The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-20
BY LII ANDREWS.
(Continued)

We have MANY resolutions and directives on
how to recruit young workers. We make many
decisions and have profound discussions Oh
how 10 draw young workers into our campaigns
and into active participation in the class strug-
Gle. But in reality little contact is maintained
with the young workers. We have meetings.
and conferences. subcommittee meetings and
campaign committee meetings. But IN sp'te OIL
all these meetings and conferences. our deci-
sons are not carried out because We are not
tied IN with the every day life of the young
workers.
An example Thirty leading comrades oil
Philadelphia have meeting one Sunday night.
They are reading from the Communist Mani
festo" This is presumably some sort OF study
circle There is no immediate necessity 10 dls-
cuss some vital problem. There is no oDJectloh
to reading the "Manifesto"-but no one real
ICES the fact that there are young workers VINO
90 to Bourgeois Sports clubs on Sunday nights
There are young women in thousands VINO 30
TO dances, affairs, clubs on Sunday night. But
the comrades are reading the Manifesto" This
is no isolated example, it is typical II is one
OF the crassest examples of sectarianism in
our League. The young workers will not flock
ia lis because we have resolutions on the class
struggle We must go to the young workers
We must meet them, talk to them Not with
all our high-faluting political expressions. But
simply. clearly, in the language which young
worker understands. The comrades should looh
for the places in which young workers are 70
be found Perhaps ii would not be a bad idea
to 20 to the Young Mems Christian Association
on some Sunday night Many young workers
can be reached there. 1t will be found that the
YM.CA provides special social activity for the
Young workers. We must be there 10 make
contact with these young workers, explain to
-. Nf fh1 hOGG
activity which is provided in order to win them
for the capitalist class. Perhaps it would not
be bad idea TO go to some clubs, as the Chi
cago comrades are now doing. Approach them
on the basis of the revolutionary youth paper,
the young Worker"-ask them for their sup
Fort ask them to read our paper. Leave few
copies with them. Send out squad OF COM
rades to visit contacts in order to establish
shop nucleus. In Chicago we were able to or
ganize two shop nuclei by going out to the
homes Of the young workers, and later calling
them in to meetings to discuss concrete daily
problems. A shop paper was issued consistent
ly followed up by visiting contacts, calling
meetings and visiting the young workers again.
Perhaps it would not be a bad idea comrades.
We can discuss these questions-bring the ex-
pariences 10 the attention of the other districts
and bring all these experiences and lessons
TO our League Plenum.
These are sharp criticisms. Some comrades
may think them too sharp. But we must in
tensifjr such criticism. We must provoke more
criticism And what is self criticism? 1t is
method of prime Importance in developing
strong leadership. 1t is a method by which
we boldly uncover our shortcomings in order
to remedy them. 1t is a method by which we
learn from our mistakes and learn how not to
repeat these mistakes. Some comrades can
make speeches crticizng themselves and criti
Ching others. Many comrades take criticism
as Confessional to which they must go ever
so often and bare their sins But our criticism
must be developed that 1t is considered as
a method of CORRECTING our mistakes as
method of finding new ways of doing work and
building up our League. Many of us are per-
fectly willing to Criticize" such things as ir-
responsibility, for instance. And after they
have heaped sackcloth and ashes upon their
own and each others heads, they go back and
continue with the same murderous irresponsi-
bility. 1t must be clearly understood that self
criticism is farce unless it is concretely ap-