The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-14
international Communist Move
ment at Parting OF Ways

UNIFORM scheme on the basis of works and
school nuclei. In actual practice this has caused
the Communist childrens organizations to re-
peat mechanically the slogans of the Party and
the Young Communists without any adaptation
to the psychology of the child, or to the pecu-
harlties of the masses of the children. The
role played by the chidrens organizations, and
their relations to the masses of the children and
to other existing childrens organizations has
been taken to be parallel to the role played by
the Party, that is, they have been regarded as
vanguard organizations leading and guiding all
other organizations. The question of auxiliary
organizations, and of transmission" to the
masses, have been placed before the children's
organizations precisely as before the Party and
the Young Communists.
1t is obvious that here radical change is
necessary. The fundamental idea upon which
we must base the new methods of the children's
movement is the following: We need, absolute
ly, really Communist work among the children;
we need broad Communist children's move
ment, but this does not necessarily mean uni
form children's organization, built on the same
scheme. Work among children must be versa
tile, multifarious, adapted to the needs, inter-
ests, and peculiarities of the various strata and
age groups of the children of the workers
THIS MANY SIDEDNESS OF FORMS AND
METHODS OF ACTIVITY MUST CORES
POND TO A LIKE MANY SIDEDNESS IN
THE FORMS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
USED TO REACH THE CHILDREN.
In actual practice this signifies the necessity
of creating the most varying forms of chill
drens organizations; economic associations (of
errand boys, newspaper sellers, and the like)
sport and cultural organizations and circles,
children's orchestras and choral societies, scout
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ried out under the consistent leadership of the
Party and the Young Communists, in the form
of Communist chdren's organizations or
merge in these for they take their origin in
the sphere of the non-party mass organization.
At the same time, however, the closest con-
tact in work and uniformity of leadership
must be established (by means of forming car
tells of revolutionary children's organizations,
etc.
The new line of work will demand much of
our organizations. 1t will be necessary to find
cadres of competent and consistent members
for the work among the children. 1t will be
necessary to induce the aid of broad strata of
experts, both members of the Party and nom
Party, but absolutely devoted to the cause-for
instance teachers, musicians, sports teachers,
etc. These skilled helpers are required for tn
formation of various children's organizations,
and for their practical instruction. Serious
efforts must be made to reach the prolctarian
parents who are to participate with the aid of
the Party, in Communist work IN the schools,
etc. And finally, measures must be taken to
form body of functionaries from the older
groups, in order to carry on the work in the
chidren's organizations on the basis of the crea-
tive independence of the masses of the children.
These are the fresh tasks set us in the field
IF he cbil p,ax, oarf how Toe be
which must be fulfilled as rapidly as possible
and with the utmost energy BY these means
only can we create mighty third" columns for
the Communist world army, acting simultane-
ously as its main reserves for the coming
struggle. The struggle for the creation of a
Communist mass work, that struggles against
cleft" sectarian exclusiveness, which forms at