The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-05

WI Mig 4tSLl d1lQ WOHl61l-HTO-
fessional and white collar workers
of the radio audience-All you who
work by hand or brain:
This is the New York State
Committee of the Communist Party
speaking.
You are about to hear the mes
Sage of the Communist Party; and
It gives me unbounded pleasure to
introduce to you a man whose
whole life and great talents have
been devoted to the cause of the
poor and the oppressed; whose
very name is identified with the
great fight against hunger and
misery; a man who is the national
leader of the struggle for Unem-
ployment Insurance; out of the out
standing leaders of the State hun
ger marchers, who voiced in Albany
with inspiring heroism the needs of
two million unemployed in the
State. The National Secretary of
the Unemployed Councils, the Com
munist candidate for Governor Of
New York State, Israel Amter."
Amter's speech follows:
"On Tuesday you are going to
the polls to cast your vote. You
:. have heard all kinds of candidates
and from all parties. They have
all been giving you bushels of prom
ises, loads of pledges. Now the
question is: How can you determine
who is your friend and who is your
enemy, how can you judge which
party really represents you?
at is clear that you want in
Washington and Albany people who
will fight to protect your interests.
1t is also clear that your vote will
be worse than wasted if you vote
for parties and people who have
nothing in common with you, whose
only aim is to enrich the bankers
and trusts at your expense.
Millions of JobIess
What is the situation? Only 43
per cent of the 2,750000 needy peo-
pie in New York City are getting
some relief. New ar,~ LEGATIONS for
relief are coming into TIE relief bu-
reaus at the rate of 1000 a day.
Workers on relief jobs are being
discharged at the rate of 10000 per
month; 1,164,000 destitute persons
are getting no relief at all. Those
who are getting relief have had the
amount cut from $10.34 to less than
So month.
Millions of you have been unem-
ployed for a long time. Millions
more have been put on part-time
work for years. Many thousands of
you have been living on relief
crumbs. It is admitted by govern
ment officials that many millions
now unemployed will never find
jobs again. What does the future
hold for you?
you who are employed, how sure
are you of your job? You who re-
ceive a relief dole, how long will you
be able to live on the crumbs of
charity? How sure are you that
even that pittance of relief will
continue as long as you are out of
a job?
Unemployment Insurance
1.-THE question of unemployment
and social insurance is a funda-
mental issue in this election. The
Communist Party initiated the
Workers Unemployment and Social
Insurance Bill. The Communist
Party has developed the movement
of millions in support of the work
ers' bill. The candidates of the
Communist Party have been and
are fighting daily for unemploy-
ment insurance.
What are the records of the Re
publican, Democratic and Socialist
Parties on this burning issue? Judge
them by their deeds and records,
not by their speeches and prom
ises. The Democratic New Deal in
sures the rich. The Roosevelt gov
eminent is pouring billions into the
swollen pockets of the corporations,
but refuses unemployment insur-
ance. Lehman and LaGuardia turn
over 1928 900 900 year to the bank
ers and they cut the relief of the
unemployed.
"Nor is the party of Hoover and
its candidate, Moses, for unemploy-
ment insurance. Moses is advocat-
ing sales taxes and not unemploy-
ment insurance. This means tax
ing the food of the workers. This
means forcing the burden of the
crisis upon the backs of those who
can least afford to bear it.
Communists Fight for Relief
Pending the enactment OF Fed
eral unemployment insurance, the
Communist Party has been the
leader of the fight for adequate
cash relief for the unemployed.
without the Unemployment Coun-
ellis. without the demonstrations or
ganized and led by the Communists,
additional hundreds of thousands OF
workers families in New York
would have been denied relief Each
time the relief bureaus closed by
orders of the bankers, it was the
organization and demonstrations
led by Communists that compelled
the authorities to find funds, to re-
open the Home Relief Bureaus, to
continue relief.
s'Under the Democratic, Repub-
lican and Fusion Parties relief has
been cut They have time and
again answered the cry of the un-
employed for bread with police
clubs and jails. The Democratic