The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-17
One-Eighth of Youngstown
Demonstrated on March 8

arrived with our banners the workers Joined us
en- masse. This was demonstration within
demonstration which should not be passed I'M
noticed.
Naturally, we did not hesitate to point out
what role religion plays in keeping the working
class down, nor to show what role the churches
playing in the present international in
trgue against the only Workers state, the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics! Nor did
we forget to point out the fact that these
churches, richly endowed by our muti-millon-
airs were working in the interests of these
capitalists; that it was the role of the churches
to distract the thoughts of the workers from
the vital problems facing them and their fami-
lies by promising them better life in heaven.
Great interest and enthusiasm was shown
when the speakers pointed out the marvellous
achievements of the Russian workers. One of
our speakers very ably pointed out that we
were brot up with the fear of various "boogie
boos" First it is the "boogie man. then god,
then the policeman, then the boss and so ad
infinitum, until we pass the stage when We
can distinguish the boogie boo from the fact.
Under certain conditions these may be real
tiles. Policemens clubs gangsters' black jacks
and SOLDIERS bayonets are painful realities when
the workers are dsorganzed. However, all OF
these are only booge boos when the working
class is united under revolutionary leadership
and acts in body.
Workers Leaning Their Power.
One of the boogie boos that the workers
were discardng was the fact that a handful OF
policemen could break up demonstration OF
thousands of workers. Another was the idea
that they would get "pie in the sky" if they
starved on earth. They are fast coming to the
point when they will realize that the boogie boo
that a handful of plutocrats are the destined
keepers of this worlds wealth is the biggest
of them all.
Our Party members led a march to the hall
and were followed by literally thousands of
workers. All who could possibly get in crowded
into the hall, leaving large number on the
sidewalk outside. These waited for sometime
but were finally dispersed by the police. The
workers who came into the hall stayed on for
many hours listening to the various speeches
and pledgng themselves to bend every effort
in aiding us to carry on the work. Many Joined
the Party and the Young Workers League.
The speakers were Joseph Greene, John Mar
shall, Bertha Marshall, Marie Robins Ia colored
woman worker), Lloyd Digit "a young colored
boy, member of the Young Workers League),
and Joseph Gottlieb. Mike Mauvrikus, a pion-
eer made a short talk and gave the Pioneer
pledge which was received with great applause.
The Party in Youngstown, as elsewhere, is
growing by leaps and bounds. On two or three
0lIIerenC occasions recently we nave recruited
as many as n members in one night. This,
I suppose Lovestone will say is form of
dwindling This, after there seemed to be fair
promise of no Party in Youngstown due to the
dsruptive tactics of this master theoretician"
and soothsayer.
In the heart of every true Communist fighter
there is song of joy that at last we are thru
with the renegades and disruptionsts and are
solidly united in the struggle Of the working
class of the United States Of America.