The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-28
BY JAMES FORD
Candidate for Alderman, 2lst
District, HaTiem)


Workers of Harlem! Election day
approaches. Be prepared to go to
the polls to vote for the rights and
interests of the poor and the unem-
ployed, for the unity of the working
people in the interest of the exploited
population. In choosing parties, and
every honest and sincere worker is
right in weighing parties, one must
carefully choose the party that meets
squarely his needs and the needs Of
the greatest number of people who
hay, the same needs as himself.
Only by uniting the people who
have common needs can there be sue
cess. Because the greatest number of
people today are those oppressed by
the ruling class.
Don't choose party that talks
about these needs and CLOSES over
them. Such parties are the parties
of Wall Street and the bankers. They
do this in order not to commit them
selves to any action for the needs of
the masses. A prominent Socialist
leader, Frank Crosswaith, declares
that unemployment strikes the Ne
gro more cruelty than any other ele-
ment in the community"
But They Do Nothing
But If you ask this Socialist leader
what the Socialist Party does about
it, he will be forced to say (if he is
honest) "nothingl" If he is honest,
he will be forced to say that the
Socialist leaders disrupt every strug-
gle for the vital needs of the workers.
If he is honest he will have to tell
you that whole branches were ex-
PEELED from their party and from the
Young Peoples Socialist League be-
cause they answered united front
call to fight for relief and unemploy-
ment insurance.
This same Socialist leader Is re-
ported as saying that vote for the
Socialist Party is telling the entire
nation that 1--WE are tired of lynch
ings." Let us ponder this bold and
brazen statement. If you recall, So
cialist leaders branded the great in
ternational Scottsboro campaign that
aroused millions throughout tn e
world, as racket of the Commu-
nists."
Sabotagers Of Scottsboro
Do the Socialist leaders really want
to arouse "the entire nation" against
lynchings? OF course not! Their
statements are the purest sort of de-
ceit The Socialist leaders have done
everything they could to sabotage the
ScottSboro case as well as that of Tom
Mooney.
DR.. Ladder, another Socialist lead
er, speaking in Harlem, states that
the Negro more than any other group
in our community has been the victim
Of inadequate relief. But do these
gentlemen propose TO do anything
about this inadequacy? OF course not,
They care nothing about the in
equalities of the Negro people. The
official organ of the Socialist Party,
the New Leader, of July Is, 1882,
writing about the 1882 national cleo
lions says the following: What the
Negro wants and needs is what the
white worker wants and needs;
neither more nor less. That is what
we socialists stand for"
S. P. and Hitler Promise Socialism
What does this mean? It means
that the Socialists don't give a con-
tinental about the inequalities which
the Negro people suffer. The ques-
ton of equal rights means nothing
to them. Any really class conscious
worker knows that he must help in
a special fight against these Unequal
titles practiced against the Negroes.
Why, have two Pioneers in class
I teach in the Workers School who
understand perfectly this basic work.
ing class principle.
Yet these people have the gall to
come to Harlem and try to fool the
Negro people by the term Socialist"
Hitler also promised Socialism"
The Real Issues
The issues in this election CAM
paign are of vital concern to every
Negro in Greater New York and par
ticularly in Harlem. The issues are
Jobs, food and relief for the I'M
employed;
Higher wages to meet the rising
cost of living;
Clothing and shelter;
Against the vicious police brutality