The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-21
COMMUNIST RIPS
into SOCIALIST
PARTY IN BOSTON
B a | | a m Boosted for
Governor
BY JAMES J. LACEY

BOSTON, August 20.-Pemberton
Square, Boston, for long time the
hidden burial place of the socialist"
party Organization" here, was given
an injection of Communist propaganda
by the soap boxers of the Workers
Party that woke it up from deep
slumber of several years standing.
The speaker, comrade Hubert Riley,
as the chairman said in presenting
him, required no Introduction to Bos-
ton working-class audiences. For over
30 years he has been soap boxing in
the ranks of the fighters for the pro-
letarian revolution.
200 Dailys Distributed
Riley spoke for two hours and held
the continued interests of his hearers
who numbered over 900, for that time.
At the close of the meeting over 200
Daily Workers were sold or given
away to those who becausue of UNI
employment were unable to buy.
Reviewing the course of the labor
movement of the last few years and
using his own experiences as a guide
to future action Riley exploded the
myth of the LaFollette Messiah in a
manner that left no doubt in the minds
of his auditors as to LaFollette's in
sincerity. Completely unmasked as a
traitor and menace to the working
class LaFollette's endorsement by the
socialist party was shown up as a
fitting end for that organization for
the last few years of a mis-spent life
of prostitution and betrayal.
Enthusiastic About Foster
The candidacy of Foster and Gitlow
was received with great enthusiasm
In the course of his talk Riley stated
that-'f John Ballam"-(our district
organizer here and Communist candi
date for governor), was elected gov,
ernor, his first act would be to disarm
the state guard and to hand over the
rifles to the workers in the factories
with the Observation-Disclosures factories
are yours boys-hold them for your
selves This statement gave those
in the audience a real insight as tc
the limits of political action as seer
by the Communists.
The whole socialist party-all seven
of them-came out of the their place
of concealment and for the first time
in some years came in contact with
the masses.
The questions they asked displayed
their complete disassociation and dis
location from the progressive move
ment of the workers.
Comrade Riley paid his respects to
the traitors and betrayers from Hill
quit downturn Oneal, Roewer and
Bearak to Levenberg- was one of
the minor yellows present.
The crowd was in no mood to tole-
rate any socialist party nonsense or
trickery, and at the close of our meet
ing smothered them under a heavy
barrage of criticism and contempt.
WobbIies Cooperate With Party
Several wobblies aided the comrades
in charge of the meeting in selling
literature and the whole crowd at all
times was interested and sympathetic
This square is to be a regular meeting
place for our party speakers during
the campaign, and goodly group of
party prospects is growing up here
around the Communist platform.
As well as the Pemberton Square
meetings on Friday evenings, we will
hold our regular Sunday meeting on
Boston Common Mall at tree number
7 at 4 P. M. and at Warren Avenue
outside the Scenic Auditorium on each
Tuesday evening.