The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24
It's a Hard Life

The crocodile gazed up at us With mournfE
eye
yep. Krock, old boy It's a hard life" we
unused. Take this passage from the pages OF
Y.CL. membership book 11ggasss
"Without revolutionary theory arevuIution-
airy movement is impossible. This saying OF
Lenin forms the basis Of the Y.CI-'s work.
Maintaining living connection between prsc-
tice and theory intended to scquaint the
toiling youth with the theory OF C0nnmu,t-
ism"
Nov that sounds ok, don't it, Krock? But
what was our experience with that letter YC
Ler wrote us from Brooklyn? He wanted to at
tend the Workers School. Glass in sjornahsm
given only on Wednesday nights That's the
UYrs meeting night Promised to do League
work all other six nights. Unit wouldn't let
him be excused to go to classes Backed up by
Party Req who made irrelevant reference to our
noble self.
We'll. Krock, he appealed to US. And in a
hurry, cause he wanted to miss no class. What
could we do? We took his letter to the YCL.
National Office and one of the Big Shots there
showed signs of sympathy. Was going to write
rim quickly, SO we left the letter. Now, Krock,
they're GOOD lads in the NO. and each one in
dividually asked would thoroughly approve Of
letting the Brooklyn boy go to school In fact
thev did
'Eut once let ell these synapatliet;c Ids go
into huddle officially ard they became para
lyssd They did that. too. and their hearts
hardened like Pharaoh's. TIE sacred formulas
must be upheld. The District must BE- c'r'sed
The Section informed The Un:t5 in -ttrrnas sd The
merits Of ecc., case ca-ef!llv wsi.asd. 10 doubt
the boy was il the right Brt...' !, $3.50
go everything Stopped on that arus,,r crd the
boy will be advised ei~htaen nloae-,s fsss-co tart
he can't 70 to last years sLs " s
sensible amt it, Krock? But TRAITS 'ru'cs.' II
common sense gets in the way of .r,le SO
much worse for common sc So. gsss ssssssrr-s
Then we neard OF another youth, i lad funny
fer stud. Afied to Tin --er, tassas II
he would be a"owad to study TIRE r.t-,,lA;
weak. Unit work ell the rest. flss US1st 1urecu
was Mortified e',d ted him SO. INV didn't he
get his Theoretical edrcaicn LIE TIE rest co.
reading the Sat. Eve. Post the Labor Defe-do.,
Hsyeock Ellis ord al Official re*oftio--7 Nc III
ir7 doing! Ard may gavdi,anasrcy on IBIS soul!
But here, K-ock. we come to saldsrA cse
We learned OF. A TC1er wanted t0 Eosto TIE
Workers School. The School is apssrsT = d's-
rupting the lie" rue ard ourht to be ase''s1ed
I turned him down Geld a League fulctionary
goinr heavy or the "I". "A nd the District sup
rortcd MY dec.S,on Aw. he's a sweuhead any
how. ord vaIts to b, on the Nat.crefCcnn1it
tee. A., the District has seen the School and
fo-hd them to let him study. 49,
Did YOU EvE2c? Yet III the --trot1tsssof this
Lcarre book is its Fifth Commandment: Every
r'er,ber must work to become an active fdnc-
t'orary.' And here guy is jumped all over be-
cause he does that. v--- Z;
"Whatta yuln gon' to do, Krock7 Appeal TO
the yCI9 But 1t expects the National Commit
tee to have common sense. And the NEG. Sex-
reefs the District to have common Ssuse And
the Di'trict the Section and the Section the
Unit. But vhatta y'do when there's not1ing %
uncommon as common ssnse9 Recruit members
and then espel 'em at the nrst time they show
SUSPICIOUS Sims OF wanting to studyf-~.... e
"Any'of these lads could have simply been
abTent. About 80 per cent of the members us
ually are and robody pays any attention. But
beca':se tlaov we're loyal. respected discipline,
ard eskcd-tl'ey get the dirty end.
no hun Rock. old leather -face there's no
appeal P''t there's one settlement and new
r,er sc~s sett,e sue, differences in scores and
h"rdroFs Tl,ey settle 1t with tlsair feet as -
rim raid about the Russian soldiers voting To
peace They simply leave the Leaguc .aNo Law
compels EN- to belon1. So bye-enn-bge therein
be lot OF theoretically trained youngsters out
side, and none inside" sssa- 10y
The crocodile scratched Its belly with Wacanny
agility and a hind leg yawned pcrsLyely ii
agreement: Yep It's hard life.* ssst.A
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