The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1925, Page 11

HE following resolution on the question of imperialism was one of the resolutions passed at the Am- erican Negro Labor Congress, which held its sessions recently in ‘Chicago, in which the congress analyzes the urge of the imperialist powers to dominate the darker races and shows that the enslavement of the darker races can only be combatted by or- ganized action and for that purpose the congress ‘declares itself in favor of the convening’ of ‘a world race congress’*at which the question of combatting’*imperialism will be the main isst@r+" o° “Imperialism: is ‘the enslavement of the entire world by capitalist nations or groups of capitalist nations, bring- ing under their oppressive rule the 1,100,000,000 darker” colored peoples in Asia, Africa, the Philippines, Mex- ico, Haiti, Porto Rico, Cenral and North America. Imperialist Domination, “From the colonies and semi-colon- jal regions, the imperialist nations secure immense supplies of raw mat- erials produced at a lower labor cost by reason of the inferior social, econ- omic and political status forced upon the darker-skinned peoples. “In these regions also the imperial- ist nations find markets for the output of their factories. “Here also they conscript recruits for the armies with which the imper- jalist nations ‘wage war on one an- other, on Soviet Russia, on the colon- ial peoples themselves and on the working class. Debauch Labor Aristocracy. “By force, bribery and debauchery, the imperialist powers maintain divi- sion among the darker-skinned peo- ples, and the proceeds of the robbery practised upon them, are able in turn to bribe and debauch certain upper sections of the working class in the imperialist nations, “Without the profits from the con- quest and sweating of the darker- skinned peoples, the great imperialist nations cannot maintain themselves, ' Life and Death Struggle. “For these reasons the complete liberation of all the darker-skinned peoples of Africa, Asia, America and South America from the rule of world imperialism is of life and death im- portance to the whole -working and farming classes—colored and white— in the imperialist nations, their col- onies and spheres of influence. “We call attention of the American Negro masses to the recent announce- ment of the entry of American imper- ialism on an immense scale in the $100,000,000 Liberian project of the Firgstone Rubber company, into the Affican continent—hitherto the ex- clusive field of Great Britain, France, Belgium and Holland—and in an im- perialist industry monopolized by Great Britain. “We declare that this new rivalry arising over the question as to whe- ther British or American imperialism shall have the power to oppress and rob millions of our race, means an added menace of imperialist. war in which our race, unless awake to its danger, will be conscripted by both sets of imperialists and slaughtered by the millions, , Break Chains of Bondage. “But there is encouraging evidence that our race, and the natives of India, China, Egypt and Morocco, are moving to break their chains of. bloody bondage. . “In China, beginning with a strike of textile workers in Shanghai, the liberation movement has swept to the farthest corners of the nation, based itself upon the workers and farmers, developed a definitely anti-imperialist and a firm working class character. “All of the Chinese “masses are uniting against the imperialist rob-| bers of America, Great Britain, _Jap- an and France, “In China, only Soviet’ Russia: ap- ese people, «°* Look: to’ Soviet ‘Usiteen, i “Only in the, Soviet union have: the darker peoples attained to full social, economic and political equality. But the workers’ and peasants’ government’ of Soviet Russia, because it hails as equals and because it aids all the op pressed darker races in their strug: gles for freedom from imperialism’s yoke, is attacked on all sides by the imperialists, while the darker races of Africa, India, China and elsewhere are learning to look upon Soviet Rus- sia as their best friend and ally. “By the fury of the attacks we are enabled to understand the importance to the imperialist governments of the continued enslavement of the dark- skinned colonial and _ semi-colonial peoples, “In India, where British imperial- ism has perpetrated the most horrible atrocities upon the magses, where mass murders like those at Amritsar are-the order of the day, where work- ers and farmers, unable to pay the extortionate taxes, are slaughtered with machine guns and airplane bombs, where the workers slave 12 and 14 hours per day for a wage of $10 to $12 per month, and where more than 800 out of every thousand chil- dren in Bombay die before they are one year old, 150,000 textile workers are now on strike altho defeated in 1924, “In Egypt, a strong national liber- ation movement exists altho its lead- ers have been murdered and the mas- ses drowned in blood time and time again. Moroccan Struggle. “In Morocco, the combined efforts of France and Spain, aided by an Am- erican