The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-26

o,0UU, UUO on the rellef rolls {
ables), but of the whole wo
wage" of $50 is fake and will
not be paid.
Facts and figures make this clear.
The appropriations made by Con-
gresS was for $500, 100000 immedi-
ately plus $4,O00,0 0O 900 provided in
the bill In addition, there is sup
posedly available" $1,700.000, 900 re-
naming from the SO 300, 100000 APP
propriated in 1888 in connection
with the adoption of the N. I. R. A.
This makes total of S6,5O0,0O0, 900.
Before examining these figures,
let us call attention to figures of
the United States Department of
Labor. In the October report of
the Department of Labor, we find
that 100000 Vere on the "emer-
gency relief program" of the gov
eminent in that month. Their total
wages we're $51, 100000. This pro-
vided wage" of S26.16 month
for these workers. Even the boys
and men in the semi military C. c.
c. were paid higher wages, in adj
dition to their food, shelter and
clothing. 1918 men received $16,-
939,595 in wages in October, or an
average of S4S.32 month in wages
alone.
Material Cost Exceeds Wages
More interesting is another anal
ysis of the figures. Total wages for
5,285, 981 men employed and paid by
the Public Works Administration
over q period Of Is monthS-from
August, 1888, through October, 1884
amounted to 1890, GAS, 900. ma
terials" for this same period cost
S556,2Ol. In other words, wages
amounted to approximately one dol
lar for each two dollars for "ma-
terials." These materials" included
such supplies as aircraft ($4,284, 600
WORTH, airplane parts ga ABS, 0O0)
electrical machinery, etc. 1922, 1885,
000), foundry and machine shop
products (s56 ,422, 900, railway cars,
freight ($34,644,000), railway cars
passenger ($7152, 000), etc. Obviously
WAR materials!
The Roosevelt "relief" bill pro-
vides for work till June 80, 1887. In
other words, for two and one-half
years. The total sum available is
$6500,000,000 to supply wages 351l
per cent of whole SUM and to pur-
chase materials (65A per cent?
Today there are not 3,5O0,0O0 "em-
ployables" on the relief rolls, but
3,650,000. For these $780, 900 unem-
ployed there will be available over
a period of two and half years,
S2,226,250,OO0 for wages. This gives
us S24.S9 month per worker for
two and a half years.
Roosevelt will probably not pro-
coed in this manner. He will pro-
vide an average" of $50 to some
workers for short period. We re-
member the union scales" on c.
w. A. jobs. These scales frequently
prevailed, but the workers received
SO little work that their weekly OF
monthly wages brought them down
to $50 to $50 q month. Scales fol
the unskilled "tapered off," as did
the hours. The unemployed orig
inally received 80 hours of work
then it was reduced to as low as
eight hours in the South, IL hours
in the North.
Scales Below C.W.A. Rates
The scales are now reduced far
below the C. w. A. rates. No longer
do even the local prevailing scales
apply, On the contrary, Roosevelt
declared that the scales shall always
Z be below the local prevailing rates
so as to induce the workers to Find
jobs" in private industry. But ex-
Rctly the opposite will occur. The
employers will use the scales on the
relief jobs to cut the wages they
pay their own workers. This will
apply not only to building trades
workers, but to all workers on Jobs
The facts are before uS-facts
that cannot be disputed. Roosevelt
has juggled big figures, in the hope
that the workers would not be able
to penetrate the mystery" of his
higher arithmetic. The working
class is to be reduced to hunger
standard that they have never yet
experienced.
A Ehreat faces all of us workers
The unemployed face it first of all
They must Immediately organize
into the National Unemployment
Council and refuse to accept Roose-
velt's hunger decree. They must
demand: u Not a single worker
shall be removed from the relief
rolls; p All unemployed shall i'm
mediateiy be put on the relief rolls
without discrimination; 81 Scales or
the relief jobs shall be union scales
a A guaranteed 30 hours of worE
per week for every worker shall BIZ
provided and at least 40 weeks in
year; 81 Immediate enactment OF
the Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill.
The trade unions must be aroused
to the danger that confronts then
and all workers. Roosevelt is crack.
ing the whip of hunger. He utter;
fascist threats. Now is the time Il
fight. Now is the time to unite oul
ranks. Trade unionists, shop work.
ers, unemployed, organized and un.
organized, Socialists, Communists
Democrats, Republicans, workers Of
all nationalities, Negro and white:
Hunger and terror face us. We
must unite our ranks. S24.39 a
month is Roosevelt's decree. Let u,
weld our ranks together and fight!
MOSCOW PLANS GIANT MOVIE
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