The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28
WORKERS PARTY
WINS FREE SPEECH
FIGHT IN CONN.
Waterbury Police Bow
to Communists

WATERBURY, Conn, Feb. 26.-
Communist speeches were made at
the meeting held recently at 1O3
Green ST., but the police dared not
interfere.
1t was splendid victory for the
Workers Party.
Previous Meeting Stopped.
Readers of the DAILY WORKER
will recall that at the Lenin Memorial
meeting a shopping lithuanian detec-
tive, Matthew Bolanda, stopped Com
rade Balys Krasauskass when he be-
gan to praise the Worke (Commun-
ist) Party
The district executive committee of
District Is, was determined to fight
the case, and Immediately forwarded
strong letter of protest to Superin-
tendent of Police Beach, advising him
that the Workers Party would hold
meetings under any and all circum-
stances. The meeting on Feb. 20,
was ranged with the same speaker.
On the Right to Speak.
The program began with songs by
the Lithuanian children and by the
Lithuanian male chorus. The chair
man, Comrade Ida Rothstein, we'll
known needle trades militant, con-
demned the police for their high
handed action in January, and warn
ed them that its repetition would
bring on an energetic fight.
Waterbury Profit Paradise.
William Simon, district organizer
of the Workers Party, spoke on the
wage cutting campaign of the capital
lists, explaining that it was without
justification. He then proved by divi-
dend figures that the Waterbury
Brass companies had made monstrous
profits, the Scovill Mfg. Co. declaring
a few years ago 200 per cent stock
dividend. These profits could provide
for the workers against unemploy-
ment and lowered wages. He also
showed how Waterbury was dominat-
ed by few individuals, like the Goss-
es, and Chases who were officials and
directors in a score of companies, in
dustrial, insurance loans, hospitals,
etc. The workers of Waterbury were
urged to withstand any wage cut, and
to join the Workers Party which was
leading the fight.
The Fight Is Won.
B. Krasauskas was then introduce
ed to speak on ''Lithuania Freed from
Czardom." He presented the subject
from the Communist angle. The de-
tective who was present with six bur-
ly policemen thruout the meeting, was
uncomfortable as he heard the speak
er express the same revolutionary
ideas, for which he had been stop
ped before. But the Workers Party
was ready for fight. so the dick
backed down.
Krasauskas called on the Lithuani-
an workers to join the Communist
Party, and still no move to arrest
Evidently the detective realized then
what hornets nest he had disturbed
The Humorous Side.
A humorous vein was lent to the
meeting at the close, when woman
who is speaker for the church ele
ments, asked what Communism had to
do with the Lithuanians. The qnes
ton drew a smile from the audience
of workers. She did not wait for an
answer, but walked haughtily to the
rear of the hall. She reappeared and
then proved the fallacy of radicalism
by showing that her brother, social
list, was milking cows on a farm
while, who kept her skirts clear from
radicalism, owned photography
studio. All that was lacking to com
plete the ad was a statement of the
address of the studio, AS she agar
marched up the aisle, the audienc,
was in commissions.
And So il Mas Won.
The first round in the battle for FIRE,
speech in darkest Waterbury was woI