The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-01

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teddy the most costly Of the three,
will be a revised civil works pro-
gram, drafted in the light of eX-
perience to enable men and wo-
men to retain purchasing power
by employment on projects Of
benefit in their communities"
These three points are not a re-
versal Of, bat supplementary to and
explanatory Of the former three
point program.
We workers are not opposed to
work relief and to a cfvn works
program. We demand, however
that the relief be adequate and in
cash; hat the pay on the jobs
shall not be $12 or SIS week, and
in some localities as low as $2.4O a
week! We oppose such work relief
as is in operation in Bridgeport
the Socialist" city-where on some
projects the workers receive $3.50 a
week. We demand union wages and
minimum scale for unskilled labor
which will enable the workers to
live. Even $12 a week means
hunger, especially in view Of the
soaring cost Of living.
We also oppose the use of labor
for productive work, or for the
construction Of war vessels and bar
racks, and insist upon the erection
of workers homes, nurseries, hos
pitfalls, schools, ETC., in working class
neighbOrhOods. If the government
is serious about this aspect of the
program (Which it is not), call at
tention to the resolution adopted
at the last national convention of
the National Unemployment Coun-
cA, which pointed to the need of
S67 900, 000, eco worth of construction
of the above mentioned categories
of structures In the United States.
In such work, as IN relief, we de-
mand an end Of discrimination
against Negro and foreign born
workers.
End the C.C.C. CampSl
We demand that the Geo. and
transient camps be terminated, that
the young and single workers be
given relief and work at home. We
cali upon the workers in the camps
TO demand union wages, the aboli-
ton of military control and their
right TO discipline under workers
control We emphasize the brain
storm attempt of the Roosevelt
"braintrust" government to escape
the contradictions Of the situation
by the creation of subsistence home
steads.
In this situation, the central de-
mand for security IS unemployment
and social insurance. That Is the
only guarantee under the present
system that the workers will have
any Of the Safeguards that RooSe-
welt demagogically SPEAKS about.
The government has no intention
of launching any wide-flung build
ing construction program. The
whole relief program is for the
emergency" and is only ITEM
porary." Roosevelt is trying to
bluff the people Of this country
into the belief that we are emerg-
ing from the crisis, whereas every
sign, without exception points to
a deepening Of the crisis. The only
other possibility that exists is to
come out Of the crisis through war
for which many capitalists are
praying and theoretically working
New Promise" Of Ridiculous
Insurance Plan
That social insurance is no longer
promise, but only a myth, in spite
Of the appointment Of commit
tee is now evident. The Industrial
Advisory Committee of the N.R.A
has evolved a system Of insurance
which is not for an emergency
but for normal times" The com.
mitee assumes that the "emer.
gency" is over. It's plan will take
care of maximum of 100000 per
sons in a year, and then only o!
such persons as have been pre-
viously employed for period o.
100 days in year. The remainder
of the population, who are no
successful in obtaining work, ar,
considered elders wells
buns, hoodlums, and are no
covered by the insurance plan.
Harry L. Hopkins, in announcing
the new program, according TO tht