The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-17
COPS VTCTOUSLY
BEAT JOBLESS
Nessin Demands Funds
Immediate Relief
Continued from Page y
full view of Walker and his
grating politicians.

grating politicians.
All the way down the stairs the
delegation was beaten. Several
other workers who stood in the hall
were set on and beaten. They were
pushed down to the basement of
the city hall. No reporters were
allowed down there. Screams came
from the direction of the basement.
Fresh contingents of cops went
down to finish off the slaughter. 1t
lasted for half an hour.
The unemployed delegation were
paying with their blood for telling
the Tammany grafters to their face
that they were filling their pockets
with millions of dollars while the
unemployed workers, 100000 of
them and their families in New
York City alone were starving to
death; that the grating Tammany
judges were evicting unemployed
workers and their families by the
thousands.
All the while the smuggling was
going on, Norman Thomas; social
fascist, waiting for his turn to offer
to defeat the demands of the unem-
ployed sat two feet away from
where the Unemployed Delegation
were being viciously slugged.
He looked on, smilingly. He kept
his mouth shut. He approved of
every blow the Tammany grafters
handed out to the unemployed rep
resentatives. He did not move from
his spot. He just looked on; and
smiled.
The delegates were dragged out.
Screams could be heard in the hall,
as more cops rushed after them.
But Thomas stood his ground, and
made no protest. 1t did not matter
to him if the unemployed delegation
was being murdered. He had
nothing to do with that.
When Maude White, the Negro
worker, was showed out into the
street, Negro cop was sent after
her to push her on.
In the press room the capitalist
reporters were in a quandry. They
were connecting stories about the
''riot" being started by the unem-
ployed delegation. They talked with
one another on how to conceal the
truth. They admitted it was
NASTY piece of business" They
agreed on the story that the sun
employed delegates started the
| riot"
They will do all they can to sup
press the fact that Walker ordered
the smuggling, and sat by and watch
ed every bit of it that occurred in
the assembly hall. Someone had to
hold Walker by the sleeve to keep
him from joining in the smuggling.
Nesin started his speech when
Walker called out the point in the
budget dealing with an additional
contribution to the police depart
ment. Here is Nesin's speech word
for word, taken down verbatim:
II am secretary of the Unem-
ployed Council, and 1 speak here
on this important point, in the name
of 100000 unemployed workers. We
demand that the 100000 that is
assigned for police, be assigned t.
an emergency relief fund for the
unemployed.
"The police department of this
city is being used for the purpose
of clubbing the unemployed work.
ers, is being used to arrest unem-
ployed workers and their leaders.
They arrest workers who strike
against wage cuts and for reduc-
ton in their hours of labor.
"Our delegation here represents
the 100000 unemployed workers.
We have all workers represented; a
Negro worker, Spanish-American
war veteran, steel worker, and
food worker.
"The police are used to chase I'M
employed workers who sleep in the
parks out of them, like dogs. We
ask this money be used for unem-
ployment relief and not for cops
to slug the unemployed.
"Your cops attacked the March
Sixth demonstration when 10000
unemployed workers fought for re-
lief. You jailed Foster, Minor, Am
ter, Raymond and Lesten for want
ing to present the demands Of the
unemployed.
EVERY grating Tammany poll
tician who steals millions is left
free, while the unemployed delega-
ton is sent to Jail. The grating
judges are left free"
Walker got red in the face. "Who
is grafter?" he shrieked.
"You represent the grating Tam
, many politicians" sad Nesin.
"Who do you represent? ?" cried
Walker.
Il am here for the Unemployed
Council, and I would rather be here
representing the unemployed work
ers, than representing the grafters
as you do"