The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-03
WORKERS AGAINST BOSSES! FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE!
AGAINSTWAGE CUTS, BOSSES WAR!
BY I. ANIrER.

acute Danger of War Against the
Soviet Union. For the bosses, through
their various parties, Democratic,
Republican and Socialist, the issues
are "cIean government, reforestation
measures, etc, to fool the workers.
Just before election, the bosses
have begun their charity drive for re-
lief of the unemployed. With more
than 100000 in the city of New York
alone, according to MIR. Rybich of the
City Employment Bureau, the relief
to be raised through proposed legis-
lation by the city-$15.00 900;
through appropriations by the state
legislature 2O,OOO,O0O for the entire
state; and through the charity drive
$12,000,0O0, the 100000 workers of
New York will have to support them
selves and their families on a maxi
mum of S42 through the entire win
ter. The unemployed workers are
condemned by the bosses to further
starvation, so that the bosses profits
may remain high.
But even this amount will not
reach the unemployed. Part of this
the major parts for so-called
work" Construction, cleaning work,
etc, will swallow the bigger part of
these sums, and as matter of course,
the graft to the politicians, Contrac-
ta~. ~r-iII obcOy-N 4I,a Eo;oro,. MORT rF
the sum. The politicians, from Walk
er through his secretary and agent"
Sherwood, who is known to have tax
en- at least 100000; Doyle, Farley,
McQuade and the endless hst-will
continue to fill their pockets, in trne
boss fashion. Thus the unemployed
will starve-while the bosses and
their parties are shedding tears about
the misery of the unemployed, are
holding big dinners to eat for the
unemployed; while Walker goes to
Harlem and makes big promises
about what he will do for the unem-
ployed, etc.
The Communist Party is the only
party that has clear-cut program
for the unemployed of this country
The Communist Party demands that
the city OF New York appropriate out
Of the mheard-of budget of more
than 1881 100000, S200,0O0,00O for I'M
employed reIef-$150 for each unem-
ployed worker as winter relief, and
$50 for at least one dependent. This
shall be taken out of the present
budget, and in order to achieve it,
the following shall be done: the sal
aries Of all officials shall be cut to a
maximum of $1,000. Walker now gets
$4,000 and costs the city, through
secretaries, limousineS, ETC., 1923, 740
year. AlderInanic President Mckee
costs the city $81,73O; the borough
presidents cost the city tens of thoul
sands more each. The Communist
Party demands the cancellation of
appropriations for the national guard
strike breaking purposes. The Com
niuniSt Party demands that all con-
tracts be sifted, the graft be cut out
and thus at least $100,000,000 can be
taken from the city budget for the re-
lief Of the unemployed. In addition
the Communist Party proposes a
graduated tax on all incomes above
$1,000, and a levy on all capital OF
100000 and above In this way the
fund of S20e,000,0O0 can be raised
But this fund shall not be admins
tered by the crooks and grafters, who
sit in city hail. but by commission
representing the Unemployed Coun-
ellis, unions, etc.
The boss politicians say that the
Communists are dreamers. These
politicians only know about hunger
from the newspapers, by going to the
registration places, or now by going
into the neighborhoods to solicit votes
They have nothing to do with the
working class, except to rob it. The
Communist Party, the only party rep
resenting the working class, makes
the demands that the workers put up
The Communist Party, in addition
tells the workers that only by organ
ing into the Unemployed Councils
and fighting for relief, will the work.
erS get what they demand. The Com.
munist Party is Organizing the work.
ers for these demands, and will con
tinue the fight through the winter
In spite of police terror, laws agains
voluntary idlers," as introduced b,
Mckee, against forced Iabor-aIl out
wood before they ian get relief
against the derision not TO register o
give work to unemployed workers o
20 years and under; against discrimi
nation against the foreign-born ant
particularly the Negro workers. Thi
is the fight that the Communis
Party pledges to the workers-ant
for this reason alone the workers vii
vote for the Communist Party as tn
only party fighting for the interest
of the 100000 unemployed of Ney
York.
There is no factory or shop il
which the workers have not suffered
one wage cut after the other. TIL
general wage slashing campaign /
on, the bosses being determined t.
cut the wages to the bottom. TIL
building trades workers are not get
ting the scale. Not per cent &c