"1940 Picnic - As World War II approached, the dwindling Socialist Party of Oregon remained committed to the party's historic anti-war line, hosting a picnic of Oregon progressives on August 18, 1940 at Mickey's Grove, located 5 miles outside of West Salem, Oregon.The gathering, hosted by the Salem Socialist local, was touted as a means of bringing together "farmers, union members, anti-war people, members of co-ops, pacifists, socialists, and progressives throughout the state" to "get acquainted and work out some united plan" against conscription and the restriction of civil liberties.