The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 17, 1934, Page 4

Page 4 > DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1934 Call for National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance in Washington, Jann5,-6) 7: UNION CONVENTION Coviinitive Teas Statewient es Workers, BENJAMIN EXPLAINS _ TO VOTE ON ACTION > NEED TO PREPARE ACAINST WACE CUTS Farmers, Professionals, and Veterans, FOR THE CONCRESS a F. —_ | Negroand White; Womenand Youth; of L. Reak: deed File Sapaene Fight | for Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill—To Send By LOUIS WEINSTOCK On Jan. 5, 6 and 7th a National | ss for Unemployment and} Boe: Insurance will take place in| Washington, D. C. which will bring} pressure upon the U. 8. Congress to adopt measures for an unemploy- ment insurance system based on the | Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill. | The call to the Congress for Un- employment Insurance is signed by representatives of A. F. of L. union: Independent Unions, TUUL unions, by political parties and by fraternal and unemployed organizations. The members of these organizations are | carrying on a fight for unemploy- ment and social insurance and for immediate relief to the unemployed. ‘The rank and file members of the A. F. of L., despite the opposition of the reactionary Executive Council of the A. F. of L., support the Work- ers’ Unemployment and Social In- surance Bill. In the coming National Congress for Unemployment Insurance Cen- tral Labor Bodies and local unions affiliated with the A. F. of L. will participate in large numbers to help in the success of the congress. The A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee for Unemployment In- surance and Rélief, a rank and file} organization endorsed by thousands of local unions affiliated with the A. F. of L.,, in the last three years has been carrying on a relentless struggle in the A. F. of L. for the endorsement of the Workers’ Un- employment and Social Insurance Bill. As a result of this fight more than 2,500 local unions, 5 State Federations of Labor, 5 Interna- tional Unions representing 200,000 members and scores of Central Trades and Labor Councils have endorsed the Workers’ Bill. | The tremendous support given by | hundreds of thousands of rank and file members to the Workers’ Bill made it very difficult for the reac-s| tionary leaders of the Executive | Council to keep up the fight against | unemployment insurance, William | Green and the rest of the members | of the Executive Council of the A. F. of L. have uséd every opportunity to attack even the principle of un- employment insurance. One con- vention after another has gone on record against any kind of unem- ployment insurance. The chiefs of | the A. F. of L. were the first ones te support Mr. Morgan in his “block aid” campaign, and Walter C. Teagle’s “share the work plan” was hailed by them as a new solu- tion to unemployment. The 30 hour week hill of Senator Hugo ack had the unconditional support of Green and the Executive Council of the A. F. of L., although the bill if adopted, would reduce the wages 26- per cent and more. When all these schemes failed, however, and Mass sentiment was growing for a | genuine unemployment insurance | system, Senator Wagner introduced | his famous unemployment insurance THE WORKERS’ BILL The Workers Unemployment a |independent unions, T. U. U. L. 500 Delegates plan. The Wagner-Lewis measure excludes 60 per cent of the work- ing population from unemployment benefits, while those entitled te un- | employment insurance would get it | |at some future date and even less/| than the present meager relief. j Green and the official family of the A. F. of L. have gone even fur- ther than a mere formal endorse- | ment of the Wagner bill. Official | communications were sent out to) 30,000 local unions, Central bodies | and State Federations asking them | to endorse the Wagner bill. It was | a challenge to the Workers Unem- | ployment Insurance Bill. Mr. Green, however, failed misevably. In local | unions, as well as in Central Labor Bodies, wherever both bills were presented, theWorkers’ Bill received the endorsement of the membership. In reading the proceedings of the | 54th convention of the A. F. of L. we find that delegates representing federal locals introduced the Work- ers’ Bill. The delegates from the Molders’ Unions, from the A. A, of Steel and Tin Workers, from the U. T. W. A. and Mine, Mill and | Smelter Union failed to carry out the mandates of their respective | conventions, which had éndorsed the | Workers’ Bill. At each of these | International conventions the dele- gates voted unanimously in sup- Port of the Workers’ bill. Had the) delegates to the 84th convention | carried out the wishes of their mem- bership, the Workers’ Bill would not have been disregarded by the reac- tionary resolutions committee headed by Matthew Woll and David Dubinsky. The A. F. of L, Trade Union Committee for Unemployment In- surance and Relief held a conference on October 27 and 28 in Pittsburgh, Pa. This conference unanimously endorsed the Workers’ Bill and the Unemployment Insurance Congress to be held in Washington, D, C.