The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-12
CLEVELAND CITY
PROTECTS BOSSES
Tries to Worm Out Of
Giving Relief

CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. g. De-
mands for immediate relief made on
the city government are impossible
of fulfillment except under Com
nunist government, members of the
unemployed delegation were very
frankly informed yesterday by the
city manager. The principal duty OF
the city is to protect private proper
ty, the holders of its bonds, and the
gas, electric, water, and transporta-
ton companies to whom it has given
franchises. Starving workers can
not expect any help beyond few
odd jobs from the city government,
81 grant you that our form of gov
eminent has not shown great ability
20 avert crises and to come out of
them speedily. 1t is not credit to
our government to have falling prices
caused by the surfeit Of goods on
the nations markets" said city man
ager Morgan to Benjamin, of the del
egation, and Morgan continued:
What you have brought before us
represents not so much a demand for
certain type of relief as it does
an expression Of the fundamental
difference between the kind of gov
eminent we now have and the kind
of government you people want for
the class you represent"
All For The Bosses.
In reply to the demands OF the
unemployed for a fund Of $4,000, 00C
to give each jobless worker SIS a
week if single and S25 if he hae
dependents; for legislation tina,
would prohibit ,victions by land
lords; for free service from gas, cleo
trio light, water and transportation
companies, the assistant city Law
director declared the city could moi
use its sinking fund for the purpose
of relief, he said, because this fund
was needed to retire bonds and lone
of the first duties of the city coun.
Gil was to protect the holders of city
bonds" Granting free gas, electric
water, and transportation could mol
be done because the city had to pro-
tect those to whom it had giver
franchises in these utilities. MOI
could the city pass a law agains,
evictions. The first duty of the City
Council was to protect private pro-
perty and not starving workers.
The city could refrain from send
ing police to help out in evictions
the jobless delegation pointed our
to the Welfare Committee. The work-
ers themselves are prepared to figh'
against evictions.
The delegation took the position
that the city council was always abb,
to find means of complying with tn,
needs and interests of the bosses
that they could always find mean,
OF protecting the interests of thu
bon6holders, and therefore there wa.
no reason why they could not wraci
their brains to find a means for com.
plying with the demands of the I'M
employed.
Children Hungry.
A Negro woman member OF tn,
delegation broke down and wept a.
she described how she had to senc
her children to school hungry, pro.
missing them that she would try ts
have at least potato for them wher
they returned. I'm hungry" an.
other member of the delegation tolc
the Welfare Committee, and my
wife and kids are hungry. Now tina,
/ see how hopeless it is to expect any
aid from yo", I am 'etermined tc
go out and get food. I am going ia
organize the hungry women ana
children of this town and wherever
there is food, we will go out and
take It'll"
Members of the welfare commit
tee sat anxious and strained through