The automobile industry was made up of men, primarily who had never been in any union before, and who were completely inexperienced, not knowing even how to make a motion on the floor …. But the members of the Communist Party know how to speak; some of them had extensive soap-box experience …. It is very simple for a man who understands public speaking and parliamentary rules to control a meeting of unitiated people….By preparing motions ahead of time, having discussion ahead of time, and then by dividing up in various sections of the hall, the Communists would give the impression that the particular policy they were trying to have the meeting adopt was generally supported throughout the membership.