} Already on the initiative of the Detroit A. F. of L, Committee a local conference was held on Noy. 11th at which were present delegates rep- resenting A. F. of L. local unions, unions and fraternal organizations. Plans were made at this conference for a large delegation to attend the Washington Congress representing A. F. of L. locals in the city of| Detroit. The national Committee of the | rank and file movement in the A. F. of L, set as a goal 500 official dele- gates from A. F. of L. unions and Central Labor Bodies to attend the Washington Congress. While the A. F. of L. chiefs to- gether with Secretary Perkins and with the commission appointed by Pres. Roosevelt are scheming and conniving how best to defeat a |genuine Unemployment Insurance | system, the rank and file workers all over the country are mobilizing |for the support of the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill. nd Social Insurance Bill, as in- troduced into Congress on Feb. 2, 1934, by Congressman Lundeen of Minnesota differs from the original bill as formulated by workers and initiated by the Communist Party in that, it doés not specifically state that foreign-born workers shall not be discriminated against and that @ll war funds shall be ellocated to unemployment insurance. Except for these two important omissions, it contains in all respects the pro- visions of the original Workers’ Bill. The full text follows: ABILL To provide for the establishment of unemployment and social insurance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ie ahecckalivee | of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall be known by the title “The Workers’ Unem- ployment and Social Insurance Act.” SEC. 2. The Secretary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the immediate establishment of a system of unemploy- ment and social insurance for the purpose of providing insurance for all workers and farmers unemployed through no fault of their own in amounts equal to average local wages. Such insurance shall be ad- Ministered by workers and farmers and controlled by them under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor in conformity with the purposes and provisions of this Act, through unemployment insurance commissions composed of the rank and file members of Workers’ and farmers’ organizations. Funds for such insurance shall heveafter be provided at the expense of the Government and of em- ployers, and it is the sense of Congress that funds to be raised by the Government, shall be secured by taxing inheritance and gifts, and by taxing individual and corporation incomes of $5,000 per year and over. No tax or contribution in any form shall be levied on workers for the purpose of this Act. In no case shall the unemployment insurance be less than $10 per week plus $3 for each dependent, SEC. 3, The Secretary of Labor is further authorized and directed to provide for the establishment of other forms of social insurance in like amounts and governed by the conditions set forth in section 1 cf this Act for the purpose of paying workers and farmers insurance for loss of wages because of part-time work, sickness, accident, old age or maternity. SEC. 4. The benefits of this Act shall be extended to workers and farmers without discrimination because of age, sex, race or color, religious or political opinion, or affiliation, whether they be industrial, agricultural, domestic, or professional workers, for all time lost. No worker shall be disqualified for the benefits of this Act because of re- fusal to work in place of strikers, at less than normal or trade-union re<es, under unsafe or unsanitary conditions, or where hours are longer than the prevailing union standards at the particular trade and locality, Or at any reasonable distance from home. Fieace inform the following of your endorsemsnt of this Bill: 1, Your loeal Congressman and Senator. 2, The Hon. Mr. CONNERY, Chairman, House Committee of Labor, Washington, D. Cc. \ i ‘ } PRES via 3 b Employed and Unemployed TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR IM” MEDIATE ENACTMENT OF A FEDERAL SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INSURANCE The homes, the families and the basis for the very existence of millions of workers have already been de- stroyed or are seriously menaced as a result of mass un- employment and other causes that deprive willing work- ers of the opportunity to work and earn a livelihood for themselves and their dependents. Of the 10-15,000,000 workers who have been denied the right to work during the five long years of the present widespread and deep-going crisis, barely one-half have been given any relief at all. Yet at this time when the sixth crisis year is about to begin, four million families representing nearly one-sixth of the total population of the United States are admittedly reduced to existence on the unstable public relief which averages less than five dollars a week per family. In many states and counties the relief provided amounts to as little as $1.25 a week per family. It is now established beyond doubt that millions are