The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-15
Eastern Ohio Miners Unite Behind National Congress
Boss Parties
Move To Bar
C. p. Ballots
Attempt to Side-Track
Chicago Workers in
City Elections

CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 14.-Alarmed
at the increasing discomfort Of Chi
ago workers with the present city
administration, Democratic officials
are already attempting to suppress
all working class opposition at the
election polls in April by keeping all
parties but the Democrats and Re-
publicans off the ballot
Democratic party leaders who run
the city administration are trying
to keep voters from signing petitions
by warning them that they will lose
their right to vote in the primaries.
viii Not Deprive
However, losing the right to vote
in the primaries does not deprive
workers of the opportunity to vots
in the April elections. The Com
munist Party pointed out today that
by signing petitions workers will
have an opportunity to vote for real
working class candidates in the cleo
tons. Voting in the primaries Will
bar them from signing petitions.
IS 900 signatures are needed to put
the Communist Party on the ballot,
the board of election commissioners
have announced.
The Communist Party's ticket is
led by Karl Lockner, secretary of the
county committee Of Unemployment
Councils, for the Office of mayor.
Herbert Newton, young Negro lead
er who is now actively leading a
campaign against jim-crowism and
segregation on the south side, has
been nominated for city clerk while
Sam Hammersmark, veteran labor
leader, will run for city treasurer.
Side Tracking Seen
With the opening of the campaign
for the mayorality by capitalist po-
litical parties, indications are that
attempts will be made by so-called
progressive and third party candi-
dates to side-track working class
discomfort with present Office hold
ers.
Newton jenkins, a self-styled pro-
gressiye Republican, will head city
ticket under the pretense of reform.
A Mrs. John Wesley Grey, formerly
with the crooked Thompson and
Small machine that was thrown out
of Office by aroused workers oppo-
sition, now has taken over some of
the slogans of the Communist Party
and wants to run city hall as her
own kitchen with a motto of No
work, no eat"
The Socialist Party has decided to
run for mayor Roy E. Burt, Meth
odist minister and party candidate
for governor in 1892. Burt is a
gentleman who will paint the So
cialists as genuine militants and
workers should be warned against
his silver tongue.
Opposition Met
Attempt by the Communist
Party to effect united fronts with
Socialists on workers ticket in
individual wards have met with OPP
position of the leaders. However,
rank and file workers in six locals
of the Socialist controlled chicago
Workers Committee on Unemploy-
ment have joined with the Commu-
mist Party and Unemployment Coun-
ellis in united front tickets.
In the campaign for city-wide
Offices the Communist Party has is
sued a call fol a workers united
front conference to consider the is
sues and candidates in the coming
elections. A broad movement around
the candidates and platform of the
Party will be formed to present to
the working class a program that
they can rally around. All organ
izations are urged to send delegates
to the conference which will be held
Sunday, January 10, at Mirror Hall,
1886 N. Western Avenue.