Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-01

tenn now undermine that system
by this attempt to coerce the votes
Of the wage earners. It is the 1886
version Of the old threat to close
down the factory or the office IL
particular candidate does not win.
1t is an old strategy Of tryrants to
delude their victims into fighting
their battles for them.
Every message in q pay envelope.
even If it Is the truth, is q COM
mand to vote according to the will
Of the employer. But this propa-
ganda is worse-it Is deceit.
They tell the worked his wage
will be reduced by q contribution
to some vague form Of old.age in
surance. They carefully conceal
from him the fact that for every
81 Of premium he pays for that
insurance, the employer pays an
other 81. That omission Is deceit.
ceit.
They CAREFUL conceal from him
the fact that under the Federal
law, he receives another insur-
ance policy to help him if he
loses his job, and that the premium
of that policy is paid 100 per cent
by the employer and not cent
by the worker. They do not tell
him that the insurance policy that
is bought for him is far more
favorable to him than any policy
that any private insurance company
could afford to issue. That omis-
sion is deceit.
Employer Pays Three
to Workers One.
They imply to him that he pays
the cost of both forms of insur-
ance. They carefully conceal from
him the fact that for every 81
put up by him his employer puts
up $3-three for one. And that
omission is deceit.
But they are guilty of more than
deceit. When they imply that the
reserves thus created against both
these policies will be stolen by some
future Congress-diverted to some
wholly foreign purpose, they attack
the integrity and honor Of Amer
lean Government itself. Those who
suggest that, are already aliens to
the spirit of American democracy.
Let them emigrate and try their lot
under some foreign government in
which they have more confidence.
The fraudulant nature of this
attempt is well shown by the rec
ord Of votes on the passage of the
social security act. In addition to
an overwhelming majority of
Democrats in both Houses, II Re-
publican Representatives voted for
it and only 10 against 1t and Is
Republican Senators voted for it
and only 5 against 1t. Where
does this last-minute drive of the
Republican leadership leave these
Republican Representatives and
Senators who helped enact this
law?
am sure the vast majority Of
law-abiding business men who are
not parties to this propaganda fully
appreciate the extent of the threat
to honest business contained in
this coercion.
I have expressed Indignation ut
this form Of campaigning and I
am confident that the overwhelm-
ing majority of employers, workers
and the general public share that
indignation and will show 1t at
the polls.
Aside from this phase Of it, I pre-
fer to remember this campaign not
as bitter, but only as hard-fought.
There should be no bitterness or
hate where the sole thought is the
welfare Of the United States of
America. No man can occupy the
Office Of President without realizing
that he is President Of all the
people.
It Is because I have sought to
think in terms Of the whole Nation
that ! am confident that today. Just
Is four years ago, the people want
more than promises.
Our vision for the future contains
more than promises.
To Continue Efforts
For Working Class.
This = our answer to those who.
silent about their own plans, ask
us to state our detectives.
OF course we will continue to
seek to improve working condi- Z