The daily worker., 1930-10-01
RE-PLENUM DISCUSSION
YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE, U. S. A.
From February to October and Next

proof that SECTARIANISM AS A SYSTEM
STILL EXISTS IN OUR RANKS AND STILL
is THE CHIEF OBSTACLE TOWARD MASS
WORK.
What's Next7
The coming plenum will not only analyze the
present plan of action but above all, on the basis
of our lessons and results up to now, we shall
work out NEW PLAN OF ACTION.
If there are comrades who looked upon our
intensified work for the last three months as
mere campaign" which will soon be over they
will be greatly disappointed Planned activity
with the shock troop method of work is to
remain a PERMANENT FEATURE in our
League life and work.
The plan of action whole has taken out
the League and its leadership from an inward
rut passivity and stagnaton. 1t has proven to
the membershlp that our League, even though
weak politically and organizationally, but this
bad and weak League can and will create better
and stronger League.
1t is through concrete mass work that we will
strengthen ourselves politically and organization
ally. Our next plan of action will call for per-
manent and more tangible results. The gains up
till now might still be insignificant but it is
these little gains which are of a permanent ma
ture that will lay the basis for bigger gains in
the very near future. Therefore, not colorful
stunts but everyday hard work in the factories
and mass youth organizations is the need of the
day. Let us not sit and hope for big things
but through accomplishing little things shall
develop mass movement among the American
young workers.
Did we go forward? Yes. Shall we acknowI-
edge and popularize these gains with the aim of
further arousing membership for work?
By all means But let us remember that basi-
cally the situation in the League is still ex-
tremely unsatisfactory. We have only laid the
basis for developing struggles of young workers
but these struggles are not yet developed. We
have succeeded in convincing our membership
that accomplish things but yet these
things were not accomplished. We have con-
vinced ourselves that the young workers are
ready for struggle, but as yet we did not provide
the necessary forms and methods which will in
sure US the leadership of these struggles.
We can and will accomplish a great deal more
in the future if we will stop talking about
bolshevik self-critcism and begin to exercise
some and hit hard ''confessionalisn" which dis
torts revolutionary self-criticism and create
childish satisfaction. We must create in our
selves keen sense of responsibility and alert
ness to every weakness and shortcoming with
a view of overcoming them. Not self satisfac-
tion which only blinds us to present serious
weaknesses, but self-responsibility the part of
every functionary and League member to the
tasks ahead of US.
The American working class, as a whole and
the young workers specifically now making
a gigantic advance. Not only must we also make
such an advance but be at the head of it. lead
ing the masses of young workers. We will un-
doubtedly buck up against tremendous difficulties
in organizing this advance. However, political
clarity accompanied with organizational con-
solidation, will make possible the ORGANIZA-
TIoN Of such an advance which is dictated by
unheard of rapid tempo of the maturing of the
objective and subjective conditions
From the plenum back to work to carry out
in full speed the next plan of action with more
tempo, results and enthusiasm So that at the
coming convention of our League shall be
able to state that the turn toward mass work
has been started.