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League of Women Voters — Part 01
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the last campaign. This was 8 percent of the vote for congress in the eighth
congressional district. Some of the vote is due, of course, to the tremendous
signature drive both for LAURA ROSS and for GUSs HALL and ANGELA DAVIS waged
in the eighth congressional district. Nearly 20,o00 residents of the eighth
received communist election materials. LAuRA's campaign itself distributed.
over l0,o0o flyers, posted posters, and ran ads in nine communi hyewspapers.
LAURA's positions 'appeared in election supplement prepared by the? EAGUE.
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Regarding other congressional districts,
advised:
"We need to run communist candidate for congressional office in
1986. Running outside the context' of the Presidential campaign, the congressional
campaign will find it more difficult to generatc a high vote than we did
with a mass political movement as we did in this campaign."
we have not successfully solved regarding our style of work. We must work
work with mass united front activities."
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Regarding the plans for 1985,
asserted:
"The club plans of work are presented to club conferences which
should be scheduled for January and February, 1985. The District Committee
at its next meeting will approve and circulate to the clubs a draft plan
of work on the work of the District. This should be useful in helping the
"The upcoming municipal elections will feature strongly in our
work in l985. Boston, Somerville, Cambridge, New Bedford, Fall River, and
a communist candidate for the city council in Boston municipal elections.
We must have concrete plans in addition to support the candidates of Afro-American,
Puerto Rican, women, peace, and trade union candidates."
"The defense of the trade union movement must be an important feature
in our work. We must develop plans to assist contract fights in GE and for
work to develop the trade union left in 1985.
"The activity of an ongoing and outgoing peace movement must be
an important feature of our l985 plan of work. We must take the initiative
for a new round of community speakouts on peace and economic justice and
make certain that referendums and other activities are initiated."
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