doomed to remain part of a great army of permanently unemployed as long as the present economic system lasts. This means that millions of youths continue to graduate from school into an army of destitute jobless, It means that those who have been declared “too old to work” can- not hope to be restored to a self-supporting position in our economy. It means that certain sections of the popu- lation, and especially the Negro masses, remain subject to additional abuse and discrimination. It means that all workers in all industries, vocations and professions face the danger that their wage-rates will be reduced to the less than subsistence levels of existence that now prevail for those dependent on public relief. Thus all workers face the menace of degraded living standards whether they retain their jobs or are forced into the army_of un- employed. The men and women who are dependent upon wages and salaries—the overwhelming majority of the popula- tion—must be safeguarded against loss of income and livelihood because of involuntary unemployment, old age, industrial accident or sickness, and maternity. Congress must enact a system of Federal unemployment and social insurance which provides compensation by the govern- ment and employers to all willing workers who are denied the right to work. An unemployment and social insurance system must be designed to ensure the masses against any lowering of their living standards. It must serve to increase pur- chasing power, stimulate productivity in the interest of a higher living standard and lead to necessary redistribu- tion of wealth that is withheld from circulation, Therefore: Compensation must be at least equal to the average wages which workers could earn if permitted to work in their normal occupation and localities. It must in no case be permitted to fall below a fixed minimum health and decency level. Such compensation can and must be provided by and only at the expense of the government and the employ- ers. No contribution in any form should be levied upon workers and other low-income groups. All workers, regardless of age, occupation, color, sex, nationality, citizenship, religious or political belief, must be assured such compensation for all time lost because of involuntary unemployment, old age, industrial accident or sickness and maternity. Representatives directly elected by the ‘workers should administer the social insurance system so that it would be operated in accordance with their conditions, interests and needs. These principles have already been endorsed by thou- sands of organizations representing many millions of workers, farmers, professionals and others whose well- being depends upon a comprehensive system of social in- surance. More than 2,400 locals, and the regular conven- tions of five International and six State bodies of the American Federation of Labor; practically every known unemployed organization; thousands of railroad and other independent local and central bodies, fraternal lodges, vet- erans’, farmers’, Negro, youth, women’s and church groups have expressed their readiness to support these prin- ciples by endorsing the Workers’ Unemployment: and Social Insurance Bill which embodies these principles and was introduced in the 73rd Congress of the United States as H. R. 7598. Under pressure of a constantly growing de- mand for such a system of unemployment and social in- surance, municipal and county government bodies in seventy cities, towns and counties have likewise endorsed the Workers’ Bill and memorialized Congress for its en- actment. Reaffirming our endorsement of these principles, we also declare our opposition to the many proposals and measures that have been brought forward as substitutes for genuine unemployment and social insurance. The Wagner-Lewis Bill, the Wisconsin Unemployment Com- pensation Act, the Townsend Plan and many similar measures fail to make any of the necessary provisions required of a genuine social insurance system. These measures serve only to deceive and divide those who as- pire to a greater measure of social security. As against the forces that oppose and seek to mis- lead, confuse and divide the growing movement for un- employment and social insurance, we must now present the united forces of all who need and all who favor im- mediate enactment of a sound, comprehensive system that will embody all the essential provisions for adequate social insurance, To this end, we now join in calling a great, iS National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance in Washington, D. C. JANUARY 5th, 6th, 7th This Congress, meeting gress of the United States serve to:— at the time when the Con- begins its 74th Session, will Bring together, consolidate and demonstrate the great and growing movement. for a Federal system of unem- ployment and social insurance. Provide the possibility for jointly formulating a com- prehensive plan for all forms of social insurance. Exert pressure upon the 74th Congress of the United States to act without delay formulated. upon such a program as is Deepen, broaden and strengthen the movement and devise a program for the necessary