The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-10
Delegates Press
Workers Bill Fight
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IlOtlol OOilsIeSS lOf UNEMPLOYMENT
Insurance, representing directly two
million workers. after hearing these
reports on the National Run Around
given them by the Roosevelt gov
eminent, voiced the determination
to bring into action still more mil
lions of workers, farmers and pro-
fessionals and force the Roosevelt
government to act on the Workers
Bill and on relief.
The delegates rose and cheered
when I. Amter, on behalf of the
National Unemployment Councils,
proposed that when deemed neces-
sary the Congress authorize the
National Action Committee to call
a mass march Of workers and farm
ers to Washington. The Unem-
ployment Councils, which initiated
this Congress, Amter said, pro
pose that if necessary, the masses
shall march to Washington and
compel the Roosevelt government to
pass the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill"
The Workers Congress was i'm
bued With the spirit OF complete
unity, Of solidarity, of determine
ton to fight and to bring mass
pressure to secure unemployment
insurance and relief. When q
member of the Lovestone group
arose in the A. F. OF L. succession
and declared that the A. F. of l.
delegates were fake delegation
and did not really represent any
body, he was silenced by a wave OF
indignation. BY unanimous vote
this lone disrupter was repudiated
and the resolution Of this large SUBJ
session was passed unanimously In
favor of the Workers Bill and Of
the Congress program. There were
66l members OF the A. F. of L. pres
ent as delegates to the Congress
and BOT of these were elected by
their A. r. of L. local unions ant
central laioor bodies.
Program of Action
The Program of Action unani.
mously adopted by the Workers
Congress, sounded the keynote tina
the Congress Is the jumping of
place for greater mass action, fot
broader unity, for bigger move
ment to secure enactment Of thu
Workers Bill III. r. 282D.
The program of action began
Recognizing that those who owl
the wealth and thereby exercis
great political power will continu
to resist and oppose our program
for genuine unemployment and so
cial insurance, our task is to de
velop a movement in support o
our program which will be so broad
so conscious and so militant tina
1t can overcome all opposing force
and surmount all obstacles. Tn
movement in support of our pro
gram must undertake to embrac
all who need and all who favor tn
measures we sponsor as the mean
of affording greater protection
against poverty, want and insecu
rity for the masses whose livelihoo
depends upon wages, salaries, sci
employment and compensation TO
loss of normal earning power du
to social hazards, over which tn
| individual has no control"
The Program of Action calls o
all who want to fight for real TN
employment insurance and relief t
affiliate to the movement which
unified in the National Action Com
mittee elected by the Congress.
The program declares, I'VE ca
upon all organizations that hav
not yet done so to join those VIII
have already endorsed our program
and more particularly the Worker
Unemployment and Social Insur
ance Bill (H. r. 2827)." The pro
gram declares its support of tn
organizations fighting for the pre-