The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-25
A. FL. Chiefs Are
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publican speaker of the Assembly and
John Sullivan. ut is seen here that
when action is believed necessary
against the workers, the Democratic
and Republican spokesman of Wall
Street forget about Party lines and
work in perfect harmony.
The ALL. leader attended as a
member of the State Temporary Re
lief Administration. With Sullivan,
we're Harry L. Hopkins, chairman of
the relief body. and Charles A. Os-
borne, capitalist publisher and also
member.
Sullivan Provided Argument
At this meeting, the politicians
fortified themselves with arguments
against a special session of the legis-
latre. The chief alibi to smash the
demands of the workers was provided
by the ALL. leader, assisted by his
two associates. The next day RooSe-
welt announced that following out the
recommendations of the Sullivan
group, he would take no action for
relief
Sullivan, it developed, opposed a
legislative session on the grounds that
the voters we're soon to ballot on
$30,000,000 relief bond issue. The
treachery of his act was unwittingly
exposed in a statement by one of
Sullivan's own fellow flunkeys Of the
bankers.
W. w. Petit, Executive Director of
the State Relief Administration. had
announced before the conference that
$l50,000,000 would be needed for re-
Lief purposes. Clearly then, Sullivan
knew that the S30,0O0,00O he talked
about was just one-fifth of the sum
needed to prevent widespread starva-
ton (even at the conservative estiIn-
ates Of his own AUDITOR.
Furthermore, of the $30,000,000 is
sue to which Sullivan referred, only
$15,000000 thus far has been made
available for relief. In the final an
alysis. the ALL. leader had plotted
to cut down by many times the act
ual amount required for relief Of the
johless and the hungry of New York
State.
With more than 100000 iobless
in the State and millions more fac
ing starvation, Sullivan stands in
dicted as having perpetrated one of
the blacklist crimes against the work.
ers in the history of the class strug-
giles in America.
Sullivans betrayal Of the distressed
millions paved the way for another
conference.-the time a conference to
cut wages and fire workers through
out the State. On December l, 1882,
Lehman, then Acting Governor, call
ed meeting at the dictation of the
bankers to inaugurate a 'retrench-
ment" program. Those present in
cluded Winthrop w. Aldrich, Presi-
dent Of the Chase National Bank,
and Charles E. Mitchell, Chairman
of the National City Bank. These
bankers represented a syndicate
closely allied with j. P Morgan and
Company, Also in attendance were
Acting Mayor Joseph V. Mckee and
Comptroller Charles w Berry.
Relief Inssue Barred
The following day 1t was announced
that an extraordinary session" of the
legislature would be convened on
December 9th to deal with the fin
ancial' status Of New York City and
other localities. On December 9Th,
Roosevelt emphasized that the legis-
lature would be restricted in its work
and that consideration of the relief
issue would not be permitted.
That was the signal to the Senate
and Assembly to prepare for the rail-
reading of anti-working class legisla-
ton Thereupon. senators and as
semblymen Of the two major capital
list parties began pushing through the
orders of the bankers with smooth
precision. LEGISLATION was promptly
passed to slash the wages of civil SER
vice employees. The dismissal of work.
ers from state and city departments
has just started anew.
Workers to Pay
In the meantime, Governor Lehman
has stated that at least 100000 900
in taxes must be levied for state
revenue-taXes, every cent Of which
the workers will be made to pay! And
the governor has also rewarded Sui
lvan for his valuable work for the
Wall Street interests. The ALL.
leader has been appointed a member
of the Licquor Control Commission.
Sullivan is now serving the bankers
in two official posts.
The working class activities of
ether ALL. leaders will be discussed
in tomorrow's issue.