The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
Reserves PIan Only
With No Federal Hid,
Roosevelt Proposal
Mass Support Rolls Up
for National Insurance
Congress Jan. 5


While workers organizations
throughout the county continued to
marshal their forces for the COM
ing historic National Congress for
Unemployment, Secretary of Labor
Perkins, speaking over g. radio
hook-up last night, gave out the
nature of the unemployment re-
serves" schemes which the Roose-
welt regime has up its sleeve.
The governments only role in its
proposed schemes to head off the
mass movement for genuine unem-
ployment insurance would be to es-
tablish uniform rates of contribu-
ton to a reserve fund" in all the
States, which in turn would be free
to legislate any, scheme whatsoever
In the name of unemployment in
surance, Perkins said.
Not one penny of these funds will
go to the present unemployed, the
aged or the sick, Perkins speech
made clear. For the old-age in
surance which was promised by
President Roosevelt, Perkins out
lined plan whereby the young
would be urged to build up re
serves" for their old age.
Even the unemployment insur-
ance plans, for which contributions
would be exacted from the workers,
are designed to tide the worker
over seasonal layoffs," only, Per-
kins said.
On the other side of the picture,
a sweeping wave of new endorse
ments to the National Congress for
Unemployment Insurance reached
New York yesterday.
Central Labor Union Acts
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. %. -
Adding their Endorsement to the
general wave of support developing
within the rank and file of the A.
F. of L. unions for the National
Congress on Unemployment 1nsur-
ance, the Central Labor Union of
jeanette. Pa, has elected delegate
to attend the national conference
Yukon, Export and Biddle local
unions of the United Mine Workers.
in the same section, have also
elected official delegates.
In Carnegie, Pa, an independent
union of the Columbia Steel and
Shafting Company employees has
elected two official delegates, and
two are to be sent by the indepen-
dent union of Pittsburgh Water
Heater Company workers in the
same borough.
An A. F. of L. blacksmiths local in
Hardwood elected one delegate at
its last meeting, and delegates are
reported to have been elected in
two other A. F. of L. unions in the
Hardwood section.
From the Fraternal Federation
for Social Insurance of Western
Pennsylvania. thirty-one delegates
have been named for conference
in Pittsburgh, the majority of whom
vii attend the National Congress.
These thirty-one include one from
the Lithuanians Supreme Lodge,
three from the Russian Mutual Aid
Society, four from the T. C. o. R.
and Jewish I. w. o. branches, one
from the Ukrainian I. w. o. of
Leachburg, one from the Croatian
Fraternal Union, four from the
Creation Workers Club, and one
from the Hungarian I. w. o.
branch.
Broad Group Sponsors Congress
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 23.-
Two delegates to the National Con-
gress for Unemployment Insurance
were elected by the recent con-
ference called by the Minneapolis
Sponsoring Committee and sup
porting organizations. Two dele
gates have also been elected by the
A. F. of L. Committee on Unem-
ployment Insurance and Relief
Delegates have also been directly
elected by the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks. Ames Lodge,
Brooklyn Center Commonwealth
Workers Association and the Com
monwealth Workers Association of
Rural Hennepin County. The latter
is the central body OF the E. r. A.
workers in rural Hennepin.
Among the sponsors Of the Con-
gress in Minneapolis are w. G.
McGaughren, Chairman of the
Hennepin County Central Commit
tee of the Farmer-Labor Associa-
ton; M. Kurtz, President of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, Local 1885, Edwin T. Hud-
son. alderman of the twelfth ward
and member of the Carpenters