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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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In Harlem, the Tenants' League strikes against rent hikes on July 1, with some successes reported by president Richard B. Moore. Hoodlums target Negro worker Alfred Jackson in a violent intimidation attempt at 550 E. 133d St. A meeting is set for tonight with Communist speaker William Weinstone.
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As a result of the strike call of the publicity committee of the Harlem Tenants' League on July 1, as Richard B. Moore, president of the league pointed out in the following statement issued last night, "The rent sharks have already backed down where they have been met by a united front of the tenants. In some houses of the Terry Holding Company and Nail & Park, they have accepted rent at the old rate."
The tenants in an apartment house at 550 E. 133d St., were thrown into a state of war Saturday night as a result of the fourth attempt to kill Alfred Jackson, Negro ice wagon driver. The gangsters broke into Jackson's apartment where they tore down the electric wires.
The Tenants League are holding a meeting tonight at 8:00 P. M. at the Public Library, 103 W. 135th St. William Weinstone, District Organizer of the Communist Party will speak.
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Harlem, 550 E. 133d St., 103 W. 135th St., New York
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July 1
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Harlem Tenants' League calls strike on July 1 against rent increases; some landlords concede. Hoodlums attempt to kill Negro ice wagon driver Alfred Jackson in his apartment at 550 E. 133d St., tearing down electric wires. League meeting scheduled for tonight at 8:00 P.M. at Public Library, 103 W. 135th St., with Communist Party organizer speaking.