The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-27
COMMUNISTS IN
CITY ELECTION
INCREASE VOTE
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over the issues. The issues made
by the capitalist candidates were OF
the usual election type: "City Beau
tiful," cleanup" street car franchise.
etc. 1t was the old stuff The popu-
lace, least of all, the working class,
saw little room for interest. The
ward machines worked as they al
ways do. Most of the present Job
holders were reelected.
Despite the fact that most OF the
Communist nominees were denied a
place on the ballot by the usual poll
teal petition tricks, those who re-
NAMED carried on stiff fight on a
Communist program. Their appeal
was made to the workers Of Chicaxo
on a program that, so far, stands
as the best application of Commun-
ism to municipal questions that has
been put forward.
Communist Program Covered Issues,
On every phase of municipal ltfe
the Communist candidates had a pro-
gram that put the issues fairly and
squarely on a working class basis.
Concerning the fake municipal own
ership talk that was made feature
of the campaign the Communist can
didates said, "Take the ownership Of
public utilities from the hands Of prf-
vate capitalists and conhscate all
franchises" They demanded work or
compensation for all unemployed at
full wages; no evictions for non-pay-
ment OF rent; abolition Of the use Of
police to break strikes; union wages.
eight-hour day and a five-day week
for all workers. Every one Of the
demands of the Communist candi-
dates were such that they could rs-
ceive the whole-hearted support Of
every class conscious worker.
$4,000 Leaflets Distributed
Seventy-fve thousand leaflets cap.
rying the program of the candidates
and issued by the Workers (Coua.
munist) Party were distributed over
the city in connection with thousands
Of leaflets protesting against wage
cuts and asking the workers to re-
sist them with strikes. Meetings
were held in many wards. On the
whole, the campaign showed that the
Workers (Communist) Party can 90
out in elections and get q hearing
and real working class support on
the basis of Communist demands.
Martin Abern, secretary of the
Workers (Communist) Party, loosI
Chicago, made the following state
ment on the aldermanic elections held
yesterday:
''The aldermRnie elections brought
victory again to the forces of reao-
ton and capitalist stupidity. Men
representing the interests of one
group or another Of the exploiters of
the workers Of Chicago with the aid
of the capitalist press, thugs and
gunner, spouting church men and
plenty of money from the capitalist
war chests, were elected as alder
men.
mot single candidate apart from
the candidates endorsed by and men,
bers of the Workers (Communist)
Party had single word to say on
fundamental working class issues
such as the race question, the thou
sands of unemployed in Chicago, the
use of thugs and police to break
strikes, the traction system as a poll
for few exploiters and many other
teal foot ball and profit institution
problems of concern to the workers.
Only our candidates presented these
issues in the distribution of thousands
Of pieces of literature giving the pro-
gram of the Workers (Communist)
Party thru meetings, etc.
"Our candidates presented the only
final solution to all ills and difficulties
of the workers, that is, abolition of
the capitalist system and political
power and control OF Industries by
the workers themselves.
"Our candidates, Comrades Cejka,
BROKER, Dozenberg and Epstein in
polling an average per cent of the
vote cast in their wards, made a good
showing indicative of future gains for
Communism in coming parliamentary
slkirmishes as one OF the means to-
wards rousing the workers against
capitalism. AS for the fashion in
which working class candidates are
thrown off the ballot, this is probably
as good a way as any to show the
futility of pure parliamentarism as a
really effective weapon of the work
ers."