The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-27
JohnSon'S Resignation

GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON steps
u out as Administrator Of the n. R. A.
lust before the Congressional elections
which are to mark the opening of the
floodgates of new Roosevelt campaign
of demagogy.
Closely tied I'D with the Morgan interests, Man
Friday of Bernard Baruch Wall Street Spectator,
the General played an important role in putting
over the NR.A as the instrument Of finance capital
He has been identified in the N.R.A. with the
lob of acting to break nearly every important strike
that took place in the Is months of the NRA
The auto. STEEL marine, textile workers and coal
miners have had their fill of breakdown on-them
johnson To the workers he is identified with the
smashing down of their living standards and raising
the profits of his friends, the Swopes, RocketelerS
Ndorgans Fords, du Points.
Even the A. F. of L. leaders, realizing the seeth-
ing volcano of discomfort against the N.R.A. among
the rank and file strove to direct the outburst solely
against the General.
NOW the General goes, not without the regret and
~ best wishes Of Roosevelt. But his going marks
the end of the early period of demagogy behind
which the brutal savage policies of the big trusts
and banks were put over, and the necessity of
Roosevelt is opening up a drive, with new.
forces behind which the attacks on the workers
will be carried still further.
Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Johnson IN
order in the eyes of the masses to dsassociate him
sef from the obvious dirty swinde put over on the
workers through the MIRA and to raise hopes
that with change in administration the workers
can expect better treatment.
But as the Communist Party pointed out from
the very first day of the N.R.A, the policies and
deeds of johnson were one hundred per cent in
accord with the wishes of Roosevelt.
Every strike broken by Johnson with the aid Of
Green, Lewis German g. Co. received the blessings
of Roosevelt. Where johnson was forced to step
aside as in the betrayal of the auto workers, Roose
welt himself stepped in. The same was true in the
textile strike se-out Roosevelt took the laboring
oar.
IVES there will be a change in the MIRA The
1 NRA codes have been shacked on the workers.
s.-.seoreaking policies have been worked out more
in detail. With the sharpening of the economic
crisis the employers require sharper attacks against
the workers, especially against the mounting wave
of militant strikes Gen. Johnson the Roosevelt
front of the N-R.A. is too openly besmirched with
the whole rotten attack on the workers new
front is needed, and especially new campaign Of
lying promises to replace those Johnson peddled to
the workers 50 literally and shamelessy.
Johnson's leaving, however does not mean break
ing of Roosevets ties with Johnsons superiors the
Morgans, the Melons and Roekefellers. Behind
the scenes moves Johnson's boss Bernard Baruch,
who will play very important role in the NRA,
whether officially in the secret confabs in the
White House.
Roosevets political supporters will utilize john
sons resignation and the touted change in the
N.R.A., in order to try to win the masses behind
New Deal candidates. They will promise them cor
rection of the abuses" of the MIRA a New Deal
within the New Deal everything to get the workers
to support the government of Wall Street.
ONLY the Communist Party from the very begin
" ming exposed and fought the NRA Only the
Communist Party in it's election campaign and
its day-to-day activity is rousing the workers to
throw off the NR.A. shackles to fight for increased
wages, for relief, for unemployment insurance, for
every civil and trade union right Johnson and now
Roosevelt trying to destroy.
The battle against the whole MIRA and the
New Deal, despite the individual disagreenentS Of
the employers over precisely what kind of dema-
gogy should should not go into it, must be taken
up with still greater energy. That will be done
best under the leadership of the Communist Party.
In the coming elections, every worker fighting
against the miserable conditions imposed on him by
the New Deal should vote Communist.