The Daily Worker

FARMERS BACK COMMUNIST NOMINATING PLANS
INTEREST GROWS IN ALL SECTIONS. ORGANIZERS SAY
Michigan Holds State Meet at Flint

Details of the interest which the National Nominating Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party, to be held here beginning next Friday, May 25, is evoking among workers and farmers throughout the United States are being daily received at the headquarters of the Party as news of the State Conventions and arrangements for the sending of delegates arrives.

Many on Their Way.

Many of the delegates, especially from the far western states, are already on their way to the convention and the major activity in the districts is now being concentrated on placing the Workers (Communist) Party on the ballot in November.

In many of the western and southern states this can only be effected by the securing of a large number of signatures. Organizers throughout the country are busily engaged in collecting these lists at present.

From all sections where this listing is going on the organizers report the most lively interest in the convention and the ensuing campaign.

This interest is by no means limited to the industrial sections of the working class, the organizers assert, but includes large masses of destitute and semi-destitute farmers throughout the rural districts.

From points as far apart as Delaware and California, Paul Crouch, who is organizing for Party in the south, and John Owens, in the Imperial Valley in California, state that the poor farmers of both sections are enthusiastic in their reception of the convention and the Party program.

From North Dakota, Knutson announces the gathering forces of the farmer elements behind the Workers (Communist) Party

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FARMERS BACK W.P. CONVENTION

Interest Grows In All Sections

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Michigan Convention.

DETROIT. May 20.-The General Motors city of Flint, Michigan, was the scene of the state convention of the Workers (Communist) Party of Michigan, where a full slate of candidates was nominated and delegates chosen for the national convention to be held in New York City on May 25th to 27th inclusive. The meeting was held at Pythian Hall in the heart of the city.

Flint was chosen by the campaign committee instead of Detroit because of the advantages to be realized through staging a big state convention in one of the smaller industrial centers. The workers of Detroit are used to seeing Communist demonstrations, but the smaller cities have not had such opportunities.

Present were delegates from all the thirteen congressional districts. Most of the delegates were industrial workers, but there also was a large representation of farmers from the agricultural districts. The Knights of Pythias Hall, in the very heart of the city, has been chosen for the convention which will take place on Saturday, May 19, convening at ten o'clock in the morning.

After the keynote speech by H. M. Wicks, a permanent chairman for the convention was selected and then the state platform was discussed and adopted. There followed the nominations for various offices.

The Party in Michigan is determined to wage an aggressive campaign for 1928 and to roll up a good vote for the Communist candidates.