The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01

gates OF the HOd carriers IN
Socialist Party, the Communist
Party, Mclean County Unemployed
Workers Alliance, the State Com
mittee Of the Unemployment Coun-
ellis. the Illinois Workers Alliance
met and endorsed a program of
action for unemployment insurance.
for adequate relief and for workers
control Of the distribution and
handling of relief in Mclean
County.
Frank Meyers, member Of the
Sheet Metal Workers Railroad Lodge
and a representative to the Local
Shop Crafts Federation, made the
main report, dealing with the nu-
merous evils in the present methods
Of handling relief, and proposing a
concrete program of how to use the
full power of organized labor in the
community 10 relieve the situation.
He was followed by Harry Shaw,
editor of Railroad Unity News, who
had been invited by the conference
arrangements committee to compare
the various unemployment insurance
bills pending before the present US.
Congress. Harry Shaw, after a COM
parison of the various measures,
called for endorsement of. Workers
Unemployment and Social Insurance
Bill H.R. 1927, because 1t alone pro-
vided an adequate system of social
insurance for the workers Of the
United States. His concluding re-
marks, which were greeted with con-
siderable applause, called for the
use Of the full power Of organized
labor TO force Congress to act IA
vorably on H.R. 1927.
Program of Action
The main resolution, which was
unanimously endorsed by the con-
ference, proposed the following pro-
gram of action on the part of all
organizations represented:
y The election of committees in
each organization to handle the
grievances of their unemployed
brothers.
q Election by each organization
of delegates 30 a Mclean County
general unemployed committee to
which will be invited representatives
of all organizations of the workers
in that county. This committee will
handle all cases of general char
acter affecting the unemployed in
Mclean County and also cases
which the individual organizations
are unable to settle satisfactorily.
81 After the general committee
has met with the County authori-
ties and presented them with a list
of grievances, joint membership
meeting of all labor organizations
will be called to hear report of
the conference with the relief au-
thorities.
To Back WORKERS Bill
a The endorsement of H.R. 1927
and the use of the full power of
organized labor in their community
to force their Congressman and
Senators to back the Workers Bill
in the present session of Congress.
81 To work out concrete program
for Public Works which will make
possible a 30-hour week at union
rates of pay for all unemployed.
g. The use of the organized power
of the workers and their organiza-
tions in Mclean County to bring
about the democratic election of
workeYs' representatives No handle
the distribution and management Of
relief.
The conference ended with the
election of committee of eleven
on which majority were repre-
sentatives Of trade unions, which is
to arrange for the election of I'M
employed committees, the visiting OF
other A. F. Of L. locals and workers
organizations In the county to win
their support OF the adopted pro-
gram.