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October 23, 1930
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
Article reports severe unemployment in New York City, with 800,000+ jobless and worsening conditions, criticizing Hoover and Tammany Hall. Details Communist Party rally in Baltimore for leader Amter, recently released from prison, advocating for unemployment insurance and relief amid the crisis.
Merged-components note: Continuation of New York unemployment situation article, including related Amter event coverage.
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7,000 "Desperate Men" Ask for Jobs Every Day.
But Don't Get Any: Situation Is Getting Worse Daily
NEW YORK.—Admitting that 800,000 out of work is a "conservative figure" for New York City, Edward Rybicki, Tammany henchman, and head of the fake "Municipal Employment Bureau," declared Tuesday that the unemployment situation is rapidly getting worse and worse.
When a capitalist spokesman admits 800,000 are jobless, every worker knows that the number is actually much greater. Hoover is trying to make the workers believe that there are only 3,500,000 out of work, sidestepping the lying figures of his census takers. The fact is that there are now closer to 9,000,000 out of work throughout the United States.
It's Bankrupt.
Rybicki admits that the "free" job agency of the city is bankrupt. He says between 6,000 and 7,000 "desperate men" without work appeal to him for jobs every day, but there are no jobs.
Reports from all industries show that huge as the unemployed army already is, with even the bosses now admitting the figures which the Communist Party put forward months ago, and which indicate were unusually conservative, this winter conditions will be frightful.
MEET FOR AMTER IN BALTIMORE
Jobless Leader Speaks Today at Elks Hall
BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 22.—An automobile and truck parade, carrying the slogans of the Communist Party, demanding unemployment insurance and relief, shorter hours and more pay, "Organize and Strike Against Wage Cuts," will greet Amter on his arrival here tomorrow.
The parade will meet him at the Pennsylvania Station at 6:40 p. m. It will assemble and start at the Communist Party district headquarters, 9 South Greene St., at 5 p. m.
Amter will be the main speaker at the mass rally which will start at 8 p. m. at Elks Hall, 1112 Madison Ave.
Militant Record.
Amter was a principal speaker at the demonstration of over 27,000 workers Tuesday in New York, on the occasion of his release from a six months term in prison. He was one of the delegation of five, elected by the 110,000 unemployment demonstrators March 6 in New York.
The committee was to present demands for work or wages to the Tammany city government and was arrested when he tried to do it. He is Communist Party candidate for Congress in New York.
From Baltimore, Amter will go to Philadelphia, the next day, where a similar parade and demonstration will take place.
He then continues on a nationwide tour through the principal industrial cities.
Not One Meal a Piece.
With Rybicki admitting there are more than 800,000 out of work in New York City, the $1,000,000 "unemployment budget" of the despicable Mayor Walker, after the Tammany grafters lay their hands on their share of it, won't even provide one meal apiece for the jobless.
Cold weather is already here. The starving men and women who slept in the parks during the summer can't hold out much longer. Their ranks are being added to by the tens of thousands daily. The breadlines will be tremendous affairs this winter.
Must Speed Fight.
The need for a fight against unemployment is becoming clearer to hundreds of thousands more workers every day. The Hoover "stagger-system" is an attempt to put all workers on the starvation level.
Our Answer.
The workers answer must be the biggest fight for unemployment insurance ever witnessed in this country. The 800,000 New York unemployed must not permit the bosses to force them to starve. Mobilize for struggle! Demand immediate relief from the city government!
Fight for the Unemployment Insurance Bill! Vote Communist!
But Don't Get Any: Situation Is Getting Worse Daily
NEW YORK.—Admitting that 800,000 out of work is a "conservative figure" for New York City, Edward Rybicki, Tammany henchman, and head of the fake "Municipal Employment Bureau," declared Tuesday that the unemployment situation is rapidly getting worse and worse.
When a capitalist spokesman admits 800,000 are jobless, every worker knows that the number is actually much greater. Hoover is trying to make the workers believe that there are only 3,500,000 out of work, sidestepping the lying figures of his census takers. The fact is that there are now closer to 9,000,000 out of work throughout the United States.
It's Bankrupt.
Rybicki admits that the "free" job agency of the city is bankrupt. He says between 6,000 and 7,000 "desperate men" without work appeal to him for jobs every day, but there are no jobs.
Reports from all industries show that huge as the unemployed army already is, with even the bosses now admitting the figures which the Communist Party put forward months ago, and which indicate were unusually conservative, this winter conditions will be frightful.
MEET FOR AMTER IN BALTIMORE
Jobless Leader Speaks Today at Elks Hall
BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 22.—An automobile and truck parade, carrying the slogans of the Communist Party, demanding unemployment insurance and relief, shorter hours and more pay, "Organize and Strike Against Wage Cuts," will greet Amter on his arrival here tomorrow.
The parade will meet him at the Pennsylvania Station at 6:40 p. m. It will assemble and start at the Communist Party district headquarters, 9 South Greene St., at 5 p. m.
Amter will be the main speaker at the mass rally which will start at 8 p. m. at Elks Hall, 1112 Madison Ave.
Militant Record.
Amter was a principal speaker at the demonstration of over 27,000 workers Tuesday in New York, on the occasion of his release from a six months term in prison. He was one of the delegation of five, elected by the 110,000 unemployment demonstrators March 6 in New York.
The committee was to present demands for work or wages to the Tammany city government and was arrested when he tried to do it. He is Communist Party candidate for Congress in New York.
From Baltimore, Amter will go to Philadelphia, the next day, where a similar parade and demonstration will take place.
He then continues on a nationwide tour through the principal industrial cities.
Not One Meal a Piece.
With Rybicki admitting there are more than 800,000 out of work in New York City, the $1,000,000 "unemployment budget" of the despicable Mayor Walker, after the Tammany grafters lay their hands on their share of it, won't even provide one meal apiece for the jobless.
Cold weather is already here. The starving men and women who slept in the parks during the summer can't hold out much longer. Their ranks are being added to by the tens of thousands daily. The breadlines will be tremendous affairs this winter.
Must Speed Fight.
The need for a fight against unemployment is becoming clearer to hundreds of thousands more workers every day. The Hoover "stagger-system" is an attempt to put all workers on the starvation level.
Our Answer.
The workers answer must be the biggest fight for unemployment insurance ever witnessed in this country. The 800,000 New York unemployed must not permit the bosses to force them to starve. Mobilize for struggle! Demand immediate relief from the city government!
Fight for the Unemployment Insurance Bill! Vote Communist!
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Disaster
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Justice
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Unemployment Crisis
New York Jobless
Communist Party
Amter Rally
Unemployment Insurance
Tammany Hall
Hoover Administration
What entities or persons were involved?
Edward Rybicki
Hoover
Amter
Mayor Walker
Where did it happen?
New York City; Baltimore, Md.
Story Details
Key Persons
Edward Rybicki
Hoover
Amter
Mayor Walker
Location
New York City; Baltimore, Md.
Event Date
Oct. 22
Story Details
Edward Rybicki admits over 800,000 unemployed in New York, with 6-7,000 daily job seekers and no jobs available; situation worsening. Communist leader Amter, recently released from prison, to speak at Baltimore rally demanding unemployment insurance, relief, and shorter hours; part of nationwide tour following March 6 demonstrations.