The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-06
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Org. Dept Central Coss-
raittees Communist Party, q. s. A.
How to Build L.S.N.R. Groups
By RINA EVANS.
New Brunswick. n. IL

ONE OF the reasons why our League OF Strug-
gle FOR Negro Rights groups do not grow
as rapidly as they should, in the face OF all
the objective possibilities at present, Is the
fact, that among our white comrades there Is
still prevalent idea; that for white comrades
alone, l. e., without help of the Negro comrades,
1t is very difficult to approach Negro workers.
and that without Negro comrades we do not
know how to build L. S. NJ R. groups. From the
experience we had in our city, will endeavcr
TO prove to the comrades that their conception
is entirely wrong
Because of definite historical and economical
reasons in the development Of capitalism, the
Negro worker was, and is, more oppressed than
the white worker, also the white worker has
learned first how to fight our common enemies.
The duties OF the white worker is therefore two
fold II is the white worker who must be tbs
cns to come to the Negro worker and explain
unity Of struggle and solidarity. And the pur-
pose of these lines is to tell the comrades what
happens when the white comrades go out with
out Negro comrades) and speak Unity OF Strug-
gle and Solidarity to the Negro workers.
OF course, the comrades mustn't draw tbs
ridiculous conclusion that, wherever we do have
Negro comrades they are to be excused, or not
actively engaged IN this work On the cor
trary, Negro comrades should be very active In
the building, Of l. S. N. r. groups. But our
point concerned here is: How to begin tbs
building Of these groups, wherever we have re
Negro comrades at all
The Party here has a membership OF new
and inexperienced comrades, with no Negro
Party member. We have quite a Negro popu-
1ation here, and as elsewhere oppressed and
Disseminated against During our various Party
campaigns we succeeded in getting few Negro
contacts. Now that the Scottsboro campaign y
on, we set ourselves as q major task the build
ing OF an L. S. N. r. group. During the sans
time we were organizing Scottsboro conference.
We visited few contacts In the same neigh
bcrhood with the 1iberator and literature This
response was good We found out the worker
who was the most popular in that particular
neighborhood. When we were through that eve
ming meeting in the popular workers hons
was arranged for few days later. About 70
workers came to the arranged meeting from tbs
same neighborhood. We spoke at the meeting
about the program of the L. S. N. r., about the
reasons why the capitalist system wants to
lynch the boys, the need for organization, etc.
We also elected delegates to the conference
which was held few days later. The confer
ence was good one, and the delegates were
euthused. At the next group meeting everyone
Joined the L. S. N. R. and for the first Tins
we had a representative Of the L. S N. r. at
the meeting.
The group is now functioning organization,
carrying on every day work, and planning to
really struggle for Negro Rights. Leadership Is
being developed in the group, which is already
taking the initiative in organizing another
neighborhood group and this time with the help
and Joint work with white comrades The re-
suits of all our activities 50 far, was splendid
mass meeting held in a church here recently.
About IS workers applied for membership inta
the L. S. N r. and out OF the pennies Of the
workers $18 was collected.
A large percentage of the workers in our city
have heard of the program Of the l. S. N. r.
including some nlisleaders' organizations, where
we succeeded in breaking in.
Until we began this work not Negro worker
was seen in our headquarters and naturally
there was no cause for White Chauvirisn, and
as we had expected we now find signs OF White
Chauvinism here and there, which only marks
lack of clarity and understanding OF the Negro
question We are now carrying on theological
work to wipe out White Chauvinisn before it be-
comes serious hindrance.
In this work, as in any other work of the
Party we find plenty of difficulties. But We
talk so much about the white worker not being
able to free himself without the Negro worker.
about the necessity for building and preparing
our apparatus, because it takes subjective and
objective forces to make revolution, etc. But
one of our main weaknesses is in our fear to
come to the workers, especially Negro workers.
and when we do, we do not follow up our work
properly Let us do away with this fear. and
learn to pay more attention to detailed organ
Rational work After all, at the present mo-
ment, our main task is: to come to the workers,
become power.