The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-29
1900 Greet Opening Of First
Big N.Y.Red Campaign Rally;
Speakers Stress War Danger.
Ovation Greets Minor,
Wolfe, Poyntz
and Others
Expose 3 Boss Parties
Non Party W ork ers
Attend

Indicative of the growing in
fluence of the Workers Com
munist) Party over the mill
tant sections of the working
class, more than 1000 workers
crowded Central Opera House
last night in an enthusiastic
demonstration of their support
of the program of the Party
of the class struggle. Fully
one-half those present are believed
to have been non-Party members
who have participated in the mill
tant struggles led by the Commu-
nists and are now ready to support
the Party politically.
First Big City Rally.
The meeting was the first New
York State election rally of the
Party in this city and marks the
real opening of the Communist
campaign here. The chief candi-
dates for the state offices and
number of candidates for congress
were greeted with a renewal of the
enthusiasm which marked the re-
cent national and state conventions
of the Party held in this city.
Speaking on the role of the
Workers Party in the coming i'm
perialist war, Robert Minor, editor
of the Daily Worker, and candi-
date for U. S. Senate, declared that
one of the great claims that the
Communists make for the support
\ Of the workers in every locality is
tAasars-=ssat sssty alone have tie
correcf program on international
issues. "The great fact to which
the Communist Party points and
against which it is rallying the work
ing class" Minor declared, "is the
war danger. While the other par
ties, including the bankrupt social
ist party, are deliberately camou-
flaging the war danger, the Commu-
nists expose its growing menace"
Great Enthusiasm.
Spontaneous applause greeted the
speakers throughout the meeting.
At various times the "Tnternation-
al' was struck up to the lusty sing
ing of four thousand workers. "Tis
the final conflict, Let each stand in
his place" Several in the audience
who earlier had dropped in casual
ly at the socialist rally" staged
simultaneously at Carnegie Hall
were heard to remark: What diff
ferencel This is a meeting of life;
here is the growing working class"
Expose Smith.
Analyzing the hypocricy and in
consistencies in the speech and posi-
tion of Al Smith as revealed in his
speech delivered at St. Paul, Mimi,
Thursday night, Bertram D. Wolfe,
candidate for congress for the 10th
Congressional District, and National
Agitprop Director of the Workers
Party, traced the connections of the
Tammany Hall candidate with the
same power interests, who Smith
declared are in control of the re-
publican government.
Acting as chairman of the meet
ing, William w. Weinstone, organ
izer of District 2, promptly struck
the keynote of the meeting when he
declared: "The Communist Party is
not only a Party of the ballot but
Of the class struggle, we call upon
the workers not only to vote with
us but to fight with us--and we lead
their battles"
Richard B. Moore, orga-c5er of
the American Negro Labor Con-
gress and candidate for congress
from the Twenty-first District,
spoke on the Communist Party and
the Negro Masses, exposing the
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