The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-11-13
Smashing Defeat OF
C. O. p. Makes New
Party Lineup Likely

NEW YORK (CNA)-A shat
tering of the old political set-up
and the emergence of a powerful
Farmer-Labor Party is foreseen by
close observers Of the political
scene as a probable result of the
smashing reputation given by the
American people to the reaction
airy policies ofthe Hearst-Liberty
League backed Republican Party.
and its candidates for President
and Vice-President, Governor ALT
M. Landou of Kansas and Colonel
Frank Knox of illinois.
Not since the Federalist Party
folded up in 1920 has a major po-
litical party Of the United States
taken a worse licking than the
Republicans this year. President
Roosevelt was reelected by the
largest popular and electoral vote
on record since the annihilation OF
the Federalists. He received the
electoral votes of IS of the 48
states. His popular majority is
indicated as over 9,O0O,000 or q
600, 900 more than in 1882. Lam
don got only the eight electoral
votes of Maine and Vermont. Only
in these two states did the voters
endorse the Hearst-Republican-Li-
berty League attacks on the So
cial security program of the Ad-
miristration. The result was a
thunderous mandate by the Amer
lean people to President Roosevelt
to push real program of social
security and to curb the economic
royalists" and their instrument, the
United States Supreme Court.
The huge totals piled up for the
President throughout the country.
including even such Republican
strongholds as Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, left no doubt as to
the hostility of the vast majority
of the American people to the re-
dictionary, Red-baiting. Negro-bait-
ing tactics of Hearst, the Liberty
League, the Crusaders, Father
Coughlin and other fascist-minded
people who campaigned directly or
indirectly for the election of Lam
don.
Returns on the Communist and
Socialist votes will not be compil
ed for several days yet, but it is
estimated that the Socialist vote
would drop to less than half Of its
previous high, while the Commun-
list vote would show substantial
increase, with many Negroes join
ing white workers and intellectu-
ais in voting for the Communist
acknowledgements, Earl Browder
and James w. Ford, Negro Com
munist leader.
The voting completely upset the
bloated predictions by the fascist
priest, Father Coughlin on the
number of votes the new Union
Party would garner. Father
Coughlin has promised Represen-
tative Lemke, that Party's Presi-
Dental candidate, at least 9,000,-
900 votes. Present returns indi-
cate that the fascist party receiv-
ed less than $4,000.
While no figures are yet avail
able on the Negro vote, it is gem
orally believed (and conceded by
the Republican party that be-
tween So and rs per cent of the
colored voters cast their votes a
gainst Landon, most of them vot-
ing for Roosevelt.
With the popular reputation of
the Republican Party, the rejec-
ton of Father Coughlin's third
party" swindle, and the growing
trend among the Negro people and
labor circles toward Independent
political action, observers believe
that conditions are now ripe for
the building of a Farmer-Labor
party which will be powerful
factor in the 1910 elections. I'm
its of such a party are already
functioning in about a score of the
states.