The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-14
WO Records achievements
At Washington Conference
Fraternal Delegations From Largest Block at the
lobless Insurance Farley
BY MAX BEDACHT

The Washington Conference for
Social and Unemployment Insur-
anee showed that the sections and
branches of the International Work
ers Order had done considerable
work for the establishment of a
fraternal united front in favor of
social and unemployment insurance.
The section of delegates from fra
ternal organizations to the Wash
ington Conference was the most
formidable single delegation and
the most substantial from the
standpoint OF the strength of the
organizations behind these dele
gates.
The various language groups of
the delegates met and pledged their
active support to the united front
movement for this Bill. Thev or
ganized skeleton tor organizations
for the direction Of the campaign
in the future. The HUNGARIAN, the
Slovak and the Italian conferences
were the biggest and the most en-
thusiastie of these language con-
ferences.
These national committees for the
direction of the campaign in the
various languages will supply a
substantial apparatus to the gen
eral national committee of the
fraternsl united front and to the
national united front committee
elected BY the whole W2shinqton
Conference. for the future work.
The fraterpal section of the Con-
ference pledged itself unanimously
% to do all in its power to reach
out and win the millions of mem
bers of the fraternal movement in
America not vet in the united front;
CD to work through meetings, leaf
let's and other forms of propaganda
and agitation for the winning Of
larger masses for the support of
the Social and Unemployment In
surance Bill; 90 to organize a cam
paign Of resolutions and petitions
in the fratenal lodges and organi-
cations demanding the passage of
the Bill; "a to organize mass pres
sure of fraternal oreaniza lions and
OF members of the fratsrnal move
ment upon Congressman, Senator's
and upon local government agen-
eieS in favor of the passage of the
Bill.
The Conference also discussed and
approved the raising of the demand
to local relief agencies for the
payment of the fratarnal dues of
unemployed out of relief funds. A
resolution adopted points out that
the unavoidable age and other limi-
tations for membership in the fra
ternal movement deprive MANY UNI
employed, who are temporarily un-
able to meet their dues. of all the
protection the fraternal organiza-
tons are able to give them. Be-
cause OF age or other reasons they
cannot reioin. Since at the present
moment the protection that fra
ternal organizations can give the
workers is the only protection avail
able within reach of the workers.
this protection must be preserved
for them by acknowledging the dues
to the fraterna1 movement as an
integral object of immediate relief.
The Conference also passed a
resolution calling upon the leaders
OF the various fraternal organiza-
tiens represented to discuss the
possibility Of extending united front
action for social insurance to the
establishment of more efficient and
less expensive united front medical
departments.
One Year OF Growth
Our International Workers Order
in the past year has worked hard
to build itself into a more fermid-
able workers fraternal organiza :
ton In the course of the year the
sections have grown to the point
that our national organization has
marched over the $4,000 membership
mark by December. These figures
include 5000 children.
The most valuable contribution
to the strength Of the Order is the
growth of the English Section. The
English Section alone has trebled
its membership during the year. The
English Section is now more than a
mere nucleus. 1t has flesh and
blood. It has enough eresniza tionsl
substance to e,gaset that within the
year 1885 it will outdistance all