The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-10

5paign Conference of the Workers
4 (Communist) Party to August Claes
sens, secretary of Local New York,
socialist party.
The letter was communicated to
I Claessens by William W. Weinstone,
Workers Party district organizer,
last night. The letter voices the
agreement of the Workers Party to
the candidacy for reelection OF
Judge Panken, on the grounds that
3"differences and shortcomings should
mot be allowed to divide labor's
forces in this campaign"
SaccO and Vanzetti Cited.
i The letter cites the Sacco-Vanzetti
case as recent outstanding proof of
the need for Labor Party.
1--WE are approaching another cleo
ton in the city and state of New
York with labor's forces divided on
the political field in the face of
crying need for Labor Party, the
letter said.
Il "Since the last election the big
1 business interests that firmly control
! the American government have been
sfoisting more reactionary laws upon
che workers and have been using
ever more openly the police, COURTS.
Ycity, state and national power against
the working class.
"The murder of Sacco and Van
zetti demonstrates that this reaction
is directed in the first place against
the working class.
Road of Reaction.
ITO this general reaction in the
country, New York City and State
are no exception. New York City and
State dominated by Tammany Hall
and the republican party here, as al
ways, travels the high road of reac-
ton. During the past two years, the
Tammany politicians, together with
the republican politicians, have put
over the Short Ballot System, which
concentrates greater power in the
hands of the governor. Now these
same capitalist parties are proposing
hIto double the term Of the governor,
II senator and assemblymen so as to
make even more remote the influ-
| lence of the people upon the legisla
tors and thus enable big business to
Bput through yet more reactionary
flaws against the workers.
Walker Smashed Strikes.
1.-THE action of Walker and his po-
Hlce in smashing the traction strike,
Ethe use of the police in the paper box
makers, huckmens, shoe and needle
Trades strikes, the issuance of injunc
Etions against all sections of labor,
1.-THE passage of the Baumes laws,
(which will be used with crushing eff
fleets against labor in their attempts
Ito organize, the Tammany Hall trac-
ation swindle, that is about to be per-
Apetrated, the housing program of
NGovernor Smith, which will place
fmore millions of dollars into the
pockets of the real estate sharks, all
Eshow that labor can expect nothing
from the capitalist parties but reac-
ation and still more reaction.
No Labor Resistance.
THE capitalists are Systematically
land persistently carrying through the
measures with practically no resis-
atance from labor. They are able to
Hdo this because labor is weak and
divided and has no mass political
larty of its own.
Ill The need for a Labor Party and
limited Labor Ticket was never great
4 Her than at the present time. 1t is
lArealIy time for labor, despite the diff.
iHferences existing, to join together for
1.-The formation of Labor Party and
Hunted Labor Ticket.
III Include All Tendencies.
"Such United Labor Ticket could
1 llbe constructed in such manner as
4 Ito include representative figures of
land men and women active in the
lIsll tendencies in the labor movement
slstruggle of labor. Since labor's
4 sforces are not yet well organized, it
kAwould be necessary to concentrate
tparticularly on those districts where
there is a chance of more effective
Rtampaign, and those districts where
4 Han outstanding example of capitalist
sGustice or capitalist use of govern
n Iment such as is Rosalsky but make
RRit particularly easy to educate work
as to the necessity of independ-
"A InN political action.
Defends Private Property.
IN TINS campaign, Judge Rosalsky
lis running for reelection. This
Judge has learned the reputation of a
bloody Judge Jeffries by his ardent
l defense of the sanctity of private
property This capitalist lackey has
now demonstrated his loyalty to the
employing class by sentencing many
Workers to long terms of imprison-
y lnent during the cloakmakers' strike
H As a demonstration against the use
N III the courts and as measure to the
g{resistance to the court injunction,
etc., it is a duty to put up join
labor candidate against this infa-
nous servant of the capitalists.