The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-10
POLICE. CHIEF TOLD
HOW LABOR VIEWS
HIS REPRESSION
Condemn Stopping of
Lenin Meeting

WATERBURY, Conn, Feb. S-The
superintendent of police here let him
self in for an education when he broke
up the Workers (Communist) Party
Lenin memorial meeting. 1t seems he
has yet to learn that Communist pro-
paganda cannot be downed, that it
comes back every time hitting harder
and more effectively The party took
advantage Of the opportunity to tell
this satellite of the Waterbury bosses
what they thought in letter sent him
Immediately after this occurance.
The letter follows:
"Sup't. of Police Beach, Waterbury.
Conn.:-The district executive COM
mittee of the Workers Party for the
state of Connecticut was not greatly
surprised to hear that your depart
ment broke up an orderly meeting of
workers assembled to honor the me-
mory Of the leader Of the revolution
airy working class Of the world, Mix
olaf Lenin. 1t is perfectly logical for
the American Brass company and it's
representatives in public office to try
to keep the slaves of the brass empire
from hearing the truth about condi-
tons in Waterbury and the United
States. We know that you kept work
ers' speakers off the corners during
the recent election campaign. You
dotaruniuad tho Iovv haoarvo 1rbav ,,o,,
were compelled, you granted permits
sion to speakers for one week pre-
vious to election day. 1t is not a
question of law, but of your own
sweet will, dictated by brass company.
And you are frank about it-you want
to keep out agitators. If that is the
case, then throw out Goss and Chase,
for their exploitation of the mill slaves
is agitating the workers, and making
them ripe for the Communist form Of
society. What the Communists do is
to point out the lessons of this ex-
ploitation, and show where it leads.
The Communists propose that instead
of parasites enjoying the good things
of life, that the workers and poor
farmers own the industries and run
them in their own interest; and that
the government should not be tool of
the financial interests, but a govern
ment of the workers and poor farmers.
"You fear this. So do Goss and
Chase. And you try to crush the ef-
forts of the workers to come together
and discuss their problems. But you
cannot do so. Your arbitrary rule
will merely drive home quicker the
lessons we are bringing to the atten-
ton of the working class. The Work
ers Party has a message for the work
ers of Waterbury, and will deliver
| that message.
What we particularly object to is
that you pretend to uphold the laws
of the United States and the consti-
tuition of the country. If you were
frank about it, and admitted that you
were going to allow free speech only
for upholders of capitalism and that
the constitution was a scrap of
paper, that would be another matter.
But you fear to do this. You would
be revealing the class nature of the
government, the existence Of a cap
italist dictatorship over the working
class. If you pretend to allow free
speech, we demand that you cease
breaking up orderly meetings of
workers.
I'VE say once more that the Work
ers Party is going to be heard in
Waterbury.
District Executive Committee 10,
Workers Party of America.
"Wm. Simons, District Organizer"