The daily worker., 1934-12-26
William Green Supports Plan Of Roosevelt Committee
Exclude 100000 JobIess from Insurance Benefit

a few hours or day, he will again
have to wait for four weeks. This
can occur over and over again, fol
the bill provides that a worker can
not refuse work in his own trade
at normal wages. Thus a bill of
this kind has only one aim-tO pre-
vent the worker from obtain bene-
fit.
The bill does not state which
categories of workers shall receive
benefits. But judging by the Wag-
ner-Lewis and the Green bill. al
least those categories above men
toned will not come within the
provisions Of this bill.
That the 5000, 900 unemployed
will receive no compensation un-
der these bills is evident from the
resolution of the National Manu-
facturers Association convention
(Dec. 81, In demanding that the
question of unemployment insur-
ace be further studied, the conven-
tion resolution says:
"The establishment OF compuI-
sorry unemployment insurance or
reserves will not benefit workers
who are now unemployed"
Bosses Given Subsidy
The final point Of the program is
most interesting. Although States
will be allowed to enact their own
programs, they will receive federal
grants-in-aid" if they keep UP to
certain standards. This means that
employers in those States will re-
ceive a subsidy from the federal
government, in the form Of a re-
bate on excise taxes they pay ia
the federal government. In other
words, the insurance will not cost
the employers one penny, and al
the same time they will increase the
price Of their products, by handing
it on to the consumer.
1t Is stated that Roosevelt will
approve the plan of the Advisory
Council since it carries out in
much detail the Presidents idea
on unemployment insurance"
Liberals Screen for Bosses
In this fight against genuine un-
employment and social insurance,
the liberals Of the type of Paul
Kellogg play their usual role: A
screen for the offensive of the en-
ployers and the government. And
in this situation the Socialist Party
leaders, the leaders of the Socialist
and Music controlled unemployed
organizations are doing their bit, in
preventing united effort in this
fight. They are terrorizinS their
locals and membership. They 20
from local to local, speaking against
participation in the National Con-
gress, threatening the rank and file
etc.
This must spur us on to ever
greater effort. The discussion Of
unemployment insurance and the
effort Of the government to put
through its fake plan, are due tc
the splendid support accruing to
the Workers Bill from all kinds Of
workers, farmers, fraternal. profes-
sional, church, Negro, youth, vet
eran organizations, etc. The Ma
tional Congress for Unemployment
and Social Insurance must include
delegates from every possible organ
ization. Mass delegations from the
locals and central labor bodies Of
the A. F. Of L. must be our answer
to Green. Large delegations from
the Socialist branches and local:
and Socialist and Music controlled
fraternal, unemployed organiza
tions, etc., must be our answer tc
Thomas, Music, etc. This Congress
as the mobilization point Of all sin.
cere people, who want to fight fol-
genuine unemployment insurance
must be the starting point of g
struggle which will force the U. S
Congress to discard the President.
plan, and to pass the only genuine
bill. the Workers Unemployment
! and Social Insurance Bill.