The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
Wins Fight
To Certify
Candidates
Br a Farmer Correspondent

MARROW, N. H-There is good
news to be reported now. AS I said
last time, I was going to appeal to
the Governor of New Hampshire
when New Hampshire supervisor
violated the law by refusing to GER
tify Communist candidates. ex-
planned the situation, how the "re-
publican" supervisor is violating the
republican" law, etc., and I argued
further that just such fascist meth
DDS on the part of the smaller Off
Gals justify clearly our revolution
airy overthrow Of the capitalist Sys-
tenn of exploitation.
In reply I received a letter from
the governors office, signed by his
secretary. q reckon Gov. Winant
was in Washington, helping Presi-
dent Roosevelt break the recent
textile strike)
I took this letter from the gov
ernor's secretary, and showed it to
the supervisor of the checklist. The
result was another stormy session.
I returned defeated, but not dis
couraged.
Early next morning I called upon
the third supervisor of the check
list; asked him to certify the nom
nation paper; showed him the let
ter from the governors secretary;
showed him the law on the subject;
all in vain. He, too, refused to GER
tify. Said he would consult law
yer I reported the matter to the
other comrades, from where, I take
it, the election campaign manager
was notified.
tried to get few of the voters
that gave their signatures to go
with me in a committee to the SUI
perVisors. I had no success in this
effort. I rather reckon the super
visor had been to see them, because
some of them withdrew their names
altogether.
However, within a few days, I re-
ceived another short letter from the
governors secretary, saying that the
supervisors of the checklist may be
prosecuted in the superior court.
Armed with this letter, I pro-
ceeded promptly once more to the
/ village, and called upon an older
citizen, literally inclined, and one
of signatories on the nomination
paper, and explained the whole sit
uation to him and asked him to go
with me to one of the supervisors.
This citizen, who has strong con-
victionS against war and corrup-
ton, consented to go with me.
Thus we called upon the super
visor, explained the matter once
more, and backed up the explana-
ton with the letter limiting at a
possible prosecution in the superior
court.
was promptly threatened with
being run out of town" etc. q have
lived here about a quarter of a CEN
tury, and my children were all born
on the same little farm. The citizen
with me protested promptly. He too
was ordered cut of the house and
called Communist" etc.
By this time the women folks of
the house, took an active part in the
argument. They brought it down to
more reasonable confines. Also
there were a few neighbors who had
come together in the meantime.
Before long We had a good Com
munist meeting right there and
then in the very same house, with
the supervisor taking part. I acted
as a sort of unofficial chairman.
was careful to give everyone present
the floor. 1t was a good discussion
all around. Many questions were
asked, which gave me a good op-
portunity to explain the principles
OF the Communist Party.
Among those taking part was a
young girl, a graduate of high
school, who asked a number of
good questions. In my reply to the
same gave a good speech on Com
mun1sm, in my simple rough
farmer-way.
The next evening I drove again
to the village and called upon the
older members of the board of SUI
pervisors of the checklist. We have
three Of them in New Hampshire.
A discussion followed lasting about
two hours. The principles of the
Communist Party were explained bv
me as best as 1 could in this one
man meeting and the nomination
papers WE'RE CERTIFIED! And
the little Communist Party of Mar
low had victory
l promptly delivered the VIC
torious papers to Comrade Chase,
our candidate for Governor. to be
transmitted to the campaign man
ager OF Concord, N. H. I hope we
get the Party on the ballot in New
Hampshire.