The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-22
BY ALBERT eLoTzER.

DURING the past year an unhealthy
- attitude has been created regard
ing the question of the correct rela.
tionships between the party and the
League. If this attitude is to contin
ue it can do no good for the organiza-
ton; on the other hand it will re-
tard its progress.
Because Of obvious reasons of the
past history of the party, the party
has to an extent neglected the Young
Workers League. The reaction of
league comrades not yet understand
ing the basic fundamentals Of the
movement, has been an opposition to
cooperating with the party. This OPP
position was on working together with
the party on those fields necessary.
That it was mistake for the party
to adopt such an attitude or rather ne
glect the League, is obvious and is
being recognized by the party. itself
(this is witnessed by the recent
changes of attitude by leading func-
tionaries of the party and by the units
themselves.)
The Real Relationship.
Let us now try and discover the real
relation between the party and the
League. What is the Communist Party?
To quote from the English League
Training Syllabus: "The Communist
Party is based on the Revolutionary
class struggle and represents Ne in
terests Of the workingcIass, as a class,
and generally in all questions. It is
the vanguard and leader Of the work.
ing class. The party Is the only lead
err of the workingelass. This leader
ship cannot be divided"
Now then what is the role of the
League? Some comrades have and
will bring this question mp. What is
the Young Workers. League? Has it
any function? Let us again quote from
this Syllabus: "The Young commu-
mist League is the mass organization
Of the working youth. II Is the or.
ganization of the worklngcIass which
has the task of enrolling all young
workers within the ranks of the work.
ingcIass and organizing them to take
part in the class struggle alongside
the rest of the workers. Its task is
to gather the mass of young workers
into its ranks, to represent their in
forests In all spheres; to educate them
in the struggle and in the theory of
the struggle and pass them into the
ranks of the Communist Party"
League As Training Ground.
We find the League therefore play
ing a special role in the revolution
airy movement. The role of the youth
is a special one in the class strug-
gle. The League carries on it's own
particular work amongst the working
youth and does not seek to be the
second edition of the party. 1t is the
revolutionary reserve for the party
and should turn over every year train
ed eager comrades into the ranks of
the party.
The league is politically subordin-
ated to the party, yet it retains or
ganizational autonomy. However, the
fact that the league is politically sub
ordinate to the party does not mean
that it mechanically and without
thought prescribed and operates the
decisions Of the party. 1t means that
the league members must closely par
ticipate in the life of the party, play
role in hammering out of its de-
cisions and applying them to the
youth. Since the league is a political
organization and our work political,
participation in party activity height
ems our level and helps to unite and
weld together the two organizations.
Yes, the league is a training ground
where our members arm themselves
theoretically and practically to enter
the party. In the party the league
members play an important role for
they have had the proper training.
The league is in reality a training
ground, reserve guard, for the party.
We have the attitude of league com
rades in Chicago who when holding
open-air meetings refuse to sell the
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