The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01
Danger Seen
By Begun In
]. c. QUIZ
Communist Can didate
Exposes Lehman,
McGOldrick

The supervisory dominated Joint
Committee which led the teachers
Of New York City to defeat in two
pay fights, has begun its third cam
paign Of misleading teachers with
the publication Of replies received
from the candidates for election on
eight questions which concern
teacher interests.
Dominated by principals and first
assistants who led the fight in
order to behead it when it grows
too militant, the Joint Committee
recently sent out the QUESTIONABLE
which calls for yes" and mo- an
swers. The "yes-men" democratic,
republican and socialist have thus
been enabled to promise the teach
ers everything that they can wish
for. with one exception-McGold-
rick
Furlough May Be Extended
Il am confident that if the 1885
budget can be worked out along the
lines already indicated in the ten
tative budget, a furlough for city
employees in 1885 will not be neces-
sary," says the honest" controller.
In view of the fact that the budget
as planned is unbalanced, and since
the budget makers feel every OBJ
legation to provide payments to the
bankers by balancing it at the ex-
pense Of the city employees, this
piece Of "frankness" will fool no
one. McGoldrick, whose present
position forces him to be SO direct,
found himself saying the same
answer to a question put to him
two weeks ago at meeting Of the
Classroom Teacher Groups.
Program of Communist Candidate
Isidore Begun, who preceded Nc
Goldrick on that occasion and gave
the only honest answer to questions
on pay cuts, was not ''honored' by
the receipt of the Joint Committees
QUESTIONABLE. Asked why they failed
to send the Communist candidates
the questions, Begun smiled "Of
course, they would not send us one.
Their purpose is to blind the teach
ers to the real answer, which only
the Communist candidates can give.
They have made it easy for all of
the candidates to answer yes. The
Communist candidates would have
made it hard for them to publish
the ansWer-they cannot afford to
publish the truth" Begun has al
ready pointed out to the teachers
the utterly false promises of the
capitalist parties, for none Of them
is in the position to fight for the
complete suspension of payments to
the bankers and for increases on all
incomes over $1,000, which would
release all the money that was ne
cessary for educational purposes.
Lehman Promises Again
Asked what he thought of Gov
ernor Lehman's promise Of full State
aid, Begun said quickly, his eyes full
of contempt: yes. How likely that
is. It was Lehman, himself, who
cut State aid from the 1884 budget,
This banker Governor, who is re-
sponsible for raising the price Of
milk for the children Of the State.
is the very man who signed the
Bankers Four Year Agreement,
which resulted in the immediate
cuts in pay and which will cause
the extension of the furlough for
next year. The teachers can very
definitely expect the downward re-
vision of the Friedsam Act, which
provides State aid, if he has any
thing to offer in the way of help
to education"
Warns Of Betrayals by Joint Com
mittee
Commenting on the Joint Com
mittee, Begun pointed out that the
extension Of the furlough was clear
from the position taken by McGold-
rick. yet the Joint COMMITTEES, which
is supposed to defend the teacher,
has done nothing to begin the fight.
In the face of editorials in the
capitalist press. which have been
urging both the suspension of the
mandatory increments and the fur
Tough, this bunch of supervisors is
busy occupying the attention Of the
teachers with these false promises
Of the candidates"