The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-03
Michigan auto
Workers Act for
State Insurance
Demand HR 1898 on
State Scale Until
Congress Acts

DETROIT, Mich Naturalization
in the industries, particularly in the
Auto industry, has been tremendously
accelerated by the present deep
economic crisis and will keep tens
Of thousands Of Auto Workers per-
manently unemployed as long as the
present economic system continues.
The Auto Industry, even more than
any other industry, is the center OF
the deadly speed-up, a phase OF
naturalization, that in itself greatly
increases the permanent army of I'M
employed. The jobless are increased.
Not only by lay-off due TO increased
productivity per man, but also by ac-
cidentS, disability, sickness and the
fact that auto workers have no place
in the industry after they have
reached the age Of IS because the
deadly speed in these shops has
slapped their strength and vitality
Squirt Temporary
The present economic crisis, even
though it may have periods Of short
spurts in production such as the
present with slight increases in en-
ployment, will never be able to absorb
the gigantic army Of unemployed
and the decline will recur time after
time with ever Increasing sharpness
and depth and with always increas-
ing numbers thrown into the army Of
the unemployed.
The auto workers more and more
begin to realize that there can be no
form Of security against continuous
reoccurence Of the present condition
ofSmass unemployment and the mass
starvation that goes with it that
reaches and affects millions Of work
ers and their families, unless we
workers, through our organized mass
pressure force the enactment OF a
system Of full Unemployment and
Social Insurance, paid by the en-
ployerS and Government.
Michigan Petition
In Michigan, under the leadership
of the Unemployed Councils petit
ton is being prepared to force the
State government to put the Workers
Unemployment and Social Insurance
Bill Oh. R. 1889 on the ballot and to
pass it pending its enactment by the
Federal Government. This petition
must win the support Of all sections
of the toiling population. Behind
these resolutions and petitions how
ever, must stand the organized work
ers ready to act through demonstra-
tons and strikes to force the passage
Of the Workers Unemployment and
Social Insurance Bill. This mass
pressure is the only weapon that the
workers have and the only thing that
can compel the employers and their
government to act in the interests
of the toiling masses.
The workers must be on guard
against all the fake schemes to be
offered as substitutes for genuine I'M
employment insurance. The Wagner
Bill and other proposals similar which
are in the words of the National In
dustrial Conference Board:
agreement should be reached
among the employers on the fun
damentals of q program Of unem-
ploynent reserves that might rea-
sonably be supported as substitute
for Unemployment Insurance"
War Orders
Our fight is for genuine social in
surance in the interests of the work.
ers and only the Workers Unenploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill offers
full insurance in the interests Of the
workers. Not single one of the so
called insurance bills so far intro
duced, EXCEPT the Workers Unemploy-
ment and Social Insurance Bill, was
drawn up with the idea of aiding the
workers, but on the contrary, we're
drawn up to check the rising demand
on the part of the workers and to aid
the manufacturers and bankers.
At the present time the auto shops
are In mad rush to get out produc-
ton Of trucks for war purposes. In
nearly all auto shops war orders
are the main bulk of the work. This
production OF trucks and other sup
plies for war means further read
justment OF the lines with still