That is an avowal to which it is impossible to
give too much publicity. It is the cardinal fact of the move- ment. Equally important is the oath administered to the unemployed by the organizers of the agitation. It runs as follows :— "I, a member of the great army of the unemployed, being without work and compelled to suffer through no fault of my own, do hereby solemnly swear with all the strength and resolution of my being to loyally abide by and carry out the instructions of the National Workers Unemployed Committee movement, with the deliberate intention of pressing forward the claims of the unem- ployed so that no man, woman or child suffers hunger or want this winter. Further, realizing that only by the abolition of this hideous capitalist system can the horror of unemployment be removed from our midst, I, here and now, take upon myself a binding oath to never cease from active strife against this system until capitalism is abolished and our country and all its resources truly belong to the people."
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