SERIES III. NEW YORK STATE CORRESPONDENCE, 1930-1936, inclusive

Series III. The New York State Correspondence (frames IX:44-52) contain materials for the period, 1930-1936. Most of the items relate to the numerous Socialist Party controversies in the mid 1930s, particularly the suspension of the New York State charter by the National Executive Committee in 1935. Again, controversies principally reflect the conflict between the Old Guard and the Militants. Other items in these files pertain to the Erie County local, the 1930 state constitution, and the 1933 New York Socialist Party platform. The major correspondents in these files are Julius Gerber and August Claessens, but there are also letters from Bertha H. Mailly, William C. Duffy, and Louis Waldman.