Evening star., 1937-01-16
.SEAMEN PREDICT
ARRIVAL OF 5000
FOR BILL PROTEST
1900 Delegates of Workers.
Alliance Leave After Plea
for Jobs.
MORE FUNDS URGED
FOR WORK RELIEF
Administration Assailed for
FAILURE to Provide
EmpIoym:nt.

OkAo1AVO1S IIlVVC0 IuO&C bAl2h 1sVVs
delegates Of the Workers Alliance ol
America out Of the Capital today ant
ushered in the vanguard Of what may
be an even larger aggregation o1
striking seamen.
Before Monday, when & mass move
ment Of an undetermined nature viii
be staged IN protest against "continu'
GUS discharge books" leaders Of thS
seamen predict some 5000 Of theh
sympathizers win be in the city.
Patrick Whalen. chairman Of TIN
Baltimore Strike Committee, an.
nounced that already several hundred
seamen had arrived and that hun.
dreds Of others were on their way from
the Nations leading seaports.
The picket line at the Commerce
Department, which early this week
consisted Of six standard bearers and
later was increased to q dozen, yes
terday grew to IS or 40 silent march
ers, who are protesting a clause in
Senator Copeland's maritime act they
believe will blacklist" them for union
activities.
Group Leaves Suddenly.
Tired after a day Of parading that
saw them petition President Roosevelt
and Congress for additional funds to
carry on work-relief projects, the
Workers Alliance delegates. composed
principally Of artists, writer's, teachers
actors and other white. collar workers
left as suddenly Is they came.
After meeting for the second time
In a hours IN the Labor Department
auditorium, which they packed To
overnowing, the alliance representa-
tives departed in groups for the "a
States they had left to impress upon
the Government the need for $1.040.-
00,000 to support w. P. A. undertak-
tngs until July 1.
In Q petition left by COMMITTEES
In care Of Secretary Marvin Mcln-
tyre at the Executive Mansion, the
workers also asked employment OF
2,s00,000 w. p. A. workers through
the remaining months Of this fiscal
year and Q 20 per cent increase in
wages. W. p. A. records
showed. 2,284,o0O at work on relief
jobs December IL.
Leaving the Labor Department,
where they heard their president,
David LASER, and secretary, Herbert
Benjamin, assail the administration
for failing to live up to prediction
promises to provide jobs for the un-
employed, the workers paraded past
the White House and the United
States Chamber Of Commerce on their
way to Capitol Hill.
As they filed by the White House
in an orderly column Of fours, with
most Of them wearing paper hat
bands bearing the wording wv. p. A
Must Go On" and carrying placard,
reading Expand w. p. A." the
marchers chanted: Before election
Yes; after election, NO."
Hating for Q few minutes at the
Chamber Of Commerce while q com.
mittee went inside to present de.
mands for "jobs in private industry
at a decent living wage" the demon.
strators jeered at those within ths
building and shouted: Where are ths
jobs? Put up or shut up"
Appear Before House Group.
The procession was shunted arount
the Capitol grounds after a committee
OF IS. that entered the House Ofict
Building in groups Of fives in defer.
ence to police regulations, appeared
before liberal" members Of the Hous.
to air their grievances.
Among those who addressed tn,
Representatives was Morris Angel
representing organized New York ful
workers, who said his organization
was not affiuated with the Workers
Alliance, but was supporting its pro
gram. Similarly. David Freed Of tn,
New York Musicians Union, said hi
group was backing the unemployed
groups demands.
"The need for w. P. A. work fol
musicians Is greater than q year ago.
he said. "In III. last year many show.
had oLscoattaued orcnest-ss, tn:reo,
increasing the numo:r o. joo.es.s mu
sicians."
The plight Of Hundreds Of news.
paper men unable to get work" wa.
described by Ted Poston Of New York
who said he was employed on {
writer's project that had been de.
creasing its rolls.
Julius Drozewsli Of Milwauke.
asked the Representatives to "con.
slider the humanitarian aspects Of tn
situation" and Chester Watson o.
Minneapolis declared there were "closs
to 10000 persons in Minnesota abls
to work but without w. p. A. Jobs. >
George A. Smith, jr., Of Mitchell
s. Oak, said he had walked lS mile.
through the snow to get q bus K
come to Washington and tell about
the situation in South Dakota-whert
farmers are starving. There Is moth.
ing to feed their live stock"
Herman Brown Of Akron, Ohio, sait
there were $4,000 employable person.
in his city who had been unable te
get work relief, while Paul M. Franz
Of Topeka, Kans., speaking fol
drought area farmers cut from w. p
A. rolls late in November, declared
these farmers were told they would
be placed under the Resettlement Ad.
ministration for grants averaging 81
q month. When I left Kansas las,
week they had not yet received them
Many are in q destitute condition .
Representative Lempke, Republican
Of North Dakota said he had beer
told by Resettlement Administration
officials that the needy drought area
farmers were being taken care o1
81 suggest" he said, 'that you 60 to
Resettlement Administration officials
and confront them with the true
situation"
At the conclusion Of the meeting
which lasted for an hour and &C
minutes, Representative Boileau, Pro-
gressive, Of Wisconsin, who presided
expressed thanks to the delegates "fo1
coming here to give US these facts
7 want to congratulate you for the
orderly manner with which you have
presented your case. I think you
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