The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-27
LABOR PARTY is
FORMED IN Ohio
Miners Set Up Ticket
and Platform
Especial to the DaiIy Worker)

Especial to the Daily Worker)
MARTINS FERRY, O., July 20
The convention called by the sub
district convention of the miners,
held in Ballaire on May 1928 for
the formation of a Labor Party,
was held in this city on Sunday,
July %, and was marked by won
derful enthusiasm.
A full county slate and a real la
Dor platform was adopted; a pledge
was given that all the power of the
delegates and their organizations
will be put at the service of the ex-
ecutive council elected to put
through the ticket.
The convention was opened by
Frank Sepich, ice-chairman of the
sub-district of the miners, the gave
then being handed over to Robert
Sivert rs permanent chairman, anc
Charles Guynn as secretary.
Large Attendance
Andy Plechaty, secretary-treas-
urer of the sub district of the min
ers, then made the opening speech
before the SO delegates representing
28 unions, fraternal lodges, women's
auxiliaries, etc. In we'll balanced
speech. Plechaty said, among other
things:
"The republican party of Abra-
ham Lincoln is now the party of
Andrew Mellon and other big indus
trial magnates." The farmers went
to the republican convention and
were thrown out; William Green
was given five minutes to place the
grievances and demands of organ
lied labor before the platform COM
mittee of the same convention.
"There was so much democracy
at the democratic convention that
at it's very doors a Negro was
lynched. The A. F. of L. slogan of
reward your friends really means
reward your enemies )"
Workers Now Divided.
Plechaty showed how the workers
are continually divided, endorsing
the candidates of the enemy parties
as, for instance, Lewis declaring
that Hoover was highly satisfac-
tory" to him, and Mellon, the worst
enemy of organized labor, saying
the same He explained that there
had been a good farmer-labor move
ment before 1924, but it was com
pletely disrupted by Bob LaFollette,
who refused to accept the platform
of the, Farmer-Labor Party
owe are not going into the cleo
tions in order to protest against
Sheriff Hardesty, who had jailed SO
many workers, or against the county
commissioners, who have bankrupted
the county in supplying guards free
of charge to the operators. We are
going into the elections with the
intention of electing our men"
( Scabs and Police.
/ It was brought out by Robert
Matusek, president of the sub-dis-
trict. that one Of the candidates for
sheriff on the republican ticket, Cy
Thomas, was a scab in~the stee
strike. Bill Knight issa guard al
the BeIlaire steel mills. and, il
elected, will have TO work under The
orders of the U. S. Steel Corpora
ton"
Joe Weber explained the i'm
portance of the Labor Party in or
ganizing the unorganized workers
in the country, and called upon tn,
workers not to allow the employers
further to employ prejudice agains
the Negro workers, not to allow tn,
bosses to divide them on religious
racial or other lines.
Sadie Van Veen emphasized th
Importance of the Labor Party TO
the woman worker and housewife
and called upon the delegation +
make vigorous campaign to enlis
the active support of the women il
the county for the Labor Party.
Labor Ticket.
For sheriff: Frank Guynn, Ian
sing,
For state senator: Robert Matu
SEX, Bellaire.