The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-21
By B. X. GEBERT

capitalist writer's in the following
way:
and not word to indi-
cate an appreciation of the fact
that at THIS HOUR TEN MIL
LION BREAD WINNERS OF
THE NATION ARE WALKING
THE STREETS WHILE THEIR
DEPENDENTS SUFFER"
This capitalist writer did not dis
cover America in making this
Statement. The Republican Party's
concern was to add new burdens on
the toiling masses of the nation.
In the words of the keynote speech
of the convention by Senator L. j.
Dickinson of Iowa:
president Hoover is concerned
with HOW TO maintain social or
der"
Indeed, this is the main and only
concern of the Republican Party
to maintain the social order of ex-
ploitation, hunger and war-to
maintain capitalism and it would
be wrong to think that the Repub-
lican Party could even concern it.
self for moment about the needs
of the toiling masses of the nation
Nevertheless, the Republican Party
demagogically attempts to fool the
masses that it. is concerned about
them. In Kansas City in 1928, in
which the great engineer" Hoo
yer, was nominated, the platform
declared:
1.-THE Republican Party pledges
itself to continue its effort to
maintain this present manner of
living and high wage scale" 1t rep
resented this platform of 1928 in
the platform of 1882; I'VE believe
in the principle of high wages"
But what are the facts in the
matter? The wages of the workers
of the United States have been cut
so per cent in the last two and
one-half years. According to the
figures of capitalist statistician,
published in Business Week" it is
shown that wages of the workers
in this country have declined 1881
per cent. There are 100000 I'M
employed and the National plat
form of 1882 definitely declares
against any relief whatsoever for
the unemployed.
THE Republican Party en-
dorses this record and policy and
is opposed to the federal govern
ment going directly into the field
of private charity and direct relief
to the individuals"
The platform carries the policy
of the Hoover and Wall Street gov
eminent. No relief of any kind to
unemployed, and, above all, no I'M
employment and social insurance at
the expense of the bosses and gov
eminent. 1t officially declares that
the unemployed toiling masses are
to starve to death.
The Negro Question.
THE Republican national plat
form of 1928 promises the Negro
masses the following:
I'VE renew our recommended
ton that Congress enact, at the
earliest possible date, a federal
anti-lynching law so the full in
fluence of the federal govern
ment may be welded to exterMf1-
ate this hideous crime"
And what are the facts? In the
year of 1881, 10 Negroe workers
and poor farmers have been lynched
and not single lyncher was con-
victed. The lynching of the Ne
groes has become national sport
of the lilly whites" In the 1882
platform, the Republicans went
even further. They proclaim the
following:
Our Party stands and pledTes
to maintain equal opportunity
and rights for the Negro citizens"
And, in line with this policy, the
Republican Negro delegation from
South Carolina was unseated, and
in line with this policy, Negro dele
gates were segregated and jim
Crowed. They were put in the
Vincennes Hotel, at Vincennes and
22nd SITS, in the Chicago black belt,
The Communist Party ORGANIZED a
demonstration against this jim
Growing OF the Negro delegates.
The demonstration was led by
Stockyards Negro worker, McDon-
aid, Communist Party candidate
for Governor of the state of Hi
nois, and Comrade Poindexter, an
other Communist Party candidate
for Congressman in the Second
Congressional District.
So, further quoting the platform
of the Republican Party on the
Negro question, it says:
"We do not propose to depart
from the tradition nor to altr
the spirit of that pledge"
The pledge of the Republican
Party is to maintain the system of
lynchings of Negro masses and put
ting up one or two Negro politi-
clans to second the nomination of