The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25

NTTIERE it Is not possible to organize parade
the next best is an outdoor demonstration,
Here again thorough and detailed preparation is
essential A demonstration also is for the pur-
pose of showing our organized and disciplined
numerical strength, and therefore must be made
up--from start to finish-not of a crowd of in
diyiduals, but of a number of organizations.
As in preparing for parade, each organiza-
ton must mobilize its own members and synpa-
tllizers through its own connections and chan
nels meetings and house-to-house canvass,
leaflets and letters. etc). Each organization
has its own Steering Committee of three, comes
with its own signs and banners, and maintains
It's individuality at the demonstration.
The demonstration must have strong Steer
ting Committee Of g. but it is important still
to have a strong and experienced chairman (who
is of course, one Of the committee). The chair
man is responsible for carrying out the schedule
planned for the meeting, must prevent speakers
from exceeding their time and in every way
must maintain the unity Of the demonstration.
A demonstration does not provide as much
Inactivity for the workers as a parade. There
fore it is essential to get them to participate as
much as is possible. The chairman should call
on them to vote on resolutions, to shout their
answers yes or mo to questions to raise their
hands in answer, singing, cheering, and applause
should be organized and unified; every device
should be used that shows that this is the work
ers' own demonstration and that they are not
iust q passive crowd,
In planning the demonstration, the Steering
Committee should visit the square where it is
to be held week or two beforehand, should
study the approaches to the square so that the
workers can march in as quickly and impress
sively as possible decide where the stand Cor
stands is to be placed where the different Or
CARNATIONS should stand, minleograph the plan,
and study the square from the viewpoint of de-
tense.
Demonstrations must start strictly on time.
Workers must not be left to stand around wait
ing and getting tired and disguised. Demon
strations should be short from / to hours,
They should not be allowed to peter out, There
should be many short speeches rather than one
long speech. Each speaker should be assigned
beforehand a special phase of the subject to
talk on rather than have speakers repeat one
another ai1llessly.
Banners and signs should be distributed thru
out the meeting, not Just punched near the stand
or on the outskirts of the meeting, It is mpor-
tant that signs should be double-sided 50 they
can be read from back and front
If loud-speaker chat works. is available a.
very large demonstration can be addressed from
one stand, otherwise there must be several
stands In this case. speakers should be passed
from stand to stand. At times during the dem
onstratiori, voting resolutions etc, everything
must be conducted for q short while from the
central stand, in which cases the chairman may
use a n1egaphone. The stands should not be
placed SO far apart that there are empty spaces
between the stands these invariably become
ceaters Of disorder.
The Workers Defense Corps should be divided
into three general divisions, one which masses
closely around the speakers stand Cor stands
facing outward, to defend the speakers if neces-
sary; one which is strung out along the whole