The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-24
The Coming New Jersey Elections

make sacco-vanzetti case in New Jersey by
framing up five textile workers in Paterson for
fighting against wage-cuts The persecution of
the foreign-born workers is being intensified as
witnessed by the wholesale arrest in Hoboken
and short while ago in Hackensack. The at
tacks of the bosses against the Negro workers is
sharpening as proven by the attempted lynching
in Kennilworth and Perth Amboy short while
ago and in the discrimination practiced against
the Negroes in the state.
To cripple the struggle of the workers for
unemployment insurance and immediate relief
the State Legislature in Trenton recently passed
an "Old Age Pension" giving $1.00 day relief
to anyone who is at least 20 years old. What
fakery! But even this is forced through be-
cause of the militant Trenton Hunger March
recently held demanding Unemployment In
surance.
The Communist Party and Trade Union Unity
League dramatized the fight of the unemployed
for Unemployment Insurance through the many
demonstrations held in the cities throughout the
state, and through the successful Trenton Hun
ger March, which proved that the state gov
eminent will do nothing for the jobless. The
Communist Party is leading the workers in
struggle for Unemployment Insurance and for
Immediate Relief; against wage-cuts, speed-up
and part-time work.
Partys Influence Grows
With these conditions the elections give the
Party a splendid opportunity to mobilize
wide sections of the workers behind its banners
in the coming elections. Through the struggles
led by the Party and the Trenton Hunger March
the influence of the Party has spread to many
small industrial towns in the state such as
Kearney Harrison, Carteret, Midtown, etc., and
in this election campaign we intend to penetrate
the small towns as well as the big cities to
rally the workers behind our candidates
In this campaign we will expose the bankers
and bosses, the $50" behind the republican and
democratic parties. We will tear the mask off
the socialist party and the A. F. of L.; the
third party of the bosses and the labor lieuten-
ants of the bosses in labor's ranks. We will
rally the workers to fight the frame-up in Pater
son: the attempt to make Sacco-Vanzett
case in New Jersey We will rally the worker
depositors of the closed banks in Elizabeth and
Linden to demand full payment of their deposits.
The fight against the Fish Committee and its
proposals to deport the foreign-born workers;
and the struggle for the protection of the for
eign-born will be a feature of the campaign,
as a very large part of the workers in New
jersey especially in the small towns are for
egn-born. The struggle for equal rights for
Negro workers, against lynching, and for the
self-determination of Negroes in the black belt
of the South if they wish will be in the forefront
of the campaign.
The fake old age pension bill just passed by
the State Legislature will be exposed before the
eyes of the workers. The struggle against evic-
tions for lower rents, equal pay for equal work,
against wage-cuts will be emphasized in the
campaign.
Candidates in Many Cities
This year the Communist Party is entering
the election campaign on bigger scale than
ever before. We have candidates in city cleo
tons in New Brunswick Trenton Passaic and
Linden, in the counties of Middlesex, Mercer
Union Essex, Hudson Passaic and Bergen for
General Assembly and Freebooter We have as
standard bearer. and candidate for governor of
New Jersey, John j. Ballam well known in
the struggles of the workers.
We are preparing huge state nomination
and ratification convention in Newark for June
that will dramatize the struggles of the work.
ers and the Communist Party campaign. We
must have convention of 400 delegates, with
representation from every nook and corner of
the state. The farmers and wage laborers OF
Northern and Southern New Jersey must be
represented.
Collect Signatures!
The main task now Is the collection of the
necessary signatures to insure the placing Of
our candidates on the ballot. Everybody to
work. Collect signatures; prepare mass State
Nomination and Ratification Convention for
June 7. Conduct such successful Communist
Party Election Campaign in New Jersey as has
never been seen before In this state