further struggle that must be waged in order to win a greater measure of social security through unemployment and social in- surance. We cordially and earnestly invite all who need and all who desire to help advance a program of adequate protection against the hazards of unemployment, indus- trial accident or sickness, old’ age and maternity, to par- ticipate in this Congress by electing delegates from their every organization. Let us demonstrate that we are united in the determination that those who are willing to en- gage in useful labor shall not be forced to suffer hunger, want and dread of insecurity in the midst of plenty. We call upon all national and local organizations in all cities and towns to join together in united Congress Arrangements Committees for the purpose of assuring united efforts and struggle for unemployment and social insurance. We appeal to every interested individual to begin immediately the work of building a mighty, united, nation-wide movement that will win for the wage and salaried workers in all industries, occupations and local- ities of the United States, assurance of decent existence and freedom from the fear of want and destitution. I. AMTER, National Secretary, Na-¢ tional U.S. A PAT ANSBURY, Member, Illinois Workers Alliance. ROGER BALDWIN, Director, Amer- ican Civil Liberties Union. HARRY BAUMGARTNER, Presi- dent, Prog. Miners of Am., Local mL. Unemployment Council, MARY BEARDSLEY, Social Worker, New York. FRED BIEDENKAPP, United Shoe and Leather Workers Union. MAX BEDACHT, General Secretary, International Workers Order. HERBERT BENJAMIN, Nat'l Or- ganizer, National Unemployment Council, U. 8. A. D. M, BENSON, Secretary-Treas- urer, Florida State Fed. Workers Leagues. ALFRED M. BINGHAM, Editor, Common Sense. HARRY BRIDGES, Pres, San Francisco Local, Int’l Longshore- men’s Ass'n. PAUL BRISSENDEN, School of Business, Columbia University, New York. HEYWOOD BROUN, President, Sire Newspaper Guild, New ZARL ‘BROWDER, General Secre- tary, Communist Party, U. 8. A. F,. ELMER BROWN, National Chair- man, Amalgamation Party, Intl ‘Typographical Union. LEE BURNS, Delegate, Central Trades and Labor Council, Bes- semer, Alabama. J. F, CHAPMAN, General President, Mechanics Ed. Society of America. WINIFRED L. CHAPPELL, Secre- tary, Methodist Fed. for Social Service. MALCOLM COWLEY, Editor, New Republic. BEN DAVIS, Jr., Editor, The Negro Liberator. JAMES EGAN, Secretary, Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union. WILLIAM Z. FOSTER, National Secretary, Trade Union Unity League. BEN GOLD, National Secrétary, Fur Workers Industrial Union. C. GREENFIELD, Chairman, Small Home and Land Owners, Cleve- land, Ohio. | OSCAR GUYNN, President, Local 3917, United Mine Workers of America, Lansing, Ohio. H. 8. HADDOCK, President, Amer- ican Radio Telegraphers’ Ass'n. LEM HARRIS, Executive Secretary, Farmers National Com. for Action. RICHARD HARRINGTON, Secre- tary, Washington State Commit- tee of Action. HAROLD HICKERSON, National Chairman, Veteran Rank and File Committee, Washington, D. C. GRANVILLE HICKS, Editor, New Masses. T. ARNOLD HILL, The National Urban. ROY HINES, “Chairman, Unem- pores ‘Workers Union, Cheyenne, Wyoming. ROY HUDSON, National Secretary, Marine Workers Industrial Union. GRACE HUTCHINS, Labor Re- search Ass'n. RABBI EDWARD L. ISRAEL, Cen- tral Conferencé of American Rabbis. ELMER JOHNSON. Secretary, Painters’ Local No, 637, Delegate Chicago Federation of Labor, MARY VAN KLEECK, Chairman, Inter-Professional Association for Social Insurance. JULES KORCHIEN, National Sec- Tetary, Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Techni- cians. JOS. KISS, National Secretary, Fur- niture Workers Industrial Union. CORLISS LAMONT, Author, New York City. J. J. LEONARD, President, Phila- delphia Local, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. EMIL LINDEN, National Secretary, Fishery, and Cannery Workers Industrial Union, HARRY L. LURIE, Economist and Social Worker, New York City. DAN McBAIN, Secretary, Concord Branch, Granite Cutters Int'l Ass'n of America. THOMAS McGEE, President, West- inghouse Federal Union No, 18872, Philadelphia, Pa. WALDO McNUTT, National Chair- Sy First. Nat'l Youth Congress. H. MURRAY, Chairman, Unem- Sone Citizens’ Leagues, Seattle, ‘Wash. C. MORTIMER, White Motor Fed- eral Local, Cleveland. BROADUS MITCHELL, Socialist Sound for Governor of Mary- Jand. JAMES MURPHY, National Secre- tary, National Lumber Workers Union. CHARLES NILKER, President, Lo- cal No, 2242, United Mine Workers of America, Curtisville, Pa. ESTHER PENN, National Secretary, American Federation of Govern- ment Employees. GEORGE PRIMOFF, Secretary, Fraternal Federation for Social Insurance. LAVERNE PRUETT, Secretary, Lo- cal No. 56, Progressive Miners of America, Illinois. E. TILDEN RANDLES, Chairman, Relief Workers Protective Union, California. JAY RUBIN, National Secretary, Food Workers Industrial Union. M. A. SHARPE, Chairman, United Workers es, South Dakota, JOHN F. SLOAN, Candidate for President, United Mine Workers of America, Til, J, STENGLEIN, Secretary, Bakers Union No, 14, Rochéster, New York. WILLIAM B. SPOFFORD, Execu- tive Sec'y., Church League for Industrial Democracy. BEAUMONT SYKES, Trustee, Lo- cal No. 252, Int'l Oil Field and Refinery Workers of America, Phila., Pa. ALEXANDER TAYLOR, Executive Sec'y, Ass'd Office and Profes- sional Emergency Employees, N.Y. AUDLEY THORPE, Switchmen’s Union of North America. L. WEINSTOCK, Nat'l Sec’y., A. of L. Committee for Unemploy- ment Insurance F, WILLIAMS, Sec,-Treas., Gallup, New Mexico, Sub-district, Na- tional Miners Union. JAY WILSON, Natl, Workers Union. ALFRED G. WINTERS, Personnel Director American Association of Social Workera. DR. REUBEN YOUNG, Natl.