In a message dated 5/12/2006 9:40:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I wonder if there was a Socialist Party in Summit Co,Ohio in the early 1900s? I saw a John Smith running on the Socialist ticket in 1910 or 1920, too young to be the John Smith I'm looking for but maybe his father?? I haven't been able to keep up with email for a couple weeks, so just found yours with the above. My mother, as a young woman moved to Akron and worked in the boot/shoe factory ca 1919/1920. Does anyone know the name - was it the Miller? Anyway, she divulged to me that she had attended some communist meetings - makes me think there probably was a strong socialist movement/party in the area at the time. I would be interested in reading anything you find, if you research this. Jan Blessed Be; Bright Blessings; Beautiful Beginnings; Big Boons; Bodacious Blockbusters; Brilliant Brainstorms; Boundless Benefits

Ohio Socialist Party Eugene Debs, "The Canton, Ohio Speech," 16 June 1918 Occasion: America was at war with Germany when Debs gave this anti-war speech. It was a bold and especially proactive act, given that Debs had just come from visiting three people (Ruthenberg, Baker, and Wagenknecht, mentioned in the speech) who were incarcerated under the Espionage Act for their own opposition to the war. According to historian Arthur Schlesinger, the government would eventually charge Debs with "uttering words intended to cause insubordination and disloyalty within the American forces of the United States, to incite resistance to the war, and to promote the cause of Germany" (Writings and Speeches of Eugene V. Debs, p. xi). The speech was given to about 1,200 members of the Ohio Socialist Party and was later used against Debs to make the case that he had violated the Act. http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/manuscripts/ms94.html And that's only 2 of many results. Couldn't find anything specific for Summit County though. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [OHSUMMIT-L] Hungarian & Summit county > > > In a message dated 5/12/2006 9:40:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > I wonder if there was a Socialist Party in Summit Co,Ohio in the > early 1900s? I saw a John Smith running on the Socialist ticket in > 1910 or 1920, too young to be the John Smith I'm looking for but > maybe his father?? > > I haven't been able to keep up with email for a couple weeks, so just found > yours with the above. > > My mother, as a young woman moved to Akron and worked in the boot/shoe > factory ca 1919/1920. Does anyone know the name - was it the Miller? Anyway, she > divulged to me that she had attended some communist meetings - makes me think > there probably was a strong socialist movement/party in the area at the time. > I would be interested in reading anything you find, if you research this. > > Jan > > Blessed Be; Bright Blessings; Beautiful Beginnings; Big Boons; > Bodacious Blockbusters; Brilliant Brainstorms; Boundless Benefits > > > ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== > Genealogist dont get old they just loose their Census. >