The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-29
BY SANDOR VOROS
DAILY Worker Ohio Bureau

many WORKER Onlu Bureau
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. "a
employment Insurance Bill will be
employment Insurance BIZ will be
made shortly to the incoming State
Assembly by the A. 2. Of L. League
ers, of not less than per cent Of
cording to Stephen Lesco, president
Of the League. The bill now is I'M
dergoing final reyisions and will
come up for approval in the very
near future.
While the measure which is be-
ing proposed indicates the growing
revolt in the A. F. Of L. for genuine
unemployment insurance, introduce
ton Of such a measure at this time
splits the fight for the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill and
weakens the united front support
given To the National Congress for
Unemployment Insurance. At the
same time, besides containing an
anti-strike clause which can be
turned against the Ohio labor
movement, the proposed A. +. Of
L. Bill gives less in benefits TO the
unemployed.
Workers and their organizations
supporting the Ohio measure should
follow the example Of the fraternal
organizations in the Ohio Associa-
ton for Unemployment Insurance,
which rescinded their previous en-
dorsement Of the Wagner-Lewis
Bill, endorsed the Workers Bill,
and elected delegates TO the Ma
tional Congress for Unemployment
Insurance.
Benefits TO Present Jobless
Consisting of nine points, the
proposed Ohio bill is based upon
the principles that the State can
and must protect its people In
opposition to the Harrison Bill
which is endorsed by the State
Federation Of Labor it provides for
immediate benefits to "an genuine
employable- unemployed" 1t re-
fleets the steadily growing realiza-
ton among the ranks of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor for the
need of a genuine unemployment
and social insurance bill to go into
effect Immediately and not in some
distant, vague future
Organized three years ago at the
time of the ALL. Vancouver con-
vention where the resolution for
unemployment insurance was de-
feated by the Green bureaucracy,
the ALL. League for Unemploy-
ment Insurance consists at present
Of 80 local unions Of the ALL. in
Cleveland. Although it includes al
most every craft and industry, till
lately it did not develop sufficient
activity to secure the needed mass
support. Sticking closely to the
trade unions it only established
contacts in the past week with the
Ohio Association for Unemploy-
ment Insurance consisting of about
two hundred fraternal organiza-
tons that went on record to sup
port the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill (H.R. 1899. 1t is
only lately that efforts have been
made to extend their activities to
the entire State and wide pub
hcity campaign is pursued by issu-
ing regular releases to 80 Ohio
newspapers.
State Federation Slabs at Bill
1t is due to this activity and the
support gained by it that the Cleye-
land Federation of Labor not only
officially endorsed the League but
two weeks ago passed a resolution
demanding action on it Of the State
Federation Of Labor.
The State Federation of Labor at
its f1ftieth convention this summer
referred the bill to its Committee
on Legislation which in turn re-
jected 1t as unconstitutional and
too radical" 1t advised the League
they would frame their own bill or
amend the Harrison Bill, although
the Harrison Bill was vehemently
opposed by the League as entirely
inadequate. 1t does not provide for
immediate BENEFITS, it would not 90
into effect until 1886; one would
have to work at least IS weeks to
be eligible and even then for only
16 weeks benefit, and to cap it all
it would abSolve the State of Ohio
from all liability and any contribu-
ton whatsoever to the insurance
fund.
Likened to Workers Bill
The State bill of the League pro-
poses the establishment of fund
by the contribution of all employ
ers Of not less than go Of their pay