The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-02
Some Experiences of the Trenton
Hunger March

With placards raised high, and a hundred
voices shouting I'VE Want Work or. Wages" the
hunger marchers marched into Carteret small
Industrial town. never before reached by the
Unemployed Council The workers of this town
were notified the day before that the marchers
were coming through on this day. 1t had been
pouring hard all day. but the marchers were full
of enthusiasm. They did not expect workers to
meet them in Carteret when suddenly they saw
a crowd of people. A whisper ran through the
marchers Are they waiting for us?" mol" "Yes
Yes. they are!" this last as large number of
children made dash toward the street the
nlarchers were coming in on.
meeting had not been scheduled in Car
teret, but due to the fact that SO many workers
were out to greet the marchers. open air meet
ing was held on the main street, in spite of the
attempts of the police to get the marchers to
move to another more isolated corner.
Hundreds of workers we're present at the
meeting, to say nothing of the children The
whole child population had come out One
woman comrade had large group of these chill
dren around her and was explaining to them
the nature of the Pioneer paper, and what the
Pioneers were.
The marchers went among the workers SELL
ing Daily Workers, and other literature, as well
eagerness the workers snatched up all the litera-
ttre that they were approached with The speak
ers were greeted with applause and a thunder
Gus cheer arose when a vote was called for in
support of the delegation and the Unemployment
Insurance Bill
The most inspiring sight was when the march,
ers again resumed their march 1t appeared as
If the whole town had joined in the march.
Men women and children formed line blocks
long. Once the inarchers stopped and held a
discussion with the workers, teaching them the
songs that they had been singing, explaining the
work of the Unemployed Council and r. u. u. L.
The workers were very eager to learn these
things. A vote was taken to ascertain the num-
Der Of unemployed present and almost every
hand went up. The marchers had very little time
to spend in Carteret, but were unable to pro-
coed on their way for some time, the workers,
enthusiastic and anxious for information, simply
would not leave the march Never before had
the workers of Carteret witnessed a demonstra-
ton of this kind.
This experience, as well as many other like in
stances, illustrates clearly the growing dscon-
tent of the toiing masses and the crying need
fer organization. These workers see no relief
from their miseries. They realize, through Bit
ter experience, that they have nothing to hope
for from their city officials. They also realize,
and this is particularly true of the workers OF
New Jersey who have been betrayed SO many
times, that the A. f. L. is not an organization of
struggle and fully understand the treacherous
role Of the leaders Of the A. F. L.
The workers, knowing that only through Or
ganzation and struggle can they hope to better
their conditions, are looking for leadership. 1t
is up to the T. U. U. L. and the Unemployed
Council as well as the Communist Party, to con-
tinue the good work started by the hunger
marchers, to organize these workers in struggle
against their present starvation conditions.