The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-18
Workers Init Relief Prepares
for New Struggles
Preparation for Hunger Marches.
Demand Extreme Penalties for Russian Sabotager


cEVENTY delegates representing $4,000 workers
organized by 40 organizations attended the
city conference of the WIR. local held Sunday,
Dec. Z, 1880.
The conference was opened by Beatrice Carlin,
secretary OF the Local W.IR. who pointed out
that the task before the conference is to or
ganize solidarity actions for the German and
other working class struggles abroad and the
rising tide of the struggles of the American work
ing class, the looming strikes and hunger march
es which will be organized during this winter in
order to demand unemployed insurance, work or
wages from the State legislatures and govern
ment.
Sam Nessin, leader of the New York unenl-
ployed movement was elected to the chair After
the appointment of various committees, Comrade
Berg, secretary of the German Department., drew
lessons from the strike of 100000 metal workers
of Berlin. The significance of this movement
was, that it was the forerunner of those move
ments by which the German working class is
increasingly opposing the Young Plan and the
fascist menace.
New struggles are growing in Germany Eng
land and in Latin America. Workers of New
York must organize to be ready by creating
permanent mass organization for the support of
working class strikes and struggles.
John j. BALKAN, secretary of the FS.U, pointed
out that the war danger, and especially the dan
ger of an imperialist intervention against the
Soviet Union is today, considering the growing
intensity of the Anti-Soviet campaign all over
the world, and in the U. S. of special Importance
for the workers of New York to fight against.
The trial of the Industrial Party, in which
the foreign imperiaists were linked up with the
counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie is clear indi-
cation of the maturity and menacing character
OF the war preparations
Sam Nessin gave an account of the work of
the unemployed committees of Greater New
York and of the new plans to lead the unemploy-
ed into the struggles against the capitalist class
on the basis of concrete demands to be put for
ward to the city, State and national govern
ments.
In this struggle for unemployed insurance the
W.LR. Will have to play an important role. AL
ready the First National Convention of the I'm
employed held on July 4th, saw the WIR. active
Nearly one thousand delegates were fed and shell
tered by the WIR., and actively helped by the
W.IR on their way to the conference, saw the
necessity and the Importance of a working class
relief organization working on the basis of work.
ing class struggle and solidarity instead of bour-
geois charity.
The role of the w.IR. is to help to organize
the unemployed.
Hunger Marches and the tremendous tasks be-
fore the unemployed movement during this WIN
ter must make the greatest efforts to build the
W.IR.
The appeal of Comrade Nessin was enthusi-
astically received by the delegates. collection
was made from the floor as a start for the CAM
paign.
Louis Gibarti gave an account in reference to
the international activities of the organization
its Importance in the new strategy of mass
strikes and mass struggles. The German and
Scottish Hunger Marches, the recent metal work.
ers strike, the strike Of 10000 textile workers
in the Northern French textile area this Spring.
workers OF America and to organize into the
revolutionary Trade Union Unity League to
fight for the social insurance BILL for work or
wages, calls the American Albanian workers to
fight in support of the real revolutionary move
ment of the workers and poor farmers of AL
bania who are fighting under the leadership Of
the Communist Party with the aim of over
throwing the fascist dictatorship of zago, the
Albanian bourgeoisie, the capitalist system, and
build workers and farmers government.
Down with the hunger government of Hoover!
Down with fascist governments Of Mussolini and
zagol. INK
Long live the Communist Party Of the United
States A..l
Long live the Communist Party OF Alhanial