The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-05
BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
Daily WORKER Washington Bureau,

DAILY Worker Washington Buraau)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The Com
munist Party's pledge to the unem-
ployed: eve will fight through with
you-now, and further on" was
brought to the National Convention
against unemployment, last night, by
Robert Minor Of the Central Com
nittee, and to every revolutionary
greeting the nine hundred delegates
responded with q roar of applause.
Flinging off his coat and vest
Minor vigorously explained the r2vo-
lutionary Communist program. But
he did this after dwelling upon the
Communist Party's leadership in this
immediate demands before the un-
employed, and with emphatic decIara-
ton that, Our task is to build 9
great mass movement, a united front
rot of one particulsr school Of
thought, but Of the American work
ing men and women"
c. P. FIGHTS for Relief
He asserted that the Communist
Party, in battles on the streets and
despite jail and tear gas and bullets
fought for and won the right to night
for Unemployment Insurance. H;
said that:
Through this fight, the Commu-
mist Party's fight in the streets, the
American working class already has
won tens and hund~ods Of millions
of dollars worth of unemployment
relief"
The Communist Party is keenly
aware that there are hundreds Of
delegates here who are members OF
various parties, followers of the
Republican, Democratic and Social
iSt Parties," Minor said, "ard am
here to assure you of a very hearty
spirit Of cooperation with those ad-
herents Of other parties-we vel
come all those willing to fight for
the great common cause. The Com
munist Party is of the opinion that
the only way in which the Amer
lean masses can be rescued from
decades Of misery is through the
united action of you and Others"
Minors 30 minute speech came a
the close Of mass meeting in thu
Masonic Auditorium, attended By
visitors who. with the delegates, filled
the big hall. 1t followed brief anc
fiery sreecheS by rank and file lead.
ers of the trade unions, fraterna
groups, farmers clubs, and relief an
unemployed groups attending. These
speeches too were marked by mill.
tant declarations, particularly reiter.
ated pledges of solidarity between
white and NEGRO labor.
Preceding Minor, Ann Burlak. tn,
light leader of the Nat.onal Textile
Workers Union, had called forth
storm of bowling, thundercus ap.
plausa. She described the strike O
10000 in last Falls National Textile
strike, in which she said;
I'VE got gas, tear gas and bullets
too, but we waved chr fi-t at Wash
ington and said, we'll starve on
the picket lines, but wen be
damned if wen starye in the
mills"
She told too how an N. r. A. Of
ficial remarked to her, when sh
brought mass delegation to protes
against N. r. A. codes, you know
Ann, We don't mind your comm.
down here-but why do you have t.
always bring a mob with you?" That
she said, is the difference between
militant and A. F. Of L. Unicns-an;
militant, employed workers stand to
gether with unemployed workers.
"UneInp,0ycd workers didn't scab
on US she added. Nov we r.ust
go back TO cur trade unionS-I don't
care which Un'on you belong t.
and convince the Others that the
fight for Unemployment I-'~--~--lce
for ell workers is a Fight of the
whole WORKING clacs."
A Negro woman delegate fron
Houston, Tex. told Of the e.
plight in Dixie, and. wavinq ho- f.
declared; We're not afraid Of tn
police terror. A Pennsylvania mine
officially reprecentin% a local A. F. o
l.. Union shouted, 1--WE been yes-D1eI
all these years; now let's be no-noer
The classes of ca0itaN9'n F~ve Ia
their chance, so now let's see tn
masses fightirg."
A Workers y-Servicemelts I,e7ou
spokesmen made fiery pledge tina
this time, we veterans are lined Il
with the masses in their fight 70
Unemployment Irsurancc" despit
the fs"t that he said, the nope
classes from Civil War days hav