The daily worker., 1931-12-03
Official Washington
In FurOr AS Clifford
and Liberals Fail
.coNT1NuED FROM PAGE ONE,

the National Hunger March and the
demands for Unemployment Insur-
ance.
Threatening Preparations,
Police Inspector Edwards has an
nounced that all leave Of absence for
policemen has been Cancelled during
Dec. 6 and 7, the days the National
Marchers are in the city. Just be-
fore this he had stated to Herbert
Benjamin, national field organizer OF
the Washington Arrangements Com
nittee of the National Hunger March,
that "the Hunger Marchers will get
the same treatment as other citi-
zens."
Inspector Edwards seems to mean
such treatment as was given the
wildwood citizens shot down in the
miners strike, and the Washington
unemployed attacked on the capitol
steps several times previously, be-
cause the Washington papers report
the police department has modified
its whole available force and sent in
structions to all stations TO have
wagons and hospital stretchers ready.
Thepatrol wagons are to carry tear
gas bombs.
The Washington Post declares the
hunger marchers are "racketeers,"
but says 1--WE ought to give them the
right to come"
The Washington News and all
other Scripps- Howard papers take
the line that at is no crime to be a
Communist" and that the so-called
investigation" report Of the Secret
Service last Sunday Is "a long propa-
ganda story" which has already
provoked much legal lawlessness in
connection with the unemployed
demonstrations" (eyidently referring
to Hammond, etc.. The News ad-
mits, 1.-THE purpose Of this story was
to frighten local authorities into
breaking up this demonstration be-
fore it reaches Washington and en-
barrarres the administration" This
story admits there are at least
100000 unemployed"
Clifford Lies.
Hoover's latest feat was to pull out,
like vaudeville magician from hat,
the following statement of Clifford
chat there is every indication that
each state will take care of its own
this winter and that no need ap-
peared for financial assistance from
the federal treasury"
According to the Washington bu"
reau of the Baltimore Sun the Gif-
ford letter was interpreted gener-
ally here as another step in the ad-
ministration's program on the eve OF
Congress convening TO head off de-
mands for federal relief funds"
Giffords statement is given the
lie even in the boss press. which ad-
mits that in most cities the collec-
tions for relief are woefully below
the mark set, low as those marks
were.
Unemployed Voice Heard.
The Conference" Nov. 80 and Dec.
/, of the Joint Committee on Un-
employment" the Liberal Socialist
Musteite outfit referred to above, was
a bitter disappointment to the Off
cial forces here.
Washington newspapers welcomed
with open arms and liberal space the
representatives OF the church, social
fascism and liberals of every stripe
treading the heavy, soft rugs Of He
tel Hamilton in their services to
Hoover IN formulation Of faks relief
measures.
But now the National Hunger
March has crowded the reports Of the
sessions onto the inside pages. One
reason is that yesterday, Carl Brad
ley rose OH the floor at the "eon-
ference and in spite Of the opposi-
ton OF John Dewey, acting as chair
man, demanded to know whether the
conference was endorsing the Work
ers' Unemployment Insurance Bill Of
the Unemployed Councils and the
National Hunger March. Bradley
eplained the Hunger March and its
demands and denounced the fake re-
lief and insurance proposals of the
"Joint Committee on Unemploy-
ment."
B. M. Marsh, Of the Peoples Lobby,
secretary of the committee, almost
passed out while Bradley was speak
ing, and continually tried to urge
Dewey on to interrupt him. There
were other Interruptions, but Brad
ley, wearing khaki shirt Che is
war veteran) and coughing continu-
ally from lung trouble earned In the
war and on the Job, forming sharp
contrast to the sleek liberals and So
cialists, continued to the end
When Bradley demanded the con-
ference take a stand, for or against
the Hunger March and the Work
ers' Unemployment Insurance Bill,
motions were made TO shelve the
whole thing and hand it over to the
resolutions committee. Some others
moved to consider it immediately,
and the place was thrown into
furore. Finally they voted to kill it
in resolutions committee.
One insulting member OF the COM
mittee offered to take up a collec-
ton of pennies to cure Bradley's