The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-31
LaGuardid>> The Bankers
MayOr

MAYOR LA GUARDIA of New York refused to
AVA grant or approve Of single one Of the demands
of the unemployed workers at City Hall Thursday
At the same time he told the unemployed workers
that he will carry through the agreement with the
bankers. La Guardia exposed himself as the enemy
of the unemployed workers He stated that he would
do nothing to help the unemployed. To one concrete
demand after another-to the demand for jobs,
for continuation Of C. w. A, for cash relief, for
union wages and conditions, for the Workers IN
employment Insurance Bill-La Guardia gave the
unemployed brazen refusal to do anything.
La Guardia stands revealed as the bankers
Mayor. To the unemployed he offered huge lay
offs and drastic wage-cuts, which he announced
are to begin today To the bankers he pledged that
their interest money their debts, will be paid by
him. The bankers will get full interest. La
Guardia said he must pay the bankers because
81 am pOwerless," because cit is legislation"
The unemployed told La Guarda that the job
less of New York City will force him to do what the
Iowa farmers forced the bankers to do-declare
moratorium on foreclosures even though fore
closures are Legislation"
The unemployed workers learned from La
Guardia Thursday that they not look to him
for any aid, that all his speeches regarding his
sympathy and his advocacy Of unemployment
insurance" are mere empty words The unemployed
heard from La Guardia's own lips that he will do
nothing for them, and is deaf to every single
Of their demands
La Guardia refused to life finger for the enact
ment of the Workers Unemployment and Social
Insurance Bill He refused even to send tele-
gram to Washington fsvoring this bill, the only
measure now before Congress applying TO the six
teen million workers jobless.
La Guardia revealed himself as the instrument
of the Roosevelt government in carrying through
the C. w. A liquidation, the lay-offs and wage and
relief cuts. He made statement to the press i'm
mediately after turning down the unemployed in
which he said, 'the city and state compelled to
reduce the numbers the payroll and to reduce
the compensation" La Guardia announced that 30-
900 will be fired today. OF course in reality many
thousands more than that are to be laid of, He
said that five million dollars month will be cut
off the wages of those kept at work He said sit
may be necessary to eliminate many as 10000
and these eliminstions will be made in accordance
with the instructions Of the federal government"
IN THUS brazenly announcing drastic lay-ofs, and
wage cuts for those remaining work relief rolls
La Guardia shows that he is the main instrument
in New York City in putting through the bankers
programme Roosevelt program of hunger for the
unemployed and millions for the bankers He Is
carrying through the Roosevelt relief cutting lay-off
program in New York City.
The unemployed and C.WA. workers who were
attempting to participate in the one hour protest
strike were brutally dubbed by La Guardias police
Thursday C. w. A. projects throughout the
city were kept at work in many instances by the
clubs of the police. La Guarda is responsible for
this brutality of the police against the unemployed
When the unemployed delegation demanded that
these unprovoked clubbings cease, La Guarda de-
clared ct am too busy with other things"
Not only did La Guardia reply to the unemployed
demands by announcing drastic firing but he made
a statement to the press urging the workers to "co-
operate" with him in putting over this starvation
program.
mo group has right to insist on it's own de-
mands," he said. With the cooperation OF the
public we can make the best of bad situation
OF course, the bankers have right to insist" and
La Guardia carries out the instructions OF this
group"
La Guardia, who himself is well-fed, in putting
through the bankers program, calls on one million
unemployed to cooperate with him by accepting
slow starvation. It is unreasonable according to
La Guardia, for the unemployed to demand enough
food to keep them from starving to death. The
bankers can make their demands and get what they
want from the bankers Mayor.
The Roosevelt program of mass lay-offs of C.W.A.
workers. and wage-cuts for those put on work relief
is being put through
c. w A. workers! Organize on the job. Form
job committees. Demand union pay and conditions
on all work relief" jobs Demand compensation
for injury, sickness and death. Demand recognition
of the C. w. A. workers organizations.
Discharged C. W. A. workers. All unemployed
Demand c. w. A. jobs or cash relief at union wage
rate!
Demand the immediate enactment of the Work
ers' Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill Oh R
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