M€ advancing in this campaign—pro-
Msals for the nationalization, with
Popular democratic controls, of certain
I¢ industries and sections of the
“onomy. It will undoubtedly include a
“~ Program that hits against the Wall
feet headquarters of finance capital.
It may adopt the present tax pro-
sam of the Communist Party which
Would exempt from all taxes all per-
‘ns earning less than $15,000 a year.
then the big tax burden would be

Pit on that “5% of the people who con-
M1 90% of our productive national
Wealth” and on that “less than 1% of
, “anufacturers which have 88% of
u© Profit.” There would also be some
BX on incomes of $15,000 to $25,000
=. ‘en graded upward. No million-
oe and no rich exploiters of labor

d get through the closed loop-
Toles,

ay Serious analysis of the issues in
|. lection, and of the movement and
Hes point to the need for strengthen-
oF the struggle to change the course
this country and for the defeat of
, oe To say that McGovern and those
Sciated with him at the Democratic
RY. Convention can do this, or that
is €mocratic Party as such can do it,
py NOt to face the realities.
€ real forces which must yet be
Organized and mobilized are the
of «° Of independent voters, and first
fee of labor in their unions and in
is T rank and file groups, the many
Sanizations of oppressed people, the
it and the 8roups and others. The youth
€ 25 million potential new voters
Ba Of whom are workers in shops
a8 et special attention.
Coalitirs independent forces of a loose
08 in struggles of upsurge in the
Moye. 2's ate demanding changes and
Gmerent which will give this election
¢ onan an ever growing. significance.
ii) “op 4, t#kes are high and the direction
'S nation—on domestic and world

fully

Tloa:
mations — is being debated among
H Well ®S of people, independent of as
| tWonss, Within the restrictions of the
Hs yj,-Party system of monopoly capital.
1 Se x
th Communist Party entered this
iy Million with the objectives of reaching
fl AS of ‘voters with our own pro-
Man, and of having candidates in as
ana” States as possible. That is a new
At come feature of this election.
ave this point, some 275,000 voters
Y Mun} Signed petitions to put the Com-
Y lee Party on the ballot in a dozen
H the “S.-As many more will sign before

Will lection. This means that millions
to si ave had a Communist ask them
ist vi 4 petition to put the Commun-
fl ay "Yon the ballot. That is a politi-
f D,reience.
tours TS the course of two national
With by Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner
Hof pp meetings in 28 states and a series
Pearane Conferences, radio and TV ap-
Ore Ces, an estimated 50 million or
Se were reached. (As of Aug.

eee Fecent concerted drive to deny
ballot rights indicates that Nixon

- the inf Machine politicians recognize
Cndigaence Of the Communist Party
8 €S among masses who have

ees

| Tadica)roUsh another four years _of
}

|

2 ation. An ever-growing: number
the 5 4dy to vote for the alternative to
The party system in this election.

. Indica vote for Communist candidates
: “alizati the degree of qualitative radi-
“fect °n. It is the most clear-cut and
- Tress; Vote against the war, racism,
| ®tioys n and poverty. It is the only
Vsten Vote of protest “against the
; Ors a “against the establishment”
flags | Scialism. It is a vote for working
“aders—Gus Hall, the steelwork-
mth 6, Jarvis Tyner, the teamster—
€m union organizers and

€ most direct vote for unity
St ra and white. in the struggle

Ns—_y ism, for unity of the genera-
One VS Tyner, chairman of the
» Ys: Orkers Liberation League, and
Muni » SEneral secretary of the Com-
" fe Party,

time 2 recent visit to Hanoi at the

Puts Ixon’s bombing of that city

Black

“Mdidates for the high office

Only Use Hall sand Jarvis. Tyner.as the, ,

a | eee ||| |

the

who “put their bodies on the line”—to
use a phrase of the peace movement—
in the struggle to end the criminal U.S.
imperialist aggression in Indochina.

