The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-11

lhC community.
In the letter l asked Mikuliak to
tell Barton to see me on Thursday
of that week.
On Thursday Barton came TO
see me. He did not come up to the
house. He saw my five-year old
daughter, Cornelius, and told her
to tell me to come to the corner
OF Custer and Richmond. This was
about loo +. M. l went to the cor
ner. Barton told me that Mikuliak
got nay letter. He said that he
had been in Mikuliak's office when
Mikuliak got the letter and stated
that Il guess you now see we are
not fakes" He told me that If /
ever wanted to see Mikuliak l could
do so in the mornings at about 500
o'clock, and that l should call
Mikuliak up before going to see
him. He told me to go to the meet
ing OF the unit of the Communist
Party on that night.
He stated that he had cote MAJ
a job in a factory at 75c an no
and that he was paid $500 d. III
month extra for reporting to him
He told me that he could get me
a job at Fords. He said that Mil1u-
LAX was his boss, and that Miku-
LAX was going to drive out all the
Communists.
He said that if l went to see
Mikuliak l should tell Mikuliak
that he (Barton) was Comrade
Barton. He said that some of his
people were in the Ku Klux Khan
and that he was we'll acquainted
with the Black Legion, but was
not in it.
He said that l could report TO
him and that if l wanted to see
him | could write to Mikuliak
and Mikuliak would tell him to
come out and see me.
He warned me not to double
cross him, stating that if l did, it
would be too bad; that he would
have the police run me out of
town.
On Wednesday, July l, 1896, at
about $3.50 A. NJ, l went to see
Mikuliak. l told him my name is
Harrison and said, 81 guess you
got the letter l sent to you. He
replied that he had got it. 1 told
him that Barton had told me to
come and see him. Mikuliak said
that he knew Barton, that Barton
does the same work that he (NIiku-
liak) does.
/ told Mikuliak that l had de-
cided to get out of the Communist
Party and also not to do the spy
work which Barton and Mikuliak
wanted me to do. Mikuliak said
that that was the right thing to do,
to get out of the Party. He said
that if l got out I could hold my
job but if l did not ! would lose
my job and be black-balled. He
talked somewhat about the Com
munist Party, among whom he
mentioned Weinstone, Walker, Will
liams and another, had no income
of their own, that they just lived
off the dimes of the members.
told him that the way Barton
and the other men had talked they
belonged to the Black Legion, he
merely said that the Black Lee
gion fought only against the Com
munists.
He said to me, How did you
get mixed up in that mess, you, a
preacher" 1 told him that 1 had
merely Joined it. He said that he
knew all about me and my Party
activity He told me | had been
discharged from Briggs because l
was a member of the Communist
Party.
He named a number of colored
man as members of the Commun-
ist Party, and asked me If l knew
them.
At the conclusion of the talk
he told me to stay away from the
Communist Party and said every
thing would be all right.
Charley Harrison
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 1st day of July, 1886.
Evelyn o. Wynn
Notary Public, Wayne County,
Michigan. My commission ex-
pires: February %, 1888.
Mr.. Harrison reported for work
at the Dodge plant last Thursday
night and was discharged Friday
morning.