The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
RESULTS OF 9TH NATIONAL
CONVENTION OF C.P. US.A

political influence of the Party. This gap can
only be bridged by the most intensive, sys-
tematic, concentrated efforts of the entire Par
ty, with particular concentration upon the prob
lens of building the revolutionary unions.
6. The Negro work provided a rich report
and discussion in the Convention which, espec-
tally in participation of numerous Negro work
er delegates from all over the country, show
ed that the Party has entered a period of prac-
teal advance and concrete achievement in this
field. The discussion was rich in practical
experiences, but much weaker in its political
aspect, inasmurh as there was not the same
sharp struggle against devations both to the
right and left" as was shown on the gen.
eral political report, but more of a tendency
on the part of many delegates to deal tolerantly
with such deviations as permissible varia-
tions" within the general line. On this ques-
ton, also, the struggle on two fronts was
proved to be necessary, as brought out in he
discussion on the slogan of self determination
for the Negro masses. The right deviation is
most sharply expressed by the rejection of the
slogan of self determination and general de-
probation of all theoretical examination of the
position of the Negro masses; while the left
list" deviation rushes ahead to declare the slo-
gan as one not of propaganda but of action,
either at once or in the near future, without
reference to the general development of the
crisis of capitalism in the United States The
right deviation would entirely negate this Len
mist program on the national question and dis
card the most effective political weapon for
modelling the broad Negro masses as allies
of the proletarian revolution; the "leftist"
viewpoint would discredit the slogan by pre-
mature attempts to pass from propaganda to
action. The roots of the "leftist" view lie in
an incorrect estimation of the South as a
colony, in which revolutionary situation could
arise independently of the general revolutionary
development of the U. s. whereas, while it is
correct to speak of some forms of colonial
exploitation of the Negro peasant masses in
the south tsemi feudal and slave remnants),
it must always be understood that the south is
economically an integral part of the general
capitalist economy in the United States The
incorrect theory that the slogan of self deter
mination as a propaganda slogan must be put
forth only in connection with the perspective
of the proetarian revolution IAN echo of Pep
per's slogan of Negro Soviet Repubic) was
exposed and rejected. At the same time, me
gro Communists must explain to Negro work
ers and peasants that only their close union
with the white proletariat and joint struggle
with them against the American bourgeosie
can lead to their liberation from barbarous ex
ploitation and that only the victorious prole.
tartan revolution will completely and perma
nently solve the agrarian and national ques-
tons of the southern United States in the in
terests of the overwhelming majority of the
Negro population of the country" (Sixth World
Congress Thesis on the colonial question
Regarding the struggle against the influence
of white chauvinism among the workers, the
Convention noted a tendency to overestimate
the difficulties of this struggle among the
white workers in the south, and declared its
convection of The enormous possibilities of de-
veloping joint struggles of white and Negro
workers against their common oppressors.
CD A good report and discussion on the
Party's work among the YOUTH which was one
OF the featur' of the convention, must become
the starting point for new period of success
full youth York. The past difficulties and
weaknesses of the Party reflected themselves
within the Vel. in an exaggerated form and
the Party has given insufficient attention and
effors to help the youth in overcoming them.
The Vel. has begun definite turn to mass
work, and to overcoming all sectarian tenden-
cles but it requires the most decisive assist
ance from the Party, from Central Committee
down to the nuclei, to complete this turn and
fully enter upor the path of broad mass activi-
ties and mass organization of the working
youth
80 On the agrarian question, the Convention
report and discussion represented the first
serious steps of our Party to hammer out its
program No final documents were adopted on
this question: which must be further discussed
IN more detail and more concretely, especially
IN the questions of the program of demands and
particular features of the various agrarian Sec
tons Of the country. The general understand
ing of the class struggle and class relations in
the country, and the role of finance capital in
agriculture, established by the Convention re-
port and discussion, will enable our Party to
proceed to widen its contacts among the farm
ers and agricultural laborers, and in the near
future to definitely formulate an agrarian
program.
90 The Convention heard special report on
the preparation of August first second inter
national day of struggle against war and for
defense of the Soviet Union, for which the
widest masses must be modified The struggle
developed in the course of the Bolshevst strug-
gle against social chauvinism and realized in
the October Revolution-the slogan "Trans-
form the imperialist war into civil war" The
Convention rejected the Incorrect slogan, Gan
swer the impe"ialist war with proletarian revo-
luton" so thoroughly exposed by Lenin as a
meaningless phrase which, by raising illusions
OF an answer" which with one act would settle
the problems of the struggle against war
thereby diverts the workers from the really
necessary, laborious and extended tasks of the
struggle, which is process more or less pro
longed beginning with partial actions, strikes
determinations, and growing into civil war
OF the oppressed against the oppressors, of he