Myra Tanner Weiss: SWP Organizer Describes Benefits of Midwest School (10 August 1946)/title> <meta name="description" content="Myra Tanner Weiss: SWP Organizer Describes Benefits of Midwest School (10 August 1946)" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../css/doc.css" /> <meta name="robots" content="index,follow" /> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000"> <p class="linkback"><a href="../../index.htm" name="top">Myra Tanner Weiss Archive</a> | <a href="../../../index.htm">Trotskyist Writers Index</a> | <a href="../../../../index.htm">ETOL Main Page</a></p> <hr width="100%" noshade="noshade" size="1" /> <h2>Myra Tanner Weiss</h2> <h1>SWP Organizer Describes Benefits of Midwest School</h1> <h3>(17 August 1946)</h3> <hr width="100%" noshade="noshade" size="1" /> <p class="info">From <strong>The Militant</strong>, <a href="../../../../newspape/themilitant/1946/index.htm#m46_33" target="new">Vol. X No. 33</a>, 17 August 1946, p. 2.<br /> Transcribed & marked up by <a href="../../../../../../admin/volunteers/biographies/eocallaghan.htm" target="new">Einde O’Callaghan</a> for the <strong>Encyclopaedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL)</strong>.</p> <hr width="100%" noshade="noshade" size="1" /> <p class="fst">One or two weeks at the Midwest Vacation School on Little Pleasant Lake, near Jackson, Michigan, certainly makes a difference in the people who have come here from all over the country. Arriving tense and tired from their jobs in the hot summer cities, they leave fully rested and bronzed by the sun. Every time a newcomer arrives we anticipate with pleasure the transformation he or she is about to undergo.</p> <p>Our program of activity for the evenings this week has included a series of reports from branches represented here. Brief accounts of branch and trade union work in cities from coast to coast have given us a more intimate knowledge of the Socialist Workers Party. We have heard reports from Flint, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Bayonne and Akron; and other cities will be heard from next week. From this exchange of experience we get ideas that will be very helpful on our return to branch work.</p> <p>The extension of the Camp and School through Labor Day will give many more comrades and friends the opportunity of enjoying a week or two at Midwest. The sports and educational activities offer a full and fruitful vacation.<br /> </p> <h4>Labor Day Jamboree</h4> <p class="fst">We are particularly happy about the plans for the Labor Day Jamboree. Oscar Coover, our Camp Director, has announced that it is possible for the School to offer three days at Midwest at the low rate of $10 for adults and $5 for children. Many workers who couldn’t manage a whole week’s vacation will be able to participate in the School for this Jamboree. All available extra cabin space is being procured to house our visitors.</p> <p>Comrade Coover requests advanced reservations as room is limited even with the expansion of our facilities. Just write to Oscar Coover, Midwest Vacation School, Grass Lake, Michigan. Aug. 31, through Sept. 2 (Saturday through Monday) should be red-letter days for the Midwest Camp and unforgettable days for every participant.</p> <p class="link"> <br /> <a href="#top">Top of page</a></p> <hr size="1" noshade="noshade" width="100%" /> <p class="linkback"><a href="../../index.htm">Myra Tanner WEiss Archive</a> | <a href="../../../index.htm">Trotskyist Writers Index</a> | <a href="../../../../index.htm">ETOL Main Page</a></p> <p class="updat">Last updated: 19 June 2021</p> </body> </html>