The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-06
Vol. VII. No. 267
An Composition" Landslide!

m davs elections This would be an outstanding
districts still the doubtful column were to go re-
publican thereby nsurng republican control of the House
and Such continued control OF these oo
would due on to the heavy republican Congress
and to the superiority of republican political machine founded
would in no sense indicate carrying over
popularity of two years ago. But al S VIII
ing it appears likelihood that these great
majories will be swept away and that Hoover VIII nave 10 i
his term with democratic progressive majority In
beginning of the end for the Great
the White House
r, s Of the Hoover defeat is most sharply shown by the
/ results in New Yorkan Illinois
New York especially held significance immediate
% Of this election It was generally conceded
election majority would most likely make
standard bearer the 1882 presidential election TO
insure Root defeat Tutes decara
ton against Amendment graft and corruption was
central members OF HoOvers cabinet directly entered
Roosevelt fight and more money ana acy
the republican before The republicans were not
% m e national gh of 1882 The victory roosevelt
by plurality 100000 most serious blow at Hoovers re-
election hopes Ia.
The defeat Illinois and the election of
the democrat by 100000 plurality accompanied by
widening split republican machine there is disaster
which occurred New York The issue sqay
nut in the slogan Ruth Hanna Support
cng The reply of the voters was 100000 plurality against
President Hoover.
MOST important though
vi their and meaning both at the moment and for the future
decisive factor the collapse OF the promised
prosperity mbozed in the 1928 campaign by the republic
can slogan "A
the failure of Hoover to do anything about it. except to call
t f were the decisive factors which led to Hooyers
defeat growth until figure
the sng of the speeding of
ducon the suppression the
povehment large middle well of the work.
together with Hoovers conscious policy of easing the
burdens the rich ax refunds of existing antitrust
conclude that they could not lie in this
in Washington
puT this discomfort this opposition to
class opposition which clearly knew what
in defeating Hoover?
On deep itself the form
OF an o. lav pr % 49, e t u h dr b @ pst
the great amount OF work winch must sun De Done oy our Fa
the United States and follow the road to
poetarian revolution under Communist Party leadership
recorded The returns
slightly than $4,000 received
election This Communist VOTE whatever the
final total will be- moreover represents the only measurement OF the
Opposition
among permitted register their the elections
workers. conscious supporters of the Com
also barred from voting because of lack of citizenship
inability the election residential requirements by in
ability poll by their of revolutionary
paiar the struggle But of those
Tuesday democratic
well republican counted
The o.s only emphasize
discomfort that prevails the confusion
still Party the
both employed and unemployed
THAT is not all the story
will did
inability they forced to live
capitalists promises
waldmans Thomas change these
conditions mind that both
socialists sensing the discomfort centered their campaigns
the crisis and the suffering the through
unemployment They lavsh promised everything under the sun to
improve the conditions of the
losing this They will fulfill these will
the bosses well Hoover with 1882 before them
stormy battles the agnda coming winter they
will continue all calculated
that they really something
their accomplishments republicans
national
The socialists who outside Milwaukee Reading hold
ca offices and who still the the the
dangerous enemies But the others OF the type of Roosevelt Murphy and
particularly
primarily because addition their
ability to with the they
have powerful political machine well
heava against Hoover deep-gong discomfort the
chiefly because millions of oes believed
time
Gonary
Party
bies for the the future
which and extend the work
ganized either directly into the
the Trade Union Unity League and into the Unemployed
These must be carried through however
suggesskes demonstrations ecto the
ceeding in their efforts
the Strikes against
broader struggle developed
The utmost concentration detailed
leading
their government
And here the greatest attention fight