The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-13
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Org. Dept. Central Com
mittee, Communist Party, U. S. A.
How're Organized An L.S.N.R.
NeighborhOod Group
BY r. Clark (Ohio)

AFTER discussing the decisions of the Central
"A Committee on the organization of the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights published
IN the Daily Worker, our Section Buro (Section
p sent out specific directives to the units on
how to go about the work. The directves were
sent out about four weeks ago to the Party
units and up to date one unit CNo 25) reports
the following:
I'VE elected committee of two at the unit
meeting and assigned them to work on 10th and
Cedar Ave. The committee took Liberators and
the special leaflet on the Scottsboro case We
had the name of Negro woman which was re-
ceived at an open air meeting in the neighbor-
hood a short time before that. This was the
first contact to be visited. She was very much
interested and agreed to take some Liberators
and speak to her neighbors about joining the
L.SN.R. In the meantime the committee went
from house to house speaking to the workers on
the Scottsboro case and explaining the purpose
of the LSNR.
They succeeded in getting eight contacts on
the street A meeting was arranged for the fol-
lowing night in one of the workers homes They
all came to the meeting. The purpose of the or
ganization was explained by one of the comrades
of the LS.NR A president and secretary were
elected, Ten Liberators we're ordered to sell in
the neighborhood and plans we're made to
spread the L.S.NR. by having the members go
to the adjoining streets to form groups. Eight
Negro workers and two white workers belong to
the group on 10Th st. which they decided to
name the NAT Turner Group" The group was
represented at the Scottsboro-B arberton Defense
Conference on May &c. by two delegates"
We find in organizing the neighborhood
groups, we have more results in calling the
meetings in workers home in the neighbour
hood. Unit "a had the experience of getting
eight contacts for such group but instead of
calling the meeting to organize the group in
workers home it was called at the hall where
the various organizations meet and not one APP
peared, although everyone was interested and
had agreed to the formation of the LSNR
group They are going to try again and will no
doubt have the group organized in few days.
1t is better that Negro and white worker go
together so that the Negro worker will see the
solidarity Immediately and will not feel that it
is just another white man coming to fool them"
as many think when the white worker goes
alone, and gets the door slammed in his face,
unless of course he gets chance to explain.
What is also necessary in order to keep these
groups alive is some definite plan work For
instance, at the present time we can only give
them the Liberator to sell and encourage the
spreading out of the groups in adjoining streets.
But we have no constitution of the League of
Struggle for Negro Rights we have not even the
decisions of the. convention in ST. Louis We
must have definite forms of activities for the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights which will
actually make it an organization which war;
rants the name. AS yet we have no such infor-
nation and the Section Buros cannot therefore
send directives to the units on the groups they
have organized in their territories.
COMMENT
marked contrast is revealed here between
the comrades obvious willingness to do concrete
organizatonal work among the Negro masses
and their lack of clarity concerning the work
to be done. This unclarity is noticeable in many
sections of the Party.
The Scottsboro Case must serve to emphasize
the brutal oppression and terror against the
Negro masses, and to expose the open co-opera-
ton of the NA.A.C.P. leaders and other Uncle
Tom reformists with the class responsible for
this terror-the white ruling class.
Through the Scottsboro case we can bring to
the Negro masses an understanding of our pro-
gram and methods Of struggle for their full So
cial, political and economic rights. The groups
drawn together through their willingness to
fight for the defense of the Scottsboro boys can
be held together only If we link this case up
with their concrete every day demands, thus
making the Scottsboro case definite part of
their lives.
We must give them Liberators to sell, we must
spread the groups to adjoining streets, but above
all we must stop the high turnover in the
L.SN.R. To do this, the fight for unemploy-
ment insurance relief, against wageA cuts
speed-up. and for reduction OF rents must be