The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-15

Davenport .........................226
MarSnaIltOWn ---...--------....".ll6
'Muscatine ...........................119
Sioux City ......................... 73
The mining camps showed a good
vote, Centerville (Appanoose county,
recording Sc votes, and Abba Mon
roe county, Al votes.
Surprising strength is also shown
in certain agrarian districts, particu-
larly Story county with 1874 votes and
Crawford county with 165 votes.
Industrial Vote PredomInates.
In Iowa there are SO counties, of
which 80 counties record a vote for
the Workers Party ticket totaling
4,037. OF this over half, or 2,431, is
recorded in eight industrial centers.
Two small mining camp districts re-
cord total vote of 81 votes. This
indicates vote of 2,52s, or two-thlrds
of the total for the state, from ten In
dustriaI districts.
1t must be noted that Iowa has
only 80 party members, most Of whom
are in Sioux City, and that this re-
markable vote was polled IN the face
of the terrific LaFollette sweep which
netted 100000 votes in the state for
the LaFollette ticket.
The extent of the campaign in the
state was tour by Comrade Sny-
der, and a speech by Comrade Foster
in Des Moines. Comrade Snyder work
ed under extreme difficulties to get
the party on the ballot, having to go
into the various towns and personal
ly hunt up sympathizers to assist him
in securing the necessary petitions.
AS a matter of fact, he had to put
the party on the ballot by practically
his own efforts, with the exception of
such help as the Sioux City and
Omaha (Nebr.) comrades could give.
Fighting LaFoIIette Sweep.
Dubuque county (Dubuque) gave
LaFollette majority of 10000, yet
Foster and Gitlow were given 66S
votes. There are no party members
at Dubuque, nor at Boone, Marshall
town, Muscatine, nor Davenport, so
far as we know. Des Moines and Fl.
Dodge also have no party members.
These were all LaFollette strongholds,
yet recorded Workers Party votes
ranging from 119 to 66S.
This indicates a clear-headed vote
for the Workers Party and Commun-
ism as against LaFollette. The S. L.
P. was also on the ballot, but polled
only 400, or ten per cent of the Work
ers Party vote, while elsewhere their
vote ran about the same as the Work
ers Party (counted) vote.
A Communist Opportunity.
These eight industrial centers Of
fer an opportunity to the Workers
Party to build and strengthen the
Communist movement in this country.
Comrade Snyder has been placed in
the middle-western territory by the
national Office, but he has to attend
to Kansas and Missouri, as well as
the Iowa territory. He can be depend
ed upon to get good results for the
party in Iowa, and in this work he
must be given every possible assist
ance by the comrades in the national
Office territory. The central executive
committee has recognized the need of
organization work in this territory by
placing Comrade Snyder in the field.
II should be remembered, however,
that he has to work in a territory
without party members, and but scat
tered connections in the way of sym
pathizers and readers of party publ
cations. This presents entirely diff
ferent problems from organization
work in territories where there are
party members to cooperate in the
various localities.
Comrade David Coutts, OF Omaha.
will assist Comrade Snyder in the
Iowa work to the extent of the time
he can spare, particularly in extend
ing the Trade Union Educational
League. This branch Of the party ac-
tivity will. OF course, be OF great i'm.
portance in connection with the work
OF organizing party branches in the
Iowa industrial centers.