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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
Roosevelt Is Preparing
To NJ aintain Profits
Through Terrorism

ratus than at any time in the his
tory of the country. Today, the
biggest Wall Street industrialists
convene publicly to prepare prac-
tical directives for Roosevelt and
Congress. The recent White Sui
phur Springs conference was Just
such an executive committee giving
orders to Roosevelt. The similarity
to the mechanism of the advance
Of German fascism is obvious.
In the past year, one political
proposition Of the Communist Party
has been confirmed with extraor-
binary fullness. This is the thesis
that all governmental entrance into
the field of economic control like
the N.R.A., for exampIe) does not
strengthen the domination of the
government over capitalist pro-
ductiOn, but on the contrary.
strengthens the domination Of the
capitalist cliques over the govern
ment. Today, in the light of the
economic results of the New Deal
as expressed in enormous increases
in profits for the mOnopoIies. the
truth of this Communist Party thesis
has been proved against all false
theories of liberals and Social-Dem-
Ocracy about the Specialization of
the Capitalist state.
The last twelve months have wit
messed a slash in the real wages of
the whole American working class.
This cannot but find political ex-
preston. The Communist Party faces
the task Of bridging the gap between
the fighting militancy of the masses
against economic misery and the
political expression of this militancy
in class conscious struggle for the
seizure of power.
More and more, the fight for
bread, for decent working conditions,
for relief and unemployment in
surance becomes a fight for the rev.
dictionary way out of the crisis. To-
day, the united front becomes of
decisive Importance in defeating the
capitalists.
Roosevelt is safeguarding tbs
fear" by growing terrorism. as he
prepares to launch his record-break-
ing military machine into the world
arena for the re-diyision of the
world markets.
I:nperialist war and fascism, these
two horrors of capitalist decay are
now the main enemies of the Amer
lean working class which can be
finally conquered only by working
class revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
BY Al Steele

The unemployment insurance
funds of trade unions, particularly
the fund of the Fur Workers In
dustrial Union, received consider
able publicity recently in connec-
ton with the hearings OF the Nc
Cormick Dickstein Congressional
Committee on ''un-American" &C
tivities.
The furriers, fur dressers and
dyers of the Needle Trades Work
erS' Industrial Union are the only
trade unionists in the United States
who have a properly organized and
we'll functioning unemployment in
surance fund, paid by the manu-
facturers and administered by the
workers through their union.
Prompted by inquiries of numer-
Gus workers organizations, the
Daily Worker arranged for an in
terview with Joseph Winogradsky,
Manager Of the Fur Workers In
dustrial Union, to explain how the
fund was established and how it
functions, as en- example to be fol-
loTed by the union.
D3srroves Charges Against Fund
During the interview, Winograd-
clly explained many details OF the
operation of the fund, which fur
ther disproved charges by William
Green, Matthew VOL and by man
ufacturers at hearings in Washing
ton that it is detrimental to the
workers whose unions adopt it. The
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union was denied an opportunity to
present documents disproving these
charges before the Washington
hearing, but they were answered BY
a statement of Ben Gold published
in the Daily Worker on Dec. 10.
BetWecn telephone calls and
various Interruptions Winogradsky.
replying to the question IS to when
5hc fund was established, stated:
we really established our unen-
p'oyr1ent insurance fund in 1892,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
Benefit Sunday

Prominent theatrical people are
contributing their support to the
National Congress for Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance by ap-
pearing at a benefit variety show at
the New School for Social Research
on Sunday afternoon, Dec. so at
2:30 O'Clock. Every turn on a gala
program is a contribut - to the
campaign for adequate unempIoy-
ment and social insurance. Among
those who will be on the program
are Elmer Rice, author Of several
successful Broadway plays, J. Ed
ward Bromoerg. of the Group Thea
ter. Sam JafTee, a leading Broadway
sssf The Bunin and Cutler Pup
petesrs will present an eviction skit,
"Tc aincks and His Yiddene' and
Tsmiris dancers will do satire on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
JonIess on West Coast
Rebuild Organizations

