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7. Increase Social Security and medical care enactment of Forand Bill.
8. Aid to chronically depressed areas-enactment of Douglas-Spence Bill.

The action of the Auto Workers of Michigan in their march on Lansing, of the Retail and Department Store Worker Union, in their march on Washington, of the United Packing House Workers in setting up organization of the unemployed, and many other actions, point the way to fight the depression. In this sense, organized labor is playing quite a different role than it did during the Great Depression.

But it must be frankly stated and honestly faced that both the program and particularly the activity of organized labor falls far short of what is needed and what is possible to meet the critical situation. Therein lies the danger.

The economic crisis found the leaders of labor inadequately meeting the demands of the situation-
because of their illusions in a crisis-free peoples' capitalism
because they were committed to an armaments program that was supposed to provide a main prop for employment
because of their routine reliance on smart lawyers and clever public relations in negotiations
because they took no steps to close the growing gap between themselves and the rank and file

The period of relatively "easy" negotiations is over. There must be an end to excessive reliance upon arbitration in contract struggles.

The period of sharpening struggles is here. This will call for greater reliance on the power of organization, upon the militancy of the rank and file. It will require the widest unity of labor with the famers, Negro people and the mass of small businessmen and professionals.

While some labor leaders particularly in hard-hit industries and especially those closest to the rank and file realize this, this sense of awareness does not adequately permeate the thinking or the actions of the leadership of the AFL-CIO.

Labor must become fully aware of this if it is to make the necessary drastic turn in its approaches to the fight against the growing depression, to negotiation, to organizing and unleashing the militant activity of the rank and file, to the question of unity of employed and unemployed, of Negro and white.

In a word, a sharp turn in putting the strong trade union movement into fighting shape is needed.

The Communists have no illusions in the long-term possibility of insuring capitalist economy against depression, but we fully support labor's program for immediate steps, as well as project our own suggestions to meet the effects of unemployment and cushion its blows against the people.

Among these are:

1. Expand Foreign Trade

A vast market beckons - the 800 million market of Soviet Union, China, and other Socialist countries. Soviet Ambassador Menshikov has repeatedly offered trade. Just as our country needs a sane nuclear policy, so does it require a sane trade policy.

A great market also lies awaiting in the underdeveloped countries of Latin America, Asia and Africa, provided trade and aid are given without interference in internal affairs of these countries or attempts at domination by American monopolies. Trade means jobs. The AFL-CIO in the interests of its members as well as the nation at large should be in the forefront of the fight for a sane trade policy with all countries regardless of their social system.

2. A bolder tax program is needed that raises exemptions to 1,000 - increases business and corporation taxes. Also, a vast public construction program that overcomes the long neglect of our schools and hospitals.

We support the AFL-CIO proposed Congressional investigation of monopoly-manipulated prices in the midst of sharp economic decline. We strongly urge Government enforcement of anti-trust laws to curb monopoly prices. 3)Particular attention must be given to the problems of youth who are hard hit by the economic crisis. But above all, a great peoples' fight-the-depression movement can and needs to be brought into being. All the sufferers of depression, except a handful of