The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-22
STRATFORD- ON-AYON

STRATFORD-O N-AYON
England, Oct. 21.-Hundreds
of unemployed workers, dele.
gates in the National Hunger
March to London, and repre-.
sentatives of tens of thou.
sands of jobless in the Man.
chester area, demonstrated
today against the poor food in the
workhouse here.
Police attacked them and before
the fight was over the workhouse
was almost wrecked, & policeman was
in ;Ured and many IF 'te marchers
had to have medical treatment.
Fight Relief Cuts.
The marchers are on their. way to
London again, today They are part
of march from all ever England,
Scottsland and Wales, which will ar
rive in London, Oct. II, to demand
abolition Of the Means Test, 4 Jaw
by which over a million British job
less have been cut off the relief lists
altogether because, in the opinion OF
the local governments, they stiIl have
some means" of living The Means
test cuts off the regular u1emplov-
r1Gnt dole which has prevailed in
England for number of years nov.
National March In u. S. A.
This English hunger march against
cutting off Of unemployment dole,
such as it was, comes just before the
second National Hunger March in
the United States for unemployment
insurance and for $50 winter relief.
In both countries the march is led
by a great united front committee,
representing unemployed and en-
ployed workers
In both countries the marchers will
move in large bodies down the roads.
combining into still larger forces as
they go. In each case the marchers
are elected representatives Of thou
sands and hundreds of thousands, Of
the unemployed who have met and
adopted the demands that the march,
ers will present to the national gov
ernmentS, at London, England, and
Washington, U. S. A.
When the 300 Manchester, Eng
land, national hunger marchers
reached Stratford-on-Avon they were
put in the workhouse, and given Moth
ing but small quantity Of bread.
oleomargarine and tea.
New London Demonstration.
LONDON, England, Oct. 81. - A
big crowd of unemployed rushed the
Tower bridge police station today to
protest the arraignment there of three
workers arrested in the demonstra-
tons yesterday. Yesterdays demon
strations were against the Means
Test, but also for release Of workers
arrested the day before when thou
sands of unemployed fought the po-
lice for seven hours IN demonstra-
ton for reuef.
Try to Split Irish JobIess.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Oct.
21.-Local businessmen running The
Orange Lodge" are worried over the
sullen resentment Of the masses OF
workers and unemployed here. The
demonstration Of 10000 against the
Means Test and for relief several
Gays ago was only put down by rush
ing all the police in Northern Ireland
and two regiments Of the British ar
my here. Now the Prince of Wales
is coming to town, and the Orange
Lodge" proposes to mobilize all
Orangemen in solid wall on both
sides of the street TO keep the crowd
back.
The Orange Lodge" is a relic Of
ancient religious wars, and is now q
Protestant Patriotic and very con-
servatively led organization with
very reactionary leaders. Its en-
trance into the struggle is partially
an attempt to split the workers along
religious lines since most of Ireland
IS catholic. But there was a com
plete united front across religious
lines in the hunger demonstrations.