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Dec. rs
TIE growing success Of the unem-
pigment organizations in San Ber-
nardino County has aroused the
workers here to rebuild the strong
movement that was SO successful
here last year.
A mass meeting has been called
by The State Unemployment Com
mi5tse, to which the Relief Workers
Protective League and the Public
Workers and Unemployed League
are affiliated, to take place on Jan.
2, a. 233 South Broadway.
Tia principal feature of the
messing win be an analysis Of the
San Bc-na-dino unemployed move
.rne-.s Tho organization t21e.c. $500
fsrcng. he5 won wc~..- rciief Sudgets
aweunting 10 s73 cash pc raoat',
end additional winter relief such as
Blankets, wood and groceries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29

Among the fur dyers and dress
erS the system is slightly different.
Here the manufacturers pay thres
per cent of the payroll to the fund
which is administered in the same
fashion as among the furriers.
$S4,569.S6 from Bosses
At this point Winogradsky dis
played an auditors report on the
furrier's fund for the period be-
tween Nov. is, 1882, and Nov. 80,
1894. For this period the statement
showed that S64,56e.36 was received
from the manufacturers Two hun
dred seventeen dollars and twenty
cents was received in voluntary do
nations from individual workers and
$394.05 in fines paid by workers for
overtime put in against the rules
of the union, which we're credited
to the unemployment fund. This
makes the total of receipts s55.13l11.
The statement on distribution
showed that during the same period
S40,940l5 was paid out in relief,
leaving a balance as Of Nov. 30,
1884, or S21,24C.35.
Space does not permit dcscrip-
ton OF the considerable work dcne
by the union through its Uncn-
ploycd Local and Council in get
ting additional relief through the
medium Of Home Relief Bureaus
and other social services. We SUBJ
NIT only bare figures.
Through this work, between Nov
1888 and Nov. /, 1884, 473 workers
were receiving relief from Home
Eelief Bureaus, 1921 food checks
were obtained, 3,5l4 rent checks
paid 3.1l8 gas bills paid. 3,112 cleo
trio bills paid, 60 clothing checks
received medical attention received
by "a, coal by 5, $115 in cash re-
lief for single workers was obtained
from the Jewish Social Service as
well as relief from other sources
for Ito single workers, 576 delega-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
Progressives
Win in Detroit
Local Union
Rank and File Men Get
Four Offices in Ed
ucational Society

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 28.-The
progressives of the Mechanics Ed
Vocational Society Of America, in
dependent union of tool and die
makers, in elections held in Local
7, succeeded in winning number
Of important positions, including a
majority of their candidates on the
Executive and District Committees.
OF the II on the Executive Com
mittee, nine of the candidates sup
ported by the progressives were
elected, while two out of three were
elected on the District Committee.
Chris Bernert, leading progressive,
who testified at the recent N. r. A..
hearings, won the election for the
locals representative to the Inter
State Committee.
Win Four Offices
In the voting for president of the
local, James Hutchins, candidate of
the progressives, was defeated by F.
McCracken. The other offices,
however, were won by the candi-
dates of the progressives, A. P. Neil
son being named e-president,
George Mitchell, secretary; w.
Fritts, treasurer, and A. P. Nelson,
sergeant-at-arms.
Three out of five trustees elected
were progressive candidates, though
the progressives secured only one of
the three delegates to the coming
national convention Of the M. E.
S. A., to be held in Cleveland on
Jan. 2 to 5.
Scene of Rank and File Fight
Local has been the center of
the struggle against the bureau
cratic misleadership Of Matthew
Smith, general secretary, and his
clique. It was from this local that
Smith expelled John Anderson,
leader of the progressives, for his
militant struggle in behalf of the
rank and file. The fight for An
dersonS reinstatement is still going
on.
The present national convention
is considered the most critical in
the history Of the M. E. S. A. There
is widespread dissatisfaction with
the bureaucratic. wavering policies
Of the Smith leadership. One Of
the questions that will probably
come up is that of utilization with
the A. F of L. and the building of
one industrial union in the auto in
dustry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29

