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ers' Council and ask their opinion;
and have never once failed to
carry out their wishes"
Nygard told of the fight that had
to be carried on against the dema-
gogues Of the Farmer-Labor Party
During the strike against forced Ia
Dor work on the county jobs which
Nygard himself led, these politicians
came down to Crosby from the cap
ital in st. Paul and tried to break
the strike "by handing out cigars
plugs to chew and by swearing like
loggers."
Our experiences in Crosby have
proven the correctness of the Com
munist Party policies and tactics,
Nygard said. When the city funds
had Withered away, We demanded
and by pressure on the city coun-
cil-forced the politicians to come
through with an immediate loan,
which was used for feeding the I'M
employed of the city"
"Sit Down." He Tells Chief
When Nygard modified the work.
ers of Crosby, so per cent of whom
are unemployed, for a demonstration
before the City Council, the city po-
liticians called in the chief Of police
and his three patrolmen.
when the chief of police came"
reported Nygard, II told him to sit
down. He stammered out something
about violence urged him not to
worry about violence and told him
to sit down-and he sat!
THE workers shook their fists I'M
der the noses of the city councilmen.
They said, We want food, and If we
don't get it, we'll take it!'"
The workers reported to Nygard
that IA men out of the 300 on the
forced labor job were scabbing, and
asked: "Comrsde Mayor, what are
you going to do?" Nygard declared
that there will be no scabs on the
job as long as I'm Mayor of Crosby. -
He took eight representatives of the
unemployed with him, vent down to
the county job and persuaded the
men to join the strike.
Nygard told of the efforts of the
Farmer-Labor politicians and repre-
sentatives of the mining companies
to bride the secretary of the Crosby
Unemployed Council and one of the
leaders Of the forced labor strike with
an offer of $3.50 a month job.
do you understand English?" the
worker asked.
"Of course, OF course" replied the
politician.
well, then, go plumb to HE'LL"
"Can't Bride That Many"
When officials of the State Board
OF Control objected to negotiating
with representatives OF the Crosby
unemployed, the strike committee of
the unemployed, on the ground that
16 was too many to negotiate with
Nygard holly retorted:
"sure, you can't bride that many!"
Twice threatened with prison
term in Saltwater, the Minnesota
state penitentiary, Nygard said that
this has by no means frightened him.
"A Communist must be prepared to
fight and must also be prepared for
frame-ups."
Eight Communist aldermen have
been elected in Minnesota since
January, when he took Office, Nygard
told the audience.
Nygard concluded his speech with
an eloquent appeal to the nom party
workers present at the banquet to
join the Communist Party.
Browder Speaks
Earl Browder declared that I'VE
are conducting real Bolshevik
struggle for the workingclass in New
York City,"
1--WE don't know how many New
York workers we are going to organ
ize and lead them to support Bob
Minor, Ben Gold and Williana Bur-
roughs in the elections. But there
is one think we are sure Of; that
whatever the number of votes we
cast in this election on Nov. Z. 1t
will differ from all other parties in
one respect, and that is, the Com
munist Patry is going to stand out
among all other parties with the
increase in the Communist Party
vote, because we are the only party
that is growing.
"Can you imagine Ills making a
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