Evening star., 1934-03-24
VOICE OPPOSITION
Too. WA. SLASH
400 Marchers Chant &C. w.
A. Must Go On" in Parade
Through Capital.

Chanting the &C. w. A. Must Go
On" 400 marchers from New York
and other Northern cities camped in
front Of the Emergency Relief office
on New York avenue today, while
their representatives lodged a protest
with Administrator Harry L. Hopkins
over the abandonment of the Civil
Works Administration program.
A delegation Of approximately 80,
headed by David Lesser OF New York
and Norman Thomas, Socialist leader
laid their grievances before the relief
administrator. Prior to the confer
ence, Thomas said he would ask Hop
kins to help the working man whom
he described as being in desperate
plight"
Parade Down Avenue.
Marchers from New York, Philadel-
phia. Camden and Baltimore had pa
raded from Union Station down
Pennsylvania avenue to the relief Of
flce at 1874 New York avenue in or
derly procession. They had been
Joined at the station by large num-
Der of Washtngtonians. They marched
along singing Solidarity Forever"
and chanting phrases for continuance
Of c. w. A. and unemployment insur-
ance
The delegates left the main body at
Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue and
proceeded by automobile to Hopkins
oficer, where they were admitted
after few minutes wait. When the
large group reached their goal, they
stood for few minutes and shouted
and sang. The noise was so great
that police moved them a block down
the street, opposite the Interior Build
ing. There they shouted protest
phrases for the benefit of Secretary
Ickes, whose office was nearby.
Hope to Call on President.
Leaders of the delegation were
denied the right by police to march
around the block housing the c. w. A.
and emergency relief offices. How
ever. they expressed the hope that
they would be permitted to have a
delegation call on the President as
well as a senatorial committee in
regard to the Wagner-Lewis bill for
unemployment insurance.
The group was made up of young
and old, colored and white, illiterate
and college graduate as they swung
in lusty chorus along Washington
streets. Men and women of all ages
were in the gathering.
Hopkins Receives Delegates.
Hopkins received the delegates in
his offices through arrangements
made by Mary Fox, representing the
Joint Committee of the Association of
Civil Works Employees.
Escorted by police detail of IA,
they marched to c. w. A. headluar-
ters from Union Station by way of
Delaware avenue, Constitution and
Pennsylvania avenues. Police said
they had no knowledge of the person
or group responsible for the trips to
Washington. In the group were rep
resentatives of the Association of
Emergency Workers in Adult Educa-
ton, the Associated Ofice and Profess
sional Emergency Employees, Tene-
ment House C. w. A. Employees and
Workers of Unemployed Unions.
A protest from Washington workers
was lodged with the administrator
yesterday in connection with the dis
charge Of Joseph zameres. secretary
of the District C. w. A. Workers
Protective League, from his civil
works job. The man was fired from
his position at the H. D. Cook School
when his foreman reported he was
inciting a strike. His case was re-
ferred to field supervisor, who made
arrangements for Zameres to appear
before the local c. w. A. Board of
Appeals.