The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-11
More labor" Day Demagogy

less also pointed out sharply the danger OF the
smashing of the entire capitalist system by 9se
masses of the working class.
"Unless those now in control of industry
address themselves seriously to the task Of
solving the problem of unemployment along
the lines suggested by labor, the entire present
economic system of private ownership of in
dustry will fall" Green warned his masters.
All of the demagogues who warned the cap
italist class of the militancy of the masses also
attempted to do whatever was in their power
20 deceive these masses for the exploiters. The
a. F. of L. leaders advocated the five-day week
hagger system of Hoover as a means to stave
off the crisis. The five-day week and the six
hour day, which was also put forth by the A.
F. of L. leaders, is nothing less than part of the
wholesale wage cutting campaign of the capital
sits They want the workers to bear the en-
tire burden of the crisis. They want more work
ers to work for lower wages, thus lowering their
standard of living while saving the capitalists
from spending one cent for the relief of the
unemployed
Sullivan, president Of the New York State
Federation of Labor brought in another of the
demagogic planks of the A. F. of L., the abol-
ition of the Volstead act. The A. F. of L. lead
ers are attempting to divert the discomfort of
the masses into futile campaign against the
prohibition amendment They know that if they
ulislead the masses into fighting prohi-
bition they VII not fight for immediate relief
and unemployment insurance
In the speech of Senator Wagner of New York
it was openly admitted that the entire policy
of the Hoover administration has been to pre-
vent the jobless from getting any kind of re-
lief. In his speech Wagner stated that
''Under the guise of opposition to the dole
the propaganda has reached far and wide that
the Federal Government is exempt from
vice in this national emergency; that for the
Federal Government, 1t suffices If it 'coor-
dinates' the work of others; that its func-
ton is simply to stimulate local charitable
effort"
The attack of Wagner is not on behalf of the
millions of jobless, but is part of the Democratic
election campaign against Hoover Under the
Democratic governor of Wagner's own state,
Roosevelt, the jobless are not getting anything
but the most miserable slop from the state.
Under the Roosevelt BILL recently proposed the
jobless could at the most get $3.50 to keep
them from starving thru the entire winter -
before deducting what the grafters will get
Wagner's program is public works expendit-
ure for the benefit of the contractors of ST.
900 10000 Wagner knows very well that there
is not the least possibility of Congress passing
such an appropriation and so he uses this de-
magogic program for the purpose of fooling the
working masses and in order to make political
capital out of the misery and hunger of the
workers.
Doak, Secretary of Labor, in his Labor Day
speech, admitted that the deportation of the
foreign born during the past year has been par
ticularly directed against the militant foreign
born workers. "Deportations during the past
year. said Doak shave included an increased
number of extreme radical aliens who are af-
filiated with organizations, the purpose of which
is to overthrow the government of the United
States by force and violence" The Labor De-
partment has been carrying thru the deport-
alton Of the foreign born in order to break the
militancy of the foreign born workers and to
divide the native born from the foreign born
workers.
The Labor Day speeches of the A. F. of L..
leaders and the capitalist politicians have one
and all had the purpose of trying to mislead
the growing militancy of the masses employed
and unemployed. They are trying to crush the
masses into accepting the capitalist program of
wage cuts, speed up and refusal to give relief.
Against this attack the workers must organize
into the Unemployed Councils for the fight
against hunger and for unemployment insur-
ance Employed and unemployed must unite
against the capitalist hunger program. Organ
izs and strike against wage cuts.