The daily worker., 1932-12-16
RooseVelfs Special Session for
the Wall Street Bankers

mention this mass starvation in
his message to the legislature, but
he gives the signal for further
intenSification of the capitalist at
tack against the standard of liy-
ing of the workers and farmers of
the state. 1t is a harbinger of
what may be expected of his ad-
ministration at Washington.
UNEMPLOYED COUNCILS
DELEGATION DEMANDS
Roosevelt has been frequently
reminded of the suffering of the
unemployed in New York State.
1t was just ten days after his
election that his weasel words
about the forgotten man" were
thrown into his teeth by a delega-
ton of the Unemployed Councils
OF New York in his offices at AL
bany. The delegation asked Roose-
Velt, as preSident-elect and leader
OF the Democratic Party to inter-
Vene at Washington in behalf of
the hunger nlarchers to enter
"NSAACoN EOAiNO 1AlLClI AJItleI
demands in connection with the
march were made upon Roosevelt.
AS head of the Democratic Party
he was asked to urge democratic
congressman to vote for $50 winter
relief for the unemployed, plus $40
Tor each dependent and for unem-
ployment insurance. AS governor
of New York he was asked to pro-
hibit forced labor on relief" Jobs
in the state.
All these demands were turned
down by Roosevelt. His deeds con-
tradict his words. As candidate
for president and now as presid-
ent-elect it is his job to help the
Hoover administration carry out
the Wall Street hunger drive a.
gainSt the toiling masses by try
ing to create the illusion that he
is unable to do anything for them
now, but if they only wait until
he gets into the White House.
everything will be all right. But,
as governor of New York, that is
as executive head of one of the
units of the capitalist govern
mental machine for suppression of
the working class, Roosevelt must
now carry out the direct assault
upon the workers.
WHEN faced with representatives
w of the unemployed, this man,
who for twenty years has been
public figure, pleaded that he was
only a private citizen" who can
not tell the president to do any
thing.
Pn0SFVELTS FAKE RELIEF
FIGURES
When the delegation demanded
Of Roosevelt. as governor, the sum
OF $1O0,0o0,000 emergency relief for
the starving unemployed and their
families, he replied with derisive
politeness, telling these represent
atives Of hungry, starving work.
ers: Il think that what you gen.
tlemen can report is very simple.
We have $15,000,0O0 that became
available November for this state.
There is another $15,000,000 au-
thorized by the vote of the people.
No legislative action is necessary
to use the first $15,0o0,0OO. Obvi-
ously that will be entirely sufi-
cient to last if properly admin
istered until the legislature meets
In January"
Let us see how far this Sl5.0O0,-
600 will go between now and some
time in January if the entire
amount were handed directly to
the unemployed. There are not
less than 100000 unemployed
workers in this state If these
workers have an average of two
dependents Ga very low figure) it
means there are at least 6,00O,o 900
human beings in the state of New
York facing starvation or the
threat Of starvation That means
that at the time Roosevelt was
speaking there was available the
obviously sufficient" sum of $3.50
per person for the following two
months or $1.25 month each for
the starving men, women and
children of the state.
THE BRAIN POWER
OF PRESIDENTS, ETC.
Roosevelt refused to call a spe-
cial session TO deal with unem-
ployment, but the moment the
bankers demanded legislative ac-
ton against the workers he was
on the job to ensure them an un-