The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-02
Direct Hunger March NeeVs
Sweeping Through
the Anthracite
COLUMN 7
NY. & ANTHRACITE

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Dec. L.
Column from Buffalo, is now
marching 100 strong through the
heart of the Anthracite fields It
stopped last night in Scranton, where
the Hunger March last year was met
with machine guns, and will stop to-
night in Allentown, the city Of silk
mills, where daughters Of poverty
stricken coal miners have to work
for the lowest conceivable wages.
In Wilkes Barre, center of many
terrific struggles Of the miners, Luz
erne County gave l6 more delegates
to the march, of whom ten are miners
all from United Mine worker locals.
One OF these represents a local OF
1900 men, every one unemployed,
The other delegates are textile work
ers, etc.
The police managed to separate the
Wilkes Barre delegation from the
main column, but the delegation
overlook it little later. Big crowds
hailed the marchers in Wilkes Barre.
In Scranton, a regular terror center
last year, and the scene Of the arrest
of William q. Foster, Communist can
didate for president, at one OF his
campaign speeches-the pressure OF
the jobleSs has forced a change OF
tactics.
The marchers were able yesterday
to parade through streets lined with
cheering masses of workers, and went
to Regal Hall to hold a mass meet
ing before they slept there for the
night,
The Police Chief informed them:
In this hall you can say anything
you like, hold any kind of meeting
you want to-
But 20 police were crowded in the
hall and doorways, and they not only
watched the speeches carefully, but
they kept every worker out they
could. Hundreds gathered in the
street outside, demanding the right
to come in, and finally were chased
away by the police.
All local unemployed workers TOOK
part in the prepars3ons for the ar
rival of the marchers were called be-
fore the Poor Board and threatened
with cutting Off of relief unless they
disassociated themselves from the
March.
Baltimore Mayor Breaks Promise.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. /. - The
city officials now say that they will
provide food but not lodging for the
approximately 1000 National Hunger
NIarchers of Column 7 and s when
they merge here the afternoon Of
Dec. 3, and stay over night.
Captain George Marshall Of the
Bureau for Homeless and Transient
Men agrees to give sandwiches, rolls
and coffee, but says he will give cots
for the women's contingent only.
This is violation OF the promise
made by the mayor several days ago
when he said many pretty words
about the always Hospitable Balti-
more" and agreed on food and lodg-
ing for the full 1000 marchers.
Big Reception Ready.
On Saturday, Dec. 3rd, when the
hunger marchers from the eastern
states pull into Baltimore they will
be welcomed by huge mass meeting
in the 104th Regiment Armory. This
hall has a seating capacity Of 5000
and it is expected that workers Of
Baltimore will fill every available
seat. A 27 piece orchestra has been
arranged for to provide revolutionary
music. An appeal has been broad
cast to everyone coming to this mass
meeting to bring a package of food
for a Hunger Marcher.
Crawling Out.
A leading article in the Baltimore
Post quotes Police Commissioner
Gather as saying that the Hunger
will get neither food nor
beds" in Baltimore.
Gather states further that the
police will cooperate with
the Washington authorities in dis
couraging" the hunger march.
This statement is a turn about from
that made by Mayor Jackson last
week when he promised to feed and
house the marchers.
Obviously the promise of jackson
was for the purpose Of misleading
the Baltimore arrangements COM
mittee, OF trying to soften up mass
pressure and of slowing up independ-
ent arrangements for feeding and
housing. But the trick has no5 work
ed. Large quantities of food have
been collected and arrangements
have been made for housing. Also
the mass agitation to force the city
to provide food and lodging has been