The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-03
By JACK STACHEL
ARTICLE /.
Acting Secretary of the Trade Union
Unity League

Actins Secretary of the Trade Union
Unity League
THE Roosevelt program represents
l the most vicious attack against
the workers ever undertaken by the
ruling class of this country. This pro-
gram because it is represented as q
salvation" for the workers, and be-
cause these illusions are being sprsad
not alone by the capitalists but by
liberals, A. F. of l.. leaders and So
cialists, makes it all the more dam
gerous.
The working class must be aroused
to the actual dangers threatening.
The enemy Is moving rapidly. Only
immediate and united action of the
workers can prevent the actual car
rying through Of these attacks
Why the Recovery" Bill and What
Docs 1t Mean?
Every act of the Roosevelt admin
istration since its coming into office
has been against the masses The
banking holiday aimed to save the
big bankers through wiping out the
small depositers. The economy bills
slashed the wages Of the federal en-
ployees and the veterans allowances
hundreds Of millions in order to give
the Morgans and MELONS and Kahns
an opportunity to continue to escape
payment of taxes on the billions they
robbed from the masses.
The Roosevelt initiation program at
one blow lowered the living standards
of the tens of millions OF workers and
poor farmers, while affording greater
profits to the big capitalists.
The Roosevelt government no less
than the Hoover Government Is a
Wall Street government.
The Roosevelt reforestation camps
which were heralded as assistance to
the unemployed even more clearly
express the class character of the
government and its anti-Working
class legislation. Three hundred thou
sand young unemployed were mill
tarized into the camps. A million OF
their dependents were taken off the
relief lists. These young unemployed
are now refused release after six
months contract service. They are be-
ing whipped into shape for the COM
ing imperialist war. The greatest por-
ton Of their dollar day wage is
forceably taken from them and sent
to their families to save the capital
lists even the little relief they were
compelled formerly to give to the
unemployed.
Rising Struggles Of the Workers
IN the months before Roosevelt took
l office, as well as Immediately af-
ter, strike movements and the strug-
giles Of the unemployed increased and
sharpened. The strikes in the first
months Of this years embraced more
workers, covered more industries and
localities than ever since the crisis.
The militant strikes Of the miners,
auto workers, textile workers, needle
workers, and workers Of numerous
other industries have been able
through their solidarity and mihtancy
to force higher wages and improved
conditions despite the treachery OF
the A. F. Of L. leaders.
Looking for Way Out.
The capitalists and the Roosevelt
Wall Street government realized the
necessity Of taking immediate and
drastic measures in their efforts to
stave off the developing catastrophe
already indicated through the bank
ing and financial crisis, the fall in
exports, and in the growing struggles
Of the workers. To the capitalists
there could be only one ROAD
greater attack on the living standards
Of the masses, lowering the cost of
production In order to be In a bet