The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01


A Third Labor Government?
New Deal, Lloyd George
Model
A LII political forces in Eng
II land are preparing for the
national elections to parlia-
ment, which every indication
goes to show will be held late
in 1885. This is equivalent
in Importance to the presi-
dental elections in the United
State and raises all the questions of
the class struggle to a high degree.
The national government, headed
by the ex-Labor Party leader, Ram
say Macdonald, who is his majesty's
most faithful servant now, can re-
main in power until 1896, if it
chooses, But they fear that dnag-
ging their existence on too long
with drastic issues against the work.
ing class pending would endanger
their grip.
Hence every move taken by the
government confirms the belief set
for the fall of 1885. For example,
the national government has post
poned the operation of its scheme
for a sugar monopoly, for a beef
levy, and for an egg board. The
purpose of these schemes is to raise
prices. The growing group does not
want to enter an election with food
prices going up. The by-elections.
also, have shown tremendous dis
illusionment with the national gov
eminent which they do not want to
mature for another year.
IN 1885, also, the Kings Jubilee
l will be held. The capitalist press,
as well as the Labor Party sheet,
the Daily Herald, will Just ooze 10y
atty and servility to King George.
The leaders of the national govern
ment feel that this would be
splendid atmosphere in which to
try to blur the main issues of adj
vancing fascism, of war prepara-
lions, of attacks on the dole. and
of lowering the living standards of
the masses.
THE Communist Party is now
thoroughly discussing how its
tactics of the development of the
united front against war, fascisrn,
against lowering of wages and the
dole, will be applied in the COM
ing elections
The London municipal election, as
well as by-elections for parliament
hold out the strong perspective of
the victory of a Third Labor Gov
eminent. That this government
would primarily support the pro-
gram of British imperialism, as fer
vently if not more so than the Sec
ond Macdonald government did, is
already clearly expressed by the re-
suits of the last Labor Party Con-
ference at Southport. There it was
declared by the majority of the
delegates that the Labor Party
would support war of defense"
of British Imperialism They fought
agains5 the left-wing's proposals of
even mild Socialist" measures. The
leaders of the Labor Party pledged
their loyalty to the imperialist pro-
gram of the British shareholders
in the vast colonial empire.
A NEW element of demagogy has
II entered the campaign. Lloyd
George is getting into the lmelight
with British edition of Roosevelt's
New Deal. The way for this tripe
was already well-paved by the Brit
ish trade union leaders. They went
Norman Thomas and Co. one bet
ter in praising the initial steps of
the N. R. A. and all other anti
labor measures of Roosevelt in this
country.
The trend of Lloyd Georges pro-
nouncements were definitely fascist.
He wants to restore the "old war
cabinet" in preparation for the
coming war and to facilitate fas-
cist developments in England. A
similar proposal was put forward
recently by the openly avowed fas-
cist Mosley
Besides establishing CDR a n
trust" Lloyd George wants to
strengthen the existing trusts. He
is for a reorganization OF capitalist
industry "a Ia NR.A.) ito take into
account the opportunities afforded
by our colonial empire He wants
a heavy tariff weapon ito compel
international free trade"
He makes promises to the workers
that rang SO Familiarity in Roose-
velt's prediction speeches. But in
England the effect is to disturb the
Labor Party leaders who see Lloyd
George robbing their arsenal of
demagogy with which to catch
votes. The aim is, of course, to pre-
vent the pressure OF the radicalized
masses, backed by the united front
projected by the Communist Party.
from forcing great sections of the
victorious labor candidates into the
line of refusing to follow in the rut
of the last two Labor Governments
OF unsavory memory.
Lloyd Georges New Deal is really
an auxiliary to aid the Labor Party
under the present shsrpened situa-
ton of the class struggle, to hand
the workers the good old American
sdirty deal.