Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-08
TRAIL OF '"REDS'' In AMERICA
Organization of Youth of America, Most Dangerous
and Vital Factor in Communist Movement Begun
in 1920 Upon Orders Of Moscow Committee

giles with the workers. thus in reality
| becoming the revolutionary vanguard Of
the young
1t is part of the constitution that
| the members hold a meeting at least
| every two weeks. More than that, ~
| these meetings they study commun-
ism and ways of furthering COM
munist revolutionary principles.
And not only do they hold meet
ings, but record is kept of proceed
| inss at these meetings, printed and
| distributed to members as a record
Also they have their own newspaper
| inc loung Communist-printed secret
| ~ ana distributed with equal secrecy
| 10 all members Of the league.
The "NOunE Workers. League"
| 10 augment this, there is another
organization of youthful communists
! known as the Young Workers League
ana corresponds to the workers party.
| identical with that of the Young Com
! munISts. The program and constitu-
| ton for this organization is rraS,.-
caIIy identical with that of the Young
communist League. minus the parts
adNoca ting revolution by armed force
AIDED TO these. there has been es-
| taDilshed a junior section" to each o.
these organizations to take in chill
- VI 'N'Il younger age. their l.
bership being composed of childre.
between the ages of IL and IL on
theSc members about 80 per cent arc
girls. In Chicago this junior sectiou
mas several hundred members. and ~.
mem Dership Of the Young Communist
League ana the Young Workers
League mere runs into the thousand
1t is the duty of members of the.
eagues first to learn the principIcs =.
communism, and second to learn ard
10 practice the various methods Of
teaching others to accept them.
10 aid this work among the young
or communists there has been cstab.
ilshed IN Chicago the United SUNDAY
Social Schools. to which the your...
Communists 90 to learn reyolutiorsr.
principles. Originally this organic
lon was established by the Socialist
party, but today il is entirely urd,r
control of the Communists and forms
most important factor i'm Sprcadir-
revolutionary doctrine among chill
dren Of the working people In con
nee tion with it, also. is a parents. or
ssnization. One Of these propapand.
schools is located at 1902 West d
vision street. operating und.r IN,
anne of the Russian Soviet Technical
Srhool-a school where besides revo-
lut1onary doctrine, are taught alsu
various technical trades II wa
raided at, one time by the Govern
ment and 50 persons arrested Nor.
than 400 attended this school alon,
Besides these schools there are ou.,
forums held each month in ,arfou~
halls. the location Of which f.
changed regularly. \ school i con
Quoted on the South Side. ATTENDED
exclusively 10y negroes. who ar.
taught Communist doctrines
1t may b. thought that this teach
ing OF Communism 10 the young vii.
bear little result: that children az.
that age have not vet developed sur
HclcntiN TO tax" seriously any su,h
revolutionary teaching. Perhaps no,
! let there must be some results "a
r"rabIe to the Communists. for tn,
keep the younger organizations alive
Propaganda in schools.
ana the fact still remains that tn.
young communists were activ,
| enough To caus. general investi.sa-
ton OF ChiCa COS schools some months
ago. to discover where these teach
'r"s came from and 10 wat extern:
they were being accepted by tn
".-h School stUuents
Another eNa ample of Junior Com
muniSt activities j. found in Ncw
York. where in December. 1928. am
lily r-old boy Leo Granoif was ar
rested for being one of the leaders
II JL.4iDT communist Work there. Leo
was member of the junior section
I Of the Young Workers l. que \
policeman arrested him while he was
waiting on the corner for his mother
He had in his possess ion copy OF
the Communist. red flag and a mem
bership card in tn junior section al
the Young Workers League An i'm
mediate investigation was demanded
II! the National Security Leaguc.
When he was released. after heinz
arraigned before Justice HoNt in New
York. he received hundreds Of tel
grams from junior organizations al
over the country.
These young Communists may OUT
grow their Revolutionary tendencir-
when they grow up. It the tni'eC
.itatcS Department uf Justice docs n.
regard this junior SECTION liShils
aud considers the lighting Of iuni"i
propa ganda one of the knotticSt prof.,
lens this GoNcrnm nj has to solve ~
dealing with the question of Com
munism.
Copyright 1924. 10y Cncaco Daily News CO.
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