Word: weisbord
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...particularly struck by the fact that Weisbord was arrested for encouraging hostility to the government," Mr. H. W. S. Dana '03 said yesterday in commenting on the most recent disturbances in the Passaic textile strike. "It seems rather paradoxical that a man who undoubtedly represents the majority of the people should be charged with hostility to the government which in this country is theoretically representative of the majority...
...Albert Weisbord, the leader who was arrested in Saturday's demonstration, was graduated from the Harvard Law School two years ago. He came to Cambridge from the City College of New York, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He worked his way through the Law School, and at the same time organized the Young People's Socialist League, of which he became president...
After his graduation Weisbord did ordinary labor for a year to become thoroughly acquainted with the mill hands and their problems. Since then he has been working as an organizer in the textile industry for the National Workers' Party...
Responsibility for the immediate disturbances is no doubt mutual. The steel of official determination meets the flint of strike lender Weisbord's ultimatums and the fighting spark incites both pickets and policemen. Ideas kindle into action as quickly as a thrown stone can smash a window...
...Weisbord's recent threat to call a strike of school children unless the officers abandon Cossack methods is an example of the mental position which have led to stern riots and sterner repressions. For the moment one wonder at this unreasonable boycott which would harm the laborer more than the capitalist. The heat of strife has blinded the leader, who is himself a product of higher education, in the permanent avenue of escape for his followers offered by intelligent preparation for solving problems...