The daily worker., 1929-05-20
PIONEERS MEET
DESPITE POLICE
Discuss Past Work and
Anti-War Tasks

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to defend their case.
Then they were taken to the So
ciety for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, where they were treated
as the worst convicts. They were
not even allowed to talk to each
other. The food given them was not
fit for eating.
A charge of juvenile delinquency
was preferred against the Pioneers.
Their case come up today in Chill
dren's Court at 10 o'clock. All of
the children, except Harry Eisman,
had already been released in the care
of some member of their family
early yesterday morning.
In the meanwhile, the business of
the convention was resumed after
the Pioneers had returned to their
hall. Since almost half of the Pres
idium elected before the police at
tack were arrested, a chairman was
elected from the floor. The first re-
port was given by Miriam Silvis,
National Pioneer director.
She reported about the progress
that the Pioneer movement has made
in the past year. eve have made a
gain of rs per cent in membership.
We have participated in the miners
strike, in the strike of the needle
trades workers, and in the textile
strike of New Bedford and now in
the South" she said. She also point
ed out that it is the task of the Pio-
neers to build up their organization
so as to be able to lead the work
ers children in the ever increasing
struggles of the working class.
The next report was that on the
war danger, and the militarist
work of the Pioneers, given by Com
rade Trauber. He pointed out the
role of the Boy Scouts in the pre-
parations of the bosses for the next
war. eve must fight the Boy
Scouts with all our forces. One way
of fighting their influence among
the children is to send this summer
the First Children's Delegation to
the Soviet Union"
Then began the discussion of these
two reports.
The session adjourned with songs
and cheering. The Pioneers marched
in body to the conference of the
Trade Union Educational League.
There, a Pioneer, Ruth Yukelson,
spoke. She said that the Pioneers
will help the T. U. E. L. in its
struggle for the organization of the
unorganized workers.
Sunday, at 10 o'clock the conven-
tion reconvened. Discussion was re-
newed on the two previous reports.
Then came the report for the dis
trict Pioneer Bureau, given by Com
rade Fanny Gordon. She reported
on the progress of the Pioneer move
ment. "Yet the movement has many
shortcomings. We have failed to
organize to any extent the grea.
mass of oppressed Negro children.
We also find very few child laborers
in the ranks of the Pioneers. This
convention must remedy this state,
so that next year we will see hun
dreds of Negro children and child
laborers in our ranks" she said.
While her report was being given,
Harry Eisman, a Pioneer who was
arrested in the demonstration, came
in, and was given an ovation.
After the discussion on this re-
port, George Pershing of the Com
munist Youth League spoke to the
meeting, pledging increased coopera-
ton from his organization to the
Pioneers.
Jessie Taft gave the next report
of the District Executive Commit
tee. She. pointed out the fact that
the Pioneers have participated in
several struggles of the workers, and
have by this time learned how to
conduct Pioneer work in the schools,
where the great mass of workers
children are found.
Resolutions were then read and
adopted on the delegation to the
U.S.S.R., on child labor, Negro work,
on camps in the summer and greet
ing to the heroic strikers of the
South.