The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-12
Review of Feb. rs In Milwaukee

lief Stations, where there are many local
grievances. OF all the preliminary local meet
ings, only one was a success and that in Cud-
ahy, were there is no Unemployed Council and
the Party was only established one month ago.
In Milwaukee proper, where there are four weak
Unemployed Councils, the neighborhood meet
ings did not materialize. This is largely be-
cause the Unemployed Councils are ION ice"
and do not lead the local struggles for better
relief against evictions, etc.
4. The greatest weakness Of all was the abb
sence of Negro workers. There we're not over
a dozen Negro workers present. At one time
the Party enjoyed great confidence among the
Negro workers and even spoke OF electing a
comrade to the state legislature from a ward
populated by Negro workers. The Party head
quarters is in the Negro neighborhood, and yet
no response. In the Section Committee one
comrade posed the question-"Who is to blame
the Negro workers or us7" We must answer a
hundred times the Party Is to blame Firstly,
no leafIet issued addressed to Negro workers
because Of some technical excuse); distribu-
ton of the general leaflet in Negro neighbor-
hood was spasmodic and the Party unit in that
territory did not meet that week, because in
sufficient attention and help IS given that unit
by the Section Committee.
5. The organizational preparations were poor
No meetings were held of captains before the
demonstration. Similarly, comrades to handle
application cards and literature had them showed
in their hands at the demonstration, without
previous instructions as to what to do. While
the speakers were encouraging workers to sign
up no comrades were going through the crowds
with application cards, with the result that only
approximately IS applications were received.
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tendency in Milwaukee which must be sharply
combatted. While the Party leadership will
theoretically explain the dangerous role of
reformism in Milwaukee (where the mayor is
member of the socialist party and in Wiscon-
sin (where the governor is member Of the
LaFolette family of demagooues), yet in prac-
tice there Is distinct tendency to ignore this
danger and to think that milwaukee is still
different from Chicago. Our demonstrations
won't be broken up" Since March 6, when
the workers were dubbed and nine sent to jail
Comrade Fred Basset still being In the county
jail-all demonstrations have not been broken
up On Feb. IS, however, the local authorities
denied the Party and T. o. q. L. permit for
use Of the particular square and later delega-
ton Of dicks" Informed the Party that I'VE are
giving you warning so that when your demon
stration is broken up you won't say you didn't
know permit was denied" On the last day.
however. the police backed down and issued a
permit, because the Party and T. U. U. L. told
them there would be demonstration whether
they issued permit or not
The Party must conduct vigorous campaign
to expose the social-fascist role Of the Hoans
and LaFollettes and break the illusions which
many workers still suffer from, that in Mill
waukee the local government is not as vicious
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