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“1, SOur activity must be directed to organizing neighborhoods with groups and individuals participating. the minister, . Rabbi, priest, corner candy-store man, the poople patron- . - ising the neighborhood movie, the merchant—these are the . .-. 4buasn material. ‘hese people truly resent un-Anericanian, +O We must channelise this resentment into action.® . The functions of the Coordinating Committee wore defined as ~ * . follows; : . ; of : (1) To ORGANIZE WRIGHBORIOOD COMM TIEES in’ infected areas’: - ya - QB _& non-sectarian basis. cbc om * 4 . : (2) To hold neighborhood street mectings addressed leading Catholics, Protestants and Jews, and distribute per . : . suasive literature (local meetings proved an wmusually _ 4 \ effective technique for they reached victims of fascist . ey \ \ propaganda without spreading that propaganda beyond the infected areas). . vo . 1. (3) % act as clearing house for information on subversive yh ; activities, : . { . (4) % coordinate the activities of organisations in this ~~ { field, and to service load organizations with pro- ~ | democratic objectives. fi THE COMM TTSE GOES 10 WOR » ‘Two bonths after the Comittee was formed 20 neighborhood groups were organized to engage the fascists on their home grounds, — - . -‘SChristian™ Front activity was completely checked in Manhattanville, e4 Washington Heights, South Bronx, and Kingsbridge; in Richmond Ail, a. Figtbush, Astoria and Rockaway, it dwindled. As one Mobiliser, J. Hartery, \put it in a farewell address to ao handful of people in the South Broax: ‘"Betre not going to run meetings here any more. This i” cal *folsrance Committee! makes it impossible to run a 'Christiant - eting in this neighborhood, so I'm going uptown where I'm appreciated.® en he wont "Uptown" the Upper Bronx League for Democracy was organised, ae 1 4 ‘ . . v4 . al Comittee meuberships range from a few hundred to several thousand. ms @ typheal grotp, Be Americans of Yorkville, organized as an ansver to the t- yoy ” . fr poy . : oF 3 ‘ My