The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
Roosevelt Plans to Cut
Wages of C. w. "A.
Workers

NEW UORK.-'Ihe statement o.
President Roosevelt and Harry
Hopkins, Federal relief director, that
four million men have been put 70
work on the c. w. A. jobs, is uil-
true,' says a statement issued by the
National Committee Unemployed
Councils.
According to a report issued il
the capitalist press few days ago
covering lie out of 1875 industrial
cities, which represents 65 per cent
of the city population of this cour-
try, 447oo0 workers have been put
to work on these jobs" says the IN
employed Council. Therefore al
lowing for all fluctuations, no more
than 650,00O have obtained Civil
Works Administration jobs. Among
this number are large groups OF
workers formerly working on city,
county and state jobs who have been
transferred to the Civil Works Admin
istration."
Promises of C. w. A. Not Carried tut
Although Chicago advertised 49,
900 men were to be put on the G.
| w. A. Jobs, only a fraction OF them
have received any work. In Rhode
Island 1900 jobs were allotted by
the Federal administration to the
State, while 10000 registered for the
| jobs in Providence alone. This dis
| proportion between registration based
upon four million proposition and
| the actual number given jobs e
| tremendous, but the ballyhoo being
! oc,zI,at1I ~ rnSaFNnrffnV, -vifh n
A. jobs is similar to that carried on
in connection with five million back
to work by Labor Day.
1.-THE government has not made
sufficient appropriations TO put four
million men to work at an average
Of SIS week. On the contrary, even
the additional proposal TO ask Con-
gress for another appropriation OF
$50 million dollars for work for four
million men from Feb. 18th to MAY
| LIST, also indicates either that
smaller number Of men will get jobs
at SIS a week or that the average
wage will be So a week as the first
appropriation Of 400 million dollars
allowed.
Scale To BE Reduced
1T is clearly shown in General
Johnson's protest against the SIS
minimum wage for unskilled on the
G. w. A. jobs that the government
has every intention Of reducing the
scale" The statement continues
Even though today thousands OF
workers on Civil Works Administers
, ton jobs in the West and South
, are getting only 80 cents per hom.
and even in Washington, D. c., As
cents an hour, the government
clearly intends to reduce the scale.
Politicians and labor bureaucrats
of the A. F. OF L. are putting their
men on as skilled and sent skilled,
ranging from rs cents TO si.2o per
hour. The purpose Is TO get the
men to reioin the A. F. of L. and
, pay dues SO that the A. +. l.
machinery may continue to work.
/ Organize Job Committees
1.-THE National Committee Unein-
ployed Councils points out that i'm
: mediately the workers on the Civil
} Works Administration jobs must gel
organized to protect themselves moi
only from local abuse, but alse
} against the coming rate-cut. 1t Is
not only General Johnson, but loca
employers as well who are making
/ the demand and will do everything
/ possible to lower the scale below
5 that accorded in the minimum wages
: of the workers in the shops This
I means the building up of a CiN
{ Works Protective Association, anS
! the election Of job committees OF
each job to take up all grievances
q In addition there are the million
of workers who have looked forwart
! to these jobs, but who will get none
! These workers should be modified
: into neighborhood organizations ans
!. supported by the other workers or
: CARNATIONS, raise the demand OF 4
! Job for Every Worker at Decen
: Wages Without Discrimination TIL
7 Jan. Is Convention of the Unem
!. ployed in Washington, d. c., will tax
up the national program of c. w.
. workers.
"This is the immediate task 70
the Unemployed Councils, facing tn
workers on the job. Struggles ar
taking place in all parts Of the coun
try both Of workers on the G. w. 4
Jobs and OF those fighting for tn
jobs. The government tries to Great
a new illusion after the collapse {
: the N. r. A. The workers are in
mood to fight. The Unemploye
Councils must give them organizatio
and leadership.