The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-27
By P. FRANKFELD.


IN a period such as this, when the
clouds of war are hanging low and
all indications point out the nearness
of another world war, it is we'll and
profitable for the revolutionary van
guard of the workingclass youth to
take cognizance of the effects of the
situation on the youth as a whole
and the working youth in particular.
The campaign for the Citizens Mil
itary Training Camp therefore be-
comes an indicator, a reflection of
the weakness or strength, and the
results of the war propaganda on the
youth, besides having its actual sig
nificance as military institution to
train the future soldiery.
I N the New York Times of June 10th,
= there appears news item bearing
on the enrolment in the CMTC's. It
states: "The first of the camps open
ed today. The quota to be trained
this summer is $4,000, but the num-
Der of applications received to date is
46,830, with more expected for camps
scheduled for the late summer.
"While this figure is undoubtedly ex-
aggerated, yet the fact remains that
the quota for this year has been
more than filled. In the Second Corps
Area, comprising New York, New
York, New Jersey and Delaware, the
quota for July was reached a few
weeks after the campaign was open
ed. August followed suit several
weeks ago and then one thousand
more applications were transferred
from other corp areas to New York.
This corp area is the largest. In a
letter sent out to recruits the officer
in charge states that it is necessary
to inform him in advance if the ap-
plicant cannot go to the camps, so
that others who have applied later
than the accepted recruit can be ac-
commodated in his stead.
THUS we see that the attendance
in the c M T C's continues to
grow. In 1920 the enrolment in the
training camps was 10000. Since
1920 this figure has grown to $4,000,
and if at the next session of Congress
the war-mongers can show proof that
they could not accommodate more
because the facilities were lacking,
greater appropriations will be made
for the following year. The avowed
policy of the imperialists is to train
100000 young workers and students
yearly.
While on the one hand, the U. S. A.
is the most powerful imperialist
country on the face of the earth, and
is proceeding rapidly to arm in pre-
paration for fast approaching con-
flicts-yet the American bourgeoisie
has not forgotten its old pacifist
phrases and still mouths them. 1t
therefore calls together a Naval Dis
armament Conference, knowing full
well in advance that nothing will be
accomplished, and if any decisions
are arrived at they will be disregard
ed anyways. Besides trying to es-
SehDAloA q oboOlC ldtlO IdNOIdUlS W THE
U. S. at the Geneva Conference, and
trying to limit expenditures on naval
ornaments, there is the other reason
that also enters into consideration.
America wants to appear before the
world as being interested in "disarm-
ing" That is the reason that the
American imperialists still talk about
the "open door" policy in China,
while shooting down the Chinese
masses in Marking. That is the two
faced policy of American imperial
ism, to zap pacifist phrases while
subjugating weaker nations to the
yoke of Wall st. and intensifying it's
military preparedness. These pacifist
illusions that the imperialists foster
must be exposed and combatted by
proving them false and fighting
against American Imperialism at all
times.
THE war danger is no longer a
mere slogan, but a reality. The
situation in China, and the develop
ment of the Chinese revolution along