The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
Workers Delegates
Smash Jim-CrOW ON
New York CWAJObS
Negroes W ere Forced
10 Register Only
la Harlem

NEW YORK. - Negro workers IN
New York City registering for C.w.A.
jobs can now register where they
live, instead of being jin-crowed and
sent to Harlem 10 register. This
concession was won by a struggle
led by the League Of Struggle for
Negro Rights, from the C.WA. au-
thorities in New York, following de-
mands made on Colonel DeLameter,
acting C.W.A. administrator, at his
office at Ill Eighth Ave, on January
18th, by delegation Of Negro and
white workers. Until now, all Ne
groes living above And St., have
been forced to travel to the Harlem
offices to register, hundreds being
sent from the Bronx and other sec
tons.
Force Concessions from C.W.A.
TO Of the other demands of the
delegation were granted by Della
meter-that workers whose work days
fall on holidays or on days when
the weather is too bad to work,
should either get paid for those days
or be given another work day in
stead. The C.W.A. chief told the
L.S.NR. representatives that work
would be given within 20 days Of
the day lost, due to it falling on a
holiday or bad weather. Herman
MacKawain, President of the Greater
New York Council of the League of
Struggle for Negro Rights, In COM
menting on these victories won by
organized militant action, said: 1--WE
must make every effort to see that
these gains we have won are kept.
Negroes all over the city are urged
to register where they live and re-
ports should Immediately be sent to
our Office at 119 West 135th St.. if
any attempt is made to revive the
policy OF discrimination and jim
crowism formerly practiced by the
C.WA.
Demand Equal Rights for Negroes
The Council Of Greater New York
of the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights at it's second meeting, Jan.
25th, at 119 West 135th St.. decided
to intensity, as the chief activity,
its campaign, in conjunction with
the Unemployed Councils and trade
unions, to fight against diScrirnina-
ton in the hiring Of Negroes on
C.W.A and relief projects, and
against all practices Of Job discrim-
nation and jim-crowism throughout
New York. All lodges, clubs, unions,
churches, and fraternal organizations
are urged to cooperate in fighting
for the following demands: Jobs or
adequate relief for the toiling Negro
population: no discrimination against
Negroes on C.WA. and relief Jobs.
and in unemployment relief; no cut
ting on OF C.WA. jobs; immediate
appropriation Of funds by Congress
to give all registered UNEMPLOYED
C.W.A. jobs; immediate cash relief
for all unemployed not on DIVA.
jobs; abolition Of jim roWisn in the
registering and hiring Of Negroes:
the immediate hiring of Negroes reg
istered, immediate registering and
hiring OF those refused registration:
the rights Of Negroes to all Jobs and
professions, skilled, as well as un-
skilled; union wages and working
conditions for all workers on CWA
and other relief jobs, without dis
elimination Of Negroes; immediate
passage Of the Workers UnempIoy-
ment Insurance Bill by the present
Congress; united organization and
action Of Negro and white workers
in the struggle for jobs, relief. and
unemployment insurance.