The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-28

Trivia for the Trade Union Unity
League; Jennie Cooper for the In
ternational Labor Defense. and Tom
Scott for the Young Communist
League.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. ga
militant demonstration was held in
Indianapolis and Clinton Indiana.
Thousands of employed and unem-
ployed workers gathered at the State
house to demand unemployment re-
lief and unemployment insurance
Three to four thousand workers gath
cred at the State house in Indianap-
oils, and about eight hundred starv-
ing miners In Clinton, Ind, to de-
mand SIS week unemployment in
surance.
Workers from East Indianapolis
paraded to the point of demonStra-
ton about three miles from their
headquarters. Workers from King
ans packing house came to the DEM
onstration in group. Many kept
pouring into the State house srom
all directions,
When one of the speakers asked
the workers if they were ready to
go and take the food, the workers re-
sponded in one big YES.
The workers of Clinton who were
misled by the Mayor and the city
judge into joining the fake unem-
ployed organization whose purpose
was mainly to keep them from de-
handing jobless insurance and I'M
employment relief, turned out in
hundreds to the demonstration on
the corner of North and Ninth
Streets and demanded SIS a week job
less insurance. Later the workers
paraded to the hall and joined the
Unemployed Council in mass. The
city bosses got so frightened that they
issued a leaflet to counterfeit our
demonstration, but this leaflet instead
of injuring the demonstration 1t
helped us to mobilize so many more
workers.
MINERSVILLE, Pa, Feb. 26.-Two
hundred miners, their wives and chill
d n of Minersville. marched to the
county house in Pittsville, Pa. Over
1000 miners from all mining towns of
Schuylkill County surrounded the
court house in Pottsville. Before
reaching the main streets of Potts
vile the hunger marchers were at
tackled by the state troopers by gas
bombs and forced TO retreat. Miners
Of st. Clair knew Port Carbon and
other towns came to Pottsville and
awaited the arrival of the hunger
march of Minersville.
In the evening the Unemployed
Council in Minersville met and de-
cided to prepare for another march
In much larger numbers. The de-
nlands of the Unemployed Councils
spread like wild fire and are being
endorsed by miners and their Or
CARNATIONS.
AKRON, Ohio. - Two thousand
workers marched from Perkins So.
to the city hall a distance of one mile.
AT the city hall about $4,000 workers
demonstrated against unemploy-
ment, for the defense of the Sow
let Union and rallied for the state
hunger march that will be held in
March, to Columbus.
This splendid demonstration
comes after a struggle for a permit
to use the streets Of Akron by work.
ers for their demonstrations and
marches. This victory brought about
thru the militant struggle of the
workers for the right to use the
streets that they built and paid for
is major political victory.
The Safety Director Walker ef
Akron, Ohio. who is the puppet of
the rubber barons of this city tried
to stop all Akron demonstrations and
marches of the workers and particu-
larry the one on International IN
employment Day, Feb. Is. After
being told by the Akron Trade Union
Unity League, and the Communist
Party that they will march permit
or no permit he decided to amend
the order by graciously allowing
workers to march on the sidewalks.
But this Mr.. Walker was promptly
told that the demonstrators would
use the streets under the fighting
slogan of Permit or no Permit we
March" Mr.. Walker gave us the
permit.
On top of this under pressure of
the Akron workers the Akron City
Council is now considering the re-
peal Of the ordinance that allows
the safety director to refuse us: the
permits when we want to march.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 27-The In
ternational Day for Struggle Against
Unemployment, Feb. rs, was APP
proved here by 1000 militant work.
ers. who joined the demonstration at
$50 p. m. and marched to the Nc
Kinley Monument to hear the re-
port Of the Unemployed Delegation
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