SOCIALIST PARTY PREPARES FOR CONVENTION OPENING HERE TOMORROW. The Socialist Party Convention to pick a candidate for the Presidency on the Socialist ticket will open here tomorrow with Norman Thomas leading the race by several delegates being welcomed to Washington by several delegates who preceded

SOCIALIST LEADER. A new informal picture of Norman Thomas, leader of the Socialist Party in this country. Thomas is in the capital attending the National Convention of the Socialist Party. He is expected to be named the party's presidential candidate at tomorrow's session which winds up the conventi

DELIVERS KEYNOTE SPEECH AT SOCIALIST NATIONALIST CONVENTION. In delivering the keynote speech at the Socialist National Convention today, Maynard Krueger, Chicago University economics professor, warned that the United States will "continue down the toboggan slide" toward war or fascism unless the na

Socialist Norman Thomas at peace rally. Washington, D.C., June 8. 1,100 people crowded into an antiwar mass meeting held here last night. Condemnation of 'war hysteria' and defense policies were voiced by leaders of congressional, labor, student, and women's groups. Norman Thomas, socialist candidat

Lewis and aides to map plans for auto strikes. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12/37. John L. Lewis met with officials of the Committee for Industrial Organization today to discuss the strike of the United Automobile Workers Union against General Motors. The picture shows from the left; Homer Martin, Preside

Before the opening gong. Washington, D.C., March 8. Big three of the Labor Non-partisan League pictured just before the gong sounded to open the Convention of the League in Washington today. About 600 labor leaders of all sections of the country were here for the initial session. In the picture, lef

Communists get together. Washington, D.C., Feb. 12. Americans, all of whom fought and many wounded while fighting for the Loyalists in Spain, met today in Washington at the First National Conference of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, left to right: Francis J. Gorman, President of the Un

SOCIALIST LEADER BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE. Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for the presidency, today told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory training bill is "fascist" in nature. "Unquestionably we live in a world of risks" Thomas said, "but for our American

Wages an Hour Div. of Apparel Industry Committee met today at Raleigh Hotel to try to establish a minimum wage above the present 25 cents an hour. Lft. to rt. Joseph P. McCurdy, President of Maryland Fed. of Labor. Arthur J. Patton, retired employer. Charles Ray, retired manufacturer and former me