The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-08
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| for a short time. Several hours later,
while walking on the street, he was
again arrested, taken to the police
station, finger printed, photographed
and finally released. The excuse for
the second arrest and finger printing
was that he was "supected Of being
some one wanted by the police"
The recently organized City Unem-
ployed Council is intensifying its eff
forts to force relief for the unem-
ployed.
MORGANTOWN, West Va, Feb. 7.
"A huge demonstration was held by
the Unemployed Council and the Ma
tiona1 Miners Union and it's branches
at Morgantown, W. Va, in front of
the county building at two p. m.
Feb 4th.
The marchers began the march
from Liberty at IL p. m, led by Com
rade Rivera, on foot to Morgantown,
with banners and slogans.
The revolutionary unions and the
Communist Party really made the de-
monstration success.
The march was led from Jerome
and Sabraton by Comrade Garbaino,
who successfully led the march.
The following speakers took the
platform in Morgantown, Comrade
Aikens. a Negro comrade opened fire
by exposing the role of the charity
organizations, the government in the
present war in the East. Comrade
Mike Stone was next on the platform
with an excellent address exposing the
role of Father Cox and his fake
program on the war danger, the role
of the socialist party, and pointing
out the leadership of the Communist
Party.
He also exposed the role of the
A, F. of L. and all its affiliations.
Comrade Alice, young coinrade who
also participated in the National Hun
ger March to Washington also spoke
on the experiences of the Hunger
March, and Comrade Rivera closed
with a short address exposing the role
Of the city and county governments
also reading a resolution on the war
danger and the demands of the I'M
employed.
The demonstration was attended by
over 700 persons, who despite the
drastic change in the weather, very
enthusiastically listened, and also
adopted the demands, and also the
resolution on the the war danger.
They Immediately elected COM
mittee of Is to go and present the de-
mands to the county commissioners,
who of course we're not present, but
the committee will go back to see
them Monday at 10 a. m. and will do
SO until some results are obtained.
The demands are as follows
/. Immediate relief consisting Of
$40 weekly for each unemployed
worker and s. for each dependent.
2. No discrimination in the distri-
button of relief because of color,
creed or nationality.
}. Free rent, light, coal and water
for the unemployed and part time
workers at the expense of the gov
eminent and the capitalists.
q. The abolition of the sale of pro-
perty for the payment of taxes.
5. Free lunches, shoes, clothing
and all school supplies for the chill
dren Of the unemployed at the ex-
pense of the government.
6. That all relief be distributed by
the Unemployed Council
7. Free medical attention to the
unemployed.
8. Endorsement of the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill.
Comrade William Beals of the Un-
employed Council acted as chairman
OF the meeting. There was no inter-
ference of any sort, only lies of the
capitalist press. A resolution was
passed against the imperialist war in
China and for the Defense of the So
Wet Union.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. T.
In spite of bitterly-cold zero weather
thousands of workers came to Bridge
Square for the Feb. 4th demonstra-
ton and hundreds of them parti-
ctpated in a pitched battle with the
police who were forced to call re-
Inducements before they could clear
the square, by the free use of black
jacks and revolver butts on the heads
Of the workers. Five thousand work
ers were participating in the dem
onstration when the battle broke out
At three o'clock three columns
formed on the North Side, South
Side and the City Hall and the par.
ade converged on Bridge Square al
four o'clock. When the North Side
column passeiH by the A. F.. of L
headquarters, all the workers in that
hall Joined the parade with their
banners. Workers from the flop
houses joined the parade with the
South Side column. The column
starting opposite the City Hall pa
, raded through the downtown district
thronged with thousands of specta-
, tors, before reaching the square
which was guarded by police, with