The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-09

before We can nope Tor any great re-
suits is the thorough organization Of
all the departments of labor. . This
work, altho its beginning is of such
recent date, has progressed with am
azing rapidity. In this connection
we cannot overlook the important po-
sition now assigned to the colored
race in this contest. it is needless
to disguise the fact that they are
destined to occupy a different position
in the future to what they have in
the past; that they must necessarily
become in their new relationship an
element of strength or an element of
weakness, and that it is for the work
ingmen of America to say which that
shall be.
1.-THE systematic organization and
consolidation of labor must hence
forth become the watchword of the
true reformer. To accomplish this the
cooperation of the African race in
America must be secured. II those
most directly interested fail to per-
form this duty, others will avail them
selves of it to their injury. Indeed a
practical illustration of this was af-
| forded in the recent importation of
colored caulkers from Portsmouth,
Va, to Boston, Mass, during the
struggle on the eight-hour question.
What is wanted then, is for every IN
ion to help to inculcate the grand,
ennobling idea that THE INTERESTS
OF LABOR ARE ONE; THAT
THERE SHOULD BE NO DISTINc-
TON OF RACE OR NATIONALITY;
NO CLASSIFICATION OF JEW OR
GENTILE, CHRISTIAN OR INFIDEL;
THAT THERE IS BUT ONE DIVI-
DEND LINE. -. THAT WHICH
SEPARATES MANKIND INTO TWO
GREAT CLASSES, THE GLASS
THAT LABoRS AND THE CLASS
THAT LIVES BY OTHERS LABoRS.
THAT, IN OUR JUDGEMENT, is
THE TRUE COURSE FOR US AS
WORKING MEN. THE INTEREST
OF ALL ON OUR SIDE OF THE
LINE is THE SAME, and should we
be so far mislead by prejudice or
passion as to refuse to aid the spread
of union principles among any of our
fellow toilers, we would be untrue to
them, untrue to ourselves and to the
great cause we profess to have at
heart. If these general principles be
correct, we must seek the cooperation
of the African race in America.
But aside from all this, the working
men of the United States have a spe-
cial interest in seeking their coopera-
| ton. This race is being rapidly edu-
Gated, and will soon be admitted to
all the privileges and franchises of
citizenship. F. They are there to
live amongst us, and the question to
be decided is, shall we make them
our friends, or shall capital be allowed
to turn them as an engine against US?
They number four million strong, and
a greater proportion of them labor
counted from among the same number
of any other people on earth. Their
moral influence, and their strength at
the ballot box would be of incalcul-
able value to the cause of labor.
CAN WE AFFORD TO REJECT
THEIR PREFERRED coOPERA-
TON AND MAKE THEM ENEMIES?
BY COMMITTING SUCH AN ACT
OF FOLLY WE WOULD IMPLICIT
GREATER INJURY ON THE CAUSE
OF LABOR REFORM THAN THE
COMBINED EFFORTS OF CAPITAL
COULD ACCOMPLISH. THEIR CHER
ISHED IDEA OF AN ANTAGONIST
BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK
LABOR WOULD BE REALIZED,
AND AS THE AUSTRIAN DES-
PoTISM MAKES USE OF THE
HOSTILITY BETWEEN THE DIFF
FERENT RACES, WHICH COMPOSE
THE EMPIRE TO MAINTAIN HER
EXISTENCE AND HER BALANCE,
so CAPITALISTS, NORTH AND
| SOUTH, WOULD FOMENT DIScORD