The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-03


- Co2l of raising the ridiculous sum
of 70 million dollars as sufficient to
s2tisfy the crying needs of one and
I quarter million unemployed work
erS and their families throughout the
winter. This intsolf exposes the
starvation role of this committee.
The bankers, bosses, politicians and
their ladies professed christian char
,ty and did their utmost for their
unfortunate brethren" at a costly
dinner at the aristocratic Hotel Astor.
There is where the hold-up of tens
OF thousands of New York workers
was planned and initiated. While they
/ appeal to the rich to contribute, all
their radio broadcasting, all their
/ speeches and what's most important,
their actions consist in forcing the
workers to contribute" to the relief
fund from their already miserable
wages. The newspapers carry daily
eports Of such voluntary" (under
threats of dismissals) contributions
by workers from one factory after
another. The U. S. I-UGKing corpo-
rations, of which Al Smith is presi-
dent, just put through steal of two
per cent of the workers wages for 20
weeks. II. Gi-fcrd c. the U. S. Tel
egraph and Telephone Co., head of
Hooyer's unemployment committee.
put through something similar over
the miserably underpaid telephone
workers, while cutting their wages
10 per cent. School teachers were
| practically threatened with direct
wage cut in order to get them to
agree" on the voluntary contribu-
ton" to Mr.. Smiths private fund.
Mr.. Bayard F. Pope, executive vice.
chairman Of the committee, just
boasted that already 600 worker
groups had been pledged to contrib
ute per cent~of their wages or more
every week for the entire winter. The
SO called gifts of tn various concerns
for unemployment relief, that the
newspapers boast so much about, are
in reality squeezed out of the pockets
| of the workers.
Besides these wage cutting schemes
for boosting their fund the bankers
committee announced plans for COL
/ 1ao+ircr ro,, +,ib,,tio,,e h,y no ,,ttoce;,, n,
from house to house. Mrs. AL Smith
S getting together thousands of idl-
ers, parasites and white collar people
in order to cover the workers Sec
tons beginning November 16. This
bosses are working feverishly and use
every means of forcing the entire
burden of the crisis and unemploy-
ment upon the workers. Wage cuts,
direct and indirect, forced contribu-
tons; force the employed workers,
who mostly work part time, and have
wages slashed, to pay to the bosses
charity relief for some unemployed.
The fake committees are set up in
order to carry out the sacred prin-
ciple of the Bosses don't touch profits
or dividends. Force the workers to
help the unemployed. The collections
are only meant to mis,ead the mass
es, to crush the struggle for forcing
the bosses and the governments to
come across with cash relief and in
surance.
Even the ridiculous, starvation goal
of IL million dollars will be in the
hands of the infamous Tammany
Hall, tin box" experts. The unem-
| ployed need not know how many
hundreds of thousands of dollars are
put away by the Tammany politi-
clans and racketeers.
Workers of New York! Defeat this
shameful conspiracy akainst your
wagesl The philanthropic bosses are
taking bread out of the mouths of
Your children! Stop the Tammany
racket of enriching politicians at the
expense of the misery of the unem-
pIoyedl Support the fight for unern-
ployment insurance and cash winter
relief by tie city, state and federal
Governments. Support the local and
national hunger marches, that will
cmash the capitalist starvation Char
ity' schemes. ard fight for real re-
lief! Serd delegates to the City La
hor Conference that will elect dele
rates to the Washington hunger
march.
s,-72ort tn pre--rat'ors for the
Nc, 'onal Eulger March. No. cent
to the ~raft,ny bankers ware cu:-
ting relief committees! epu6'ate
and drive cut the canyassers CT the
Smiths and Gibsors! The Workers
International ellcf tina. Is organic
inr tie hunger marches to ether
with the Unerv'oycd Councils, the
orga aiZat'o1s of the unemployed
workers, he's organized Red I'm
employed Insurance Week during
the 9th to the 18th of November.
Respond TO the appeal Of the I'm
employed Council and the Workers
International Relief. Contribute to
the Hun~er March Fund.
Workers International Relief,
New York Unemployed Council.