The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-27
All Supporters of Farley
Urged To Join Mass
Demonstrations

Within eight days, workers direct
from the shops and picket lines,
farmers, and unemployed workers
coming from the struggle for in
creased relief to give expression to
their demand for unemployment
insurance, will stream into Wash
ington. In mighty congress,
workers and farmers, binding to-
gether the mightiest united front
yet achieved by the American
working class, will hammer out a
workers program for genuine I'M
employment and social insurance.
Simultaneously with the opening
Of this historic workers congress,
Roosevelt will convene the 74th
United States Congress. On the
floor Of the United States Congress,
workers from the Unemployment
Congress will put forward their de-
mands as against the spurious pro-
posals and schemes advanced by
the administration in the name Of
unemployment insurance.
Local Demonstrations
In cities and towns, the workers
in the trade unions, fraternal and
unemployed organizations will hold
huge mass demonstrations setting
forth immediate relief demands,
endorsement of the Workers IN
employment Insurance Bill by local
governing bodies and support for
the National Congress.
, The mighty power of the millions
of workers and farmers, professional
and white collar workers, and the
impressive number of organizations
that have thus far backed the Con-
greSs and the Workers Bill is still
diffused, The National Congress
and the mass demonstrations ar
ranged in support of the delegates
at Washington will weld together
this huge movement.
! Support Is Urged
Herbert Benjamin, executive sec
rotary of the Congress Arrange
ments Committee, yesterday called
upon all groups that are backing
the National Congress to rally be-
hind these mass demonstrations.
/ At the same time, BENJAMIN
I stressed the need of all workers to
/ be on constant guard against at
( tempts Of bureaucrats in some
trade unions to put through re-
versals of the Congress endorse
ments at this time. Benjamin, who
had just returned from an organi-
rational visit for the National Con-
/ gress, asked that all funds due to
| the National office be RENTED at
once in order to facilitate the ar
rangements for the National Con-
| gress.
Delegates in the poverty-stricken
South have been elected" Ben
/ jamin said, land workers on the
F. E. r. A. hunger rolls and in the
trade unions are scraping together
their pennies to send them to
Washington. In Porto Rico an all
island conference on unemployment
insurance will open tomorrow. A
/ delegate to the National Congress
will in all probability be elected.
But money is rare in this outpost
4 of American imperialism. Unex-
ampled restitution exists among
the unemployed and the sugar
plantation workers in many cases
/ receive their pay in tickets called
wales. Money must be raised to
bring this delegate to washington,
"All workers must be on their
guard against last minute attempts
of the bureaucrats in trying to
railroad through reversals on the
decisions. of locals to support the
National Congress at time when
attendance is low. Workers should
attend these meetings and at the
same time bring forward the dis
cussions on the Workers Bill in
contrast to the program brought
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