The daily worker., 1929-11-19
Negro Conference

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thereby becoming the fatherland of
all workers and exploited peasants,
regardless of race or nationality.
We must see the question of or
ganizing the Negro workers in the
light of the third period, a period
that is bringing about the rapid
rehabilitation of the workers, par
ticularly the Negro workers, who,
because of their low economic posi-
ton are the hardest hit by the in
tensive naturalization process that
is going on at this time. This radi-
calization of Negro workers was
clearly shown by the large Negro
delegation that attended the Cleve-
land Convention of the Trade Union
Unity League held recently Be-
cause the Negro workers are un-
skilled mainly, and unorganized,
they are the first to suffer from
this increasing wave of unemploy-
ment brought about by the intensive
naturalization going on in the in
dustries. Since they are morgan
lied they are unable to resist the
speed-up and wage cuts from which
they suffer. 1t is noticeable that
in recent months in the New York
District, more and more Negro
workers are being thrown out of
jobs and along with this, the police
terror against them is increasing.
Rent robbery and bad housing
conditions are acute. The possibil-
tiles for the organization of these
workers into our Party and the Ten
ants Leagues into fighting unions
under left wing leadership, are cor
respondingly increasing.
Marx wrote many years ago in
the Communist manifesto: Every
class struggle is a political strug-
GLE" What is particularly notice
able in this period is the speed with
which these local economic struggles
grow into class and therefore poll
tical struggles. The workers find
that any organized effort on their
part to resist the speed ups, wage
cuts, etc, are met with all the forces
of the capitalist state, police, courts,
militia, etc, operating on the side
of the bosses against the workers.
Because these conditions are bring
ing about closer solidarity of the
black and white workers in their
common fight against the onslaught
of the bosses, the capitalist class
is becoming worried and is busily
intensifying its propaganda of race
hostility and segregation Increased
attacks on Negro workers by white
gangsters, increasing police brutal
ity and the sharpening of racial
DISCRIMINATORY. We must counter
act this activity of the capitalists
by increasing our efforts to organize
and unite these workers in the shops
and mills, by building shop nuclei.
The conference will also take up
the question of increasing our cadre
of Negro organizers by drawing all
new Party members into the Work
erJ School and into the general work
of the Party and League. 1t will
also discuss plans for drawing more
white comrades into Negro work. 1t
will also take up the question of
strengthening our influence in the
mass organizations and building
! these organizations into effective in
struments of struggle. We are faced
with the serious question of rees-
/ tablishing the Negro Champion as
/ the necessary organ to reach the
great mass of Negroes. Every Party
member should participate and dc
his part to establish this organ. II
1 is self-evident that our work has
been serioucly hampered through our
inability to bring out this paper
Our Negro work has suffered par
ticularly from a lack of coordination
of the Party, Trade Union Depart
ment, Women's Department, and Y
C. L. in this district, therefore, this
question must occupy an important
place on our agenda.
We can see from the above out
line program how important it is
for us to take definite action on the
problems before us and only by this
means will we be able to build the
party in this district. The New
: York District, like other districts