The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-01
PREPARING NATIONAL HUNGER MARCH
Newton JobIeSS
Fight Police;
SUPPORT March

NEWTON, Mass, oct. 80. - Two
hundred jobless here, led by the new
ly organized unemployed Council,
demonstrated in front of the city hall
Wednesday for relief. They demand
ed Mayor Weeks see their delegation
of Is.
The mayors secretary was just
making an evaSive, stalling excuse,
when the police came. Twenty cops
Immediately charged the crowd. A
hot battle resulted, but the armed
police were able to arrest ten of the
jobless, including Alice Ward, repre-
senting the International Labor De-
Tense, Boston District.
Thursday the cases came up in
court and Alice Ward was railroaded
to a six months sentence, and others
were given five and three months
probation and SO fines.
The Ward sentence is being ap-
pealed.
A mass protest demonstration was
arranged.
At all meetings and demonstrations
in Newton the National Hunger
March is announced.
Fight DiSfranchiSement
LEWISTON, Me-, Oct. 31.-The I'm
employed Council here, 10 Lowell ST.,
is circulating formal petitions for a
change in the Maine law which bars
those getting relief from the city or
state from voting.
The Unemployed Council is taking
steps to fight evictions and rally mass
support for the National Hunger
March.
The beginning of an Unemployed
Council is made in Portland, Maine
Relief Fight and National March
NEW BRITAIN, Conn, Nov. l.
Tomorrow at p. m. the New Britain
joblesS meet at city hall at the call
Of the Unemployed Council and de-
mand relief, particularly for a list
of needy cases which the authorities
refuse to consider. The speaker will
be I. WofSey, Communist candidate
for governor of Connecticut. The
Unemployed Council also calls a city
united front conference Nov. 3 to
prepare the National Hunger March.
On october 19 Mayor Quigley sent
a letter to the German Women's Ed
ucational Club telling them they
could not show the Soviet film, The
Road to Life" because he had Gin
formation that the proceeds would go
to the Communist election campaign"
The proceeds we're actually to go to
the relief of jobless. The mayor said,
Il will take care of any jobless." On
Oct. Is, a delegation of the Unem-
ployed Council came to city hall with
the names of starving jobless families
and found Quigley and every other
important official "out."
Erie Prepares Action
ERIE, Pa, Oct. 31.-Thirty-four del
egates. representing hundreds of
workers met here Oct. % in united
front conference called by the IN
employed Council, endorsed the Ma
tional Hunger March, and made plans
for the fight against forced labor
here.
The following plan was outlined:
demonstrate to be held Nov.
7th e. the county court house to pre-
sent the demands to the county COM
miSsioners.
1.-THE demand against forced la
Dor to be included in the list Of de-
mands.
3.-The petition against forced la
Dor to be used to popularize the dem
onstration.
A mass NEE ing to be called
Nov. 3 on forced labor.
5.-Endorsement of the hunger and
veterans march to Washington.
A committee of Is men and women
was elected to organize the Nov. Z
demonstration and prepare for the
national hunger march.
A protest resolution to be sent to
Mayor Sparks of Akron.
The conference endorsed the Com
munist Election platform.
ImDerialist Lackeys