The daily worker., 1931-03-23

have also given rise to opportunist conceptions.
Some comrades sharply retreated from all Strug
gle against white chauvnism under cover of
counter charges of black chauvinism," narrow
nationalism," etc. They drew a line between
such a struggle in the Party and that among
the masses, one comrade expressing the fear
that an oyer-emphasis' on "eVery little mani
festation" of chauvinism in the Party might
hamper the recruiting and holding of Negro
workers in the Party. Whereas in fact, it is
just such an opportunist CLOSING over of chauv-
inist> tendencies which would destroy the Ne
groes' confidence in the Party.
At the same time certain other comrades, see
ing these tendencies to retreat, as we'll as an
insufficiently sharp struggle in general against
chauvinist tendencies, tended also to make an
opportunist separation between the inner-Party
struggle and the mass struggle against chauv-
iniSnl.
The representatives of the first tendency in
substance proposed liquidation of the inner
Party struggle against chauvinist tendencies and
a concentration on the mass struggle for equal
rights.
The representatives Of the second tendency
argued in substance that, first, all chauVinist
tendencies had to be completely eliminated from
the Party before mass work could be under
not propose Negro member for the Party be-
cause Of the existing chauvinist tendencies.
These wrong tendencies must be overcome, pri-
marily- in the course of the widest mass strug-
giles for equal rights, while at the same time
making every effort to clarity the Party on the
Negro question.
C5) To lay the basis for overcoming the con-
fusion, wrong practices and opportunist concep
tions in Negro work, the Politburo, first reas-
serts the correctness of the line of the St Louis
convention which created the LSNR The op-
portunist deyiations in practice from that line
must now be decisvely corrected in every dis
trict The Communist Party, in all cases, is to
retain its leading role in the struggle for Negro
rights. The JSNR must not become a substi-
tute for the Party. Negro work must not be
relegated to the LSNR or become the special
task of Negro comrades. On the contrary, with
the Party taking the leading role in all of its
activities, as well specifically on the Negro
field, in struggle for Negro rights the LSNR, in
addition to its chief immediate task of building
the "Iiberator" must become an auxiliary mass
organization (groups around the "Liberator" af-
filiated groups supporting the aims of the
LSNR, etc. having the task of aiding the Party
in rallying the white and Negro workers in the
struggle against segregation, Jim Crowism, lynch
ings, and for equal rights.
In recruiting activities the principal empha-
sis shall be placed on drawing the Negro work.
ers into the revolutionary TUUL unions and
the Party, and in no case must the LSNR be
looked upon, either in theory or practice as
sort Of a separate body for the Negroes Special
efforts, however, must be made to recruit white
workers into the LSNR by showing the impos-
sbility of the workers making progress in their
struggles SO long as the white workers tolerate
boss-cass terror against the Negroes.
The Liberator should remain the organ Of the
struggle for Negro rights. exposing all enemies