The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-29


Another angle Of our work during
these 20 months marks beginning in
new field OF activity. refer here
to the beginnings made by our party
in the field of Negro work. Now this
is not the first time that Central
Committee of Communist Party in
America is interesting itself in Negro
work. In fact, remember since the
very first day Of the Communist move
ment in America, the G. P. as well as
| the c. L. p and then the U. G. p. and
then the unified party and the Work
ers Party have always been interest
| ing themselves in Negro work. Con-
facts have been established in those
years but maintain that it was only
during the present period of the Cen
trail Executive Committee that our
work among the Negroes was placed
on a correct political basis and also on
more effective organiaztional basis.
The advice of the c. l. quite natur-
ally played a big part in the successes
achieved by the party in this line of
work The fact is that at this mo-
ment our party is participating and
exercising a great deal of influence in
the organization of the Negro Labor
Congress. There is a special report
on the subject and l will not go into
much detail Suffice it to say that
during the last five months the Cen
trail Executive Committee has been
paying very close attention to work
among the Negroes. Suffice it to say
that nearly one-third of the member
ship of the Central Executive Commit
tee was commissioned by the Central
Executive Committee as a sub-com-
mittee to supervise this work Of the
party. And we say the party must
realize the importance of this sort
of work for the future growth of our
Party.
InURING these twenty months there
- developed a number of contro-
versies besides the controversy on the
labor party. For instance, the contro-
versy on women's work and how the
work should be conducted among the
working women in the United States.
understand that there is a legend
going about in the party about the OPP
position of the majority to work
among women. Comrades, cool and
calm listening to the facts will con-
vince you that this is, to use polite
language, bunk. Before speak of the
controversy let me establish the fact.
The fact is that neither during these
twenty months that we were in office
nor during the four or five years be-
fore we came into Office, was there
any substantial Communist work
among women. If the party is to be
blamed for it, let the party be blamed
for it; if the Central Executive Com
mittee is to be blamed for it, give it
all the blame, but remember that
Communist work among women has
not yet had its beginning.
Now as to the controversy. The
party as a whole did nothing-very
little was done for work among
women. Individual members of the
party, women and men, were engaged
in a number of cities in work among
women-notably in Detroit-the Fed
GRAFTON of Working Glass Women
in Boston and in New York. Groups
of comrades were engaged in those
organizations in organizing the work
ing class women on various economic
and political issues. Now the contro-
versy in the Central Executive Com
mittee arose over two questions. One
point we were making there was that
the main and central objective of the
Communist Party in its work among
women is work among working women
women actually employed in indus
try, not that we must neglect work
ing class housewives, but the center
Of attention of our party and its main
policies must be formulated on the
basis of drawing into the struggle
economic and polftical-tha woman ar