-Treas., League of Struggle for Negro Rights. Secy., Auto |refusal of the government to estab- F.| confuse the organizations. Success of Sessions for Unemployment Insurance To Be Determined by Actions to Involve the Broad Masses of Workers By HERBERT BENJAMIN Within a period of less than two months the task of electing, as- sembling and financing thousands of delegates to the National Con- gress for Unemployment and Social Insurance must be accomplished. There can be no doubt as to the importance of this project. The conditions of the masses in the sixth year of mass unemployment and destitution and the persistent lish a system of genuine unem- ployment and social insurance calls for vigorous action by all workers, professionals, farmers and the self- employed. All of these need, many of them already recognie the need, and all of them can be con- vineed of the need, for a system of unemployment and social insurance based on the principles embodied in the workers’ bill and in the call for the National Congress. Millions are ready to welcome the opportunity to participate in and support united efforts to compel enactment of an adequate social insurance. system by the United States Congress. It is up to us to give them this op- portunity by informing them of the Congress and by showing them | how they can participate. The success of this Congress and the extent to which it will serve to advance our fight for unemploy- ment and social insurance, will be determined by how well the most advanced and militant workers plan the work of reaching and involving | the broad masses in the trade unions, the fraternal, Negro, Farm- ers, Veterans’, Women’s and youth organizations; and the masses who must be reached in the shops, neighborhoods and churches. The composition of the National Sponsoring Committee indicates how broad and united the front can and must be. Under no circum- stances must this Congress be merely a gathering of the unem- ployed, Nor must it be a gathering | of delegates from only the revolu- | tionary and left wing organizations, The fact that thousands of locals of the American Federation of La- bor, of fraternal lodges, of Amer- ican Legion Posts and other or- ganizations under reactionary and fascist leadership have already adopted and endorsed the Workers’ | Bill, despite the opposition of their leaders, proves the possibility of rallying and involving thousands of such organizations in the further fight around this vital issue. Our task is to reach these masses and to consolidate the tremendous power which is now scattered and diffused. Our purpose is to direct this power into a single stream so that it may become a mighty torrent that can sweep away and smash all that stands between the masses and) their right to live. | How To Begin | The first task is to form a “Local Sponsoring Committee” in every) city, county or town. Any interested individual or organization can take the initiative in forming such a committee. The .most outstanding and authoritative leadeis and spokesmen of all the groups and organizations we want to reach, should be included in the sponsor- ing committee providing they agree with the purpose and content of the Congress Call. As soon as such a committee is formed (and this must be done without any further delay) the Committee must secure and begin to circulate copies of the Congress Call and other material. In the larger cities, sub-committees can be formed each of which will have the special task of reaching a partic- ular field. For example: A sub- committee to see that the Congress Call reaches the trade-union locals; another for a particular language group; still another for the Negro organizations; the youth, women, professional, church, veterans, etc. Each sub-committee should rally around itself as many active work- ers as possible. These should be sent to visit the meetings of the given organization to explain the purpose of the call and to urge en- dorsement, support and election of delegates. Copies of the Call should be sys- tematically distributed in the shops, in meeting halls, neighborhoods, etc. Delegations should be sen tto newspaper editors with the demand that the call and all plans for ac- tivity in connection with Congress arrangements shall be published in the papers, In some localities, local confer- ences can be called, to which all in- terested organizations can be in- vited by the local sponsoring com- mittee. Where this is practical or necessary, special conferences can be called for trade unions, or for