The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-28
N.Y.U. Students
Pledge Fight on
War at Conference
R.O.T.C. Men Run Off
After Attempts To
Disrupt Fail
BY JEROME ARNOLD

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/ disruptive tactics of nihtaristic,
pseudo-hbera1 and renegade elements,
over 600 delegates representing the
/ New York University student body
| hammered out a program of action
! against war in two-oay conference
held Friday and SATURDAY at Wash
ington Square.
The delegates pledged themselves
under no circumstances to support
or cooperate with the government OF
the United States in any war it may
conduct" called for the complete abo-
lition Of the R.O.T.C. and voted to
EXPOSE and struggle against the util-
izatton Of science classes and labor
atories and all other college resources
for the development Of war materi-
ais" They adopted resolutions call
ing for the support Of the 81 expelled
and suspended City College students,
demanded the removal Of U. s. war
ships from Cuban waters and the re-
vocation Of the Plat Amendment.
and voted later to cooperate with the
American League Against War and
Fascism.
Reference was also made in the
preamble to the resolutions recogniz-
ing the Soviet Union as the only one
Of the great powers (which has advo-
Gated immediate and total disarrna-
ment." A hazy, ur1clear statement
saying: 'fThey (students and teachers)
must join with all forces fighting war,
not only with the working class, but
with the farmer, professional and each
and every person who may be used
as cannon fodder in the coming war, 4"
was adopted in place Of more lucid
one, recognizing the strategic posi-
ton Of the working class in the strug-
gle against war. This was counter
acted, however, by the addition of a
phrase which stated that with work
ing class opposition to war the CAPT
talist war plans can be defeated.
A Communist Speaks
For the first time in representa-
tive body Of students, the Communist
Party position as such, was brought
forward by students themselves. At
| every study session into which the
convention divided to discuss special
phases of the anti-war movement,
Young Communist League and Party
members speaking in the name Of the
Party, expounded the revolutionary
/ position on war.
AT the finaT session an active
Y.C.L.er, a member of the commit
tee, answering the plea to defend
this country in case of attack, said:
''You may be sure that in case
there is war, there viii be a bar
rage Of leaflets, strikes and agita-
ton against the war, to stop the
slaughter between worker and
worker, between student and stu
dent, and turn the guns against the
capitalists who started the war.
Disrupters Defeated
From the moment the convention
opened Friday evening, attempts were
made by small student cliques and
individuals to split the conference.
Led by Sydney Hook, professor of
Philosophy and MARKHAM" revision
list, the disrupters, fusing Of Trot-
skyites, R.O.T.C., and 1nsincere liberal
elements, attempted to keep the
meeting in a continual frlrore, OBJ
structing progress by shouting down
speakers and constantly interrupting
These disrupters, however, defeated
and exposed time and time again,
succeeded in isoIating themselves
from the student body. In the eve
ming of the second day, Hook, see
ing the tide against him, broke away
from the militarist and Opposition"
bloc, which he himself had helped
form, and supported the National
Student League position.
Minor Addresses Students
In the opening session Of the con-
vention Friday night, Robert Minor,
Of the Central Committee, Communist
Party, participated In q symposium
on 'TThe Student and War;" with
Joseph Cohen, =. of the American
League Against War and Fascism, and
the National Student League, Gus
Tyler Of the Y.P.SL., and Bertha
Darling Of the Wen1en's Peace Soci-
ETY.. Stressing the need for unity
against war, Minor urged the partici-
patton Of students with the working
class in the fight against imperlaKst
war and aff1liating with the U. S.
Congress Against War.
Mass resistance, mass protest-that
Is the only effective instrument
against war. Students of New York
University, spread the fight from one
end of the country to the other!"
In the plan of action to carry oit
the resolutions Of the conference, q
combinations committee was elected
consisting of A. Schneider, E. Green