DALLET THE ORGANIZER 
BY JOHN WILLIAMSON
State Organizer, Communist Party of Ohio 

OUR Comrade Joe Dallet died as he lived--in the fore-
front of action. The sad news of his death by a fascist 
bullet in Spain shocked not only the members of the Com-
munist Party but deeply affected hundreds of steel workers 
in Ohio, Pittsburgh, and South Chicago. Joe's death re-
vealed the high caliber of his leadership as a Communist in 
establishing the strongest ties with the masses and making 
the Party an integral part of the community. These ties 
were established during three years of devoted leadership 
in many struggles involving employed and unemployed steel 
workers in Youngstown, Warren, Farrell, Steubenville, 
Weirton, and Newcastle. 

The entire city of Youngstown felt that Joe belonged to 
them. Within a few days a large memorial meeting was 
organized by the Communist Party. Disregarding the spy 
system of Republic Steel, fifteen hundred steel workers, 
Negro and white, entered the hall with bowed heads. The 
organizations represented by the speakers showed how dear 
Joe was to everyone. They included the Steel Workers Or-
ganizing Committee, the A. F. of L. Central Labor Council, 
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored 
People, the Communist Party, the Friends of the Lincoln 
Brigade, the church; several other outstanding trade union 
and Communist leaders were also among the speakers. Even 
those who had fought Joe in life, who had denounced him

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