The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-11
Fight Against White Chauvinism
in Gary, Ind.

The Communist Party District Control Com
mission of District 8 'lChicago) has investigated
the situation in Gary, Ind, and the following
findings and decisions made by it have been ap-
proved by the Central Control Commission Of the
Party.
Charges of white chauvinism and a right
wing line were preferred against comrades Sam
kuchar, Serdso (selzop, Levchenko and Yanke-
fcn by comrade NJ. Morton, section organizer
" the Calumet Section.
hearing was held and it was found that
conrade Kuchar, Selidso and Leychenko had
refused to struggle against white chauyirism in
the cooperative movement Id Gary, Ind; that
they had refused to support the Party decision
in the cooperative fraction to employ Negro
workers in the Cooperative Restaurant and that
especially conrade Kuchar had openly stated at
a meeting of the Section Committee that he
would not carry out the decisions in reference
to the Party policies in the Cooperative.
1t was found that comrade Kuchar, as well
as comrades Seldso and Levchenko who were
old Party members, and that they not only had
resisted the Party line for long period of time,
Il not for years, but that they had actually or
IRnized together and fought against the Party
line On the question of arranging certain mass
demonstrations in Gary, these comrades held
hat the Party was too week to demonstrate. Thus
Ill three OF them have "a long right-wing record,
n refusing to carry out the Party line, and of
refusing to be corrected
At the hearing itself, before the District Con-
trol Commission, when they we're criticized by
he comrades from the Section, as well as by
members of the District Control Commission,
hey not only resisted and made light of the
criticism, but they used all kinds OF factional
methods to fight their Section leadership by
ringing up various mistakes and weaknesses Of
A.
% bolster up their iight-wing defense.
All three of them. when the question Of the
correct Party line was raised at the Control COM
ission meeting, fought against the employing Of
egro workers in the Cooperative Restaurant,
5ating that it would ruin the business OF the
lestaurant, that the workers would go elsewhere
. eat, and that for business reasons it would
e ruinous policy for the Party to insist on the
Employment OF Negro workers In the restaurant
gyhich is not and cannot be tolerated In the
,srty.
Therefore Sam Kuchar, Seidso (Selzof) and
,evechenko are expelled from the Communist
'arty of the USA. W
Conarade Yankeyich who at times had given
certain objective support to Kuchar, Sebdso and
i,evcheriko, and who had refused to vote for the
'srty motion that Negro workers be employed
n the Cooperative Restaurant; but who it ap-
cared, was ready to recognize his errors and will
ing to be corrected. he is severely criticized and
. warned that he must correct his position and
aust actively engage in Party work
BY this, however, only one phase Of the troub-
:, IS In the Calumet Section were dealt with at
he first hearing it. appeared that the Young
Communist League Of the Calumet Section cat
he Section and District Plenum) also engaged
n sharp criticism Of the Party leadership in the
calumet Section, advancing the yanguardist
f1eory that there was no Party in the Section
hat the Young Communist League was doing the
Principal work there, etc.
At a second hearing comrades Thomas and
jtrckland presented series of charges against
ae Party leadership in Calumet Section, espe-
ally against Cnmrade Morton the Section Or
anizer and conlrade Russak, the Section Agit-
rop Director, accusing them Of white chauvin-
m, responsibility and general. inactivity
Then third meeting was called In Gary Ind.
. which the leading Party and League comrades
u the Section, well District representatives
the Party and the League, and the District
'Iegro Director we're invited M
At the meeting It was clearly established that
ne charges against Kuchar, Selidso and Ie-
chenko in white chauyinisn, and right wing ac-
ions. and line we're well founded It was also
Established that. the Section leadership endeay-
fred to take and did take a correct Party po-
ittou. on the question Of white -chauunisrn es-
nctaaly IN regards TO the policy to be pursued
"a, the Cooperative Restaurant. It was also
xuveu that certain leading members Of the
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