The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-06

every process to a rigid inspection with view to
finding ways and means of improving methods, elm
mating Unnecessary power and pairing costs to
the irreducibIe minimum
What this means is graphically illustrated by the
reports in the u S. Monthly Labor Review which reg
istered the basis of very limited survey, wage
cuts to the number of SO in July So in August lit
in September, 1876 in October.
Wage cuts have taken place in such central in
dustrial establishments as Bethlehem Steel General
Motors Anaconda Copper Union Pacific Ry, Phila-
delpha Shoe, Calumet Copper etc, and in the entire
coal and textile industries, well in every other
industry in the country.
Where these wage cuts have not been put into
effect openly as reductions in the scale, they have
been put into effect in covered by changes
in piece rates. dscharging of old workers and hiring
of workers under lower categories replacing older
workers by youth, abolition of day work and the in
PRODUCTION of piece work. etc In many industries this
wage cutting has amounted to much so per cent
and in industries there have been even as many
four and five successive wage cuts, during the year
$780,
In the South. which is heavily represented in this
Committee, and where wages even before the crisis
below the starvation level and where the starva-
ton disease, pelagra, is widespread phenomenon
among the workers. wage cuts have been even more
deep going than in the North
Why Communism Is Growing
The reason why Communist activities growing
in the North and in the South among the workers in
the shops is because the Communist Party and the
revolutionary trade unions the only forces leading
and organizing the struggle against wage cuts and
against the inhurnan speed-up
The unemployed workers in the United States are
more and more turning toward the Communist Party
because they find everybody else, and especially the
government and its departments, persistenly lying
about the extent of their probem persistently hold
ing out false promises of relief that never materalzes
filling the newspapers with fake publicity about relief
measures that never reach the unemployed constantly
prophesyng the return of prosperity within go days
while the crisis continues to deepen and hundreds
OF thousands OF workers thrown the street every
month
All responsible" people denied the existence of mass
unemployment until the Communist Party on March
led million and quarter unemployed workers onto
the streets and forced the entire country recognize
the existence of this problem The only response of
the government for the solution of this problem was
the appointment Of the Fish Committee to investigate
the activities of the Communists
The only relief offered by the rulers of America to
the unemployed masses is the bread line and the
shameful crumbs of charity.
Only the Communist Party has consistently put
forward and fought for the adoption of compre-
hensive system of unemployment insurance financed
out of the tremendous reserves of wealth nonopoized
by the capitalists
While the rulers of this country spend hundreds of
millions of dollars every year upon war expenditures
only the Communist Party demands the use of these
funds fcr the relief of the starving masses.
While the government and all of it's institutions
are throwing the unemployed workers and their fam
lies out of their homes, only the Communist PARTY
Is leading determined fight against these evictons
While the federal state and municipal governments
are WaoWlng in graft, only the Communist Party is
leading determined fight that government funds
shall be taken out of the hands of the grafters and
used for the immediate relief of the unemployed
While the only gestures being made by the govern
ment are In the nature of appropriations for public
VylOin N1x, 10
places the tremendous slump that has occurred in the
building industry, and which are mainly new pork
barrels for the grafters the Communist Party organ
ICES the masses to fight for the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill
This is the nature of the Communist activities among
the unemployed and the tremendous response of the
unemployed to this program is the reason whv the
Fish Committee is worried about Communist activities
in the United States
Why the Bosses Investigate"
NO ooaot the Fish Committee is very anxious about
the loss OF influence of the American Federation of
Labor over the workers This is one of the principle
reasons why the government is investigating the ac
tVty OF the Communists and why it is doing everv-
thing it can to bolster up the waning power of the
American Federation of Labor
The reason why the Communists are able IN win
the workers away from the corrupt leaders of the
American Federation OF Labor because these leaders
prevent strike movements against wage cuts and speed
up and help the employers put their measures into
erect The American Federation of Labor leaders
break strikes when they in spite of their leader
snip The leadership of the American Federation of
Labor uses the capitalist court injunction veapon
against the revolutionary unions. The American Fed
Grafton of Labor leadership fights against unen,nov
ment insurance. The American Federation of Labor
leadership supports and practices the policy of Jim
Crowism against the Negroes The American Fedora
ton leadership is directly connected with the whole
machinery OF war preparations and is leader in the
crusade Tor world capitalist against the Soviet
ohon the only country ruled by the working class
Inc American Federation of Labor leadership is
organicaly connected with and is an instrument in
ee hanus OF the capitalist class and its republican
ana democratic parties, while the socialist party is
JUNIOR partner In the same game. The American Fed
Grafton OF Labor leadership is at the same moment
FUSED with the organized underworld the gangsters
and racketeers which are part of the capitalist svs
tenn oil municipal government and connected through
ee poouegsing business not only with the police the
corrupt political machines of municipality and state
oC also with the highest circles of American society
VINO must have profit out of bootlegging as well as
OUT OF the production of the factories
Inc American Federation of labor NOT on ;,,rtr,