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From New International, Vol. VI No. 8 (Whole No. 47), September 1940, p. 146.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.
One bit of good news this month is the fact that we have obtained second class mailing privileges for The New International. This will help our program in the coming months. We succeeded in issuing a 32 page number in memory of Leon Trotsky, and we are going to try to continue with the larger magazine.
The October issue is already in preparation. As we told you in August a special election would be published. We had originally planned this for September, but the tragic death of Trotsky made necessary that postponement. The October number promises to be of a high caliber. It will deal with a variety of subjects related to the elections and the war question which is the dominant one in the presidential campaign.
There will be a declaration of the Political Committee of the Workers Party on the elections in which the position of the Party will be stated. The political situation in the United States in the light of the war and the swiftly developing militarization of the country, will be treated in an exhaustive review by Max Shachtman, National Secretary of the Workers Party. The recent national tour taken by Shachtman has enabled him to get some first hand information on the attitude of large numbers of workers to the current situation.
David Coolidge is at work on an article dealing with the trades unions and the elections. Coolidge tells us that he is examining the failure of the trades union movement in the United States to develop a political party of its own, especially the failure to produce working class political leaders of any note. This is a subject of extreme importance and we are sure the trade unionist readers of The New International will be highly interested in it. Demby’s article on the situation in the ranks of the financial ruling class, centering specifically around the House of Morgan and the Rockefellers, is already finished and will appear in the October issue.
Latin America and the United States is the subject of a study by M. Lebrun which will appear in the next number. The article will take up hemispheric relations from the point of the view of the interests of the Spanish American nations, the conflict of their internal economies with that of the United States and their connection to the second world war. Lebrun is highly qualified to treat with this subject and we are certain that his article will be a top-notcher. Other articles will deal with the presidential candidates and subject them to a Marxist evaluation. The Negroes and the War, conscription and the elections are additional topics that will be discussed in the next issue. Another feature of the October N.I. is a discussion article by Dwight Macdonald on the nature of German economy. All in all, we expect to have a well-rounded and extremely interesting number.
B.L. from Akron writes to say that he enjoyed the August issue and notes a considerable improvement in the contents of the magazine. D.B. from St. Louis says the article on The Inter-American Cartel was fine and hopes we can increase the size of The New International. J.R. Johnson’s article, Capitalist Society and the War has received praise from many quarters, proponents and opponents alike. With added support from our comrades and all readers of the magazine we can promise a 32 page magazine and a wide variety of excellent articles. Naturally, we need help to put this program across.
M.S. from Lynn responded nobly by paying up his entire account of $20.00. Miller, of the New York YPSL, keeps pushing the magazine and what is more, pays for them regularly. In both respects, the New York party can learn some lessons from the YPSL. Columbus and Boston, also, are two cities who keep their accounts in good shape. If the other branches do the same we shall be in a better position to put our plan into effect. We need more subscriptions! We want all accounts cleaned up! Forward to the 32 page magazine!
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