge

Vol. XIV No. 34, 21 August 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

GOP, Democrats Row over Korea in Sham Debate

Union Chiefs Find ECA Benefits Only Europe’s Wealthy

Congress Speeds Bills to Gag American Public

• Government Seeks to Jail CP Heads for Korea Views
• Plan Police-State Bills (photo)
• Korea Bombings Not Winning U.S. Friends, by Joseph Keller

CIO Gives Ratings to Voting Records in 81st Congress

U.S. Authorities Free Nazi Big-Wigs

Washington Readies Soak-the-Poor Taxes

An Appeal to Progressive Party Members, by Joseph Hansen

Leon Trotsky – His Ideas Live On

• Socialism and Freedom vs. the Kremlin’s Dictatorship, by George Clarke
• Leon Trotsky – 1879–1940 (photo)
• “We Can and We Must Find Way to the Colored Races”, by Art Preis
• Trotsky’s Answer to Stalin’s 2 Big Lies, by John G. Wright
• Articles on Trotsky in F.I.

New Book on Stalin Frame-Up System, by Paul Abbott (book review)

• Trotsky – War Minister 1923 (photo)

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• The Choice Before Mankind
• Embarrassing Precedents
• Marxian Socialism – Next Target

French Ask U.S. to Send Army to Europe Now, by Charles Hanley

Anti-War Struggle and Yugoslavia, by George Clarke

Moscow Slanders on Workers Control Exposed by Belgrade

Class Terror in Bolivia, by J. Gomez

New York SWP Nears Goal in Petition Drive, by Ben Stone

Under Fire in Korea (photo)

Inflation Starts Slashing Wages, Living Levels, by John G. Wright

Curran Machine Fingers Militant to Coast Guard

French CP Hits Plea for China UN Entry

Vol. XIV No. 35, 28 August 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

War Reporters Describe U.S. Atrocities in Korea, by Art Preis

• “God Save Us from ‘Liberation’ by U.S. Bombers!”, by Joseph Keller

Bigger Profits, Frozen Wages Voted by Senate

• Bill of Rights (cartoon), by Gray

Korea Debate Spurred by Letters to Congress, by Joseph Hansen

• Most Canadians Are Against Korea War

Imperial Japan Backs U.S. Action in Korea, by Paul Abbott

Waterfront Purge is Menace to All Labor

Shall Freedom Perish in the United States? by Albert Parker

An Answer to Budenz’s Latest Frame-Up, by James P. Cannon

• Louis F. Budenz (photo)

Inspiring Meeting Held in Tribute to Trotsky

• Minnesotans Honor Memory of Leon Trotsky, by Winifred Nelson

The Militant Army

• Glad There Is One Paper in America with Some ‘Guts’

McLevy Embarrasses Socialist Party Tops

• Jasper McLevy (photo)

SWP Mourns Death of Indian SP Leader

Stalinist Yugoslav-Americans Forced to Reduce Their Daily to Weekly

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

North African Leader Predicts a New “Korea”

‘Common Man’ Is Getting Out of Line, Wallace Complains

[Editorials]

• Let the Conscience of America Speak
• Defense Against Inflation
• Great Pay-triot

Yugoslavs are Revising Views on Trotskyism

Dear Stoolpigeon – A Letter to Joseph Curran, by An American Seaman

• Joseph Curran (photo)

Consolation Prize, by William E. Bohannan

Genora Dollinger Is SWP Candidate for Congress

• Flint Candidate – Genora Dollinger (photo)

Mass Meeting Protests Phila. Police Brutality

New York SWP Petition Campaign Moves to Successful Conclusion, by Ben Stone

Tragic and Pitiful, by James Kutcher

Buick Local Fight Frame-Up Firing, by Emmett Moore

Their Civil War and Ours, by John F. Petrone

Who Said That? by Fred Hart

Vol. XIV No. 36, 4 September 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

John L. Lewis Rips Green on ‘No Strike’ Offer

Made for Each Other (cartoon), by Gray

Bill of Rights Is Being Cut to Ribbons

Myra Weiss Denounces L.A. Witch-Hunt Law

• Myra Tanner Weiss (photo)

Congress Vote Bolsters Fascist Rule in Spain

Strikes Reflect Labor Resistance to Rising Prices

Mac Arthur, Matthews Embarrass Truman, by Art Preis

• General MacArthur (cartoon)

A-Bomb Shelters Only for Big-Shots

Michigan SWP Picks Slate, Stresses Civil Rights Fight

Truman Again Breaks Rail Strike, by Fred Hart

Letters from Our Readers

• Open Letter to Members of the Socialist Workers Party, by George R. Stryker
• How Workers Reacted to SWP Petition Plan, from Lou
• Explains Role of Negro Workers in the South, from Lee Ryan
• New Reader Lists Kind of Articles He Wants, from A New Reader

