The daily worker., 1934-12-27
Chicago C. p.
Begins Broad
Election Fight
City-W id e Conference
Will Be Held
on Jan. I3
BY A. Guss

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-A city
wide conference to organize the
nomination Of working class can
didates for the coming city elec-
ton here has been endorsed by the
Communist Party city election COM
mittee.
This afternoon will see delegates
from all working class groups, trade
unions, unemployed and fraternal
organizations getting together to
support the campaign of Karl
Lockner for Mayor, Sam Hammers
mark for City Treasurer and Herbert
Newton, for City Clerk.
A statement issued by the Chi
cago District OF the Communist
Party declares:
"The nature OF bourgeois democ-
racy has been further exposed in
our State. particularly through the
ruling Of our Party off the ballot,
through the creation Of and enact
ment Of many laws that make it al
most impossible for the Party of
the working class to place its candi-
dates in the coming elections. 1t
indicates still more that bourgeois
democracy is nothing but the rule
Of the capitalists, that today in the
United States marches swiftly ahead
to increased fascination.
1t becomes our task, therefore, in
| the coming aldermanic and Mayor
atty elections, to use the so-called
rights given to us in these free"
elections to expose the entire ma
ture and essence of bourgeois de-
mocracy, to burst the bubble of
''free" and popular" elections, to
expose the propaganda of peoples
choice" the maneuvers, deals and
agreements between the parties of
capitalism.
But to expose alone is not suf-
ficient. We have to place in OPP
position to these favorite and select
ed sons of Patrick Nash, of the
steel and coal interests, of the
stock yards and traction interests,
working class candidates, sons of
toll and labor, representatives Of
the working class in given wards
and in the city Of Chicago, who will
run on a platform that will meet
the problems and needs Of the Chi
cago workers.
1T is already now evident that
an unprecedented amount Of dema-
gogy is going to be used in the ccm-
ing city elections. The planks in
the platforms of the various inde-
pendent candidates, stolen practi-
cally verbatim from the platform
Of our Party, indicate that the can
didates of the bosses parties realize
that new kind of campaign will
have to be carried on in the COM
ing elections, that they can no
longer ignore or overlook or keep
quiet about the problems of the
Chicago workers, and through the
tremendous campaign of lip service
and demagogy in the coming elec-
tions will attempt to win the work.
ing class vote. This must be eoun-
teracted by US through the de-
velopment of mass campaigns of
struggles around the demands OF
the masses. Our campaign will have
to become basically a campaign OF
struggles and demonstrations.
These are some of the problems
facing us in the coming Spring elec-
tions. These problems can best be
met through the development Of q
real united front movement, involv-
ing trade unions, unemployed or
ganizations, fraternal societies, etc
Only such a united front can bring
sharply before the Chicago workers
the real meaning Of the elections
and the necessity Of electing work.
ers into office, and expressing Their
growing consciousness and radical
ization, not only through daily par
ticipation in the struggles, but also
by the way they vote in the COM
Ing elections. Our slogan must be-
come Vote as you strike"
Because of this, the city confer
ence to be held in Chicago on Jan
|, 18th at Mirror Hall, takes on added
Importance. This will be the only
conference that will nominate real
) representatives Of the Chicago work
ers-real fighters for the interests
of the Chicago workers, as candi-
dates for Mayor, City Clerk and
City Treasurer.