The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-18
National Nominating Convention

as a means of acquainting with Com
munism, Of inspiring, of educating
new thousands of working and farm
ing masses. To Communists, getting
on the ballot is an entirely different
proposition from what we knew it to
be and what it still is in the Socialist
Party. The fight to get on the ballot
should enable US to spread our ideas
more widely, to distribute our litera-
ture more effectively, and to win new
masses to our ranks.
We must do the small, the little
things, the dirty insignificant, menial
work from the very bottom. Nothing
lis unimportant. Even the most minute
matters-this detail here and another
detail there must be properly and
promptly handled. You must become
Headers in the Party work, in the COM
ling campaign.
Destroy Lewis.
Our election campaign is not a
separate campaign from our mining
campaign. If we want to help save
the miners, we must destroy Lewis
If we want to- destroy the corrupt
Lewis machine, we must work over
time to help the miners. The same
principles must guide us in the needle
trades and textile campaigns. The
, election campaign is tied up with the
fight against unemployment, against
the speed-up system, against company
unionism, against the labor takers, the
Socialist Party bureaucracy, the inn
lperialist war in Nicaragua, the fight
for recognition of the Soviet Union.
The election campaign is unifying
campaign. We count on you to carry
it out in that way. We expect you to
go back to your territory and to bring
back enthusiasm. Nothing is more
contagious than revolutionary enthu-
siasm. Spread the contagion of revo-
lutionary enthusiasm, and our Party
will move forward with gigantic
strides.
The work of the convention speaks
for itself. The election campaign af-
fords us fine opportunity to build
the Party. Keep this in mind above
all. Our Party is the only Party, the
only organization of the working class
which is growing today. You have a
very fine start. We want you to keep
up the good pace. This convention
will help usher in new and better
day for our Party. This convention
is a symbol of the fact that our Party
is not only propaganda organiza-
ton, not only Party of revolutionary
agitation, but is the Party of revo.
lutionary organization of the Ameri
can working class. Today our Party
is the dynamic force in the American
working class.
4 / will close with these remarks
You have something to be proud of
You have participated in one of thu
greatest conventions of this Party o
ours. To be a Communist is tn,
highest honor, the greatest and noblest
mark of distinction, that worker cai
win--involving the most Difficult
task, the most arduous work. Yor
are the front line fighters, the mos
advanced battalions of the workers
Communists must be worthy of thi
highest honor. We want you to b
proud of our Party. We want yoV
to fight for your Party, to love you
: Party, to build a bigger and bette
Communist Party I'VE know that yol
, can, that you ViHdo it, that you will
. work, that you will fight, and tina
we will take many step to bring u
nearer to victory for the cause of tn
Communist International in the Unite
!. States-for the cause of the Who'll
e American working class and it's allies
b in the decisive revolutionary battl
e against the Wall Street imperialists