The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-28

| is not correct either. Some NAV 81
that such small detail does not d
serve so much attention, but I 81
that 1t Is small details that go
make up our work and it is lack
| considering these small details that
the past and future determines Il
success of our Party work as whol
Native and Foreign Born
Furthermore. the discussion in OF
unit over this matter. brought OF
quite forcibly that among many {
the comrades there is an attitude
contempt toward native born Amel
leans as shown by one of the CON
rades saying that if we are suppose
to only consider the 100 per cent An
orleans Gin a contemptuous voice. l.
| supposed there was no room in I'll
Party for the Russians. Even one
the members of the Section Commit
tee thought the matter was not i'm
portant and that it was unnecessar
for us to discuss the policy of tn
Party as though only the leadershi
was smart enough to understand tn
intricate details Of the policy"
can well understand with such
attitude both in the rank and fiji
members and even among the Sec
ton leadership why our Party ha
been unable to root itself among tn
decisive strata of the American work
ing class in one OF the most import
ant centers of concentration, "stee
Even at the affair itself this at
titude stuck out like sore thumb
A few Mexican girls came IN. NJ
effort was made by the conrade
with the exception of one Y.C.I
member who was also Mexican) q
welcome these girls and make then
feel that they were really welcome
There were also quite few NegroeI
at the affair and no efforts were mad,
to make them feel that it was thei,
affair and when I danced with then
an actual feeling OF hostility per.
vaded the place In fact think J
was the only white woman to danes
with the colored comrades. SucE
Party snobbery and sectarianisnn VII
never get us to the destination We
have set ourselves.
Necessary to Change Approach
For the benefit of those comrades
in the Party and sympathetic organ
izations who were pioneers in the
movement in this country, although
foreign born, and who suffered dis
elimination at the hands Of the bosses
and who sacrificed much IN the
struggle, 7 as Party member would
like to say this:
The class conscious native-born
Americans appreciate fully what an
important role you have played In
the working class movement and the
Party. But we appeal now to al
such comrades for the sake Of unity,
for the sake Of the rapid growth Of
the Party to change their approach
towards the native-born Americans
and to burn out with the severest
self criticism the idea that the AM
orleans are dumb, towards, or that
It is impossible to overcome the capis
talist poison which they have been
victim of, for many years.
The recent Fargers' Conference h.
Chicago proves conclusively that the
Party is correct in saying that We
must root ourselves among the ma
tive Americans and that Il can be
done. But It can't be, done by hsrs
boring secret doubts and acting On
those doubts.
If our Party is 10 become one cs
any Influence or force In politics, h
economics, in the actual life Of the
workers, we must win the American
workers to our Party. 7 think this Is
a problem which Is one Of tbs most
important
B. ]. GARY, indiana
There can be no doubt about The
correctness Of the position taken by
Comrade B. ]. However, we must
also bear in mind that many Of the
workers in the decisive industries
steel and mining particularly-are
foreign born, and while redoubling
our efforts to win the American work.
ers into our Party, we must not pers
nit our work among the foreign born
workers to be neglected, but on the
contrary 1t should be intensified.