The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-23
The 'ISOCial Security"
Conference

President Roosevels conference economic security
disilusOned all those who had expected proposals
which would benefit the broad workers and farm
and especially the unemployed Roosevelt and his ad
mnsraton leaders advocated not unemployment insurance
but unemployment reserves to apply only to those
at work. The question of old age and health insurance
declared to be question for the future.
The speeches of the conference leaders showed plainly
that the advocated system of the old WagnerLewis bill
granting less than the original bill itself Roosevelt
proposes that the unemployment reserves be based
workers contributions whereas the Wagner-ews BILL which
also meant nothing to the millions unemployed at least
proposed that the meager reserve funds come from taxes
employers.
The Roosevelt administration and the Republican party
to be in perfect agreement the plan developed at
the conference In his recent speech at Buffalo, Ogden
Mills Republican leader clearly outlined identical
proposed by the presidents conference Mills advocated
the policy of insurance for the unemployed but IN
stead reserves for those working and no federal IN
surance. He advocated the vicious Wisconsin law
Roosevelt made bones his speech to the confer
about being opposed to federal unemployment
social insurance He advocated federal law which will
leave in the hands of the states the administration of the
funds For the administration Of insurance benefits the
states the most logical units he told the conference
The funds to be held and invested by the federal gov
eminent.
Those members Of the conference, such Paul
Douglass member of the League of Industrial Democracy
who are close to the Socialist party along fully with
Roosevets policy of for those unemployed
Douglass supporting Roosevelt advocated that workers
to pay the contributions for the unemployment reserves
The unemployment insurance" pushed by Roose-
welt not unemployment insurance at all, but unempoy
ment reserves And by this is meant that those en-
pOyed who become unemployed before the operation OF
RoOseveS unemployment reserves plan, do not get
benefit out of the law 1t is to apply only to those at work
when the law begins to operate 1t does not sound human
to leave the II million unemployed out in the cod but
ether things have happened under Roosevelt that not
less brutal and nhuman to mention only the colossal
destruction of food in the face of starving millions Only
those workers who employed and pay their contributions
will get benefit from the plan while the rewe Mr. RoOse
welt does not give darn.
Emphasizing that his proposals do not apply to those
employed, Roosevelt declared 1--WE must not allow this
type of insurance to become dole through the mngng OF
insurance and relief It is not charity 1T MUST BE Fl
NANCED BY CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT TAXES"
Through his speech Roosevelt left no doubt that the
funds from the government the employ
but proposes instead that the workers out of their al
ready small wages must pay the cost of the insurance
This unemployment reserves system also places club
in the hands of the employer worker for fear of losing
his job and the insurance fund penalty for union
vites will think twice before he takes up an organized
fight for the Improvement of working conditions higher
wages, etc.
On the question of old age pensions, Roosevelt de
cared Il do not know whether this is the time for any
federal legislation old age security On health insur
he did not know whether to this form Of
insurance later on" Mrs Perkins Roosevelt sec
rotary of labor in her later Speech the hand de
cared the president is not opposed to old age and health
insurance and the other repeated obscure and vague
hints of delay in health and old age insurance.
This then, is the program for social insurance" pu
forward by Roosevelt old age Insurance. health in
insurance for the unemployed Roosevelt pro
federal unemployment insurance, but state ere
serve laws which apply only to those employed He pro
poses that this limited insurance out of the peck
cts of the workers.
Those who had illusions that Roosevelt would fulfil
some OF his election promises again disappointed anC
more diSappointments still awaiting them The poin
OF view of the democratic administration been yer,
clearly stated and should be widely understood Those wh
disiusioned may well turn another conference
which will busy itself with the subject of social in
surance but tacking it from different angle than Nh
Roosevelt and his friends
On January s. and z, there meets at Washington D. c.
the National Congress for Unemployment Insurance To thi
congress representatives of many workers and farmers or
CARNATIONS will form broad united front to hrin
together consolidate and demonstrate the great and grow
ing movement for federal system of real unemployment
and social insurance The congress will exert pressure upo
the congress of the United States which will meet at III
same time to the workers unemployment and socia
insurance BILL and real basis will be laid to carry on fur
Their struggles to gain the greatest measure of economic AM
social security. -
Support the united front National Congress for Une
Social Insurance Bill ~