The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-30
Score Ford Move
to Gust Workers
Candidate, Jones
700 Meet in Dearborn,
Vote to Ret ain
Their Candidate

day afternoon and hurled back tn,
Efforts of the Ford Motor Compar
o smash the United Front Working
Peoples Election Movement, which
in the primaries on Oct. 8, gained
! splendid victory by putting its
candidate for mayor, David Jones,
and four other workers candidates
on the ballot for the finals, Sept. z,
The meeting was called to dis
cuss the critical situation that had
arisen as a result of the fact that
Jones, who is vice-president of the
Auto Workers Union and a member
Of the Communist Party, had, UNI
der blackmail threats and terrOriza-
ton by Ford agents, signed a state
nent Withdrawing as candidate for
mayor. After Jones spoke and Sc
yerely condemned his own action
as crime against the workers of
Dearborn and announced that he
had withdrawn the statement he
aad signed, the workers voted
unanimously amidst thunderous
cheers to retain him as their stand
ard bearer.
Among the other speakers were
two Of the other workers candi-
dates who were nominated, Charles
Regain for city treasurer, and Frank
Fraley for constable, as well as sew
aral of the unsuccessful candidates
for City Council. Max Salzman, sec
ton organizer of the Communist
Party and campaign manager of
the united front movement, spoke
in the name of the Party, outlining
its position on the whole question.
He stressed the necessity of organ
izing mass struggles and to build
such powerful movement that no
weakness of an individual leader
can break it.
ION Oct. 8 the workers of Dear
born won great victory" SAYS a
statement issued by the Ford Sec
ton of the Communist Party. "De-
spite every effort of the Ford Mo-
tor Co., they succeeded in bringing
forward as the candidate against
Clyde Ford, the Ford Motor Co.
candidate, David Jones, candidate
of the Ford workers for mayor"
The statement, in part, continues:
"The acts of terror of the Ford
service men could not keep you
from supporting your candidate.
The cry Of reds only closed the
ranks of the workers still more.
The Ford Company decided that it
was necessary for them to attack
your candidate for mayor, and to
drive him off the ballot, and they
used every corrupt and despicable
means in order to do this. After
falsely charging Jones had not
lived in Dearborn long enough to
run for mayor, they organized a
blackfEail scheme and, under Vi
cious threats of sending Jones to
jail, they created terror under
which Jones for the moment weak
ened and signed a statement with
drawing as candidate for mayor.
"Such an act deserves the sharp
est condemnation. However, since
signing this statement, Jones has
recognized the serious and mex
cusab!e error, and is making every
effort to try and make up for his
mistake. He has pledged to show
by his action that he is determined
10 lead the struggles of the workers
regardless of what action the enc
mics of the workers n'ght take
against him.
The Communist Party declares
that this action of Jones' makes II
possible and necessary for the
workers Of Dearborn to continue
Jones as their candidate for mayor
and to solidify their movement, tc
rid themselves of the rule of the
Ford Motor Co."
David Jones, candidate for mayor
in the Ford city, issued statement
j declaring, in part:
One Monday, Tct. 16, was con-
fronted with statement of the au-
thofities that / had violated law
They stated 1 did not live in Dear
born the time necessary to qualify
as candidate. | investigated the
situation and found that the time
which | lived in Dearborn was suf
ficertt to run as a workers candi
date. The real reason for trying tc
get me off the ballot was the at.
tempt of the Ford Motor Company
to break up and smash the United
Front movement which threatens IL
force from the Ford Motor Com
pany and the city administration
new victories for the workers, re.
sulting in the improved working
conditions and standard of cash
relief sufficient to meet the needs
of the unemployed workers.
"All sorts of threats and intimi.
dations were made against me. The
pressure became heavy and for {
moment, under this atmosphere.
weakened. | committed an act
which. | now can see as the most
terrible mistake any class-conscious
worker can ever make. Instead Of
realizing that this was a method OF
the enemies to destroy our move
ment, under terrible pressure,
gave in, signed a statement with
drawing as candidate 70" 1.-~--c-' .,'-i
thereby played into the hands OF
the enemies OF the wosAs. ,.Dl
want to destroy our movement.
II want to inform you, fellow
workers in Dearborn, that | real
ize this serious and inexcusable
mistake and want to assure yov
that ] will remain in the ranks OF
the workers and continue to strug-
gle for the interests of the workers
regardless of what action the enc
mics Of the working class might
take against me. | want to assure
you that will demonstrate in &C.
ton, that viii correct my error by
being more active than ever before
by fighting for the program VIC
have started to accomplish.
81 have recalled my letter with.
drawing as candidate for mayor and
will run as candidate of the worker,