Peace Group Told to Register as “Foreign Agents”

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

“Go Hire a Hall” – Not at Madison Square Gardens

Democratic Rights for the Servicemen

Nationalize the Basic Industries

[Editorials]

• The Cause of Inflation
• Why Not Let the People Decide?
• Franco and Truman

Canadian CCF Leaders Attack Anti-War Group

Formosa Under the Heel of Chiang, by J. Blake

• Chiang Kai-shek (cartoon)

New Workers Party Is Forming in Germany

Former Leaders of Spanish CP Flay Kremlin Rule

The Case of Jane Muir, by James Kutcher

Petition Campaign Ends in New York with 16,500 Names

On Michigan Slate

• Howard Lerner (photo)
• William Yancey (photo)

Courts Release Bridges, Revoke Stalinists’ Bail

Don’t Be a Political Scab, by William E. Bohannan

Ask Protection for Right to Speak

The Embers of Hatred, by Joseph Keller

Fear of A-Bombs Causes Big Spurt in Demand for Rural Real Estate

Homes – Not H-Bombs, from 1950 SWP Election Platform

Vol. XIV No. 37, 11 September 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Wildcat Strikes Win Wage Gains in Auto Industry, by Howard Lerner

• Escalator Clause, 8¢ at Ford, But with 5-Year Pact

Senate “Fair Dealers” Push Concentration-Camp Measure

• Witch Hunt Aided by Both Parties in the House
• Nazi-like Bill Would Nullify Trial by Jury, by Art Preis
• How Police-State Bill Will Affect You, by John F. Petrone

Hitting the Pipe (cartoon), by Gray

Boss Parties Endorse Machine-Made Tickets, by Gladys Barker

Myra T. Weiss Runs for Congress in California

Truman Defends Unpopular War, by Joseph Keller

Lee Pressman – Graduate of Stalinist School, by George Clarke

AFL Maritime Leaders Uneasy on Purge Rules

End Packard Strike (photo)

Workers Councils Taking Over Yugoslav Factories

Prominent Leaders of CP in East Germany Purged and Arrested, by Charles Hanley

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Letters from Our Readers

• Umpire Upholds Firing of Three Ford Workers, from J.M.

[Editorials]

• The Politics of Green and Murray
• Eisler’s New Peril
• They Don’t Like Escalator Clauses

Pro-Yugoslav Writers Confused on War Issue

‘Preventive War’ and the Crisis Inside the U.S. Ruling Class, by Paul G. Stevens

Chiang Kai-shek’s Troops Drowned Formosan Insurrection in Blood, by J. Blake

1948–1949 F.I.

No such Animal, by Fred Hart

SWP Nominating Petitions Filed at State Capital

Army Takes Over Roads (photo)

Tax, Controls Bills Hit Labor, Protect the Rich

Jim Crow as Usual, by William E. Bohannan

Switchmen Cheated on 40-Hour Demand

Goodbye Dad, by Genora Dollinger

Vol. XIV No. 38, 18 September 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Marshall’s New Post Strengthens Military Caste

“Freeing” Koreans – Jim Crowed Here

Senate Votes to Turn U.S. into Police State

• Why Trumanites Prefer ‘Preventive Detention’ Camps, by Art Preis
• So They Decided to Use Both (cartoon), by Gray
• ‘Fair Dealers’ Back Merged Gestapo Bills

Arms Program Place in Big Business Hands

Open Letter to Senator Lehman of New York, by Joseph Hansen

Grace Carlson Nominated for Congress by Minn. SWP

• Grace Carlson (photo)

Debate in Senate Was like a Lynching Bee, by John F. Petrone

ALP Makes Deal with Republicans, by Gladys Barker

Solidarity Wins Rice-Stix Strike in Record Time, by Ed Johnson

To the Memory of Oscar Coover, by Farrell Dobbs

• Oscar Coover (drawing)

Hansen Demands Senate Reject O’Dwyer as Envoy

SWP Candidate Hails Action by NAACP in Phila.

Letters from Our Readers

• Pleads for Action to Put A-Bomb Under Trade Union Control, from Belle Montague

Politicians Regarded as Most Expendable

Lawyers Guild Backs Intervention in Korea

End Payroll Taxes, Make the Rich Pay

Nazi General Gets Post in West German Govt.

1948–1949 F.I.

