The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-23
MAYOR WALKER
REFUSES TO SEE
WORKING WOMEN
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would take place. No answer ever
came.
The mothers decided not to let the
children go to school until their de-
mands were granted On Feb. the
mothers in greater numbers than be-
fore approached the city hall. They
marched up and down before the city
hall for short while, walked up the
stairs into the roomy corridors of the
city hall. The city authorities were
not very hospitable to the working
class mothers. They did not invite
the tired mothers into the big sitting
rooms to rest in the comfortable arm
chairs. They simply told the mothers
to stay out The mothers seated them
selves and decided not to leave until
they saw the mayor. The officer at
the mayors Office let the mothers
know that the mayor cannot see them
because he had more important bust
ness.
why" said the organizer of the
United Mothers of Williamsburg, Mrs
Zlott, "here's something!" and she
began to read from clipping OF
newspaper.
"Mr. Mccormick, the great tenor
came to see the mayor only the other
day. The mayor set aside every I'M
portant business and came down to
see the singer. The singer said, l
Just came down to see you With
smile and a good Misunderstanding the
mayor answered, All citizens are well
come for the next four years. :"
Mrs. Zlott then added, 1--WE are here
with smile and hand-shake." And
the mothers informed the officer if ne
cessary they would wait until mid
night and instructed the officer to car
nv this message to the mayor. The
officer came back and invited the COM
mittee to come into the office. The re-
representatives. with their babies in
their arms went into the Office. The
representatives were told that the
mayor will go into conference on
the matter and will see committee
of three at half past three. The Off
Ger told the mothers again that they
all can go home and that the commit
tee would bring them the answer. The
mothers insisted on remaining. At
half past four instead of the mayor,
the superintendent of the board of
education with staff of assistants
came down to see the mothers and
hear their demands. The mothers
were lectured by the women who ac-
companied the superintendent and
they were told that they did not have
to drag those poor little children along
and that did not have to come all to-
gether and that they could have taken
the matter up individually in nice
manner. One of the mothers answered
I'VE stick together and go and come
together"
The superintendent promised to
take up the matter with their commit
tee on Thursday and advised the mo-
theirs not to come along. On Thursday,
when New York City was treated to a
heavy snow-storm the mothers went
along with the committee to the board
of education where they were told
that their demands of not transferring
the children were granted. The victor
ious mothers learned from this strug
gle that the only way to better their
conditions is to organize and to stick
together and to fight together. They
have learned that not only must they
stick in time of struggle but that they
must have a permanent organization
to protect their children in the school
and at home and to be able to take
up problems confronting the workers
at a moments notice. The mothers
have a permanent organization-the
United Mothers of Williamsburg.
Come out, mothers, from the holes
where you live in fire-trap tenements.
You, mothers, united can do away
with fire-trap public schools, fire-trap
tenements. Together, mothers, we
will fight for better, healthier future
for our children and ourselves.