The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-11
New York Bosses
In Drive to Raise
CitySubwayFare
La Guardia in Tacit
Agreement With New
Attack on Workers

NEW YOR Twenty three
bosses and real-estate owners asso-
Citations. euphoniously known as
civic organizations" yesterday
started their campaign to raise
fares on the citv's subway system.
as a prelude to the raising Of fares
on all subway and elevated systems
in the city.
These groups, supported by the
same Wall Street banking interests
which backed the candidacy Of La
Guardia in the last elections. an
nounced that they considered a
higher fare the only solution Of the
city's financial problem. This prob
lem" according to them as we'll as
to Mayor LaGuardis. is the cutting
down Of the S31 100000 city budget
deficit.
Eoth LaGuardia and this wealthy
group of organizations plan to cut
down on this deficit by further at
lacking the wages and living costs
Of the masses Of New York work
ers, in order to guarantee to the
Chase National and National City
banks the annual payment Of S126,-
100000 for four years, as stipulated
under the terms Of the Unternyer
agreement. 1t is because Of these
bsnE-payments that the budget
deficit exists.
LaGuardia when informed"
about the drive for a higher fare
on the part Of these organizatt tons,
demag ogically and graphically de-
clared; We'll, that's the usual
lineup"
LaGuardia did not, however, let
on that the proposals of these Or
CARNATIONS fitted in nicely with his
own schemes to raise the fare on
the subways used by all New York
city workers as soon as he succeeds
in slashing the wages Of the civil
employees under the new Economy
Bill. This bill has already been
passed in the State Assembly and
Senate. Under its terms, the county
graft offices and all other political
spoils are to be tacitly divided be-
tween the Tammany and the Flu
sion gangs, and a $13,00o,000 wage
cut imposed on the city employees.
The identity of this civic organ
ization's interests and those of La
Cuardia are revealed again in the
following sweetened quotation, from
yesterdays New York Times:
THE administration at present is
committed to the principle that
there should be no rise in the fare,
but if one should be necessary, it
should come after, and not before,
unificatiou Of the b. M. T., the In
terborough and the city's indepen-
dent system"
An indication of the anti-work-
ing-class character Of the forces
working to put through this sub
way fare raise, together with the
demagogic city administration, can
be seen in the following list OF or
carnations which signed the state
ment urging the fare increase;
Broadway Association,
Bronx Board OF Trade.
Brooklyn Real Estate Board.
Central Mercantile Association.
Central Park west and Columbus Ave
nue. Association.
Chamber OF Commerce Of Borough of
Queens.
Chamber Of Commerce of state OF New
York.
Downtown Brooklyn Association.
First Avenue Association.
42d st. Property Owners and Merchants
Association.
Lexington Avenue Civic Association.
Merchants Association Of New York.
New York Board Of Trade.
Real Estate Board Of New York.
Real Estate Board Of the Bronx.
Sixth Avenue Association.
Staten Island Chamber Of Commerce.
Saith 5treet-Aidtown Association.
23d Street Association.
Uptown Chamber of Commerce
Washington Square Association.
West End Association.
West side Association Of Commerce.