The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-20
FASCISTS AIDED
BY SOCIALISTS"
IN Wis. TERROR
Work Hand in Hand
Against Militants

osha, to American Legion Wauke-
gan, Ill. the iron heel of fascism
grinds, trying to stamp out the
"reds" and save the alag and coun-
try" for the bosses.
In Milwaukee, stronghold of So
cialists, arrests for handful distri-
button" by Communists has become
a daily affair, Communist open-air
meetings are broken up-"dispersed"
by socialist-controlled police and
the speakers arrested for "disorderly
conduct" or blocking traffic"
At the A. o. Smith plant, ("the
plant without human labor" Mr..
Smith calls his brand of rationale
zation) after numerous arrests for
Daily Worker in front of the shop.
bulletins, they hit upon the scheme
of trying to intimidate and terrorize
J. Schneider, a Pioneer with news
boys license, in the vain hope of
preventing him from selling the
Daily Worker in front of the shop
When he continued selling it and
the workers buying it, the word is
now passed in the shop, that any
one caught buying the Daily Worker
would be fired. The breakup of the
Aug. l demonstration and the ar
rests are ancient history by now.
The highest expression of fascist
democracy" was given by Police
Chief Baker of Racine and his CO.
horts. They broke up the Aug. list
demonstration, of course, arrcsting
Sawyer of the Communist Youth
League and driving two other Com
munist speakers from town, vigil
ante fashion, because mo permit
was obtained for the meeting"
When the local LID asked for
permit for an open-air meeting to
protest against this police brutality,
the chief refused it, because you're
the same bunch of Communists and
we don't want you agitators in this
peace-lovin' community and you'd
better clear outa town dam-double-
quick before we ship you outa here"
This to old residents of Racine.
The attorney who defended Saw
yer in court was brow-beaten by the
judge and is being bullied and init
Undated by his colleagues" When
finally an indoor meeting was ar
ranged in 18th st. Hall for Aug. 10.
Chief Baker sent a motorcycle cop
to warn the hallkeeper not to open
the hall or to turn on the lights.
Kenosha goes Racine one better.
No literature can be distributed IN
Kenosha, no open-air meeting held
without a batch of arrests, without
being broken up by the Legion. Be
tween Allen-A Hosiery, Simmons
Bed, Nash Motors and American
Brass they own the town, mayor
police, judge and juries; the town
and the courts. The Pioneer Camp,
located at Bristol, Kenosha County,
is under siege by the Legion for the
past two weeks, because they
wouldn't tolerate 'red' colony in
Kenosha County. The County Sher-
iff hypocritically offers protection
against the Legion, but advises" in
48-hour ultimatum to get out of
the camp to avoid trouble and in
general command of the Legionaires,
spying for them, signalling to them,
organizing their forces and
generally preparing the attack. They
haven't yet dared attack because
workers defense is organized and
has prepared for the Legionaires
hot reception, of which the sheriff
informed them.
Waukegan cops the fascist prize,
tho. In Waukegan the police are so
friendly" to Communists as to re-
tire to the background modestly and
leave the preserving of law and
order" entirely in the hands of the
American Legion, reinforced by
soldiers, sailors and marines-petty-
officers from nearby Fort Sheridan
and the Great Lakes Naval Train
ing Station. And the Legion does
maintain claw and order" for the
bosses. Tear bombs, gas-bombs,
fire-crackers, black-jacks, motor
cycles, taking for a ride EVERY
thing is pressed into service against
the Communists. Aug. LIST demon
stration was broken-up and a tear
gas bomb was thrown at Crouch by
Legionaires. The police brutality
protest meeting, Aug. 10th was
broken up by them. Recently
Communist Youth League member,
IA years old, was beaten up and
taken for a ride" into the country
and abandoned at night a million
miles from nowhere, because he dis
tributed anti-CMTC leaflets.
But all this does not stop us from
carrying on our work. On the con-
trary, we only become more steeled
IN the struggle. The effect upon
the masses of workers is to expose
the socialists, reformists and their
fascist allies in all naked rotteness.
10 make the workers come to our
defense and to resist the attacks of
The police and the Legion At the
Milwaukee police brutality protest
demonstration on Aug. 10 hundreds
IT workers responded to the plea of
Marks, the YCL organizer, to defend
he meeting against the police by
'allying around the speaker until
he police found it better wisdom not
% modest the speakers.