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

J. Parnell Thomas Freed, Says He Was Too Vigilant

Withdraw All Troops from Foreign Soil

[Editorials]

• Their Silence Bids Assent
• Democracy Gets in Their Way
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-Traveler

The Yugoslav Position on the War in Korea, by Fred Hart

“Mysterious” Power of North Koreans, by Joseph Keller

Worldwide Inflation Not Just a Risk, by John G. Wright

A Police State? by George Breitman

Lynn IUE Pickets Force GE to Evacuate Scabs, by Martin Williams

• GE Workers on Strike in Lynn (photo)

Detroit Workers Aid UPW, Foil Union Busters, by Howard Mason

Hitler Did It Too, by J. Blake

A Great Deal of Difference, from Congressional Record

Vol. XIV No. 39, 25 September 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Millions Demand Wage Raises to Meet Price Rises, by Art Preis

Sweet Land of Liberty (cartoon), by Gray

We Accuse Congress of High Crimes, by The Editors

No Difficulty in Getting Signatures for Grace Carlson, by Chester K. Johnson

New Coast Guard Demand Rejected by AFL Seamen

McCarran-Kilgore Bill Sent to White House

Dan Roberts Named for Congress Race in Wash., by Marianne Stanley

• Daniel Roberts (photo)

Give Yugoslavs Food They Need, by Joseph Hansen

How the Senate Voted on Police State Measures, by John F. Petrone

Destroying Korea (photo)

Korean War and the Negro Press, by Fred Hart

‘Simple’ Speaks About Poverty and Jim Crow, by J. Blake

Stalinists’ Shabby Role in the Harvester Strike

Locl Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Confessions of an FBI Agent, as told to Albert Parker

For a Workers and Farmers Gov’t

[Editorial]

• Starvation Is the Penalty
• Subway Incident
• Sparing the Rich

The Steel Nationalization Controversy in Britain, by Paul G. Stevens

Policy Statement for New German Party, by Charles Hanley

U.S. Presses to Rearm Germany, Allies Stall

Italian Trotskyist Groups Hold Their 2nd Convention

1948–1949 F.I.

Thoughts on Trial, by Harry Ring

Large Minority Opposes Ratifying of Ford Contract

$1-a-Year Man Confers (photo)

SWP Prevented from Running Mayor Candidate, by Michael Bartell

Phila. NAACP Holds Second Meeting on Police Brutality

The Real Profiteers, by Frank Poole

‘Patriots’ Leave Jail, by J. Blake

Reuther Tries to Steal Credit for Wage Raises

Unite to Smash Jim Crow System

Vol. XIV No. 40, 2 October 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Vote Socialist Workers Party Ticket on Nov. 7!

The Pallbearers (cartoon), by Gray

SWP Candidates Pledge to Fight Nazi-like Law

• Militant Backs These Candidates
• Freedom of Silence – America Needs It Too
• Call on People Not to Submit to Police State

The New Law vs. the Bill of Rights

Truman ‘Very Pleased’ by Congress – Are You? by Art Preis

An Editorial

• Why Should Anyone Believe Them?

What Truman’s Veto Meant, by John F. Petrone

Real Role of Liberals – Including Sen. Lehman, by George Breitman

Boulton Files as SWP Candidate for U.S. Senator

• [James E. Boulton] (photo)

Poor Pay Brunt of New Taxes; Rich Pay Little, by Harry Ring

• [Harry Ring] (photo)

Grace Carlson – A True Tribune of the People, by Winifred Nelson

For a Workers and Farmers Government, from 1950 Election Platform of the Socialist Workers Party

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Wallace Backs Police State Law
• What Your Taxes Buy
• Capitalism and the Atom

How Can We Prevent War? by Joseph Hansen

Korea and Yugoslavia Test for All Parties, by Joseph Keller

Candidates and Issues in the Seattle Elections, by Daniel Roberts

• Seattle SWP Urges Labor to Vote for Initiative 176, by Marianne Stanley

What Are They Afraid Of? by William E. Bohannan

SWP Banner-Bearers from Coast to Coast Carry Message of Socialism to the Voters

• A Program That Fully Meets Workers’ Needs in Michigan
• Herbert Lewin (photo)
• New York Trotskyist Ticket Upholds Independent Politics, by Michael Bartell
• Harry Press Campaigns in S.F. for Assembly

How to Control Prices, by Gladys Barker

No Fault of McLevy’s He Isn’t on Reactionary Slate

Myra Weiss Petition Campaign in Los Angeles Goes over the Top, by Myra Tanner Weiss

