The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-15
PARTY LIFE
PARTY LIFE
Breaking DOl0n Race HatredIn
Capital Of the United States
The Fight against Race Prejudice and Struggle
against White ChauUinisnr in the Party

In this column, today and To-
morrow, we are dealing with a very
important question, /. E., the fight
to break down race prejudice, In
stilled by the capitalist class, in
the minds Of the workers, and the
struggle against white chauvinism
in the Party. TOday's article deals
with the situation in Washington,
ID. c., and the progress that the
Party has made there In breaking
the jtm-croW laws and practices.
TOmOrrow's section presents the
struggle against white chauyiniSm
within the Party. The article is
written by the Party Organizer In
Washington. W
Breaking Down Race Hatred in
Washington, d. C.
Washington, D. c., is the Capital
Of the United States. One-tIird of
the population Is Negro. Washington
has no Jim-Crow laws. But Wash
ington has Jim-Crow practices. That
is, Negro is not prevented by law
from going to white" theatre,
hotel, restaurant, or otherwise exer-
ciSing his rights as an American
citizen. But II he actually tries to
exercise these rights it is an entirely
different matter. Then we see that
there Is no difference between JIM
Crow laws and Jim-Crow practices.
Since Washington is the home Of
the President, the defender OF the
Constitution of the United States
Qncluding the 18th, 14th and 18th
AnendmentsD it would not be good
politics as far as the 10000, GOO, Ne
groeS are concerned, to make jim
Crow laws. But it is easy for the
government to close It's eyes to jim
Crow practices.
Struggle Against Jim Crowism
However. the revolutionary move
ment, under the leadership Of the
Communist Party, is exposing these
practices, and is breaking them down
through struggles Of Negro and White
workers. Especially during the past
few years, during the deepening, of
the crisis in Washington, have we
been able to do this. IA.
The Communist Party Of Washing
ton, which has only in the past few
years come forward as a party Of
struggle, as the leader of the fight
against unemployment, wage-cuts,
oppression Of the Negro people, ETC.,
has not been able to shape a clear
program on the liberation movement.
The comrades, many Of whom have
been in the Party for years during
its period Of SectarianiSin and iSola-
ton, are now unable, and in some
cases unwilling, to understand the
role Of the Party on the Negro ques-
ton in Washington. 1t is only now
that clear Bolshevik line is being
hammered out. 1t is only now, when
the Party is actually leading the
struggles Of the Negro masses Of
Washington, that our comrades who
are still inclined to remain in their
sectarian shell Of the language mass
organizations are facing the question
OF the liberation movement of the
Negroes.
Must Expose National Government
Washington, being the Capital,
Wl1ClC O1lI-S1On lows 1OAA1dAl4 uA4-
written, but are enforced by the
President and the Congress, has
most important role to play IN 'the
liberation movement.
The Party in Washington has the
task OF exposing the National Gov
eminent as government that sane
tons the oppression OF 100000 Ne
gro people. The excuse that the
states are violating the 18th, 14th
and 18th Amendments in opposition
to the wishes of the Federal Govern
ment crlImbles beneath the jim
Crow practices allowed in the Cap
ital. ,t
Second, the Party has the oppor-
tunity, and duty, to actually break
down discrimination against the Ne