The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-10

Tor N. II. A dAAd OAAO ~,
ministration in line with the pohcy
of incorporating the entire A. +. OF
I, ton machinery into the govern
ment and N. R. A. apparatus.
because of this there is new noIe
Of hone in the publicity OF the
w. E. B. sent out by the !nCeTil Ia
tional Labor News Service eolteo ny
that sterling character, Cheseel
wright the somewhat shopWorn
Turnkey who dates back to the Com
,,ars, neriod. but who still smells
dollar farther than the Father o.
His Country could throw one. 1ne e
clink of government coin can We
heard in the offing now.
THE workers Education News Joy
f,,ilv records that the Director oil the
Federal Relief Administration au,
thorized "the use Of Federal hehei
funds now available or to be maze
available by the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration for the en-
nlovment of needy unemployed per-
cons on relief who are qualified to
teach" various categories OF "unem-
Moved adults" so that they may
take their part as seif-suppor'lhs
self-respecting citizens"
Found Its Niche
This is surely sign that mama
is about to rain down in the sneKeleoS
desert in which the WE B. has peer,
wandering since Matthew VOL purgeo
If of all American radicallsm ano
alien doctrine" along about 1923-24
The w. E. B. has, as the saying goes
found its niche. 1t is going TO ge'
paid for whooping it up Tor tne N "
A. and FDR
The Workers Education News Joy
ously reports; "The significance Of
this action by the Relief AdminlSVra-
ton is far-reaching. 1t marks the
heginnine of a National program Of
adult education through the use OF
federal funds. These changes are
so important that the next session Oh
the workers Education Conference
will he devoted to a consideration OF
fine u. S. Commissioner Of Education
George Zook. and others have agreed
to be present"
The session has been held. IT was
conducted under the friendly but firm
Guiding hands OF William Green
honorary president; Thomas Burke
Plumbers International, president
Matthew Woll, chairman, and Thomas
Kennedy, secretary OF the unlVee
Mine Workers, treasurer.
The whole proceedings, the stem
ographic record of which the wr1tel
has been privileged to see, CONSISTED
largely of alterations Of the VoWe
"Ip-meaning whoever was speaking
and the consonants F.DR. and NR-A.
in the order named. Some confusion
was caused among the stenographer'
by the speech of the U. S. Commits
sioner for Education, whose name
they mistook for the abbreviation o!
some new N. r A. department
Throughout the stenographic RECORD
he is referred to as "the zook."
This is, of course, beside the ques-
ton. The key to the revival Of the
w. E. B. by injections Of gold from
federal funds is the official belle
that workers can be fooled by it intc
believing, that it is an independent
agency. It's function as an N. r. A
publicity bureau, under the guise Of
workers education, is shown clearly
in its call for its recent convention
ut did not hold conventions II
1892 because of the depression
1t was practically dead, The warm
glitter of government money has
brought it to life)
The convention call stated:
"The passage Of the National In
dustrial Recovery Act as the majol
plank in the New Administration
program for economic restoration
stands out as turning point in oul
political and industrial life. 1t af'
fords an unparalleled opportunity fol-
labor to enter fully into partnership
with American industry. 1t place.
upon the educational movement fol
labor new responsibility to assis
the worker in his new task"
In other words, education for the
new efficiency system, for still fur.
ther surrender of the independent
and elementary rights of workers and
their organizations under N. r. A..
This is what the WFR has for SALE