Flint Real Estate Gougers Beat Down Public Housing, by William H. Yancey

Vol. XIV No. 41, 9 October 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Liberals Ask for ‘Loyal Obedience’ of McCarran Law, by John F. Petrone

SWP on Air in New York

U.N. Gives Free Hand to MacArthur in Korea, by Joseph Hansen

• How MacArthur “Spared” and “Liberated” Seoul, by Joseph Keller

Chain Reaction (cartoon), by Gray

N.J. Afro quotes Bohannan’s Denunciation of ‘Worst Law’

N.S. Police Scandal Tips Lid on Political Sewer, by Fred Hart

Expose Plot to Keep Minn. SWP Off Ballot

DuBois Asked for Yugoslav Stand

Food Prices Up 20% Since June

Report from Europe

• German Capitalism, 5 Years After Defeat, by Ernest Germain

Korean Developments Create Peace Jitters, by John G. Wright

ACTU Sheet Denounced by Michigan CIO News

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Confessions of an FBI Agent (Part II), as told to Albert Parker

[Editorials]

• Loud Silence of the Union Leaders
• Europe’s Reluctance to Rearm

What Is Happening to the United States, by George Breitman

Press Comment on the McCarran Law

For a Workers and Farmers Gov’t, from the Socialist Workers Party’s 1950 Election Platform

What Police State Law Can Do to You, by Art Preis

Atomic energy for Peaceful Purposes! from the Socialist Workers Party’s 1950 Election Platform

Vested Interest in Sickness, by Gladys Barker

Hudson Strike Called Off Under Pressure of Int’l

Is Everybody Happy? (photo)

‘Progressives’ Are Still Aiding Boss Candidates, by Howard Lerner

‘No Way Out’, by J. Blake

New York SWP Ticket Certified for Ballot, by Ben Stone

‘Purge’ Trials Are Terrible Danger to UAW in Flint, by Genora Johnson Dollinger

The Housing Crisis, by Larry Dolinski

Raging Witch-Hunt in Pittsburgh Bans Worker, Jails CP Leaders

Mass Sentiment Reflected at Labor Party Conference, by Paul G. Stevens

Vol. XIV No. 42, 16 October 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

War Costs Soar, Point to Raging Inflation in ‘51, by Joseph Keller

“Well – We Liberated It, All Right”! (cartoon), by Gray

Stalin Leaves North Koreans in the Lurch, by Joseph Hansen

Grace Carlson Wins Fight to Get on Ballot

• Bulletin

Jim Crow Brass Hats Condemn Negro Officer to Death as ‘Example’, by Clyde Turner

L.A. Thought Control Law ruled Unconstitutional in First Test

Why Is DuBois Silent on Aid to Yugoslavia?

Eye-Witness Reports Great Bombay Strike, by V. Karalasingham

How to Stop Law from Blasting Our Rights, by Art Preis

Report from Europe

• German Political Parties and Remilitarization, by Ernest Germain

A Historical Lesson on “Loyal Obedience”, by George Lavan

Strike Scene in Bombay (photo)

Negro 24th Regiment Subjected to Systematic Smear Campaign, by Fred Hart

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Best Congress Since the 80th
• Save Lt. Gilbert’s Life!

Official Policies Scored at Laborite Parley, by Paul G. Stevens

British Unionists Force Change on Pay Freeze

Austrian Labor Alienated by Maneuvers of Stalinists, by Charles Hanley

Prussianizing the U.S., by George Breitman

Remnants of a Korean Village (photo)

Myra T. Weiss Certified for California Ballot, by Lois Saunders

Why Mitchell Voted for McCarran-Kilgore Law, by Daniel Roberts

A Letter to Italy, by John F. Petrone

Millionaires, Bankers Head Michigan Democratic Ticket

Open Forum Series in Los Angeles

Ford Rolling-Mill Men Strike Against Pay Cut

SWP on the Air in New York

Tax the Rich! from SWP 1950 Election Platform

Vol. XIV No. 43, 23 October 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Truman Speech Covers Up Secret Wake Decisions, by Fred Hart

Demand Freedom for Lt. Gilbert

After Nov. 7: Taxes Up, Living Standards Down

• Huge Arms Budget Reported Readied by Chiefs of Staff
• “Let’s Do a Real Job This Time!” (cartoon), by Gray
• New Squeeze Is Admitted by Symington
• W. Stewart Symington (photo)

Govt. Begins Enforcing M’Carran-Kilgore Law, by John F. Petrone

Hanley Letter Lifts Lid on Political Cesspool, by Joseph Hansen

On Ballot Again, Off Again – Minn. SWP Continues Fight

• Bulletin

Bartell Routs ALP in TV Debate, by Paul Abbott

Report from Europe

• Filure of Stalinist Policy in Germany, by Ernest Germain

Defiance Not Submission Beat Alien-Sedition Acts, by George Lavan

Supreme Court Hears ‘Loyalty’ Case Appeals, by J. Blake

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

Open Forum Series in Los Angeles

[Editorials]

