The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
By JOHN L. SPTVAK

FRESNO, Crusader
White Shirts should assist
law enforcement officials in
maintaining the kind of order
we consider essential, de-
clares the secret instructions
of that outfit.
Preparations should then be
made at once for the Crusade to
Washington, Crusader White Shirts
acquisitions will be furnished for
the purpose Of obtaining funds and
other things needed. This work
should be assigned to a thoroughly
trustworthy and carefully instructed
x Committee.
Generous donations can be OBJ
tanned from most people for the
Crusade by merely appealing to
their patriotism. However. a pa
triotic appeal will probably not have
much effect on the people who have
most Of the money nowadays. There
will be a great temptation to use
few pineapples to loosen up those
fat pocketbooks, but this tempta-
ton shold be righteoUsly resisted.
AS soon as you are fully equipped
and prepared to go to Washington.
report to the COMMANDMENT Chief
Of the Crusader White Shirts at
Chattanooga, Tennessee, stating the
number of men. how equipped and
the time required to reach Washing
ton. but do not move until or
dered. Nothing must fail.
This is a lawful organization and
it cannot be stopped by lawful
means. If anyone uses unlawful
means to start a fight Just be sure
that YOU finish it.
Read these orders VERY care
fully. Strike hard, straight and
swiftly. Get what you start out to
get"
I may be wrong, of course, but I
cannot take this sort of stuff Sc
r1ously. To me it is very funny and
reminds me of musical comedy!
These White Shirts also have an
American Declaration of Economic
independence" but there is no use
giving that even in parts The chief
change wanted is that the rich shall
not always get richer and the poor
should not always get poorer.
I gave the General Orders" in
full because, though it is funny,
nevertheless it is significant as
trend and tendency which is APP
pealing to a certain class of people.
For the poor devil who has lost his
farm or for retired farmer who
has lost his income or for a worker
who cannot get a job, these gen
eral orders, beautifully printed,
sound swell. You raise your eyes
from reading them and expect to
find the city hall surrounded by
nice, new clean white shirts. It
sounds like action. That's why I
thought it was good salesmanship
to the people it appealed to,
Actually the line about generous
donations" is the key to the whole
outfit. Here, as in the Silver Shirts,
the appeal is made to members on
the basis of disturbed and
erumbling economic system, Though
the White Shirts may be drilling
(they have very few in California;
and though they may talk grandly
of Selling power. those who DO
swallow 1t do so because If offers
some way Of crystallizng their
surging rebellion against conditionss
as they are.
The Silver Shirts, and its mill
tary body" the Silver Ranger, also
has detailed secret instructions on
how to seize power. These secret
instructions are as funny as the
White Shirt General Orders.
THE Unit for all Silver Ranger
activity will be the Squad consist
ing of one leader and four men,
Squad equipment shall be as fol-
lows:-one auto, a supply of First
Aid Kits, two shovels, two axes, five
sacks capable of holding sand for
barricsdes) three rifles and two shot
guns. Bullet proof vests will be
furnished by National Headquarters
as soon as finances permit,
-Four squads will form one Group
under a group leader.
Five Groups will form a Com
pany Cos men,
NO mobilization Of groups or COM
panies will be permitted without