The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-04
Boston District Has One Member
ship Branch OF Jobless Workers

government and large employers,
To mobilize and lead such movement, to or
ganize neighborhood branches of unemployed
workers in such struggles, requires that our
branches in every city keep posted and become
infinitely acquainted with what the city is doing
and not doing regarding relief, the use that city
budgets are put to, the demagogy and chicanery
of the large charities, etc, while simultaneously
we cease our mechanical and bureaucratic con-
ceptions of mass movements, and instead Gre
ate situations whereby the unemployed can dis
cuss and develop their demands SO that they
will understand this to be their movement, I'M
derstandng which, they will fight in it and for
it, will organize into it. This will result in build
ing capable leadership out OF the ranks of the
unemployed.
At meeting of the only membership branch
of unemployed workers in Boston, steps have
been taken, during the visit to Boston of the
Trade Union Unity League national office rep
resentative, to abolish the general bankruptcy
that exists in Boston. Three unemployed work
ers stepped forward as committee to under
take Immediately the planning of house to house
investigations in the Roxbury section of the city,
where very poor Negro and white workers live.
They went to Roxbury three times acquainted
themselves with the territory, decided upon the
: streets which should be visited first got hall
for meeting, issued leaflet considered the
question of securing cooperation from other Or
CARNATIONS in the house-to-house canvassing. At
two meetings of leading district comrades a
conrade to take charge of the work among the
unemployed was selected, emphasis was placed
upon T. U. U. L. activity in the unemployed
work, decision was reached to concentrate upon
three other cities outside of Boston and methods
of work were discussed in detail
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something, is, considering the miserable condi-
tions of the unemployed and their response to
our mass demonstrations, an easy step forward
for the Boston district comrades to make. We
shall see whether it is made and how quickly
And we understand that there is Communist
Party in the Boston district as well, which
claims to be the fighting vanguard of the work
ing class. It's got to prove this prove it in
mass work among the unemployed, in establish
ing organiZational bases among the unemployed
for more militant and victorious struggles to
come
The situation in the Boston district consti-
tutes a danger signal for all T. U. u L. dis
tricts. What basic organization among the I'M
employed have you in your district? Are you
checking up their activities and organizational
development? Have any struggles been carried
on since Feb. Is? This lull in activities, this
stoppage in steady and sustained local struggles
just because no national day for demonstrations
has been indicated or because comrades view the
gathering of cases of starving families and fight
ing for food for them as the only activity now
before us, will lead to serious dsintegration un-
less checked at once.
Struggles for relief for all unemployed and
their families not only for starving families but
plus starving families, the cases of starving
families to intensity the demands for adequate
relief for all unemployed and for unemploy-
ment insurance must constantly express them
selves in city hunger marches in rapid-fire de-
mands upon the city, in large delegations at
every meeting pof the city governing body and
its charities, in steady fight against lessening
relief and increased starvation.