The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-29
TAMMANY FAKER
AND Green FIGHT
jOBLESS DEMAND
Nationwide Fight for
Bill Sept. 1st

ing Tammany machine, with its
clubbings and jailings for unem-
ployed workers, made his announce
ment at the New York state con-
vention of the State Federation of
Labor. There was mutual back
scratching at this convention be-
tween Roosevelt, an efficient strike
breaker, and William F. Green, fas
cist head of the A. F. of L., and one
of the best strike breakers hired by
the leading imperialists. The day
before Green came out with an en-
dorsement of the candidacy of
Roosevelt for reelection as gov
ernor of New York. Green praised
Roosevelt's miserable collage pen
sion" bill, which gives a choice few
over 70 years of age from 81 to So
q week.
The Roosevelt, Tammany sudden
approval" of the same fake Gun
employment insurance" scheme, ad-
vocated by another capitalist party,
the Socialist party" is part Of the
general boss attack against the
growing struggle of the unemployed
and employed workers for the I'm
employment Insurance Bill being
spread far and wide in the factories,
shops and mines by the Communist
ID Party and the Trade Union Unity
League.
Roosevelt's Fakery.
Roosevelt's Support" of "unem-
ployment insurance" is really the
mobilization of the bosses to stave
off the fight of the great mass of
workers for social insurance. Fol-
lowing years Of study, while the
unemployed starved, Roosevelt's
proposal is that a form of "insur-
ance," such as 100000 workers in
France went out on strike against,
be adopted. This would mean that
the workers would have to pay out
of their constantly lowered wages,
the bosses would pay small share
(Which they would again take out
of wages) and an insignificant part
would be paid by the state. This
would not be unemployment insur-
ance," but in reality wage-cuts for
the workers, so they could pay them
selves a few dollars for short while
when out of work.
Roosevelt is trying to make polit-
zeal capital out of the growing seri-
BUSINESS of the unemployment stu
alton, by making the workers think
he is for unemployment insur-
ance." He is being groomed by the
$50" imperialist leaders for the
presidential race, to divert the ire
mendous rehabilitation of the
masses, due to the sharpening of the
crisis and the tremendous increase
in unemployment.
Roosevelt-the Student"
The hoax and fakery of Roose-
velt's espousaf of unemployment
insurance" was revealed by his
speech introducing this subject be-
fore the A. F. of l.. state conven-
ton. 81 hope" said this leader of
the grating Tammany crew, who
is equally responsible for the jail
ing of Foster, Minor, Amter and
. Raymond, "the legislature will take
up a practical study of an unem-
ployment insurance plan which will
avoid any hint of dole or handout."
Demonstrate Sept. 1st.
Here are lot of phrases of the
professional bourgeois taking poll
tician. He wants "study" of the
question, and no doles. In short, he
finds unemployment insurance" a
good vote-catcher.
The function Of Roosevelt, Green
and the socialist" party is to pre-
serve capitalism and the profits of
the capitalists. Unemployment in
surance cannot be gained from this
quarter. Unemployment insurance
must be wrung from the capitalists
and their state. 1t will be obtained
find billions for war preparations.
Roosevelt and Green, as well as the
Socialists" say nothing about this.
The workers must demand unem-
ployment insurance in the mighty
demonstrations called for Labor
. Day"--in reality Unemployment
Day"--Sept. LIST, under the leader
ship of the revolutionary unions, the
Trade Union Unity League. At these
demonstrations a relentless, nation
wide fight will be organized, that
will be felt in every shop, factory
and mill in the United States, de-
handing the passage of the Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill, advocated
by the Communist Party.
Strike against wape-cufS. do.