The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-14
The 'Young Worker" and the
Toiling Youth


THERE are millions of young workers and
young farmers in the United States. The
working youth constitutes one-fourth of the
whole working class in the United States. The
youth are found everywhere, in the mines OF
Pennsylvania and Illinois, in the steel mills
of Ohio and Indiana, in the textile mills OF
New Jersey and the South, on the plantations
in California and on the farms of the North
West
Those young boys and girls are working un-
der the most vicious system of speed-up. The
average wage of young workers is far from
satisfactory (from $40 to SIS week.. The
bosses take advantage of the youth and make
them work for lower wages and at greater
speed The youth is used to take the places
of the adult workers when the latter cannot
work fast enough for the bosses.
But the hard labor in the factories is not
the only burden shouldered upon the young
workers. The American youth is now play
ing a most advantageous role III the capital
list attempt to mobilize for the next imperial
list butchery, and to use the youth as strike
breakers against their fellow workers While
Young workers, are walking the streets. in
search for a Job, the bosses of this country
are spending millions of dollars for ornaments
and for war preparations.
This years drive for the National Guard,
Citizens Military Training Camps, Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts, etc, etc. surpasses all previous
campaigns. The unemployed and starving
youth is being lured into these militarist or
panjzations where they are being trained as
cannon fodder and as strike breakers against
the workers in strikes. Everywhere we see
the bosses sharpening their attack against the
workers. The police is used to club the work
ers and to arrest the workers, the courts are
utilized to Jail them, the American Legion,
and ganpsters are used to club and kill the
militant strikers and unemployed works. The
whole CAPITALIST machine is now openly cnal-
longing the working class. On the other hand,
the American workers waking up. are be-
ginning to fight and to demand their rights.
Recent strikes in the mining field. IN the Tex
tile fields in the auto industry. ETC., the large
masses of workers that participated IN tne
unemployment demonstration on March 8, all
these have shown that the American workers
ere beginning to fight and struggle mighty
hard against unemployment, against wage cuts
and for the 7-hour day. five-day week. for I'M
employment insurance, etc.
The Young workers Undergone the worst
explotation) are among the best fighters and
among the leaders of the working class. Thou
sands and tens of thousands of young workers
have demonstrated against the bosses ponce
terror and against the bosses wars. Hundreds
of young workers land members OF the Young
Communist League) were dubbed and arrest
ed in the March demonstrations. for work
or wares throughout the country Everywhere
the young workers are showing their determln-
alton to fight back against starvation and
against speed-up, against capitalist wars ana
against the intensified bosses terror
In order to stimulate the fighting spirit of
the youth. in order to extend the organiza-
tional work and to teach them more of the
class struggle, we must have fiohting youth
paper, that appears regularly and that serves
as a guide for the fighting youth. The Young
Worker" the official ORGAN of the Young Com
munst League is the only fighting youth naner
in the country It is a paper which fights
and defends the interests of the broad masses
of the working class youth in the factory. on
the farm, in the armed forces, ETC. At this time
the Young Communist League Is carrying on
a campaign to raise 1000 subscriptions and
three thousand dollars hv June /. in order
to establish Weekly Young Worker. All
young workers and young farmers. all SYM
pathzers and class conscious working men
and women must give their support to the
drive for fighting "Weekly" for the youth.
The first issue of the weekly" will appear
on May /. 1880.