The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
Phila. AL; 3 More
Cities Endorse Social
Insurance Bill Oh. R. 759S)
Five Additional ALL.
Locals Dem and
Enactment

NEW YORK.-The Central Labor
Union of Philadelphia, Pa, (the A..
F. Of L. federation, at their meet
ing of March IL endorsed the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill,
with 100 delegates present. The
motion was adopted unanimously.
Three more city councils, in Glass
port, Pa, steel town near Pitts
burgh; Swissvsle, Pa, and Bend,
mining center of Illinois, have also
endorsed the Workers Bill Oh. r.
1899. Five additional local unions
have endorsed the Workers Bill.
The Philadelphia c. L. U. sent
letters to William Green, Lundeen,
and the local Congressman calling
on them to endorse the Workers
Bill.
The Philadelphia District Council
No. 81 of the Brotherhood Of Paint
ers, Decorators and Paperhangers
endorsed the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill III. r. 1899.
1700 in Printers Union Endorse
A. F. of L. locals endorsing the bill
include the printers, Franklin Union
No. 4 of Chicago, with 1,700 mem
bers. The Franklin Union local has
posted the number of this bill Oh.
R. 1898 on the bulletin board in
the union headquarters, urging each
member to write to Senators and
Congressman of Illinois calling on
them to support this bill and vote
for it when it comes before the
House. The bill was endorsed unan-
imously.
Painters Local No. 400 "a. F. of
ID at Hammond, Ind, endorsed the
Workers Bill and sent resolutions to
Roosevelt, William Green, Perkins
and the local Congressman and
Senators. In Washington, D. c.,
Hotel and Restaurant Employees No.
1871 and Local No. 1868 Of the paint
ers have both endorsed the bill (the
restaurant local was previously re-
ported without the union locals
number). Business Agent Charles
Sands of this restaurant local OPP
posed the bill, but was voted down
by the rank and file.
In Phila., the Knit Goods Work
ers Union of the U.T.W. (AF.LO
unanimously adopted the Workers
Bill. The American Federation Of
Teachers, Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan, local union ESQ, called on
their congressman to indorse the
bill and also the local ALL.
The city of Benld, Ill, where
the city council not only Endorsed
the bill, but issued a proclamation
to the city endorsing it, is the
stronghold and birthplace of the
Progressive Miners of America.
The P NJ A. misleaders are fight
ing the Workers Bill and working
for the Roosevelt supported Wag-
ner Bill, which denies any bene-
fits to all those sixteen million
totally unemployed. But five of
the PIMA. locals have endorsed
the Workers Bill CHR. 1899.
In Swissyale, near Pittsburgh,
the local press has been campaign
ing for the Workers Bill due to
the pressure of the workers. Clyde
Kelly, congressman from this dist
riot has been deluged with de-
mands for the passage Of H. R.
1898. But Kelly has tried to
evade support of the Workers Bill
and instead is boosting his own
fake insurance" bill which gives
the employers absolute control
over the workers insurance funds
and bars most of the unemployed
from benefits.
The Chelsea local of the United
Shoe and Leather Workers Union
at It's last meeting passed a reso-
luton demanding that the House
Committee on Labor act at once
for the passage Of the Workers
Bfil Oh. r. 1899.