The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-26
Many Miner delegates

The majority of the union dele
gates from hsFe To the National
Unemployment Congress are being
elected by the Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania. Hannah, who is also
chairman of the Lucerne County
Committee for Unemployment In
suranee, is making a thorough can
vsss of all the unemployed organ
jzations here in order to insure a
large delegation to Washington.
Four locals of the Anthracite
Miners in the Nantieoks sectien
have already elected delegates, and
three others are taking up this
question in the next few days.
The County COMMITTEES for the
Congress has secured the Coughlin
High School Auditorium for mass
ssnd-off of the delegates Thursday,
Jan. 3, and is making arrangements
to bring a prominent speaker from
New York for this meeting.
Farmer-Labor Delegate Chosen
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Dec. "a
The Hennepin County Central Com
mittse of the Farmer-Lahor Asso-
citation elected w. j. McGaughren,
chairman of the committee, as their
delegate to ths National Unemploy-
ment Congress. McGaughren is
also tbs chairman Of the welfare
committee of the Minneapolis
Board of Public Welfare.
Sixteen unions were represented
at a meeting called by the A. r. of
L. Committee for Unemployment
Insurance and at least two dele
gates will be sent to Washington to
represent them.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Dec. %
MANY trade unions here are &C
tive in preparations for the National
Congress for Unemployment and
Social Insurance Ameng these are
the Bakers Union II, tbs Jewish Br.
of Bakers IA, Lsborers Union 4S5
Weodearvers Union and the United
Shoe Workers Union.
Unions which have already en-
dorsed the Congress and the Work
ers Bill are; Bakers Union Il;
Brewery Workers Local 81; Inter
national Union of Operating En-
ginesrs, Local II; Upholsterers Local
So: Glass Bottle Blowers Unian. The
Lake Avenue Baptist Church and
the Brick Church have also en-
dorsed the congress.
CHICAGO. I'LL. Dec. .25, - The
Small Home and Land Owners Fed
Grafton of Illinois, at its annual
conference held here recently en-
dorsed the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill Ths con-
| ference also passsd a resolution con-
demning the act Of the Emergency
Relief Commission in cutting relief
10 to 30 per cent. and demanding
that the cut be at once rascinded.
Payment of cash rent in advance
to small home owners for housing
unemployed YVES also demanded.
The Village Of Eimwood Park a
city of 1000 population on the
northwest side of Chicago, has en-
darssd the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill and instructed the
Village Attorney to write Congress
man Schustz asking his cooperation
in effecting ths passage of the bill
in Congress.
NEW YORK.-The Jack London
Theatre will present a play, "Amer-
ics-Amsrica," at the mass send off
meeting for delegates to the Ma
tional Congress for Unemployment
and Social Insurance at st. Nicholas
Palace, So w. Goth St. Friday, Jan.
4. at 8 pm. Beethoven's Fifth Sym
phony and other selections will be
played by the Workers Interna-
tional Relief orchestra of As pieces.
Elmer Brown. chairman OF the
Amalgamation Party in the Typo
graphical Union 6; John P. DAVIS,
secretary Of the Joint Committee
/ for National Recovery, WASHINGTON,
D. c.; James w. Ford, of the Com
munist Party; William D. SpoffoYd,
Socialist candidate for Governor OF
MARYLAND in the last election and
member of the Church League for
Industrial Democracy. and Richard
Sullivan, of the Unemployment
Councils of Greater New York, will
speak at the meeting,
Delegates from New England and
upper New York will be present and
will leave for WASHINGTON together
with the New York delegation af-
ter the meeting.
Unemployed workers are urged to
get their free tickets from their