The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-04
CITLOW MEETING
WITH SUCCESSES
IN EASTERN TOUR
Speaks in Cleveland on
September 7th

The Workers Party is now in the
midst of a great political election
struggle. Proofs of this can be seen
in the enthusiastic and successful
meetings now being addressed by it's
vice-presidential candidate, Benjamin
Gitlow, in his first Eastern tour.
Comrade Gitlow, starting from New
York, has held meetings in Trenton,
N. j., Richmond, Va, Washington, d.
c., Reading, Pa, Scranton, Pa. Bing-
hamton, N. Y, Buffalo, N. Y, and
Rochester, N. Y.
Rochester Meet Successful.
At the Rochester meeting just held,
a large and extremely interested
audience was present, in spite of the
fact that the meeting took place on a
Saturday night. The large audience
loudly applauded the bitter arraign-
ment by Gitlow of the old party can
didates and LaFollette. When GitIow
denounced the candidates Of the re-
publican and democratic parties as
anti-labor, he was applauded. When
he included LaFollette as being anti
labor, the audience cheered
Many former socialists were pre-
sent, and by their applause indicated
that they stand solidly behind the
Communist candidates and program.
They, especially, were loud applauders
of the announcement of LaFollette.
Gitlow's exposure of the Dawes plan
and his arraignment of the fake paci-
fist democratic Bryan brought forth
hearty and prolonged applause. 1t
was generally conceded that the Git
low meeting was one of the most sue
cessful ever held in Rochester and
will have an extremely beneficial eff
feet upon the Workers Party In the
future. New members were taken in,
finances were raised and the in
fiuence of the party was extended.
Miners Greet GitIow.
On the following day Gitlow spoke
at Daisytown, Pa, to an open air pic
mic, held under the auspices of the
Finnish branch OF the Workers Party.
Hundreds of miners and their families
from surrounding localities were there.
They gave an enthusiastic reception
to our Communist candidate and the
party program.
Comrade Gitlow, on this tour, is
experiencing all the trials and tribula-
lions of working class political cam
paigner. To make many of these meet
ings, he has to resort to various
methods Of conveyance, not having at
his disposal a private Pullman as have
the candidates of the old parties.
Comrads Gitlow states that he is well
compensated for all the drawbacks
by the results Of seeing our party
participate in this great struggle.
AS result of Gitlow's present
Eastern tour, the entire party in that
section will be drawn more and more
into the struggle to a degree that
would not otherwise be possible. At
other points on his itinerary great
preparations are being made, espe-
cially at Cleveland, Ohio. On Sunday
evening, September z, at Bricklayers
Hall, East 21st Street and Prospect
Ave., Cleveland, large audience is
expected and tremendous efforts are
being put forth to make this the most
successful meeting in a long time.
Thousands of leaflets, throwaways and
tickets have been printed and widely
distributed, so as to make the Cleve-
land meeting a fitting answer to the
recent convention Of the c. p. p. A.
and the present attempts OF the so.
called labor leaders" who would mis-
lead the workers and trade unionists
OF Cleveland into the camp Of LaFol-
lette.