The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-20
WORKERS FACE
HUNGRY WINTER
IN MIME Oils
Slack Stomachs Find a
Kool Komfort in Kali
BY LESLIE r. HURT
Especial to the Daily Worker.)


MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 49,
The workers of Minneapolis are al
ready beginning to feel the terrible
effects of unemployment Hundreds
of men and their families are facing
hunger and privation this winter.
Little children attend school in tat
tered and torn clothing. The Gate
way park district, where the "em-
ployment sharks" hold forth, con-
gested daily with seekers of jobs, but
they discover that there are but few
to be obtained.
Employment Sharks
In many instances the workers are
charged as high as ten dollars for the
privilege Of Shaving" for an "open-
shop" contractor at thirty-five or forty
cents per hour as common laborer.
There is some talk of the possibility
of it being necessary to establish
bread lines" again this winter as was
done here in 1922. At many rate
the workers are beginning to relize
that they will be Excepting Cool With
Coolidge" when the cold, wintry
blasts hit Minneapolis.
That the unemployed may expect
no sympathy, nor relief, from the
present mayors administration is
proven by Mayor General George E.
Leachs consistent refusal to sign
the bond issue. for the building of
the proposed municipal auditorium
which is to cost approximately S3,00O,-
900 and which would provide employ
ment for several hundred men.
The Contract Plan
The mayor insists that the building
be constructed under the contract
plan, while labor aldermen in the city
council ask adoption Of the day labor
system. The mayor is supported in
his views by the Citizens Alliance
and the Builders Exchange members
the bitterest enemies Of the organized
workers in Minnesota. The council
men threaten court action to force
Leach to attach his "John Henry tC
the bonds so that the work may be
commenced Immediately, but evident
ly "orders are orders" to Leach and
it is certainty that he will hold OFF
as long as possible.
When General Leach made his
last campaign for reelection he posed
as a friend of the organized and un-
organized workers. Certain political
wise-acres" in the local labor move
ment were instrumental in forcing
Alderman Gottfried Linsten to with
draw as the candidate of the working
peoples league in favor of Leach. 1t
is q safe bet that it will be a danger
GUS thing the next time for the "fak-
ers" to attempt another "sell-out"
Market Flooded
Benjamin Gitlow, Workers Party
candidate for the vice-presidency, in
one Of the best speeches ever deliv-
cred in the Twin Cities, last Thursday
night pointed out the fact that the
workers have produced so much since
the war that the markets have be-
come flooded with a surplus that can
not and will not be disposed of for
some time to come. Thus it becomes
necessary for capitalism to throw
the workers out of their jobs and to
close their plants. The lines are be-
ing drawn closer--hunger and power
ty stalks thru America.
Rally To Communism
And yet thousands Of disillusioned,
lobless slaves will flock to the La
Toilette banner, but the intelligent.
thinking, class conscious workers will
rally to the cause of communism.
Foster and Gitlow offer the only logic
al solution to the problem Of unem-
ployment. The Workers Party will
stir up sentiment for the establish
ment Of a farmers and workers gov.
eminent that is sure to come.
4