when we won the strike and signed
the collective agreement with the
New York Fur Trimming Manufac-
turers' Association"
1t is important to note that the
question of the fund was one of the
outstanding demands in the strike.
1t is the winning of the strike that
is responsible for the existence of
the fund
Let no one believe" he said,
that any manufacturer will agree
to the establishment of this kind of
q fund unless forced into it by the
strength of organized labor. Any
union that wishes to establish an
unemployed fund, and ill should,
must realize that 5his, among other
demands Of the workers for the i'm
provenent OF their conditions, if
they are to be attained, must be
militsntly fought for.
Bosses Pay IL Per Cent
In the furriers' fund, Winograd-
SKY related, the manufacturers paid
one per cent Of their total pay roll
to the fund LIST year, and are pay
ing enc and a half per cent in 1894.
What is the method employed
by the union in the administration
of the fund?' he was asked.
At an open membership meeting
OF approximately 1000 furriers, he
explained, committee of II rank
and file workers was elected. All the
monies received for the fund are
placed in a separate account in the
name Of the committee. New COM
nlittees arc periodically elected in
the same manner, to take the place
Of the old ores.
At open meetings individual fur
workers make application by filling
out A special blank kept by the com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29

sky explained that financial reports
are made periodically and regularly
to open meetings, that they are re-
leased to the press and are pub
lished in the Needle Worker, the
official organ of the union.
Finance Reports Made Yearly
As for the manufacturers who con-
tribute to the fund, they can receive
financial reports at any time upon
request. Whether or not such re-
quests are made, semi-annual and
annual reports are sent to the
manufacturers. They also have the
right to question whether or not
given recipient of relief is a fur
rier. They have, however, nothing
to do with the actual distribution
of funds.
rs it true. as charged at the
Washington hearings, that workers
also contribute regularly to the
fund"
This is absolutely untrue he
replied Indignantly. They are pur-
posely confusing the question Of
dues payments with payments TO
the fund. This is charged by the
enemies Of the union in order to
discredit the union"
Pay Two Per Cent
He further explained that the
furriers pay IS cents a week in dues
when employed. When unemployed
they are maintained in good stand
ing and are exempt from dues pay
ments. Back dues are paid by the
fur workers, once again employed, on
the basis OF schedules issued by the
union before a season starts. These
set up q certain small percentage,
the payment of which brings the
card up TO date. Inability to pay
dues at any time during the yea
is taken UP before the membership
committee Of the union and there
settled to the satisfaction of all
concerned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
Wall Street Monopoly
More in the Saddle
Than Ever Before
BY Milton Howard

It is now almost two years since
the Roosevelt New Deal began. Its
basic features are emerging even
more clearly.
And they reveal themselves as
the program of the Wall Street
monopolies for the domination Of
the domestic market and the coun-
try's economy, with parallel prep
erations for the aggressive drive Of
American imperialism into the
arena of the world markets.
1t is eight months since the Com
munist Party held its Eighth Party
convention where the Roosevelt New
Deal was again exposed as the pro-
gram Of the mOnopolieS that would
lead to an inteusification of the
workers misery and the tightening
of their grip on the country's eco
nomic and political life.
Today it is not difficult to OBJ
serve the complete correctness of
the Communist Party analysis.
What have been the dominant po-
litical developments in the past
year. Several things stand out.
First, is the steady increase in
open political reaction as expressed
in statements by leading admins
tration spokesman and simultane-
Gus police and military terrorism
against the workers.
Second, is the record breaking
war preparations.
And third, is the powerful adj
vances which the Wall Street mo-
nopolies have made in their con-
troll Of the government, the capital
ist state machine.
Taken in their sum, these politi-
cal developments express the fact
that Roosevelt is fulfilling his pur-
poSe-the carrying through of a
ruthless redistribution of the ma
tional income in the interests of
the monopolies, giving them larger
relative share, and the protection
OF these monopoly profits, as we'll
as the whole system of exploitation
on which they rest, through the
development of increasing govern
ment reaction and terrorism.
Trend to Fascism
The New Deal, in short, has, in
the past year, made very definite
steps toward the open. terroristic
dictatorship Of the most reaction
airy, chauvinist elements in finance
capital toward fsscism One has
to emphasize here. of course, that
this process toward fsscism is far
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29

