The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-22

have common sense in that they
have been able to rob and possess
themselves of the wealth which has
been produced by the American
toilers.
assurance that this plan will cost
assurance that this Ian will cost
them nothing and that it has been
planned with a view to merit the
enthusiastic support of citizens of
all sorts" THE system" says Mr..
Roosevelt" should be self-sustaining
in the sense that funds shall not
come from the proceeds of general
taxation.
Where are the funds to come
from? From Federal payroll tax
of three per cent to be paid by en-
ployers (who will deduct it from the
workers pay-envelope and grocery
basket.
Poor House Old Age Benefits
AS to the old-age pensions. The
Federal Government will substitute
any state that will enact law to
pay all workers who by some miracle
are able to reach the age of IS
years, the amount of $50 month.
Since it costs more than that to
maintain an aged worker in poor
house, the states will, very likely,
enact this measure and thus profit
by the saving plus the subsidy of
SIS per worker which the Federal
government generously grants I'M
der this plan.
The Compulsory Pension Plan" is
an even more vicious measure.
Under this plan, all workers will
be compelled to contribute one
half from to per cent of their
wages for years so that if they live
to become 65 years by 1947 or
thereafter, they may get $50 a
month.
This is the essence of the Roose-
welt Social Security" plan which
is now being rushed through Con-
gress as the Wagner-Lewis Bill.
The reason for the rush and the
reason for the Bill are the same.
In the words Of the New York Her
aid Tribune which opposes even a
gesture of concession to the de-
mand of the masses for unemploy-
ment and social insurance, it is a
choice between signing on the Pres
idential dotted line or the
Congressional mood is to pass some
thing more spectacular in case the
administration plan fails"
Try To Rush Through
And that, stating it mildly is the
reason for the panic in the ranks of
the government agents of big bust
ness. That too, is the reason why
this fake Security Plan" of the
ruling class is not being submitted
to the House Committee on Labor
whose chairman and several mem
bers have already declared that they
will support the Workers Bill. That
is the reason why the House Ways
and Means Committee will begin
perfunctory hearings at once, will
try to keep representatives of the
indignant masses out of these hear
ings and railroad the bill through
Congress by what it frankly de-
scribes as "strict gag-rules."
Action Needed at Once
Our position and our task is
therefore clear. We must without a
moments loss of time, develop the
most vigorous and broadest protest
movement. We must flood the
House Ways and Means Committee
with kilograms and resolutions of
protest from every union, lodge,
unemployed and other mass or
ganization. We must demand that
representatives of the masses shall
be heard by this Committee.
We must demand of every Con-
gresham that he shall refuse to
vote for the Wagner-Lewis fake Sc
curity bill and shall instead, sup
| port acClVely the immediate enact
ment of the only measure that can
provide adequate benefits to all
those now unemployed, to all aged
workers and farmers, to all victims
of economic insecurity-the Work
ers' Unemployment, Old Age and
Social Insurance Bill H. r. 1927.
Yes! There is need for haste, for
speed, for swift and determined ac-
ton by the forces that were repre-
sented in our great Congress! Those
who need and favor genuine social
insurance, must, can and will go
into action! Defeat Roosevelt's vi
cious plan to block the mass move
ment for social insurance. Fight
for H. r. 2827, the Workers Bill.