The following letter appeared in the American socialist publication, The Militant, and gives a very clear picture of the U.5, variety of social democracy s
"Last weekend I visited my hometown of Eridgeport, Conn., and caught the windup of a three-way mayoralty race there. You mny. recall that Dridgeport was the town that for many years had a Socialist Party mayor, Jasper McLevy, who was deposed a few years ago. Io was typical of the people who are socialist in name only and are prominent in the Socialist Party-—Social Democratic Federation, His only program was lower taxes —- to save money on snow removal equipment he is supposed to have procalimed: “God put the snow on the ground and he will take it away." And every spring he was proven right.
"McLevy was a joke but the present Socialist Party candidate, William Visokay, is even more backward than the Republicans and Democrats, "io must learn," he says in tho Bridgeport Sunday Post, "that there is tho Straight-lNarrow-Honest Path by which we mist be guided for all our people's destiny,...When wo practice fairness, honesty, and above-board methods, thon and only then shall we enjoy peace of mind." After thus coming to grips with such key social problems, ho solemnly pledged, “that upon being elected to office we shall hold as our guido the greatest law of the age left us by iimighty God = Tho Ten Commandments."
"Loat you think Visokay might have trouble enforcing this progran, his record proves otherwise. He was a professional enforcer — o stato cop = for 15 yoars and has been safety and security director (the man who doals with strikers) of Bridgeport Brass for the past 20 yoars, During Yorld War TI ne was a safety and security director for 51 industrial plants and for all utilities in New Haven and Fairfield Counties.
‘Wot one to be scared by the witch—-hunt, he was, to the contrary, a joiner — of a Catholic church, war voterans, three safety councils, etc., otc. and = last on the list = the N,A.A.C.FP.
"But Visokay's no joke, He's one of the products of the Socialist Party's having abandoned 11 pretence of a fight against the capitalist system, You'd think that at least they would have the decency to change thoir namo and step out the way of those who are serious about fighting for socialism,