The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
JAIL UNEMPL DYED
WORKERS ON Los
ANGELES STREETS
Industry Stagnant as
Thousands Are Idle
(Bu a Worker CorresponSsntl

LOS ANGELES, Cal, (By Mail) y
Francis I. Jones, director general of
the United States Employment Ser
vice, who has just made a govern
mental survey of the unemployment
situation in this state, says in part,
as follows:
Starvation Record.
The orchard and farm work which
began in March will continue, Mr.
Jones tells the world. No stop to it at
all. So we are led to believe that
prosperity" is here to stay. Herbs
hat is in 'the ring" and his "starva-
ton" record may be overlooked under
such favorable condition of continuous
work-paid for in sunshine and G. O.
P promises.
Orange harvesting has begun in
Tulare county, and cotton chopping
in King county will begin immediate
lN the government official an
nounces, to offer additional jobs for
workmen.
Well, the sunkist orange growers
are generally long on climate and
short on change around pay day. And
King Cotton is likewise a very poor
paymaster. The cheapest men on the
overcrowded slave market are hired
to work in the cotton fields. So it is
now up to the workers in the counties
of King and Tulare to organize-in
order to chase the wolf from the doors
of the toilers and into the front yards
of fruit .barons and "royal" masters.
lumber mills have operated with
reduced forces and the oil industry
remains curtailed," the government
report further stated
The lumber workers are hard hit
in the states of Oregon and Washing
ton as well, according to other sources
of information. And California oil ?
Well, numerous workers bought oil
stock and paid for same out of small
savings made during the war Some
of them are still the owners of arts
tic-looking slips of paper-but the oil
promoter artists, who issued the stuff,
are holding the cash What about the
c. c. Julian oil graft case? It has
been before the courts for couple
of months-and is still going strong
with legal technicalities.
Can't See 1t, Tho.
Construction work is steadily in
creasing now" Director General Jones
announced in referring to California
generally. Nice. But nothing of that
sort to be noticed in this city. Shortly
before the st. Francis dam disaster
March 10, Mr.. Scharrenberg, secre-
tary, California Federation of Labor
made a kick because the state did
nothing to provide work for the UNI
employed. The secretary, besides
criticizing the A. F. of L. for it's
stand on the Box immigration bill.
also pointed to law violation by the
board of public works in this connec-
ton. The next day Governor Young
announced $50,00O,000 road building
program to be started immediately.
But nothing has been done yet, as far
as the writer knows.
THE larger plants here were in
fuli operation recently and manufac-
turers of agricultural and irrigation
machinery were reported working full
forces" Good. But where are the
larger plants" in Los Angeles To-
Gated That tire plant" referred to
by Mr.. Jones, isn't built yet. And the
rest regarding large plants is mostly
hot air prosperity" stuff. This city
IS not manufacturing center, except
for the making Of crooks and invisible
governments. 1t is, however, a Mecca
for tourists who want to be sharked
out of their cash.
THE labor surplus at Long Beach
has decreased lately" Glad to hear
1t. But how much, Mr.. Jones? The
labor surplus around the slave market
In Los Angeles has decreased also
NOT because Of more jobs, however.
but simply because idle workers are
either made Jail birds, or told to leave
this oasis Of abundance" for a
healthier climate along the highways
and byways Of this state and nation.
The same thing is done in Long
Beach and every other city in this
Gland of liberty
Backyard Cleaning Bookkeeper.
Mrs. Rogers, self-appointed man
ager of the new free job bureau, 212
South Spring St., continues to talk
about success locating jobs at any
wage. Here we have nearly 1,700|
heads of families asking for work of
any kind" she declared today. Herr
latest Success" as reported by an
afternoon paper, was the location of,
woman who could use man for
few hours to clean her backyard" A
bookkeeper was sent. "He- won't out