The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-18
Hoover's Message to
the Hunger Congress

The day after the Hunger delegates prevent
ed from presenting the demands of the millions of
pyed Congress Hoover this agent of the capitalist
class delivered his annual message to the Hunger Congress
situation in which the tOng find themselves brazen
rejection of every demand of the for immediate relief
for social and declaration by Wall Street
that the masses must bear the cost OF the crisis
eff we lift our vision beyond emergencies
find fundamental national gains amid depression.
Beyond the immediate emergency 100000 unemployed
this of Wall Street nds fundamental national
forced to grant immediate relief to these millions and the
tens of millions of dependents.
1--WE have witnessed remarkable development of the
of cooperation in the community" This remarkable
of cooperation the wage attack by the capital
list class the working class This cooperation" the
machine guns sawed off shot guns tear gas and rifles that
the Hunger Government had prepared for the Hunger March
Dg cas eooDeraon the solidarity Of e %on
Negro and white employed and unemployed youth and adult
small and middle farmers and city proletarathe proetar
an solidarity of the tong millions in the Hunger March
against the horrible misery that the capitalist class thru its
cooperation attempting to force in greater degree
the toiling
"FOr the first time history of our major economic
dpesins there has been notable absence of public dsOr
ders and industrial conflict" This hunger agent the rob
bers prevent the workers and farmers from
ing that in this crisis the Oing masses have fought and will
fight against oppression misery $4,000
strike in the western Pennsylvania coal fields
$4,000 textile workers struck in Lawrence while of
thousands have fought miantly in other textile
Thousands of Kentucky miners are preparing for struggle at
the present time The demonstrations of the workers
May Day, August first and November well
the local demonstrations other Oscasion have been
workers and farmers in the struggle against exploitation and
imperialst
THE FIRST MAJOR ITEM THAI HOOVER READ IN
HIS HUNGER MESSAGE WAS ON THE PREPARATIONS
FOR THE IMPERIALIST WAR, FOR THE ATTACK ON
THE SOVIET UNION Under the title of National Defense
he stated:
"BOth Army and Navy have been maintained
in high state of efficiency. The ability and devotion
Of both officers and men sustain the highest tradt
tons of the service. Reductions and pOstpOnements
in expenditure of these departments meet pres
ent emergency are being made without reducing exist
ing personnel or mpairing the morale of either
Enlistment"
He boasts that while been reductions in the
bqdgetary appropriations for the armed mperat forces
no reductions in the eng personnel" Or ave 9e9
class e United s' sa en ar Re Is m capitalist
arations is spending hundreds of millions speed up the
preparation for the attack on the Soviet Union.
eve peace with the world We have ooOperated
abroad have been protected Yes bloody Hoover Our
capitalist class keeps the III Nicaragua, Haiti of
patrol the Yangste river marines China ready
the command to attack the workers and peasants of China
of the capitalist class. "Our" capitalist class has reached
agreements with the French imperalsts for the
crushing of the revolt of the oppressed
have cooperated with other nations in sanctonng the in
vasion of Manchura and the preparations for the attack
the Soviet Union by the japanese imperasts
Any effort to bring about own recuperatiOn has die
taed the necessity of cooperation by with other nations in
stability" Your REASONABLE efforts" Hoover those
the world imperiasts the opening of slaughter
of this system of exploitation, brutality and terror
"Your cooperation other is imperal
front against the tong of the world who
mined suffer the horrible burdens that
your class have decreed for them.
"he emergencies of unemployment have been met by ac
tons many directions" Yes, Hoover IN MANY DIREC
TIONS. You dubbed the Hunger Marchers Hammond
dana fed them sinking slop dozen Cities
pare for them in Washington. You murdere
three Negro workers in Chicago and in Cleveland las
summer-unempoyed workers who fighting the eviction
you for the bess You have thrown hund
reds of militant unemployed workers into Jail. IN MANI
DIRECTIONS HAVE YOU ATTACKED THE UNEMPLOY
ED.
Industrial concerns other employers have been Di
ganized spread available work amongst all their
of disCharging portion of them" YES
THE HOOVER STAGGER SYSTEM It is your plan
that of your Wall Street that millions should
put hunger level thru part time work that
might avoid feeding the unemployed.
"a large majority industrial have maintains
wages at as high levels safe their bushes
i would permit" AS AT LOW LEVELS AS THEY COUL
Il POSSIBLY PUT THRU TO SAVE THEIR PROFITS. Aft
organized the countrywide attack the stan
ards the living Standards Of the employed workers
Through the Presidents organization memplOyme
relief public and private agencies successfully mobilize
winter to provide employment other again
organization gives against
fering during the coming winter Committees leading eli
zens are now active practically every unemplo
In the large majority they have been assured the fun
necessary which together with local government aids
the situation exceptional localities viii be furt
e organized"
It of organizing charity slops ha
refused immediate relief for twelve millions of obless
Clifford charity commit