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Communist Party : Workers hear John Laurie, communist candidate for Mayor
Sunday, February 21, 1932
A2001-074
AF/157477
Pamphlet endorsing John Laurie, Communist candidate for mayor of Seattle. The pamphlet includes Laurie's platform : 50% reduction in rent ; more staple food stuffs ; reduction of street car fares ; cash relief ; repeal of City "vagrancy [houselessness] laws" ; free lodgings for unhoused unemployed youth ; public relief work ; cessation of public brutality and terrorism against workers and for the right of workers to strike and picket. Organization : Communist Party People : Laurie, John ; Harlin Key Words : Communist ; Communist Party ; elections ; politics ; Seattle As an historical resource, this item reflects the prejudices of the era in which it was created and includes language that is offensive. The use of this language is not condoned by The City of Portland Archives and Records Center, but we are committed to providing access to this material as evidence of the inequalities and attitudes of the time.
