The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-19
ROOSEVELT WON'T
FEED THE JOBLESS
Rejects All Demands
of Delegation
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and refused point blank to promise
protection to the National Hunger
Marchers going through the state
this year
He refused to use state trucks or
gasoline for the marchers, on tils
ground there is mo authority for
that"
I'VE demand to know how yo,
stand on forced labor, said Stone.
What do you mean, forced labor?'
said Roosevelt.
The delegation broke the news TO
him, with concrete detail how ia
Rochester and many other New York
towns jobless workers are driven to
do work on the roads that men used
to get paid for, but the jobless who
replace them get no pay, only little
food. The delegation demanded union
wages for such work.
Roosevelt, when it was proved TO
him there is forced labor in New
York state, Immediately lost interest
in that point. "Oh' it's all a matter
for you to take UP with the local
authorities and the relief bureaus.
he said, airily.
He promised to look UP the cases
Of starvation whose names the dele
cation gave him.
That's vague, said the spokesman
Of the delegation as they left, Wen
be back on Nov. 49,"
The delegation reminded Roosevelt
that in his presidential campaign he
said: mo one will suffer from hun
ger and cold" 1t proved that mil
lions have suffered for two or three
years from hunger and cold, and still
are suffering.
The delegation reminded Roosevelt
that he admitted in his election cam
paign that There are six to ten mil
lion undernourished children in this
country, mary of whom are fainting
at their desks" and chat New York
State has its full share of these starg-
ing children.
The delegation pointed out that all
New York State has set aside for
relief Of the two and a half million
iobless here is S20,0O0,O0O, about SO
apiece, and that though the voters
approved s3oOOO,O0O bonds or about
So apiece more, none of this money
is ready yet. -
The delegation denounced the dis
elimination in relief precticed on the
Negro and foreign-born workers, es-,
pecially Latin American and Italian
unemployed workers.
Vote $50 Winter Relief
you are about to hold a confer
ence with President Hoover in Wash
ington on the crucial matters before
the country today. We assume that
one Of the vital questions that viii be
discussed will be the unemployment
situation. Therefore, we, the unenl-
ployed Of New York. demand:
i That you take up with Pres
ldent Hoover the question Of an -
ing free admittance to the HuI JET
Marchers 10 Washington.
20. That President Hoover reVoks
the instructions that have been sent
cut to the state and local govern
ments to discourage the Hunger
Marchers."
we also demand Of you:
THAT you prevail upon the Demo-
cratic Congressman and U. S. SEN
ators to vote the $50 winter relief
plus SO for each dependent to sup
plement local relief to be demanded
by the National Hunger Marchers or
ganized by the Unemployed Councils.
Several months ago, it was stated
in the public press that if such re-
quests were made, you would open
the armories for the shelter of the
homeless. Therefore, we ask:
Il. Whether you will take steps
that the New York State goYernment
open the armories throughout the
state for the shelterless?
y. That you ins6ruct the local
authorities in Newburgh and New
York City to open the armories for
The shelter Of the hunger Marchers
in Newburgh on November 28th, in
New York City on November 10th.
%. viii you take steps to provide
the Hunger Marchers from the State
of New York and coming into the
State from the New England states
on the way to Washington, with food,
shelter, clothing, trucks, gasoline and
oil?
a. viii you give instructions that
the police do not interfere with the
march Of the Hunger Marchers or
with the meetings of workers in con-
nection with the Hunger Marcn?
Increase Mass Struggle.
The delegation of the jobless calls
on all workers to rally behind the
National Hunger March, to greet.
and protect its marchers with hugo
mass demonstrations in the cities it
goes through, to back UP it's demands
for $50 federal winter relief and un-
employment insurance with ire
mendous mass demonstrations In
every city on Dec. s, the day the
marchers present demands to con-
gress in Washington