The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
Paterson Relief Strike Continues; Unemployed
Struggles Mount As Food and Cash Hid SIashed
Men Demand Increase :
Chicago Unemployed
To Demonstrate

PATERSON, N. j., June 10
Following rejection of their six
point program of demands by the
Emergency Relief Administration,
relief strikers here Saturday unani-
mously voted to continue their
strike until all demands are
granted, to set up a permanent or
ganization of unemployed and relief
workers, and to spread the strike
throughout the state.
The 500 relief workers struck
projects 1000-1-2-3-4 Friday after
one weeks forced labor under the
ruling of the New Jersey Relief
Commission, passed on June 4, by
which each relief client is made to
work five successive 8-hour days
for cash wages Of 10 cents an hour
40 hours work for Sand gro
Gerry orders Of SIG.
The Paterson relief strikers de-
mand a Is per cent increase in re-
lief orders, plus Is cents an hour
cash; no evictions; all expenses for
gas, electricity, clothing, ETC., to be
met; union rates for skilled work
ers; all foremen to be elected BY
the men. Acting Relief Director
Funkhouser rejected all the de-
mands.
The workers will meet today to
consolidate the organization,
take steps to register all
workers on relief, including
single and married men who are
deprived of relief, and the election
Of larger executive.
Some Of the members of the
present Committee of Ten are max
ing efforts to confuse the workers
and to send the strikers back to
work under the excuse that the men
are not yet strong enough and not
able to stay out on strike" and are
also opposing militant picketing of
the projects.
The Unemployment Councils are
giving full support to the strike,
calling for the election of a broad
strike committee, extension Of the
strike to all projects throughout the
state and for mass picketing of all
projects.
The Unemployment Councils
have called a mass meeting today
at p. m. at Oakley Hall, I'll
Market st. TO consolidate and
spread the strike and to enlist
support of the strikers.
Recent reports by the State
Emergency Relief Administrator
show that in the latter part of April
relief cases throughout the state
had increased to 117,796 families,
comprising 457,O86 persons; the cost
of each family was 1920 or $4.95
per person per month.
DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau)
CHICAGO. June 1O.-Mass &C
tions to force the recognition of
committees of unemployed organ
izations in relief stations, the pass
age of the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill III. r. 1899, the
putting on relief of families of un-
employed not now receiving aid,
and the winning of relief for single
workers were planned Saturday,
June 9, at united front confer
ence at Mirror Hall here.
Sixty-eight delegates representing
81 locals of IL organizations with
a membership of about $4,000
worked out a program of demon
STATIONS at relief stations, open
hearings in the neighborhoods and
mass meetings to mobilize workers
to fight for their immediate needs.
Two locals of the Chicago Workers
Committee on Unemployment, and
three delegates from community Or
CARNATIONS joined with members of
the Unemployment Councils, Pho
neers. Home Owners Associations
and trade union to make these
plans and to set up a Cook County
Unemployment Council to unite all
the unemployed.
Clara Speer of the County Com
mittee of the Unemployment Coun-
Gil made the main report in the abb
sence of Karl Lockner, who is in
the Bridewell Jail working out a