The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-30
SincIair'S Victory

Upton SINCLAIR'S overwhelming VIC
y tory on the Democratic ticket in the
California gubernatorial primaries opens
up vastly important questions for the
working class, looking for a way out of the
crisis Sinclair former Socialist, got the
largest vote in the history of Democratic
primaries in California.
The huge vote for Sinclair was the expression Of
the tremendous discomfort of the California masses
California has been in the grip Of the sharpest
class battles. Acting Governor Merriam, running on
the Republican ticket openly campaigned on the
program Of breaking the general strike, Of support
to the most reactonary policies, giving carte blanche
to the fascist, viglante terror
Sinclair on the other hand, In the most dema-
Eogic manner promised everything to everybody
under the slogan of E. P. I. c. END Poverty In
California; he promised jobs to all unemployed, an
end of the tax burden to all exploiters huge con-
cessions to the -bourgeoise He promised that
his first act after election would be to free Tom
Mooney
No demagogic trickery, no lurid promises were
beneath Sinclair in his efforts to win the rising tide
Of discomfort At the same time, the huge vote he
received reflects the outstanding fact that the
greatest illusions still exist among workers, the be-
lief that they can solve their economic and social
problems within the shell Of capitalism, and that
snclair's extension Of the New Deal yet offers
them hope Of salvation.
Thereby Upton Sinclair, trained by the Socialist
Party becomes the conscious force tending to bind
and hoz-te the workers to the old capitalist parties
at time of their growing discomfort and mood for
struggle against capitalism.
Sinclair comes out openly as spokesman for
the Roosevelt New Deal trying to convince the
workers that they should not follow revolutionary
program to solve their poverty, misery, unemploy-
ment and starvation He urges them to stick to
the Democratic Party, the party Of capitalism IN
power and its New Deal.
Sinclair becomes now the most ardent spokes
man for the very New Deal that has brought greater
misery and poverty to the masses, the very New
Deal that led in defeating the San Francisco gen.
eral strike by fascist terror and violence He be-
comes the open advocate for the New Deal, which
has raised the profits of the Bosses slashed wages
and living standards; is driving the farmers into
ruin and bankruptcy; is preparing with tremendous
speed for new world imperialist slaughter
It is the extension Of this program that Sinclair
proposes for California I'VE have been nominated
as Democrats" Sinclair declared, land we will func-
ton as Democrats"
Sinclairs specific program of labor camps, iso-
iaton of the unemployed farms, reduction Of
taxation for the bosses wholesale initiation
extension of the most fascist elements Of the New
Deal Sinclair actually, far il advance Of the aims
of the New Deal differs from the Roosevelt pro-
gram only in that he plunges ahead toward its fas
cist goal with greater speed. Particularly. in his
appeal to the pettybourgeois masses his promises
smack of the rioous and irresponsible demagogy OF
Hitler before his ascent to power.
More than ever now, in view of the widespread
illusions in view Of the action Of the masses IN
seeking way out of their misery, II is necessary tc
bring forward the Communist Party revolutionary
way out of the crisis the only solution for the mis-
cry and poverty of the masses.
In California only candidate brings this
program to the masses and that is the candidate
of the Communist Party for Governor Sam Darcy,
District Organizer of the Communist Party and
one of the outstanding fighters in the San Fran
cisco general strike and the other bitter struggles
Of the California toilers.