The daily worker., 1932-11-28


? Food Workers Charges.
Bryant Hall at 9Th Ave. corner of
And Street, today, at 2 p. m. will
be the scene of a mass open hearing
held under the auspices of the Hotel
and Restaurant Committee Of the
Food Workers Unemployed Council.
This is one Of the final steps in the
preparations for the National Hunger
March being conducted by the Food
Workers Unemployed Council.
Letters have been sent to the Hotel
and Restaurant Owners Association.
the employment agencies on 9th Ave,
and the officials of the American
Federation OF Labor and the Amalga-
mated Food Workers to come to the
open hearing and to try to defend
themselves against the following
charges:
Laying off hotel and restaurant
workers in mass especially during
change Of management; cheating the
workers of their group insurance; be-
ing in league with the Federal depor-
tation agents and deporting foreign
born hotel workers.
2.-Racketeeriag with the heads of
departments and splitting the fees
of the unemployed workers; robbing
fees by means Of fake jobs
3.-Supporting the stagger plan
with wage reductions and signing
agreements with bosses for wage re
ductionS; suspension for non-pay-
ment Of dues, etc.
Many unemployed hotel and res
tauranJ workers will testify as to
their present conditions. All work
ers are invited to attend Admission
Will be free.
About 800 were present at a youth
hearing held at 1918 Manhattan Ave
nue., Brooklyn, Friday night. After
evidence as to their conditions was
presented by school children. young
and adult workers, three delegates
were elected abe National Hunger
March.
Although various local officials in
cluding the supervisors OF the Home
Relief Bureau had been invited to
answer the charges to be made, none
Of them came.
Children told of terTorization at the
hands of school authorities and
teachers because they needed relief
For coming late or objecting to the
miserable quality Of food, they were
stricken from the relief lists and made
to so hungry.
Shoes are only given when the child
is practically barefoot and has tried
the remedy Of using cardboard as
Soles.
Young and adult workers, several Of
whom volunteered from the audience
told how the relief system works ir
regard to them. For young workers
there is no relief.
Assemblyman Won't Leave Checkers
At the open hearing on hunger con-
ditions held under the auspices Of the
Italian Proletarian Club, 1877 Hum
boldt Street, Brooklyn, $50 were pres
ent. Assemblynan Brittenback was
reported playing checkers and not
wishing to come and hear the testi-
mony of the starving workers. Mrs
Orenstein, agent of the Home Relief
Bureau, said she could not come with
out the consent of the city officials.
D. Flaiana was chosen prosecutor
and one by one unemployed workers
testified. Three cases in particular
interested this workers court.
Mr.. Sokerling, 1873 Nuserole Street
is an ex-serviceman. His family has
had no electric light for a long time
and he is three months behind II
rent.
Mr.. John CasoIe, 1872 Nuserole Street
has nine children, no gas or light, anc
is four months behind in rent.
Mr.. Angelo Sansevero, 712 Lorime1
Street, has three children, was sick il
Greenpoint Hospital, was kicked out
while still sick, and is eleven months
behind in rent.
Three delegates We're elected to pre-
sent demands that these and other
workers get relief. They will go il
the demonstration to Borough Presi-
dent Hesterberg today. Two delegates
we're elected to go on the Nationa.
Hunger March.
-Four children elected November q
from an Open Hearing called by the
Middle Bronx Unemployed Council
to go on the delegation to Washington
Thanksgiving Day will report to a
mass meeting today at 1882 Third Ave
nue.. A committee sent by this Open
Hearing to Public School AZ to de-
mand the principal provide for free
hot lunches and warm clothing for
children of the jobless, will also report