fraternal, language, women’s and other organizations. It is necessary, however, to avoid calling overlap- ping conferences which would only In addition to thése steps which NATIONAL SPONSORING COMM. F. ELMER BROWN, Chairman Pro- tem. HERBERT BENJAMIN, Exec. Sec. T. ARNOLD HILL, Treasurer, *NOTE: Organizations with which sponsors are associated are indicated for purpose of identification. The will serve to bring the Congres ta the attention of all possible organi« zations, it is necessary to organize action in support of the demand for genuine unemployment and social insurance. Mass delegations should be sent to the homes and offices of U. 8 Senators and Congressmen to des mand that they pledge themselves to support the program of the Na- tional Congress as outlined in the Call. Similar demands should be made of state und local govern- mental officials. Municipal legisla- tive bodies (City Council, Board of Aldermen, etc.) should be forced to memorialize Congress for enactment of the Workers’ Bill. The National Arrangements Come mittee has issued a post card which earries a quotation from a recent speech of President Roosevelt in which he asked, “Are you better off than you were last year... are your working conditions better... is your faith in your own individual future more firmly grounded?” The Post-card not only gives every worker the opportunity to answer NO! to these hypocritical questions; it also makes demand for immedi+ ate enactment of the Workers’ Bill, Hundreds of thousands, millions of these cards should be sent to Rooses velt and to the U, 8. Senators and Congressmen from the various states and districts. In this way the government will be informed of the mass support behind the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance and its pro- gram. Mass meetings, lectures, debates and symposiums should be arranged |by the sponsoring committees and the supporting organizations in or- der to explain the proposals for genuine unemployment insurance and to expose the many fake plans which are being brought forward in order to deceive, mislead and divide the masses. By this means and by means of leaflets and res- olutions, we should expose and de- nounce those officials of «unions and other workers’ organizations who pretend to favor unemploy- ment and social insurance but oppose the effort-to build the nece essary united front movement fos struggle around this vital issue. We must make clear that those wha merely give lip service, are no less enemies of unemployment and so- cial insurance than are those who openly oppose it. Financing the Campaign and Congress All of these activities and the sending of thousands of delegates to Washington will require immense funds. If, however, large masses are reached as they must be if this ac- jtion is to be successful, the neces- sary funds will be raised by the very process of these activities. Sympathetic organizations ana individuals are urged to make im- mediate contributions or loans to the National and local sponsoring committees in order to provide the funds “Necessary to starting the work, Supporting stamps in five and ten cent denominations have been issued for sale in the shops, organizations and neighborhoods, If the millions of workers who need and have expressed their approval of genuine social insurance such as we propose are reached, they will buy these stamps and in all other ways make possible the struggle to win such social insurance. ‘Those who themselves lack the will and the courage to engage in the necessary struggle against the hunger program of the American ruling class, charge the workers with being “planless and supine.” Opportunists and reformists who want an alibi for their faliure to fight against the capitalist policy which seeks to force upon the masses the entire burden of the crisis, ridicule and belittle the struggle for unemployment and so= cial insurance. But, the heroie workers who have fought against wage-cuts, starvation relief doles, forced-labor, abuse, discrimination and destitution, know that they can safeguard themselves against these and other results of mass unem- ployment only by forcing the ruling class to establish and provide a sys tem of social insurance. These masses will support, participate in and assure the success of the Na- tional Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance. American Workers’ Delegations in USSR Pay Visit to Kharkov COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16.—Fol- lowing the successful Communist election campaign in the state of Ohio, open fascist expressions have been made against the Communist Party during the past week. Speaking at the Franklin County Republican Club, Ronald Kingsley, executive vice-president of the Americaneers, a patriotic organiza- tion, urged to check “the rising tide of Communism sweeping the coun- try.” He referred to the American ‘ederation of Schools as “having a radical platform, communistic in principle and aiming at the elimi- nation of private and parochial organization is not in all cases com- mitted to the call, \ school system.” This has all the signs of a fascist organization. jm | { i i I