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Fou crib In the issue for January 1, 1941, nothing of especial interest was noted except on Page 7 a letter to the editor entitled, "On Mrs. FIR'S VOTE." This letter to the editor was written by EDVHIRSCH of New York, In his letter HIRSH commends Mrs, ROOSEVELT/for her fine work in the spon- sorship of t American Youth ‘Congress. a eee in the January 15, 1941 issue of The Guild Reporter“: bn Pags 2 will he found a statement of finasstel s con tion 0 e Guild as of November 30, 1940. This statement purports to tell as to how the dues money of the Guild is spent. From Page 4 of this issue it is noted that a refer- endum vote was being taken nationally by the Guild to determine whether or not a resolution known as the”Youngstowm Resolution" condemning Communism, Naziiam, and Fascism should be adopted by the Guild in pre- ference to the International Executive Board's resolution which merely condemied the insinuation that the Guild has been subject to outside control and stating that the Guild re-affirms its traditional indepen- dence of control by any political party or group, whether Communist, Socialist, Democrat, Republican, Nazi or Fascist. It appears from this that the battle for the adoption of one or the other of these resolu- tions was carried on at the 1940 convention of the Guild and that the membership has called for a referendum vote as to which of the motions should be adopted by the Guild, On Page 5 of that same /issue | is a short article telling of the applica- tion by Hrs, ROOSEVELT’ for transfer of her membership from the New York Guild to Washington and of its approval on January 8, 1941 by the Executive Board of the New York local. In the February 1, 1941 issue of The Guild Reporter is a first page article entitled, "'ISMS' Referendum Ballots go to at Tocals in Week." This article discloses that ballots for the long-debated referendum would be mailed to all locals of the Guild by the International Secretary-Treasurer VICTOR PASCHE. This article disclosed that more than 10,000 members in 89 iocals in continental Univea States, Hawaii, and Lahada were qualified to vote on this referendum. On Page 2 of this issue there is a special article entitled, "Disunity a Danger, Pasche Tells Locala." Thig article with a Boston dateline, tells of the fact that VICTOR PASCHE had been holding a series of con~ ferences with officera and members of four leading New England Guilds within the past week. PASCHE had painted a picture of growing organi- gational strength and collective bargaining achievement by the Guild dur- ing the past year, but expressed alarm at inner trends bearing on the Guild's clarity and wity of purpose. PASCHE asserted in this articie Sees eaten ye