mittee in special files for unemploy-
ment relief. The committee investi-
gates each case and reports its find
ingS at another open meeting where
each case and the amount recon-
mended by the committee on the
basis of its investigation, are either
approved or rejected by the mem
bers.
Controlled by Membership
rs it true. as charged at the
hearing in Washington. that any,
body can get relief at the meeting?"
ne was asked.
This is q contemplate lie" he
replied. Let me prove it to you"
He picked up his phone and after
being connected with a representa-
tive OF the committee, he asked to
De shown an application blank. The
blank not only showed the trade and
place of former employment, but
also showed a record OF membership
in the union and numerous details
of personal life. This should con-
vince anybody that no one who is
not furrier could get relief even
if he passes unrecognized through
the meetings where his application
is made and case discussed" he
stated.
Five dollars"
What does the committee do in
the case Of shortage of funds when
new applicants are added to those
regularly receiving relief"
In such cases new applicants are
rotatsd with the old, so that every
one gets an equal opportunity to
receive some relief"
When asked how the committee
accounts for monies received and
paid out in addition TO maintain
ing bookkeeping records Winograd-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
Canadian Unemployed
Strike in Relief Camps
For Right to Organize

VANCOUVER, Canada, Dec. a.
"A strike led by the Camp Workers
Union against the blacklist in the
relief work camps of the National
Defense Department of British Co
lumbia is spreading so rapidly that
40 camps and almost 1000 workers
are already involved.
The strike started when delegates
on an unemployed delegation to
Victoria were blacklisted by the de-
Tense department. After a short
strike in protest against this action
the leaders of the strike were evicted
from the camp. The workers re-
sponded by spreading the strike de-
handing the abolition of the black
list, reinstatement of the blacklisted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29

men, an end TO discrimination
against workers active in organizing
and for the right to organize.
The managers of the torty relief
camps involved have carried on a
consistent policy of evicting and
blacklisting any of the men who
dared to act for decent conditions.
Much sympathy has been aroused
by the strike and a number Of
unions have sent their expressions
OF sympathy and financial support
to the strikers through the Camp
Workers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
Basis Is Laid
for OutlaWing
General Strike
Anti-LabOr Groups Want
Bill Like England's
Anti-UniOn Act
BY Labor Research Association


Through innumerahle channels of
Information employers are being
counselled to acquaint themselves
with the British Trade Disputes and
Trade Unions Act of 1927. Writing
for the textile bosses, J. G. Atehison
of the Daily News Record, employ
ers' paper, declared:
My undsrcover operators advise
that of late there has been great
demand for copies of the British
Trade Disputes and Trade Unions
Act of 1927. Now here is an act
that in elegant language is a hum
dinger. If we are headed for
general labor legislation, / recon-
mend this act in its entirety"
Then Mr.. Atchison goes on to
point out why it is a "humdinger"
Specifically the act legalizes
strikes and lockouts, but in such
case confines them to the industry
in which the dispute arises and for
bids sympathetic strikes. It for
bids strikes or lockouts intended to
coeree the. government by inflicting
injury upon the public. 1t defines
the right of workers who wish to
continue their Jobs during strike.
It forbids the use Of contributions
by workers to their unions for polit-
ical purposes unless so used by and
with the written consent of the
worker and an accounting made
and reported to the government. 1t
would be a good thing if all en-
ployers farniliarized themselves with
this legislative masterpiece
The National Industrial Confer
ence Board, anti-labor employers
research agency, in a press release
dec. /, 1880, announces the re-
suits of survey of What editors
of the Middle Atlantic States be-
lieve to be the attitude of their COM
munities concerning current social
and economic problems" Among
the many questions is this one {:
would public opinion in your COM
munity favor making sympathetic
strikes ana lockouts illegal?" And
they received the following replies
tin percentage of the total number
of replies received: Middle Allan
tic States: Yes, 1853 per cent; No,
21.8 per cent. United States: Yes,
1873 per cent; No, PIG per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
CONFERENCE IN DETROIT

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2S.-The
Communist Party has called a con-
ference Sunday, Jan. 6, at 10 am.
to organize the biggest Lenin Mem
orial Meeting that has ever been
held here. The conference will be
held in Finnish Workers Hall, 1869
14th Ave-, near McGraw. All Or
CARNATIONS are asked to send dele
gates.
The Lenin Memorial meeting will
be held Sunday, Jan. 20, at 2:30
pm. in Arena Gardens, woodward
Ave. and Hendrie. Various workers
organizations are cooperating in the
program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
BARGEMEN ON STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Dec. 90.
-Four hundred bargemen in this
port who have been on strike for
over four weeks have returned to
work, winning a IS per cent wage
increase for most Of the workers.
The rate will be 6712 cents per hour
in place of the former 50 cents. The
rate for overtime will be IS cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29