airplane squadron, have been unable to crush the heroic Riffs and to end their struggle for national liberation. “In the Philippines can be seen the beginnings of a national liberation movement whose advance guard has been murdered and imprisoned by the Wall Street dictatorship headed by the militarist, General Leonard Wood. “In Haiti, the American marines have suppressed every semblance of political liberty and more than 3,000 Haitians have paid with their lives for continuing the struggle for free- dom, “In Panama, American troops have broken the strike of tenants, jailing and shooting workers. ‘ “In Mexico,‘ the Calles oe thru the intrigue of im ists an eir tools, including some mislead- ers, of American and Mexican labor, has been brot under the thumb of Wall Street. “In Brazil, American army officers train the national army and ferment war between Brazil and Argentine. “General Pershing imposes the will of American imperialism upon Chile and Peru. “All thru South America the mil- lions of Wall Street debauch the na- tive governments while the natural resources pass into the hands of Wall Street’s agents backed by gunboats and marines, Cruelest Mockery of Freedom. “In the United States, the Negro masses are given thé cruelest mock- ery of freedom. Their social status is that of a colonial people, In the southern siates our race is subjected to lynching, accompanied by bestial tortures, victimized by vicious peon- age and contract labor systems, denied the franchise, segregated, de- prived of anything but the most meag- er educational opportunities, discrim- inated against and oppréssed in every conceivable manner, “In the north we are denied en- trance to many unions, murdered in race-wars fomented by real estate agencies and. capitalist enterprises bent upon fanning race hatred and further dividing the Negro and white workers, discriminating against the Negro workers in wages and condi- tions of labor. “Our grievances and our cause are those of our race brothers in Africa and the darker-skinned peoples in the colonies of world imperialism, “Our oppression, our cause and our enemies are the same as those’ of hundreds of millions of workers and ‘farmers in Asia and Africa, ° 5°: pears as a friend wr malin ip _— : ‘“Phis congress declares for’ unity of the. masses of our racé in America with the masses of Africa and: Asia. “inthe -world struggle :against im- /perialism, we, Negro workers : ‘are to qeeupy an important: place. ; Gained Valuable Experience: “Cursed tho .we are .with. intoler- able oppression, we have, thru our strugglese with the rulers of the most advanced capitalist country in the world, gained valuable experience in the fields of industry, politics and or- ganization, experience that has been denied members of our race in most other lands. In the light of the les- sons we haye learned from the ter- rible struggle we have been forced to wage, it is not too much to say that from our ranks. will come the leader- ship of our race in its fight for liber- ation from imperialist oppression. “It is with the full knowledge of our responsibilities: to.our: race that we, hail -the .rising liberation move- ents ‘in. Africa and Asia, that we ‘welcome the long-delayed recognition of the necessity for solidarity of all oppressed, black, white and brown, as shown by the.French workers in support of the Riffian struggle, the sympathetic attitude of the British workers to the Chinese and Indian independence movements, the erow- ing unity of the working class and colonial peoples against their com- mon enemy, United Effort Needed. “The white workers cannot free themselves without the aid of us dark-skinned people, and we cannot liberate ourselves unless they join with us in an assault of the world fortress of imperialism. “We hail the workers’ and farmers’ government of Soviet Russia as the first to bring into being full social, political and economic equality for all peoples, white and dark-skinned. We call upon the members of our race to recognize this signal accom- plishment of the first workers’ and peasants’ government as the sign manual of what the future holds for the toiling masses of the whole world when the workers and farmers follow its example and dmperialism has been driven from the face of the earth, “As a first step in connecting the struggles of our race in America with its world-wide struggle against im- Derialism, this congress of Negro bce and farmers instructs the na- executive committee to convene ange a Ahsan Sng Ris tans “It further instructs the American Negro delegates to this world con- gress to lay the foundation for ‘a world organization of the workers and farmers of our race and to make this organization a leader and fighter in the liberation movements of all the darker-skinned peoples in the col- onies of imperialism everywhere. “Welcome Soviet Russia—the friend and ally of the oppressed of all races! “Welcome to all who join with us in the fight for emancipation from imperialist slavery!” Condemns Segregation. The American Negro Labor Con- gress in the following