Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-08-05
COMMUNIST DRIVE
IS ON IN AMERICA
Secret Nihilist Campaign Opens
All Over the U. S.
RUSS REDS DIRECT WORK
Chicago Said to Be Special Field, or
Kind of Headquarters, for Their
Operations - Organization
Meets in Units"

Chicago, Aug. 4.-The Reds of Amer
lea, believed by many to have become
somnolent, are quietly at work spread |
ing propaganda among the working
men of the nation and attempting TO
build up an organization patterned
after the nihilist system of Russia.
The work is being done at the Girec-
ton of the Reds of pestilence-ridden
Russia from the headquarters of the
third internationale in Moscow.
Information of the activities of the
the Communists in America, and es-
pecially in Chicago, has been obtained
here from confidential sources, to-
gether with literature recently pub
lished by the Communist party. Other
information reveals the methods en-
ployed by the organizers in charge OF
the work here.
Within a block of Lake Shore drive,
where some of ChicagO's wealthiest
men live in some of the city's finest
residences, one district of the party
meets. Other meeting places are scat
tered throughout the West, Northwest
and North sides. The South side, I'M
til South Chicago is reached, is free
from these district meeting places No
more than ten men meet together and
each group is presided over by a cap
tain. who in turn meets with other
| Chicago captains None of the men
knows the real names used in the
/ n11ras a fA Of I,n
the organizer, who has carefully felt
out his prospective ally knows the
true identity of the candidate.
Try to Avoid Suspicion.
Upon passing inspection and vote
of the other members of the district
the new recruit, under a name such
as Johnson or Smith, becomes a full
fledged member of the Communist
Party of America. He goes to a typ
ical meeting place, a room in a room
ing house, where the various com
rades'' gather one by one. II is a rule
that the members should come and go
singly or in pairs in order to allay all
suspicion.
The work of organizing has been go
ing steadily forward ever since Lenin
and Trotzky became all powerful in
the Russias, which are now feeling the
scourge of their dictatorship. With
In the last so days the work has been
augmented by the unity obtained fol-
lowing a joint convention between the
United Communist party and the Com
mufst Party of America which have
ironed out their differences and united
under the common banner of giving
"all power to the workers"
Met ain the Woods"
The convention was held according
4 70 their own documents, sin the
/ woods" The confidential informant
knows where the woods are in New
York state. The convention was held
secretly because Of the prosecutions
which followed the open conventions
held in Chicago two years ago VIII
liam Bross Lloyd and 10 others were
convicted of sedition.
AT the convention in the woods"
1 the United Communist party reported
n membership of 1927 organized in
/ I'll underground groups, three OF
which are in Canada The Communist
Party of America reported 6,32S mem
hers. In the treasury Of the former or
ganization was S9,02S65; in the latter
organization was S104204o. Since
February. 1921. 2,1S300o leaflets in
English. 100000 copies Of II different
hooks and 81 900 copies of nine
pamphlets were distributed by the
Communist party, and the declaration
was made at the convention that 10
newspapers printed in seven languages
and having joint circulation Of about
1000. 900 copies each month are con-
trolled by the party.
Even though the report of the con-
vention proclaimS the utmost frater-
nalism. two factions. using the words
of the report. "were not quite prepared
10 trust the impartiality Of the ofher
and as a result two Impartial mem
bers were chosen instead Of one 10
make up the personnel Of the central
executive committee, the controlilhg
group in the party