The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-21
Continued from Last Issue).
FIGHT for Full Ticket.

Fight for Full Ticket.
The left wing and the Communists
in the prediction struggle within
the Farmer-Labor Association and
the trade unions, made the fight for
a full ticket, knowing that without
such a ticket and especially without
a head to the ticket--a candidate for
mayor-the movement already divi-
ded, would be still further confused
and split up and would allow a con-
centration of the forces of the Citi-
zens' Alliance and the agents of the
Republican Party (whose agents in
the Labor movement constitute the
Leach support) against the Labor
Councilmen in the several labor wards
and consequent defeat of the ma
jority of the remaining labor repre-
sentatives in the Council.
It was particularly necessary to
stress the Importance of retaining
the Labor Aldermen because of the
drive on the Day Labor system by
the general Contractors Association,
who needed at least three more votes
in the Council to get foothold in
city work.
Reaction Defeats Conference.
The Communists together with the
left wing and the honest supporters
of the Farmer-Labor Association, not
properly characterized as left wing
ers, proposed in the Hennepin County
Committee the calling of the delegate
conference, in order to point out the
dangerous situation to the rank and
file and to unity the movement on
the basis of a full ticket and a cor
rect working class political program.
The effort was only partially sue
cessful. AS pointed out above, the
Leach machine and the Labor Coun-
cilmen wanted to defeat the endorse
nent of Labor Candidate for mayor
the vote was 81 to 81 on the ques-
ton. The discussion in the conference,
however, resulted in continuation
of the discussion in the labor move
ment and aroused to some extent an
otherwise apathetic and discouraged
rank and file to the danger of the
removal of their representatives in
the Council.
Center Afraid to Act.
That the Labor movement and the
workers generally had somewhat
hazy conception of the magnitude Of
the task before them, was due to the
campaign that had been carried on In
the trade unions since 1924 by the
right wingers, who branded every
move towards unity on the political
field as Communism, etc. That they
were able to successfully put this
over in the delegate conference under
the guise of saving the Labor Council
men, resulted from the unwillingness
of the center to unite with the left
on this question.
Sabotaged the Campaign.
The Hennepin County Central
Committee filled the balance of the
ticket with the exception of one or
two minor positions, nominating Lynn
Thompson and Mrs. Kinney for the
school board and then proceeded to
turn over to Lynn Thompson full au-
thority to conduct the Central Com
mittee campaign headquarters. The
Hennepin County Central Committee
was not called again during the cam
paign. The conduct of the campaign
under the circumstances, was exactly
what had been predicted by the left
wing: the central headquarters were
used in the early part of the campaign
(not openly to support the candidacy
Of Turner for Mayor and in the later
part of the campaign, after the ex-
posure of Turner's connection with
the Citizens Alliance (again not
openly to support Leach, resulting
in further confusing an already badly
complicated situation.
Only Three Candidates Win.
Hanscom in the 7th Ward, Scott in
the 10th Ward, Hadley in the LIST
Ward, and Rudsdil in the 18th Ward,
of the Labor Aldermanic candidates
who came through the primaries,
were defeated. Pryts in the 18th
Ward was defeated in the primary