The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-20
Fascist Sponsors Nurse
ReactiOnary Plans
In Isolation
By JAMES LERNER

NEW YORK.-The First Amer
lean Youth Congress, called by a
fascist group, and taken over by the
delegates, closed with the election
Of a broad united front Continual
lions Committee whose first task,
set by the Congress, is to call a
huge Youth Congress in Washing
ton the first week of Jenuary and
to prepare for this by the calling
of united front conferences in every
city and locality throughout the
country.
On the Combinations Committee
Of fifteen there are: D'Angelo and
McNutt of the Y. M. c. A., Jeanette
KrutiS, Y. w. c. A, Elizabeth Reed,
National Student Federation CHAIR
man of the Committed, Smith Of
the National Municipal League,
Theodore Draper, National Student
League, Gilbert Green, Young Com
munist League, Aaron Levenstein
Young Peoples Socialist League,
Harold Draper, League for Indus
trial Democracy Noah Walter,
Junior Negro Cooperative League,
Alex Tayor, A. o. P. E. E., Elizabeth
Scott of the st. James Presbyterian
Church, Secretary Of the Commit
tee, Certner, G. G. c. Boys Protec-
tive League, Alfred Bingham.
Farmer-Labor Federation and a
representative of the Shipping
Clerks Union.
While the Congress closed with
the knowledge that an important
milestone in the history of Amer
lean youth had been passed, at the
little gathering Of friends of Viola
lima, caller of the Congress, there
was a spirit of hopelessness. Up
20 the closing session Of this gather
ing only two definite resolutions had
been passed. One of these, the fas-
cist measure of apprenticeship
called upon the government to
force all young people to serve from
one to five years working for a frac-
ton of regular wages. The second
was one supposedly for peace. A
group of twelve people sat in a
room, discussing the problem of war
and peace. They came to the con-
clusion that peace was all right but
this could be gotten by building a
huge military machine. Just as this
had been decided Miss lima rushed
in breathlessly: THE reporters are
outside. They're accusing us of be-
ing fascists You'll have to take
that last resolution off the record
Immediately" It was taken off.
Thenn1theo problem of unemploy-
ment insurance. A representative
of the federal government - the
lima gathering was full of these
took charge. Yes, We must have
unemployment insurance, but let's
not make it definite. Leave that
to others.
The majority of the delegates"
here were not youth. They con-
sisted of people 80 years or older
who hoped to get jobs of some sort
from the lima government group.
Before the Congress jobs had been
promised to all who would be OK.
In private conversation the repre-
sentative of the Young Communist
League was told that 1900 jobs
await him if his organization would
behave" At the Congress itself
1t was announced by the fascist
clique that such people as Anne
Morgan, and leaders of the gov
ernment are favoring the gather
ing. A letter was received from
Mrs. Roosevelt praising the move
ment. 1t is known that at least
twenty rich people, including the
sister OF j. P. Morgan, donated
money to get the movement started.
s- Resolutions Adopted
The resolutions adopted by the
Congress, freed from fascist ele-
merlts include these points (a) For
higher wages and shorter hours of
work in all industries, and against
all discrimination against youth,
learners and apprentices in the in
oustrlal codes. Equal pay for equal
work for young and old, Negro and
white, men and women; (b) voca-
tional training on a graduated scale
for youth between the age of six
teen and eighteen at the expense
Of the employers and government.
This training is to be under work
ers' control with all youth receiv-
ing full wages for the type of work
performed; Co abolition of child
labor under the age of sixteen with
government maintenance for chill
dren displaced from industry,
agriculture or street trades at no
less than So per week.
The resolution on unemployment,
besides the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill, H. r.
1898, includes demands for: Slum
clearance projects through nom
profit housing, non-prof1t social and
cultural developments such as the
building Of schools, recreation cen
ters, hospitals, etc. Youth in C.C.C.
and transient camps to get hourly
wages equal to wages formerly paid
G. w. A. workers, to have the right
to ORGANIZED abolition of jin-crow
camps and any discrimination of
Negro youth.
1t is now the job of the youth
groups throughout the country to
put these and the other resolutions
adopted into life by beginning to
build the united front in every city
and town.
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