The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-20
Capitalism breaches the
Doctrine of Submission to
Chicago's Negro Workers
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the whole Negro press the Negro workers
against the Communists. This press of the Negro work.
es like the capitalist press of the white workers. fears lest
labor will become class conscious and build its own power
he Negro press is especially hysterica during these
presidential campaign days, when Coolidge money pent
full and the Golfers the business office be epIenished
for the lean months ahead
In other ways, however, the Negro is being taught
umy urged to accept things they asked to believe
that he has already achieved his goal under capitalism
i was doctrine Of extreme humility that drpped it's
propaganda all thru the pageant Mesones given by the
socaled South Side Community Service the Auditorium
heater This was probably one Of the most ambitious eff
forts OF the Negro race, in Chicago but 100 per
propaganda for the republican party.
The pageant was given in nine episodes But never dur
ing single moment the Negro held up fighter for
his rights In Egypt he the slave of successive
Iet My People Co. He was shown as Idol worshppe ab
ect in his doaty In the african Village" scene the slave
traders come and kdnap the Negro natives Wholesale
submissive than the helpless animals of the forest The
whole village surrenders the white without
the American slave market On the cotton plantations they
are made to appear as praying psalm singing victims Of the
slave drivers sending up their walls to the Christian God
instead Of bowling before the idol left behind in Africa both
with equal results.
berato of the black raising him to the pedestal of
Cod There the faint of effort that
economic interests between the growing capitalist Of
the North and the feuda landed class Of the South
The complete prostitution of this Negro pageant to the
purposes Of the white dominant capitalism best shown
Charles Young said to be the only Negro climb this
rank in Wall Streets military machine. The climax
with the showing of the graves of Negro soldiers Flanders
Field the black victims Of Morgans war; by Negro
mothers with Negro children waving American flags and
singing America half the audience sitting half standing
Toward the end of the pageant beaed effort is made
to show that the Negro in America has produced
outstanding figures. Among these, however, find much
attention given to Negro comedian and Negro business
No effort is made to visualize the growing i'm
portance of the Negro in industry give ink
ling of the great problems confronting both the Negro and
white workers alike.
Perhaps insight into the moving responsible
for this pageant with its propaganda of Negro submission
may be found in the fact that Mrs. Med Mccormick wife
Tribune and candidate for United States in the
primaries gave luncheon recently the Chicago
Womens Club part of the campaign to put this dope
The names OF all those present at the ucheon
mnenty published in the program. They read like direct
DRY of the wives of our best bankers and business men,
1t the duty of every thinking Negro make war upon
this kind of poison The Negro worker, than the
white worker make progress for his class by bending
Negro worker is the victim alike of the alliance between
Negro and white politicians between Negro and white bust
ness men,
Only thru recognizing and fighting for his class inter-
will the Negro forward In this campaign
the Negro worker will deliver blow at his class inter-
by allowing himself to be misled by the McCormcks
the Chicago Tribune and other instruments of republican
capitalist msruIe.
In this years presidential campaign the Communists call
alike white and Negro workers to stand erect and fight
their enemythe dominant ruling class Increas-
ing support Negro workers of the Communist campaign
new blows struck at slavery the successor Of
chatteI slavery, in exploiting the black
Every attack of the Negro press we'll the white
press the Communist movement, added proof if any
of the whole working class All all natonaities, all
workers most forward together for the vic
tory of all labor against capitalism