The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-03
HEAUST-HYLAN
OUTFIT BACKS
TAMMANYITE
New York City Election
on Tuesday
tspeeIaI e The Daily workerl

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Tammany, as
as last minute grandstand play, is
making much over the fact that the
solutions Of William Randolph Hearst
and Mayor John II. Hylan, have come
into the camp Of Walker.
Hearst exchanged pIeasantries with
Gov. Al Smith, chief Of the Tammany
wigwam, during the primaries last
fall. Smith called Hearst liar and
said he was beneath contempt. Hearst
came back with proof that Smiths
candidate, "IittIe Jimmy" Walker, was
a lawyer for the food trust at a time
when it was endeavoring to sell pol
luted meat in New York markets.
Finally, when Walker defeated Hy-
Ian, Hearst and his newspapers openly
charged Tammany with stealing the
primaries.
Waterman's Chances .Wane.
Tammany Hall, thru its ability to
mobilize all the criminal elements in
New York, both the lower, upper and
intermediate strata, and backed by
finance capital, has waged a strong
drive with its own well-known meth
DDS. 1t has long been conceded that
Walker, a pin head with no brains nor
ability of any sort, would win. His
last-minute endorsement by the
Hearst-Hylan combination makes his
election certain.
His principal opponent is the re-
publican candidate, Frank d. Water
man, manufacturer of fountain pens
that bear his family name. Water
man, in the campaign now closed, was
exposed as a scab-herder, a strike
breaker and apostle of the open shop.
1t was revealed that his promised
business administration" would have
as it's objective throttling every move
of the workers, just as Tammany
smashes workers organizations. And
just as AL Smith, governor of the state
and leader of Tammany Hall since the
death of the notorious Charles F. Muir
ply, used the state troops against the
obllhADS SlCCl WOlhOA0 at 14dChclW
N. Y, in 1919, his man Friday, "little
Jimmy" Walker, can be depended up
on to crush the workers if they men,
ace the profits of the masters.
MIR. Rev. Or. Norman Thomas.
True to their record, the socialists
are playing the game of capitalism by
standing against unity of labor's
forces in this campaign just closing.
Norman Thomas, sky-pilot out of a
job, and political adventurer is the
candidate of Abe Cahan and Morris
IIillquit who thinks So much of the
workers struggle that he has made
his last trip from Europe in a scab-
manned boat Just as Hillquit serves,
for lavish fees. the big corporations
and the labor takers in New York thru
his occupation as lawyer so he
serves the same gang in his position
of political leader of the socialist
party.
So openly reactionary and vicious
were both candidates of the two old
parties that splendid opportunity
was at hand for an effective labor
drive.
Communists Propose Unity.
Realizing this the Communists pro-
posed unity of labor's forces on the
basis of a united labor ticket. This
proposal was sabotaged by the social
lists, who realized that if they entered
into such united front they would be
forced to fight for the elementary de-
mands of the working class or stand
exposed as the contemplate traitors
that they are.
This sabotaging Of the demand for
unity of action on the part of those
groups claiming to represent labor
placed the burden of defending the in
terests Of the workers solely upon the
shoulders of the Communists and they
have just concluded a campaign that
reached to every part of greater New
York.
In spite of the Tammany election
board removing the name OF Comrade
Ben Gitlow, Workers Party candidate
Tor mayor, from the ballot. thousands
OF workers will write his name on next
Tuesday, proving their loyalty to the
only party in the election that de-
Tended the interests of their class.
The wind-up OF the Communist cam.
paign came this morning with final
distribution of literature in every part
OF Greater New York, following final
Red Night" drives in Williamsburg
and downtown New York, and two
indoor meetings in Brownsville and
the Bronx.
Two tag days with "Gitlow for May.
or" buttons, also featured the close of
the campaign that has brought the
message Of Communism to countless
thousands that never before heard Of
the party.
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