The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-01

Nehru, and an Opposition" which
is comparable to the Cleft Kuomin-
tang in China III its demagogie
days.
While the whole Congress is a
bourgeois affair, the obviously in
effective pacifism of Ghandi is so
unpopular that the fake cleft"
which is using brave talk about
revolution" in order to gain the
leadership of the masses away from
the Indian proletariat, is forcing its
way into dominance IN the Con-
gress.
1t was undoubtedly this fake
cleft" which forced Ghandi to give
way to the fighting men of the
Sikhs, whose leader, Kharak Singh,
at a great demonstration Monday
told his followers of a conference
with Gandhi at which the holy
fakir agreed to the Sikh demands
on the Congress. The Sikh leader
also advised the Sikhs to work for
complete national independence.
Yield TO Sikhs.
The Sikh demonstration was
planned as a protest against the
Nehru report to the Congress deal
ing with communal representation,
which the Sikhs declared would be
prejudiced against them in favor of
privileges for the Hindus. But the
Nehru report had been dropped"
by the Congress, and Ghandi had
pledged Kharak Singh that the
Sikhs would have a Especial color
in the national flag" and that no
solution of communal representa-
ton would be made in the future
(the future state of affairs yet to
be won from England) which did
not satisfy the Silks.
Undoubtedly this and other still
more radical" steps to come are
being forced upon the Congress by
the tidal wave of mass anger at
imperialism sweeping over India.
d While Ghandi won by vote of 131
to 80, on an amendment to his
gradual atttainment"CD of in
dependence, the amendment being
for complete severance of relations
with and cessation of all participa-
ton in the Government of India
(British), he received his first de-
feat on Monday on methods of car
rying on the struggle.
The bureaucratic and ponderous
committee system is difficult to
understand for those not accustom-
ed to the way the Congress is or
gained. But the subjects" Com
mittee rejected the working Com
mittee's" proposal to appoint COM
pletely autonomous Permanent
Committees" which were to do the
work Of the Congress after adj
journment in respect to the cam
paign for wearing homespun cloth
instead of British cloth (Khaddar) 2,
method of boycott, on the religi-
oIis caste system of 'untouchabili-
tyv and on Prohibition. The system
Of uncontrolled Permanent Commit
tees was attacked by the "opposi-
ton" as a measure Of decentraliza-
ton tantamount to the Congress
committing suiside.
Thanking the Oppressors.
On the other hand, Ghandi won
by one vote. Id to 113, on an
amendment by the Opposition"
which would have struck out an ex-
preston of appreciation to the
British Viceroy for his "offer" of
Ground table conference" propos-
ed lately by the ''labor" imperialist
government at London. Since this
is still committee action, the cop
position" saws it will try to strike
this out in the open conference.
All the actions so far are by
these committees, and struggle"
more or less in pantomine may take
place - the open conference over
the "ognosition" attempt to have
it reject the non-violent peaceful
revolt" program Of Ghandi, This
Opposition" which the British
speak of as Extremists" are the
moro shrewd and therefore the more
dangerous enemies of any real in
dependence movement.
The Role of the left"
Bourgeoisie. {.
BY fierce talk of revolution"
they aim to capture the support of
the masses from the strictly work
ing class leadership, and use the
masses against the British as Wang
Ching-wei did in China, only to
cheat them later on, ride into power
on the sacrifices Of the workers
and peasants and suppress them
when they demand the land and
the factories or try to set up a
workers and peasants government
to insure their demands.
On Monday at Ahmadabad, near
Bombay, the British Governor Of
bombay, Sir Frederik Sykes, was
met by a demonstration of the
Youth Independence League wavin~
black flags and shouting "Go bac'
home!"
Nehru Versus Nehru.
At Lahore, the crowds are SO en-
thusiastic that they broke the po-