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Title	Oneal, James 1936-06-01
Abstract	Letter to Theodore Debs, 06/01/1936. Tells Theodore Debs that the "old Socialist Party we knew is dead." Says that it is now an organization run by "clerical and collegiate charlatans and corruptionists." Writes that the New York state delegation was ousted from the convention. Informs Theodore Debs that the "old Wisconsin movement" no longer exists. Explains that the Socialist Party in Wisconsin has become a "Socialist Tammany of office holders" as exemplified by Daniel Webster Hoan. Remarks that the ousted delegates have formed the Social Democratic Federation. Mentions that he is without a socialist candidate to vote for and refuses to follow the unions and vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Says that James Maurer is the only worker left in the National Executive Council and although he supports the actions of the renegade socialists he will not leave the organization until he has helped "save the lyceum, the park and cooperative from becoming booty of the Thomas nitwits."
Author	Oneal, James
Recipient	Debs, Theodore, 1864-1945
Repository	Special Collections Department. Indiana State University Library, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47809.
Date digital	2009-04-06
Date original	1936-06-01
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- Terre Haute -- 1874-1977
Subject	Socialism Socialists
WV3 Subject	Famous Hoosiers Labor
Provenance	Cooper, Marguerite Debs
Type	text
Material Type	Correspondence
Technical Metadata	Image/tiff; Epson Perfection; Adobe Photoshop CS2 8.0; 300 ppi;
Copyright	Digital image (c) 2010 Indiana State University Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Item ID	evd-letterso-00109.tif;

Oneal, James 1936-06-01

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