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Hunger and cold, eviction from our homes, actual starvation in,,:
many cases - that is what faces the 8,000 white and colored unemployed
of Knoxville in the black winter ahead.
While the worners starve, the Gity Government takes advantage or
our misery and suffering to lay off scores of regular City worners.
to out the wages of those still at worn (as was done Jannary rirstlf
and by putting the unempl: ed to worn under a system Ol roreed lgbor
to get the Oity’s worn done for little or nothing. All this is done
under the fine sounding nane of "relief to the unemployed . Let us
see just what this "rellef" scheme is. _
1 V FORCED LABOR AID STARVATION SOR UUENILOIED
$2.00 PAID IN GROOERIES, EOE 8 HOURS HARD ORE CEON n WNEKE fhat is
~ the hind of “relief" Knoxville is supposed to pay the new hundred un-
1 employed out of the 8,000 who can ge} on the relief jpogL_vnei_tg§
j unemployed don‘t even get the whole p2.0C} ran Jiri eOgs1ntiil Vgvg nij
1 PUOTS AN UNENIIOYED FAMILY OE lO IEOED3 EO L VN;On s LQZSZAJQQ ,z.CC
Q h WEEK AND THEN HAS TES GUYS TQ HOLD OUT 50 CENTS LE 23; g;.CC. nfhe
; 50 cents which is chsched oi; the $2,oo pay cheoh goes to “relier‘,
2 they tell us. Talk about forced labor, taln about sem;-slavery for .
? men and women whose only crime is that they cannot get work?
1 BOSSES Ihih IILDIONE - UNEKELOYZD GO HUNQEY
1 A group of us unemployed worhers here in Knoxville have decided
1 its about time to put up a fight against this hind of slavery - anon
1 WG are going to start right now. Zh have worhed for yenrsgg tens Ul
1 years many of us - to pile up millions of dollars in pr;ri.s for 3ho
1 fellfeedeg the big textile companies and other industrges inlour glif,
1 _ .and_now.that the bosses can no LOHSCP mane money OhCnO£‘Q%fL%€Fy life? ·
they turn us out in DRC streets to starve. on top o; this one oats.;
1 City Government puts this forced labor scheme over on ts to get the ‘ 1
; cities worn done for nothing and save the big taxpayers honey; ne, 1
1 figure the time has come to force these people and their government 4
1 to provide enough relief out of the millions we have made for then to .
tahe good care of every unemployed family — not as charity but as
1 their right}
' ORGANIZE UESNPLCZJD SOYTITTQEEE 11
1 Unemployed workers all over the eo.n;ri have organized together
1 in Unemployed Committees and because they tqrs organized, have been
4 able to put a stop to the eviction: of u;;nploy;d from their homes 1
11 and to wring immediate relief from the bosses and their government. we
. can do the same thing here - provided we Slnhf OHGANILING IOW! no
1 must prepare to tahe part in the nation-wise demonstration on Feb. d,
for unemployment insurance and immediate relief. 1
To discuss our grievances and demands`and the best ray of gaining
them, a mass meeting of the unemployed and employed will be held. 1
Good speakers will be there, including an organiser of the National
1 Miners Union who toon part in the great HUNGLR 34RUH of l,GOO dole-
gates of Unemployed Jounoils and unions throughout the country to
1m V Washington last December. Cohoto the
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definite. Organize how to rene these u,,,:ds on the government.
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