The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-11
Negro Reformists Fail
In Attempts to Block
NegrO-White Solidarity
Communists in Chicago Lead Successful Rally ON
Jim-Crow Beach, Forcing Police to Back Down
On Terror PIans-Negro MisIeaders Defeated

timent of unity of Negro and white,
and the Beach Party Of July 29th.
Lies about Discrimination
The Chicago Defender came out
on the week Of July % in glazing
headline stating, There is no dis
elimination on Jackson PARK
Beach" The following week it
used its yellow sheets to prepare for
the bloodiest massacre Of workers
in recent years.
The Chief of Police Of Chicago
issued an order to all police cap
tains stating, Racial unrest is
being stirred up in District l6 and
IT, All captains hold special forces
in reserve. The Beach Parade must
be broken up. There is no permit
for it, nor will any be issued"
The Superintendent and Lieut.
enant of Police of the South Park
Board informed a delegation that
visited them that all Of its forces
would be modified and no parties
would be held.
Defender" Supports Police
In face of these threats. the Chi
cago Defender opened up its sheets
to a cunningly written article
Iustifying the planned attacks. The
article stated that trouble would
take place at jackson Park Beach
Sunday July 29, and the Defender
wanted to warn its readers Of the
situation. The article stated that
huge beach party of Negro and
white workers would take place and
that police were going to break it
up.
1t then proceeded to justify this
attack by stating that all known
radicals would be arrested on sight.
1t warned its readers that these
arrests would not be because the
party was mixed, but because the
Communists were trying to use the
beach for propaganda purposes.
1t advised that the Negro work
ers attending not permit their chill
dren to play with others, not to mix
with whites, and to call the police
to arrest anyone that approached
them.
This was the heroic support Of
white chauyinism which the De-
fender undertook by its efforts to
smash the struggle against Jim
Crowism.
Force Rulers to Back Down
In spite of this, our Party and
League met and defeated the man
euyers and plans of the white rulers
and their Negro agents.
BY continuing to arouse the
masses against these people and
their schemes, we forced the au-
thorities to back down. The great
wave Of protests finally made the
South Park Board f-heartedly
promise non-interference with the
party Of July 2.
When, in spite Of this promise,
hundreds Of police were brought to
the beach, the solidarity and unity
was so great that they did not dare
to attack.
Every weapon and lie used by
the white rulers and their lackeys
We're defeated.
ANCSAOCo EtDIk 10 IdTGN
First, We defeated their cry Of
creating race riots by uniting nom
revolutionary workers, Negro and
white bathers in the party.
Second, their cry that Negroes
had segregated themselves was ex-
posed when large numbers of Ne
groes came across the old color
line to join the party when they so
no hostilities We're developing.
We likewise forced the commits
sioners to cut gate through the
fence that had divided Negroes and
whites.
This partial victory must be fol-
lowed up until all our demands are
won. Our message to the Abbots,
McGills Of the Chicago Defender,
Foster Of the Urban League, and
the whole lineup of reformists is:
Judas, for the wonderful service
you rendered your white masters.
go get your thirty pieces of silver.
If they reproach you for having
failed, tell them you did your best,
but the unity of the masses, Negro
and white, under the leadership of
the Communist Party and the
-oung Communist League defeated
you"