The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
CHILDREN MARCH
TOWARD TRENTON
Norfolk Unemployed
Win Some Relief
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the Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill for Federal Unemployment
Insurance and the other demands of
the National Hunger Marchers to
Washington.
In Trenton a public hearing will
be held on December % at which a
committee will be elected to present
the demands to the governor the
same day.
This march should have the back
ing Of every workers organization in
the state Of New Jersey. All who
can aid in any way should get in
touch with the Marchers at any Of
the following addresses Newark, 7
Charlton st. or 1886 Springfield Ave;
Paterson, 81 Bridge st.
Stop Norfolk Evictions
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 21.--The mil
liant struggle of nearly one thousand
tenants against evictions has actually
resulted in stopping the mduring the
last three weeks Mass arrests brutal
terror, the untiring work of stool
pigeons and ministers failed to smash
the ranks Of the strikers. During the
struggle, more than twenty workers
were arrested and many jailed. Six
teen of the strikers and leaders come
up for trial on appeal in the Corpor-
alton Court, on January 16. The
widespread and militant resistance TO
evictions and the terror Of the land
lords and their courts have reused
the masses, both white and Negro
throughout the city.
Hunger Marchers Lead
The return of the Hunger L.. 2rch-
ers, the huge demonstrations preced-
ing the march to Washington, and
supporting the Hunger March de-
nlands on Dec. 6 the organic linking
up Of the Tenants Strike against
evictions with the fight for immedi-
ate relief, has brought about a new
and higher wave of struggle. The
rent strike is now spreading to new
and more important proletarian sec
tons.
At all meetings where the Hunger
Marchers appear, the demands for
immediate cash relief and the de-
mands Of the rent strikers are en-
Enthusiastically endorsed. The rent
strike is expected soon to spread in
such places as Portsmouth, Lam
bert's Point and Norfolk proper, all
key centers of marine and war in
dustry.
Broaden Organization
At its meeting the Tenant Strike
Committee of Berkley, Campostella
and South Norfolk voted to corsti-
tute itself as a Tenants Council of
Action, whose immediate task would
be to link the rent strike with the
fight for relief.
Section block committees have al
ready been formed in many neigh
borhoodS with each members of the
Strike Committee acting as q. section
captain under whom committees per-
form various functions such as draw
ing In non-rent strikers into the
fight. Investigating conditions OF re-
lief, stopping eNctions and taking
families down TO the relief agencies.
This struggle has already forced
the city authorities and relief agen-
cies to open up for the first time in
Norfolk, relief kitchens, also food and
clothing connissaries.
Discrimination
However, the authorities are trying
by favoring the white workers over
the Negroes to split their ranks.
without substantial food, clothing
and shelter, death and diseases are
rampant and taking the lives, espe-
cially of Negro workers and their
children. In one day alone, it was
reported that twenty funerals took
place of these victims of hunger and
poverty.
The Unemployed Councils are now
making plans for a huge relief march
to demand immediate cash relief of
SIS weekly for each unemployed work.
er and 81 for each dependent. In
preparation for this a mass united
front conference will soon be held.
The Norfolk and Richmond Unem-
ployed Councils are also planning to
organize a State Hunger March. Sig
nificant class battles are looming in
the state OF Virginia.
Demand Cash Pay
DALLAS. Texas, Dec. 21.--Faced
with the prospect of cold and hun
CRY winter about 300 who work for
the Relief for their groceries only
attended meeting of the Relief
Committee here and demanded that
they be paid partly In cash.
The workers were accompanied by
local ALL. and Socialist leaders who
cringed before the authorities and
defeated the purpose of the delega-
ton by building up confidence in the
Sincerity of the capitalist politicians
who shed crocodile tears over the
plight OF the unemployed, but did
nothing for their relief. The poll
ticians are all democrats. A taste
Of what Roosevelt will do.
Four Thousand workers are forced
to work for groceries here.
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Delegate Found With Frozen Foot
! COLUMBUS, o, Dec 21.--James
G. Cotton, Negro unemployed worker
and delegate on the National Hunger
March, is in this city, under doc
tors care for a frozen foot.
! He got IL in the mountains Of West