The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-27
Worlds Fair Is Monument
OF Capitalist Exploitation

Hurley, wartime chairman Of the
U. S. Shipping Board, Matthew Vol.
labor misleader and red batter, and
others.
Unwittingly these capitalist officials
Of the Fair give the lie elsewhere to
their claim about an impartial" and
scientific Fair. 1t is a small book
let entitled; "A Century of Progress
International Exposition 1885, they
let the cat out of the bag
The cooperation established be-
tween labor and management has
resulted in great comfort to all the
people and promises to develop bet
ter feeling and understanding be-
tween all classes Of the people
Matthew VOLS collaboration
policy, S. A. H. 1t offers hope that
by the further use Of science and the
closer cooperation Of lsborer and
management, the next century of
progress may witness the achieve
ment Of the victory over poverty it
self" Ghosts Of HooYer's election.
promises SIS. A. H.
The very name given to the Expo
sition: "A Century Of Progress" is a
snare and delusion.
The only substantial progress that
was made in the last 100 years, the
seizure of power by the Russian
workers, the enormous progress in
technical development industrial ex
pansion, and collective farming, the
mid fy1pssan Sv, eAa - 1s.s
ing Of the Russian masses as a result
of the Five Year Plan
The Employment Myth.
For many months the capitalist
press has been spreading fairy tales
about the Fair increasing employment
helping to end the depression. etc.
Many workers who were unem-
ployed in neighboring states came to
Chicago in an effort to secure en-
ployment at the Fair. They found
/ long lines of Chicago unemployed
outside the fair grounds seeking the
same elusive job. In all only a few
thousand were hired and these will
soon be laid off.
The ones hired were worked under
severe speed-up conditions in a des-
perate effort to get the fair COM
pleted on time, and at minimum OF
expense. Many were injured in va
rious accidents that can be directly
traced to the speed-up system.
A Century of Poverty Exhibit
This little village of exhibitions
erected by the shore Of Lake Michi-
gan and dubbed "A Century OF Pro-
greSs," is situated but a stones throw
from one Of the largest slum sections
in the city-the Black Belt. There
tens Of thousands Of Negroes live in
Anticipated, dilapidated buildings and
exc out miserable existence, Not
far away from the Fair also is South
State st. and West Madison st. with
| its breadlines, flop houses, foul, cheap
restaurants And on the sidewalks
endless streams Of ragged uneni-
ployed shuttle along.
| Also not far away are numerous
houses of prostitution running quite
openly under the protection Of gang
sters and racketeers and their politi-
cal associates in the city administra-
| ton.
And spreading over the entire city.
outnumbering even the numerous
Lets Go Chicago" and Chicago Will
Come Back First signs displayed in
store windows, are the millions of
workers suffering under vicious
stagger system, and the 100000 COM
pletely unemployed (of which tho
South State st. and West Madison st.
groups are more conspicuous but
smaller section).
Such is the irony Of capitalism
the only progress" it can show Is IN
a gaudy village erected by the lake
The rest OF the city and of the United
States shows clearly decay ncs
progress.