The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-11-14
EASTERN LABOR
NEWS

ployment insurance has had little |
effect so far in stemming the rise
of sentiment in its favor in labor
organizations. A tabulation made
by the Federated Press shows or
CARNATIONS with nearly a third of
the American Federation of La
boris membership going on record
within the past four weeks in IA
vor of insuring workers against
the hazards of joblessness. Pres.
Green and the A. F. of l.. execu-
tive council, following the recent
Atlantic City council meeting, de-
nounced the plan, in wide use In
other countries, as charity and a
dole.
The Canadian Trades and Labor
Assembly, the New York. Utah,
and Rhode Island declarations of
Labor and the United Hebrew
Trades of New York are among
A. F. of L. units which have in
dorsed unemployment insurance,
many of them since Pres. Green's
warning. The Canadian body COM
prises more than 100000 members
as does the United Hebrew Trades
while the New York Federation
claims 100000. Most of the Jew
ish trades are included in the state
federation. The International La
dies Garment Workers, the Inter
national Fur Workers and other
needle trades unions, including the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
not affiliated with the A. F. of L.
! and a strong section of the Penn
sylvania Federation of Labor also
favor the principle.
For Unemployment Insurance
The Socialist and Communist
parties and the Conference Iol
Progressive Labor Action have al
so Endorsed the principle of unem
ployment isurance. While thei
, membership is not large, thes
, bodies WELD influence on many or
/, CARNATIONS and members in tn
, trade union movement.
Whether the fact that union
and declarations with a third of tn
9 A. f. of l.. membership have in
! dorsed unemployment insuranc
, will lead to a contest on the floo
! of the Boston convention when tn
!. executive councils report is sub
: mitted is uncertain. Neither tn
: Canadian Trades and Labor AS
: sembly nor the New York Feders
; ton of Labor is represented in re
: spect to its membership at the 4
: F. of L. convention as representa-
J. ton is on the basis of information
{ al unions. The Canadian assembl
!. sends a fraternal delegate and til
> state declarations are entitled
only one delegate apiece.
/ The international unions ,ins'
o far as they have considered the II
y surance problem, have been int
/ ested mainly in plans covering OF
n ly their own memberships in &c
/ tain cities where organization
II strong. Private companies or joil
8 funds handle the insurance
e these instances.
) BabsOn, Witch Doctor
y Now that at least fifth of Il
Al American population is feeling Il
, pinch of hunger and the serious +
q dustrial crisis can no longer
= CLOSED over in the business pres
20 the silly season has opened for 5
IN lutions and remedies. Roger Ba
n son, chief witch doctor for Amer
le can business, states in an inte
view that business depression
lie are caused by dissipation, disobe
n fence to Gods villa gener
u collapse" The cure is in "mor
g. awakening, spiritual revival al
~ the rehabilitation of righteou
1T ness" Reminiscent of the race
ht early tribal days was the act
business men in Virginia in dunn
10 ing effigies labelled Business d
m preston, Mrs. Pessimism and Mi
8 Fortune into the Atlantic. May
rs Curley of Boston had a real Gu
ct for unemployment, he said, VIII
n he told a Boston Labor Day NEE
to ing that if each worker wou
es spend $40, the wheels of indust
hs would start grinding almost il
k mediately under the impetus
of the billion dollar purchase.
as Let's Buy More Jewels
10 William Trufant Foster, who
of "a reputation as an able economi
M was able to tell a jewelers. CO
he vention that what the count
* needed was for every person
II spend So more than usual with
,s- the next few weeks. He partiC
en- larly pleaded with wealthy peol
to buy more jewels as purchas
of ordinary necessities would n,
er bring business back to norm
CT Other solutions for unemplC
is, ment include: Opening more l
All employment bureaus, as if ii
70 created jobs; spending money
10 public works, at the very I'll
when taxpayers are crying for
- duction in public expenditur
putting men on part time work
order to make hard times ava
n able for everybody; humanitari
N pleas for bosses to add anotl
man In each department, Just
the time when the boss Is figuri
on letting another hundred
putting as much automatic n
" chinery as possible on the sh
N until good times return so II
W manual laborers can get 10
raising wages and cutting hou
at a time when millions are b,
ging for jobs at any price (this
the official labor panacea); c
\ ting down the birth rate; aboli
Am ing the nrofff evufav,n