The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-26
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DN LUb eulp lONeI OF lIUSe WHO ud
pen to be in government positions.
It is to be made by the whole body
Of the workers, unemployed and
employed" She then laid down
three fundamental principles for
unemployment insurance, (1) it
: must cover all unemployed, ~ it
shall last throughout the period of
unemployment "and shall be sufi-
cient to prevent the lowering of
the basic standards of living of the
workers" (3) 1t must be admin
istered by commissions elected by
the workers themselves.
Mrs. Van Kleeck concluded
her speech "this is not merely a
problem of relief, it is a challenge
to end unemployment. To do this
requires the strongest organiza-
ton of the unions and of all work
ers' organizations which have a
sense of solidarity on the basis
of their needs. The problem is the
problem of work. This problem of
work can be solved only by the
workers"
Richard Sullivan, Secretary Of
the Unemployment Council of
Greater New York brought the
great audience to its feet when he
concluded, "this meeting is not the
only answer to the warfare
against our lives. The health of
our children and our own right to
live as involved; then let it be
war; we are going to fight back,
we are going to take the struggle
to all G. w. A. jobs this week;
; we are going to force LaGuardia
to scrap his bankers agreement
which gives money to the bankers
and we are going to force him to
fulfill his obligation to the unem-
ployed."
! Sullivan said, "our strike on Thurs
day will show Roosevelt that he had
better not try to take back from us
/ what we forced them to give us. 1t
will be very expensive for them If
: they do. We can stop lay-offs and
: reverse the program of Roosevelt
and defeat the paupers' oath. We
will not accept Roosevelt's principle
that we will get relief only when
destitute. 1t is an insult and q
d personal challenge to say that we
9 are not entitled to eat when we
are jobless and hungry.
E Veterans Pledge Support
= A high point of the meeting
y Washington for the repeal of the
! Workers Ex-Servicemen's League
- pledged the audience that in it.
u campaign for the unemployment
- insurance, payment of the bonus
I, and against the Roosevelt Econ.
y omy Bill, the veterans will no
= allow the Roosevelt government tt
~ split them from the rest of tn,
!, working class. He said eve pledgt
~ you that in the carrying through
y y, of our mass movement back t,
. was when Emanuel Levin of tn
II Economy Bill, we will fully sup
- - port the fight for C. W. A. lob
Nv for the unemployed and for tn
- workers now striking throughou
~ the country against wage cuts
ir Acclaim Taxi Strikers
es Joseph Gilbert, organizer of tn
lie Taxi Drivers Union, was cheered b
10 the enthusiastic workers as he ros
a to speak. Gilbert told the story O
III the taxi drivers strike and its sig
nificance to the entire working
k class. I'VE are demonstrating o.
IN the streets" he said, against bein
herded into company unions. To
re day we taxi drivers have a militan
ne organization, and we are not goin
OF to permit anyone to break it I'D.
Gilbert pointed out that only tn
militant organizations of the work
9 ers were supporting the strike.
Amid great cheering the meetin
J unanimously passed a resolution il
4 support of the taxi drivers strike
stating that the unemployed woul
,, not in any case take scab jobs o.
v the cabs.
To March from Jobs THURSDAY
- Michael Davidow, President G
~" the Relief Workers League, empha
sized the work that must be carrie
out on the jobs this week to insur
the success of the one-hour C.W.A
strike Thursday, and the demon
E stration before the City Hall.
a Addressing the workers, Davidov
e said: '"rell the reporters II you ar
' going to support the strike an
E demonstration on Thursday"
: mighty roar rose from the audito
2 rum as the workers shouted thei
r approval of the strike. On Marc
81 delegations from C. w. A. job
y and from the demonstrations wi
: present their demands for C. w. A
jobs to Roosevelt at Washington
e T.U.U.L. To Support Strike Call
r Ben Gold, national secretary c
) the Needle Trades Workers Indus
3 trial Union, stated that the entir
: membership of the Trade Unto
D Unity League supported the strik
for the continuation of C.W.A. Job
and will strike in unison with tn
S. workers on CW.A.
Mt 1.-THE workers in the T.U.UL
es Gold said. want unity with tn
al workers in the A. F. of L. and So
~ cialist unions. This meeting is tn
W beginning of a great united iron
OF the employed and unemployed
ne Negro and white. Unity will b
Il established in spite of the A. F. c
es L. and Socialist leaders"
- Benjamin Outlines Struggles
D. Herbert Benjamin, national or
ID ganizer of the Unemployment
1e Councils, spoke on the $4,000, 900,
In 900 Roosevelt budget for war. 81
st Roosevelt can give ten billions 70
war" Benjamin said, "the organ
D. lied pressure Of the workers ca