The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-22

representatives of business,
real estate sharks, religion, and
the capitalist government at
Washington.
The Negro labor and farmer dele
gates to the Sanhedrin declared after
the conference that they were not
discouraged.
They pointed out that not only
was the Sanhedrin forced to con-
slider the labor question, but also that
it brought before the Race that the
basis Of race discrimination is an
economic one, and that the only hope
for the oppressed Negro workers and
tenant farmers is thru solidarity
with the oppressed farmers and work
ers of other races.
Sanhedrin Betrays Race.
The DAILY WORKER explained
in reporting the Sanhedrin Confer
ence, 'Dean Miller comes from an
institution subsidized by the republic
can administration. The real estate
men GAIN BY THE POLICY OF
SEGREGATION. The business in
terests generally gain by the policy
Of segregation.
"The Urban Leagues that act as
open shop employment agencies in
large Negro urban centers are as
reactionary as any white chamber
of commerce. They are against la
Dor organization, and against aggres-
sive racial action that might offend
their white capitalist friends.
Segregation into Black Belt dis
.cicts is one of the most vital issues
.4fore the Race at the Sanhedrin.
Negroes are crowded into the worst
parts Of the cities and they are COM
PEELED to pay exorbitant rents
above the rates charged the whites.
rae poor people who are gouged by
the rent hogs are crying out against
the policy of segregation. But there
are real estate men among the Ne
groes and bther business men who
gain by this policy. Their voice is
not raised against this iniquity.
Effective Remedies Thwarted.
1.-TWO effective methods of remedy
ing the housing evil are proposed by
resolutions presented by the Work.
ers Party delegates.
"1.-Colored unions to refuse to
pay exorbitant rents or refuse to live
in inferior buildings or segregated
districts.
"a demand for legislation maxi
ing housing a public utility and COM
polling landlords to rent their places
to the first conner, regardless of race
or color"
But the Sanhediin did not urge
definite action of any kind against
the housing evil, and hence accom-
plished nothing in this direction.
When presented with the opportunity
for leadership of SO per cent of the
Race on the labor and housing prob
lens, the Sanhedrin, controlled by
conservative capitalists, as it was, did
nothing.
"What does the Negro in America
require in order to escape his con-
ditions as an oppressed racer" asks
Robert Minor in the current issue of
the Liberator. "He requires abolition
of restrictions upon his right of resi-
f<nce-that is, abolition of Black
Belt segregation"
Profits Deciding Factor.
Commenting upon the results of
the Sanhedrin toward achieving So
luton of the housing problem, Mr..
Minor continues, "When it came to
"a question of housing, it became evil
dent that the Sanhedrin Conference
was heavily dominated by Negro
business men. These men arc the
oretically in favor of the emancipa-
ton of their race, and they talk elo-
quently to this effect. But when Ne
gro working people among the dele
gates. thru a delegate representing
the Workers Party, offered a resolu-
ton calling for legislation by which
the black-belt residence district could
be broken up and landlords compelled
to rent living quarters at a fixed
rental to the first conner regardless
of color and independently of the
landlords will, this measure was
killed because the Negro real estate
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