Thus there are many reasons for vot-
ing for Hall and Tyner, as well as for
putting the Communist Party on the
ballot. We have our own candidates and
obviously we do not and cannot en-
dorse any other candidate for President
and Vice President.

e

Any voter who has examined the
record of Nixon on the war, the My Lai
atrocities, the bombings, the mining of
the harbors, the power of the Pentagon
over civilian life, the Supreme Court
and racism, the wage freeze, growing
unemployment and cuts in benefits,
starvation welfare, corruption, Consti-
tutional violations, inflation, reckless
military spending and penny-pinching
against education, health, housing and
people’s needs—and the crew of ultra-
Right and pro-fascist forces around the
President—will see the danger and the
need to defeat Nixon and his course of

i ies
ag ee, who examines McGovern
can see his differences with Nixon, as
well as his compromises and weakness-
es —including his constant drive to
keep all forces within the two-party
system, even though he surely Sone
the power of monopoly capital in the

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contro] of that system.

However, his emphasis on bringing
the potential new votes—the 25 million
from 18 to 25 years of age—most of
whom are independent and not commit-
ted to the Democratic Party, into the
electoral process is a_ strength for
democracy. The majority of these young
voters and the Black and labor can
make the difference, not only in the
results but also in influencing McGov-
ern against pressure from the Right. He
has been backing away on so many is-
sues from his earlier promises that he
now endangers his own base of support.

There are some who argue that the
vote for a Communist doesn’t count—
or won’t be counted—and that the main
or only reason for the Communist Party
being on the ballot is not to get votes
but to influence the mass movements,
to clarify issues and contribute to the
mobilization of mass struggles. The ne-
cessity of mass struggles and the devel-
opment of forms for independent poli-
tical action is not in conflict with vot-
ing Communist. They go together.

The campaign must serve to build in-
dependent movements which go beyond
the elections and develop mass strug-
gles around specific issues. This is es-
pecially essential since the struggle for
the electoral defeat of Nixon takes
place within the confines. of the two-
party system.

“Land this distinguished contribu

tor to the grand old party has long proven that his
great passion is... the people!”’ :

4APOSED REGIMES 1M S.E. ASA

GEE ODE Ne

J

One of the most significant factors
following the Democratic convention

‘has been the growth of independent

forms — all kinds of committees in
shops, unions, or neighborhoods. Many
union organizers are being assigned to
this task. The youth who have worked
with McGovern are organizing on a
grass roots basis across the country.
The independent forms give greater
freedom and possibility of immediate
action without having to check details
with somebody above—in “the estab-
lishment.”

The necessity for an independent
peoples party on a program of ending
the war, racism and poverty and an
anti-monopoly coalition is still on the
agenda. Such a mass independent Party
would be an expression of the broad
coalition of the upsurge movement on
a series of issues needed for this elec-
tion. It would be more comprehensive
than the Democratic Party forces
around McGovern. It would have a posi-
tive inter-relationship of labor, and the
Black, Chicano, Puerto Rican, American
Indian and Asian people, of the youth
and women, the academic community
and the farmers.

It would be more advanced than the
combination of new forces within the
Democratic Party and would be inde-
pendent from control by monopoly
capital and from the machine hosses.
The need of such a mass people’s party
will become much more obvious after
the election—in continued struggle on
issues.

A mass people’s party would not
take the place of the independent role
of the Communist Party in the elections
but rather would function in a coalition
which includes the Communist Party.
This also means that attention must be
given to strengthening the membership
of our Party and to greater circulation
of the Daily World in the course of the
campaign.

6 ‘

This election is not an ‘easy one and
obviously there is much concern in all
areas. The Pentagon and the military-
industrial sector of monopoly capital
has some big investments and is putting
more than the first $10 million into
Nixon’s campaign.

The mass media are important instru-
ments of top financial capital—and they
slant the news or suppress it complete-
ly. They do the job of splitting divid-

‘Ing, provoking, and distorting. The im-

mediate task is full mobilization of all
forces into many independent forms to
determine the elections and the course
of struggles after the elections.

That calls for political and organiza-
tional steps of an emergency character
for full participation of our Party at
every level of the campaign—the strug-
gle for our ballot status, for our candi-
dates, for struggles on issues, develop-
ing new independent organizational
forms, for moving millions into the io-
tal election campaign, for a people's
victory. This can be a major step on the
road to end war, racism, repression,
poverty, and unemployment, and estab-
lish a new direction, new priorities tc
meet the needs of the people in today’s
struggle for freedom, peace and social-

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