The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

Before the SYNOD of the Evangelical churches Dunkrk
Y, Memorial Day. the Reverend Norman Thomas cand
date of the socialist party the presidency of the United
struggled win the souls of his fellow protestant preach
for the gospel of Hut reformsm and away from the
reformsm Of Al. Smith.
Mr. Thomas is having hell of time with his flock.
The flock is fockng to AL Smith Unable to find any es-
sena difference betwseu tx e-$ ET7 r?1form OF Smith
candidate for the nomination Of the democratic party large
of the Reverend Thomas party could
sec no reason Tor Ialng 70 vote Tor the soou MI
Where does the Thomas go reclaim the strayng
party pey and efficient capitalist government
There nothing accidental in the choice of Norman Thomas as
the orator of the day for the concave OF provincial protestant
constitute the key men, of reaction among the
backward sections of the petty capitalist class The
cas party all emblance of working class basis It's
present correctly by the struggle of the socialist
party campaign leaders present to the small business elements
program more aurng to them the Smith promises
Mr. program consists of few glowing promises that
party politicians elected viii administer hon
esty than all other politicians the capitalist state machinery
for safeguarding the system of exploitation of the working class
In Reading Pa the socialist party officials headed by Rev
Thomas running mate James Maurer promises the capitalist
class give it capitalist government and to protect the prop
ery rights of the capitalists against the working class in case
Mr. Thomas himself the official of the
socialist party explain that he is not orthodox follower
of Marx which indeed necessary explanation Of the Reading
socialist party leaders proposal to conduct sebreang gov
eminent And all of harmonzes with the action OF the last
convention OF that yellow party IN Withdrawing the former re
qement that applicants for membership in that party should
acknowledge the class struggle.
Indeed could small business men, preachers and
lawyers that constitute the leading framework of the
as paryhow could the preachers of the Evangelical Synod
embrace the class struggle Of the working class?
There essential difference between what the Rev
party offers and what the pious AL Smith offers
except will break strikes with protestant ncantaons the
other with catholic devotion.
The socialist party platform which this obscurantist
preachers of the workers tandss which offers
nothing that AL Smith equally well promise Both plat
platforms intended win the workers to faith in the
capitalist and capitalist system of slavery But
the anMarxan, anworkng class platform of the socialist
party especially appeals the workers to believe the lie that
through the of the ballot in the capitalist elections they
liberate themselves.
The workers should watch closely the antics of this obscur
artist preacher who bys openly than the astue
Hqu the counterevouonary anlabor character of his
party of pety and strikebreaking.
The Workers Communt) Party asks the working class to
vote for the revolutionary party of the working class But in
doing does not lie to the workers by claiming that the work
ing class be eancpad from slavery through the
ing of ballots in the elections under the capitalist The
present election campaign entered into with unprecedented vgor
by the Communist Party used by this revolutionary party
important of mobizng the working class the
struggle against the capitalist class and against capitalist
state The Communist Party frankly tells the workers that it
should have illusions of any possibility emancipation thru
the forms of this state capitalist its elections
Only the actions of the of workers and exploited
outside of the forms of the capitalist machinery
outside the parliamentary FORMS their emancipation
Any revolutionary workers elected public office
that office tribune which the
character of the capitalist government mobilize
the workers against it.
Vote Communist! Join the Workers (Communs) Party!