The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06
YOUTH TO HOLD
HUGE MEETING.
IN new YORK
Frankfeld, Perilla and
Gordon Outline Tasks

The Young Workers Communist
League of New York held very
successful membership meeting
Over 275 members We're present at
the irving Plaza Hall
The order of business was a re-
port on International Youth Day.
Frankfeld, acting district organizer,
reported on the history of Interna-
tional Youth Day, the struggle
against the social chauvinists in the
Second International on the part of
the revolutionary youth movement,
spoke about the present war danger
facing the working class, discussed
the role of the fake Kellogg "peace
pact" as an instrument in the hands
of the imperialists to fool the
masses, the struggle against CAPT
talist militarism on the part of the
League, and the immediate tasks of
the League during this period.
Must Increase Work.
what is most important for the
League is to develop real Bolshe-
vik understanding and theology dur
ing this period Of war preparations.
The League must increase its work
right within the very institutions of
capitalist miiitarism. At this mo-
ment, we can report that we have
sent as many comrades into the
Citizens Military Training Camps
this year as we did last year plus
the year before. We must expose
the National Guard, we must show
the real class character of the army,
the navy. the Reserve Officers
Training Corps, ETC., to the masses
of youth, both inside and outside of
these organizations" Frankfeld
concluded his remarks by reporting
on the joint mass meeting arranged
by the Party and the League for
International Youth Day for Fri
day, Sept. IA.
Gordon Outlines Tasks.
David Gordon spoke next on the
election campaign. He criticized the
League members for not respond
ing theoretically enough to the cleo
ton campaign. He showed that
while the League had collected
1000 signatures to date, that it was
not sufficient "The quota for the
New York League is 5000 sigma
lures, and the League must go out
and get them" said Gordon. He
outlined the immediate tasks of the
League in the election campaign.
Perilla spoke next on the Work
ing Youth Conference. He reported
that the League had put out % leaf
lets, eight bulletins and two gen.
eral leaflets. More than 250,0O0
leaflets had been distributed by the
Working Youth Conference Com
mittee, together with the League.
"Now the big job is to begin to get
trade union endorsements and the
election of delegates. The bigger
task is to begin to organize shop
committees in large and small fac
tories. We must have in mind"
said Perilla, chat this conference
will be Only beginning. The fax
ers will never organize the youth;
the progressives have shown their
inability to do so, and only the Com
munists and left wingers will do the
job" Perilla, in conclusion, called
for still greater efforts to put the
Working Youth Conference over,
the conference date being set for
September 20 and 80.
A discussion followed in which
many members spoke. Frankfeld
read a cable to be sent to the Con-
gress of the Young Communist In
ternational now in session in Mos
COW. The cable was greeted with
applause, and a collection of SIT
was taken up to send the cable there.
It was also announced that former