The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24

Emergency Relief Administrations, that the c. W. A.
firing was TO continue. Hopkins said, Until the
suspension Of Civil Works (which takes place on
March 31-Ed.) reductions in number Of employees
viii be made in accordance with Geographic insruc-
tions given Feb. 49, 1884"
The following sentence in these government in
structons shows that after that date many projects
are to be ended Hopkins says "An desirable local
and State Civil Works projects in operation on the
date Of the suspension of Civil Works may be trans
ferred to the Works Division Of the Emergency Re-
lief Administrations"
In other words, only desirable" projects may"
be transferred The instructions state Persons en-
pIOyed Civil Works the date of suspension
may" be transferred to the Works Division Of the
Emergency Relief Administrations"
The work relief program is being dropped en-
trey for all towns under 5000 population and for
rural populations, the statement admits. Hopkins
declares, THE program will be carried forward
in towns and cities having a population OF more
than 5000"
pUT when Hopkins comes to the basis of determin-
Ding who shall be employed and who fired, he re-
veals the real purpose of the government The whole
plan Of liquidation Of C. W. A. and setting up Of
limited work relief" programs, is based on firing
as many as possible, on relief cuts and on lower
ing the whole standard of the unemployed wages"
Hopkins says, TT will be the policy of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration to include in its
monthly grants of funds to the state funds for the
prosecution of the work program, and THESE
GRANTS SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE EN-
PLOYNfENT ONLY FOR THOSE PERSONS IN
NEED OF RELIEF"
This is a tactfu form of giving notice that those
C. w. A. workers who succeed in escaping this
months heavy firing, will not all be transferred to
work relief" rolls, but that the C. w. A. workers
will have to go through tests" and question
naires. This sentence serves notice that many now
on c. w. A. work will be dropped when the work
relief is set up.
Will all those who escape this months heavy
c. w. A. firing be retained on relief? No. In the
liquidation process, the plan is to fire masses of
workers Hopkins says, 1.-THE Work Division shall
be responsible for the planning organization and
conduct of work for those CERTIFIED TO THE
DIVISION AS ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF"
The unemployed workers know only too well what
the statement THOSE CERTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE
FOR RELIEF" means to them. 1t means endless
waiting from week to week and month to month to
get on the work relief" rolls. It means that the
unemployed have to start all over again to prove
their right to relief" 1t means that the work relief
and relief" Offices become in an intensified form
the center of persecution and discrimination evelled
against the starving unemployed. 1t means that all
possible tricks and obstacles will be placed in the
way Of the fired C. w A. worker getting on the
work relief" and relief" rolls
Instructions of the c. w A., previously printed
in the Daily Worker show definite campaign Of
the government to force many off of the relief
rolls as possible. 1t is noticeable that Roosevelt and
Hopkins as well La Guardia, carefully refrain
from stating HOW MANY WILL BE CERTIFIED
AS ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF" They will pare It
down as much they can.
NJ THOSE who succeed in breaking through and
getting work relief jobs, how much will they be
paid? VIII their relief be the as their present
G. W. A. wages? Hopkins answers this He saws
The hours Of employment shall be not MORE than
"a week in no case will the pay be less than
VIII yield 80 cents an hour, PROVIDED HOWEVER.
THAT THE HOURS SHALL BE LIMITED so
THAT THE MAXIMUM WEEKLY EARNINGS
SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE EXCEED THE
AMOUNT NECESSARY TO MEET BUDGETARY
REQUIREMENTS"
THE MINIMUM is THUS LIFTED The max
lmum will be thirty cents an hour WITH "a HOURS
A WEEK. THE MINIMUM WILL BE WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO GIVE IN ITS
BUDGET
Hopkins here admits that work relief" will be
given only to the extent that the budget" permits
What this budget will be- is of course not made
public. But it is known that relief has been 50 cut
down that the amount originally appropriated by
Congress to taper off" the C.WA. is now to be
spread over a whole year. THE UNEMPLOYED
WHO DO FINALLY FIGHT THEIR WAY ONTO
THE WORK RELIEF PROJECTS WILL GET
ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN NOT c. w A.
WAGES, NOT UNION WAGES, BUT sTARvA-
TON DOLE WHICH is DETERMINED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT "BUDGETARY RE-
QUIRENfENTs"
The strikes of thousands of C.W.A. workers in
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky etc. show
that the CWA. workers no longer to be de-
ceived by Roosevelts empty promises
THE ROOSEVELT GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE
AS MUCH RELIEF AND WORK RELIEF WAGES
AS THE MASS PRESSURE AND MASS ORGANI-
zATION OF THE WORKERS IS ABLE TO FORCE
THEM TO GRANT
C.W.A. WORKERS-ENdPLOYED AND UNE1M-
PLOYED-ATTEND THE MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN PROTEST AGAINST LIQUIDATION OF
THE CW.A. TOMORROW AT 2 PM
STRIKE ON MARCH 90 AT PM AGAINST
LIQUIDATION FOR CONTINUATION AND Elk
TENSION OF C.W.A. JOBSl
DEMAND IMMEDIATE ENACTMENT BY CON-
GRESS OF THE WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT
AND SOCIAL INSURANCE BILL III R. 1899!