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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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In Washington, D.C., 400 unemployed workers demonstrated at a relief station for increased food aid, organized by the Unemployed Council and Tenants and Unemployed League. Socialist head Leroy Halburt ignored demands; police present but no interference. Organizer Harold Spencer spoke.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—In the nation's capital, the birthplace of the NRA, 400 workers demonstrated at the local relief station for more relief last Friday. The demonstrators asked for an additional $2.50 food order for relief workers who are employed two days during alternating weeks at $2.80 a day.
Leroy Halburt, head of the relief station, has been turning a deaf ear to the needs of the jobless. Halburt is a member of the Socialist Party. He called police on numerous occasions to evict people from the office when they complained of insufficient relief.
Only empty promises were made to the demands of the unemployed. The demonstration was called by the Unemployed Council and the Tenants and Unemployed League.
Although a large police force was on hand there was no interference with the meeting. Harold Spencer, organizer of the Unemployed Council, spoke.
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Washington
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Last Friday
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only empty promises were made to the demands of the unemployed. although a large police force was on hand there was no interference with the meeting.
Event Details
In the nation's capital, the birthplace of the NRA, 400 workers demonstrated at the local relief station for more relief. The demonstrators asked for an additional $2.50 food order for relief workers who are employed two days during alternating weeks at $2.80 a day. Leroy Halburt, head of the relief station, has been turning a deaf ear to the needs of the jobless. Halburt is a member of the Socialist Party. He called police on numerous occasions to evict people from the office when they complained of insufficient relief. The demonstration was called by the Unemployed Council and the Tenants and Unemployed League. Harold Spencer, organizer of the Unemployed Council, spoke.