The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-11
PIONEERS FROM ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN,
MISSOURI AND INDIANA, HELD VERY
SUCCESSFUL MEETING IN CHICAGO

0Hdl 0lluhJlOu III Iuo ulbtlACl5 given
by the district Pioneer director. AS a
consequence Of the discussion that
followed this report a certain number
of requests were framed, to be asked
Of the party and the league.
Valeria MeItz Reports for League.
The district organizer of the Young
Workers League, Valera Meltz, then
followed with her greetings and re-
port. After the discussion on this re-
port the convention adjourned, to re-
assemble early the next day
NThe adjournment was followed by
sort Of joint banquet of the Pioneer
delegates and the students of the
Young Workers League National
School. Thirty-nine Pioneers (dele-
gates and reporters) participated in
this, along with the students. The
singing of the International and the
mass recitation of the Pioneer pledge
preceded the festivities.
Reports and Discussions.
Early Sunday morning the detailed
reports and discussions began and
lasted till about 5 p. m. in the after
noon. Lack of space prevents us from
giving even the barest details as to
those reports and discussions. We
must, however, say that for sponta-
neity, for concreteness, for correct
policies and for a thoro understanding
Of the problems faced, these reports
and discussions Gin which practically
every Pioneer delegate participated)
can bear favorable comparison with
any gathering, not only of the chill
dren but even of the youth or Of adult
workers. The older comrades who
were present were simply astonished
at the seriousness and effectiveness
with which the problems were attack
ed and solved. Unfortunately, we can
here merely list the reports and name
the reporters: Pioneer Responsibility,
by Paul Bucha; Reorganization, by
Max Weiss; The School Struggle, by
Tillie Lurye; Child Labor, by Jackie
Cohen; The Young Comrade and
Press, by Isadore Bernick Sports
Work, by Matte Goldstein; Negro
Work, by julius Houser; Opponents
Work, by Martin Miroff; Relief and
Defense Work, by Eva Greenspoon,
and The Russian Young Pioneers, by
Bobby Markoff. AS mentioned, each
report was followed by lively and
spirited discussion and concluded with
the reading Of a special resolution pre-
pared in the resolutions committee.
Representative Of Parents Council
Speaks.
After the reports Comrade Segall of
the Parents Council addressed the
delegates on the relation of the
Pioneers to the children.
The national Pioneer department
then presented its greetings and the
convention proceeded to the election
of the Pioneer members of the Pioneer
district committee. This concluded the
convention, which adjourned amidst
the singing of the International.
For those older workers who have
always assumed that children are just
cute playthings and can do nothing
by themselves, but must have every
thing done for them, this convention
was a revelation. 1t showed children
seriously, but not self-consciously, en-
gagged in solving the problems Of their
organization-the Young Pioneers Of
America-in the class struggle. No
more than two leaders spoke thruout
the whole convention, and then only
two or three times. The convention
was left entirely in the hands of the
Pioneers and its manifest success
points directly to the fact that the
Young Pioneers of America has
emerged in Chicago, as in many other
parts of the country, as a real fighting
movement Of proletarian children, not
simply an educational organization,
but a militant movement of struggle.
The Chicago district has taken Its
place among the very best districts Of
the country.