The daily worker., 1932-10-31
PREPARING NATIONAL HUNGER MARCH *s@saaeM
HOLD HUNGER HEARINGS;
WORK OUT LOCAL DEMANDS
JObleSS to
March Today
in Chicago

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct, 30-The Ger
max Democratic Party) administra-
ton here has not only had to pro-
mise permit for the hunger march
tomorrow but promise is now made
that the so per cent relief cut will
be rescinded after Nov. l.
The relief cut was announced early
in october and was enforced by
brutal police attacks on those who
demonstrated against it, attacks that
went as far as firing into the crowds
and numbering one member of the
unemployed council, Sbosob.
The huge united front movement
here won the partial victory indie
ated above. But the workers begin
to realize that it is not enough, that
| even the relief before the cut cut
was woefully inadequate, that the
hunger march is as necessary as ever
in order to force new relief meas
ures, and hold the victory already
obtained.
A special city council meeting Fri
day attended, on invitation, by a
number of bankers and state legis-
latorS, etc, heard Herbert Newton
and Lamson Communist candidate
and leaders of the jobless severely
denouncs the Cermak police terror,
and the lack of relief, and outline
the possibility of raising real relief
| for Chicagos three quarters of a
million jobless. The concrete de-
mands will be laid before Cermak
tomorrow by delegation of rs, while
the marchers meet in Grant Park.
Chairman Bowler of the city council
| promised Grant Park for a meeting
place Of the demonstrators after their
march tomorrow, and stated Carmak
would meet the delegation.
Cermak himself showed by his re-
marks at the city council meeting
that it is only the tremendous up
rising of the jobless here that forces
his hand. He said to the council: ::
''We are in trouble. We are sit
ting on a keg of dynamite. Many
don't seem to know it,"
Part of the united front movement
back of the struggle for relief in
Chicago is the Chicago workers COM
mittee on Unemployment, led by the
Socialist candidate, Borders. Further
proof that it is the determination of
the rank and file of such organiza-
tions to have united front struggle
Eof unemployed and employed workers
that compels Borders and his aSso-
ciateS, to go along in this movement,
was given by a secret caucas they
| held Wednesday and by the remarks
of the delegates of the Borders com
nittee at the city council meeting,
Friday.
At the secret caucas, the worker
delegates of the Borders Committee
formed majority of rs against split
ting the united front and withdraw
ing from the hunger march. Nine
teen mostly leaders, voted to split
because of hatred for the Commun-
lists and the unemployed council.
Borders Agents Please Legislators
Then, Douglas and Labovitz. lead
ers in the Borders Committee, ad-
dressed the city council Friday and
got applause from the legislators by
their remarks which did not oppose
the sales tax because it reduces the
standards of living of the masses
but because it is insufficient
Douglas and Laboyitz declared they
we're sorry that the sales tax was
not put into effect years ago. Doug
las argued that an unemployment
insurance measure is needed to pre-
pare for the next crisis, intimatine
that nothing could be done now fol
the jobless in this crisis.
The hunger march forms on the
South side at % ST. and Wnntunrtl1