Henri Slovès IKUF to Rubin Saltzman IKUF about Lack of Promised Funds, February 1938 (correspondence)
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- Title:
- Henri Slovès IKUF to Rubin Saltzman IKUF about Lack of Promised Funds, February 1938 (correspondence)
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Popular Front Years
Culture Front - Creator:
- Slovès, Henri (Chaim)
- Creator (Yiddish):
- סלאוועס, ה
- Date:
- 1938-02-16
- Site:
- New York, New York, United States
Paris, Ville de Paris, Département de, Île-de-France, France - Address:
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Address (Creator):
- Union de la Culture Juive, 84 Rue Beaubourg, Paris 3, France
- Identifier:
- 5276b53f07_01a
- Recipient:
- Zaltsman, R. (Reʾuven) (Rubin Saltzman, Reuben Zaltzman)|Olgin, Moissaye J. (Moissaye Joseph), 1874-1939|Sulṭan, Y. (Yosef), 1892-1961|Epstein, Melech
- Organization:
- IKUF/YKUF, Alveltlekher Yiddishn Kultur Farband
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Work Type:
- letterheads
historical figures
Yiddish (language)
political ideologies and attitudes
Yiddish (language)
logotypes
conferences
letters (correspondence)
international organizations
authors
communism
intellectuals - Subject:
- Intelligentsia
Culture Front- Publishing, Yiddish, Literature, Poetry, Drama
Popular Front
France
Jewish Left
Conferences
Fellow Travellers
Nazism and Fascism
Political
Communism - Description:
- Letter from Henri Slovès IKUF/YKUF to Rubin Saltzman and the U.S. branch of IKUF/YKUF. Translated Summary: Slovès strongly protests "your relationship to the central directorate of the kultur farband," specifically, the lack of communication following the Congress and continuing now, even after they have an administrative structure in place. Expresses his bitterness and disappointment. Repeats complaint of earlier letters, that the U.S. delegation has promised to send $1500 a year. They have been counting on that promised money. In particular, Slovès continues, the matter of the Congress Bulletin is a scandal. Three months have passed since the 1000 copies were sent. When Saltzman received them he said that in two or three weeks they would begin to distribute them and a meaningful amount of money would be sent. A recent telegram has gone unanswered. The work and the organization are in jeaopardy.
- Note:
- One of a number of letters in Yiddish from Paris, New York, and Poland pertaining to the founding of YKUF (IKUF) as an organization.
- Note:
- The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
- Relationships:
- 19043881
- Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 53
- Folder:
- 07
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu