The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-23
COUNCILS FOR A
MARCH 18th DRIVE
Force Roosevelt Govt
to Aid Jobless
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in an effort to spread confusion
among and deceive the masses. The
one would If passed, provide relief
of about 81 per month. The other
aims to legalize the infamous stagger-
plan and thus spread poverty.
Meantime, the army of unemployed
continues to grow and the misery of
the masses increases from day to day.
Hundreds of thousands are without
any relief whatever and those ad-
nlitted to relief rolls are reduced to
ever lower starvation standards. Dis
ease spreads over entire working class
sections, with increasing numbers of
deaths from "malnutrition' reported
everywhere.
The day when Roosevelt is inaugu-
rated must be made the occasion for
powerful mass demonstrations and
struggles against the bosses hunger
program. On this day we must force
Roosevelt to realize that, unemploy-
ment insurance and relief is the prin-
cipal issue before the country today.
We must demonstrate that the "for-
gotten man" will not allow Roose-
Velt to forget that millions are suf-
fering hunger and want. We must de-
clare in emphatic terms that we are
concerned not with what man is in
augurated president but what policy
Of relief is inaugurated. We must de-
mand Inauguration of policy of adj
equate relief at the expense of the
bosses and government.
The National Committee of the I'm
employed Councils therefore, calls
upon all workers and their organiza-
tons to make March a day of strug-
gle for unemployment insurance and
relief.
We propose that, on this day, mill
tant mass demonstrations shall take
place in every city and town in the
United States. These demonstrations
TO be arranged if at all possible at
the city halls, county court houses,
and state capitolS, and raise the fol-
lowing demands:
A-lliAilCdldSC CdlAlllB VI IALI d oCSo-
sion Of Congress to Adopt Measures
for Adequate Relief to the Unem-
ployed.
2-Immediate enactment of the de-
mandS of the National Hunger
March; (a) Fifty Dollars Winter Re
lief (b) Unemployment Insurance at
the Expense of the Employers and
government.
endorsement of these demands
by Mayor, City Council or other leg
islative bodies.
Most urgent local demand or
demands.
Meeting of National Committee and
Program in Washington
In order to plan our further work
and struggle and to raise the de-
mands of the unemployed in Wash
ington at the time of the Inaugural
ton, an enlarged meeting of the Ma
tional Committee will be held on
March 4 in Washington, D. G.
Following this meeting confer
ence will be held on March 5, to
which all local unemployed organiZa-
tions, including such organizations as
the Unemployed Citizens Leagues,
ETC., will be invited The purpose of
this conference will be to discuss and
plan joint, united actions and strug-
giles and to involve additional sup
port for the demands to be presented
to Roosevelt. rs
These demands will be presented by
representative delegation that will
visit Roosevelt at the White House on
March 6.
Representative of unions, lodges,
veterans and other mass organiza-
tons which are in agreement with
our program, will also be invited to
attend both the enlarged meeting and
the Joint Conference.
Objects Of the Campaign
The chief object of our March 4
Campaign shall be:
Ito increase and stimulate in the
course Of preparation, the local strug-
giles around the most immediate, ur-
gent needs and demands of the UNI
employed, part time and employed
workers.
2-To involve in the struggle and
draw into our organization hundreds
Of thousands of workers not hitherto
involved, building organization in
those sections and towns where none
existed.
$40 Systematically develop the
movement for unity in struggle and
for One United Unemployed Move
ment. This to be effected by organic
ing joint actions with the workers in
unemployed organizations that exist
parallel to or in opposition to the IN
employed Councils.
ITO establish contact and form
committees in shops and unions as
means of uniting the struggle of the
employed and unemployed.
5--To improve the work and inner
life of the Unemployed Councils and
their basic units.
While united front conferences are
desirable, these shall be called only
in the event of an issue OF urgent
character arising in the given To-
cality. Then these conferences car