The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-30
JObless
InU.S.A.,Creen
Report Shows
Fails to Suggest Need
of Genuine Relief
for Unemployed
BY SEYMOUR WALDMAN

tDauy worker Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-An in
dustrial unemployment increase of
847,000 during the New Deal year
from September, 1888, to Septem-
Der, 1884, was announced last niqht
by William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor and
Roosevelt booster. Green's monthly
statement on industrial unemploy-
ment showed a September, 1884,
jobless total of 10,955, 900, following
a fourth successive monthly in
crease. He commented: For the
first time since the Presidents Re-
employment Program started in
July, 1888, unemployment has ex-
ceeded last years level"
The total number at work in the
United States was 39,764 900 in Sep
TENDER, 1888; by September, 1884,
it had declined to 39,367 900. Dur
ing these twelve months the nor
NAL increase in population has
added close to 100000 to the army
Of job seekers for whom industry
provides no work"
Even the temporary seasonal
gains, said Green, ARE small" He
pointed out: Trade union unem-
ployment repor show that the
seasonal gains in September we're
carried out in the first part of Oc-
tober Unemployment declined from
21.6 per cent in August to 20.3 per
cent in September and 200 per
cent in the first part of October
Even these temporary gains are
small"
Green Enthusiastically fails tx
even suggest the necessity for such
genuine unemployment relief fol
the present and future unemployed
as is provided for in the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill, in
itiated by the Communist Party
and the National Unemployment
Councils, if deep misery and more
starvation are to be avoided this
winter, the sixth year of the crisis
Pointing to the nearly 1900 00C
persons on the July relief roles
whom "the Federal government is
:. supporting" Green says: Gould
any statement show with greater
force the immensely of human need
today, the urgency of an immediate
Federal program to put men back
to work in industry? Could moi
the administration invite all indus
tries to cooperate in general pro-
gram to increase production anc
put men to work? If the nation.
wide level of all production were
lifted 30 per cent in balanced
program, adjusting production t.
consumption needs, each industry
would then be assured that al
other industries would increase
their production, and the wealth
produced by putting labor to wort
would create income to buy tn,
product of ALL"
In reality, however, Green's plain
to industry and government to lad.
just production to consumption
needs" something impossible undeI
capitalism, especially a capitalism
decaying toward fascism, and hi
repeated failure to even ask for un
employment relief or protest tn
measures impending for severe cut
in the little being done for the un
employed and the destitute. shoy
his unity in action with the unitec
front of big business and the Roose
velt government to cut down relic
as soon as possible and to defea
the rising sentiment for real unem
ployment relief.
The current weekend Washing
ton Review of the Chamber O
Commerce of the United State.
foreshadows the big business
Roosevelt Administration drive. I'm
der the slogan Of promoting recov
cry, to cut down relief and to de
feat the mass campaign for unem
ployment insurance"
How serious impending at empt
to cut down relief are is made plail
by figures given recently by Fed
eral Relief Administrator Harry 1
Hopkins. The national average O
direct relief for a family of fou
and fraction people. said Hopkins
| is under $40 month.
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