The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-03
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EIGHT HOURS
IN LONDON
Jobless;; Hold Demands
Jobless With Demands
Signed By Million
STRUGGLE CONTINUES
Jobless Here To March
On Washington

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LONDON, England, Nov. 2.-PO-
lice besieged zoe National Hunger
NTarchers in their main lodging
place today, and refused to let any
out. Police announce plans to do
the same at other lodgings, and to
drive part of the marchers from
the city.
LONDON, England, Nov. 2.-ThOus-
ands of London jobless, led by the
1000 National Hunger Marchers,
storrned down London streets toward
the parliament buildings last night to
support their committee which went
ahead to present petition with a
million names of unemployed work
ers. The petition urged abolition of
the Means Test, law cooked up by
the Labor Party (brother of the So
cialist Party in the U. 81 cabinet. 1t
is law cutting off Of the unemploy-
ment insurance lists all jobless work
ers who can not prove that they are
actually destitute.
The demonstration was the answer
of the London jobleSs and the hunger
marchers to the arrest Of their leader,
the Communist Wal Harrington,
earlier yesterday. The demonstration
began at p. m.
Answers Socialist Treachery
It was the answer to the so-called
Left" Laborite declaration in the
house of commons the day before, that
the LaboriteS "regret" the decision of
the jobless to demonstrate for their
demands, and accusations by the La
borite member of Parliament Nc
Govern, against Harrington, which
laid basis for his arrest.
The petition was not presented.
Instead of receiving it, the Macdonald
government sent 10000 London police
and an unknown number of "volun-
teer" police Macdonald advertised for
$4,000 volunteers to club, charge into
on horses and armored cars, and drive
back with blows and violence these
hungry men, women and children
asking for the right to live.
The London joblesS and the hunger
marchers resisted heroically. The
fight was long and furious. Boss
newspapers give the number taking
part as 10000 which is certainly an
under estimation.
Nearly Into Parliament
The crowd at one time surged right
up under the big Ben" clock tower
of the parliament building. A fierce
clash took place here, with sticks,
stones and lead pipe hurled at club
swinging police.
The parliament building was gar
risoned like a fortress, with 1000 po-
lice right in front of it, and 500 more
in Scotland Yard.
Repeated charges Of mounted police
finally forced the crowd of hungry
workers back, but they rallied again
in Trafalgar Square, and new battle
took place.
The Scotland Yard mounted police
were called out and charged INTO this
crowd, trampling people underfoot,
and losing a man themselves now and
then when the crowd dragged him
from his horse and beat him up.
AS was the case Sunday, uncon-
scious police and workers were piled
around the base of Nelson's statue.
When this crowd in Trafalgar
Square was finally driven out, about
8 p. m, the fighting spread all over
that part Of London. Stones flung
at the police smashed windows along
Charing Cross. Limousines Of the
aristoeracy were overturned and
wrecked along Victoria Embankment.
Fighting lasted until nearly mid
night, and toward the end the hun
cry demonstrators began to help
themselves to food in shops whose
fronts were crashed lin.
Nearly hundred are known in
jured, and some so we're arrested.
Harrington and the man arrested
with him in the police raid on the
headquarters of the National Hunger
March Committee are charged with
"inciting to mutiny"
London is in state of siege today,
with small struggles developing in
mnay places.
Benjamin's Statement
NEW YORK.-A statement calling
for solidarity Of American workers
with the struggle of the jobless in
England. and urging mass support for
the National Hunger March of 5000
delegates of the American jobless on
Washington, Dec. 5, was issued yes
terday by Herbert Benjamin. Ben
jamin Is secretary of the National
Committee Of the Unemployed Coun-
ellis in America.
1.-THE Unemployed Councils are fol-
lowing very closely, the development
of the British Hunger March, the
statement concludes, land are draw
ing lessons from the experiences of
their British fellow workers in the
struggles in which we are now en-
gagged, and for the greater struggles
we are preparing in the National