The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-08
DELEGATION Is
ELECTED FROM
CAPITOL BLDG.

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Numbered at the doors of the White
House.
Still later, they marched on A. F.
of L. headquarters, where William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, let in a dele
CATION OF the A. F. of L. members in
the Hunger March. They denounced
Green to his face for opposing insur-
ance, daring him to a debate or to
come out and repeat his ISLANDERS to
the 1900 delegates massed outside.
Voice of the Masses.
Never before in the history of
Washington has there been such a
scenel
The National Hunger Marchers,
representatives of the 100000 job
less, lined up in a huge semi circle
before the U. S. capitol, after a pa
rade with banners through the
streets of Washington. They shouted
their demands until the walls of the
chief government building of Amer
lean capitalism seemed to culver in
the vibrations of the echoes.
The enormous masses who gathered
to watch and participate in this de-
mand stood fast, unawed by the dis
play of police armed force 1t was
the class struggle symbolized, capt.
talism unwilling to feed the masses,
and the masses there in huge
strength, demanding bread. 1t was
the elimination, for the moment, of
the march of delegates elected by Or
ganized and unorganized unem-
ployed, from the Pacific to the At
lantic Coasts, elected by militant
unions and American Federation of
Labor unions in revolt against the
A. F. of L. policy of no insurance and
of starvation and wage-cuts. This
march had proceeded with military
precision and in spite of every pos
sible hardship and provocation, in
spite Of police attack and government
trickery, to the gates Of the capital
list government of the richest capt.
talist country-and it demanded TO
be heard
Delegation Up.
While senators were sinking, cring-
ingly into their senate room, not
feeling safe in their minds though
machine guns and bayonets fenced
them off from the masses, two dele
cations of 70 each went up, walked
through the sworn of police at the
entrance and started for the doors
of the senate and house of represen-
tatives. Chairman of the house dele
cation was Herbert Benjamin, field
organizer of the Washington Ar
rangements Committee for the Ma
tionaI Hunger March Others on the
delegation were: John Parks, PhiIa-
delphia; Pete Chapa, Pittsburgh;
John Vrabel, Canton, Ohio; Robert
Lealess, New York; Fred Siders,
Pittsburgh; Albert Minor, Minneap-
oils; Jacob Flanner, Cincinnati; Jane
Roberts, Terre Haute; Charles Brad
ley, Pontiac; H. A. Rolph, Salt Lake
City; John Marshall, North Caro-
lima; Silvia Shelves, Boston; Ike
Hawkins Negro, of Pittsburgh; C..
K. Alexander Negro, of Barberton;
Tom Harrison, Rhode Island; G..
Grant, Detroit; w. L. Bonney, Colo
rado; Jack Lewis, Delaware. A quar-
ter of the delegates were Negroes.
Sergeant at-Arms David B a r r Y
asked Benjamin for his petition"
We're not handing in a petition.
We are making demands in the name
OF 100000 starving, unemployed
workers. We demand to enter. The
hungry masses Of America are star
wing. They can't wait any longer"
The sergeant, backed by plenty Of
police, refused. The committee per-
sisted, and the police then forcibly
showed them out Of the building, in
spite Of their struggles to enter. Sub
stahtially the same procedure took
place at both the senate and house
chambers.
Shortly afterwards, another dele
cation of tl1ree-Bi1l Dunno, Benja-
min and Ike Hawkins-atternpte to
enter, and were refused.
While the arguments we're going
on, Senator King, Of Utah, a pro-