The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-07
How Mast the Party
Combat White
ChdnViniS1n?

IN Chicago few weeks ago gangSJers Iaveaes
the premises of the Polish Club at 4S4s Ash
land Ave. While one Of organizations was
having a dance AS usual Negro and whits
workers were dancing together. This aroused
the ire Of the gangsterS. They began 70 insults
the mixed couples These insults grew more
numerous and more threatening as more gang
sters poured into the hall. The atnogp1GN
was charged. Something was going to hsppen-
just what, nobody knew.
At this point members Of our mass organiss-
TONS among them Party members, eaSed thcn~
selves out of the hall leaving the Negro COM
rades and a few League members to face the
fire alone! A white conlrade sensing the danger
of the situation, volunteered to take some Negro
comrades home in his car. This conlrade an6
some Negro workers left the hall. AS they I'D
gangSters followed. They tried to prevent the
car from starting. Only the timely interference
of some League members enabled these comrades
to escape unscathed.
But three Negro workers still remained in tas
hall. And the gangsters still lowered around
To make matters worse, cops arrived upon the
scene. In accordance with the usual procednU
they ignored the gangsters and began searching
for the Negro comrades, who escaped only BY
hiding in the attic Finally the cops left. TSaE
comrade with the car returned, and all Negro
AS the League members however, were on the
way to the street car, they were brutally at
tackled by the gangsters Some comrades were
so badly beaten that they are suffering from
their injuries even now
Two days later at forum held by the Una
employed Council which consist mostly Of Negro
workers, the scheduled program was kicked
overheard and one point was discussed How
Can Negro Workers Defend Themselves" During
the discussion 1t was recalled that Negro work.
ers we're deliberately picked out by the police
for murder in the August Third massacre. It
was also pointed out that at the Dec. It'll DEM
onstration white NGorkers ran away when Negro
workers were attacked. The conclusion arrived
at was, that white workers will not defend Negro
workers, that Negro workers can only rely upon
themselves, and that they must defend thems
selves by any means whatsoever.
What does this case show? 1t shows first that
the Party in that section does not understand
It's tasks IN relation to the Negro question: on
one hand the white Party members refuse TO
defend Negroes, on the other, Negro comrades
siccumD 70 the theology OF the vaccilsting
wsverins Negro petty bourgeoisie. In the second
place, it shows that almost no theology struggle
against white chauva-lisn has taken place In
the mass organizations and among the workers
OF the neighborhood. In the third place It's
shows that the failure TO continue the struggle
for Negro rights, will inevitably result in q loss
Of prestige for the Communist Party. The
splendid reaction Of the Party to the August
Third Massacre brought thousands into the re-
evolutionary movement But the lack Of proper
follow-up results in the continual loss Of the
influence Of the Party.
What must be done? The Party must az
conduct an theological struggle against white
chauvanism inside and outside the Party, "a
organize militant mass demonstrations around
concrete cases Of discrimination, (3) form de-
Tense corps in the Party and in the leading mass
organizations and "a draw the Workers Ex-
Servicemens L eague and the Labor Sports
Union into active defense Of Negro workers
The first steps in the theological struggle have
already begun. Before this article is printed
mass meeting against the terror Will have taken
place In the very hall where the attack began.
In addition, white workers will stand guard,
side By side with Negro workers, over the body
of stockyards worker whom the bosses starved
to death. A workers trial is also being
prepared, to try a worker who fell victim to the
bosses superiority bunk.
Coupled with necessary organizationaI meas
ures, this theological campaign win go long
way towards roofing white chauvanisn out OF
our Party. Without leading the masses In
struggle against Jim Grow practices, however,
even these steps would be insufficient. The
masses must be rallied to the defense OF Negro
rights. In this fight the white comrades must
literally Jump at the throat OF the LOO per cent
American bandit who strikes Negro In the
face" This is the real test Of the, international
solidarity OF white workers.
The Negro comrades. on the other hand, must
vigorously combat all tendencies among the
Negro masses to fall victims to the wavering
doubts uncertainties and skepticisrn Of the
Negro petty bourgeois intelligentsia.