The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-04
III. THE ROAD TO MASS ORGANIZATION.

2 processes all the activities of
League which the problems of the against
the danger and the organization of the workers. their
mobilization the class battles of the American proletaria
22) League further clarified by the fact
that the workers special role industry not only
the most unreed section not only the most Disseminated
against between the oregnborn and Amer
canbOn workers. the aculate section of the working
industries where they and the foregnbon constitute the
overwhelming bulk of the working class.
(23 the orntation of the League
be toward the basic industries where the contradictions of
sharply expressed the of rad
azaon most advanced and where the young workers play the
League be cented around and tied with
its work in the basic industries
MASS WORK OF LEAGUE
24 League which began activities only after the
Third Convention broadened and deepened these activities the
organization The League led large numbers of
workers the struggle against capitalism In the course of
these struggles able to establish itself the only
an workers in this country The League has broken
with all the labor traditions of the initiating for the first
the United Communist work ervicemen
part of the struggle against the war danger
League organization fighting for
the of the workers in the strikes and in the
election campaign during which had truly Communist youth
program thru the Pioneers began with the
children working class struggles which historic achievement
for the American working class
League really the
first steps the road organization This it able to
do because understood the which affecting work.
that going thru turning point the conditions of its
work. conditions. doing this the
broke completely with the antyou problems theology which
dominated the League till its third convention and of which
remain to the present day.
The League journalistic
which dominated the of the League the Third Convention
And above ALL the League
errors which were committed between
venon which threatened hinder the of the League
Communist youth league These expressed remnants
campaigns appeals labor bureaucrats organize
the young workers. serious past anwar work.
attitude toward the YPS and other youth
National Student Forum American Federation of Youth and
reformist election in the 1926 election campaign The
tendency orientae to light industry still strong.
SUCCESS IN WORK
25) On the beginnings development
organization the League record certain in its
practical work and improvement in its position Among these
be ncuded active participation strikes proper linking
young the strikers thru relief activities real anti
mr work. including work the armed forces concrete steps
toward the organization of the workers textile
neede naton toward basic industry consolidation of the
Leagues position the sports organizations the holding of district
schools for improving the political level and training Of
The organizationa position League
Not has the membership increased but the number of members
from the basic industries has increased Still the social composition of
poor The established units
territoryWest South the district organizations have been
firmly established and funconng beginning to react to local
struggles League membership grown younger
representative of the American YOUTH with Party kernel of
so to go in 192627 The
League participated actively the election campaign with its
reaching thousands of workers. who for the
first time made to realize that the tong youth had interest
in elections.
(26 While has been made towards organization
by the League its general position has not changed fundamentally
still relatively small organization largely isolated from the
of workers. responding slowly their needs and not
important shortcomings from which the League still suffers but
this should the
acceerang the of development organic
SOCIAL COMPOSITION
(2 important symptom position of
the League the extremely social composition This in
on that the League has yet understood how to oenate
properly young them into its ranks how
develop the potaran members and push them leadership
in the League
The small number Of members the basic industries the absence
nuclei trade union work and failure develop
the youth sections of the trade unons widespread provincial
contact with the revolutionary the colonies
isolation from the Negro youth and the the armed forces
these indications that the really only the
the direction still
distance to travel to become a organization.
28) From this angle all the shortcomings of the League must
approached Based thorough
gec mobilization Of the membership for participation the
struggles based the League coming forward real fighter
for the interest the ng youth conscious and systematic drec
ton the work of the League and systematic efforts
League organization pran youth this
country
ERRORS COMMITTED
(29) number of committed by the League
must be mentioned indicative of the still insufficient ontaton
the League They No systematic
efforts eliminate shortcomings tendency hide the
face the League during STRUGGLED axness enforcing Instructions
of the Organ
e Workers Mia functong of the NEG department and
the adoption by them gprop Of bureaucratic methods Of
the development of bureaucratic methods of work generally
also the DISTRICTS hiding the face Of the League pittsburgh;