The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-29
BULLETIN

HARRISBURG, Pa, June 28.-
The legislature opened last night.
PinchOt proposed a plan he said
would give II cents a day for each
of the unemployed. He admits
1,115,OO0 jobIess in the state.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 3D.
Unemployment in Philadelphia has
increased Is per cent during the
months of April and May. Add this
to the number of unemployed adj
mitted by various industrial agencies;
the number of unemployed in Phila-
delphia is now close to one half mil
lion. There is no doubt but what the
same situation exists in other parts
Of the state.
The Ware controlled city and state
administrations have continuously
followed straight policy Of placing
the burden for the feeding of the
unemployed upon the shoulders Of
the workers. The famous Lloyd Com
mittee was formed some two weeks
age. During the first year of it's
activities this so-called COMMITTEE
for Unemployment Relief openly
acted as scab agency of the en-
ployers, utilizing the unemployed to
cut down the union scale Of wages
especially in the building trades,
through so-called made" jobs which
meant employers laying off workers
and hiring others through the Lloyd
Committee at half-pay.
Workers Provided Cash
At the beginning of 1882 the Lloyd
Committee initiated drive in which
over 100000 was raised. This money
came mostly from the pockets of the
employed workers. Pressure meth
DDS and threats to workers were used
by the employers to collect as much
as and days off the workers pay.
BY May the $10,O00,o00 was ex-
hausted. An additional appropriation
of $2,50O,000 from state loans has been
used up since May I. Then the Lloyd
Committee announced that all relief
will be cut off by June Is and in a
hypocritical statement shedding croo-
codile tears about the starving unem-
ployed, the Lloyd Committee declared
itself dissolved.
The $4,000 families who have been
receiving this so-called "re1ief' will
now be cut off from any support.
Says Jobless Just Lazy
The Ware Moore administration, re-
presenting the large contractors, I'M
derworld and the bootlegging inter-
eSts, has refused any relief whatever
to the hundreds of thousands of
unemployed workers. Branding the
unemployed as merely lazy" the
Mayor declared that there is nc
starvation in Philadelphia" Police
clubs and terror has been the answer
of Mayor Moore to the demands OF
the unemployed workers for bread and
relief. The Moore administration
through its Lloyd Committee, has
tried to shift all responsibility for
relief upon Pinohot, demanding that
Pinehot call an extra session for
unemployment relief.
A session of the state legislature
held last Fall for the purpose of ap-
propriating funds for unemployment
relief adjourned without appropriat-
ing one cent for the unemployed. The
session cost the state close to half a
million dollars Mr.. Pinchot who is
well known to the workers Of Penn
sylVania as demagogue who talks
about unemployment relief and even
favors unemployment insurance (but
not in Pennsylvania) was able to
blame the Ware machine representa-
tives for the failure of the state leg
islators to support Pinchot's building
program. However, Mr.. Pinchot has
now exposed his demagogy and his
meaningless promises. Pinehot has
come to an agreemnt with the Ware
machine. A 14-point program has
been adopted by the Ware Pinchot
gang for the state legislature session.
'If Anything Is Left Over. :"
According to Governor Pinchots
statement to newspapers one of the
major tasks of the session will be
reductions of appropriations already
made will be laid before the extra
session as a subject for its considera-
ton, such reductions to go, first, to
restoring the appropriation reduced
by the Talbot Act, and secondly to
balancing the budget. If anything
should be left over, it may be used
for unemployment relief"
Point one of the program reads
chat a bill permitting all cities and
other political sub divisions to make
in 1882 emergency loans against un-
collected delinquent taxes for unem-
ploynent relief and to pay the sal
aries Of the full-time employees"
This means that the first act pro-
vides for relief not for the mem-
ployed but for the "full-time en-
ployees" meaning political job hold
ers, grafters, police, state troopers
etc.
Point B, Section 2, provides for the
appropriation of Twenty five million
dollars to meet the expenses Of the
state government during the two year
period beginning June 1, 1888"
This proves that the main object
of tho eaesiop ic not IN na1r, tl,e cfarv