The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-14
MINNESOTA RED
VOTE NEAR 11,NO
Big Communist Ballot
In Heavy Industry
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the first u precincts to be reported
on out of a total Of % in the city of
Indiana Harbor.
Hammond, gives Foster 120 votes
out of five precincts with IS still to
be reported on.
Packing House Workers Vote Red
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Nov, 49,
The newspapers state that the
Communist vote here was $50, but
DO not say whether this is for ma
tional or state office. The Socialist
vote was not quite 800, according to
the same sources.
Illinois Towns Respond.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Nov. 13.-Two
hundred and forty-eight voted the
straight Communist ticket here;
there are more votes on split tickets
but they are not counted yet. In
this city Hoover got 1905; Roose-
velt, 1924; Thomas, 1855 and Rey-
nolds Of the s. L. P. got IS.
LIVINGSTON, ILL.,, Nov. l3.-The
Communist vote here, where all
Communist election meetings were
banned though the other parties
held such meetings freely, was 90.
The Democrats got 41O, Republicans
rs, Socialists 10.
Foster Leads Thomas in Ironwood.
IRONWOOD, Mich, Nov. 13-Wil-
liam z. Foster received 357 votes in
Gogebic County, compared to 1874 for
Thomas. William Reynolds, Com
munist candidate for Governor, re-
ceived 356 votes, compared to 96 votes
for the Socialist candidate for Gov
ernor.
Lead Democrats.
DRUMMOND ISLAND, Mich. Nov
l3.-The county slate of the Com
munist Party received 80 votes, COM
pared to 30 votes for the county can
didates of the Democratic Party.
Copper Miners Vote.
HANCOCK, Mich, Nov. 13.-All
indications are that the Communists
polled a heavy vote here in the
Michigan copper mining fields, but
the press and the officials are de-
liberately Withholding the informa-
ton until the election canvassing
board will make their official an
nouncements. 1t is characteristic
that the local copper trust controlled
press gave out the returns for Re-
publican, Democratic and Socialist,
although the Socialists did not
make any showing at all compared
to the Communists. The following
returns have been obtained, never
theless:
HoHght0n County.
Paavola-Hoover, IS; Foster. 40:
Roosevelt, %: Thomas, /.
Boston-Hoover, 1873; Roosevelt,
SO; Foster, 30; Thomas, I.
Hancock Ward 2-Hoover, GAO:
Roosevelt, 227; Foster "a: Thomas, 3.
Ontonagon County.
Bohemia Township Precinct q
Hiehestkvote for Foster, IL; Roose-
velt 8; Hoover, 5; Thomas, 0.
Green-Hoover, %; Foster, 20:
Roosevelt. ID; Thomas, 0.
White Pine-Foster, II; Thomas, o.
292 Butte Miners Vote Red.
BUTTE, Mont, Nov. i3-Silver
Bow County, in which is located the
city of Butte, gave Foster and Ford,
Communist candidates for President
and Vice President, s92 votes. Coin
Haryey's Liberty Party practically
fell out of sight with only % votes.
Norman Thomas. Socialist candidate
for President, got 1,164 votes; Roose-
welt drew 13,60S and Hoover e,796.
The Communist vote in this county
for Congressman was 100 (for Muir
ray); Brooks, Socialist, got ass:
Fitzgerald, Republican, 6,733, and
Monaghan, Democrat, 1925.
The vote for Salisbury, Communist.
for Governor, was 219 in Silver Bow
County; the other parties got: Dun
can, Liberty, Is; Yegen, Socialist,
925: Hazelbaker, Republican, 1886;
and Erickson, Democrat, 10,110.
Wilson, Communist, for Lieutenant
Governor, got 173.
Mikkala and Paulitch, Commu-
nists, for Associate Justices of the
State Supreme Court, got 1888 and
178, respectively.
Meisenbach, Communist, for state
treasurer got ISL votes.
Wilson, Communist, for state audi
tor, got 167 votes.
Other offices ran about the same
South River Strikers Answer.
SOUTH RIVER, N. j., Nov. a.
In this center Of recent strike, with
battles with the company detectives
who killed a strikers child, unoffi-
cial estimates show around 300 Com
munist votes. This city has popu-