The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-05
BuildCOuncils:
Plan to Hold
County Farley
Relief Heads Exhibit
Fake Petition To
Smash Wak-Out
By WALDMER ISAAC

ITHACA, N. Y, Dec. 4-The 400
striking relief workers here are
standing solid in their strike against
drastic relief cut, for higher relief
and better working conditions. The
relief officials, city administration
and State Temporary Emergency
Relief Administration officials have
united in a vicious campaign of
lying, intimidation and trickery in
trying to break the strike.
The Ithaca Evening Journal is
working hand in hand with the
administration, spreading lies about
tbs situation of the strike, attack
ing the strike leaders, and attack
ing the Communist Party, which is
active in support Of the strike, and
which enjoys the support Of most
of the strikers.
With S6 bogus names signed to a
petition, the Work Relief director
issued statement that the strike
was Off The petition, which re-
quests the right to return to work
without any improvement in pres
ent hunger conditions, has been cir
culated by work bureau officials
and stool-pigeons with little sue
cess. Scores of workers have pro-
tested that they never signed the
petition. Other names on the petit
ton are those of 80-year-old men
who have never been employed on
work relief. The Ithaca Evening
journal gleefully halls the end of
the strike, using the fake petition
as proof"
Solidarity Shown
AS an answer to the fake petition,
the strikers held a Thanksgiving
celebration at their tent headquar-
tiers. Over forty chickens, a COW,
potatoes and scores Of pies donated
by sympathetic farmers, business
men and workers went into making
huge banquet for the strikers and
their families. Enthusiasm ran
high at the meeting as worker after
worker spoke. Splendid solidarity
between Negro and white workers
was displayed and two Negro
workers who spoke received tremen-
dous ovations. Farmers and en-
ployed workers, members OF the
American Federation Of Labor and
an insurance agent spoke, pledging
their support of the strike. The
strikers voiced their determination
to unite with workers of other
counties when they demanded that
Sam Leach, chairman, and Wald-
mer Isaac, organizer, of the Inter
County Unemployment Council,
both of Ontario County, return to
speak at the huge strike rally being
organized for Sunday evening.
Many of the strikers, who are
disguised with both the Democratic
and Republican parties, are wit
Messing the brotherly cooperation
of Glen Jackson, district T. E. r. A.
administrator, and the Republican
city administration in trying to
break the strike. Jackson Is lead
ing Democrat of New York State.
Strike Spread Looms
The State and local T. E. r. A.
administration is expanding every
effort to break the strike, as vic
tory for the Ithaca workers would
be a signal for similar militant &C
ton on the part of the unemployed
and relief workers in this district
of the T. E. R. A., which includes
eleven counties.
Workers in this T. E. r. A. dis
trict are building the Inter-County
Unemployment Council, which was
formed by representatives of unem-
ployed and relief workers organiza-
lions at a conference held in Can
andaigua last Sunday. The Ithaca
strikers were represented at the
conference and made many pro-
posals. Foremost among the plans
laid by the Conference for the
Inter-County Unemployment Coun-
Gil is spreading the organization to
every county in this T. E. R. A. dis
trict and conducting joint strug-
gle for higher relief and the Work
ers' Unemployment and Social IN
surance Bill.