The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-16

e delegates travelling by auto
participated in the mass meet
ing, and spent the night in
Spokane, ready to start out
over more high mountains to Mis-
Soula, Mont, to gather in new forces,
delegations from the copper mining
regions Of the Rocky Mountains. Del
egates beating their way on freights
are maintaining contact as best they
can with the marchers going by auto
and truck.
Know How to Fight.
This whole region Is historic
ground. Terrific struggles in the
eastern Washington short log coun-
try" and in the mining regions of
Montana have been waged time after
time. Now the mines and logging
camps are mostly shut down, and the
jobleSs workers whose record for
fighting wage cuts has made them a
terror to the employers, are starting
on the biggest fight of their career.
the struggle through the National
Hunger March to win the right to
live through the winter. They de-
mand $50 federal winter relief In adj
dition to local relief, and they de-
mand unemployment insurance at tbs
expense of the employers and gov
eminent.
Three Columns On Their Way.
Column /, growing as it goes, will
march through the northern part Of
the country to Pittsburgh, where it
joins Column 4, starting Nov. 19 from
Sioux City. These combined columns
meet the merged Columns 2 and 8
in Cumberland, Nd, and go into
Washington from the east. In Wash
ington they join Column 5, starting
Nov. 81 from New Orleans. and Col
umn 6, starting from Tampa, Fla.
Columns 5 and meet and merge at
Richmond, Va, and enter Washing
ton, together from the South.
Likewise Column 7, starting from
Buffalo on Nov rs and Column Q.
starting from Boston, Nov. 81, meet
in Baltimore and come into Wash
ington from the North.
All columns reach Washington Dec.
4, hold a national conference, and
present demands to congress on Dec.
5th
Column 2 started Tuesday from
San Francisco and Column 3 started
Monday from Los Angeles, but moth
ing has been heard directly from
them so far.
Force Promise to Feed.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Nov. Is.
Under pressure of the masses Of
workers here, led by the Milwaukee
County Unemployed Council, the
city council has promised to give
supper and breakfast and 200 gall
Ions of gasoline for trucks and cars
to the National Hunger Marchers of
Column when they come through
this city Nov. %.
This concession was made when a
strcng delegation of the unemployed
council presented demands for it to
the city council, yesterday. The
delegation also demanded lodgings
at city expense for the hunger
marchers. This demand was not
granted outright, but the negotiations
are continuing.
City Hunger March.
Monday at 8 p m. the city-wide
~ .xvfTN
come down on the board Of super
visors.
Three columns Of the city hunger
march will converge from the south
side, the north side, and from West
Allis.
The city marchers demand $i2 a
week cash relief for each unemployed
worker abolition of forced labor, and
a minimum wage of $40 on all coun-
ty and city jobs. They demand the
rent allowances now given some I'M
employed families shall not be cut.
They demand no evictions Of unem-
ployed workers.
United Front.
These demands were adopted by
city-wide united front conference
on unemployment Sunday. There
were present ST delegates, represent
ing "a workers organizations, includ-
ing A.FL. locals, posts Of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. fraternal Or
ders, Trade Union Unity League
unions and groups, etc.
This conference elected commit
tee to visit Governor La Toilette and
demand freedom for Hawkins, Bur-
bach, and nine other unemployed
workers serving sentences Of from
three months to three years for lead
ing struggles of the jobless.
These local struggles are rousins
great enthusiasm for the National
Hunger March.