The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-01

monopoIies with Roosevelt, apparently strengthens
the governmental machine for the carrying out OF
the program of the monopolies formulated by the
Liberty League Durable Goods Committee, Cham
bers of Commerce, Bankers Association, etc. But
the very huge vote for Roosevelt given him by the
masses under the impression that he will cham
pion their interests will now, when he more openly
develops his policies, drive these masses to the
realization of the fraud carried through and accel
crate the break away from Roosevelt, provided our
Party is able to expose the new demagogy accom-
panying the increasing attacks on the masses, and
develop broad united actions Of the masses.
THE huge Roosevelt vote does not constitute on the
part of the wide masses approval Of the New
the part Of the wide masses approval Of the New
Deal" attack the masses. On the contrary, the
vote was obtained through a. illusions that the
New De-" will abolish the crisis and bring imne-
date relief; b. because masses who already were
skeptical with the New Deal" or impatient refused
to go back to the old way by voting for the Re-
publican Party, since they conceived of practical
politics" only through the two old parties; c.
through tremendous mass demagogy and promises
and fraud, aided by the attacks of the New Deal"
radical, carried by the old guard Republicans;
d. through the use of the bureaucratic machine
control of relief funds, etc.
The dispirited manner the manifest lack of
mass enthusiasm for and faith in the newest left
the casting of the mass vote for Roosevelt, the
greater increase in abstentions from voting of those
eligible to vote is already showing weakening of
the New Deal" illusions; and the inevitable fresh
collisions of the masses (the maturing strikes in the
basic industries unemployed struggles farmer move
nents, Negro movements) with the New Deal" in
the coming months, make it reasonably certain that,
far from being checked by Roosevelts victory, the
growth of the revolutionary upsurge will receive
impetus from the unfolding capitalist often
sive which becomes emboldened by the results of
the elections In view of this the strengthening of
the government machine cannot but prove short
lived.
g. No new third bourgeois party has arisen ma
tionally in these elections. But the situation by
states is checkered. In Minnesota, the F. L. P;
though with reduced majority, has maintained
itself as the major party In Wisconsin the La
Toilette Progressive Party established itself. In
California, SnclairS EPIC movement was in
reality third" party movement, only technically
part of the national Democratic Party and the
100000 votes cast for Sinclair indicate the
advanced stage of the process of political realign
ment in that state. In Oregon and Washington we
have similar developments. This shows that the
"two-party" system is cracking and that the proc
ess Of political realignment aided by the defeat
of the Republican Party (Which, however must not
underestmsted-13 million votes cast for the
Republican Party is bound to become more acceler-
aed by the general sharpening of the class struggle
More and more it will be impossible to fool the
masses, to keep them chained to capitalism through
the "two-party system" Undoubtedly the bour-
geose and its agents will try to trap the masses
and keep them chained to capitalism through q
third" capitalist party. Our Party must be aware
of this growing danger and on the alert, exposing
this danger, every maneuver in this direction, and
crystalline the motion of the masses in the direction
of independent class political action, in support of
the Communist Party and its united front program.
T. The Communist vote in all states registered a
significant rise, Though relatively Small) with the
exception Of certain cities in Minnesota and Bridge
port, Conn. Not the very effective Sinclair
demagogy insufficiently combatted by U.s. which
well nigh annihilated the Social Party vote for
Governor in California, could prevent rise in the
Communist Party vote. In this the leading role of
the Communist Party in the maritime and general
strikes found direct but partial expression. In
Minnesota and Bridgeport the general axity in the
unfolding of daily struggles by the Communist
Party organizations, inability to expose correctly the
reformist role and governmental records of the
Socialist Party and Farmer-Labor Party whose good
chances of winning the elections especially the
Farmer-Labor Party) strengthened the illusions of
the masses.
ONE of the difficulties confronting the Comn1u-
mist Party in these elections which was very in
sufficiently attacked (although formulated by the
Central Committee of the Party was the mood of
the more advanced sections of the masses (the
radicalized masses who wage class war in strkes)
to fall for the reformist panaceas Some of these
masses even voted for the Democrats only for fear
that Republicans may be elected (Pa. mining