The Socialist convention which just concluded its sessions here had interesting Jewish angles and sidelights.
Perhaps the most interesting of all the proceedings, so far as Jewish interest is concerned, is the address delivered in Yiddish. This was the first time that an address in Yiddish was delivered at a convention of a political party.
S. Mendelsohn, representing the Bund of Poland, was the speaker, and his talk was translated into English for the benefit of those unable to understand him.
In addition to the Bund official greetings were cabled to the convention by the Histadruth, Jewish Labor Federation, of Palestine.
A number of Jewish leaders were prominent in the convention deliberations. B. C. Vladeck, general manager of the Forward, was toastmaster at the banquet. Louis Waldman of New York lead the minority which opposed the majority resolution favoring a militant Socialism. Aligned with Mr. Waldman, attorney for Corporal Ralph Osman, recently freed from espionage charges, were Jacob Panken, for twelve years a Socialist judge in New York, and Charles solomon, also of New York.
On numerous occasions speakers condemned the rise of Fascism throughout the world.
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