The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-08

as against those of the democratic
republican and socialist parties bu
they must also take a stand on the
amendments.
PerniciOus Laws.
"Three amendments, especially
Amendments 4, and 6, are PERM
cious pieces of legislation for the
working class and must be voteC
down. These three amendments are
in line with the policy of the capital
list class to concentrate political pow.
er into it's hands, with the trend to.
ward greater and greater centraliza-
ton and bureaucratism Of the CAPT
talist government. The 4th amend
ment, increasing the salaries of the
governor to $4,000 per annum and OF
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to $4,000
aims to remove these executive Of
ficers still further from the pressure
of the workers and farmers and to
place still greater burden of taxa
ton upon the masses. 1t is interest
ing to note that the low-paid en-
ployes of the city and state govern
ment are neglected by the democratic
and republican officials of the city
and state but the highly paid COVER
nor and acknowledgement are hav-
ing their salaries increased.
Teachers Paid Little.
"The teachers of New York City
had to fight for three years to OBJ
tain very small increase; the librar-
ians of the. city are receiving mere
pittances; the technicians in the city
employ are still clamoring for liv-
ing wage, not to mention the COM
mon laborers, firemen, who have con-
tinually to struggle for half decent
conditions of work and livelihood.
"The democratic and republican
parties have been conducting big
campaigns for the passage of this
amendment, il contrast to their usual
pleas for economy whenever workers
III the city and state employ ask for
raises to meet the rising cost of liv-
ing, The socialist party, thru it's
spokesman, Mr.. Norman Thomas, has
taken it's place side by side with the
two old capitalist parties in favor of
the amendment. Honest and class
conscious workers will vote against
this amendment, No. 4.
Efficiency defined.
Amendment No. 5, making the
governor the head of the executive
department, is an insidious PROPOSE
ton. This follows the action of the
past years when the hundreds of state
departments were centralized into II
OF. so departments in order to bring
about so-called government efficien-
cy.' But this Capitalization of gov
eminent, this rendering the state ap-
paratus efficient, is well understood
by militant workers. 1t means a
quicker and greater use of the force
OF government by the capitalist par
ties against the workers.. 1t means
that the governor can move the ma
chinery of the capitalist government
more effectively against the workers
and for the bosses. The democratic
and republican parties are campaign
ing for the passage of this amend
ment at the same time that they in
crease the police force by TOO, at the
same time that they are fighting for
more Baumes laws and injunctions
against the workers. Mr.. Thomas,
candidate for the S. P. for assembly
in the 9Th District, in the New Leader
came out in favor of this amendment
also. All militant workers will vote
down No. 5 as they will vote against
Amendment No. 4.
Farther From Masses.
Amendment No. 6 which aims to
increase the terms of orovarnor lion