The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-09
LACUARDIA TOPS
Strike BREAKING
hob, SAYS WICKS
Walker and Thomas
Tickets Labor Enemies

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sort. He ran on the socialist ticket
in 1924 as a supporter of La Fol-
lette and denounced both republi-
cans and democrats as unworthy the
support of the voters. Yet today
this same La Guardia whose recent
record in congress is one of consis-
tent support of the Mellon Coolidge
strike breaking government, praises
his running mates that he himself
branded as crooks we years ago.
"In his entire public record there
is not one instance of La Guardia
fighting for any measure that would
benefit the working class.
a Hits Walker and Thomas.
'The regular Tammany slate with
Walker, the clownish song writer,
Eho has performed as head Of the
city government of thugs, gang
sters, shake-down artists and strike
breakers, is we'll known to New
York City workers, especially those
who have had to face on the picket
lines in strikes the savage attacks
of Tammany police clubs and be
hailed into Tammany courts for vio-
lations of injunctions.
Gas to the socialist slate, headed
by the Rev. Norman Thomas, that
outfit has proved in action against
the workers of New York that they
are an adjunct to Tammany Hall,
aiding in every sell out, every be-
trayal of the --orking class, besides
maintaining special corps of
gangsters and thugs that work
hand in hand with the regular Tam
many police and their gangsters
against the left wing workers.
Three Capitalist States.
There are already in the field
three capitalist slates," said Wicks,
"the regular Tammanyites, the n.y.
brid Tammanyites on the republic
can ticket and the Tammany lack
eys, calling themselves socialists,
with a strong possibility of ex-
Tammany Mayor Hylan heading
ipurth capitalist ticket.
"All of them are opposed to ev-
tything that would benefit the
working class. In one way or an
other they are all aiding the drive
of yankee imperialism against the
Soviet Union. Algernon Lee, can
didate for president of the board of
aldermen on the socialist ticket,
while a member of the city council
voted for a war memorial commem-
Grating American imperialism for
its murderous campaign against the
Bolshevik revolution. They are all
aiding the employers in New York
extend the sweatshop system and
are always alert to fight any at
tempts to establish decent condi-
tions for workers.
One Working Class Party.
against this combination of cap
italist parties stands the Commu
mist Party of the United States with
a clear cut platform of working
class demands. In the course Of
this campaign, already under way,
we will expose before the workers
be real nature of the capitalist
arties, whether they are avowedly
Capitalist, or parade as alleged So
cialists.
eve labor under no illusions re-
garding the efficacy of parliament
arism to achieve our aims, but we
will wage a campaign to mobilize
the workers for a militant struggle
against the danger of an imperialist
war, against capitalist rationaliza-
ton and unemployment; against
the use of police and courts in
strikes b. creating defense corps
that will fight every attempt to
destroy picket lines, prevent DEM
onstrations and wage murder cam
paigns against active left wing
workers.
"The worker who votes for any
of the three or four capitalist states
in the field is simply approving the
assaults of his enemies upon his
class. In this campaign we def
nitely raise the slogan, "class
against class, the Party of the
working class against all the par
ties of the capitalist class"