The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
First National Youth Day;
Lessons and Tasks

workers to a point. that makes it impossible for
them even to exist let alone support their fam
lies which is the lot of many young workers.
This mass unemployment, wage cuts, inhuman
speed-up and long hours has already seriously
undermined the health Of the youth. In addi-
ton, and as part of this, the youth is fast
being militarized prepared for the coming i'm
perialist war, in which America will play the
leading role.
1t is against these evils that we must mob
iize the working class youth to protest and stage
militant demonstrations on National Youth Day.
In this lies the political significance of our first
Youth Day of Struggle.
How to Prepare For National Youth Day.
The success of NYD will depend greatly upon
the amount of preparatory work carried on
amongst the young workers. Our first task is
to make National Youth Day known to all men,
bers of the YCL, with the view of making every
Young Communist an organizer for NYD. Each
unit of the League must have thorough and
concrete discussion as to how and where it will
concentrate for the mobilization of the young
workers in the city, town. factory, youth organ
ization, farm, school, playground, pool ROOM and
other places where the young workers are found.
The most important issues around which to
mobilize the youth are unemployment insurance
and immediate relief, against the Hoover stag
itarisn and for the defense of the Soviet U.ion
exposing the role of such organizations as the
YMCA BOY Scouts Boys and Girls Csfs, -Four
H Clubs, National Guards, CMTC, ROTC, YPSL
etc; and form a United Front from below with
the rank and file of these organizations, who
are disguised with The leadership ans fascist
role of these organizations
OF these, the outstanding slogan should be-
Not a cent for militarisn1-all war funds to the
unemployed" In addition each city and town
should work out concrete and immediate de-
mdnds based on the local issues, as for example
free calfafe for the unemployed youth, no dis
elimination against the youth when the few
crumbs are handed out by the charity organza-
tons, the establishment OF trade schools under
worker control, etc.
In regard TO the crgan.zational tasks, the dis
ticts must stucY and pit into effect tile organ
Rational proposals contaired in the outline sent
out by the NEG on NID In his document the
main emphasis Is laid or the esta olishroent of
a permanent broad united front that will be-
come the bridge between the revolutionary youth
organizations and the great masses of young
workers who are still not under our influence
What We Expect.
Our tasks in connection with NYD are not
only to have militant youth demonstrations, but
we must also strengthen ourselves organization
aiy 40 d IeSult OF the Gay, which means fully
carrying out cur shock plan especially in the
building OF our shop nuclei revolutionary trade
unions, the struggle against unemployment,
building the Labor Sports Union, the Young
Liberators, as the main prerequisites for the
building OF mass League. BY doing this NYD
will really become the eliminating point of all
our activities for this period, enrich our League
In valuable experience and making our coming
convention real gathering of young Commu-
nists who started to seriously make the turn
towards mass work and a mass League.