The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-19
800 Winnipeg
WORKERS STORM
MAYOR FOR Jobs
Demand "WOrk or Full
Maintenance"
tspeeIaI 70 Ths DaIIy WORKED

WINNIPEG, Canada, Dec. 16.
Led by members of the Com
munist Party of Canada, a
parade of over 500 destitute
and unemployed workers
marched along the main streets
of this city, interviewed the
mayor, besieged the city hall
and parliament buildings, and
forced an interview with the
premier.
The fake tabor" mayor, Farmer,
elected the unemployed workers into
the freezing cold. Premier Bracken,
at the parliament building was forced
to admit his governments inability to
cope with the unemployment crisis.
He promised nothing.
Rally Around Communist Slogan.
The unemployed marchers walked
along Portage Ave. and Main st. dur
| ing the noon hour, and entered the
city hall, demanding to interview the
mayor in order to secure food and
shelter. They rallied around the slo-
gan popularized by the Communists,
Work or full maintenance"
At the call Of the Communist Party
of Canada the men had assembled in
the woodward" determined not to
accept the abominable work test"
provided by the city council. They
struck against it to a man, and then
began the march in the freezing
weather to the city hall, to demand
work or full maintenance"
In spite of the efforts of police to
throw the workers into the streets,
they refused to bulge. Then came the
labor" mayor, Farmer. The mayor
Immediately ordered the police to put
the men out, in spite of the fact that
even his bourgeois predecessors nad
allowed unemployed to take shelter
in the city hall. After being elected,
the unemployed with even greater
numbers, stormed the Labor Temple
for shelter. A delegation waiting
upon the unemployment committee of
the city council was given blank re-
fusal to their demands for immediate
relief.
Nothing was promised by either the
mayor or the council. The single men
were promised no future relief. The
married men were referred to the in
famous social welfare commission.
which has the habit of sending the
wives of the unemployed out to work
at lower wages than are paid male
workers.
Police Keep Them Out.
The procession then beseiged the
parliament buildings. The swarms Of
police allowed only small delegation
inside forcing the half clad unem-
ployed to wait in the bitter cold. The
premier kept the men waiting an hour,
and then gave only a half promise of
some assistance to the married men
thru the city council.
Asked whether work Of any kind
was available, Premier Bracken adj
mitted that no bush or farm work is
to be had, in spite of previous claims
that there are agricultural jobs open.
Bracken stated that the condition Of
the unemployed city workers is dupi-
Gated in worse degree upon Mani
toba farms.
The Worker" official organ OF the
Communist Party of Canada, contains
the following statement: "Take no
tice prospective immigrants. The re-
suit of several hours Of wandering
and buffeting resulted in nothing. The
single unemployed men are to get
nothing. Agitation is being continu-
ed, and the problem will be forced to
the attention of the authorities until
something is DONE"
"The unemployed are holding out
solidly against the work-test and are
sticking to the Communist slogan
Work or Tull Maintenance The
Trades Cou I'll is assisting in the or.
ganization of an unemployed council
and the work of organization among
the jobless promises to be more fruit.
full this year than in the past. Mean
while conditions are becoming worse,
and Winnipeg is faced with a situa-
ton that will be without parallel in
the past"