The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-24
CHICAGO BEFORE ELECTIONS

about 25o,Ooo houses and lots on the delinquent
list to be sold. 1t is clear that these houses
and lots belong to the workers and petty bour-
geoise. This goes together with mass eviction
of the unemployed workers. Between two and
three hundred evctions take place daily. Judge
Samuel Trude who is working overtime issuing
eviction verdicts declared the other day in
court:
Il cannot help tit is the law. I must
break up these hcmes. 1 must destroy the
fundamental basis of civilization"
This frank admission of the capitalist Judge
and police terror against the unemployed work.
ers gives a clear picture of how capitalism is
solving the problem of unemployment.
There are 100000 unemployed workers with
large percentage of Negro unemployed workers
who are starving There is mot a penny" in
the city treasury for these unemployed workers
but there hundreds of millions for insult.
Further plans of the insult Thompson Nelson
administration is further expenditure of money
for the police forces in the fight against unem-
ployed workers who demand immediate relief
Police Commissioner Alcock announced that he
will add $500 more police to "face the unem-
ployment situation" He covers this vicious plan
OF increased terror against the workers by saying
it is to create more jobs" This is in line of the
Hunger Commission of Governor Emmerson, of
president Cllca8O
Federation of Labor is member.
Mayor Thompson is spending million dollars
for so-caled Boost Trade Campaign" which
is the opening to spend millions of dollars to
control the elections in Spring. The democratic
party is appearing Sin opposition" to Thompson,
representing interests of different capitalist
groups and trying to show to insult that it will
serve him as good Thompson. Likewise inside
of the republican party there are number of
capitalist groups supporting different candidates
and also linked up with different gangsters.
The Communist Party in entering the election
campaign will expose the present city admin
istration and all fake opposition to it of social
lists, liberals, etc. showing the workers that this
opposition is only an attempt to fool the workers
and mislead them and to enable the bourgeoisie
to keep control of the discontinued masses, white
and Negro workers The Communist Party en-
tered the election campaign and will carry on
first Of all the struggle for immediate relief for
the unemployed-against evictions, shutting of
of gas, electricity and water in workers homes
against paying taxes by workers who 'own" some
shacks, for turning over for unemployed relief
Ito be administered by the workers. city funds
and special taxes on big business to the amount
OF S75,0o0000, and will carry on fight to expose
and smash graft to mobilize workers to fight
for the rights to strike, organize and assemble
as these rights today has been taken away from
them The Communist Party stands as the or
ganizer and leader in the struggle for the right
of the Negro masses who are subject to special
persecution. TIL election campaign of the Com
munst Party will concentrate its activities in
mass organizations trade unions, and in Shops
linking up the struggle of the workers in shops
against wage cuts, lay-ofs and speed-up, in
struggle against fascist gangsters-the insult ad-
mnstration of the city,
To carry through these tasks the Communist
Party will mobilize masses of workers in support
of the Communist Party candidates and for this
purpose a city wide ratification conference is
called for February 8. This conference will be
preceded by a mass campaign for signatures
The Communist Party needs $4,000 signatures to
put its candidates for mayor city clerk and treas
urer on the ballot Hundreds of signatures are
needed in every ward to nominate candidates for
aldermen. In every working class ward the Com
munist Party will nominate candidates and will
hold mass ratification meetings of the workers
Of that particular ward. The election signature
campaign and preparation for a mass ratification
conference begin at once
Every Communist, every Sympathizer, every
class conscious worker must be modified in this
campaign in support of the platform of the Com
muist Party in April, 1881, elections in the city
of Chicago.