The daily worker., 1931-02-13
DEMANDS RIGHT TO PRESENT BILL
AND REFUSES TO BE- ARGUED DOWN

government and to the local bankers
to get the loans. The majority Of
the bankers already have first mort
cages, SO the farmers get nothing,
Tens of thousands of children stand
in the breadlines, children are in the
-breadlii1es iii Oklahoma City where
the richest oil fields of the Rookie
fellers are"
A congressman from Alabama told
Harper: why I have always been
interested in your people"
Harper replied: why, last June
10000 white women, men and chill
dren were walking the streets, look
ing for jobe in Birmingham, The in
terest of the congressman is to help
lynch Negroes into submission to
slavery"
Congressman Wild.
During the entire time the situa-
ton was very strained. Word had
gone out that the Reds were about
to capture the national capitol, that
they intended to occupy the house
and senate chambers by force. The
entire capitol building was in tur-
moil. In the senate a member began
referring to the Communist menace
which would some day over ride
them, while congressman demanded
that the Reds be chased out of the
city, that they be mot allowed to
dirty even the first steps Of the cap
itol with the buns whom they lead
and who would not take a job if it
was offered them"
eve Demand Relief"
After the small delegation that had
gone to the house through the armed
camp of the capitalist law makers at
Washington, D. G., had been elected,
the house of representatives was sud-
denly interrupted by Kearns, a work
ers' delegate from Pittsburgh, who
shouted: Our delegation has been
elected. We demand relief" He
got no further. Police jumped on
him, one showed his fist into Kearns
mouth, the members of the house,
who were heatedly debating free
speech for congressman in the house,
jumped up in their seats and for five
minutes the house was in turmoil,
the speaker wrapping his gavel with
out effect.
Five delegates who sat in the gal
lery were arrested, but later released.
Congressman commented upon the
lack of decency. that a worker should
dare to interrupt the august body.
All delegates reassembled at their
headquarters hall at 5 p. M, to de-
eide upon next steps. 1t was resolved
to empower the small delegation to
draft a statement embodying the
sentiments of the delegation and
based upon their experience with the
capitalist legislators. 1t was decided
that all delegates return to their
cities, mining camps and factory
towns, there inform all workers and
workers organizations that not a
single congressman or senator in the
capitol is interested in the starving
and dieing unemployed workers, their
children and babies. 1t was decided
that Feb. 25, International Unem-
ploynlent Day, be a day upon which
employed and unemployed workers
will fight and demonstrate by the
hundreds of thousands for iulmedi-
ate relief, for immediate food, for
unemployment insurance, at the same
time exposing the entire capitalist
system and all is greasy law makers.
Shows Up Government.
Wagenknecht and Johnstpne ad-
dressed the delegates. Wagenknecht
reported upon the occurrences of the
day, exposing to them the character
of city, state and national govern
ments and how all capitalist politi-
clans fight against everything that
the workers fight for; that the only
recourse the working class has is to
amass its power in more and stronger
unemployed councils, in strong class
struggle unions affiliated with the
Trade Union Unity League; that all
politicians, whether republicans, dem
ocrats, socialist or farmer-labor are
yellow and reactionary, interested
only in lining the pockets Of the
wealthy with more gold and profit
ing thereby themselves through graft
and fat subsidies and jobs.
Mass Power Next.
Johnstone told the delegates that
it certainly is apparent to them nov
that when workers ask for bread the
national government gives them ma
chine guns and gas bombs instead
Next time we will not come with
signatures, we will come with or,
ganized mass power" he stated. I'll
the boss of the house, LongWorth
thinks that workers are going TO dc
any bellycrawling before him ht
makes the mistake of his life. II
these takers In the capitol think that
they will longer fool the workers b.
calling them Reds and Communists
they will soon experience a rude
awakening. We now go to our cities
to organize for international Unem
ployment Day, Feb. %. Let this bt
the day upon which we resolve to or
ganize the employed in the shops
mines and mills into fighting unions
of the Trade Union Unity League, int
fighting unemployed councils"
The delegates gave three cheers