The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10


ellis and the Small Home Owners
Federation issued Joint statement
Yesterday calling upon all workers
to march on Saturday, Dec. ~. The
relief march will assemble at Pub
lie Square at l pm, and march to
the City Hall,
Despite the fact that 1000 fami-
lies in the Cleveland area face i'm
mediate eviction, and notwithstand-
ing their own admission Of inhuman
conditions on relief. the Relief Pol
icy Committee, in a meeting with
the Unemployment Council, refused
to take any steps to relieve this dis
tress. Those facing eviction due to
foreclosure cannot benef1t under
the Annat Bill, the committee ad-
mitted.
Dodge Bill Endorsement
The committee members individ-
ualiy endorsed the workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill, b ut
claimed that official endorsement as
a group was beyond their jurisdic-
ton.
The unemployed delegation of
five, which was headed by Frank
Rogers, exposed the shocking con-
ditions in the city-owned flophouse,
wayfarers Lodge, where LOO per-
sons sleep in one neutrality-suspicious.
cular and veneresl diseased men
using the same dishes and utensils
as the healthy. The walters there
work ten hours every second day
without wages; similar forced labor
is employed with the other help.
Lewis revealed discrimination
against Negroes, who are getting
less relief, must wait longer for re-
lief orders, are evicted more quick
iy and are treated brutally.
The delegation demanded extra
emergency Winter relief of $40 for
each family, SIS for single men, in
creased relief of 81 family plus
SO cents for each dependent; 81 for
single men, full rent in cash, equal
relief for Negroes, and investiga-
ton of all discrimination. The right
of committees to present emergency
cases every day instead of once
weekly. withdrawal of police from
relief stations, representation of I'M
employed organizations on relief
complaints board, suspension of
payment on the bonded indebted
ness in order to increase relief I'M
til the passage of the Workers IN
employment Insurance Bill, an open
hearing on Dec. % at the County
House, the dropping of all charges
against Mrs. Jubach and Mrs. Mar
tin, who were framed on extortion
charges when they obtained relief
clothing, we're other demands.
Charges Admitted
The policy committee was forced
to admit the truth of the delega-
tons charges
Grossman, the chairman, admit
ted Many people who are hungry
are not getting their food quick
enough" They admitted that relief
is inadequate, treatment of APP
plicants not satisfactory" addi-
tional emergency relief sorely need
ed to replace exhausted household
necessities, and that conditions in
Wayfsrers' Lodge are shockingly
lnhunnan.
They tried to wriggle out, how
ever, claiming insufficient funds
and an undermined staff They
ruled against holiday relief for the
unemployed, but voted an extra
paid holiday for the relief office
workers. They refused categorically
the demand for the withdrawal of
police from the relief stations and
meeting with the unemployed dele
CATION, and for an open hearing.
Their fear OF militant action was
expressed by Grossman who said
he doesn't mind demonstrations
but let them be held elsewhere, not
before relief station.
They asked the Councils to send
their demands by mail instead of
committees in the future, and they
decided to prosecute Mrs. Jubach
and Mrs. Martin to the utmost in
order to intimidate the unemployed.
New contacts for the move