The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-07
Getting Down to Cases

On Oct 81, the Daily Worker carried on page
T. an article: "Scorn Barring Of Communists
from Rhode Island Ballot" It's writer. Allan
Ross, section organizer in that state, made num-
erous statements therin besides the main one
the barring of the Communist Party from the
state ballot" We exclude comment on others
to deal with this one, on which two workers
have written us.
Conrade Ross made a long explanation"
about this, declaring it was naaneuvre Of the
parties and so on Indeed such opposition ex-
lists and no one expects to get on the ballot
without struggle. But the rub comes in that
where Conrade Ross relates narrowing tales,
the two workers say he's full of hot air. Com
rade A. Jolly writes:
Back in June, 1880, they got their nomina-
tiof papers, and all they did with them was keep
them in their pockets AS party member here,
I myself am not above reproach But the party
did nothing either. For the last two years we
have been on the ballot and we did not have
any section organizer But now that we have
one, we did not get on. 1t is strange. is it not?
This article (by Ross) was sent out just to fool
the rest Of the workers in other parts of the
country and to cover up the rotten showing the
Party has made here under the leadership Of
section organizer that is never on the job and
who thinks he should not do any work himself"
Which is to the point at least and has a ring
of sincerity. But we hadn't recovered from that,
before we got the following from James Conroy,
who is Secretary Of the. Providence Local of the
Textile Workers Union, also concerning the
barring" of the Party from the ballot:
ut is all bull. The Party members here never
tried to get any names They Just carried the
papers around In their pockets. And the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union members, who are
not Party members, refused to help them Why?
Because ninety per cent of the Party men,
bers carry no union cards and they refuse to
belong to any unioni Also, Conrade Ross, the
section organizer, would not let Labor Unity be
sold at any of the Party street meetings So the
union members said-to hell with them. The
S. o. Is asking the workers to vote for Arm
strong for mayor. He Is another non-union
member, and he is secretary Of the Trade Union
Unity League But we will never let him speak
at any of cur union meetings here in Provi-
dence."
Well, this takes our breath! No wonder the
revolutionary unions don't grow and even lose
members, No wonder lot of thingsl And we
fully understand the wrath of Comrade Conroy
But all this does not Justify him from declaring
that I'VE will never let him armstrong; speak
at any of our union meetings. This is quite
impermssible. effectively it aids the capitalist
parties.
Speaking in fatherly fashion to all comrades
OF the District which includes Connecticut as
well as Rhode Island, we point out that the
whole situation is nothing to be proud of and,
as Comrade Jolly comedies as regards himself
mot above reproach"-for all concerned.
But we think that our Rhode Island reds are
just as good as any. We are against any major
surgical operations. Nor do we think that our
comrades will get relief by trying ju jitsu ON
each other. Yet it might occur to somebody
that some extraordinarily heroic measure, saw
possibly District Committee meeting on the
subject, is not out Of place