The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-10
LOCAL LEADERS QUIT
SOCIALIST PARTY IN
SEATTLE, w SHINGTON
Officials and Members of County Executives
Declare IS. P" Has Betrayed Workers b
Ringing Statement Read at Meeting Calls on
Workers to Join Communist Party ssA

SEATTLE, Wash, June 9.-Four
Socialist Party members. very active
In its ranks up until now and all Of
ficials, threw bombshell into mass
meeting called by the Socialist Party
here on June 3 to hear the socialist
candidate, Mckay. speak
These four members, Olga Hoglund,
secretary of the county executive
committee; Ira Ball, member Of the
county executive; Winifred Black,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Local 2 and
Anna Bolin, chairman of Local 2, pre-
Sented a signed statement declaring
that because of its treacheries against
the working class, they were with
drawing from the Socialist Party and
joining the Communist Party CAS-
finally issued the statement includes
another signature, that of George
Ferris, Of Local q.
Evades Challenge
During the CONSERVATION among the
Socialist Party leaders after the state
nent was read, Alex Moral, district
organizer of the Communist Party
rose and pointed out further proof
that the Socialist Party was the third
party OF capitalism and not workers
party, and challenged Mckay to a
debate.
Mckay made demagogic speech
evading every issue facing the work
ers, evading the wage cuts, unemploy-
ment, inperialist war plans, etc, and
completely overlooked the challenge
by the Communists.
Socialist officials shouted that the
worker reading the statement of the
four who had quit the Socialist Party
should "be Smacked," but the crowd,
including many rank and file So
cialistS, refused to permit it. Two
more at the meeting Immediately as
ISOLATED themselves with the four
joining the Communist Party, and
took the same action they did.
The statement of those quitting the
Socialist Party reads as follows:
I'VE the undersigned, members of
the Socialist Party and County Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Party, wish
to make the following statement:
Tn joining the Socialist Party we
were guided by the perspective of
joining a fighting revolutionary or
ganization, whose tasks are those of
organizing and leading the workers
in a struggle against capitalism
which is responsible for the suffering
and misery Of the working class.
Jim Crow Party
While actively participating in
the work Of the party, we have closely
observed and carefully studied its
program, methods and leadership,
both national and local, the national
and state conventions, etc. For in
stance: In the national convention
in Milwaukee there was not single
Negro delegate. They refused to call
for struggle for the liberation of the
class war prisoners in the capitalist
prisons, while at the same time they
demanded freedom for the food pris-
oners, saboteurS, counter, revolution
aries and supporters of the war mon
gering capitalists in the Soviet Union.
They nominated Norman Thomas
who speaks over the same hook-up
with j. p, Morgan in support of the
block-aid system, and who openly
supported the capitalist Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation. The par
ty accepted the capitalist slogan in
the last world war, 1.-THE war to end
war 1.-THE war for democracy" and
now in the national convention we
sail raise the slogan of Democracy,
which can only be democracy for
the ruling class, in fact supporting
them, in their present preparations
for war against the Soviet Union.
Hillquit's famous law suit against the
soviet Union III the interest OF Rus
sian white guards, Norman Thomas
refusing to debate and defend the
party's program and policies with
VIM, z, Foster, presidential candid
ate of the Communist Party, and To-
cally giving leadership TO the Dix
Chamber of Commerce Unemployed
Citizens League, etc.
Join Communists!
an view Of these RANK petrayals OF
the working class, we. the undersign-
ed, have decided TO break with the
Socialist Party, the third party OF
capitalism, and are joining the COM
munist Party which has proved itself