The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-09

NCt-S IN A5D RUM FAYE 0kED
till now upon workers fighting against
unemployment.
Official Washington has heard the
protest and demands Of the hungry
millions of American workers. It does
not like them nor does 1t like the
militancy and determination With
which they were made.
The Hunger March has focused
mass opinion, not on Congress and
Hoover, but against Congress and
Hoover.
The Enthusiasm of Unofficial
Washington.
Unofficial Washington, the nun.
cry and oppressed Negro workers, the
thousands Of low paid government
office workers, even the little bust
ness men ruined or facing ruin, saw
the Hunger Marchers, heard their de-
nands, watched the demonstrations
marvelled at the magnificent disci-
pline, knew Of the cynical refusal by
Congress and Hoover to admit and
listen to the protests and demands of
the elected spokesman Of the Unem-
ployed Councils, saw the Cnprece-
dented police and military mobiIizse
ton against the Hunger Marchers--
and turned out EN- rnasse In the great.
est working class demonstration ever
seen in the capital.
The Hunger March demonstration
has carved out for itself and the
whole struggle against unemployment
and for Workers Unemployment In
surance a huge niche in the revolu-
tionary hall of fame that cannot be
filled by anything that comes after
1t. 1t marks new high point in the
struggle led by the Communist Party
against the starvation and suppress
sion program OF American capitalism
now personified by Hoover.
Force, more force and still more
force, military mobilization on a
grand scale against 1,670 elected rep
resentatives of the unemployed mil
hons-this was the answer of the
Hoover Hunger administration to the
demand for an END to its contemp-
tible and degrading charity policy
The thousands who assembled on the
Capitol grounds, in front of the White
House, at the headquarters Of the
American Federation Of Labor, and
at every point along the line of march
know this.
HOoyer's Only Defenders.
Around the roped-off plaza where
the Hunger Marchers stood in solid
formation we're the massed battalions
of the armed defenders of capital
ism. On the capitol steps, back of the
Hunger Marchers, covering the capt.
toll grounds with human flood
were the scores of thousands who
uttered no word in defense of the
Hoover Hunger program rs the dele
gates denounced it in short speeches
and shouted their slogans for unefn-
ploynent insurance, against lynch
ing and jim crowism, against war and
for defense of the Soviet Union.
There were cheers for the Hunger
Marchers along thesroute. There were
no jeers. In his own stronghold Hoo
yer found no one but the police and
military, congressman and senators to
defend his hunger program.
The First Time In Washington.
The overwhelming majority of the
capitals population witnessed the
Hunger March. The official opening
Of Congress ran bad second.
= For the first time in history Off
cial Washington has heard the de-
mand for bread that all rulers hate
and fear. They have seen the unity
OF Negro and white workers in the
demand for taking the wealth Of the
rich to feed hungry workers. They
have seen the demand delivered by
workers with sproletarian organiza-
ton and discipline that challenged
their own military forces in this re-
spect.
Hunger Marchers Unawed.
They have seen marching column
of workers from every section of the
countrf stand unawed by all the
armed preparations and deliver in
thunderous unison, under the dome Of
the capital and in the presence Of
scores of thousands, their demand
that capitalist government and cap
italism at It's own expense, shall feed,
clotl1e and shelter the jobless mil
lions and their dependents.
Turn Backs on Congress.
Official Washington has witnessed
the unheard of spectacle of the cap
ital's working population turning its
back on Congress on its opening day
and pour across the capitol grounds
in a rushing torrent to line the street
along the line Of march OF worker
delegates, whom congress has refused
to hear, to watch the Hunger March
ers swing along toward the White
House, to see the Hunger Marchers
answer the refusal Of Hoover to hear
their demands by raising Negro
and white worker on their shoulders
and delivering before the naassed