The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-02
By HARRY CANNES. -...usae

UNEMPLOYMENT at the present 1--WE is at
the highest point in the history of the
United States. This is due to many reasons.
First, the present sharp cyclical economic
crisis, which Hoover and his bellycrawlers
Green, Lamont and Klein, stated would end
several months past, is now at the lowest level
since the October 1929, stock market crash.
This is conclusively shown by the Annalist
Business Index, for the week ended June o.
1880 When production in basic industries dur
ing January and February shot down to I'M
heard of low levels, the general business in
dex was at 90. To date it is below 80,
Secondly, big plants are closing down by
the dozens. Automobile production is practi-
cally coming to a standstll Ford laid off
over 100000 workers. Steel mills are closing
down. Textile mills are shut. The story ped
died to the workers is that they are closing
for a vacation" or for ''inventory." This is
the sheerest bunk. They clamp down because
of overproduction and because there are no
markets. Hence, to the already large army
of unemployed are being added hundreds of
thousands who still claim "jobs."
Thirdly, one of the "cures" the bosses and
their engineers and economists offer for I'M
employment is the deadly germ which produces
more unemployment-rati In order
to cut costs and produce what is ordered, or
what can be sold at lower prices, the bosses
are speeding up the workers on the job to a
point where they continuously cut down their
present staff without affecting output This
"cure" for unemployment will intensity as the
crisis grows.
This situation, which no amount of lying by
Hoover and his whole pack of pelevox in the
Department of Commerce, Labor and Census
Bureau, who mechanically repeat his putrid
lies can cover up, is now admitted by the
Wall Street press.
Bosses Lie About Number of Unemployed.
Hence, we find the New York Times (June
28) greet the announcement by the Census
Bureau that there are only 2,298588 unem-
ployed in the United States with the retort-
Juggling Unemployed Figures" And they
add:
applying union Ca F. of L. percentage
to all who are gainfulIy employed in this
country would bring the total unemployed
to more than 100000
But Green guages his figures to suit the
convenience of his boss, Hoover.
The entire basis offered by the capitalists
to indicate the recovery" of industry has
caved in. Automobile production, which in
spite of the tremendous efforts of the capital
lists, was 80 per cent below 1929, for the five
month period ended May, is now in the worst
dodrum. 1t is admitted throughout the auto
mobile industry that during July, August and
September production will drop at least so
per cent below normal" During the fall and
winter it will drop to nearly zero. During the
coming fall the unemployed lines in the auto
mobile districts will double.
The building industry shows the utter in
ability of the bosses to overcome the present
sharp crisis by an attempt to speed up pro-
duction. Hoover put his entire energy into
shrieking about increased building. What is
the result? What are the prospects for the
building trades workers? Despite the glowing
kilograms from the AZ governors sent to Hoo
yer promising no end of public building con-
struction, the net result for 1880 is a drop of
OO,O00,0O0, or over 80 per cent below 1929,
and As per cent below 1928. Each week shows
a smaller total. For the week ended June %,
1880, total contracts in POP cities amounted
to $167827,265, as against 1882 ,34O,753 in
1929 drop of SS4,5134S8 in one week! And
this is the height of the building, season!
Steel production, admits Mr.. Barnes, of the
United States Chamber of Commerce, made a
miserable showing. "Pig iron production" he