The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-18
MR.. DOAK SEES RED"

guaranty the profits Of the capital
lists even though that means to starve
the workers. The Reds, the Commu-
nists maintain that the government
Of the capitalists must feed the work.
ers even though this may require a
special tax on the capitalists. That,
Mr.. Doak is the reason why the Reds
led the Hunger March and not the
yellow traitors or the black reaction
| aries.
Why shouIdn't the leaders Of the
Hunger March be Reds, Communists,
Mr.. Doak? The Department Of Labor
and Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Morgan and
Mr.. Vol declared repeatedly that un-
employment insurance is ''un-Amer-
lean"
Absence Of unemployment insur-
ance forces hundreds Of thousands
Of workers TO search for food In the
garbage cans. Unemployment insur-
ance would save them from that nee
essity. But Mr.. Hoover, and Mr.. Vol,
and you, Mr.. Doak consider unem-
ployment insurance "un-mercan;"
you rather have the American workers
eat out of garbage cans. Do you
wonder Mr.. Doak that the unem-
ployed follow the Reds. the Com
murnists and not the blacks of your
calibre?
The Unemployed Hunger Marchers
came to Washington to demand re-
lief. Is there any question as to
their need for relief? Is there any
doubt that millions of American
workers are today facing misery and
| starvation because of mass memploy-
ment? Do you, MIR. Doak dare to chal-
lenge the fact that millions of work.
ers' children in America are today
suffering from inalnutrition because
of their parents inability to supply
them with food on account of I'M
employment?
Representatives of those hungry
workers came to Washington to de-
mand Of you, Mr.. Doak, and of your
government, unemployment relief.
Representatives of the parents of
millions of llndernourished workers
children of America came TO Wash
ington to demand OF you, Mr.. Doak
and of your government the payment
of unemployment insurance SO that
they can feed their children. These
representatives Of hungry workers OF
America demanded that the govern
ment mobilize its resources to supply
relief for the hungry workers and
their starving children. Your De-
partment of Labor, MIR. Doak ans
wered this demand by mobilizing its
resources for the investigation Of the
political color of the leaders and or
ganizers of the Hunger March. In
stead of telling the American workers
how your department intends to help
them feed their hungry children you
tell them what they already knew.
that their leaders we're red. Instead
of telling the millions of unemployed
how your department intends to help
them solve the plight growing out of
their unemployment, you tell them
that by spending the money OF your
department you have found out that
their leaders In the Hunger March
were Communists. But what these
nlarchers were interested in was
something that every one In America
knows without investigation 49, that
masses of workers are unemployed
and hungry. and that they need
unemployment insurance.
1t is perfectly fitting the functions
of the Department Of Strike Break
ing that its chief, Mr.. Doak should
see red when hungry workers ask him
for bread But, Mr.. Doak, you
must not wonder when as q result of
this, the workers viii see red some
day, too, when they investigate you
and the activities Of your department.