The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
Straw Ballot Results
Reveal Drift of Labor
Into Communist Ranks
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.


Boshevism' is more than word to large numbers of
workers on the job 1t symbozes ideal toward which they
are struggling
I'm going to vote for LaFoIIette this time" saw some
Boshevist."
shows in the tones of his voice and his general emeano
that he has hope of getting what he from La
Dubb worker who votes for something he doesn't want
the hope OF getting something in place of voting for
gets it.
But it is very evident that this growing undercurrent
flowing toward revolutionary working class political action,
has startled the Wall Street campaign managers who have
ways OF their own, OF learning what is going
1t isn't because they want issue both Coolidge
and Davis the republican and democratic puppets shout
ing In defense OF the sanct of the United States Supreme
Court They stand in this campaign fighting for every
past institution And there nothing dear to Wall
street than the Supreme Court presided by B the
Fat TAFT with its veto power of all legislation passed by
congress, and all other aw-makng bodies
Poor LaFolette wants to safeguard capitalism, against
the Communists but he also wants to take this veto
away from Taft and his judicial bIackcOaked pals Just to
give LaFoette taste of what happens those who NEEDLE
with the capitalist system of government find the ca
n The N sne o s t
not convince LaFOette that revolutionary struggles today
historic memories of the revolution of 1916
The DAILY WORKERS straw ballot has revealed the
strength the Communists would have political representa-
ton were based on Shop Councils in industrial instead of
graphical representation
visited by straw ballot squad the results showed
Communists would have is representatives in Council of
The percentage held true at the Kuppenhemer
plant while at the plant Of the Royal Iaors the percentage
rose giving the Communists 20 delegates any Council of
100" that might be formed.
great plant of the Western Electric Company
the percentage of Communist strength almost
that among the clothing Kuppenheimers.
Shop Council of 5oo least 100 of these would be
munsts, according to the showing Of our straw ballot
The percentage falls slightly in the unorganzed stock
yards plants of the packers Here only registered
in THE Yards district would be somewhat Of revolution
oyethe present form Of geographical representation that
sends some lawyer tool of Armour Swift and the other big
packers to Washington
The percentage of Communist strength in 1.-THE Yards"
duplicated in the plant of the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany also unoganzed drops little among the clerks and
order house, but mounted higher the big shops of
Chicago Northwestern Railroad. The percentage held
up nearly is per great plant of the Crane
Manufacturing Company registered about II cent
Thus in the great producing establishments of Amer
lean capitalist system there is strong Communist sent
Councils the Communists would have goody representa-
ton.
But the Fathers of 1776," whom LaFoette auds so
highly ordered differently On the basis of the constitution
that they adopted capitalism in this country has built up
system of representation that practically dsfranchses the
workers.
Millions lose their vote thru residence qualifications In
the South other millions disfanchsed because of poll
and other suberfuge This does take
the millions of dsfranchised Negroes Then there is the
naturalization fraud that says worker coming here from
some other country must go thru period of probation to
be ended at the whim of judicial mountebank. The
intelligent and militant worker may be, the less his
chances OF becoming citizen II the prospective citizen
prooams himself Communist, he is bIaok-baIed forever
In order to keep the workers in submission under the
American form Of government prerequisite is that they
be DISTINGUISHED far possible If those workess for
tunate enough enjoy the franchise get radical
ton revolutionary and send congress who
make laws threatening the capitalist social structure then
the supreme court is right the job And the supreme
is backed by the mailed fist Of American capitalism, the
army and navy,
II the workers would win the United States they
begin building their organizations in the shops the
mills and the factories beginning be made by starting
this organization, built within the very structure of the
capitalist industrial system. becomes powerful enough for