Oneal, James 1936-01-12

Description:	Letter to Theodore Debs, 01/12/1936. Says that by the time Theodore Debs gets this letter that he may have already read about the suspension of the charters of the Socialist Party chapters in New York state by Norman Thomas and his tightly-controlled National Executive Council. Writes that Norman Thomas has indisputably become the dictator of the party. Informs Theodore Debs that there is a big majority of socialists who are against the Thomas machine in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington, Oregon, and about half the socialists in Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey. Asks that Theodore Debs add his word of denunciation to the Thomas machine to those already expressed by James Maurer and Jasper McLevy to embarrass Norman Thomas and his collection of preachers, college professors and theological students. Assures Theodore Debs that the struggle currently going on in the Socialist Party is one between working class Socialism and a compound of pink liberalism and parlor bolshevism. Remarks that Eugene V. Debs, who was a keen judge of human character, told Morris Hillquit upon meeting Norman Thomas for the first time, Morris, I do not trust that man. Writes that the comrades in New York state are planning to kick Norman Thomas and his cohorts out of the Socialist Party by attending the convention in Cleveland, Ohio and taking a stand against Norman Thomas and the National Executive Council.
Origin:	1936-01-12
Source:	http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/evdc/id/6285
Collection:	Eugene V. Debs Correspondence
Subjects:	Socialism Socialists Famous Hoosiers Labor

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