The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PASSAIC
ELECTION CAMPAIGN
By EMIL CARLOS.

good political education laying the basis for this
campaign, in which party for the first time in its
history is real factor real party in the Lenin-
list sense of the word.
The formation of a powerful labor ticket unfor
tunatey prevented by the treacherous attitude of the
local radeunion leaders, who, following the old slogan
OF rewardng your friends and Furnishing your enemies
hurried the endorsement of the opposition candidates.
the manufacturer Cabell and the detecvecaptan Tur
ner, both republicans of We therefore decided
to have a Communist campaign, bringing forward our
FUN program, including the fight for Labor Party
under the banner of party.
Expose Election Fake.
The campaign for the election of five city commission
is conducted non-partsan basis of the many
fakes of the present democratic system The candidates
running the basis of the individual fitness to ad
minister the business of the city, hiding their party
affiliations much possible. The mailing down of
this lie, the linking up of the other candidates with the
parties of Coolidge and Wall Street and the bringing
forward of the Workers (Communist Party by endorse
ment one Of our main tasks.
Great Enthusiasm
The campaign became especially significant, when Al
bert Weisbord the strike leader put up be with
s. E. Bambach, textile worker and Simon Smelkinson,
garment worker the standard bearer Of the party at
the election The most beloved of the workers and
cursed by the bosses back after absence of
than six months to represent the party in this second
phase Of the struggle. What will be the effect of his
coming back ?-many of asked The strike is over,
the workers gained their partial victory the union recog
milton, through many sacrifices the unemployment is big
and is the misery. How viii the workers react what
is their going to be to the who led them
into the struggled The wonderful reception given to
the strike leader his first meeting held April 10 gave
clear meeting called in two days, not adj
vertised by leaflets with about 1000 workers packing
two halls to the overflow, giving tremendous demon
sraton to the ard to the party he stands for
enough to show that the workers do not forget Yes
the workers don't forget the struggles they went
through the leadership they had and ready rally
around the leadership in spite of temporary set
back in spite of accusations which may affect
the weaker section of the working class, but not the
q S a hat he
leadership did not from individual, but it
from the leader of class struggle the Communist Party
This fact stated very little before, but they knew
just the Those who present at the meetings,
who heard the applause whenever party men,
toned, will certainly agree with what of the mill
owners said about the strike st is school for Com
munism"
Rally to Labor Ticket.
In spite Of the lack of funds the refusal of ha-own
give their places for meetings the deadly silence
of the local press the campaign gained strength every
day. Hundreds of workers came many of whom we
before, who had connection with the union
TO offer their services campaign workers. They took
out contribution lists leaflets and went the street.
their friends to work for the Labor candidates. To
their work is due the success Of rallies which
better attended than the rallies of the capitalist candi
dates who sending out letters to the and give
entertainment, sandwiches cigars and Refreshments"
We asked for the workers money and they gave will
ngy They understood that there is Something poison
Gus in the cigars and refreshments Preiskel SAKE,
Rubacky or Turner offering to the voters.
Aid To Organization
Besides the two weekly mass-meetings Of our own
tended by average of thousand people, found
other ways to reach the workers One through the
meetings Of the sympathetic organizations, arranged
especially for the candidates. The Saceo-V anzetti
meeting of the LID the campaign rallies Of the Womens
council, the Young Workers League, the language
branches, etc. did not only reach different sections of
the workers, but helped build up the organizations
WE'LL There not single meeting, which did not
end with appeal for membership urging the workers
to join the unon the LID, the Council the league and
the party. The campaign not conducted just for
election purposes, the main objective the revtalzng
and strengthening of organizations.
Reaction Avoids Debate
Another medium of reaching the voters the going
to other rallies where according to the Passaic trad
ton all the other candidates respectfully in
vited. We accepted their couresies and replied with
stating Of that going to debate the
statements these gentlemen will make. None of them
dared to Of course. On the other hand we went
to them. In Wesbord forced to leave the
platform, because he sandered' the present officials
Che spoke Of the lessons of the srke other times the
floor not given to candidates, they hecked
most of the time-but they out always stronger
Just few instances: Weisbord spoke at the Rubacky
rally for less than 10 minutes Over two thousand peo
pie, mostly Polish workers gave him such ovation
that he interrupted several times by their applause
Preiske who is endorsed by the club booed by the
audience. When Weisbord got through, the majority of
the audience left with him. The SAKE rally, held at the
aristocrac Passaic Park section showed that the
ybourgeoisie is receptive to principles Without
minding the hecers, using the favorte method of
personal slanderng of the other candidates. Wesbord
gave constructive Communist talk the problems of
the city, the unemployment the need of Labor gov
eminent and the crowd left deeply impressed only
by the fearlessness and sincerity of the candidate but
also by the solution he had to offer to the present stua
ton. We expect to poll considerable vote from the
small businessmen ofce-workers and other sections of
the petty bourgeosie who also learned something dur
ing the strike.
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