The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-15
Exit Thompson----Enter Cermak
BY BURCK.

years, but good Snowman, as he is he could
not keep it up for ever.
His antics against King George his America
First campaign, the Circus Cowboy stunts could
not fool all the people all the time The world
wide publicity given to Al Capone, the latest ex-
poSures of the unity of the government and
gangsterdom were also too much to swallow. 1t
gave worldwide bad publicity to the city,
driving business away, undermining confidence
and jeopardizng the big world fair of 1885, the
bootstrap Chicago capitalists want to get them
selves out of the crisis and bring back prosper
ity. Things went too far and Thompson had to
be discarded. And so it happened
The main opponent on the republican primar-
les, Judge Lyle, was too much smeared with oil
of his former bed-felloW and he couldn't lick
Big Bill. The Association of Commerce endorsed
therefore A. j. Cermak, the boss of the Chicago
Tammany Hall, colorless, machine politician,
without any particular abiities-but good STEP
ping stone to get rid of Thompsonism This
meant the danger of the entire Cook County
going democratic, but what is after all the diff
ference between the two parties? Following the
primaries, after Mr.. Cermak delivered his plat
form speech at the City Club, promising the kind
of administration the bankers wanted, mon
partisan" committee, representing the sos of
Chicago was organized for Cermak, which meant
dogs fell in line.
Durkin, Olander and other gangster leaders of
the Chicago Federation of Labor organized their
pro-Cermak Club. the dissident republican chiefs
all jumped on the band-wagon Epstein AL Ca
pone's attorney, spoke for Cernak, all news
papers, except the Hearst sheets, were full of
euogieS for Cermak, full page ads, tons of liter
allure, thousands of endorsements. Big Bill was
raving he appealed to the Lowest prejudices"
against the "Bohunk' while Tony calmly dis
cussed his issues; lower taxes, more. efficiency,
better police, bring back business and thus elm
mate unemployment On the eve of the cleo
ton, raid on the City Hail. exposing City
Sealer Seritellas graft of low weights, which
costs the housewives $75,OO0O00 loss a year. and
this settled it.
An ideal election weather. an ideal small ball
lot of two parties after the Communist Party
had been. ruled off-and on April 9th Cermak
occupied the City Hall while Big Bill retired
broken hearted to his yacht-basin, worrying on
how to spend during the rest of his life, his
wealth of several million dollars amassed during
the years of public service"
What Cermak's Election Means to the Workers.
The outcome of the election is the victory of
Big Business. 1t means the consolidation of the
dissdent fractions of the republican party with
the Tammany Hall of Chicago. A city govern
ment OF the most efficient and unselfish' peo-
pie, under the actual leadership of Col. A. A.
Sprague. Cermak, the democratic boss, states
that he is going to draw in the best leaders of
the other party into his cabinet. He is after
the reorganization of the entire city admins
tration, the saving Of tens of millions for the
Taxpayers; and the 10000" unemployed
workers, depending on charities, he spoke of dur
ing the campaign are entirely forgotten. The
man with the heart" who used his grandchil-
dren during the campaign to get votes got what
he was after, and the misery of the half mil
lion unemployed with their starving children and
grandchildren do not appeal any more to the
''dear granddaddy.' He only listens to his mas
ter's voice, the editorials, speaking about his
mission Of saving Chicago, of the laures that are
awaiting him, the number OF recommendations
to overhaul the machinery Of government, to
e|rp3natA tha enQgee Of unnecessary taxing and