The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18

spondent asked.
when two children are fighting"
Perkins admitted you don't have to
know which is right to stop them"
Spread the Misery Plan
The conference began with the dis
tribution OF handouts stating that
$4,000 workers returned to employ
ment" in September, and that about
$10,000,000 more was paid in weekly
wages. in September, as compared
with August. In discussing these
figures, however, Perkins admitted
they are non-informative on the vital
question of real wages, the amount
workers receive in relation to what
it costs them to exist. The figures
certainly show the picture of share
the-work in steel" Perkins said, Of
ficially corroborating the trend of
the N. r. A. toward wholesale appli-
cation of the vicious Teagle spread
the-misery plan.
The question of the strikebreaking
weapon of the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration came UP with
reference to the publication by the
Associated Press last week of news
that Federal relief would be with
held from strikers considered "un-
justified" The Relief Administra-
ton has been answering queries con-
corning this by referring to an Off
cial policy statement which virtually
confirmed the story by saying: "Un-
less it be determined by the Depart
ment of Labor that the basis for the
strike is unreasonable and unjusti-
fled, Federal relief will be forthcom-
ing. This policy has been in exist
ence since it was announced publicly
last July. Its republication at this
time, in addition to N. r. A. Ad-
ministrator Johnson's categorical
statement to the A. F. of L. bureau
Gratis last week, that You cannot
tolerate the strike" lends credence
to rumors afloat in Washington that
the N. r. A. will shortly issue an
absolute no-strike edict.
In fact, Federal Emergency Relief
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins is
now in Pittsburgh, the heart of the
Pennsylvania strike area. Jacob
Baker, assistant to Hopkins, was
asked by your correspondent today
in how many strikes Federal Relief
is now being given. He replied: I'VE
have no knowledge, because strikes
are not reported to us. But I'm
pretty sure strikers are getting it in
Pennsylvania because we've had such
great howl (of protest) from the
coal operators"
Perkins was asked today whether
her reference to disputiug capital and
labor as two children" implied that
she would stop the fight without rec
Trying any existing wrong. Before
the question was completed, she
hedged: TITS not the conciliator's
duty to state who is right and who
IS wrong. 1t is his duty to let the
situation develop so that differences
can be settled tremendously"
AS Perkins volunteered satisfaction
over the fact that her figures show
This is the sixth consecutive month
in which there have been increases
IN employment and wages" some one
interrupted to say, This doesn't
snow anything about real wages"
Il know that" Perkins confessed.
THE question was asked in view
of Senator Wagner's recent statement
that due to the high cost of living
there have been some actual reduce
lions in real wages" Perkins was
told
Il don't know on what assump-
tons Senator Wagner based his
statements" Perkins evaded. You'll
have to write Senator Wagner about
that" Asked whether she consid-
cred there has been an increase in
silk vorkerJ wages where whole
sale reductions occurred, Perkins
smiled, I'm not able to say"
General Hugh S. Johnson, N. r. A.
Administrator, asked to comment to-
day on published statements that
Federal relief will be withheld from
workers considered "unjustified" in
striking, said: That's been discussed
around here, but there's been no de-
cision on it,"
Queried on the general rise in
prices, he replied: 1--WE haven't found
any yet that didn't have a pretty
good Justification"
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