The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26


; Federations of Labor, five Inter-
nationals in basic industries affil-
lated with the A. F. of Las well
as by independent and T.U.UL.
unions and such fraternal organi-
cations as the Independent Order
of the Sens of Italy and Polish
National Alliance, by the First
American Youth Congress, News
paper Guild, Negro Veterans, Farm
and professional organizations and
practically all the important I'M
employed organizations, indicate
quite clearly that the demand is
growing for this form of protection
under the present system.
Workers Bill Endorsed
AS a result of the mass pressure
of the workers, seventy municipal
and village councils have been
compelled to endorse the Workers
Bill. These municipal councils in
clude such cities as st. Louis, Min
neapolis, Milwaukee, Canton, Ia
coma, Allentown, Buffalo, Bridge
port, etc. This represents a mass
of four to five million people in
this country already modified to
demand the Workers Bill.
This mass demand has led to the
introduction of 1875 bills in the
United States Congress and State
Legislatures. The army of more
than sixteen million unemployed in
the United States would not receive
one single penny of insurance
through any one of these bills
except the Workers Bill. In addi-
ton, millions of workers who still
have jobs would be excluded from
the provisions of these bills.
National Congress in January
The National Sponsoring Com
mittee for Unemployment and So
cial Insurance has called Con-
gresS in Washington, D. c., for
January 5, 6, 7, for the purpose of
! modifying all organizations of the
United States in united action for
the enactment of a social and un-
employment insurance bill. The
fighters for the Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill
must be in the forefront Of this
struggle. 1t is the job of the Ma
tional Unemployment Council To-
cal, state and county organizations
that have already endorsed the
Workers Bill to actively participate
in the preparations for this Con-
gress.
The conventions of international
Unions and State Federations of
Labor have endorsed the bill, vet
their officials have taken no steps
to carry on campaign for the
bill. Thereby, they fIOut the de-
cisions of the Convention. 1t is our
job to penetrate the locals and dis
trict bodies of these organizations
and get delegates to the Congress.
This applies in equal measure to
the other unemployed organiza-
tons, such as the National IN
employed League, the Workers I'm
employed Unions, etc. Those that
refuse to participate in united
struggle for unemployment and So
cal insurance are guilty Of split
ting the working class and keeping
it from united action. This applies
also to the leaders of the Socialist
and the Farmer-Labor Party. The
Farmer-Labor Party Federation of
Minnesota has endorsed the Work
ers Bill, but has conducted no CAM
palgn in Minnesota for the bill,
The Socialist Party takes a gen.
eral position on unemployment in
Surance and yet everywhere sup
ports bills proposed by capitalist
politicians and even introduces bills
user, which would exclude the
whole mass of the unemployed
from any protection whatever un-
der these social insurance plans. In
addition, they favor the proposal
OF forced contributions from the
workers.
Must Unite All Forces
With growing unemployment fac
ing the masses this winter, with
wage cuts confronting the workers
IN the shops, with fascist organi-
zatlonS growing throughout the
country and working in cooperation
with government authorities to
smash the struggle of the unem-
ployed and the shop workers, we
must unite our fcrces into the most
gigantic CONGRESS- this country has
ever seen. There Is no r7,o~e i'm
portant question before tie work.
ers than the question of social and
unemployment insurance. There
fore, all forces must be rallied in
every locality and mass delegations
be sent to the congress that will
exert the most tremendous pres
sure upon the United States Con.
gress.
Another question confrontior lis
is the question of unity of all I'M
employed organizations. For more
than year, the National Unem-
ployment Council has carried on a
struggle for unification of all I'M
employed organizations in the
country. We press this issue again
today at a time when not only
united action but unity of the un.
employed organizations for the
struggle for the rights of the I'M
employed is the vital issue.
The Nat nal Unemployment
Council is approaching the other
unemployed organizations with a
proposal of unity. This unity must
be accomplished and those that
stand in the way, be swept aside as
enemies of the working class.
Forward to unity of all unem-
pl0yed organizations!