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Bonus March — Part 1
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Novnsbor lst, i337.
On October llth end 12th the enlarged national committee of
the National Uneuployed Councils set in Chicago und. drafted plans for the
unemaloyed hunger warch to Washington in Decenber. These plana are largely
a duplicute of the plans used Lest December, Begianing the first of Noven-
ber local Comaunist groups will begin sgitation for the ‘areh which will
.take the fora of local marches to City Halls, County Bureaus and ctate
Capitols where 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 apportioned according to distance, population, ute. The
march will originate in eight different renote cities and the varicus columns
will merge as they approach frashington, until there #111 be only «ree sep~s
arate columns entsr Washington frou the North, South and Test. The starting:
points will be 1 - Seattle; 2 - Sen Francisco; 3 Los Angeles; 4 - Sioux
City; 5 + New Orleans; 6 - Tampa; 7 - Buffalo; @ - Boston, Colum.s 2 and 3
will merge at Kansas City; columns 1 and 4 at Pittsburgh end all four of
these Western columns will merge ct Cumberlend, Md. Columns 5 en: 6 will
merge at Richmond, Va., and columns 7 end 8 will merge at Bsltiness, ud,
_These are the main coluang and at the various major cities on the coute
lesser coluans tapping the surrounding territory will merge with t.¢ main
division,
The mareh will be conducted sa followa:.
1. The Netionel Comaittee will be in full churge of all arresgenents
dn the aatter of orepsratlons, enroute to and in Washington, In financial
matters cnd matters affecting food, lodgiar, etc, The Worxers Int: rnational
Relief will share the responsibility.
2e ech column will slect its own lesdershnio in the followin. manners
ae~ The unit of orgenization will be the individual aute or truck
b ~ The marchers on each truck or aute will elect one of thel: group
&8 captain, The truck captains will constitute the leading connitice of the
territorial division and will elect one of their sembers a3 territcriel
captain ang another es assistant captain.
¢ ~ The captainga of the territorial divisions shall compose i: Lesding
committee of the column, These will likewise elect a column capt in. These
. various committees will hold daily ucetings to consider their problois and
tranamit their decisions to their units.
a- There tro colums converge as in Kansas City, Chicago, Pit usturgh,
etc. the leading connitte:s of bath columns shall merge ond elect is leader
of the combined column,
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