The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13
By SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD
New England Election Campaign
Manager)

NEW England EIecClOn campaign
Manager)
, RESPITE the talk Of religious
~ tolerance" the churches are
stepped in capitalist politics this
year more than ever in the history
of the country. This applies to
practically every denomination. AL
most every clergyman has been
utilizing his pulpit in the last few
months solely for election campaign
propaganda.
While the Rev. John Roach
Straton, pastor of the Calvary
Church in New York, goes about
the country raving against AL Smith
and whooping it up for Hoover, The
Catholic Church is feverishly at
work lining up the faithful for the
Tammany tiger. Particularly in the
church-infested cities and towns of
New England does the political ac-
tivitias Of the churches manifest it
self in the most brazen forms.
Nuns and priests who have not
voted in previous elections and those
who are supposedly occupied with
spiritual and heavenly affairs have
suddenly become so interested in
purely terrestrial affairs that nuns
ard priests are literally flocking in
droves from the converts and clois-
tiers into the offices Of the regis
trars OF voters. in order that they
may be eligible to cast their ballots
for the Tammary tiger.
Clericals Flock to Al.
Catholic club-rooms are plastered
with pictures of Smith and demo-
cratic party propaganda. One Of
the most imposing demonstrations
for the democratic party was staged
in the city of Providence, r. l., last
Sunday, when $4,000 members of the
Union of Holy Name Societies
marched through the streets of that
city. 1t was the largest procession
that has been witnessed there since
The war. For more than two hours
they marched in 20 divisions, led by
40 bands.
The parade started with the roar
Ing Of bombs, and was reviewed by
Bishop Hickey and a host of poll
ticians, from Governor Case and
Mayor Dunno down to the official
democratic dog-catcher of the small
est town in Rhode Island. This
parade was ostensibly a religious
one, but in reality it was a counter
demonstration to the affairs that
were staged in Rhode Island on sew
eral occasions for the republican
vice-presidential candidate, Charles
Curtis, whose daughter is the wife
of one Of the members of the Knight
family, which dominates the textile
industry in the Pawtuxet Valley.
WHEN the parade came to an end
!" at the Dexter training grounds
a throng Of about 100000 people
gathered to listen to the address of
Bishop Hickey, who made the speech
for Tammany Hall in a very subtle
manner, yet the meaning was well
understood to almost everyone.
This great outpouring Of Catholic
men takes place this year in the
midst of a national presidential
campaign" said Hickey after he
bad complimented the marchers.
"One of the candidates for the most
sublime political offices in our ma
ton is one of the same religious
faith as yourselves"
Feeding Opium.
In an equally demogogic and
1870 rr9~~~-- ~ c0-4;~rad he
harangue, suggesting that the great
buAl VI Catn C w.. On shOuid also
come out and vote for Smith say
ing, "If this parade had been or
ganized in the interest of politicians
or aspiring statesmen, | am sure,
and you may be sure, that the women
who have the vote would have de-
manded their place in line"
This demonstration more than
anything else is convincing proof Of