The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-06
Slap Socialists with Demands

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Slap Socialists with Demands
ROCHESTER, N. Y, March s.
The attempt of the social fascists
who call themselves the Socialist"
party, to attack and betray. the UNI
employed movement here, the at
tempt being welcomed by the CAPT
talist city councilmen, was yester-
day exposed by the Council of I'm
employed in the following resolution
adopted by the Council of Unemploy-
ed and read before the City Council
by a delegation of the unemployed:
''Hit Socialists"
"The Unemployed Council of Ro-
chester condemns the program for
unemployment presented by the So
cialist Party to the City Council at
its sessions February "a, and views
it as nothing else but an effort on
the part of that party to make po-
litical capital out of the suffering
of the unemployed workers of Ro-
chester.
''The Unemployed Council consid-
ers this program as reactionary,
which, even if adopted and put into
force, will bring no relief to the
mass of unemployed, but will serve
instead to retard and crush the eff
forts of the unemployed workers for
relief.
Though the Socialist Party de-
clares in its program that the capt.
talist system is responsible for the
prevailing unemployed and suffering
of the workers, the effect of IFS
proposals, if carried out, for the
formation of an unemployed con-
ference constituted principally of
the business men, their government
and its relief and employment aeen-
cies, would be surrender of the de-
mands of the unemployed to the ten
der mercies Of the very class respon-
sible for the present unemployment
and the general attacks upon the
wage and working conditions of the
whole working class.
GLOW considerable the present city
administration of Mayor Story is
for the interests of the workers has
already been demonstrated when it
proceeded to employ for painting
and carpenter work, workers at the
rate of wages of the common Ia
borer.
"The Socialist proposal to estab-
fish an unemployment fund, one
third of which is to be taken from
the wages of the workers is nothing
else but an open support by the So
cialist Party of the present wage
slashing campaign of the employing
class.
"The Socialist Party is fully
aware of the fact that the wages of
the workers, even in New York
State, have never reached the stand
ards for decency and comfort declar-
ed essential by many governmental
departments.
"Today, as result of the speed-up
and part time employment, etc I
wages have reached new low levels.
To suggest further reduction for
any purpose, every worker can only
consider as another attack upon his
wages. Furthermore, to demand
that the workers contribute to re-
lieve situation for which the work
ers are not responsible, and for
which the Socialist Party holds the
capitalist system to blame, is only
an act of treachery.
Counter Demands
GAS against the proposals of the
Socialist Party, the Unemployed
Council Of Rochester proposes:
81. Complete insurance against un-
employment, to be provided by the
government, financed by taxes on
income, inheritance, and profits pro-
viding wages of $15 per week for
each unemployed worker, with So
additional for each dependent with
out exceptions or disqualifications.
''2. Administration Of unemploy-
ment benefits to be in the hands of
the workers elected from shops and
unemployed organizations, with alb |