The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-08

eAeCJinB Ol ueleBateS 10 the American
7 Negro Labor Congress at Chicago, the
national organizer feels justified in
saying that Chicago will witness a
conference Of labor in this city, num-
bering some 500 delegates and repre-
senting hundreds of thousands of or
ganized proletarians OF the race IL
has indeed been quite gratifying to
note re fine spirit Of solidarity mani
fe' ID between white and black work
ers at many Of these conferences,
where many white unionists were
elected as delegates to the congress
by their respective organizations
This Is one Of the aims (realized yet
only on a small scale) for which the
American Negro Labor Congress is
being called: To establish in the
minds Of both the white and black
workers spirit of amicability and
class solidarity.
The middle west embraces one Of
the most important sections of the in
dustrial life of the nation. 1t Is in
these parts where hundreds Of thou
sands of Negroes have come up from
the south and settled during and
since the war. They recognize that,
having left most miserable system
Of racial persecution in the southern
states, they now find themselves I'M
der the most painful system of indus
trial exploitation. Having been less
fed up on the teachings of the CAPT
talist press, capitalist institutions of
learning and other agencies of pub
lie opinion, they ever stick close to
the realities of life and clearly under
stand their needs and social degrade
| ton of their race.
All Workers Assemble.
Thousands OF Negroes in the iron
and coal mines of Alabama, steel
mills of Pennsylvania and Ohio and
Illinois, coal mines of the Virginias,
great turpentine distilleries of Georgia
and Florida cotton and sugar planta-
tions of Arkansas and Texas, Louisi-
ana and Mississippi have been arous-
ed by the urgent call for agcongress
representative Of American Negro la
Dor, and their delegates are coming
coming in great numbers, to lay
before this body the grievances daily
weighing heavily upon the life of this
great mass of black workers and to
/ formulate forthwith plans of organ
ization and methods of combat for
the liberation Of their class. Each
day, everyone promoting the Ameri-
can Negro Labor Congress notes a
growing uneasiness in the ruling class
of this country in contemplation of
the coming American Negro Labor
Congress. They cannot help but feel
that when the Negro workers, the
most exploited, plundered and op-
| pressed OF all workers in America,
are beginning to organize on class
lines and with the aim of establishing
the idea of class solidarity not only
with the white workers of this coun-
try, but with all the workers Of the
world regardless of race, color or
cline, indeed new day is dawning
for the oppressed.
To Mobilize Negroes.
The aim of the American Negro
Labor Congress is to mobilize and to
coordinate into a fighting machine
the most enlightened and militant and
class-conscious workers of the race
in the struggle for the abolition Of
lynching, iim-crowism. industrial dis
elimination, political disfranchise-
ment, segregation, etc.
The American Negro Labor Con
gress will assume an attitude of help
fulness toward the many groups in
every part Of the country which are
at present agitating a nationwide
Campaign for shorter hours of the
working day for both men and wo-
men.
And in view Of the many futile ap-
peals to our national congress at
Washington to make lynching a feder-
al crime, the American Negro Labor
Congress shall propose that the seat
of action be changed to the masses
themselves and shall endeavor TO
stimulate and promote the organic
ing Of inter-racial committees thru
/ SNN NAS hotAOh WIN int ann Vi
ing about better feeling between
black and white workers as remedy
against lynching and race riots. Ra-
cial antagonism arise from class ex-
ploitation. Racial antagonism is not
an inherent thing in the makeup of
the individual.
Congress Composition.
The American Negro Labor Con-
gress will be composed OF delegates
from the various Negro labor unions.
from mixed unions (white and black A.,
from unorganized factory groups OF
Negro workers, of representatives
from groups Of Negro agricultural
workers, and OF individual advocates,
both Negro and white, who are WE'LL
known for their championship Of tho
cause of the Negro working class ID
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