The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-03
BY EVA sHAFRAN


For days and days the mouth-piece OF Big
CAPITAL the New York Times and all the rest of
the New York boss-papers have hammered THE
Governor is thinking! The Governor is planning
The Governor has hit on plan for unemploy-
ment relief"
It was an exceuently worked-out plan to de-
ceive the masses of unemployed who are starv-
ing, getting desperate, and more and more into
mood of fighting against starvation under the
leadership of the unemployed councils, Trade
Union Unity League and the Communist Party
Wait" these papers said, "Just wait. Our
great statesman, the head of this powerful state
of New York is thinking; don't interrupt his
profound thoughts-this might hinder the plan.
Just wait until he is through and then every
thing will be solved after this plan is worked
out
The New York Times in particular, has ere
ated whole mystery around the plan that
Franklin D. Roosevelt was going to propose. One
Gay The headline would say Governor refuses
to make his plan public Tht next day the
Times reporter was able to make a discovery"
lust small one-but wait-When the special
session of the Legislature goes into session we
will be able to tell you all about it,
All this mystery for whole week
The special session came along, and the New
York Times as all the rest of the New York
boss-sheets, of Saturday, August %, lis able" to
uncover the mystery: Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt has spoken has delivered his mes
sage in person to the special session of the egiS-
lature And-lo and behold! The mountain has
given birth to a mouse!
$3o0OO,OO0 for the relief Of 100000 iobless in
the STATE of New York
Why This Action Was Taken.
This sum OF S2OOOOOOO is like a drop in the
ocean in so far as real relief for the suffering
and their families is concerned-not to speak Of
how this sum will be used the graft for the
politicians handling the fund. We will attempt
to draw attention to this. We will attempt to
draw attention to this part of the story later
on. Now we want to tackle the question why
this sudden" session? Why this sudden action?
What has happened that made his honor Frank
lin D. Roosevelt act SO "promptly?" For the same
Nj Roosevelt only a short time ago joined in
the chorus Of nothing extraord nary is happen
ing. everything is just as it should be'
Roosevelt gives the following answer to this
question in his message:
This program is the result of many months
Of study and reflection my part am con-
r-~'d at the inc for pIatitudes as to the
necessities of the situation has passed The
tine for immediate action is at hand ="
Unemployment and mass suffering growing
out OF the crisis is over two years old. Mr..
Roosevelt has now discovered" that immediate
action is necessary"
We want to make clear to the workers, en-
ployed and unemployed and we want to tell
Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt: This is lie Mr..
Roosevelt! You have not just now become con-
yinced of the suferings of the masses and their
needs but you have now become convinced that
the masses will not stand for this starvation,
but will fight and fight hard, and this is what
made you act! No matter how little this sum of
$2o000C0o will help; this is partial victory for
the unemployed and won only thanks to
the fight of the unemployed led by the
Trade Union Unity League, Unemployed Coun-
ellis, and the Communist Party
This program is not an isolated fact This
is part Of the general campaign of bluff of social
demagogy, lies carried on by Pinchot, Roosevelt
and other social demagogues who fear the rising
spirit Of the masses. The chief bulldozer Her
bert Hoover too is playing this game Hoover
and his head of the emergency" committee the
millionaire Clifford, let the cat out of the bag
when they came out and stated openly that their
unemployment activities" are due mainly in
order ito prevent plot of socialistic bills for
legislation in the coming session of congress-"
which means in actually: Hoover is afraid of
the struggles of the masses of unemployed ahead
~' Kim. Mr.. Roosevelt pretends not to be moved