Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-20
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By
F. T. CORNELIUS, Secretar,
Salisbnry-Sbencer Central Labor Union
Relief or Revolt

Lie possibility VI d 1CVolI dlliol1S
the workers unless the United States
does something tangible and quickly
to mitigate unemployment distress wa:
stressed by Edward F. McGrady:
spokesman for the American Fedora
ton of Labor, before the Senate Man
ufacturers Committee in the hearing
on Senator Costigan's bill to provide
$500,ooo,000 for Federal jobless re-
lief in the form of advances to States
and municipalities. The money would
be raised by a bond issue.
Mr.. McGrady emphasized the fact
that there is serious unrest among all
classes of the laboring people, and de-
clared that 70 per cent of the time Of
the meetings of labor organizations is
taken up ~denouncing those who can
but who will not give relief.
IF something is not done and star
walton is going to continue and per-
haps increase" he said, 1.-THE doors to
revolution are going to be thrown
wide open, and the leaders of the
country ought to know it"
1.-The administration should know
that more than balancing the budget
is needed. Bread and butter is need
ed, we want to get it through work
but if we can't do that we are going
to get it anyway" Labor leaders, de-
clared Mr.. McGrady, have lost their
patience with the Governments fail
ure to provide relief. The unemploy-
ment situation is worse than at any
time he said, and issued the warning
that next winter would be more Sc
rious than last.
A number of uprisings in industrial
cities have been tossed off by saying
they were led by communists" he
continued, 'but most of those people
know nothing of communism. What
they wanted was bread. In reply to
questioning by Senator Cutting of
New Mexico, Mr.. McGrady told the
committee that if congress adjourns
without doing something to provide
work or without providing food I'M
til work could be made available, he
personally would do nothing to close
the doors of revolt.
II have been in seventeen states in
recent weeks" he continued, land have
addressed tens and tens of thousands
of hungry men and women who want
to know why this condition is allow
ed to go on.
II personally will not come before
Congress again to beg for relief. We
have come to the end of our patience
Merchants SUPPORT Labor
The Black Diamond Grocers Asso-
cation of Barre, Pa, pledged
their cooperation and support to the
organized labor movement in that
city. The association is composed Of
independent grocers whose members
operate around 200 stores. The asso-
citation will favor local manufacture
ers. products wherever possible and
give union made merchandise prefer
ence over produducts of unfair manu-
facturers.
HoovervM Colony
Hooverville, located on the bank.
of the Mississippi, near St. Louis, ane
said to be the largest depression colony
in the United States, has blossomec
out with its own newspaper.
1.-THE Hooverville News" publish
ed by unemployed colonists, devote
four pages to items dealing with th'
community, consisting of 1900 men
women and children. In text and ap.
pearance it compares favorably with
the average weekly newspaper.
Back On Air
After a lapse of some time the Char
lotte Central Labor Union is agar
sponsoring a radio program over W
B. T. every Friday evening at $50
These programs are we'll planned, hav
ing as a rule short labor talks by 10
cal labor leaders and instrumental
music.
Safe In Coal Fields
Cleon c. Calvert, attorney for tn
authorities of Bell and Harlan coun
ties, made a blanket denial hal tn
officials of the two counties had vi
olated the constitutional rights or i'm
periled the safety of visiting investi
gators in an answer filed in the Fed