The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-13
National Youth Day--Day OF Work
inc Class Youth Demonstration

But more outstanding than all Of these is the
growing movement for unity of the capitalist
states against the Soviet Union. Georges TheuniS
retiring president of the International Chamber
of Commerce, stated IN an article in the New
York Times of May 10 that:
"A great many people, like myself, cannot
help thinking it is unfortunate that the leaders
of world business could not agree to condemn
Soviet methods in themselves and call the at
tention of the world to the menace, both eco
nomic and moral, that they constitute"
World business is interested in this unity of
force against the Soviet Union, for Theunis
knows very well that the workers are interested
in the protection of the Soviet Union. This state
ment of Theunis together with the preparations
of all countries for war-including the United
States, which has the highest war budget in the
world ($2600,000,000 despite Hoovers hypo-
critical appeal for world "disarmament') shows
clearly which way the world is moving very fast
Therefore, the capitalists, knowing that war
is coming, are preparing And the youth being
essential for the prosecution of war is being
drawn into the circle of the influence of the
capitalist class more and more Never before
did the capitalists spend so much time and
money for war propaganda except during or i'm
mediately before war. Now with their propa-
ganda for and against" war in the press, movie
and church, their organization of clubs, social
and athletic, for the purpose of keeping the
working youth under their influence, they are
taking the steps necessary to provide willing
cannon fodder.
National Youth Day, the day of the working
class youth, under the leadership OF the revo-
lutionary youth organization, the Young Com
muniSt League, must be mobilization OF the
youth against the plans of the capitalist class.
The youth organizations in the country-num-
bering thousands, including the YMCA, YWCA,
YMHA, sport social and athletic clubs, the
masses of unorganized youth in the country, must
be drawn into this National Youth Day. This
must be day when the working class conscious
of the growing role of youth in industry, of the
leading part it plays in the army of the unem-
ployed of the leadership which it is giving to all
struggles, makes the most conscious effort TO
mobilize both the youth and adult workers for
mobilization against the crisis and the war
danger.
1t is coincidence that war maneuvers will
be held few days before National Youth Day
beginning at Dayton Ohio. These air maneuvers
involving 682 airplaneS, will scour the country,
giving the workers an idea of what war in the
air and from the air will mean when it rains
gases, bombs and chemicals from the skies. The
maneuVers viii extend from Los Angeles to New
York, where they will take place on May q.
National Youth Day in the east beginning on
May 80 capitalist memorial day. at Passaic and
terminating in New York on May 81, in sport
events, must be a rallying of all working class
forces The sport meet will select the delega-
ton to the International Spartakiad in Berlin
as against the capitalist olympics. The Sparta
hade will be the occasion in Germany for mob
lhzing the revolutionary youth against the fas-
clsts, the social-fascist social democratic party
leaders and against the capitalists
Make National Youth Day day not only of
the revolutionary youth but of the entire revo-
lutlonary American working class against the
deepening effects of the crisis, against inper-
ialist war and for defense Of the Soviet Union,