The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-24
WE MARCH ON THE
CAPITOL

Friday morning ten O'Clock the
farmers go to Capitol Hill. They
are provided with questionaires,
How Our National Representa-
tives Answered Our Demands" The
secretary of each state delegation
is advised not merely to jot down
answers but also notes on the dis
cussion and impressions during
the visits. To see what action
either or both houses will take on
their demands, the farmers are
advised to go to the galleries Of the
House and Senate.
Some of the farmers had been
with the hunger marchers. They
had seen the police use the foulest
language, spit on the trapped men
and women.
But they were unprepared for the
new way the police showed their
stupid vicious shouts. AS the farm
ers moved up Capitol HILL down
swarmed the police. They ordered
the farmers to get four abreast and
to close ranks. Immediately after,
lieutenant rushed down to stop
Them. Had they been given the
right to parade? No, Well, the
closed ranks showed they were
parading. Therefore, they're all
technically under arrest. A big
bellied captain steamed up, listened
to the heutenant's report, and put
fed, Good work, men" An in
spector with moustache like a
chevron slapped under his nose
clicked up also.
The big shots surround Jerry In
gersou, associated with Farm Re
search, who comes from Brook
Ign. The lieutenant scolds the
farmers in the lead. "Youghtn't
let young fellows like that from
the city lead you around by the
nose. You don't know what they
are up to-" A farmer answers hot
ly, wen chose anyone we please"
The inspector, who tells confident
tally one of the farmers later that
he is a member of the xxx, Sec
onds the ieutenant's plan that the
farmers be kept waiting in the cold
for "diSobeying the law. With
drawn nightsticks and big badges
like the kind boys wear with
Chicken Inspector" on it, the po-
lice guard the farmers. After a
good long wait, the farmers are
finally allowed to file into the Of
lice building.
TYPICAL is the New Yorks dele
cations interviews. They see
Senator Copeland first Royal S.
Copeland shakes every delegates
hand. Picture Of Abraham Lincoln
on a wall Copeland with carna-
tion in buttonhole and hair pulled
high like 3 drum jor's hat He
reads aloud a copy of the demands.
He says he thinks some action is
necessary. Copeland believes the
demands ask for some things that
can't be done. No, Copeland won't
move the suspension of rules OF
the Senate So that farmers may
read their program from the flood
of the senate. Copeland will vote for
il If someone else proposes to read
it. Copeland will be glad to get
these resolutions into the Congress
sional Record. Copeland won't
support all of these demands be-
cause they aren't legal. Finished
with questions, Copeland PAGES the
floor, swings his arms, and shoots
off oratory. He, too, was born
and raised on farm" Dexter,
Michigan. He, Copeland, has had
to renew a note, a note every three
months like the poorest Of farmers.
lie can appreciate the farmers sur
ferings. Surely, the farmer hasn't
been having any of the gravy.
Here Copslopd announces he is
distributed He feels that we should
Ill get on our knees and pray that
The Democrats succeed or just as
surc rs daylight there win be an