resolution con- demns the segregation of Negro work- ers and demands fhat the sale and renting of homes be taken out of the hands of private real estate concerns and placed in the hands of public agencies that will rent and sell to workers regardless of their race or color: “The American Negro Labor Con- gress declares itself unalterably op- posed to the segregation of our peo- ple in separate’ residence districts. We declare the discrimination against Negroes in regard to which part of a city they may live in and which part they may not live in, is a political question and must be dealt with just as we deal with discrimination in voting. The time has come when the living accomodations of the public, cannot be left to the private control of a few wealthy. parasites who de- cide where the colored man may live and where he may not live, or whe- ther he can have a house to live in at all. ‘i Demand Protective Legislation, “We demand legislation by which all. tenements, apartment houses and homes to let, shall be subject to the claim of the first comer, regardless of race or cole or the will of ees landlord... t _It.is common knowledge that’ Ne- groes are. customarily charged rent at a rate of twenty per cent to one hundred per cent’ higher than is char- * for the same apartments rented to white people. We demand legis- lation for a fixed rental for all places ny . NG SSS a Imperialism and the American Negro to be let, with heavy penalties and damages whenever a landlord charges higher rents for one race than would be charged another. race for similar accomodations. “We declare that any Negro real estate agent who connives in charg- ing more rent to his own people than would be paid by whites, is a rene- gade and a traitor to his own people. Public Renting of Houses: “In advocating the foregoing meas: ures of relief, we do not regard them) ‘ as being permanently effective, ‘This” ) congress advocates taking the whole housing question out of the hands of private individuals, and advocates the takipg over of all rented residences by the public, to be rented without discrimination of color to the people at.a.fixed low rental. We further ad- vocate that the housing shortage in the. cities. and towns be relieved by the local government building modern apartment houses to be rented on the above basis, Score “Company Houses.” “It is also a custom of large em- ployers of colored and white labor, such as mine operators and mill own- ers ,to house their employees in ‘com- pany houses’ and thereby to control the lives of the workérs being able to throw them out of house and home whenever the bosses please and when- ever there is a disagreement about wages or working conditions, we de- mand any legal measure that may be necessary to prevent any employer of industrial labor owing or controlling the homes rented to his employees. “Pending legislative relief, and dur- ing the present period when the Ne- gro’s rights are ignored by govern- mental agencies, we call upon the residents of all Negro communities to organize colored tenants’ unions so as to be able in an organized way to refuse to pay exorbitant rents, or to consent to live in inferior build- ings or segregated districts.” Demand Ousting of Trust Friends in U. S. Trade Commission.. tok | —— WASHINGTON, Nov. .13. — De- mands are being made here for the removal of three members of the fed- eral trade commission for their re- fusal to prosecute the gigantic bread trust that has now been formed. It is charged that the committee at first passed the buck to Atty. Gen. Sargent, and that the attorney general just as promptly passed it back tell- ing the commission that it had full powers to act. Following Sargent’s refusal. to in- vestigate the case, the board by a vote of three to two decided to dis- miss proceedings against the $400,- 000,000 bread trust. It is also pointed out that of the 55,000,000 loaves of bread produced in the country, the bread trust, con- trolling 157 bakeshops, produced $1,~ 000,000 loaves thus controlling 56 per. cent of the bread production in the bic United States, The three men, Van. Fleet, Hunt and Humphrey, hit by the charges, are the men that Cal Coolidge appoin- ted for those jobs, so that big busin- ess would be able to carry on its mergers with fewer obstructions from governmental bodies, It should be remembered that the campaign pledge that Coolidge was elected on was, more business in government and less government in business, McAndrew Rating Plan for Teachers Aims at Further Subordination The new rating plan for teachérs’ submitted by Superintendent®” ‘of® Schools William McAndrew. to’ the Principles’ Club aims to. whip téach- ers into line with the new system of larger classrooms for each teacher. - and conformity to McAndrew open shop rule. The teachers. disciplinar- ian abilities will supercede all other requirements, The plan applies to all teachers in the elementary, junior and senior high and continuation schools, Its purpose is to provide a basis-for ridding the school system of those teachers considered “undesirable.”