The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-31
AND NOW THEY TELL US TO
TIGHTEN OUR BELTS!

Farm Board to distribute twenty millions Of
bushels of wheat to starving farmers is not in
line with Hoover's policy which is not to give
food to the starving farmers or workers. But
why the fit? The Daily Worker has already
pointed out that even if the Wall Street lackeys
in Washington. D. c., finally decide to distribute
this wheat it will never reach the starving farm
ers until dust to dust and ashes to ashes" is
droned over their last resting places.
However. the World, which consummated a
companionate marriage with Norman Thomas
the socialist betrayor, wakes hot over another
matter. If this wheat is given away to allay
the hunger of starving farmers then how will
the rich farmers be able to sell the laroe stocks
of wheat they have on hand, 1t argues? This
is enough to make any poor farmer worker
clench his fists for FIGHT. Hundreds of millions
of bushels of wheat stored in grain elevators
But it must be sold. If you have not even
cent to buy grain of it, then starve, damn you!
The Salvation Armv known generally among
workers as the Starvation ARMY announces that
it has now found a way to keep all starving
workers who come to it for charity crumbs,
from getting two crumbs instead of the only one
they have a right to- 1t is going to feed all
starving workers at one and the same half hour
so that none of them will be able to rush to
another Salvation bread line for second hand
out Mrs Irving r. Bush, of Bush Terminal
fame Can exploitation center in Brooklyn where
unskilled worker, boys and girls work away their
lives for 81 to $40 week. has announced that
she has decided not to give away in YMCA meal
tickets to the unemployed, the $4,000 she was
taken out Of her pile of gold for this purpose
She announces that she has been convinced by
expert charity institutions that this was not
xrI,iol cIa that
necessary for the unemployed to eat, and that
If is more necessary to give the money to over
stuffed highly paid, expert charity hounds, who
inst must have filled bellies and plenty OF money
in pocket
Starving workers and farmers-this is the
news of the day. Insults instead of food is what
the immensely rich hand out to us. They laugh
at lis while we starve while our babies cry Tor
milk and die for the want of it. We've got to
ioin hands, organize, demonstrate by the tens OF
thousands and shove this fakery with which
they hope to sidetrack our demands for bread
and unemployment insurance back down Their
Threats Instead of tightening our belts, we
tighten our ranks. Well increase our number
of Unemployed Councils and swell our ranks and
sharpen our militancy.
We want bread and We want millions of dol
lars from the millio1aires ard their government
to get it with February 10 will be another
fighting day, upon which the workers In large
and small industrial centers will fill the streets
and public places by the tens Of thousands, de-
manding food, fuel, clothing, shelter Poor
farmers march into the villages and demon
strate demand relief Upon this day we will
show the capitalist politicians at Washington.
, D. c. how many workers in all cities demand
passage of our Unemployment Insurance Bill.
Upon this day we will demonstrate against the
fOY r11@
working hours for the organization of the en-
rloyed into unions Of the Trade Union Unity
League.
Workers, poor farmers, instead of tightening
your belts, tighten your ranks and fight and
win!