The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-14
BY BURcK

extent OF lighting 1t out with the police Two
incidents are especially important to mentien.
An eviction took place weeks ago, on GER
tain street The block committees were mob
ilized and 1000 workers in the time of hours
came to put the furniture back into the house
The police came. One cop on a motorcycle
tried to ride through the crowd of workers on
the sidewalk The result was, the COP had 4
fractured skull, leg broken and was taken to
the hospital; so workers were arrested after A
fight and some were railroaded to 10 days In
JAIL others receiving suspended sentence
Another eviction took place days later The
block committees modified in hours time over
5000 workers at p. m, and by II p. m. over
1000 wo Sers were at the scene. A SQUAD of
policeme> the black hand squad, were lined up
on the rorch of the house from where the
worker evicted with drawn guns keeping
the crowd of workers from putting the furni-
ture back into the house. Boos; cat-calls etc.
could be heard during the time Of the presence
OF the police, 1s workers were arrested at this
eviction. The crowd Of 5000 stood around until
3 a. m.
All this was positive contributing factor to
the mobilization of our Scottsboro and also
August 1st demonstrations
These block committees Of the Unemployed
Councils are very effective in our fight against
the liberal Murphy administration both on the
relief and eviction cases, because the workers
can see and feel the leadership of our Party
Many good working class fighters from these
block committees are joining the Party. This
is the good side of our work among the unem-
ployed. Now we will bring out the bad side
All of this work. Of the organization of block
committees was carried on by or comrades.
In Detroit we have now unemployed council
branches functioning well with a membership
OF about 5000 workers. then we have or IN
employed Councils just beginning to function
with small membership. In not single coun-
Gil did we have Party fraction functioning
(until week ago. and in the block commit
tees, not only do we have no fractions func-
toning but in many of the block committees we
don't have a single member, or If we have one
or two, they are very new and inexperienced
workers, rs far as the Communist movement is
concerned. Many an old Party member is will
ing to pay 10 cents Dues a week in order not
to be considered unemployed" and to get away
from attending meetings Of the Unemployed
Councils or the Block Committees While the
comrades who are new in the Party, and joined
through Unemployed Council activities are
doing unemployed work only (only naturally
SOB but have no experience in the work Of how
to carry on Communist activities in the IN
employed Council
ployed Council getting real mass bass-slip-
ping away and getting under control OF our
enemies.
Another danger is, that the Unemployed Coun-
ellis in the "black belt" become jm-crow or
CARNATIONS. In the 81 block committees we
have only or white workers working active
ly. The Unemployed Council at the Workers
Nome has about 1000 rnenbers-only or A
white members. All others are Negroes, men
and women. Because Of our tremendous influ-
ence and organization among the Negro work
ers the Negro bourgeoisie is carrying on a
strong propaganda in the Negro newspapers
against our Party and the Unemployed Coun-
Gil They are sending Negro stool pigeons into
the meetings Of the Unemployed Councils who
are attacking the Communist Party as an or
sanization of white men, who want to "use
TIE lIegro" for their own political purposes"
This is not effective yet but will be- If our lead
ing Party committees do not take sharp meas
ures to have the white comrades become active
III the next week or two. These stool-pigeons
are not only being sent to the meetings Of the
Unemployed Council proper, but also into the
block committees, where they get away with
mary things because Of the absence Of Party