DOOR-TO-DOOR SOCIALISM.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1924, Page 1

DOOR-TO-DOOR SOCIALISM.

TIIK MH-KAiAN A* RRORAGANDTST. LONDON. Sept. 201 h. The milkman and insurance collector are Hie latest' recruits to the service of the Socialist Rally ill their doorstop propaganda. Calling regularity at houses, getting on c nnvct.sniinii.nl terms with the housewife. they are in a particularly fnvniiraho position i > spread Socialist propaganda, mid are doing it- thoroughly in the K.ist-ond of London. ('apt. .1. Danny, (lie lion, secretary of the Hackney t'nited Services Club, said lie lias personally come across instances of this propaganda, and knows from reports that it goes on to an astonishing extent. The milkman ami the insurance collector daily come into contact with the poorest and most illiterate .section of the community, where their flints and hull-veiled promises find tin' richest ground. The following are instances of actual conversations, reproduced in substance : The Milkman: Good morning, Mrs Brown. Quart Airs Drown: Only u pint. We can’t afford a quart at the present price.

The Milkman: f don’t get it, believe me. The guvnor’s just bought another ear, and some one’s got to pay for

Alr« Brown: It’s a shame the likes of us has to.

Tlie Milkman: A'es, and only for Air Wheatley (Minister of Health) milk would he Kid a quart now. He stopped them raising it above last- year’s price. Alr.s Brown: Go on. did lie?

The Alilkman: Yes, and told them straight that if he had enough Labour men in Parliament lie would make ’em sell it at Id a quart That put the wind up ’em. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

The effort of the insurance collector is <m these lines: The Collector: There’s Id. arrears and .'id this week, 7,1 in all. Airs Brown: 1 can only pay this week's. The arrears have got to wait till my old man can get a job. We’ve only got the dole. The Collector: Don’t worry. I’ll tell you something oil the quiet. If the Labour Rally win the next election there’ll be .‘lo bob a week for everybody work or no work. Mrs Brown: It's too good to bo true. The Collector: Ain't you entitled lo live? The capitalists won’t go short. Ain't there enough to go round at 9d hob a week ?

('apt Denny says that ho was slaying in a house in the neighbourhood where a poster of one oT the other political parties was displayed in the window and the milkman day after day scoffed at it and tried to got flic occupants to remove il, and after he failed the collector tried.