Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1936 — Page 7

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In most bechbme a class apart. In Amerla has always been merged

in the nation as a whole. : > Labor in this country has pro- | ¥ gressed by following the Gompers’ |. policy of keeping free from entanglement with any political group. That policy more than anything else is responsible for the steady : advance it has made. In the United States real wages constantly have increased. But at the same time labor has retained its freedom. More than that, it has won general | recognition of its right to freedom

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camp of American labor the Eure pean system of political alliances “which invariably victimizes labor. In trying times leaders always arise who claim they can deliver the labor vote to one political camp or the other. Back in 1904 even Mr. Gompers himself was accused of belonging to this class. The cry was

raised: “Gompers has promised fo deliver the labor vote.” Years later,

when writing the story of his life, 3 ) : : S i i R i M r ° he made reply. I quote: & : “I knew full well that I could not ff deliver the labor vote, nor did 1 3 id make any such promise or pretense. ; i 1t was simply absurd for any one to 5 : , charge that I had in mind either the 4 : ; A C i ! Ek V EM k Uy T desire or the will or the ability to J j . " : deliver the labor vote.

“To meet that unjust criticism a ; : : x and attack I frequently declared "3 faa eg J : C E LE i! RA { : upon the public platform as well as y : : 5 8 ji: . in conferences and writings that I il $ fo : had not the power to deliver the i ; : vote of any man. The only vote F iE ’ ; ; I controlled was my own.” ‘ Si : T i i i 0 L D E HW Mr. Gompers spoke truly. No one sulin : . can deliver the labor vote of Amer- ge

ica to any one political party. No| if one can deliver the farm vote of : ; ; LEE YE A i . America to any one political party. ER XK . :

No one can deliver any other class : vote in America to any one political :

party. ; . Why? Because there are no : # FE : i classes in America. We are one : “a : —

nation and one people. We are a

nation of individuals and of free- Re: il i men. As freemen we may differ ; wi A in our opinions on national af- | ; fairs. But we are -one people, To i i : however much we may differ. Ee —

That is the unique feature of our > Ry al "2 i . ? ) American system. Any one who ; i pe 3 FU claims to be able to deliver, or ] XT >

strives to deliver, any part of the a American people to a political mas- i ter is betraying the creed of Amer- : ; : ; | ica. Such a person is sowing the : r : —- 4 5B * seeds of wdestruction_for all of us. E “ ; 3 ; ; He threatens to destroy the one on 4 i } g classless nation in a world divided 3 by class hatred and overshadowed by the tragedy of disunion. Let us stand in the future, as in the past, a united people, a united nation! Now, in conclusion I want to discuss another matter of deep concérn to labor. .

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

I have been frankly exposing the inadequacies, the inequalities, the dangers, and the disappointments inherent in the compulsory insur. ance programs of the New Deal At the same time I have been offering in its stead a practical and a constructive program of real security. " The present Administration claims that the burdens of the social security act fall mainly upon the employers. The real facts are that they fall almost entirely on the workers. They must pay twice; once directly when the tax is deducted from their pay envelopes in increasing amounts until it reaches 3 per cent. They must pay agafh indirectly in reduced employment, higher prices or lower wages. These inevitably must result from the 6 per cent pay roll taxes on their employers, who must pass on these increased costs to the public in one form or another. I already have pointed out that

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