The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-23

place in Madison Square Gard
they were not standing up the
ployed and standard bearers Of
Communism, many standing in
the aisles because there were
no more seats, held the Red
Rally last night. They ratifie'
the Communist candidates.
William z. Foster, Communists
candidate for governor, and Israel
Amter, Communist candidate for
Congress, were speakers from the
March 9th unemployment demon
stration committee, just released
yesterday from six months in Jail.
Letters from two other members of
the delegation, Robert Minor, edi-
tor of the Daily Worker and Com
munist candidate for Congress, and
Harry Raymond, unemployed work
er, were read. Raymond is held in
prison for four months more, and
Minor is in the hospital.
''Vote Communist, for unemploy-
ment relief and organize to fight
all attempts of the bosses to throw
the burden of this growing crisis on
the workers and jobless," was the
keynote of the rally.
Militant action dragged from
Tammany and from Hoover such
sops as they now throw to the job
less, but the workers demand real
relief for the unemployed. The
workers must fight the whole capt.
talist SYSTEM" declared all the
speakers, amidst great enthusiasm.
The hall was filling up with worI-
ers marching from the shops as
early as p. m. 1t was half full at
seven, and singing, cheering and en-
thusiasm prevailed as the workers
pointed ,out to each other the flam-
ing slogans on the walls: ''Vote for
the Working Glass Against Capital
ISM" "Organize and Strike Against
Wage Cuts" "Mass Violation Will
Smash the Injunctions and Stop
Evictions," Hail the Communist In
ternational," "For the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill-Vote Red"
100000 More Readers For the Daily
Worker"
Police (horse, foot, gas and ma
chine gun service) were massed
around the building, a complete
Gordon.
Sam Nessin, who was speaking
in the board of estimates meeting
when Walker threw down his gavel
and ordered the beating, entered
about 7:45, and was cheered wildly.
Foster and Amter arrived a few
minutes later and received the same
ovation, the cheering being re-
doubled when the three took their
seats on the platform. BY this time
there were fully $4,000 present,
with more coming in continually.
Don't starve, fight! Hoover's
hunger commission is a fake!
Hoover's building program flopped,
and will flop again. Hoover's
latest proposal, to stagger workers
on the jobs, is boss attack against
the standard of living of the whole
working class and will reduce their
standard of living one-third," said
Foster, and continued:
Hundreds of thousands are eat
ing out of garbage pals now, and
this winter, 100000 face starva-
ton.
Workers must organize for a
tremendous fight for unemployment
insurance. Those who have fought
under Communist Party leadership
meet with clubbing as Nessin did
last week. Or they are imprisoned
like Harry Raymond, the worker
who is in prison for ten months for
representing the unemployed, while
Connolly, the Queensborough graft.
ing president, lives a luxurious life
in Jail and will soon be out.
"The A. F. L. convention was not
only a mobilization for the bosses
against unemployment insurance
but was also to put through Hoov.
er's wage cut plan which he now
announces.
"Vote Communist-fight onw
Amter particularly attacked the
socialist party as real social fas-
cists throughout the world. Only
the Communist Party leads the
fight for social insurance anc
against wage cuts.
sIn the 10 days left before elec.
ton day." said Amter, 1--WE must &c
into the shops and factories, and
organize the workers to vote Com.
munist and to fight against wage
cuts"
Minors letter, read by Max Be.
dacht, pointed out turmoil and de.
cay in capitalism, with the working
class rising to ever more determined
struggles, and with the Communist
Party the vanguard always. 1t re.
ferred to the March 9Th demonstra
ton of over 100000, and it's brutal
repression. 1t told Of the jobless
workers massing and hurting their
sfiance in spite Of police clubs al
over when he addressed the