The daily worker., 1930-09-27
The Maryland Election and
the Unemployed

The workers of Baltimore are confronted
with serious issues in the coming elections.
The attacks on the standard of living of the
workers by the steel magnates of the Beth
lehem Steel Corporation, the railroad barons
of the Baltimore and Ohio, chemical bosses,
etc. are growing from day to day. In the
steel mills wage cuts are taking place regular
ly almost every month with the speed up in
creasing to as much as 20 per cent Thou
sands of workers are being continually laid
of at the B. and o. In the chemical in
dustries wages are as low as 35 cents an hour.
Unemployment in the city of Baltimore has
reached to over $4,000, with the number in
creasng daily. Hundreds of evictions take
place weekly. The misery of the workers,
particularly of the Negro workers, is enor-
nous.
Lay on Burdens
In face of this, the city politicians who fear
that the workers will turn away from the po-
litical parties of the bosses are proposing
quack medicines for the unemployed Eight
measures proposed to receive the unem-
ployed situation, all of which will only re-
suit in putting more burdens upon the work
ers. The committee which consists of Rabbis,
politicians and Mr.. Willard, president of the
B. and o. r. r. (who, by the way, receives
the full support from the A.F of L. fakers)
to solve the unemployed program. Some of
the wonderful recommendations of this COM
mittee (Which has very much at heart the
interests of the joblessD are the setting up
of "the principle of part-time employment"
which will only mean more unemployment
and lay-offs, the "rousing of public conscience
by press or pulpit" the aim of which is to
keep the workers from struggling against
present conditions, and finally the "organiza-
tion of a commission" to study the unemployed
situation and an "annual appropriation for the
work of the commission" The $4,000 jobless
will keep on starving while the commission
will be studying the unemployment problem"
The takers of the A. F. of L. are not only
supporting these fake programs of the bosses
but are even more brazen in trying to put
the burden of unemployment on the backs of
the workers. An outstanding example is the
proposal of the A F. of L. leaders to the rail-
road workers in the B. and o. shops to pay
one dollar a month from their wages to the
Woll insurance agency.
For a Real Fight.
The Communist Party alone brings to the
workers a genuine program for unemploy-
ment relief through the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill which demands a min
imum of $25 per week for every unemployed
worker and an additional S. week for every
dependant of the unemployed worker to be
paid by the government and bosses. The
Communist Party is calling upon the workers
and poor farmers in the State of Maryland
to support the Communist program for the
unemployed and to vote for the Communist
candidates who are the only ones to fight for
the program in the legislative bodies.
huge election rally is arranged by the
Communist Party for Friday, Oct. 3, p. m.
at the Lithuanian Hail. 853 Hollins st. Com
rade Richard B. Moore of New York and the
local candidates will address the meeting. The
workers of Baltimore are asked to come to
this rally and show their support to their
Party in the coming elections.