The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-04
COMMUNISTS IN
CITY CAMP AIGN
IN new HAVEN
Many Shop Meetings
Held at Noon
CsDoeIal to Tho DAILY Worker,


NEW HAVEN, Nov. 2.-The Work
ers Party is conducting an energetic
campaign in the city elections Of New
Haven Already several noon shop
meetings have been held at the larg-
est factories.
The distribution Of 10000 election
leaflets is under way, with well-or-
ganized squad Of comrades, working
under the direction Of Campaign Man
ager Ben Marke No other party in
the campaign has printed any plat
form.
Other Parties Spill Bunk.
Our party has held two noon meet
ings, at which Comrade Simons pic
tured the condition. Of the worker in
the shops of New Haven, and out
lined our program on injunctions, high
cost of living, housing, schools, etc.
At both meetings, the workers listen
ed attentively. But the democratic
party meeting before the Clock shop,
addressed by the leading candidates of
that party INDUCED in the usual plati-
tudes. bright aggregation OF citizens,
honesty-service, born in this ward, ad
nauseum. At today's meeting, the
difference between our campaign and
the democratic campaign was pointed
out. The republican candidate, Mr..
Tower, makes his chief issue the as
sessment of property and the local
lfate of taxation. The democrats stand
| on their record Of building streets and
, bridges, Of efficient, honest" govern
ment. But not a word about what
they have done for the working class
of the city. AT the Clock Shop meet
ing the chairman of the democratic
meeting was the town chairman, Mr..
John W. Murphy, also president Of
the Trades Council of New Haven.
But from what he said, no one would
have known he had anything to do
with labor. He charged that their OPP
ponents had not shown any examples
of ineficiency; referred to some can
didates as having sprung from the
"pee-pul;" claimed that the. small tax
payers interest should be protected,
/ that the city was doing eight million
dollars worth of business, and no
scandal had been raised over 1t. And
to sum up, in urging the reelection of
the democratic ticket, he asked plain
lively: what would happen to the
Clock Shop if the superintendent. the
president, the foremen and sub-bosses
were fired?" What a horrible calam
stvf hod he a1eo ,ay,,srdad tbav, That
with these office-holders, others might
also lose their jobs.
Mr.. Murphy, if you protected labor
a bit more, went out and organized the
workers in the huge prison shops Of
this damnable city, instead q plead
ing for the return to Office Of . gang
of cheap politicians, living of the
backs of the workers, things would be
"a damnsite better
Communists Challenge Socialists.
The socialists have not held one
street meeting, no shop meetings, in
the present campaign. They are dead
from the neck up. The only figure
they cut is among those to whom the
socialist movement is a bit Of senti-
ment, old timers who have not moved
ahead with the years. The new
stream moves with Communism.
The Workers Party challenged the
socialist party Of New Haven TO a de-
bate on the present city campaign, but
the socialists are as silent as clam.
They prefer to go before such bour-
geois organizations as the league of
women voters to present their views.
rather than meet with working class
Representatives They evidently are
more at home among such an emf
nently respectable gathering.