The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 15, 1933, Page 5

cone annette on nN eee emcee amen eat IN TWO SECTIONS ae DRADE) UNION, UNDTY Section If ; ; ‘ s 3 LEAGUS | STATEMENT Porty US.A. | __ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, 1933 “We Come to Place Before the Government Qur Demands for the Means to Live!” Staeerncni Submitted by the Trade Union Unity League and Affiliated Unions Before Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins--at a Conference on May 6th (Section of the Communist International) Or March 31, 1933, Secretary of Labor, favor only of the capitalists. The followme Perkins conferred with William Green, presi- statement was presented io Perkins by tae dent of the American Federation of Labor and with many other misleaders of the A. F. of L. unions. She stated that she “desired to get all possible viewpoints”, but T.U.U.L. unions were barred. This of course is part of the demagogy of the Roosevelt government in putting through its program of aiding the employers at the expense of the working class, which is described in the statement delegation: The Statement At no time in the history of the United States was below. the suffering of ihe masses as great as it is today, After Green and the A. F. of L. misleaders left ee oe en ee a" the’ conference full of praise for Perkins and Fae . ae Sa Behe’ ess iiltin thal “nccoed ‘wes sneial Wate actual starvation. Millions are on the brink of starvas them and Perkins. No wonder, they pro- sca gi aden ital ig digas 2 56 5 . posed the same anti-working lame program outs. This condition is not caused by any natural une avoidable disaster. It exists amidst plenty in the ricl as Roosevelt and Perkins do. They called for F . P and most industrially developed country in the world. price increases, endorsed the wage cutting Fes 1; eee cae # Fy Bi tment of the whoie of the prese Black Bill, called for unemployment insur- eee “24 : ae Capitalism ance in a vague way, mentioning no amount f of unemployment insurance; all of which The present adminiswation is not unaware of these naturally pleased Miss Perkins. conditions, In the last presidential clection campaign & the leaders of the administration asked for a change in The T.U.U.L. wrote Perkins and demanded ; ROLY ; eh mp) the raling party in order to remedy these conditions, that it, representing scores of thousands of : . But the whole program of the Roosevelt goverament is workers, receive a hearing too. directed in saving the big fortunes of the rich, in belster- ing up profits, and represents not only a total disregard The Trade Union Unity League and revyo- lutionary representatives came with a dif- ferent air, than that of the A.F.of L. mis- for the well being of the masses, but is in itself a fur ther enslavement and pauperization of the masses of toilers lead idn’t com nd, th ears ane Cees Se at et, Or WILLIAM Z. FOSTER, secretary of the Tendo didn’t soft soap Perkins, they spoke out boldly Union Unity League. We come here representing hundreds of thousands of and demanded what the workers wanted. In organized workers. Behind our demands are increasing hort, they acted like real representatives of millions of toilers. We come here not to beg charity. aR ETRE EN RC ae Se Faure rn We come here to place before the government our de- the workers, and not of the bosses. : mands for the means to live. We take the position that : mean to the workers, and what those meas- the capitalists and their government owe to every man Representatives of the T.U.U.L. (Stachel ures of Roosevelt which have been passed and woman and their dependents a living. We demand and Ford) and of the Marine Workers Ta- this, We know that we shall get only what we cas dustrial ae (Hudson) ; National Textile have already at. It was -pawe damn- secure through our organized alah. We come: here re- Workers Union, (Burlak); National Miners ing the Roosevelt “‘new deal’ as a deal in een: the pare in straggle. We shall continue a sa Aa Shoe pros a, : a eek ar ace dca masses in struggle for the wine orkers In al nion enkapp); Unemployed Councils (Amter), spoke and gave a factual picture of the conditions of the workers, in the industries, at home, in the breadlines, a picture of how little relief is actually given; described the terror against workers, which is aided by the governmental forces. And they gave the demands of the workers, which are listed elsewhere. UNEMPLOYMENT GROWING Workers’ Tieieineihs SO tee a | ith every year of the crisis uncmployment is grewe ing, At the present time, according to the admitted For the Workers kers Unemployment Insur- figures of the Alexander Hamilton Institute, there are ance Bill, which provides for unemployment over 17,000,000 unemployed (March, 1933). ‘This insurance to be not less than $10 weekly for figure corresponds to the estimate established by the Labor adult workers, $3 a week for each dependent Research Association. These same figures also disclose for entire period of unemployment. that 50% of the workers engaged in manufacturing, s i 85% of the building trades workers, and 46% of the They showed what the Roosevelt program, PO sess cota te steaies fater tae cM a railroad labor, were unemployed in March, 1933. Of inflation, the stagger system legalized, wage cutting (of government employees), econo- mies at the worker's expense, setting up of compulsory arbitration boards, etc., would P f the rémainder, large sections are worki art time. The jevitra-ent gg dhcrec ager of Workers’ Un Teagle Committee received ‘aiicclagtcd from 91,000 Include in Black 30-Hour Bill that iakiy | business houses, showing that 77% of them were on the earnings shall be the same for 30 hour week as at present for longer hour week, and mini- mum wage for all workers on basis of actual current cost to workers of all essential needs. Payment of all wages based on actual value of dollar (cost of living). Federal legislation against child labor un- der 15 and against night work for women. Establishment of ledging and mainten- ance for homeless youth, free medical care, abolition of vagrancy laws. Rescinding of 15 percent wage cut for fed- eral employees. Repeal of forced labor reforestation camps. No industrial arbitration boards. Legaliz- ing formation of workers committees in shops, elected democratically by the workers. Right to organize, strike, picket, abolition of injunctions against workers. Babel rights for Negro people. of foreign-born workers. Recon of Soviet Union and establish- ieee as Be eg TD. seer te Pree diy te, BS J. AMITER, National Secretary of the Unemployed A iy Couneils, who ‘demands for the unemployed. he a na ee a got Poe 6. Pi Mike EE Bas a= a = err ae oe aCe "] » > & a, 4