The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-10
ELECTION STEALS FAIL TO.
STOP RED VOTE GAIN IN U. S.
Communists in Steel
Districts Make Good
Showing
Defeat Socialists" in
Workingclass Areas
Watchers Report Many
Vote Steals

Maintaining forecasts of SUBJ
stantial Communist election
gains throughout the country,
returns from a number of cities
and sections reported yesterday
show that the red ticket re-
ceived several times the votes
cast four years ago. Out stand
ing gains in mining, steel and other
proletaffan sections confirm the
claims made for the Party of the
class struggle. In many of these
sections the Workers Party ran de-
cisively ahead of the socialist can
didates.
Increasing evidences of election
steals no less uniform than the Com
munist election gains are accumula-
ting. Devices to deceive the voters,
DETACHMENT of ballots deliberate vote
Itealing, and brazen refusals to re-
tort votes are the chief means en-
ployed by the boss politicians.
Steel Workers Vote Red.
Incomplete returns from four
wards in Ambridge, Pa, a small
steel town, shows that the Workers
Party including the votes cast for
the Labor Party which endorsed the
Communist candidates in this state,
received 40 votes as against 9 for
the socialists. Twenty-eight votes
were cast for the Workers Party
ticket and 12 for the Labor Party
ticket.
Complete returns from Denver,
Colorado show that the Communist
ticket ran very close to the socialists
despite the frantic efforts made by
the socialists in Colorado to secure
the progressive and small business
vote. For one office, that of secre-
tary of state, the Communist candi-
date ran ahead of the socialist. The
highest Communist vote recorded in
Denver is 1871 for the office OF
Representative to the state legis-
tature.
Foster and Gitlow received 305
votes as against Asa for the social
lists. William Dietrich, Communist
candidate for representative in
Congress received S57 votes with nc
report for the socialist candidate
George Saul, Red candidate for gov
ernor received 206 votes as against
302 for the socialist candidate
James Ayres running for Lieutenant
governor on the red ticket received
594 votes against 620 for the so
cialist candidate. Helen Dietrich
Red candidate for secretary of state
received 600 votes while the socialist
candidate received only 565. Louis
A. Zeitlin, Communist candidate foi
auditor 504, socialist 631; James AL.
lendar for state treasurer, BIB, so
cialist candidate 735. For superin-
tendent of public instruction, Haydee
U. Zeitlin, 271, Socialist 734. Fol-
state senator, Communist candidates
Anna Berkowitz, 1885, Anna Gains
Oil. Aubrey C. Lewis, 1,023; so
cialist candidates not reported.
For state representatives Dave N
1Feingold, 1871, Belle Hutton, 1,490
liz. B. Hutton, 1,464, Malvina Lowy
,339, Max Rabinoff, 1,241, james
Whiddon 961, Jewell A. Whiddor
936. Socialist candidates not re
ported.
Reports from Hartford, Conn.
show that Foster and Gitlow elec
tors received 120 votes each a
against 275 for the socialists. Othel
Communist candidates ceivet
within one or two votes of this mum
ber uniformly throughout the ticket
Chelsea Vote Strong.
Chelsea, Mass, shows the Com
munist ticket running close with tn
socialist ticket for most offices ant
surprising it in number of others
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