The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-08

form yesterday was as follows:
Comrades;
The central issue before the whole
working class, employed and unem-
ployed. native and foreign-bor is
that of unemployment and social
insurance. After more than five
years of the crisis. after th2 efforts
made by the administration of the
two major political parties to solve
the crisis and their promises to put
millions back to work, we find un-
employment remaining at the ter
rifically high figure of is million.
The perspective is not that millions
will return to work. but on the con-
trary that the number of unem-
ployed will grow. Instead of the
buying power of the masses in
creasing. the rise in the cost of liv-
ing has more than wiped out every
wage increase brought about by the
codes of the NR.A The reaction to
these attacks uron the living con-
ditions Of the workers has been
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workers in the shops; mighty strug-
giles of the unemployed; militant
battles of the poor farmers.
While the conditions of the work
ing population have grown worse,
the banks and big corporations have
generally increased their profits and
dividends and in some cases as high
as 600 per cent. The expose of the
munitions industry through the
senate Investigations has shown war
profits that rise even above that
amount coined out of the blood of
the toiling masses.
Only Genuine Bill
Based upon this situation, which
involves not only the industrial but
the white collar and professional
workers. hundreds of thousands of
ruined farmers. etc, the holding of
the National Congress for Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance is
OF the greatest significance. The
Congress will decide upon the de-
mands to be presented to the sew
fourth Congress of the United
States. We are sure that in spite
of the attacks that have been made
upon the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill by the
bureaucrats of the A. F. of L. and
other reformist leaders, the Con-
gress will unite behind this Bill.
which is the only bill for genuine
federal unemployment and social
insurance.
AT the same time, the Congress
will have to consider particularly
the situation of the Negro and
young workers. The Negro work.
ers are most concerned with the
question of some protection under
the present system. They are
bounded, jailed and lynched in the
struggle for piece of bread. Mil
lions of young people are unem-
ployed and face future of no work.
The government attitude towards
the rising generation is shown in
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military G. c. c. camps in prepara-
ton for war.
The New Deal has not solved and
cannot solve the problems of the
crisis. On the contrary. the crisis
is growing deeper, involving all sec
tions of the toiling population.
What is it that we demand in this
situation? What is it that all work
ers want in order to protect them
selves and their families? They
demand when they are denied the
right to work and earn a living.
that they shall be provided with
unemployment insurance sufficient
to help themselves and their starry
ing families. The most fllnda-
mental function of the United
States government should be to
provide TO- the welfare of the
people
There is no more important func-