The daily worker., 1925-12-01
The Voice OF French Young Workers Is Heard

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tion until the eighteenth year, four
weeks vacation a year on full pay,
application of the labor laws under
the control of the workers, the Red
Army-the revolutionary school in the
service of all the workers and the op-
pressed peoples!"
"The dividends of the shareholders
are coined of the blood of young work
ers." Marx.
"The proletarian youth must learn
to use arms not to shoot their own
brothers but to overthrow their bour-
geois and to seize power"
Opening Of the Congress.
The congress opened amidst scenes
of indescribably enthusiasm. Follow
ing a series of sixty district confer
ences Of young workers, over six hun
dred delegates had been elected to the
national congress. The majority of
these delegates were not members of
the Communist Youth League; most
of the young workers there had not
even heretofore taken any prominent
part in the activities of the militant
left wing workers of France. For the
first time now, as the spokesmen OF
their exploited and oppressed young
comrades in the shops, factories,
mines, and fields, they came forward
to consider the position Of the toiling
youth of France and to cement
united front of labor in the struggle
against capitalism.
Toillng Youth and Its Demand.
After the greetings of the French
Communist Party, of the French
League of Communist Youth, of the
c. G. t. U. Revolutionary labor
unions), and of other French and for
eign labor organizations had been en-
Enthusiastically received, Barbe,
young worker, reported on the condi-
tions of the young workers and peas
ants of France. His report, based
upon a painstaking collection of facts,
placed the conditions of the French
young workers in very clear light
and the discussion that followed
showed that the young French work
ers were at last awakening to their
conditions and were determined to
wage a militant struggle against cap
italism.
Situation of Youth in Army.
Military service, the>imperialist ad-
ventures of France, capitalist militar-
ism-this was another point that de-
manded the attention of the congress.
Chasseigne opened the discussion
on anti-militarism and the situation
of the working and peasant youth in
the army what awaits the youth
in the barracks?" he asked. mo
trade unions to protect them, no right
to vote, the working class press ban
ned, silence in the ranks f. You
have heard complaints of the oppres-
sive discipline of the shops. But how
can that compare to the bullying dis
cipline found in the ranks Of the army
Ito the oppression of the petty offic-
ers and officers?"
War in Syria and Morocco.
but how can they make good their
promises of lowering the service
period to one year-this government
that sends thousands of young men
to destruction in Morocco and Syria
at the word of the bankers?"
In reply the French Communist
Youth League issued and the Youth
Congress took up with enthusiasm
the militant slogans: Down with the
capitalist wars in Syria and Moroccol
Mass fraternizationl
Into the Trade Unionsl
The young workers must enter the
trade unionsl Croizat, member of the
Executive Commission of the c. G.
T. u. (reyoliitionary unions), made a