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al a ee ee ee ee ee a hes &* wae get a ae eat an NI Re rene Sy pl mn A an gt | LAL TAT BO _-3- . tial a : ca Sur activity must be directed to organising neighborhoods Pall ae 4 . -~ Pa - ~~ . ae with groups and individuals participating. the minister, = *- |- . Rabbi, priest, corner candy-store man, the people patron So oF - ising the neighborhood movie, the nerchant—these are the = human material. ‘These people truly resent un—Asericanian, We must channelise this resentment into action." oe The functions of the Coordinating Comal ttee were defined as qQ) ‘To ORDANIZE WEIGH BORIOOD COMMI TTEES in’ infected. areag . QB 8 non-sectarian basis. Cb a - (2) T hold neighborhood street meetings addressed Leading Catholics, Protestants and Jews, and distribute per. . susaive literature (local meetings proved an umususlly — . effective technique for they reached victins of fascist . . ° propaganda without spreading that propaganda beyond the infected areas). . + A een Te Ww * pare f act as a clearing b house for information on subversive . activities. 4} To coordinate the activities of organisations in this field, and to service loa organizations with pro- democratic objectives. _ THE OOMMITTER OOKS TO WM - it: ed rs after the Comittee was formed 20 neighborhood groups : organized to engage the fascists on their home grounds. “Christian” Front activity was completely checked in Kanhattanville, Yashington Heights, South Bronx, and Kingsbridge; in Richmond Mill, Flatbush, Astoria and Rockaway, it dwindled. As one Mobiliser, J. Hattery, ut it in a farewell address to a handful of people in the South Broax: “"Be're not going to run meetings here any sore. This eal *Polerance Committee! makes it impossible to run a 'Christiant eting in \tais neighborhood, go I'm going uptown where I'm appreciated.® en he wont "Uptown" the Upper Bronx League for Democracy was organised, , | \ . al comni thee menuberships range fron a few hundred to several thousand. 4 ityphcal grotp, We Americans of Yorkville, organized as an answer to the