The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Convention of Jobless
Sends9Delegationst to
Government Officials
Capital Resounds With
Demand for Jobless
Insurance Bill
By carr REEVE

WA0E1lNI1OIN, tSD. GA ire
mendous ovation greeted the reading
Of the letter to the Convention of
William 2. Foster, National Secretary
Of the T. U. U. L., who is recovering
from serious illness. The Resolu-
tons Committee was instructed to
draft a reply and bring it before the
convention.
After analyzing the New Deal, the
inflationary policy of Roosevelt and
its effects, the cutting drive of
the N. r. A., the war preparations,
and the impoverishment of the work
ers, and describing success to the So
Wet Union, Fosters letter declared:
The central demand of the whole
working class remains unemployment
and social insurance at the expense
Of the employers and the govern
ment. It can and must be done
now"
Comrades, this convention must
mark the beginning of the greatest
campaign for unemployment and
social insurance that we have ever
seen. We must unite all the unem-
ployed organizations into one.
Marching together, employed and
unemployed, organized and morgan
lied, we can and we will force the
United States government and the
bosses to enact the Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill
T.U.U.L. Pledges Support
THE Trade Union Unity League
and its affiliated unions have carried
on the struggle for the workers bill
pledge to you that in the coming
campaign the T. U. U. L., together
with the militant rank and file of
the reformist unions, will be fighting
shoulder to shoulder with you in the
attainment of our goal.
Map out your campaign Build
up your forces. Go bravely into the
struggle and you will win"
The report for the youth confer
ence. which was attended by rs
youth delegates, was made to the
convention by Louis Bannish, a
young delegate from G. G. G. camp.
The convention adopted statement
and demands upon Robert Fechner,
head Of the c. c. c., which were to
be presented to him today. The
statement to F'echner said: why
have YOU, Mr. Fechner, who call
yourself leader of the A. F. Of L.
and of organized labor done every
thing possible to prevent the organ
ization of the boys in the c. C. c.
camps and used sharp methods Of
expulsion from the camps -. for
those who dare organize themselves"
Abolition of Camps
The demands made by the conven-
ton included: Abolition Of camps
and transfer of all appropriated funds
for the upkeep of the c. O. c. and
transient camps to fund for Unem-
ployment Insurance for the youth.
Meanwhile, hourly wages equiva-
lent to those paid at G. W. A. dis
placement of military apparatus by
committees elected by the boys, the
boys being given jobs near their
homes, not on military work, but
building real public works beneficial
to the workers; the right to organize,
no hazardous or unhealthy jobs, bet
ter living quarters, conversation for
injury or death. no deductions from
pay for support of families, no more
jim Grow. An appeal to the work.
ing class youth of the country was
adopted by the youth convention.
Forced Labor
The convention declared: THE
transient camps, established by the
government, are aimed at further re-
preston of the unemployed youth.
The whole force OF the law has been
directed against the hundreds of
thousands of homeless youths who
have been forced out of their poverty
stricken homes and onto the high
ways. These are corralled into camps
where they undergo forced labor with
rates of pay amounting to 80 cents
week
The convention adopted g call to
action to the american workers. The
call to action said in part: 1--WE de-
clare to Roosevelt, you promised that
no one would starve-you are cutting
the miserable relief we forced you to
grant. You promised us jobs-now
YOU are throwing even the G. w. A.
Oub W DUebl We. LII bI1C ClCOIlOll Odll1-
paign you promised us unemployment
nsurance-instead you bring forward
fake job reserve plans. You talked
about our rigilts-row you are at
tempting to smash them with fascist
force. According to Woodring, the
War Department is prepared to take
over and run the new deal. You
talked against war, but are spending
billions preparing for war"
The Only Safeguard
I'VE workers demand the right to
live. We demand that the govern
ment and employers furnish each and
every worker with unemployment and
social insurance as our only safe
guard. We demand that Congress
Immediately enact the Workers I'm
employment Insurance Bill This is
the central demand of the whole
working class-the demand for which
we are rallying the unemployed, the
workers in the shops, and mills of
this country to fight let us unite
our ranks.
Through unity we will achieve the
aims OF the working class. Whoever
stands in the way Of our united ac-
ton is our enemy. This convention
calls upon the unemployed every
where to organize. We call upon the
C.W.A. workers, the boys and men
in the C.CC. and other camps to
organize. We call upon all working
class organizations to unite with the
National Unemployment Council in
action against the hunger-war pro-
Gram of Roosevelt and the hosses IF