The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-03
The Resignation OF
Mayor Walker

York Mayor Walker resigned This resignation obvi-
ousy the outcome of three conered agreement between
Tammany Hall and the candidate supports for president
Roosevelt and Seabury who the spokesman for the big
capitalist groups embracing democrats and republicans alike
The resignation was achieve the following purposes W
To stop the further exposure the corruption OF one OF the
chief parties of capitalism and to befog the whole question
of Walkers guilt 2) To help Roosevelt to appear the
champion of purity of govenem at the same time sparlng
him the necessity of putting the seal of corruption upon the
metropolitan city of the United States (3) To throw
mantle of maryrdom upon Walker-this vile creature OF
Tamany Hall machne-unting the social scum of the I'M
derword with the mighties of the Millionaire parasitesn
order to retain usefulness in carrying out fierce attacks
against the working class,
Finance capital the big bankers and powerful industrial
lords that rule New York driven to through this
investigation order to try to drain the poison of corrup
ton which through the entire system and which is
posing capitalism in the eyes of the workers and thereby
weakening its capacity to keep down rising working class
But the investigation revealed such outrageous steals and
such stubborn opposition of the strongly entrenched poll
tical machine of Tammany Hail. that its continuation
becoming menace capitalism and threatening to
pose the real workings of the whole machinery of the capital
state convincing millions of workers that graft and
rpon is nseperabe from capitalist class rule in this stage
of declining capitalism Not legal bubbles and court ru
ings caused halt in this investigation but the rising strug
gle of the toers throughout United States the growing
consciousness and understanding of the of their
ton slaves shown the militant battles In all sections
of the country, and this miancy prevented
reement which would whitewash Walker The workers and
NOT Roosevelt forced Walker to resign.
The Seabury investigation left doubt that Walker and
Tammany Hall wholesale crooks and plundering
the the interest of capitalism and for the sasfac
ton of thir greedy appees But it the Tammany Hall
that only Al Smith for president in 1925 but also
nominated and elected Roosevelt governor of New York state
Tammany the political birthplace and cradle of
both Walker and Roosevelt
But many disturbing facts of graft and corruption
have 10 hUht to
have chance to obtain sufficient support outside of New
York. he had to- at least in appearance separate himself
from Tammany.
This he did especially during the trial at Albany He
fully refraned however from removing Walker though
the evidence Of his guilt had piled up mountain high He
Walker the opportunity of resigning in return for
which Walker made statement which will by
hurt Roosevelt but rather help him to gain votes It will aid the
democratic campaign managers upstate New York. the mid
deWes the HARVEST and the SOUTH to plead support for
Roosevelt the grounds that he has cut loose from Tam
many The Tannany machine figures that it swing
votes for both Walker and Roosevelt New York City What
they don't get by denagogy they obtain by stealing
outright highway robbery they have done times without
number The resignation therefore appears to capitalism
and its parties happy solution of the menacng exposure
of the New York Mayor.
Joseph v McKee, president of the Board of Aldermen
becomes acting Also politically born and reared by
Tammany Mckee shared in all the filth and corruption of
the Walker administrations vaianty stood beside his
chief Mayor Walker in all the fierce clubbings failing and
shootngs of workers striking against wage and unem-
poyed demonstrating against hunger Recognizing kidred
spirit in McKee, the fascist of Musson in italy
conferred the acting mayor the decoration Cavaere
Uffcae in 1928.
Under Walker or McKee, under Roosevelt Hoover, the
plumber OF the treasury in the interest of the capitalists and
their political henchmen will continue grow ever worse
Capitalism becomes and foul its system of
exploitation oppressive Only by its overthrow
and the establishment of working class rule can this plum
der be done away with The exposure of the founess and
degeneracy OF the SYSTEM of the Walkers and Rooseves
combined with the most stubborn struggle against them
will help to achieve this end.
In the present election campaign the fight must go for
ward against these parties irrespective who their spokes
men order to rally the masses around the Communist
Party as the only party which defend the interests of
the against the punderes and achieve the overthrow
of the graft ridden system.
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