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Bonus March — Part 1

79 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Bonus March · 76 pages OCR'd
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Novesabor lst, 1232. On October 11th end 12th the enlarged national comnittes of the National Unemployed Councils aet in Chicago and. drafted plans for the unemployed hunger warch to Washington in Decesber. These plans are largely a duplicate of tne plans used lest December. Begianing the first of Noven- ber local Comiunist groups will begin sgitation for the narch which will take the form of local marches to City Halls, County Bureaus and Ctate Capitols whore demands will he made for the support of the national hunger march, . The program calls for some 3000 official delegates from the forty-eight states avportioned according to distance, populxtion, utc. The march will originate in eight different remote cities and the var: will merge as they approach fiashington, until there #111 be only z arate columns entsr Washington frou the North, South and Nest. The starting: points will be 1 - Seattle; 2 - Sen Francisco; 3 Los Angeles; 4 - Sioux City; 5 - New Orleans; 6 - Tampe; 7 - Buffalo; 8 - Boston. Col will merge at Kansas City; columns 1 snd 4 at Pittsburgh end all these Restern colums will merge et Cumberland, Nd. Columns 5 merge at Richmond, Va., and columns 7 and 8 will merge at Bsltine: These are the nain coluans end at the vatious major cities on the lesser columns tapping the surrounding territory will merge with +) ivision, The march will be conducted s9 follows:. 1. The Nationel Comaittee will be in L churze of all arre dn the aatter of orepzrations, enroute to and tn Washington. In f matters cnd matters effecting food, lodgiaz, etc. The Worxers Int«rnational Relief will share the responsibility. 2. ech ocoluwn will slect its ow lesdersinio in the followin. manners 8.- The unit of orgenization will be the individuel auto or truck b - The marchers on each truck or eute vill elect one of thel: a6 captain, The truck captains will constitute ¢ Leading connit territorial division and will elect one of their ~enbers as territ captain ana another es assistant captain. ¢ - The captains of the territorial divisions shall conpose +t: committee of the column, These will likewise elect « column capt various committees will hold dally ueetings to consider their prob tranamit their decisions to their units, da ~ Where two colums converge as in Kansas City, Chicago, Pitusturgh, ete. the leading conmnitte:s of both columns shall merge end elect i :c leader of the combined column, mal
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