The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-11
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D,..ident Roosevelt this week
Il 'rTd he would ask for a de-
e.;sncy appropriation of $780,
-scSoG0i to carry the WPA for the
WIN .v.s.irder of the fiscal year. This
ll..-nronriation will, if it is voted
:. Congress permit the employ
p, tV If about 663S of those now
!: tbe works rolls, necessitating
lavoff totaling some 100000.
llthough the Workers Alliance
-, able, in localities where it
!, strongly organized, to deliver
..rere blows to the administra-
So1's layoff campaign, it becomes
,rsasingly obvious that the adj
--inistration's retreat was at best
smDcrary. AS was expected, the
,sreat was made only in the
Srnglv organized sections. Even
aere the best that has been won
fa temporary respite.
By and large. the layoffs have
rssed, But they have ceased
b1g enough only to give Roose-
ygt time to- have a peaceful in
mUration, unmarried by mass
protests Of aroused project work
m
PINK SLIP PILGRIMAGE
That his inauguration will not
b 50 peaceful and beautiful as
he would like is guaranteed by
lie plans of the Workers Alliance
for a series Of demonstrations
which will move the project work
n Of the nation into action on
January 8, and which will carry
them to Washington in a monster
Pink Slip Pilgrimage" following
that date.
During the coming week, reg
ional conferences of the leading
officers Of the Alliance will be
he'd in every section of the coun-
tg. At these conferences plans
viii be made to insure the success
y the "Day of Demonstration.
!1nuarv 9. and to push the "Pinl
SiO Pilgrimage"
One Of the things which has
iampered these protests in the
past has been the tragic weak.
ness Of the organized unemployed
md project workers in certain
sections Of the country. This ha:
gwen the administration an op.
rrunity ia make its cuts at the
expense Of unorganized worker
we wera unable to make their
Priests heard.
The regional conferences viii
axe steps to remedy this weak
ness 50 that when the admins
Sa,oh attempts to make its nexf
'nOlesale layoff it will find nt
t .Ve0 for easv retreat, but viii
net BY a wall Of powerful or.
sanitation everywhere it turns.
new ENGLAND REEVES
aais writer has recently hac
opportunity to travel in New
~lslaad, which to date has beer
a. the weakest links in the
s... a OF organization strung
49, ~.'S The country by the ALI
S SosS There he found project
~ .'aeFs and unemployed awaken.
~, % the necessity for organize
r AL through that territory
Io' SIpS are springing up, and ole
,. Sals which had nearly died be.
h. 'e Of their isolation are TAX
an, . new lease on life. Particu.
6oc notable was the organiza
49, ~ u white-collar workers il
ewa nm, where in a very shor
!, Oter 700 workers have enlist.
n u the fight.
h,, sae !: vitality Of the Allianc,
Strs,.44 New York was demon
a. ca last Saturday when 70.
Az second successive week it wa
Sork.to mobilize thousands o
So ,aer g in action. This tim
d MA. slan 5000 of its unemploy
pSot senoers picketed CITY Hall i
sslissS . against recent cuts in tn
SsSS rolls Of this city and to de
IloS1l.n increased rent and clothin
y ELECTION SCARE
slsctii e Proximity of the municips
Ievis;os seems to have caused
sttitno9a Of Mayor LaGuardia'
ssToeeSa towards the organize
d SspptI99yed. For the first tim
lccoSSs.!i!y two years he met wit
nl'tee Of iobless on the da