The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-28
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COLUMN I
NORTHWEST

main section of Column OF the Ma
tional Hunger March got into Detroit
last night, well about midnight, well
ahead of the schedule. Three trucks
stopped on the highway last night
repairs. One bus car with 80
delegates rode into Kalamazoo last
night and met with an enthusiastic
mass meeting of welcome from the
workers, in spite Of the police mobil-
ization and threats against march
ers and meeting OF all kinds by the
authorities. Kalamazoo workers fed
and housed the marchers, and they
are proceeding here today.
On the march entering Detroit are
300 delegates with 80 vehicles, trucks,
and autos. Here $50 more del
egates with Is vehicles join.
Great Mass Meeting.
The Detroit workers are marching
tonight from three parts Of the city
in professions to the great Welcom-
ing mass meeting in Arena Garden.
Speakers will be Harris, Sykes Of the
Detroit delegation. The leaders from
this point on will be John Schmies Of
the Trade Union Unity League, from
Detroit: Lightfoot. a young Negro
leader from Chicago, and Lockner, of
the Chicago Unemployed Councils.
Column / will be on the road at
9 a. m. tomorrow, and will halt, on
the way out to hold brief meet
ing and place a wreath Of flowers on
the graves of the Dearborn march
ers, shot down at the orders Of the
Ford Motor Co. last Spring. The
meeting will be at Woodmere Gene
tary where Ford's victims are buried,
on the path to the Ford plant.
Tomorrow night the marchers stop
in Toledo, where the local struggles
have won food and lodging at city
expense.
Governor Brucker admitted over
the phone to leaders of the march
ers that he gave orders to try and
drive the Columns off its route thru
Kalamazoo, Battle Greek and Jack
son. Michigan.
Police and deputitized American
Legionnaires we'll fortified with gin
guns, clubs and ropes for lynching
blocked all the roads to Kalamazoo
and threatened the marchers with
violence,
Even so, one group forced its way
into Kalamazoo while the others
came on toward Detroit.
In Detroit, Mayor Murphy tried to
house the marchers in the Fisher
Flop House, last night. The march
ers' committee refused this insulting
provision, and Detroit workers gave
them food and provided Ferry Hall,
Finnish and Martin Hall for them.
Tonight provision had been made
through a struggle of the jobless in
Hamtramck, part of Detroit territor-
tally. though a separate city admin
istration. to house and feed them at
city expense.
The marchers are in fine spirit and
high morale. The whole population
turned out to greet them in the small
towns they traversed on the way
here.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Nov. 81
Workers are guarding their Unem-
ployed Council branch Offices and Of
fees Of mass organizations against a
repetition of the burglary by which
some enemies of the National Hunger
March tried last week to interfere
with its preparations. The police have
taken no interest in the looting OF
the Workers Center, Nov. "a OF tag
day material, typewriter and supplies,
Saturday morning at I a. m. two
thugs attempted to break into the
Unemployed Council Hall at 1923 Po-
land Ave. The worker watching that
place put up a fight, and threw one
of the would-be "discouragers" down
stairs. The other thug fired two
shots one of which wouded the
watchman's left hand and the other
went wild. But the raid was pre-
vented.
The marchers stop over here the
night Of Nov. 30.
Mass welcome, Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov 27-Un-
der pressure of the jobless led by the
Unemployed Council, the authorities
here granted the Central Armory for
the use of 300 National Hunger
Marchers Of Column l who reach here
Tuesday night. The city officials
have made half promise, still to be
confirmed, for the use Of the Public
Auditorium for a mass meeting TO
welcome the marchers, Tuesday night.
Masses Of workers will gather on
the Public Square at p, m. to greet
the column on its entrance into the
city.
Delegations of workers with cars
and trucks will assemble at South
Slav Hall, SCOT st. Clair Ave, at 3 p.
m. They will proceed to the city IL
mits to meet and escourt Column 1
to the Public Square.
The authorities promise to provide
two meals but the workers here are
continuing their own food collections,
to give the marchers some food in
Washington. Turn over all collec-
lions to Joint Hunger March Com
mtitee, 1926 West Third ST., Room
214.
Youth from Rockford.
ROCKFORD, H., Nov. 81. The
ten Rockford delegates to the Ma
tional Hunger March, the full quota
from this place, left Thursday for
Chicago and joined Column /, They
are all young American workers, all
in good health. The local Hunger
March Committee had them exam
ined by a responsible doctor and they
were pronounced fit for the trip.