The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

n group within the Executive Committee of the
Young Socialist International to coordinate the
energy and activity Of the working class youth for
the support of the prosecuted and fighting Spanish
proletariat the Presidum of the Young Commu-
mist International certain that this refusal could
not express the sentiment of the f. c. of the Y.SL
as whole in the following letter again makes an
appeal for united action:
Comrades:
The white terror is raging in Spain. Thousands
of bold and courageous fighters have persisted in
the heroic revolutionary struggle against the un-
bearabe oppression of capitalism against starvation
and want Many thousands of workers and peas
ants have been wounded. Tens of thousands in
Guiding an enormous number of youth who fought
for the cause OF the working class have been thrown
into prison.
The soldiers, the dregs of human society--the
fascists-are wreaking bloody vengeance in Asturias
and throughout the country.
The wounded men, old and young, workers and
peasants are in danger Of execution. Tens Of thou
sands of prisoners and their families are living
through hours of suffering in expectation of savage
vengeance.
The bourgeoise, the manufacturers and the land
lords are preparing to fetter the working class and
the peasantry of Spain in the savsh chains of fas
cism.
In many factories the entire working force has
been dismissed. The young workers are being driven
out of the training schools The employers are
booming to death from starvation those who dared
to insist on their right to live
The Spanish Communist and Socialist youth
fought shoulder to shoulder on the barrcades against
the common class enemy.
The French Communist and Socialist youth, on
the basis of the united 'front.' are jointly mobizing
all the forces of the youth in defense of the Spanish
workers and peasants against fascist reaction.
In Great Britain Belgium Austria, Switzerland
and other countries, the Communist and Socialist
youth have formed united front striving to carry
out their international duty together.
It is becoming palmer and palmer for the
broadcast masses of the youth that the struggle of
the Spanish proletarat is the struggle of the en-
tire international proetariat against capitalism and
that any delay in defending our Spanish class COM
rades, any delay in the struggle will mean
sacrifices and will allow the executioners unframed
to wreak their vengeance the defenseless prison
ers, the wounded and their families.
In the struggle against fascist reaction, in de-
Tense of the Spanish proetariat nothing divides the
workers, peasants, the employed and the unen-
ployed.
A powerful International anti-faseist movement
at time forced the German fascists to give way
when they were preparing their vengeance against
Conrade Dimitroff.
THERE cannot be the slightest doubt that the
slaughterers of the Spanish working class and
German fascists If they feel the force of the in
dignation of millions of people
For this very reason, in the interests of the
struggle against fascist reaction and the defense of
the Spanish toilers and the youth, we once more
make an open appeal to the Executive Committee
of the Socialist international OF Youth
Olenhauer, with the agreement of the president
of the Young Socialist International Koos Foring
October Is, 1884, formal grounds rejected the
proposal of the Executive Committee of the YCI
to hold joint struggle against fascist reaction ard
in defense of the Spanish toiers without submitting
it to the bureau and the plenary session of the
Executive Committee of the Young Socialist Inter
national @s t-se
Following this example of Olenhauer which it is
difficult to properly describe the leading organs
of the League of Socialist Youth in Sweden and
Czechoslovakia also rejected the corresponding pro-
posals of the Communist Youth.
The presidium of the Executive Committee of
the Young Communist International cannot recon-
cile itself with the reply of Oenhauer and Foring
and with the position of the leaders of the Socialist
youth in Sweden and Czechoslovakia in the matter
of the establishment of the united front in the in
terests Of the working class and the struggle against
fascisn.
Every day fascist reaction is merciessly shooting
down and executing without trial the workers and
peasants, the Communist and Socialist youth. For
this reason, we once more propose that the Execu-
tive Committee of the Socialist International of
Youth should immediately discuss proposal for
Joint actions in the struggle against fascist reaction
and in defense of the Spanish youth, their fathers
| and mothers.