Seventy thousand social democrats against the fleet law

Short fragment of the "Betooging der Modernen" from the IJsclub grounds in Amsterdam. The large-scale demonstration organized by the SDAP and NVV (1,500 organizations with 250,000 representatives) was against wage cuts, against the Fleet Act and in favour of maintaining the 48-hour working week. Speakers included Troelstra, Stenhuis, Wibaut and Suze Groeneweg. The march went from the IJsclub terra…