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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30
Resolution of Central Committee of Communist Party USA

committees elected by the workers at bread lines,
soup kitchens, flop houses employment offices
and other places where masses of unemployed
workers gather These committees must be set
up and must likewise reflect every need of the
workers and carry on the struggle for their de-
mands. At the flop houses soup kitchens etc.
these committees with the approval Of the work
ers, must raise the demands for the administra-
ton Of these institutions through committees
chosen by the workers. The basis for such
demand should be the exposure of the bad food
the insantary conditions, ETC.
Representatives from these committees (neigh-
borhood, flop houses bread lines etc. should
set up the local unemployed councils which
should also include delegates from workers mass
organizations Grade unions workers fraterna1
bodies, etc.. These councils should lead the
work on a City and Section scale consolidating
the work Of the various committees uniting
them in demonstrations, hunger marches, etc.
for local demands linking these up, however
with the main national demands
In addition, it is advisable in view Of the
lack of national unemployed center, to set I'D
strong broad leading committee or council on
strict scale to guide and strengthen the work
of the local councils in and outside of the dis
trict centerS, to organize and lead the struggle
for state appropriations for the unemployed,
and to prepare the ground for the converting of
national conference as soon as a sufficiently
broad basis has been laid at which time a ma
tional center can be established
Special attention should be given to the set
ting up of SPECIAL COMMITTEES in the local
unemployed councils. Here the best unemployed
workers should be activized in the carrying on
of the daily work of the unemployed councils
These should include a FOOD COMMITTEE to
organize the collection of food and the feeding of
children of the unemployed and workers in ex-
IRENE need, an ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
to lead in the setting up of additional commit
tees and branches and. TO keep in close contact
with them for the organization of meetings,
marches, demonstrations, picketing defense
groups etc. a HOUSING COMMITTEE to or
ganize the mass fight against evictions, for
turning on of gas and light, to secure housing
for evicted families, ETC., a TRADE UNION
COMMITTEE to register the trade union affilia :
ton OF the unemployed to lead in the exposure
of the trade union bureaucratS of the A. F. L.
Musteites, etc. to develop the trade union op-
position, etc. OTHER COMMITTEES should be
established to meet the needs of the movement
Through such bodies. which must be elected by
the workers and always contain the most active
fighters, the Party must carry on the struggle
for every need of the workers.
1t is advisable to REGISTER the members of
the unemployed committees and branches Such
a registration should include not only the name
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But Wells Won't Volunteer
By JORGE

H G. Wells the British history butcher Is q
"pacifist" but he finds it easy upon occasion to
furnish the capitalists with reasons" for a new
world war
A Boston comrade sends us clipping from
some paper of that burg (without noting it's
name, hang it'd which tells the story Of Wells
talk with someone who writes in that paper, APP
parently columnist. 1t says
We had lunch with H. G.. Wells the other day.
AT least we were there too Pleasant man, H. G.
NO voice to speak of, Scared stiff at the thought
OF making speech, but otherwise cheerful He
SAID civilization was on the downgrade and that
unless four or five million people absolutely got
oil the earth or were pushed off in the next four
or five years, terrible things would happen Nice
feal"
Yeah! great guy. Firstly historian" that
still peddleS the hokum of ancient Nautilus about
over population" Secondly worried stiff for
the safety of a Civilization that starves half
the people to death and kills ten million men in
q war every now and then. Thirdly recommend
ing, in effect, that such a war would be a great
blessing because otherwise terrible things"
would happen! Fourthly, not volunteering him
self to get off the earth before anyone else.
Filthy, giving the impression that he's scared
to death" TO speak, but making sure before he
even leaves England that he gets good fat fee
for doing it.
Something terrible can't happen too soon 10
II. g. Wells kind of civilization"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30
Of the General Line and Activities Of the Party Unemployment Work

