The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-31
FIRST SESSION
OF CONVENTION
CALL TO FIGHT

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hall. The singing of revolutionary
songs was carried far out into the
streets by loud speakers and reflect
ed the tremendous enthusiasm Of the
delegates, most of whom had travelled
many days to the convention. many
Of them by freight and old automo-
biles. Delegates included many fight
ers in past and recent struggles-Ken-
lucky and Pennsylvania miners, Law
renee textile, Colorado beet workers.
The large meeting hall of the Peo-
pies Auditorium was painted fresh in
clean brick color Along the beams
around the hall we're painted figures
Of workers in bright blue oyeralls.
Each figure welded a hammer in the
right hand, sickle in the left. Mill
tant slogans decorated the hall, such
as: Workers of the World Unite!"
Flight Imperialist War-Defend the
Soviet Union"
Newton Welcomes Delegates
The National Convention opened
its first session with singing OF "the
international" at 1870 3, m, and
Herbert Newton, Negro. worker, dele
gate. from, Chicago district Of the
Communist Party and Communist
candidate for Congress, welcomed the
delegates. H..
On nomination Of s. K. Gebert,
Chicago district organizer Of the Com
Runist Party Earl Browdet was
elected permanent chairman. On
nomination Of Mother" Bloor, New
ton was elected permanent secretary,
in the midst of a great ovation
A presidtuln Of so was chosen in
GLIDING Central Committee members
present and representatives of each
delegation
An honorary presidiun was chosen
with great enthusiasm, It included
Ernst Thaelnsn. Germany, Sen Ka-
tayams, Japan; Harry Pollitt, Great
Britain; Wang Ping, China, Joseph
Stain, Soviet Union; Thorez, France;
and outstanding class war prisoners
in America among which we're Tom
Mooney, Edith Berkman. Mcdonald
Theodore Lucy and Billings.
A large number of telegraphed
greetings to the convention we're read
and accepted
Get $4,000 New Members"
Browder, as permanent chairman
delivered the keynote speech, in the
course of which he told of the arrest
Of the delegates from Washington,
.. c., and the disappearance of Ia
delegates from Kentucky probably
kidnapped by deputies. He introduced
Claude Patterson, father of one of the
Scottsboro boys and Patterson was
given a great ovation.
BroWder put forward as 3 concrete
orgsnigational proposal the obtain
ing of $4,000 new members for the
Communist Party during the cleo
ton campaign, and the doubling Of
the circulation Of the Daily Worker
He proposed TO the convention the
draft platform of the Communist
Party, the six main planks of which
appear every day at the top Of the
front page of the Daily Worker
After Browder's speech, the dele
gates generally took part in lively
discussion of the platform.
"Why the Crisis
BroVder said in his keynote speech,
Glass against class, that is the
expression of class alignment which
the workers must fight for and Sc
cure in the elections. Our six main
planks represent the most pressing
needs of the millions Of the masses
of America.
Millions are starving" he said,
precisely because there is TOO
MUCH OF EVERYTHING. That is
what all the wise men Of Wall Street
tell us. That is the fundamental law
of our economic and social system.
That is capitalism. That is the in
evitable result of system in which
the machinery of production and dis
tribution is the private property Of a
small parasite class--the capitalist
class"
The speaker attacked Hoover, the
chief OF the republican party, for
leading the fight to save capitalist
profits at the expense Of the. lives
of the workers their wives and chill
lrcn." But he pointed out that "the
question is not one Of Hoover. II
is the system, of which way out Of
the crisis"
Not Only Hoover
Hoover's policy has been carried
out in coalition Of the republican
and democret*s parties. Between
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