The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-22

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at the information desk.
TO SUMMARIZE what hsppeneE
in this city since the depression,
mo one seems to have theNeZ-
act number of unemployed. Esti-
mates vary from one out Of every
four workers TO three out Of every
four.
2-One out of every four persons
are utterly destitute and dependent
upon charity for their small food
allowance.
3-An equal number, it Is es-
timated by charity officials, are de-
pendent upon relatives and friends
who still have few dollars or jobs
Requests for charity have in
creased so tremendously that con-
tributors to the Community Chest
can no longer meet the demands
for relief.
5-Before the depression this was
an A. F. of L. stronghold; today
union labor is only name.
6-New Orleans, which was the
second largest port in the country,
is now fourth due partly to a fall
ing off in exports and imports.
7-Longshoremen are demorsl-
lied; half of the approximate 5000
who worked on the docks, sought
work with the c. W. A. and are
now being thrown back among the
unemployed.
8-Those who did work around
the docks did not earn enough to
support themselves and their fami-
lies and had to appeal to charity.
9-Hit even harder than long
shoremen and unskilled workers is
the white collar class.
10-Many of the white collar class
are now dependent upon charity
1.-THE Negro, though he COM
prises only 26 per cent of the total
population. gets so per cent Of the
total charity expenditures, showing
that wherever possible his job has
been taken by a white.
12-Speed-up in work and doubl-
ing-up in homes are common here
since the depression.
13-Home and family life have
been destroyed in many instances.
14-With all the millions the gov
eminent spent on federal relief pro-
iects. only three per cent Of those
registered as unemployed for gov
eminent relief jobs have been put
to work
15-The overwhelming ma ority Of
those who are working are not
earning a living wage.
l6-Representative union wage
scales for New Orleans as given
by the Department of Labor for
last year we're inaccurate then and
are inaccurate now; the wage scale
is approximately half what the
government says it is.
17-Unskilled labor, which was
thrown upon the charity heap al
most Immediately after the depres-
resigned Of all the workers.
18-The white collar class here
shows the greatest unrest and re-
sentiment against the current eco
nomic and political system.
19-The "intellectusls" as repre-
sented by University men and
teachers are in a nebulous state
floating around in air, mildly re-
sentful.
2O-With the liquidation of the
c. w A., the increase in charity
applicants and the inability to raise
enough money to feed the unem-
ployed, the director Of the Com
munity Chest believes that if these
conditions continue or become ag-
gravated, they will bring on "a
revolution" judging from the temper
Of the people.
2l-Out of six banking institu-
tons with numerous branches, four
crashed, taking with them home
stead banks, which resulted in some
10000 privately owned homes being
lost.
22-Food costs have risen from %
to so per cent since the coming OF
the N. R A
23-The N. r. A. has produced
widespread cutting of wages in
stead of raising them.
24-Business increases in the last
year have been trifling in compari.
son with the increased unemploy.
men and the rise in charity sppli.
cants and expenditures,
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