The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-14
S. p. Leaders
DuckHearing
On H.R.2827
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chairman of the committee, 1t was
learned today.
The hearings will close tomorrow
afternoon after two weeks of testi-
mony which has revealed the deep
sentiment all over the country fol-
H. r. 1927 and against the Roose-
welt administrations Wsgner-Lewis
bill, a measure which denies genu-
inc unemployment insurance.
Paul P. Crosbie, of Queens, New
York, a member OF Blissville Post
727 of the American Legion and the
representative of the American
League of Ex-SerYicemen, de-
manded "the enactment of unem-
ployment and social insurance, as
represented by H. r. 2S27, with the
full cost to be borne by the gov
eminent and the employer" Cros-
bic, who described himself as IAN
American citizen of revolutionary
ancestry" was the candidate of the
Communist Party for Congress in
the last elections.
He characterized the Wagner
Lewis bill as q fake" which gives
no relief to the millions now I'M
employed" and "a fraud on all
those who are employed and expect
through it to gain economic secur-
ity against disability and old age"
Crosbie was a first lieutenant of
the 313th Field Artillery of the
both Division. He served twelve
months in front line battle in
France.
James Harmon, speaking for 90
900 unemployed Pennsylvania an
thracite miners and 10000 employed
miners and other workers of Luzerne
and Lackawanna counties, said that
these workers all want H. r. 1927
enacted into law" The workers for
whom he spoke, Harmon stated, are
1.-THE hardest hit Of all the 81 coun-
ties in the State Of Pennsylvania"
Vets Refused Jobs
Brown Squire, Negro member of
Post 1877 of the American Legion
Of Ex-Servicemen Of Chicago, and
a member Of the National Veterans
Rank and File Committee, informed
the House subcommittee that vet
Grams were refused employment at
the Union stockyards. The stock
yards employers, he said. told the
veterans: you veterans are not able
to give us a good days work, es-
pecially you overseas veterans, be-
cause you're shell-shocked, wounded
and half illiterate."
Squire asked that "all war funds
be turned into unemployment and
social insurance" He informed the
Committee that "the veterans whom
I represent have pledged themselves
to carry on relentless fight I'M
til we are able to force through,
with the cooperation OF the rest of
the workers-fsrmers, intellectuals,
professionals and industrial workers
the passage OF the Lundeen Bill
H. r. 1927"
j. E. Mcdonald. Of the Railroad
Brotherhood's Unity movement. tes-
titled that more than 500 Railroad
Brotherhood Lodges have directly or
through their elected representa-
lives already endorsed H. r. 1927,
including the Midwest and the
Western Conference Of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive engineers" In
concluding his statement Mcdonald
declared that "The rank and file
Of railroad labor demand form
Of unemployment, old age and so
cial insurance that will place the
responsibility for giving each. and
every worker a job or direct relief,
exactly where it belongs, upon those
who own and operate industry and
who reap the profits"
Speaks for Auto Workers
Richard Kroon, spokesman for the
A. F. of L. Rank and File Commit
tee Of Detroit, declared that the
Workers Bill lis a vital need for
every employed as we'll as unem-
ployed worker in the auto industry"
He said that "in no industry in
the country is unemployment insur-
ance needed so badly as in the auto
industry.
Elmer Johnson, representing the
Chicago Branch of the A. F. of L.
Trade Union Committee for I'm
employment Insurance, and the sec
rotary of Painters Local Union No.
637, said that these two organiza-
tons consider 1t Oh. r. 2827) the
only measure before Congress which
provides unemployment benefits
for all workers now unemployed.
and social security benefits for all
workers"
Bedacht Speaks FOR $4,000
Max Bedacht, executive secretary
Of the International Workers Or
der, fraternal organization of
$4,000 members, yesterday spoke to
the committee on the extensive need
among fraternal organizations for
unemployment insurance. He
pointed out that when the govern
ment conducts war it doesn't ask
whether it can raise the money, ex-
posing the working class sig
nificance of the argument made by
opponents of II. r. 1927, who ask
where the money for social insur-
ance is to come from.