The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12
How to Fight tor
Food tor Starring
Families
IL.

l, Select neighborhood in your city where
the poorest most exploited workers live. Do not
try to cover an area too large Concentrate your
forces upon the selected. Visit every work
ers home. Ascertain, upon a blank provided
for the members of the unemployed branch,
cases of starvation, sickness because of INSULT
Gent food, etc. Every visiting commit
tee must carry credentials from the unemployed
council. The address of the unemployed council
branch must be left in every workers home
SO that he knows where to call for advice and
to join.
2. Having secured, through investigation, cases
of starving families malnutriton, sickness be-
cause of insufficient food or bad housing, ill
ness of babies because of no milk, cases of
threatened evictions issue leaflet to the neigh
borhood calling for meeting of all workers to
consider this situation. Upon this leaflet state
that on such street so many families were
found without loaf of bread in the house, upon
such street families are being threatened with
eviction, such a number of babies are getting no
milk, etc. At this meeting expose the employers
and their governments and make plain that the
unemployed workers must fight against the rich
bosses and their politicians for food for the
starving families Allow discussion at the meet
ing so that the neighborhood workers can state
their point of view. Elect a committee, a large
ueleSdGlOIl, uldlHly composed Oh JDe nelR0DOr-
hood workers. to go to the city hall and to the
rich corporations for whom the unemployed
formerly worked to demand immediate relief
Make sure that this delegation has several able
and capable spokesman.
3. AT this meeting organize a branch COM
posed of unemployed workers in the neighbor-
hood. Have representation from workers en-
ployed in the shops in this branch, as we'll as
from workers organizations that may meet in
the neighborhood. Make plain why the unem-
ployed must organize and together with the en-
ployed, fight the bosses and their government
for relief and against wage cuts and speed-up.
4. If relief is given the starving families by
the city government or some charity organiza-
tion demand that the workers in the branch
distribute this themselves. If relief is given the
starving families by the government, call an
other meeting of the workers in the neighbour
hood and inform them all that this relief was
secured because the unemployed workers and
employed workers, the unemployed council and
branch fought for it, demanded it, that the
struggle must be continued for adequate relief
for all families for unemployment insurance
from the national government Continue house
to house Investigations, increase the demands
upon the CITY,
S. While the demands for food for starving
families are being made upon the city govern
hcuV ~ may pe HeCeSSdIy 10 secure some 1000
Immediately for few families who need help
without delay. The branch in the neighbor-
hood, with the help of employed workers, must
then go to store keepers, merchants workers
organizations, and collect food for the starving
families in immediate need. AS these collections
OF food are made, the store keepers and others
must be told that they are called upon to help
because the rich bosses and their government
are letting the unemployed workers families
starve. 1t must constantly be emphasized that
it is impossible for the employed workers, work.
ers' organizations, small store keepers to give
adequate relief to the unemployed that these
can only help in certain instances, for certain
short periods of time, that the immensely rich
employers and their government must be made
to pay for adequate relief for all unemployed
g. The food and relief collected by neigh
borhood branch, must be distributed by this
branch, and in being distributed the starving
families and workers in the neighborhood must
be made aware that this relief is given as a
symbol of solidarity between workers But the
families that receive the relief and the workers
in the neighborhood must also be told that only
a small measure Of relief can be given by the
neighborhood branch and that the fight for
adequate relief must direct itself against the
rich bosses and their government and against
the capitalists and the rich corporations for
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