The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-07

hOuOSS' lHSy SOC IOOu CIlSChS
'ck committee is the committee
active, but the entire neighborhood
knows of this committee. On linton
Ave. eyict.bns have been stopped, on
Prospect Ave. and Ave. Sta John
through this committee, families have
been organized to demand relief
from the Home Relief Bureau.
Build Club.
This committee Of eleven members
has also organized the East Bronx
Workers Club and a Women's Coun-
Gil which is still weak but is increas-
ing its membership daily. This COM
mittee has also done lot Of work
against the Block Aiders. They have
organized themselves and canvasses
1000 families and agitated against
the Block Aiders. The treasures Of
the Block Aiders in that neighbour
hood admitted that only few
stamps were sold and only to BUSH
ness men.
The Beck st. Block committee or
ganized a committee at 598 Prospect
Ave. where an unemployed worker,
evicted. On the day that the mar
whose wife 10 i'll for long time, was
shall came with dicks and cops the
Beck st. committee put the bed up
when the furniture was evicted and
when the sick woman was carried
out they placed her on the bed in
the street. re
Force Marshall To Give Check.
When the marshall and cops saw
the militancy of the 500 workers
gathered, they called an ambulance
to take the woman to the hospital.
The unemployed worker refdsed to
sign the paper which the hospItafpre-
sented. At last the marshall Himself
was forced to give $1,000 in cash de-
posi- on an apartment and the Home
Relief Bureau was forced to givesoash
payment Of rent, food, electric and
gas. An open air meeting was held
and an indoor meeting was held in
the evening where committee was
organized to further stop evictions.
The committee called on the Block
AiderS in the neighborhood to help
this family. The Block Aid char
man came and said how can help
you when l only collected $500 in
stamps in my section and our rent
is $4,000. I must have $1,000 more.
The workers jeered and the chair
man left. One OF the Block commit
tee took an ash tray from the furni-
ture and asked the workers TO give
their burned out cigarettes stubs for
the Block Aiders Five OF the best
fighters in the Block committee then
joined.
The Lower Bronx Unemployed
Council, whlch is located at 62l E.
1876 ST. in an American section
has a number of active members who
carry on daily activity. In this neigh
borhood evictions take place daily
One eviction took place on 1856 ST.
The workers modified against this
eviction and twelve more evictions
we're to take place were stopped and
the Unemployed Council forced the
Home Relief Bureau to pay their
rents.
Relief Check Worthless.
The checks which the Home Relief
Bureau give are worthless, as the
landlords refuse to accept the checks
There are six evictions at 1863 E. l42
st. to take place this week The
Unemployed Council is mobilizing
against these evictions as most OF
them have small sickly undernour-
Shed children. All that the Home
Re4.ef Bureau gives them is lOc a
day per person,
A World War veteran was evicted
last week on 1876 st. The city took
this workers five children away in
wagon just like they take dogs
away. The parents were forced to
sleep in the basement for the night.
When the Unemployed Council found
this case, their members Immediately
mobolized the workers in the vicinity
and forced the Home Relief Bureau
to find landlord who will accept,
their check. All the time the furni-
ture remained on the street this
workers honorable discharge framed
with Woodrow Wilson'S picture with
the words over the top inscribed
was placed on top Of the furniture.
LIE, OHIO >h