Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-07

Military training in the high schools
Is maintained, claim the school authori-
ties, for the purpose Of making the
students better citizens by improving
them mentally and physically. They are
carrying on extensive propaganda in
order to make every student believe
that this is really the purpose.
The only country that Is not controlled
by capitalist-imperialists and which.
therefore, has no ambitions to exploit
any colonial people, Is the u. 8. s. r.
UNITED States Of Soviet Republics). Fell
low students and cadets. we shall not
allow the capitalists to send us to war.
for the protection of their investments
and markets"
These choice bits Of high school
rhetoric are taken from mimeographed
bulletin issued by some high school
pupils of Washington. D. c. styling
themselves the Communist Youth
League of Washington"-and in it Is
an appeal for student support. in con-
tributions attacking American institu-
tons and extolling sovietism and COM
munism.
Juvenile folly? OF course it is, but
it is only sample of what is being
pushed by adult traitors all over the
United States. who are organizing the
impressionable youths and hattering
their vanity by giving them the idea
that they are to be an influential part
Of a world conspiracy to overturn the
United States and all other civilized
governments Of the world. Breeding
treason! The date of the bulletin was
June, 1929.
Out in California, q call for support
of communistic summer schools. signed
Marion Gray" includes this statement:
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itself, in education for its own sake. in
culture Our schools are not intended
to replace or even to supplement the
public schools. In fact. much of the
time at the school must be given to
correcting erroneous impressions given
the children of the workers and farmers
in the capitalist-controlled public
schools.
THE public schools are a part of
the apparatus of the capitalist State.
What is the purpose of the State? The
State is the dictatorship of the bour-
geoisie, of the capitalists, OF the rich
and powerful. The State is the weapon
of the big financiers. the tool with
which they keep the workers and the
farmers in their present position OF In
feriority.
but perhaps even more important
Of the means used to prevent the
workers from demanding and taking
their rights is the machinery OF prop
uganda, the veil which blinds the
workers to the chains that bind them.
These propaganda agencies are the
papers, the movies. the radio, the
churches and-the schools. The public
schools are one of the most important
means used by capitalists to prevent the
workers from understanding their true
place in society. All the children OF
the workers are required by law TO
attend the schools controlled by the
enemies of the workers. Here the class
character of the State Is carefully con-
cealed from them. The teachers, them
selves products of the public school
system, are usually unaware OF the
true purpose of the State. They are
not taught the class struggle; they are
told there are no classes In America.
They are taught to respect the name
of Madison, but they are not taught
the one truth he stated, that the func-
ton of government Is TO protect the
minority Of the opulent against the ma
jority.'
1--WE make no empty claims for i'm
partially in our workers schools. We
frankly state that all education Is BIZ
ased, and that ours Is biased In favor
of the working class. OF the workers
and Door farmers. We stress through
out the course the working class out
look which we expect both students ana
instructors to have on all questions.
Starting with O clear recognition OF the
existence of the class struggle, we bend
our efforts to making our students
better fighters for their own class IN
The officiaI organ Of the youth Com
munists of America is called the Young
Pioneer. It Is published In Wisconsin
and last February 1t stated the doctrine
of the Pioneers as follows:
1.-THE Pioneers are mobilizing the
children and adults In a night against
religious training. They have distrib-
uted q bulletin calling upon all children
to fight against religious training"
Not only does Communism array itself
against religion, but 1t attacks the sane
tity of marriage and the love OF chill
dren for their parents. Last October
a bulletin was issued in which Lilina,
ex-directress Of public instruction in the
Union Of Soviet Socialistic Republics,
was quoted by the Entente Information.
ale Against the Third Internatiorale OF
Geneva, Switzerland. as follows:
Love Of parents Is, more often than
not injurious, and the child brought up
in the family is In most cases anti
social"
The teaching Of the Young Pioneers
Is that they should do all In their power
against the Boy Scouts. the churches
and family life. They are told that the
motto Of the Boy Scouts, he prepared"
means. BE prepared against the work.
"a Al eth tsast silly Div Interpretation Of the
scout MOI the Scouts merely laugh,
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