YCrk delegates IN the National Con-
gress for Unemployment and Social
Insurance. All New York delegates
must attend and New Jersey and
New England delegates are urged to
be pre-ent if it is at oil possible.
Final directives issued by the New
York Sponsoring Committee ask all
delegates to register at once in per-
son at the Office of the committee,
Room Gal, 80 East 18th Street. The
registration fee is 25 cents. The
Office VIII be open daily from 10 am.
to 8 pm. Those delegates who have
sent in credentials by mail must
also report in person.
Fees fcg transportation, food and
lodging must be brought into the
New York office at once. The price
for round-tTip from New York, food
and lodging for the Congress is
Sl0,25 per delegate. If delegates have
other means CT obtaining food and
housing in Washington, the round
trip transportation alone is $500 If
the delegates have other means Of
getting to Washington, they can OBJ
tain food at rs cents q day for three
meals, and lodging for so cents to
S100, depending on the kind of ac-
commodation desired.
The roun drip transportation
which has been arranged requires
that ell who wish the low rate shall
leave together on the same train.
Return tickets, however, are good on
day coaches only any time up to
January IL.
All organizations should report at
once to the New York Sponsoring
Committee on the sale of supporting
stamps and tag-day collections. All
tag-d9y cans must be opened only
in the Office of the New York Spon-
soring Committee at which time 40
per cent of the contents will be
turned over to the collecting organ
tzation. These funds are desperate
ly needed for deposits on lodgings in
Warrington. Funds should be rushed
at once.
New York, New Jersey and New
England delegates leave by special
Gain for Washington from Pennsyl-
vania station at midnight on Jan
4. All delegates should attend the
send-ofT meeting on Jan, at the
st. Nicholas Palace, SO West 65th
Street, where a reserved section has
been set of for them.
As soon as delegates reach Wash
ington they should report to the
Washington Auditorium, Goth and E
Streets, NV, where eating and
sleeping assignments will be made.
The telephone of the Auditorium in
Washington is Metropolitan 9615.
Mass SendOff
There will be q mass Sendoff rally
for the New York, New Jersey and
New England delegates at ST. Mich
olas Palace, SO West Goth Street
at pm, Friday, January 4.h. Out
standing and representative speak
ers will report on progress and OBJ
jectiyes Of the Congress and
theatrical performance will add spice
to the program. All organizations
are urgently requested to attend en-
masse in support of their delegates
and to march in under the banners
Of their organizations. Delegates
will leave for Pennsylvania station
after the rally.
An admission fee Of IS cents will
be charged to all non-delegates, ex-
cept that members of organizations
of unemployed will be given q spe-
cial low rate through tickets issued
BY their unemployed organization.
All organizations are asked to bring
donations to the sendof rally.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
EMPHASIZES
NEED FOR WORKERS.
CONTROL OF RELIEF
Fight for Supervision Over Distribution of Aid
by Workers Is Necessary Part of Struggle
for Social Insurance
BY Simon W. Gerson

This the third ard last article
in the New York State relief Stuaton1
RELIEF administration in New York State is nothing
AZ of scandaous This proved in the two previous art
cles, discussing the little city of Cohoes IN. W.
There that the New York Power and Light Cor
poraton subsidiary of the Niagara and Hudson the or
ganzaton headed by Alfred Schoekopf chairman of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
FINAL DIRECTIVES
ARE ISSUED TO ALL
REPRESENTATIVES,
New England and New Jersey Delegates Will
Address the Mass Meeting Next Friday Night
at the ST. Niholas Palace

NEW YORK.-A conference of all New York delegates
to the National Congress for Unemployment Insurance will
be held at Irving Plaza Fifteenth Street and Irving Place
Thursday evening JAN 3, at o'clock This meeting will
make final plans for the ORGANIZED parcpaon of the New