The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-07
CROWDS GREET
FOSTER TALKS
IN CALIFORNIA
Audiences Impressed
BY Communist Speeches

Especial to the DAILY WoRkER)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. O.
With his arrival heraIded by
headlines in the local capitalist
press, William z. Foster, presi-
Dental candidate of the Work.
ers Party, held two very sue
cessful meetings here.
He spoke in the High School
Auditorium in Berkeley to a
crowd of 500, of whom probab-
ly a hundred were University of
California students. A collec-
ton of $113.41 was taken, $25
worth of literature sold, besides
sixteen Of the special DAILY
WORKER subscription cards.
The next day he addressed a crowd
Of over thousand which filled Cal
ifornia Hall in this city to the limit.
Here a collection of $207 was secured,
and over $40 worth of literature sold.
Lar UTILITIES OTcSItdilcHs
The audience in both cities were
greatly impressed by his speeches,
and the considerable number of La
Toilette supporters who attended
emerged quite crestfallen after listen
ing to Fosters mastery analysis of
the Wisconsin senator's reactionary
middle class policy.
A special meeting of all party mem
bers was called at $50 to hear Foster
on the problems facing our organiza-
ton. Tho many could not attend ow-
ing to the early hour, yet the hall was
crowded before he finished. His re-
marks on. the application of party tao
tics to the present situation left
lasting impression and there is little
doubt but that these, with the success
of the meetings, will have most bene-
fetal effect on the local movement.
Reorganize the T. U. (. L.
The reorganization of the Trade
Union Educational League for this
section will be accomplished at a
mass meeting of. all party members
who belong to unions, and plans will
then be launched for an aggressive
industrial campaign.
Politically, the party in California
is in a difficult situation. The tidal
wave among the workers toward La
Toilette is particularly noticeable
here. Renegade members of the or
ganization are very active in the La,
Toilette movement.
1t was impossible to get the 10000
names required to place a Communist
presidential elector on the ballot. 1t
was similarly impossible to get
enough names for our congressional
named, e. Levin, lin Los Angeles, and
James H. Dolsen, in San Francisco.
Consequently the only Communist to
appear officially on the ballot will be
Bell for the Goth assembly district of
Los Angeles.
The District Executive Committee
has decided to carry on write in"
campaign for these candidates who
failed in the petitions and to wage a
strong fight both in the Los Angeles
and San Francisco districts.
Distribute Literature Regularly.
In the fifth congressional district,
comprising a great working class sec
ton of this city, a regular Sunday
morning distribution of Communist lit
erature will be carried on. BY action
of the District Executive Committee
and with the unanimous approval OF
the membership mass meeting held
recently, all members in San Francis
co are to be required to give at least
an hour each Sunday morning during
this month to such work. The DAHL
WORKER and our local paper, Labor
Unity, will be used principally
Campaign Meeting Sunday
Sunday night, Oct IL, the first Com
munist congressional rally will b.
held at our headquarters, 225 Valencii
street James H. Dolsen will be tn
speaker. Open air meetings have als'
been instituted, the first having takel
place at 21st and Mission street, las
Saturday. Jack Carney, editor Of La
Dor Unity, spoke to a good-size'
crowd.