The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-02
GARDEN RALLY
TO WIND UP BIG
RED CAMPAIGN
Paraders to Meet on
l'2d St. & Park Ave,
S. w. Corner
Candidates End Tours
Foster, Gitlow to Get
Rousing Reception

Thousands of New York workers
white and Negro, skilled and un-
skilled, organized and unorganized,
Workers Party members and nom
Party members-are rallying to the
call to participate in the first Red
parade in the history of New York.
The parade will follow the mass
greeting of William z. Foster and
Benjamin Gitlow, Workers Com
munist) Party candidates for pres
ident and vice president, at Grand
Central Station tomorrow at $3.50
p. m.
! The arrival in New York of the
Communist standard bearers, and
the parade which will follow their
enthusiastic greeting is preparatory
to their appearance the following
day, Sunday, at 2 p. M, at Madi-
son Square Garden, where they
will wind UP one of the most in
tensive campaigns ever waged by !,
revolutionary party in America.
Spectacular Event.
Yesterday the offices of District
2, Workers (Communist) Patry, 26
Union Square, was besieged by
clamorous workers who were anx-
ious to secure information about the
parade. Tickets to the Madison
Square Garden event were sold by
the hundreds and from all appear
ances, both the parade on Saturday,
and the mass meeting on Sunday
will be two of the most spectacular
events in the history Of the militant
working class movement in recent
years.
In order to clear up any possible
misunderstanding about the parade,
the district committee of the Work
ers Party gave out the following
information:
That workers who are to march
in the parade will gather promptly
at 2 p. m. at 42nd ST. and Park Ave.
southwest corner; that workers are
to wear as much red articles of
clothing (caps, ties, etc. as possi-
BILE; that all are welcome to parade;
that there will be three brass bands
to provide stirring revolutionary
music; that horns, whistles and con-
fetti are excellent welcoming appar-
atus; that the parade will be held
rain or shine.
Following the greeting of the can
didates at the station the parade will
fall in line on the west side of Park
Ave. at the corner of 42nd st. After
the preliminaries the parade will
march down Park Ave-, down 4th
Ave, to the local headquarters of
the Workers Party, after which the
parade will disband.
Police Protect" Parade.
At the offices of the commissions
er of police reporters were informed
that several hundred police would be
Offered to police the parade The
streets will be cleared and policed
ito prevent any confusion"
So far no complaints have been
received by leaders of patriotic So
cieties protesting against the par
ade. Workers representatives here
interpret this as a democratic"
gesture intended to mislead workers.
/ Communist leaders point out that
the evident growing power of the
Workers Party compelled the recog-
milton of its strength.
7 Leaders Urge Attendance.
! Interviews with prominent trade
union representatives revealed that
there is an enthusiastic labor sup
port of the parade tomorrow and
the Madison Square Garden mass
meeting on Sunday. The following
are typical;
George Powers, Architectural
Workers Union:
"The bankruptcy of the three
capitalist parties, the republican,
democratic and the socialist will
be the reason why thousands of New
York workers will take part in to-
morrow's parade"
Rose Wortis, N. Y. Joint Board.
l. l.. G. w. u:
New York workers who have
been clubbed by democratic police
clubs on the picket line, who have
been starved by republican unem-
ployment and have been attacked
and slugged by socialist gunmen will
rally to the mass greeting to Foster
and Gitlow. The parade will be the
proof that the left wing movement
led by the Workers Communist
Continued NJ. pno, T,.,