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Bonus March — Part 1
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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,
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