The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22
PIONEERS fight
DISCRIMINATION
in U. S. SCHOOLS
AssaiI Teachers for
Catering to Rich
Especial to The Daily worksn


PHILADELPHIA, May 2o.--Diserlrn-
matlons against workine-class chill
dren in the public schools of Penn
syIvania, and especially against the
children Of foreien-born and Negro
workers, was bitterly condemned by
delegates from Wilmington, DEL; New
York, Chester, Camden and other
nearby cities, at the first district con-
Vention of the Young Pioneers Of Dis
trlct at 521 York avenue here.
Determinations Against Children.
Many of the delegates related to the
convention how teachers had catered
10 a select few whose parents were
wellto-do and Disseminated against
children of working-class parents. In
cidents in school life were brought up
TO show the need of combating this
tendency on the part of the teachers
90 neglect the education of working
class children and spend most of their
energies in educating select few of
the well-to-do class.
All of the evils Of the public school
system were forcibly and intelligently
brought out by delegates whose ages
ranged from 10 to 16. Religious in
struction in the public schools was
condemned.
Teachers Foster Race Hatred.
The attempt of the teachers in the
public schools to foster race hatred
and to build race barriers in the
schools between children Of various
races was assailed. Delegate after
delegate took the floor assailing this
attempt on the part Of the teachers
and the public school system to keep
alive. race prejudice and race hatreds.
Demands were made that all race bar
riers be abolished and that the chill
dren of Negro workers, white workers
and of other races be allowed to min
gle freely in the classes.
This convention of the Young
Pioneers decided to reorganize COM
pletely on the basis of school groups.
With the reorganization of the
Pioneers on the school group basis the
Pioneers will carry on an active and
constant struggle against discrimina-
lions against working-class children in
public schools and attempts on the
part Of teachers to instill race hatred,
prejudice and militarist notions into
their minds.
National Convention Soon.
This convention is but one of a Sc
ries of district and city conventions
I,1I oil IA
try. District (Boston) and 2 New
York; have already had their conven-
tons. A number of city conventions
have also been held. At these city
conventions plans have been laid for
the calling of district conventions. A
national convention is to be called
soon.
Summer Camps.
The Young Pioneers, besides carry
ing on a struggle against discrimina-
lions in the public school system, also
carry on social work. They have
hikes, outings, fairs and other affairs.
Summer camps have been established
by the Pioneers in various sections of
the country. These camps are being
run in opposition to the camps that
are used by the Boy Scouts to instill
mflitarist ideas and obedience to the
boss into the heads of the youth. AT
these summer camps the Pioneers will
mingle vacation sports with serious
study of the problems of the working
class children.
Strike Duty.
The Pioneers are also active on
strike lines. In the Passaic textile
strike and the strike of the New York
furriers the Pioneers have carried on
excellent work on the picket lines,
aiding the strikers in their fight for
better conditions. The Pioneers also
aid the Workers (Communist) Party
and the Young Workers (Communist)
League in their various campaigns.