• Forced Confessions in U.S. Too
• Yugoslavs Curtail Special Privileges

Indo-Chinese Beat Back Army of French Despots, by Charles Hanley

Asians Still Resist U.S. Imperialism, by J.B. Stuart

Maneuvers on British Steel Nationalizing Issue, by Paul G. Stevens

SWP on the Air in New York

U.S. Political Corruption, by Walt Whitman, from The Eighteenth Presidency

Pilot Has Some Explaining to Do

Divvying Up (photo)

Witch-Hunters Open Trial of 5 Ford Workers

Gov. Williams – Record of Millionaire ‘Liberal’, by Howard Lerner

Social Democrats Deplore, by Albert Parker

Myra Tanner Weiss’ Talks Receive Friendly Response, by Lois Saunders

Bohannan Outlines SWP Housing Program

The Ford Foundation, by Larry Dolinski

Vol. XIV No. 44, 30 October 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

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EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Top ADA Leaders Accepts Post on McCarran Board, by John F. Petrone

“We Offer Your the Revolutionary American Idea of Freedom!” (cartoon), by Gray

Protest War and Reaction – Vote SWP! by The Editors

Grace Carlson’s Ballot Struggle Taken to Court

Germain Series on Yugoslavia Starts Next Week

Flint Trial Committee Condemns Witch-Hunt, Finds Accused Innocent, by Emmett Moore

Alien Arrests Recall ‘Palmer Red Raid’ Era

Hansen Exposes ALP Record in TV Debate, by Paul Abbott

Truman Suppresses Report on Philippines, by Joseph Keller

Report from Europe

• New Party Arising in Germany, by Ernest Germain

How Resistance Killed Fugitive Slave Law, by George Lavan

Truman’s Order Puts Coast Guard in Position to Wreck Hiring Halls

The Militant Army

• Chicago Shows How Consistent Work Builds Circulation

Shachtmanites Register in N.Y. Liberal Party

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

A Socialist Answer to Norman Thomas, by George R. Stryker

RR Union Bureaucrats Endorse Sen. McCarran

Who’s That Man Across the Table?

[Editorials]

• The War in Indo-China
• EPC and “Moral Positions”

What U.S. Victory in Korea Means

• American Imperialism Gets a Taste of What Conquest of Asia Will Cost, by Art Preis
• Clothes Make Men When U.S. Officer Picks Town Rulers
• Stalin Perpetrates Another Betrayal of National Independence Struggle, by Paul G. Stevens

Hoover Wants Europe Told ‘Rearm or Else!’ by John G. Wright

Bombay Textile Strike Called Off, by V. Karalasingham

‘Phone, Don’t Write’, by Larissa Reed

H. Press Nails His Opponents Fake Charges

War Mobilization Heads

• Alan Valentine (photo)
• Cyrus W. Ching (photo)

Myra Weiss Asks Aid for Calif. Farm Strikes, by Fred Johnson

Prices and Personnel, by Fred Hart

Bartell, Barker Present Program at Buffalo Rally

GOP’er Ducks Debate with Daniel Roberts, by Marianne Stanley

• Daniel Roberts (photo)

Ford 400 Rejects “Loyalty Pledge”

Detroit GM Locals Offer Picture of Reuther Unionism in Practice, by J. Roberts

Profits Never Rose So Fast Before

Vol. XIV No. 45, 6 November 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Yugoslavia Seen With Open Eyes, by Ernest Germain

• 1: New Course in Yugoslavia

Filipino Reply Embarrasses U.S. ‘Critics’, by John G. Wright

Independence Uprising Flares in U.S. Colony

“Well – That’s That!” (cartoon), by Gray

Carlson’s Ballot Rights Upheld by Minn. Court, by Winifred Nelson

• Grace Carlson (photo)

Yugoslav Decree Bans Bureaucratic Privilege, by Art Preis

Red-Baiters Defeated in Ford 600 Elections

What Will Change after Nov. 7? by Fred Hart

Municipalities Enacting ‘Little’ McCarran Laws, by J. Blake

Scroll ‘Crusade’ Used to Whip Up War Fever, by Patricia Stall

Stalinists Switch Line on Prices

Book Reviews

• The Twenty-Fifth Hour
• Monthly Review

Committee for European Relief Has Dissolved

Life Magazine on the Crisis in the Schools, by Arthur Kent

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Our Epoch and the Russian Revolution
• Big Push on UMT
• The Waterfront Purge

