The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-03
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DEMONSTRATION
IN JERSEY, CHI.
TUUL Is Organizing
Struggle
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States, the army Of unemployed,
which already numbers more than
100000, is growing rapidly. AL
ready in dozens of cities, mass In
employed Councils have been organ
lied to fight for unemployment re-
lief. Great demonstrations will
mark International Unemployment
Day, ON Feb. 26.
One of the bitterest features of
the present struggle is the fact that
hundreds of workers are being
thrown out of their home by the
boss courts for failure to pay rent.
In Chicago, New York, Detroit, Buff
falo-in fact in every industrial CEN
ter, the Rent Courts are filled 20
Overlooking, and hundreds of evic-
tions are issued against the unem-
ployed workers. In Chicago, moro
than a dozen employed workers,
street cleaners and janitors, working
for the city, have been ordered out
of their homes because they failed
to pay rent, due to receiving no
wages from the city for over n
month.
More Proof That Hoover Lies.
An indication Of the Justification
of the unemployment figures by
Hoover, Davis and the boss-control
led Department OF Labor is given
by census figures for Rochester. The
Department of Labor reported about
6 per cent unemployment in Roches-
ter. A census taken in Rochester
of 10000 workers showed II per
cent were out of work, and had been
unemployed for more than 10 weeks !!
In this fashion do the capitalists
lie in order to attempt to prevent
mass organization and fight of the
starving unemployed workers. Hoo
ver's bureau reports 6 per cent
unemployment; another capitalist
agency, equally against the workers,
reports II per cent in the same city!
Living Costs Increasing!
At the same time, while wages are
being cut, while millions are cut off
from all means of livelihood, the De-
partment of Labor reports that liv-
ing costs are increasing. The aver
age cost of living in the United
States, according to a bulletin issued
by this statistical body, on Jan. %,
increased or per cent in the six
month period from June, 1929, to
Dec, 1929. During this six month
period there was an increase in the
food prices for 80 cities of 81 per
cent; fuel and light prices increased
20 per cent. Even rents increased
in some cities.
What does this mean for the mass
army of unemployed? More money
is needed to buy food, and yet there
are no jobs for them to earn any
money at all! In this situation, the
mass of unemployed must be organ
lied to demand immediate relief
under the leadership of the Unem-
ployed Councils as part of the Trade
Union Unity League and it's general
movement for organizing the unor-
gained.
Unemployment has especially hit
the Southern worker in the textile
industry. The Manville-Jencks mill
in Gastonia is running three days
week with 200 workers. The night
shifts closed.
Gastonia Starving Search Garbage.
Recently workers in Gastonia
broke into number of box cars and
stole food for their hungry children.
Four workers were caught, tried and
convicted. They got sentences of
from 2 to 21s years in the chain
gang and in the penitentiary. Also
in Gastonia, starving workers are
searching the garbage cans for food.
Official records say there are 900G
unemployed in Winston-Salem, N.
c. alone. Actually there are more
than $1,000. Together with mass
unemployment, there are wide
spread wage cuts. A ten per cent
cut was slapped against the work