The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
HAS THE YP.s.L. COME TO THIS?
By P. FRANKFELD

the Hands off China" conference held on Tuesday
1 March 18th, twelve youth organizations were
present Amongst the twelve youth organizations
college groups from City College of New York, both day
and evening sessions, Columbia, Hunter, the Young
Peoples Socialist League and Young Workers League
When Edward Levinson, a so-caled socialist who
seems to know just bit too much for honest man.
began with the work of disrupting the conference
by demanding that the delegates of the Furrers Union
Local be not seated, inquired from of the dele
gates what organization Levnson represented. was
surprised to learn that he from the YPSL, es
peciay in view of the fact that the other Upset dele
gate had previously informed that he alone repre-
scented the young socialists.
Once 1t Fought.
The YPSL in the past a fighting, militant work
ngclass youth organization Even to-day, in the ranks
of the Ypsels there still honest and sincere young
workers and students who believe that the YPSL is
revolutionary organization that fights in the interests
of the working class
1t would have been quite enghtening to those honest
young Ypsels to have been present the Hands off
China conference to listen to the provocative speeches
Levnson and the confusion and disruption deliberately
brought into the conference by Levnson delegate OF
the Young Peoples Socialist League!
Issue Was China.
The real and only issue at the conference China
The fact that the Chinese have arisen with guns
in their hands to redeem China from the world inn
peralists is event of world importance to the work
ing class the world 1t is the international duty
of the working class in America well elsewhere to
give all possible aid to the Chinese people in their
the workers in America to help their Chinese brothers,
but also act to safeguard their standard of v-
ing that makes imperative for the workers of Amer
ca to support the Chinese workers and peasants.
Actual Sabotage
Any attempts to divert the ISSUE and raise Others
false and controversial is direct attempt sabotage
the struggle of the Chinese people The conference
called for the purpose of considering ways and
of helping revolutionary China, and Levnson, in the
of the young socialists, tried to demoralize the
conference and sidetrack the problem before it. Es-
specially repugnant and INSCRIPTIONS his actions
when considers the fact that the Chinese National
st Party the Kuomingtang accepts and welcomes into
its ranks the members of the Chinese Communist Party
and the Young Communist League of China, (which
incidentally has a membership of over $4,000 young
workers and students).
In America, result of foreign mperialist aggres-
sion there developing many military institutions
The mtarizaon of the youth is proceeding with leaps
and bounds. At this conference the question of how
American Imperialism in China and other places affects
the youth should have been discussed since there
IL youth organizations present. but due to Levnson the
matter not preached In that way the repre-
sentative of the YPSL not only sabotaged the work of
the conference, but placed the organization in light
Of sabotagng the problems of the working-class and
student youth.
Disruption Is Imperialism"
The Chinese speaker said in answering Levnson:
The question of China is broad enough to include all
elements of the labor movement. The Chinese revolu-
ton demands the support of everyone opposed to world
Imperialism The Chinese revolution is part of the
world revolution and therefore needs your support
Whoever tries to divide this conference is no friend
China but friend of Imperialism"
We say to the rank and file of the YPSL: "The Hands
off China conference has proven that your leadership
more interested in creating disunty and dsharmony
in the ranks of the conference than in helping the
Chinese workers and peasants. Will you stand for a
delegate that plays the part of provocateur in sabotag
ing labors' struggles?
Where Does YPSL Stand?
We say to the membership of the Young Peoples
Socialist League: Do you agree with the tactics of
Sgmanism in the Needle Trades that is so heartily en-
dorsed by the Socialist Party? Do you agree with the
policy of fighting against the Communists and no strug
gle at all against the capitalist class?
The rank and file of the YPSL must answer these
questions did Upton Sinclair in recent issue of the
New Leader in which he wrote" Instead of concentra-
ting energies in the fight against the communists
let concentrate energies in the fight against the
capitalists"
The real dangers confronting the young workers and
students in America the dangers of new imperial
list war; and the growing mitarization of the youth
All the honest young workers and students in the YPSL
must join in the fight against Imperialism and mar-
ism, give their utmost support the struggle of the
Chinese masses for emancipation and sharply repudate
the actions of Edward Levinson and the descriptive tao
tics of Sgmanism.