Syngman Rhee’s Firing Squads Work Overtime, by Joseph Keller

Labor Must Fight UN Move to Back Franco, by Paul G. Stevens

Cost of “Little War” Disclosed by Baldwin

Bell Report: Filipino Collapse, Revolt Loom

The Stay-Away Voters, by Paul Stenley

M’Carran Board Ready to Start Operations

Clyde Turner Pledges Support to Mrs. Gilbert

• Lt. Leon A. Gilbert, Jr. (photo)

Democrat, GOP’er Smoked Out on McCarran Law

45-Hour Week? by Frank Poole

James Boulton Advocates Mass Committees to Control Rents

Stalinist Line Ripped by Roberts at Forum, by Clara Kaye

Police-Staters Bar California Pastor from Broadcast’g

A Billion Dollar Industry, by Larissa Reed

Obituaries, by Paul Williams

Vol. XIV No. 46, 13 November 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

U.S.-China Clash in North Korea Deepens Crisis, by John G. Wright

Political Set-back for Labor Due to Leaders’ False Policy, by George Breitman

Puerto Rico (cartoon), by Gray

SWP Scores Big Gains: 13,135 Votes in N.Y.C.

• Joseph Hansen (photo)

Harry Press Gets 2,972 Votes for Calif. Assembly

17,000 Strike Against Firing of Union Leader at Lackawanna Plant

Carlson Makes Good Showing in Minnesota Race

Where Can Labor Go from Here? by The Editors

Yugoslavia Seen with Open Eyes, by Ernest Germain

• 2: What Has Already Been Achieved

Puerto Ricans Hounded

More on Elections

George Bernard Shaw – His Life and His Politics, by George Lavan

Tragic Telegram (photo)

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• What the Future Holds
• Puerto Rico – A Reminder
• U.S. Labor and Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Foreign Policy Continues to Drift to the Right, by Paul G. Stevens

Puerto Rico’s Lot: Colonial Enslavement, by Larissa Reed

Unpopular Rhee Govt. Rules by Terrorism

“Cruelly Deceptive”, by Frank Poole

What Happened to the Opponents of the McCarran Law, by J. Blake

From Esso to AEC (photo)

Elections Show Decline of ALP, Liberal Party, by Art Preis

Atomic Pie in the Sky, by Fred Hart

SWP in N.J. Runs Best Camaign [_sic!_] in Its History

Election Sidelights

Tammany’s Ticket Loses Out in Scandal-Drenched Contest

Vol. XIV No. 47, 20 November 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

“Get a Better Gun, Son!” (cartoon), by Gray

New Congress Threatens More Attacks on Labor, by Art Preis

• Michael Bartell (photo)

Myra Weiss Gets 7,498 Votes for Congress in L.A.

• Myra Tanner Weiss (photo)

Union Leaders’ Alibis Indict Their Own Policy, by George Breitman

National SWP Vote Higher Than ’48

Truman Releases Big Handout to Butcher Franco

As Asia Crisis Mounts Labor Should Demand: ‘No War with China!’ by John G. Wright

PAC, LLPE Line Made Taft Victory Possible, by Harry Braverman

• Sen. Taft (cartoon)

Workers Showed Little Enthusiasm in Illinois for Anti-Labor Democrats, by Frank Roberts

Yugoslavia Seen with Open Eyes, by Ernest Germain

• 3: Economic Difficulties

N.Y. SWP Ran Effective Campaign, by Ben Stone

How the ‘Fair Dealers’ Campaigned in Seattle, by Daniel Roberts

Local Addresses of SWP

[Editorials]

• Wallace Still Haunts Them
• Even Worse Than Bell

Effect of Elections on U.S. Foreign Policy

• Atlantic Allies Jittery over Prospect of Aid Cuts, Stepped-Up Rearmament, by Frank Poole
• MacArthur (cartoon)
• MacArthur Gang of “Asia-Firsters” Strengthened in Incoming Congress, by Fred Hart

Stalinists Are Still Against a Labor Party, by Albert Parker

Pacifist Judas-Goats, by Leon Trotsky (July 1917)

Only CIO Congressman Is Defeated in Toledo, by Milton Alvin

Big Opposition to ‘Subversive’ Ban in Michigan, by Patricia Stall

M’Carthyites Win Out in Wisconsin Contests

Abundant Life – For Some, by Larissa Reed

Fair Showing by SWP in Newark

Red Baiting Main Platform of Both Parties in Penn.

