The daily worker., 1924-12-22

~ city central committee on ngnt
carried on by the left wing in the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers I'm
ion election for the left wing candi-
dates, and their program Of measures
vitally needed by the members Of that
union, motion was carried unani-
mously backing up this fight with all
the resources Of the party.
Extensive preparations were made
for the Chicago aldermanic elections
to be held Feb. %. These elections
are so-called "non-partisan" and Com
Imunist candidates will be entered in
all wards possible. A general cam
paign committee composed of the fol-
lowing elected: Abern, Kruse, Gomez,
Heron, Hammersmark, Ida Dailes,
Thurber Lewis, Candella, N. Juel
Christensen, H. Epstein, Mrs. Kalou.
SEX, Names. N. Shaf1r, Cejak, A. Maxi,
Robert Minor and two members of the
Y. w. L. Subcommittee on organ
ization which is to organize ward
committees, propose candidates, or
ganize meetings and general propa-
ganda activities composed of Abern,
Kruse, Lewis, Manus, Epstein and
Mrs. Kalousek. A subcommittee on
petitions which is to organize the
work Of gathering signatures and I'll.
ing petitions composed Of the follow
ing: Hammersmark, Christensen
| CandelIa, Cjeka and Abern, and finally
committee on publicity composed Of
Comrades Gomez, Dailes and Shafr.
Signatures required to petitions to en-
ter candidates are two per cent of the
votes cast in the last municipal elec
tion and petitions must be filed before
Jan. 30 Many wards offer good posi-
bilities for entering Communist candi-
dates. Only the working class wards
will be concentrated upon and all op
lportunities will be made use of to
bring our message to the workers
during this campaign. The Commun.
ist candidates will in definite terms
state their position on the many vital
working class issues.
| On the now developing unemploy.
ment situation the city central com
mittee adopted the following state
ment:
Unemployment in Chicago is on
the increase. At the free employ
ment Office during November there
were 156 persons registered for each
100 jobs available. These figures
mark an increase over the two pre-
ceding months, altho they do not
reach the high mark of July and Au-
gust.
Our party must take the leader
ship in gaining the measures for re-
lief Of the unemployed workers and
create the organizations necessary
to attain this aim. Our party men,
bers must take up energetically the
formulation of the demands of the
unemployed and initiate the fight for
the realization Of these demands.
They must bring the issue into all
trade unions and workers gather
ings. Apply our slogans to the con-
crete situation and with these slo-
gans penetrate the masses. organiz-
ed and unorganized, employed and
unemployed, to prepare them for ac-
ton, following closely the program
adopted by the C. e. G.
Our immediate slogans must be:
Work or Compensation for the I'm
employed" Governmental legisla-
tion making appropriations for re-
lief OF the unemployed, funds to be
administered by the labor organiza-
tions." Employers to pay regular
wages to workers whom they cannot
, keep steadily at work, out of their
accumulated profits"
The city central committee elected
committee composed of Swabeck
Bell. Davidson, Milklavich and two
comrades to be selected from the Y.
w. L. Committee was instructed TO
gather information about develop
ment Of employment, prepare pub
licity and assist our membership in
propagandizing the needs Of the unem
ployed. II was also instructed to
make arrangements at the earliest
possible date for series OF unemploy.
ment mass meetings and take steps
toward organization OF the unem.
ployed.
To effectively prepare the work Of
our party, to establish united front
fight against child labor, to bring this
issue to all working class organiza.
tons. To bring pressure TO bear. to
bring the state legislature to immedi.
ately ratify the child labor amend.
ment to the constitution and TO com.
pei the state and federal legislature
to pass law providing for full gov
ernment maintenance OF all school
children OF workers and poor farmers.
The following committee was elected:
Abern. 8. Borgeson. John Anderson.
Charles Erickson. Chilofsky and two