The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
The March Begins!

THRTYTWO Delegates of the Unemployed Councils and
ISOLATED organizations left Seattle yesterday beginning
the 30Om trek Washington to present the demands of
the starving to Congress- They will be Joined by
others along the way at each important city and town. This
is only the start of the first column, eight of which will
converge from all over the land upon Washington reaching
there on December 5, when Congress gathers
Thus begins historic battle in the struggle against
starvation The solid ranks of the vanguard swinging
into the battle line One after another hundreds of detach
ments preparing to step into line The battle is for I'M
employment insurance at the of the Federal govern
ment and the employers 1t is further for the immediate
payment $50 emergency winter relief for each unemployed
worker plus $40 each dependent in addition to the mser
able local relief.
the same time the impoverished veterans, heroes of the
world war given their reward by the capitalist SYSTEM
in the form of being thrown onto the Streets dubbed and
shot down like dogshese veterans are gathering their
forces to renew the demand that the shall
them the duly acknowledged debt Of back usually
known the "bonus".
The farmers, crushed under the weight of monopoly
capital being driven their farms sending delegates
from all over the Union to Washington present demands
to Congress for relief from debts and taxes immediate in
crease prices without increasing the cost of living in the
cities freedom from evctons and foreclosures Already
delegates been elected from than 80 States and
are beginning to move to Washington.
The foundation and background of these actions the
growing organization and struggles in each neighborhood
each and city How strong these local organizations
and struggles growing exempfed above ALL in the
great victory of the Chicago Unemployed organizations when
$4,000 workers marched into the loop and compelled Mayor
Cerrnak to express his agreement with all their demands
and forced the Federal Government Immediately provide
the money to restore the relief which had been cut so
cent Also in Birmingham in the heart of the reactionary
South where 5000 workers. Negro and white into the
Streets shoulder shoulder dyng the threats of the Ku
Kux Khan and the police and forced the authorities at least
to promise food for the starving.
In every locality the amount of relief being given is in
direct proportion to the amount of struggle and organza
ton among the workers under the leadership of the Com
muniss Where the workers quiet there relief is
given Where the workers fight and organize and march,
there the relief funds iseraby little as they are grow
tinually
EFT the workers everywhere learn this lesson to the full
Send your delegates into the hunger march, Organize
all your forces to support the march, with meetings.
ons demonstrations and also by collecting food and cloth
ing for the march, and money for its small expenses
Let the workers in every union every club every mutual
aid organization make his personal responsibility to
that his organization does its part in this struggle your
officers lag behind leading this work. write letter to the
Daily Worker about it, criticising their sowness and
ing them into action.
unemployment insurance!
THE MARCH HAS BEGUN.