The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-29

hinder the pressure OF the insiSten demands OF the
Y destitute unemployed masses President Roosevelt
has made gesture of discussing the question OF LOB
insurance" Roosevelt the Of the opening Of
Congress- lets it be known that he has always been
INTERESTED social insurance" and favored 1t gov
ernor of New York. simultaneously Senator Wagner
announces that he is going to introduce an EN-
ployment insurance bill' into the next Congress.
These gestures OF introducing social insurance bills
in Congress are undoubtedly due to the growing de-
mand of the workers for unemployment relief and for
unemployment insurance-foT security against starva
ton. They in contradiction to Roosevelts speech
against the dole" But it is already revealed that
Roosevelt Wagner etc. intend to introduce bills such
these gentlemen have advocated in the past-which
disqualfy most of the unemployed from benefits
of the insurance, by clauses that they must work
minimum time to be eligible, which force the
ployed workers to pay at least share of the in
surance and which give the employers control of dis
trbution of the funds. Roosevelt, while governor of
New York State in the way favored" social
insurance, but did nothing to that the states
employed received insurance
THE intention to introduce meaningless bills is seen
in the conversations which have already taken
place. Roosevelt called in to discuss unemployment in
surance A. L. Deane president OF the General Motors
Holding Corporation, and John j. Raskob also of Gen
eral Motors Ca J. P Morgan controlled concern) to
advise him what kind of LOB insurance" bill
to introduce. Deane advised plan for long term
sue" The purpose, he said, is to "use central in
surance fund to be bUAt NO in good times for
bad times, to supplement the consuming power
It would be revolving fund which industry would
create through premium"
Although definite details were not given these
statements already make it clear that such bill will
mean nothing to the workers except placing those
still working under the fear of losing their insurance
funds, for which they themselves will be taxed. Pre-
pared by employers in the j. P. Morgan finance bank
ing group it will serve Roosevelt material for fur
Tier ballyhoo that he is doing something" for the
unemployed, and at the time will relieve the en-
poyerS Of necessity any taxation for the insurance
funds and will affect few workers. and those few with
ve.y small II viii no, give the starving un-
employed security.
TIE employed and unemployed workers should at
once intensity their demand for real unemployment
insurance called Tor in the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill The Workers Bill, put forward by
the Communist Party and the Unemployed Councils
and Endorsed by thousands of workers and workers
organizations, is the only bill which covers ALL I'M
employed workers. 1t the only bill which provides
for The funds for social to come not from
the workers but from a tax on corporations and on
large incomes; and from government war funds
The WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
BILL is the only bill which guarantees the unemployed
a minimum OF SO for each unemployed worker and
S additional for each dependent It is the only bill
WHICH provides fcr the funds to be administered by the
elected representatives OF the unemployed workers
DEMAND THAT ROOSEVELT TAKE A STAND
on THIS BILL.
DEMAND THE PASSAGE OF THE WORKERS,
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BILL BY THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.