ment OF the largest number of Party members
to the work of leading the struggle of the unem-
ployed and of building the unemployed move
ment.
(c) The building Of properly functioning
single fractions which include both Party and
revolutionary trade union members, without fur
ther delay in the unemployed committees
branches and councils, with continuous guidance
to these fractions by the higher Party commit
tees and TUUL care being taken from the be-
ginning to stamp out completely all burocratic
and ordering about practices which until now
have characterized the fraction leadership of
the unemployed movement where such fractions
have been set up.
I'D TIL immediate and thorough examination
of the rich experiences gained by the Party in
this field by means of discussions in units with
representatives of the DC present, and by dis
cussions in district "actve" meetings, with rep,
resentatives present from the &C, at which time
the line and tasks for the coming winter, using
the directives of the ECCI and the RILU as
basis, are to be made clear and the Party fully
modified for this work. Care should be taken,
in this connection, to develop the fullest self
criticism from below, from the units and Sec
tons which afford veritable gold mine of ex-
perience and lessons for the whole Party. Ma
terials secured from these discussions should be
used by leading comrades for articles in the
Daily Worker thoroughly analyzing the Partys
experiences, and making available to the entire
Party the best methods of carrying forward the
work gathered from the experiences in the var
tous districts.
e THE DAILY WORKER. Much more atten-
ton must be given by the &C to making the
tenton must be given by the &C to making the
Daily Worker the mass agitator and organizer
of the unemployed workers, as well as the chief
instrument for clarifying the line and tasks for
the Party members The failure of the Daily
Worker until now to carry on Sustained agita-
tional campaign for the Partys unemployed de-
mands, must be Immediately corrected. Using our
central and local demands as basis with the
demands for unemployment insurance AT FULL
WAGES as the chief instrument, there must be
developed in the Daily Worker the most thor
ough exposure o. the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis and especially the A. F. of L.. the SP and
MusteiteS
simultaneously with this exposure of the work
ers enemies and the steady agitation for our
demands there must be regular material on the
growth of the movement of the unemployed, on
their struggle for unemployment insurance and
immediate relief giving directives the broad
ening and building Of the movement, on day to
day experience, etc. Articles must appear fire.
quently, examining the functioning of the Party
and the unemployed movement, fearlessly point
ing out the errors and weaknesses In the work
and setting forth the next task always barring
in mind the urgent need for steady and sus-
tanned work among the unemployed as the CEN
trail task of the Party.
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they refuse to accept the case as a result of
which there is doubtless much suffering on the
part OF the children who remain uncared for"
One capitalist paper was forced to admit that
$4,000 children in Chicago face starvation this
winter. Chicago tuberculosis institute reports
that their survey Of one High School found 80
per cent Of the boys were anemic and under
nourished
Because the regular private charities and the
governmental welfare" funds fall so far short
OF even touching the disaster aspect" of the
situation, the Chicago capitalists are bestirring
themselves to keep the workers from open revolt.
To meet the desperate need for immediate relief
OF the unemployed, Joint Emergency Relief
Fund OF Cook County, similar to the banker
Gibson's Committee in New York, has been set
up headed by Samuel insult, Jr. the public
utilities robber 1t is now engaged in trying to
raise meager $8,80000O by frantic give-or-
be-taxed appeal to the rich and by check-offs
on the wages OF employed and partly employed
workers. Even if the sum of $9800OoO is
raised-they are still 100000 behind--t would
make about S15 relief for the whole winter for
each worker in Chicago. This assumes the abb
sence of graft overhead" and other "cuts" to
the politicians and social workers engaged in
handing out this charity dole.
This is all workers can expect from the char
ity racket in Chicago this winter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30
CONCLUSION

A The revolutionary trade unions and leagues
should be encouraged and stimulated to take
up. more energetcally the work among the I'M
employed In addition to the general political
and organizational guidance given by the TUUL,
the individual unions must actively participate
in the building Of the unemployed branches and
councils particularly concentrating on the work
ers in their industries, AT THE FACTORIES,
among the part-time workers, etc, and endeavor-
ing to utilize the unemployed and part-time
workers, to strengthen the present extremely
weak work at the factories, the building of the
revolutionary unions, the preparation Of strike
struggles against wage cuts, and the broadening
End Strengthening of the mass demonstrations of
The unemployed workers by drawing in the work
ers from the factories and trade unions.
The Unemployed demands together with the
exposure of the trade union bureauCrats on their
sabotage of the struggle against wage cuts, must
h made the basis for a very great strengthening
Of the work in A. f. of L. unions. In all uner-
pioyed activities and action special consideration
must be given to drawing the rank and file
members of the A. r. of L. and through them
developing the oppositioual struggles against the
A, r. Of L, leaders
{ The organization work of the Party and the
revolutionary unions, particularly among the
unemployed remains impermissably weak. This
must be deCisively overcome by utilizing such
broad mass organizationsl forms as will conform
10 the need for mass movement embracing
rilltors of workers. who are ready to struggle
fcr unemployment insurance and immediate re-
lief The decisions Of the RILU and OF the
Prague Conference on the question of unemploy-
ment clearly set forth the basic forms ami meth
ods to be applied.
In all places where the unemployed come to-
gather groups of unemployed members of the
red trade unions and Party members, living near
bread lines, employment offices. flop houses, etc,
the nuclei Party committees and trade union
organs which should together constitute one
fraction for this and they should call meetings
OF unemployed workers regardless of their poll
teal and trade union utilization at the given
employment agency, soup kitchens, etc. At these
meetings the initiative groups should formulate
the demands of the unemployed workers and
prepare that committees be elected to organize
and lead the struggle of the unemployed
The neighborhood committees, now receiving
the chief attention of the Party, must be in
creased il numbers and greatly broadened. They
must i'm ,Stigate the actual conditions of the
unemployed workers in the neighborhood. expose
TIE inadequacy of the charity relief given out,
l2od the fight for more and better food, against
evictions against the shutting off of gas and
unemployed and formulate ard organize broad
mass fight for the unemployed workers demands
in the neighborhood.
Activities in the neghborhood cannot how
ever. become substitute for the setting up of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30
The Unemployed on the March