Short Subjects, by John F. Petrone

Calif. Middle Class Shifts to GOP, by Lois Saunders

Vol. XIV No. 48, 27 November 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Yugoslav Foreign Policy Plays into Hands of Kremlin, by Paul G. Stevens

• Tito (cartoon)

Excess Profits Tax (cartoon), by Gray

Grave Issues Sidetracked at CIO Parley, by Art Preis

Steel Corporations Plan to Increase Profits and Prices

Arrogant AT&T Yields in 11-Day Telephone Strike

Truman Offers Token Tax on Excess Profits

• Profits Rising at ‘Unheard-of’ Rate

70 Laborites in Parliament Press for Deal with Peiping

Why Labor Should Not ‘Get Out of Politics’

Make Budenz Tell All on Trotsky Murder!

Yugoslavia Seen with Open Eyes, by Ernest Germain

• 4: Political Opponents of Regime

Excellent Novel About Stalin’s Blood Purges, by George Lavan (book review)

A Review of Pioneer Publishers’ 20 Years of Notable Achievement, by Constance Locke

• What Leon Trotsky Said on Role and Needs of Pioneer Publishers, by Leon Trotsky (1937)

The Militant Army

• Chicago Reports Ecouraging Sales of The Militant

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Retreat on Taft-Hartley Act
• German People Oppose Rearming
• He’s Still Talking “Fair Deal”

Korean People Oppose Restored Rhee Regime, by Joseph Keller

Franco Loan Is Blow to Spanish People, by Frank Poole

• Franco (photo)

U.S. Bombing Caused Huge Civilian Toll in South Korea

The SWP’s 1950 Vote, by George Breitman

What Mich. Election Result Really Showed

Harlem Tenants Demonstrate, Get Speedy Action

• Leads Fight (photo)

Witch-Hunter Are Not Exempt from the Purge

Post-Election Comment, by Albert Parker

Democrat Program of 1900 – Is That Subversive Too?

College Teachers Being Gagged by Witch-Hunt

Short Subjects, by John F. Petrone

Vol. XIV No. 49, 4 December 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Truman’s Moves Heighten Danger of China War, by John G. Wright

Stop the War Now! Withdraw All Troops! Recall Gen. MacArthur! by James P. Cannon

Lt. Gilbert Faces 20 Year Sentence; Protest Saved Life

German Rearmament (cartoon), by Gray

SWP Convention Adopts Policy to Fight Reaction

Registration of CP Demanded by M’Grath

Now LIRR Wants Fare Boost

Witch-Hunters Infuriated by Book Telling Truth About FBI, by Frank Poole

110 LIRR Deaths for DuPont-Mellon Profits, by Joseph Keller

Yugoslavia Seen with Open Eyes, by Ernest Germain

• 5: How Workers Councils Are Chosen and How They Operate

CIO Convention Leaders Fail to Draw Lesson of the Nov. 7 Political Setback, by Art Preis

Talk About Excess Profits (photo)

Book Reviews, by John F. Petrone

• Collected Stories of William Faulkner

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• The Busy Union Officials
• Victims of Capitalism
• What’s Left of the Fair Deal

Opposition to War Rises Among Europe’s Masses, by Paul G. Stevens

Korean Nation Faces Total Destruction

International Court Rules Against Right of Asylum

Who Gives to Charity? by George Lavan

End of 11-Day Strike Against Western Electric (photo)

Police Brutality Produces Added Deaths in Detroit

“What We Get in Return”, by Albert Parker

CIO Convention Sidelights

Escalator Clause Gets Pay Raise for Million

SWP Vote Nears 29,000 Mark

Vol. XIV No. 50, 11 December 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

[Lever] (cartoon), by Gray

“When Are We Getting Out of Korea?” Ask GIs

• Whole World Outraged by Atomic Threat, by Art Preis
• Wives and Mothers Weep, “Save Our Boys in Korea”
• Demand Grows Here to Bring Troops Home, by The Editors
• New Arms Bill Ushers in “Garrison Economy”
• Truman-Attlee Talks Offer Few Concessions to Peiping, by John G. Wright
  Attlee (photo)
• What a War with China Would Cost American People, by George Lavan
• Let the People Decide Whether There Shall Be Peace or War! by Fred Hart

Richardson Says Govt. Will Try to Force 130 Groups to Register, by John F. Petrone

Yugoslavia’s Interests Hurt by Vote in UN on Crisis over Korea, by Paul G. Stevens

Yugoslavia Seen with Open Eyes, by Ernest Germain

• 6: The Struggle Against Bureaucracy

Chinese at UN (photo)

