The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
GREEN'S Five Per Cent
Tax on PayrollS

Congress for Social and UNEMPLOYMENT 4ISuIdhCe'
that will bring thousands of working class delegates
to Washington on Jan. to 7.
Green Yesterday issued his own plan for "un-
employment insurance" in support of which ne
calls all A. F. of L. locals to boycott the coming
washington National Congress.
Green has been warning all A. F. of L, locals
against supporting this National Congress, winch
will be a mighty united front of every section OF
the toiling population.
BE on guard" Green has written in an official
letter to every A. F. of L. secretary, against any at
tempt to create the impression that the A. F. OF
L. is in any way connected with the National Con-
gress for. Social and Unemployment Insurance. The
A. F. of L. has declared its own policy of unem-
ployment insurance. a program Of action will soon
be sent to you for guidance in securing state legis
lation"
Well, yesterday this program finally arrived.
It will take any worker only short examination
to see that Green's new plan for unemployment
insurance for which he calls for support in oppos-
ton to the coming National Congress- violates every
interest of the workers in the trade unions not
to speak of the whole working class Of the country
DON'T by point, what did Green propose yester-
l day in his "own policy Of unemployment nsur
anceP"
First the payments for the insurance will come
right out of the wages of the workers through
five per cent tax all payros. This is direct tax
on pay envelopes This will Immediately effect
five per cent pay cut for all workers, in the A. F.
of L. and out. 1t will not be taken directly from
the workers, but it will come ultimately from them
through increased costs of goods or through direct
pay cuts to make up for the tax Green himself ad
nits thsl In either case, Green's plan is careful
to see that the profits of the employers will not be
touched; the workers foot the bill for their own
insurance" when they lose their jobs which are
completely in the hands of the employers
II is against just such raw robbery of the
workers through fraudulent unemployment in
surance" plans that the coming National Congress
will fight. Instead IT will propose the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill, which provides
that all funds for insurance must from the
profits of the employers and the funds Of the gov
eminent; not cent must from the workers,
either directly or indirectly.
The employers are responsible for the crisis, not
the workers. Make the employers shoulder the
whole burden of the care of the workers, declares
the Communist Party, which is supporting the Ma
tional Congress.
NEXT, Green's plan will not give single worker
fits. 1t applies only to those who will lose their
jobs sometime in the future. Furthermore, it pro-
yides for benefits that begin only two weeks after
the worker has lost his job, and does not extend
for more than five months. What happens to
worker after five months of unemployment? Is it
not fact that majority of the 100000 jobless
have not had days work for a year more?
What of them?
Green's plan here is silent IT protects the en-
e,,r&t,n ;an
less after five months-for which the workers have
paid in the first place
The National Congress will fight for insurance
benefits for ALL WORKERS, to begin AT ONCE,
and TO extend FOR THE FULL PERIOD OF UN-
EMPLOYMENT, regardless of what it costs the
ployers in reduced profits.
Gren's plan gives the worker nothing but what
he pays for out of his own pocket and only for
brief period at that
The National Congress plan places the burden
squarey on the employer and guarantees every job
less worker minimum standard of decency and
security, for the full period of unemployment to
out of the employers profit
Which of these two plans is in the interest of
the workers, Green's plan or the plan of the Ma
tional Congress?
Green's plan is only for individual states thus
dividing the workers into separate groups, permit
ting the employers to defeat these groups one by
one, instead of facing united working class.
Green's plan provides that the insurance funds
may be used as threat against strikes, since his
plan provides that workers discharged for miscon-
duct" shall have benefits only for reasonable per-
iod" What is this if not the encouragement Of ter
rorisrn in the shops with the insurance reserves as
weapon? --..-
The National Congress plan provides for full
union protection at all times with no discrimination
for any reason of previous residence, militancy
race, or political activity.
The National Congress plan provides for rising
scale to take care of rising prices; Green's plan is
silent on this point.
Taken in its entirety Green's plan is calculated
to protect employers profits.
Which of these two plans is in the interest OF the
A. F. of L. workers.
viii the A. F. of L. workers permit Green to
break their solidarity with their class brothers fight
ing for working class insurance bill and for social
security? More than $500 A. F. of L. locals have
endorsed the H r. 1898 In every A. F. of L. local
Green's fight against the National Congress should
be taken up. Send delegates to the National Con-
eressj