The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-06

not a single vote against the poll
cies and decisions reached at the
conference. The conference elected
State Committee Of the Unem-
ployed Councils Of Al, with state
headquarters in Springfield.
ELECT DELEGATIONS
The conference also elected
delegation to the State Legislature
to speak against the proposed sales
tax, which will extract from the
toiling masses Of the state s4s ,Go0,-
600 year. This delegation was
elected from the State Legislature
by the police. On the same day a
delegation Of SO was elected to
present the Unemployment and
Social Insurance Bill to the State
Legislature. The delegation went
to the governors office. The gov
ernor refused to meet the delega-
ton and ordered the city and state
police to forcefully eject it from
the governors office. The delega-
ton was elected only after strug-
gl3sb'ith the police and nine Of the
delegates we're arrested and thrown
into jail, and were later released
under the pressure Of the confer
ence.
THE Illinois Anti-Hunger Confer
ence laid base for the unifica-
ton of the workers Of the state in
the struggle for relief and unem-
ployment insurance and united the
ranks Of the employed and unem-
ployed workers. The message Of
the conference will be brought to
the masses of miners, railroad, steel,
westinghouse workers, to the I'M
employed and to the masses Of Ne
gro toilers. The conference was
Working-clasS meet and marked
definite step toward a statewide
organization. 1t once more proved
the correctness Of the policy Of the
united front from below. The con-
terence was conscious that in carry
ing on the struggle for the tasks
owtlined, it must carry on a strug-
gle against the leaders Of the So
cialist Party, Illinois Federation of
Labor, the leadership of the P. NJ.
A, MusteiteS and similar types
who stand in the way Of the work
ers' desire for unity and for the
successful carrying on Of the strug-
gle for their demands. This was
clearly demonstrated in the recent
events in Illinois.
Only three days before the con-
ference Norman Thomas, presiden-
tiaf candidate of the Socialist
Party in the last elections, came
to Springfield and Governor Hor-
ner officially welcomed him and
invited him to conference In his
mansion. Norman Thomas, In a
speech delivered at Springfield, de-
clared
L want TO speak In respect
and admiration Of Governor
Horner because he immediately
upon entering office so earnestly
began his effort to bring about
peace in this difficult situation"
These are the exact words OF the
Socialist" Thomas at the mass
meeting in Springfield in praise of
Governor Horner-the same Gov
ernor Horner who ordered the DO
lice to club the delegation in his
office when they presented the de-
nands Of the hungry unemployed.
And the police clubbed delegates
from the miners unions, members
OF the Socialist Party as well as
other workers. Here we see clearly
the difference between the leaders
Of the Socialist Party and the rank
and file, who arc beginning to see
the role O; Norman Thomas and
who are for united action with the
Communists and other workers in
struggles against hunger and want.
When Thomas praised Homer he
O.K.d his maintaining of troops
in Christian County to suppress the
miners. Although 1t ,Ses only a
delegation Of so who went to Gov
ernor Homer to present the Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance
Bill, the delegation wac dubbed