The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-17
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BY GIL GREEN
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Despite the definite progress made in the
carrying out of the Plan, there has been
number of shortcomings. G) The T.U.UL.
and Youth Sections have not been built. (2)
Shop nuclei, one of the most important points
of the Plan, have not been built. Beginnings
have been made, but very few actually or
gained. 60 There has been an uneven de-
velopment in the carrying out of the Plan,
First, in regard to the various fields of work
neglect of the industry youth conferences.
Secondly, in regard to districts Chicago for
instance has not made the necessary pro-
gress Superior has not been drawn sufficl-
emily into the Plan. and Boston has not
made one step forward since the Plan.
These shortcomings were clearly analysed
at the NEG Bureau meeting. The reasons
for the slowness of the tempo of the Plan
are: (a) Failure on the part of large per-
centage of our leadership and membership to
understand the political significance of the
Plan. (b) Open and tacit resistance to the
carving out of the Plan in a number Of
districts Chicago, Boston,. (c) Too little
attention from the center to the weaker dis
tricts Boston,. Id Failure to understand
that the Plan can only be carried out by
complete change in our system and methods
of work. without developing methods that
correspond with the present changed situa-
ton. And because of this failure to activize
the rank and file comrades and the strata
of Young workers around our League for
the carrying through of the Plan.
The last point is by far the most impor-
tant at this moment precisely because 1t is
understood so little and because 1t Is the
key to the Turn of our League to the young
workers Our League today is a small sec
tartan group Our League members are not
agitators and organizers among the young
workers They do not talk to young workers
Young workers who join our League are cut
off from all connections among the young
workers They are "activized" by being put
on some Subcommittee
Here is picture of our League. A girl
comrade in New York is an active member
on subcommittee and other internal work
This comrade works in shop where there
are young workers The comrade always re-
sisted carrying on factory work because she
could see no possibilities for winning over the
Young workers in her shop One evening when
this comrade was at an open air meeting, she
saw the girl that works at her bench, listening
to the speaker. Our comrade became so fright
ened at the possibility that this young worker
would think she was a Communist, that she
ran over to her and asked her what she was
doing in the crowd, and whether she knew
this meeting was run by reds At the same
time. she FASTENED to emphasize that she had
nothing to do with the meeting, but was Just
passing by. The young worker from the shop
who was not League member, answered that
she knew the meeting was run by the Young
Communist League, and further realized that
the Y c. L. was the only organization fight
ing for the interests of the young workers.
Here was a non-League member who followed
our League and was not afraid to admit 1t,
and whom our League member had never
thought of approaching in the shop. Sad to
say. this example is not an isolated one. 1t
is typical.
1t must be understood that the Shock Plan
cannot be carried out in its entirety until this
enire sectarian system of work in our League
is smashed The leadership today is too much
an office leadership of technical workers, and
not leadership that goes out and organizes
the young workers. With this entire change
in outlook-must come the development of
new methods of carrying work. Leaflets
and open air meetings alone must give place
to more concrete organizational measures.
Comrades must be sent to factories with the
definite task of talking to young worker,
making friends with him, going out with him
some night, and then bringing him, in GER
tain period of time, to the union or to our
League. In the city of Cleveland nearly
seventy-five per cent of our League member
ship is unemployed. This is bad but what
tasks are given to these unemployed COM
rades? When they go out in the morning
looking for job do they talk to young work
ers, do they organize them into councils? No!
Our own unemployed comrades fail to win
these jobless youth who feel the crisis most
We must tell the unemployed comrades. &c
to factory for job. Speak to a young
worker there. Walk with him from plant to
plant. Meet him the next morning and look
for job once more. Within week bring
him to the League meeting, Within a few
days bring few of them for the unemployed
council We must give our comrades con-