can Federation of Labor trade unions are repu-
dating these tools of the BOSSES
These bureaucrats with their fat treasures see
no danger of their families facing starvation. II
is especially in these sections where the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor was supposedly the
strongest that the worse attacks were made. The
building trades is good example of this Sew
enty per cent OF the membership OF the building
trades are at the present time unemployed, with
no sight of any possible relief These workers
many of whom have walked the streets for ovsY
year, demand that something be done to solve
their desperate situation Many of these LEGAL
unions in which there is such great mass unem-
ployment have treasures amounting in some in
stances to hundreds Of thousands of dollars and
in some cases even to millions. The workers in
these unions muct demand that such treasures
be used for the RELIEF of their families The march
to Washington must have the greatest possible
mobilization of official representatives from A.
f. of L. locals who will very clearly show to the
leadership which is betraying them in the day to
day struggles that they are with the unemployed
movement in their struggle for unemployment
insurance
The hearings already conducted on unemploy-
ment in the city of New York indicate the des-
perate situation which the workers are confront
ed with at the present time. The so-called agen-
cies of relief hardly scratch the surface of the
necessary relief in this period and also serve as
means of providing graft for the takers who
are in control. In every section Of the city these
hearings bring forward the same crying needs OF
the workers
With the united effort we will be able TO force
The bosses and their government TO give relief to
The starving millions OF this country
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30

and address Of the workers, but his Party and
trade union utilization, the factory where he
worked, etc, and should be used to draw such
workers into special work in the trade unions at
the factories, etc. If effectively used such a
registration can be extremely useful in establish
ing contacts with the employed workers, with
trade union branches, etc.
1t is advisable that LOCAL UNITED FRONT
CONFERENCES should be called periodically by
the local Unemployed Council; in the prepara-
ton for which energetic agitation and organiza-
tonal efforts should be made to secure delega-
tons from all workers MASS DEMONSTRA-
T1ONS-A. F. of L. unions, Negro organizations,
workers fraternity bodies, ETC., which are ready
to carry forward an energetic fight for our de-
mandS. Such conferences should be called by the
local unemployed councils to oganize the fight
for social insurance and on single burning local
issues, as for example, graft in the administra-
ton Of relief, cutting off workers from the list
ETC. Such conferences should be used to broaden
the work Of the councils and not become per-
manent organization. They should not be con-
fined to talk-but must have as their objective
the drawing of these organizations into the
councils into concrete action, demonstrations
hunger marches the sending of a deputation to
the city council, ETC.
The District Unemployed Councils should set
up under their leadership and strict control a
broad committee, which should include non
proetar1an elements (Writers, doctors lower
trade union functonaries journalists etc. who
support fully the Party demands, to carry on the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30
An Indignant Dink

In the city of Massillon Ohio, the so-called
socialist party had five candidates including
the candidate for mayor running In the recent
election. The Communist Party had only one
candidate, who ran for councilman. 1t seems
that after the election, the local paper 1.-THE
Independent" being provncially stupid as the
New York papers are not, accused" the so
cialst" party candidate of representing Karl
Marx and Russia
To this, socialist gentlemen who boasts the
proud name of P. D. Dink, replies indignantly in
the Letters to the Editor" column of the In
dependent in its issue of Nov. 10. His socialist"
rage is somewhat confusing, but his idea, it is
clear, is to repudiate the charge that the So
cialist" party has anything to do with MARKHAM
socialism or Russia" He says:
Karl Marx was German and a socialist
while Russia is communstic. Who was the rep
resentative of Russia2 Who was the represent
tative of Karl Marx?"
Sol The socialist" party does NOT represent
Russia" although in some cities it has tried
to get votes by pretending that it does
Making clear that he refers only to candidates
for mayor, he again demands absolution for the
socialist" party by negatively asserting: 'eWas
there candidate in the field who is MARKHAM
socialist"
But following this, the Socialist" Dink resorts
to explanations"
MARX did not found all forms % of socialism,
he was only one of the founders OF MARKHAM
socialism" Marx did not found Marxisrn! To
Marks credit we must say he did not found
Dink socialism" And them
Marx was not a revolutionist, he was re-
formist"
Poor Marx, to be thus slandered by a social
list" Dink
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30

The resolution of the Cen
trail Committee on the Unem-
plOyment work covers the
general line of policy and
general OrganiZatiOnal activ-
tiles. 1t does not cover Unem-
Dloyment work i'm connection
with the National Hunger
March about which a special
resolution will be published
at a later date.
The resolution must be
carefully studied by all Party
organizations and by every.
Party member.
SECRETARIAT, CENTRAL
COMMITTEE, C.P.U.S.A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30
BY LABOR RESEACH ASSN.

