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Letter to Editor
January 27, 1931
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
A McKeesport, PA resident denounces the local Welfare Fund for tyrannizing jobless workers through invasive checks, minimal aid like two days' work requiring spending reports, suggestions to sell apples, and substandard soup kitchens serving 200 daily but deterring repeat visits.
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McKeesport Welfare Fund Tyrranize Over Jobless
McKeesport, Pa
I guess the workers in McKeesport suffer like other workers do in this rich country. Just a few lines about our Welfare Fund in McKeesport.
A woman on Mulberry St. asked help from the Welfare Fund. They said they would investigate her case. They came one day, opened the door in the kitchen, looked around and said "your furniture looks good" and walked out. The lady said: I can't eat the furniture even if it looks good.
Spy On Workers.
On Shaw Ave. a worker went to the Welfare Fund and asked for help. They gave him two days' work on the street for $3 a day, making $6 for the two days. With these $6 you must report to the Welfare Fund. where you spend every red cent. He asked why he couldn't get more work. They told him that it would be a couple of months before he could get two more days of work. So the Welfare Fund told him to go and sell apples on the streets. The worker got so mad from this remark that he said: What the hell are you and the rest that run this crooked Welfare Fund doing with the $30,000 that you collected and forced from the workers? This worker is sick and so are two of his children.
Welfare Fund Crooked.
Readers. if anything is crooked in McKeesport it's this rotten Welfare Fund. We are also getting up to date in McKeesport. We have two soup kitchens. one on Jerome St. and one on Jenny Lind St. A Negro worker went to the soup kitchen on Jenny Lind St. and said he couldn't smell the coffee in the cup. There are about 200 workers going to the soup kitchens every day. But I don't believe they go there the second time. You also must give your history to the ones running the soup kitchen.
-F. H.
McKeesport, Pa
I guess the workers in McKeesport suffer like other workers do in this rich country. Just a few lines about our Welfare Fund in McKeesport.
A woman on Mulberry St. asked help from the Welfare Fund. They said they would investigate her case. They came one day, opened the door in the kitchen, looked around and said "your furniture looks good" and walked out. The lady said: I can't eat the furniture even if it looks good.
Spy On Workers.
On Shaw Ave. a worker went to the Welfare Fund and asked for help. They gave him two days' work on the street for $3 a day, making $6 for the two days. With these $6 you must report to the Welfare Fund. where you spend every red cent. He asked why he couldn't get more work. They told him that it would be a couple of months before he could get two more days of work. So the Welfare Fund told him to go and sell apples on the streets. The worker got so mad from this remark that he said: What the hell are you and the rest that run this crooked Welfare Fund doing with the $30,000 that you collected and forced from the workers? This worker is sick and so are two of his children.
Welfare Fund Crooked.
Readers. if anything is crooked in McKeesport it's this rotten Welfare Fund. We are also getting up to date in McKeesport. We have two soup kitchens. one on Jerome St. and one on Jenny Lind St. A Negro worker went to the soup kitchen on Jenny Lind St. and said he couldn't smell the coffee in the cup. There are about 200 workers going to the soup kitchens every day. But I don't believe they go there the second time. You also must give your history to the ones running the soup kitchen.
-F. H.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Critique
Provocative
Investigative
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Mckeesport Welfare Fund
Jobless Workers
Soup Kitchens
Unemployment Aid
Worker Mistreatment
Crooked Fund
Poverty Relief
What entities or persons were involved?
F. H.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
F. H.
Main Argument
the mckeesport welfare fund is crooked and tyrannizes jobless workers by providing inadequate aid, invasive oversight, and poor conditions in soup kitchens while mishandling collected funds.
Notable Details
Woman On Mulberry St. Denied Aid Because Furniture Looked Good
Worker On Shaw Ave. Given $6 For Two Days' Work But Required To Report Spending; Suggested To Sell Apples
Soup Kitchens On Jerome St. And Jenny Lind St. Serve 200 Daily But Deter Repeats; Negro Worker Complains About Coffee
Welfare Fund Collected $30,000 From Workers