The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-05
BY CARL REEVE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. A.
'Are We going to stand for contin-
ued starvation or are we going to
fight?" asked I. Amter, National
Secretary Of the Unemployed COun-
ellis, in his report to the National
Convention here. Fight, fight"
came back the answering shouts Of
the 1000 delegates. Amter had just
pictured the appalling effects Of the
rs5 year of the New Deal Of
Roosevelt on the living conditions
of the masses Of the American
workers, farmers and professional
people. With the government fig-
ures of the New Deal itself, Anter
proved that every promise made by
Roosevelt to the American workers
before taking office has been
broken. Privation and suffering are
the workers share of recovery"
Every reference to the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill
brought forth great enthusiasm
from the delegates. eve are deter
mined TO win the enactment Of the
Workers Bill" Anter declared at
one point. There is one country in
the world" he said, (which has
o7nplete security for every worker.
This country is not ruled by the
brain trust, is not ruled by bankers
and employers, but is ruled by the
workers and farmers-I refer to the
Soviet Union" The delegates ap-
plauded for several minutes.
For Unity Of the Workers
1--WE are fighters for unity of all
workers to win our demands Am
ter said. Unity is the best weapon
against faScism, unity from below.
Unity is the best weapon to win the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill. We must tell the leaders of the
A. F. Of L., the Music leaders, the
Socialist Party leaders Of the I'm
employed Leagues, that we will win
unity with the rank and file of
these organizations no matter what
the leaders say. With one mighty,
united unemployed organization,
fighting side by side, we will win
our demands"
The report, given in the name OF
the National Committee of the IN
employed Councils, traced the mass
restitution now existing after a year
Of recovery" wage cuts, the 16,O00,-
900 unemployed, the war prepare
tons of the government.
ROOseveIt's Promise
Roosevelt promised us work, he
promised that nobody would starVe
he promised that the workers should
have security, during his campaign
speeches. But the latest govern
rlent figures, after a year of Roose-
welt and seven months of the MIRA
show at least sixteen million work.
ers totally unemployed The wage
of the workers during the year o.
the New Deal have gone doWr
twenty-five billion dollars. The cos
of living has gone up 81 per cent
The American Statistical Institute
reports a SIS per cent increase il
disease.
'Ndr. Roosevelt calls this recovery,
Amter declared, as the delegates
applauded. But it's life or deatt
matter for the workers. This con.
vention was expressly organized BY
the workers to fight as they have
never fought before.
The workers present shouted theh
approval as Arnter laid down the
challenge to the Roosevelt govern.
ment, Mrs. Perkins Department Of
Labor admits that 25 per cent of the
children of the country are under
Gourished. This one fact alone, that
one-quarter OF our children are
starving, is enough to condemn any
capitalist country. And Roosevelt
told us no one will starve'."
Ar,ter gave figures on evictions
suicides, the decrease in the con-
sumption of food by the workers tt
show the devastating effects OF thu
first year of the New Deal"
Negro workers are hardest hit,
Amter said. Here in Washington
which is under the Jurisdiction Of
the national government. there arr
$4,000 Negroes and $4,000 are job
less. Forty to seventy-five per cent
of the Negro workers are totally un.
employed. One million out of siz
million foreign-born are jobless
There are three million homeless
youth tramping the roads. Two
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