The Militant Army

• Anti-War Headline Helps Sales of The Militant

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• What They Voted For
• None for Domestic Consumption

Is This the Beginning of the Third World War? by William F. Warde

The Kremlin’s Role in the Asian Crisis, by George Breitman

United Nations – Its True Role as Promoter of Imperialist War

Who Threatens Whom? by Joseph Keller

What to Do? (photo)

Steel Profits Rise Despite Wage Increases

• Philip Murray (cartoon)

Lure of the Yalu, by Paul Abbott

‘No Quarrel at All’ with New Law – Richardson

NAACP Lawyer Off to Tokyo to Defend Convicted GIs

MacArthur’s Alibis, by Frank Poole

Vol. XIV No. 51, 18 December 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

‘Emergency’ Sets Stage for Drive Against Labor

“Merry Xmas, Folks!” (cartoon), by Gray

Demand Rises: ‘Bring Troops Back to U.S.!”

• Save Our Sons – Forget ‘Prestige.’ Mothers Petition
• Many Are Now Questioning Truman’s Undeclared War

High Court Ruling Voids Conviction in ‘Contempt’ Case

Truman, Attlee Fail on dispute of U.S.-Europe, by John G. Wright

Mao Bids to Negotiate as Washington Stalls

Karl Kuehn Dies; Was One of the Minneapolis Trial Victims, by Max Goldman

• Karl Kuehn (photo)

Truman’s Powers Produce a Prayer

An Editorial

• What Imperialists Were Really Unprepared For

Ellenton, S.C. – Preview of All U.S., by Albert Parker

Germany, Belgium, Japan All Show Opposition to Rearmament Plans, by Charles Hanley

Yugoslavia Seen with Open Eyes, by Ernest German

• 7: Freedom of Speech and Research

Chinese Charge U.S. Aggression (photo)

The Grim Future They Offer American Youth, by Daniel Roberts

The Militant Army

American Labor Leaders

[Editorials]

• Liberals in Action
• War Aims of the Capitalists

What Is This Thing Called National Unity? by George Breitman

‘Limited War’ on China – An Unlimited Calamity, by George Lavan

Truth About Rhee Regime, Korea Civil War Seeps Out, by Fred Hart

Political Bluenoses, by John F. Petrone

Harlem Aroused by Police Murder of Negro Veteran, by J. Blake

Agreed to Disagree (photo)

Gordy Defense Committee Set Up in Detroit

Maritime Unionism Is Being Crushed by Militarization, by R. Bell

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Boom! by Frank Poole

Michigan Auto Workers Face Sudden Layoffs, by Dave Lands

Short Subjects

Vol. XIV No. 52, 25 December 1950, New York, NY

The Militant

Published Weekly in the Interests of the Working People

EDITOR:
George Breitman
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Joseph Hansen

Western Powers Move to Restore German Army, by Joseph Keller

Truman Decrees Austerity, “Garrison State” for U.S.

• Wage-Freeze Threat Alarms Labor Unions
• 1951, Fall In! (cartoon), by Gray
• Answers Stop-the-War Plea with New Military Speed-up, by Art Preis

Carl Skoglund Ordered Deported; Will Appeal

• Carl Skoglund (photo)

Rail Workers Strike Wins Some Concessions

An Editorial

• Whose Emergency?

11th Hour Massacres by Rhee Govt.

Congress Doesn’t Forget GIs

Phila. Meeting Honors Memory of Karl Kuehn, by G. Clement

Yugoslavia Seen with Open Eyes, by Ernest Germain

• 8: The Solution of the National Question

Chicago University Students Back Campus Workers’ Strike

Korean Casualty (photo)

Police State Law Rapped at Meeting of Calif. Students, by Lillian Russel

Mich. Minority Parties Deprived of True Vote, by David Lands

The Militant Army

Local Addresses of Socialist Workers Party

[Editorials]

• Our Confidence in the Future

1950 – A Year of World Crisis

• Police-State Moves at Home Mark Preparations for War, by James Walcott
• Korean War Revealed Scope of Asian Fight for Freedom, by Joseph Andrews
• Unions Proved Power in Limited Struggles
• The Kremlin Remained in State of Crisis Too, by George Breitman
• Europe Exhibited Hate of War, by John F. Petrone

A Hero’s Reward, by George Lavan

Mother Loses Her Children for Telling the Truth About Korea

DiSalle Sworn In (photo)

UAW Leaders Negotiate Rotten Chrysler Pact

Hard-Won Hiring Hall Again Faces Destruction, by R. Bell

Revival of ‘Isolationism’? by John G. Wright

Goose Step in the Schools, by James Dall

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