STRIKERS REACH WASHINGTON

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21989, 13 January 1937, Page 9

STRIKERS REACH WASHINGTON

SAILORS AND RELIEF WORKERS CAPITAL PREPARES FOR DEMONSTRATIONS DEMAND FOR INCREASED GRANT (united ruKsa association—copyright.) (Received January 13, 12.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January 12. The vanguard of what threatens to develop into an army of 2000 striking sailors from New York, who two days ago threatened to march to Washington to protest against the Federal regulations concerning reemployment, has arrived. Several dozen pickets representing the International Seamen's ' Union from Baltimore paced in front of the Department of Commerce building carrying placards protesting against the "anti-labour" features of the Copeland Maritime Act. Meanwhile the capital was prepared for other demonstrators when it was announced that two special trains, carrying New York's contingent of 1000 Works Progress Administration marchers, will arrive at Washington on Thursday night, to join unemployed from other parts of the country to demand that Congress appropriate 1,250,000,000 dollars to meet relief costs. It is announced that the 35 floats used in the New York parade on Sunday, when 8000 demonstrated in support of their demand for a relief appropriation of 1,250,000,000 dollars, will be sent by train to Washington to be used in a parade here on Friday. "RELIEF PROBLEM PERSISTS" MR ROOSEVELT SEEKS GRANT OF 790,000,000 DOLLARS WASHINGTON, January 11. Mr Roosevelt submitted a supplementary message to Congress asking for an emergency appropriation of 790,000,000 dollars for Works Progress Administration and other relief purposes, saying that in spite of the re-employment of 6,000,000 workers since March, 1933, there was a natural increase of workers of 400,000 annually, due to population growth, and the tendency to a longer working week. Since the nullification of the National Recovery Act there had been an increase in hours of 20 per cent, between September, 1934, and October, 1936. The relief problem persisted and it was necessary to provide work for 2,580,000. The President again urged private industry to make efforts to • hasten re-employment.