The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
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BY ROBERT IT. LOUGHRAN United, Press Staff COrrespOndent) ]

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 Chicago, March 6, - (U.P.) = The death of Mayor Anton J. Ger mak plunged Chicago to-day into one of the bitterest political fights in it's history.
 Immediately after the mayors death in Miami, Fla, his opponents went into action in an effort to break what they termed Cermak's "one man government" and to reclaim the city for the Irish" Partisans in Chicagos turbulent political wars mince no words in describing their opponents. The primary campaigns of recent years have been high-lighted by lusty exchanges of personal opinions of the candidates
 The democratic wing led by Michael Igoe, who succeeded the late George Brennan, Is proud of the Gaelic origin of it's leaders and accepts wholeheartedly the appel lation of 'the Irish" Mayor Ger mak's faction, on the other hand, was given the title of "the foreign ers."
 Mayor Cermak's tremendous personal vitality, persistence and ability busted the former leaders.
 He ruled with great power. His op- ponents have wasted no time in whipping their forces into line. The similar situation which came in the wake of the assassin ation of Mayor Carter Harrison, ST, in 1893, seemed fated to go down in history as only a skirmish com- pared to the present.
 Alderman James B. Bowler, | close companion of the late mayor who was with him the night Ger mak received his mortal bullet | wound, was picked as the almost certain successor in the election which will be held in June. He is the choice of the Cermak group. Alderman John S. Clark, rank chairman of the finance commit tee, is the selection of the Irish. , He apparently seeks republican strength in the fight to succeed the assassinated mayor.
 It is generally conceded that the Cermak group, due to patronage control, will succeed in having Bowler selected. A general election will be held in June. It is in that
 battle that the Irish" faction | hopes for victory. Igoe, defeated assemblyman, who attributes his political downfall to Cermak followers, appeared as d likely candidate among the Irish. He is expected to supplant Peter Carey, president of the Chicago board of trade. who once was sell | ected to lead the fight against Ger | mak's organization.
 The disorganiZed republican or ganization has not picked may | orally candidate.
 The Fatal Evening Miami. March 6-U.P.) - The night of February 15, in the tropic splendor O. Bay Front Park, Franklin D. Roosevelt, just return
 ed from a vacation cruise in the Caribbean, made. homecoming speech.
 His friend, Mayor Anton J. Ger mak of Chicago came to the run ming board of the car as he talked. Just as MT Roosevelt finished, six | pistol shots rang out. One struck | Cermak and four of the others
 found victims. MT Roosevelt was
 not hit.
 | Panic broke out. The secret serv-
 ice guard ordered the Roosevelt car
 underway. MT Roosevelt, the only calm figure, ordered 1t stopped and
 then had the wounded Cermak car
 ried to his car. The machine pulled
 out as a crowd swarmed around
 the assassin, Giuseppe Zangara,
 pummeling him with blows. Ger
 mak was prone on the back seat,
 his head in MT Roosevelt's arms. 1 The other victims, Mrs Joseph
 Gill. William sinnott. Russell Cald-
 well, and Miss Margaret Kruis. fol-
 lowed in other cars.
 Only Mrs Gill was seriously hurt.
 Her condition still is critical. At the hospital Cermak grasped
 MT Roosevelt's hand.
 q am glad ic was me-" he said,
 ''instead of you"
 President Sorrowful | Washington. Mar. 6 = (UP) -
 ed his sorrow over the death of Mayor Cermak at Miami.
 Ut is needless to say that the
 news of the death of Mayor Ger
 mak affects me very deeply and livery personally" he said. | 'Aside from the tragic chain of | events of which his death is the re-
 suit, a very warm friendship and l a very high respect for Mayor Cer- ! mak's ability, friendship and loyS I atty to his friends would have
 made his loss a heavy one to me
 under any circumstances. The
 brave fight he made shows clearly the wonderful courage of the man. I The country at large and the great
 lefty of Chicago in particular will
 miss a strong and resolute char facter."
 Ee History of Life Anton J. Cermak rose to politi-
 cal power and wealth from an
 immigrant home in the coal min- ing hamlet of Braidwood. III. His later life was shaped by
 the trend of politics and it is as a politician he will be longest re-
 membered. @ Cermak came to the peak Of
 his political power in the last few years. His voice was powerful factor in the democratic national conventoin in Chicago last sum- mer. Cermak's political career
 lasts through more than 30 years lbut 1t was only in the last three