TIE impoverishnent and increasing misery of
the working class in Chicago, the second
largest American city, is clearly shown in var
ious reports of private charity and public swell
fare" organizations.
The growing seriousness of the situation is in
Dictated first in the report of the United Char
tiles of Chicago for the year 1890 It declares
that Throughout the winter of 1929-30 growing
unemployment rapidly increased the number of
families being helped by the United Charities so
that 1890 began with larger number of fam
lilies dependent upon the organization than
usual. 1t hoped that in the spring condi-
tons would improve but instead of improving,
they continued to grow worse" The report then
shows that the number of families it aided in
creased from 1878 in January to 1859 in No
vember and 1867 in December, 1890 It further
states that "by November, the mounting number
of families in need began taking on disaster
aspect" and that its wel1-paid charity agents
were forced more and more to meet only the
emergency requirements of each case" Our
emphasis, L. R. Al Another table in the same
report shows that the number of families com
ing to the United Charities for reef-but only
so per cent of them received any hep-increased
from 26,574 in 1929 to 81 $50 in 1890
BY October l. 1881 the United Charities re-
ported that there had been an 300 per cent in
crease in the number of families that had to be
given relief during the month of August as COM
pared with the same month, 1880. And the
number of cases handled in September 1881
was 1892 compared with 1889 in the same
month in 1890
At the same time the number OF families given
"relief" (the average monthly payment to fam
lily was about So by the Cook County Bureau Of
Public Welfare shows steady rise during the
crfsis-from 2,463 in August, 1929 to $3.50 in
August 1880, and to 229l0 in August 1881 EST
mates of the number of cases for September
october and November, this year are $4,000
$4,000 and 10000 respectively, with $4,000 as the
expectation "by the time winter is really here"
to quote the secretary of the County Public well
fare Committee.
But in the face of the growing need for un-
employment relief the authorities of Cook Coun-
tg have actually been cutting down the approp-
riations for outdoor relief, while some of the
hospitals have had to close their wards and
curtail some of their services for lack Of ap-
Ipropris tions. The serious cut in these public
welfare appropriations is especially significant
when we note the fact that normally at least IS
per cent of the total sums spent all relief and
social service activity in Chicago comes from
public funds-city, county and state-the char
tiles providing only about IS per cent.
What happens when the workers in a capital
tst society face such conditions as now exist in
Chicago and in other industrial cities of the
rt,ited StatesP The answer is given in the mod
4 language Of the social worker in report
lna Cccord. Of tac = N Sage Founda.
{ comrpnify Planning i'll Unemployment
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30
The American Delegation Arrives
in Moscow

THE American Workers Delegation on arriving
in Moscow for the November Celebration re-
port marvellous achievements in the building of
the Five Year Plan
The American workers coming from basic in
dustries where stagnation has hit the capitalist
factories, were astounded at the great industrial
plants being built up in the U.S.SR.
The following letter was received from the de-
legation: Upon our arrival in Russia and Mos
COW the delegation thought they were entering
a great construction camp. On each side of the
railroad new factories going up, new restaurants,
apartment houses, ETC. Vast new enterprises be-
ing built under Socialist construction A
On the day of our arrival, the Central Com
mittee for Reduced Cost of Food, issued decree
that there will be reduction of cost of 80 per
cent on all necessities.
Our first visit was to the Stain Chemical Fac
tory which completed its plan in two years and
ten months. Since 1925 this factory has in
creased production $50 per cent During the past
year wages of workers increased II per cent All
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-30

by j. L. r.
TWELVE hundred marchers tramping from
all four corners of the United States meet in
Washington on December T. These 10000 march
ers, representing the twelve million UNEMPLOYED
of this country, will place their demands before
Congress. These workers representing the Un-
employed Councils, branches and trade unions,
will demand immediate relief for their starving
families
Hundreds of millions are expended each year
by this Congress Of Wall Street for preparations
for war, but not a cent is given for the starving
millions. These unemployed workers will demand
immediate relief. They will demand unemploy-
ment insurance.
The American Federation of Labor bureaucracy
at its convention rejected the question of unem-
ployment insurance. This is to be expected These
pot-bellied takers who are living off the fat of
the land feel nc hunger and willingly serve as
tools of the bosses These self-appointed repre-
sentatives of the workers in the American FEEDER
alton of Labor does not speak for the mass of the
workers in the American Federation of Labor
The Indignation already shown in those locals
where these facts are brought forward is indica-
tive of the fact that the workers in the Amer-