The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-25
STOLE THOUSAND
FOSTER VOTES
IN ALLEGHENY
Ballots Not Counted in
Many Places
Especial to The Daily Worker)


PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. "a At
least 1000 votes were stolen in Allie
geheny county alone from VIM. 2.
Foster, Workers Party candidate in
the election, according to the calcu-
lations Of local Communists as reck-
oned from the returns given by the
election commissioners.
Foster was, according to the re-
turns, given only 64S votes in Allege-
heny county, altho John s. Otis, Work
ers Party candidate for state treasur-
er was given 1,677 votes and Edward
Horvach, candidate for auditor gener-
al got ,496.
In the congressional field, Otto Yea
ger Of the Workers Party got 496
votes, In the 33rd district, Anton Hor-
vat, 31S IN the 32nd district and Max
Davidson 100 in the 34th district.
In the state legislative districts the
Workers Party had candidates in five
out Of thirteen districts The vote
ran as follows: First district, Louis
Cohen, 80 votes and Samuel Mosko-
vitz, 81 votes. Two offices were to be
filled in some districts accounting for
two party candidates. In the seventh
district, Paul Hanas got n votes and
Fred Randa "a. In the eighth dis
trict, Andrew Borich received 143
votes and Susie Kendra 141 In the
ninth district, VIM. P. Mikades got 1S9
votes, running alone. The tenth dis
trict had four candidates, Theodore
Mower getting 1858 votes; Morris
Schlinder, 2S9; Milan Wijnovic, 249;
and Hazel Yeager, 279 votes.
From McKeesport, Pennsylvania, it
is reported that the Workers Party
poIled 1S9 votes.
Sioux City Vote.
The DAILY WORKER has received
from Sioux City, Iowa, copy of the
Sioux City Daily Tribune. showing the
Official totals" of Woodbury. county,
Iowa, in the election.
The town of Sioux City is given
first, precinct by precinct, showing
SIS votes for Foster in the city. Then
the country vote is shown, by town
ships, with eight votes-making 73 in
all.
But the explanation of the figures
came along with the clipping in the
form of letter concerning the pre-
cinct vote in Sioux City. 1t says:
Kindly note that in the 9th precinct
Of Sioux City, where /, and two more
men, am sure, voted for Foster, there
is no record of it at all in the figures
given-the ninth precinct, it shows
cast no votes for Foster. This will
give you an idea how the votes are
stolen. / am not a Communist but
can see the reason for being one"
Vote in EImira, N. Y.
ELMIRA, N. Y.-The board Of cleo
ton commissioners of Chemung coun-
ty were not overly inclined to count
Communist votes, according to the
county tabulation. Foster got only ii
votes on the presidential ticket; for
governor, James P. Cannon got IS
votes; for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Frank
lin P. Brill, SO; secretary Of state,
Lilly Lore, Communist candidate, got
80 votes; Abraham Epstein for comp
troller, 115; Edward Lindgren, treas
urer, So; for encouragement, Arthur
S. Leads received 63 votes; and for
state engineer, Richard ]. Verhagen
received 40 votes.
Eighteen Communist Farmers
HARLAN, Iowa. - To the DAILY
WORKER: Gentlemen:-Enclosed re
cent vote Of this county, Shelby coun
ty, Iowa. Foster got Is votes in this
a farming community. Respectfully,
A w. Barton.