The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-26
Prepare for Inter'l
Youth Day
A BAD EGG

CEPTENBER 8 is International Youth Day.
- Seventeen years ago this day arose out of the
struggles of the proletarian youth against the
mperialst war. The revolutionary youth then
Witnessed the treacherous support which the
parties of the Second international gave to their
respective imperialist governments. Lead and
inspired by the militant actions of Karl Lieb-
knecht, the revolutionary worker youth organ
lied its own struggle against the war. To dem
onstrate the international solidarity of the mill
tant cadres of proletarian youth everywhere the
International Youth Day was established. Inter-
national Youth Day is monument to the best
traditions of the revolutionary proletarian youth
of the world.
Today we again face war Capitalism is arm
ing; it is building war ships; it is constructing
bombing planes; it is developing new poison
gases and liquid fire; it is preparing for war
Hand in hand with these physical preparations
goes an theological recruiting for war, A cam
paign of lies and SANDER against the Soviet
Union is designed to prepare the desired war
mania. American capitalism is more and more
theoretically taking the leadership in this cam
paign against the Soviet Unions The different
capitalist organizations are eXertng every effort
to win the youth, the cannon fodder of the i'm
pending war, for its support. The Catholic
church in Detroit recently organized mass pray
ers for the poor souls of the prosecuted youth"
in the Soviet Union. The recent Congress of the
YMCA planned campaigns among the American
workers youth. Military training is being in
troduced universally into all the schools of the
country.
The socialist party and the socialist youth
movement are covertly and openly supporting
the capitalist war program. They are following
the lead of Karl Kautsky who lays special en-
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throwing of the Soviets The official German
Socialist youth press openly calls for war on the
Soviet Union.
The American socialist youth movement is
playing a demagogic game The American young
socialists talk of the introduction of militarism
into the school as being contrary to the princi-
Piles of our government. With such phrases they
wish to cover the obvious fact that "our" gov
eminent is the government Of the capitalists.
With such phrases they wish to fool the workers
into the idea that the existing capitalist govern
ment is their government, the workers govern
ment, and that the workers therefore should not
fight against it. For the same reason they sup
port that capitalist pacifst cover for the prepa-
rations of new war, the Kellogg Peace Pact.
The war preparations of American capitalism
against the Soviet Union are accompanied by a
war against the living standards of the American
workers and especially the young workers The
young workers are forced to set the pace in the
most vicious speed-up campaign in all industries
At the same time, they paid the lowest
wages, even lower than the already inadequate
wages Of the adult workers. But even these
wages are being cut The unemployed youth are
being barred from getting even these few crumbs
of relief which are handed out by various well
fare boards and charitable organizations. The
young workers are being run out Of the cities.
Against the Negro sections Of the young work.
ers there has been initiated on top of all cam
paign of intimidation through terrorism. The
Scottsboro frame-up is a typical example of this
campaign.
At this moment just as years ago the prob
lem and duty of the young workers is to organize
and to fight against imperalist war. The masses
Of young workers are increasingly recognizing
this. This was shown in the successful National
Youth Day: 1t is also demonstrated in the par
ticipation of the young workers in the miners
and textile workers strikes at the present mo-
ment. The coming International Youth Day shall
serve as signal and inspiration for unified
mass struggle for the proletarian youth of the
world against capitalism and against the capt.
talist war now in the process of preparation
against the Soviet Union
The workers throughout the country and espe-
cially the young workers must prepare for huge
demonstrations on International Youth Day
The 9th of September must become q rnobiliza-