The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
UNEMPLOYED WINTER RELIEF.
UNIFORM BUDGETS CASH
INCREASES ARE DEMANDED
Delegations Will Visit
Governor and State
Relief Director

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. Is. -
To the attention of the unemployed,
and all workers of Ohio, must be
called the danger that the lame
duck session of the General AS
sembly will meet without passing
any adequate relief legislation. In
fact they may not consider it at all
unless enough pressure is brought to
bear upon them to place Winter
Relief for the Unemployed" on the
order of business of the Assembly
when it convenes on Monday at
Columbus.
The Ohio Unemployment Coun-
ellis and other workers organizations
have organized a mass delegation
which will appear before the Gen
ersl Assembly Monday to present
winter relief demands. A letter has
been sent to all Senators and Repre-
sentatives informing them that the
delegation will come and that
Winter Relief for the Unemployed"
be placed on the order of business.
Special delegations will visit the
Governor and Relief Administrator
Gen. Henderson. The demands of
the unemployed include a per
cent increase in relief, uniform re-
lief throughout the State, abolition
OF the present eviction policy of the
relief administration by furnishing
cash rent for all single and married
unemployed; abolition of all forced
labor in the State, legislation to au-
thorize municipalities to use their
sinking funds for relief purposes,
and endorsement of the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill.
The danger exists that this lame
duck" session will try to "pass-the-
buck" to the new Assembly that
meets in January. To prevent this
the Unemployment Council of Ohio
calls upon all cities to take emer-
gency measures to insure the largest
maximum delegation to the Legisla-
ture on Nov. 10. Also all workers
organizations and individuals are
requested to send kilograms to Gov
ernor White and representatives to
the Assembly demanding that winter
relief be on the order of business
and that the jobless' demands shall
be heard.
The second danger that exists
which has already been limited in
the capitalist press is that not
enough senators and representatives
will attend the Assembly to obtain
a quorum to conduct business. The
reason for this is that the repre-
sentatives have been paid up to the
first of the year, and those who have
been defeated for reelection will
not appear. Should such a situa-
ton occur, the unemployed deleea-
ton will demand the seats vacated
by the irresponsible state represen-
tatives = creating working-cla re-
presentation, and propose legislation
for winter relief as demanded by
the unemployed of Ohio.
The third danger that exists is
that this lame duck" session, in
which very little public interest is
focused, will try to rush through
the sales tax and other tax leyies
with only a small minority of repre-
SentativeS present. Mass pressure
must be brought to bear upon all
representatives to defeat any effort
to force a sales tax upon the con-
sumers of the State. Sufficient re-
lief funds can and must be raised
by taxing the rich-tax the sale and
transfer of stocks and bonds: tax
on the capital investment of manu-
facturers and industrialists; gradu-
ate income tax on incomes of over
$1,000 per year, and a demand for
an increase in Federal relief for
Ohio.
In addition to presenting the de-
mands for winter relief to the State
Legislature, the unemployed will
hold a meeting to discuss State
wide plans for the National Con-
gress for Unemployment and Social
Insurance, which will be held in
Washington, D. c., on Jan. ST.