The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

Moscow, U. s. s. R. Sept. 1.
Llalson Commission,
10th Cavalry Army Division.
Dear Comrades:
Upon my return from my vacation
found your letter awaiting me, and
am Fastening to answer it, so that we
shall be in close contact continually.
l was very glad to get your letter, as
was beginning to think that the one
had sent you had not reached you.
Red Army Is Educator.
was particularly pleased-and the
comrades in America will likewise be
pleased-to read in your letter of the
splendid work you are conducting
among the masses of the population
in the locality where you are sta
toned. l have already written to the
comrades in America of this phase of
your activity, which is so different
from the activity of an ordinary army.
The Red Army is indeed more than an
army-it is also the educator of its
own members and of the workers and
peasants with whom 1t comes into con-
tact in its work. That is one of the
reasons why the Red Army is so much
stronger than the bourgeois armies.
The bourgeois armies are not inter
ested either in the welfare of the
soldiers or of the inhabitants. We
therefore find not infrequently that
the peasants hate the troops stationed
in their neighborhood, because these
troops, while not contributing any
thing to the population in any form,
still do lot of harm, such as appro-
priating food without paying or by
paying very little, interfering with the
work on the land, etc. On the con-
trary, the Red Army not only does not
interfere with the peasants, but ac-
tually teaches them how to become
better husbandmen. AS a result of
this. the Red Army is loved by the
peasants.
was also very much pleased with
the progress that is being made in
educating the Red soldiers. In bour-
geois armies the only aim is to make
good fighting machines out Of the sol
diers. The Red Army aim is to make
good Soviet citizens out of its mem
bers-men who can do their duty to
the workers and peasants state,
whether in fighting its enemies or in
demonstrating it economically. In
this respect the Red Army is doing
praiseworthy work in eliminating illit-
eracy, which before the revolution was
an outstanding characteristic OF Rus
STA, and teaching the soldiers to par
ticipate in the political and cultural
life Of the country.
The American Youth.
now wish to tell you very briefly
something about the work Of the
Young Workers (Communist) League
Of America. Since the plenum of the
executive committee of the Young
Communist International the League
in America has begun to work along
the lines laid down by the E. C. Y. c.
l. and the results are already notice
able. A plenum of the central COM
mittee was held not long ago, at
which there was complete unity, and
at which the tasks of the league were
discussed very thoroly and resolutions
covering all those tasks were adopted.
At the present time the league is,
engaged in the following main activi-
ties:
1. Getting in the young workers
| from the heavy industries. This is a
very important task, as up to the pres
ent the League has been composed
mostly of young workers from the
light industries. The League is now
beginning a campaign on a national
scale among the young coal miners,
and as a result of this campaign it will
recruit many new members.
| 2. Setting up workers sport move
ment. Up to the present no workers
sport movement existed In the United
States. Altho there is a mass par
ticipation in sports, 1t is all under the
domination of the capitalists. The
League has begun setting up workers
sport clubs, working within existing
ers and winning the trade unions over
to support workers sport. A national
conference will be held as soon as
there are enough organizations, and a
national workers sport organization
established.
3. Anti-militarist work. l have al
ready given you some idea of the tre-
mendous militarization that is going
on in America. To counterfeit this
the League is organizing a united
front OF all workers, students and
women's organizations to carry on a
struggle against militarism. This cam.
paign is proving quite successful and
large number OF organizations have
already endorsed the campaign, in
Guiding many liberal and pacifst or.
ganizations In many schools the stu
dents voted against militarism.
Increased Mass Work.