The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-06
BY JOHN WILLIAMSON

the large Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
Delegations from many Moscow shops
were present and mingled freely
among the many delegates from the
various countries. The opening SEES
sion was taken up principally with
speeches of welcome from the Com
intern, Profntern, Red Army and
many other organizations. Banners
were presented to several of the
League from Russian Y. C. L. Shop
nuclei.
There were present 10S regular del
egates and "a fraternal. America was
well represented having three regular
delegates, Comrades Williamson, Carl
son and Edwards with Kaplan fra
ternal delegate. The work to be con-
sidered by the Congress was princi-
pally review of the activities based
on previous decisions and a clarifica-
ton and extension in various fields of
work. The fundamental program
adopted at the Srd Congress had prov
ed itself to be correct.
Politically, the Y. G. /. had consis-
tently supported the Executive Com
mittee of the Comintern in its major
issues and it was significant that not
one League in the International had
deviated from the stand of the Exc
cutive in the two major situations, viz.
German and Russian. In the Scan
dinavian countries the League had
consistently fought for the position of
the C. l. against the opportunist lead
ership of the Swedish Party. AS re-
suit the League was denounced by
this Hoeglund element but the Com
intern had defended the Y. G. L. and
the situation is now coming to head.
The situation arising out of the Ger
man situation was dealt with extern
sively both by Com. Manuelisky who
represented the e. C. c. /. and in the
report of the Y. C. l. Executive. The
9Th Congress- of the c. l. had definite
1y stated its position on the United
Front and the Workers and Farmers
Government, pointing out the role of
the Communist forces and thereby
leaving no loophole for opportunist
deviations such as had occurred in
Germany. A cardinal point in this
discussion is that which says that
the Communist Party must guard its
independence OF propaganda and cri-
ticism while carrying out these ma
neuvers. The Y. C. l. Congress ac-
cepted this unanimously.
Closest cooperation had taken place
between party and League in nearly
all countries and the Parties were
really realizing the role Of the youth
movement in relation to our entire
Communist movement much better
than in the past. The success of the
League in shop nuclei and anti-mili-
tarist activity had undoubtedly assist
ed in this transformation.
Organizationally, the Y. c. I. had
taken many strides forward. While
our International numbers we'll over
million, many of our Leagues must
increase their influence and member
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can be doubled. Only the Russian
League can be considered real mass
organization in the full sense of the
term. Our German and Czecho-Slovak
League however are well on the way
to becoming mass organizations and
they must strive for a membership of
100000 each during this year.
To the degree that the Leagues par
ticipated in shop nuclei activity did
they increase in membership and in
fiuence. A good start had been made
in all of our Leagues in Transforming
the Leagues to the shop nuclei basis
exclusively. The Russian and Estho-
MAN were functioning exclusively on
this basis and the German, Czech,
French and Italian Leagues were
ready for complete reorganization in
whole districts. The Congress reit-
Grated the fact that only thru the COM
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