Babson on God and economics in a Cleveland speech
The article critiqued Roger Babson's claim that prosperity hinges on natural resources labor and a spiritual factor. It argues Europe’s insolvency risks American demand, notes 600000 idle freight cars, and questions Babson’s faith in revival of capitalism without concrete data. It challenges citing no statistics and suggests faith alone won’t restore prosperity.
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Europe
United States
Congress
Prairies
Babson
America
Batson
Editorial reflections on railroads and faith in 1920s Toiler
The piece critiques economic policy and religious rhetoric in the current debate on railroads, wages, and crises. It mocks calls to “remember God” while urging action through commissions and labor measures, noting repeated wavering between faith and pragmatism and predicting limited hope for revival by Babson or similar figures.
War Department camp offer sparks class defense debate
A wartime publicity promises 30 day military training for 10,000 youths and free travel, meals, and uniforms while opponents argue such camps train workers for imperialist wars. The piece contends workers should instead defend themselves against capitalist oppression and hunger, viewing the program as a tool of ruling interests.
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United States War Department
Congress
Mittal
War Department
Department
Sam
A Pill For an Attack of Left Sickness in New Age
An open letter by Comrade John Murati in the New Age cites Bolshevik and I W W disputes sparked by May 28 Toiler and Pravda texts. It argues that dualism harms the class struggle, defends universal Bolshevik action, and critiques Munati’s critique while urging Communist unity across industrial and political fronts.
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H. D. Wendell
New Age
John Murati
Frank
U. S
Mulati
Third International
Communist Party
A. F
C. P
Paris
Murati
Workers of the
L W. W
George Hardy
Comunists
A. F. of L
LW. W
West
Revolutionary Union
Lenine
Radek
W. W
Uuip
Mulatithua
John Reed
I. W
I. W. Wy
International
Messrs
Gompera
Jouhaux
Henderson
Logien
Murad
Moscow
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