The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-14
The Struggle for Social Insurance
in Michigan

state, and utilize this issue not only in the
struggle against the bosses offensive but to
win the workers for the struggle against capt.
talism under the leadership of the Communist
Party
Bosses Fear Social Insurance Bill.
That the movement for social insurance has
vitality and that our Party will rally large
masses in this struggle is not unknown to the
bosses and their agents Already they show
fear of the progress made by the Communist
Party in the agitation for Social Insurance.
The bosses through many of their liberals"
and reformists have organized in the state of
Michigan an organization called the Social
Insurance League" This organization is al
ready collecting signatures calling for an
amendment to the state constitution creating
Social Insurance Fund. This movement is not
limited to unemployment alone These same
elements together with Jerry Buckly recently
killed by the underworld in Detroit have also
formed an Old Age Insurance League also
seeking an amendment to the state constitu-
ton. In this movement are already allied the
labor takers of the A. F. of L., many liberals
and progressive" politicians of the republican
and democratic parties as we'll as socialists.
That the fascist Buckley, who openly carried
on provocations against the Communist Party
on his radio, was connected with this move
on as a memorial to him shows that the
bosses, the auto magnates and the bankers
are behind this movement in an attempt to
divert the growing rehabilitation of the
masses into channels away from the Commu-
mist Party and the Trade Union Unity League.
In fact the Unemployment Insurance League
is openly carrying on agitation telling the
workers to keep away from demonstrations
and the Communists but sign their petitions
and they will get relief from their present
suffering.
Party Seeking Referendum Vote.
But these elements will not succeed, pro-
viding our Party is on the job What the
masses want is food, clothing and shelter and
not promises. They will be able to fool the
workers for time, only if our Party does
not undertake serious struggle for the So
cial Insurance Bill. In the first place we must
tell the workers that only through struggle
will they get Social Insurance. That side by
side with trying to secure the bill passed
through referendum we must back up this
bill through huge demonstrations, strikes and
struggles. The Communist Party in Detroit
has already taken the initiative to popularize
the Social Insurance Bill and to collect 100000
signatures by December 1st, thus placing the
Social Insurance Bill to referendum vote IN
the bienniel spring elections in April. That
the bosses government will place every OBJ
stacle to the Communist Party both legal and
otherwise in trying to prevent referendum
there is no doubt. But our Party will rally
the masses in the struggle for the Social In
surance Bill. We will not only carry on the
struggle TO he Party Social Insurance Bill
but at the same time expose the bosses Social
Insurance League Bill.
This bill sponsored by the progressives. lib
erals and reformers is nothing but fraud In
the first place the bill provides that the un-