| Show Inside Labor Unions Rea Ready y Relief Plan For Jobless n By fly Victor ictor Riesel There are going to be jobless How many millions no one knows And where there are unemployed un un- unemployed employed there always arc hot- hot tongued promising panacea-promising political political political po po- po- po pitchmen trying to turn other guys' guys tough breaks into tough politics But they'll have rough going g this time Already behind the labor scenes scene skillful strategy is being developed to keep the unemployed un un- employed employed no no matter how many or how few out few out of the tho political con mens men's hands No Kingfish King or Workers Alliance kind of violent violent violent vio vio- lent leadership time If it the responsible labor chiefs can help it The unions have a plan to care for their own quietly Theres There's no hysteria But theres there's much concern over disappearing jobs The unemployed dont don't yet add up to much in communities but but hit a sized good-sized total when the information is cen cen- Its It's spotty Some Kaiser- Kaiser Frazier auto workers were laid off Jan 14 Dozens of little plants manned by A F L and C CIO I 0 are In trouble in Toledo and Cleveland Some little shops are actually closing Plants like those which lost the automobile fringe orders such as stamping out headlights and auto horns When the big companies companies com corn panics are in full production they farm out this fringe work to the smaller shops Fringe Plants Hit When the assembly line slackens slackens slackens slack slack- ens a little the companies punch out the lights and horns them them- selves And production of cars has slackened in some big factories fac fac- tories The fringe plants are hi hit t first Theres There's an overload of household household household house house- hold appliances appliances and and Cleveland and Bridgeport are hard hit There arc are heavy layoffs on the railroads Some are seasonal But a lot of men haven't been called back In Michigan Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- Connecticut New York and New Jersey large lines wait at the unemployment insurance check desks Its It's there all right Now more than just signs of things to come And the labor chiefs recall the years we want to forget Wild politicos of all sects whipped the unemployed leagues in frenzies Jobless chained themselves inside relief offices Storm Offices City halls and state legislatures legislatures legisla legisla- tures were stormed Light heat and inside plumbing had to be shut off to convince demonstrators tors to leave city state and federal federal federal fed fed- eral offices And all under the guidance of ofa a Workers Alliance which at atone atone atone one time had more members than the A F L itself Today the huge labor federations federations federations federa federa- dont don't Intend to abdicate the care of ot their jobless to any outside outfit Behind the scenes the C CIO's CIOs I Os O's community service committee directed by Leo o Perils Perlis for example example example ex ex- ample is planning to care for its own First in the strategy it soon will put before the C CIO I 10 0 high command will be creation of a reserve fund to see the jobless jobless jobless job job- less through Money will come from the C CIO's CIOs IOs IO's millions who are employed Union Plan Flan Under this plan each big C CIO I 0 union would have its own unemployed unemployed unemployed section No outside organization organization organization or or- could come near it to exploit e. e the ill luck of the jobless jobless jobless job job- less in national or local politics or or inside the union itself During During During Dur Dur- ing the Workers Alliance days the hotheads swung heavy in influence influence influence in- in fluence in those unions which permitted their jobless to vote The outsiders would promise the world if the workless would badger the union chiefs into bad tempered action No more of ot that this time Instead the C CIO I 0 community committee had thousands of trained union counsellors all allover allover allover over the nation nation 2000 2000 in Chicago alone alone to to comfort and aid C CIO I 0 members employed or These counsellors go to special class classes classes and and s-and and graduate to help with everything from advice on inexpensive food shopping to filling out Income taxes and anda a avoiding voiding divorce It'll be these C CIO I 0 counsellors against the rabble rousers while the A F L Land and C CIO I 0 national officers officers officers of of- ask congress for bigger and better employment service laws Anyone trying to job the jobless jobless jobless job job- less will discover hes he's more than 10 years too late Copyright 1949 New York Post |
