The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-18

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About four years ago while work
ing on LenoX Ave, l became inter-
ested in the Negroes and their life.
got very friendly with them and on
Sundays I visited them bringing the
Daily with copies of the Liberator,
which gave them, also books and
magazines until I convinced them
that the Communist Party was the
only party fighting for them.
I started to hold meetings in their
homes and then / asked the League
to send a speaker to come to the
meeting; but no one was sent. Then
I asked the PaSsy and they didn't
help aas either.
FIJI aags notice came that the Bronx
Sect ~ where my unit is located, had
to organize a League of Struggle fer
Negro Rights branch. Then the
League gave me more attention, but
still the Party didn't help The Party
comrades fatty told me they would
help me only if I brought the Negro
comrades to their meetings. Soon the
next meeting came around and the
Negro comrades, who worked at night,
came home from work early at II
pm, and we went to the Party meet
ing, arriving there when it was al
most all over We got no benefit from
It at all.
Organized L.S.NR. Branch
But with all these drawback. l
finally organized an L.S.NR. with
II members and we held regu' ar
meetings. Then 1 had to leave the
city to go to my folks in the country
to help them. But before left in
structed my League organizer to take
my place and kaep me informed and
also to have the Negro comrades co.,
respond with me concerning q Negro
factory not far from where I lived,
which wan5sd them to help me c.
gsnise. The Negroes in the factory
lived worse than the coolies in China.
After I left, weeks and weeks
passed. Months went by and l set
no word from anybody. My mail wert
unanswered; finally wrote letter
through q foreign language papa-,
and then several weeks later 7 got al
answer informing me that the vel.
removed my unit organizer for fail
ing to cooperate with me and stated
that my organization was getting
along well.
Time went by, I had meanwhile
prepared plenty Of literature and
newspapers and posters which I
brought from the city. was going
to organize The factory as scon as 1
heard from the city, but they didn't
write at all. So wrote to a girl
friend to visit one of the meetings to
find out what was the mater. a'-o
wrote to a sister Of mine to go to
the Lee rue and ask the organizer to
correct the trouble.
Finds Party Careless
They answered RE that my Negro
groups had more than so members
end still growing. A year passed, I
-'0'''-'-S TO the c.SSy. First I went up
to the Bronx WORKERS Center ard
asked in the Party office where the
L.S.N.R. held their meetings. The
Party organizer looked surprised and
he tod me he never heard of Ne
gro group to be organized Then I
eslzed the other Party comrades il
5aey knew anybody connected with
the L.SNR. But + got no satisfac-
ton; SO finally located my unit,
which had moved around like gypsies
because they couldn't pay the rent.
but they had plenty of money for
horse pcr5ies End shows Ny unit is
Bronx. 3. They couldn't help me
either because there wora rs-H c--~-
rade3 and a new organizer, but I
recognized an old time conf. c 3. rs
name was Comrade Rcback, to whom
I told my story. He introduced me to
fellow connected with the editing
Of the Young Worker, who promised
to print this story in the Young
WICKER end gave him letter prov
ing my statements. He never printed
it and never got my letter back.
Two years later meet a League