The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-30
Chicago Young Circle Convention
Refuse to Endorse Norman Thomas
MICHIGAN BOSSES
PRAISE THOMAS
Police Agent Bingay
"Would Vote for Him"

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. 90. - The
youth auxiliary of the Workmen's
Circle under Socialist leadership, the
Young Circle League Of Chicago al
its annual city convention refused by
vote of 81 to is to accept a reso-
luton endorsing Thomas and Maurer
the Socialist candidates for president
and vice president.
The convention, representing all
branches adopted resolutions con-
demning the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties. Then it defied, in the
course of three hours Of bullying and
exhortation by the Workmen's Circle
leadership all efforts to make it en-
dorse the Socialist candidates. Three
days before this, the Young Circle
leadership expelled the Friedrich En-
gels branch for Communist sympa-
ties.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 29.-Pre-
ceded by a most intense capitalist
press. campaign, Norman Thomas
just toured the state of Michigan as
presidential candidate of the Social
list Party. For a period of two weeks
newspapers ran front page announce
ments of his meetings. On Sept. 81
Thomas spoke in Grand Rapids, a
town noted for its breaking-up Of
Communist meetings.
Next day Thomas spoke to a con-
ference of school superintendent in
Traverse City, Michigan, scene of the
recent state convention, of police
! commissioners, which decided on an
active program of police terror a.
gainst the Communist Party and the
working class during the coming
winter. Here Thomas spoke on HOW
TO BRING UP OUR CHILDREN TO
BE GOOD CITIZENS"
The day after, Thomas spoke In
Saginaw, Michigan. Despite the fact
that in this General Motors con-
trolled town the local papers for
eleven successive days carried front
page notices of Mr.. Thomas's meet
ing, there were less people present
there than at the meeting for Will
liam 2. Foster, which was sdvertized
only through mimeographed leaflets
On September "a Thomas spoke in
jackson. site of the State Prison
which awaits, with open arms. active
Communists under Michigan's in
famous criminal syndicalist laws and
where Mr.. Thomas received his
browning glory.
Thomas Not Revolutionary
The editor of the Detroit Free
Press, Bingay, Detroit, representative
of the Mccormick interests of Chi
cago, direct agent of Henry Ford and
one of the most bitter, corrupt, and
bor-hating newspapermen, opened
up the pages of the paper to his
friend, Norman Thomas, and printed
inch double column picture of
Norman Thomas on the front page,
together with an interview of Thomas
with Willie G. Richards, one of
Bingay's press henchmen. Bingay re-
Gently stated that if he were not
voting for Herbert Hoover, he would
vote for Norman Thomas.
Why does Bingay make such a
statement? Let Richards talk: He
(referring to Thomas) is not popular
among the Simon-pure MARKHAM So
cialists and has no sympathy for the
Communist movement. In England
he would be accepted in the political
system of Ramsey Mcdonald and
Philip Snowden." So Mr.. Bingay, a
man who aids the police department
to map out its strategy for the fight
against workers, who. attended the
police commissioners convention In
Travers City, who Is the represent
tative of Detroit newspapers In the
small committee Of Detroit capitalists