The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-05
THE VICTORY OF MRS.
MCCORMICK

standing issue of Mrs Mccormick, was brought
in in order to mobilize sentiment for immediate
war preparations against Americas rivals in
the world market. 1t is in connection with
the steadily sharpening crisis in the country
that the Chicago Tribune day in and day out
whoops up war spirit for the conquest of the
world markets by American imperialism and
naturally against its main rival-Great Brit
ain. The Chicago Tribune also calls for i'm
mediate war against the Soviet Union.
The other leading capitalist paper in the
state that supported Mrs. Mccormick because
of her stand on the World Court issue was the
Hearst paper, the Herald and Examiner Here,
too, the support to Mrs. Mccormick was upon
the conflicts at the London naval conference
and the World Court issue.
The primary elections were held at the time
of the London naval conference and Mrs. Nc
Cormick continually referred to them in her
speeches against the World Court.
Ambassador Dawes is part of the Mccormick
faction and there is class relationship be-
tween her campaign against Great Britain on
the World Court issue and Dawes ambassador
ship in London.
The Mccormick machine was allied with
the Thompson City Hall gang which is the most
outspoken anti-working class administration in
the country.
In no state in the country is the complete
fusion of finance and industrial capital so OBJ
vious and thorough as in the state of Illinois.
Banker Dawes and the traction magnate insult
symbolic that very well.
Develop Fascist Methods.
The state of Illinois, being one of the most
industrial states in the country and the ira
ditional center of the agricultural middle west
and west displays most clearly the effects of
the even deepening crisis. This crisis, which
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ance capital in the state, combined with the
growing offensive struggles of the working
class, compels the bourgeoisie to develop fascist
methods both in their imperialist aggressive
ness in the struggle for world markets and in
their struggle against the working class.
The nomination of Mrs, Mccormick, who
represents the ever growing fusion and dom
ination of finance and industrial capital, in
dictates the growing fascsation both of the re-
publican party and the state apparatus.
The democratic party in the state, not rep
resenting finance-industrial capital is weak
and holds minor positions 1t is, however, in
teresting to note that in this primary cam
paign the democratic party used unemployment
as one of its main issues in the campaign.
Fascists Urge Labor Party.
As the crisis deepens, unemployment grows,
conditions of the workers are continually de-
teriorating and social fascsm, fearing the
growing influence of the Communist Party, is
already propagating the idea of labor party
to keep the workers from fighting and chained
to capitalism. The Chicago federation, when
it discussed unemployment and attacked our
Party, began at the same time to propagate
the idea of labor party as safety valve
The Howatt-Muste group in the coal fields in
southern Illinois is particularly loud in its de-
mand for labor party.
During the primary elections the Party de-
veloped general agitation campaign bring
ing forward the unemployment issue and the
struggle against the war danger. 1t also ex-
posed the imperialist-fascist nature of the
group Mrs. Mccormick represents. However,
the campaign generally was very weak-only
a few leaflets issued and badly arranged
mass meeting held Organizational the Party
hardly participated in the primaries.
The Party in our state must organize and
develop a strong election campaign, mobilizing
workers against the bourgeois parties and par
ticularly against the social fascists and their
ideas for the organization of labor party.