The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Jamestown
Welfare Head
Is Boss Tool
Art Metal Workers Are
Hampered by Larson
in Struggles
By a Worker Correspondent

JAMESTOWN, N. Y-The New
Deal" in jamestown is changing its
promises, from sweet to a bitter
sour. Jack Larson is a man who is
parading under the banner, Friend
of labor" He had been elected into
the Office of councilman by the
workers on a new deal ticket. But
the bosses knew that Jack Larson
has a good ability to serve them, as
he proved during the Art Metal
Strike, so they put him in for Com
missioner of Public welfare.
He was last year a chairman of
the Art Metal Strike Relief Com
mittee. Now he is commissioner
of Public Welfare, and also a chair
man of the Art Metal Union, and
boasts he is a good servant of Man
ufacturerS' Association of James
town.
He plans to put all single work
ers off of the relief list, by offering
jobs out on farms for is month
and board. Now the farmers, if
they are going to hire anybody,
want those with experience, and
even those, they don't pay SIS and
board. And how many workers who
have been working in the cities all
their lives understand farming?
Has Mr.. Larson already forgotten
that there were over 1000 workers
registered for the c. w. A. in
jamestown?
But Mr.. Larson suggested to the
City Council to pass a law that any
worker who refuses to work for
nothing on the farm is a subject of
arrest and punishment.
The following appeared in the
jamestown Post, May 10:
Mr.. Larson after submitting his
report, brought up the question of
men on relief who refuse to work.
He pointed out that in Niagara
Falls there is a city ordinance de-
claring such persons Migrants, with
punishment of a fine and impris-
onment. Mr.. Larson suggested that
something like that might be done
in jamestown, and the board will
take up the matter with the City
Council.
"Mr. Larson said that he had
given considerable time to the mat
ter of deporting aliens, but so far
had had little success, and he gave
brief report of the work being
done along this line in Niagara
Falls"
This is the friend of labor: and
the workers are beinning to judge
him by his deeds, and not by his
mouthpiece. He saved $4,000 to the
bosses during February, one of the
worst months in many years, when
workers were needing more food,
clothing, fuel and shelter, and with
212 more families on the relief list
in that month. He saved $4,000, yes,
cutting down the food, clothing, fuel
and shelter to the workers.
The Art Metal Workers recently
presented their demands. Their
wages at present, in view of the
rise in food, clothing and shelter,
border on the starvation level. But
the management of the Art Metal
has rejected their demand for
Is per cent increase in wages, for
the bosses see that their union is
not a militant aggressive fighting
union, and therefore the bosses have
established horseshoe games to kid
the workers into forgetting about
wages.
The Art Metal workers should &C
cept this challenge of the company.
First, they should elect a broad
rank and file committee; second, see
that committees are elected in
every department; third, throw
those scums who are running the
Welfare Department out of the
union, for they cannot serve for
manufacturers Association and the
workers.