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spokesman for the cripples, pounded
the table and shouted:
I'VE want 70 see Hopkins at once"
Nels Anderson, labor relations ad-
visor, and Holt refused to summon the
administrator.
Immediately half a dozen Of the del
egates broke in with excited demands,
some trying to stand on their crutches.
IF Hopkins won't see US, we'll wait
here all night until he does" some one
shouted in the uproar. A girl with a
twisted spine, choking with emotion,
protested: We've had nothing but
bones thrown to us and We won't
stand it any longer-we can't stand
it, We can't" She sat exhausted and
speechless in her chair.
Wen go to see the President; we'll
go to Congress-" Friedman and others
shouted
Finally Holt arose wearily to leave,
signifying the meeting was over.
And you refuse to summon Hop
kins?" several persisted in demanding.
Holt refused.
Vote to Remain.
Then the girl president, her right
leg in a steel brace, hobbled to the
front of the room. She demanded a
vote on whether to stay all night until
Hopkins agrees to see them. They
voted unanimously to remain.
Anderson remarked as he rose to
60 that they could leave any written
memorandum they desired. We're
not leaving, we're staying here until
we drop" the militant Sylvia replied.
When the officials departed. the
delegates held session. They dictated
collect" telegram to league head
quarters in New York, telling them
about the situation and urging wide
spread publicity" They voted, also,
to send a committee to see Senator
Frazier of North Dakota at the Cap
itol Frazier later sent word he would
try to see them.
Fortified with a little money -
SO bill was passed out for food and
expenses-the tired delegates subsided
as suddenly as their nerves had brok-
en- during the hearing. Several of the
Young men stretched out on the floor
in a corner and slept soundly. Others
pulled chairs together, resting tired
legs and backs. Some huddled to-
gether in conference.
About O'Clock, a pile of sand
wiches and some coffee was brought
in by several of the more able bodied
There was a sandwich for each.
Orders were given at w. P. A. not
to disturb them; to let them come
and 60 by the elevator as they desired.
Only a few chose to leave the room.
Confer With Holt.
Arriving shortly before 10 o'clock,
| the delegation knew before coming
here they could not see Administrator
Hopkins. A White House wire sent
by Marvin Mcintyre, secretary to the
President, informed them that Holt
would see them.
Their disappointment at not seeing
Hopkins and the repeated explana-
tions of his two assistants that as "un-
employables" they would have to be
taken care of by the local w. p. A. in
New York was the straw that broke
their pent up emotions.
We're being given the run around
here as we'll as in New York" Fried
man protested.
THE w. P. A. here and Hopkins
himself, can't solve the problem for
you," Anderson insisted.
The delegation spokesman insisted
that Victor F. Ridder, New York W. p
A. administrator, had said last month
that 5000 jobs would be provided for
physically handicapped persons but
that funds had not been furnished.
Out of some 5000 physically handi-
capped in New York, Friedman in
sisted, jobs of sort had been found
for only 1900.
Because the physically handicapped
are discriminsted against In private