The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02

lens that arose" 1t IS true that
the Army through its administra-
ton of the C.C.C. projects. Junior
officers in particular have OBJ
tanned valuable training in mObi-
lizstiOn processes and in leader
ship. staffs have been enabled
to test in a practical way certain
phases of theoretical plans"
THE Young Communist League in
1 working out the best methods for
/ organizing the G. G. G. boys finds il
( necessary to set up a broad organi-
cation which would fight for the
! immediate demands Of the young
workers. This is the G. G. G. Boys
+ Protective League. . All members
OF the C. c. C.'s are eligible to Join
this organization, whose function is
mainly to fight for the improve
ment Of food. housing, clothing,
medical attention, IS well as for
higher wages, The basis Of this
organization in each camp will be
camp committees set up by the boys
/ themselves. The Y. G. L. will
naturally play a leading role in
building up this organization, IN
volving it in the struggle against
militarization and In support Of the
program of the Y. G. l.. Some Of
the demands formulated by this
organization are:
Increased rates of pay to equal
regular wages for type of work done.
so per cent increase in food allot-
ment.
Removal of military officers and
military discipline in camp.
Against bosses war.
The need for an organization of
this type has been evident for a
considerable length Of time and the
fact that they we're unorganized
made the G. c. G. workers prey to
the rotten conditions. This senti-
ment for organization led the
authorities to launch a semi-fascist
organization THE Forest Legion"
for the purpose of preventing real
organization and further strength
ening their control over these
young workers. The Joe Young
case was milestone in the struggle
to organize the G. c. G. workers
in New York State. Joe Young, a
member Of the Young Communist
League was twice discharged, and
court martialed, for organizing and
leading strikes against bad condi-
tons. The ready support which the
young workers gave in order to re-
instate Joe Young showed that
they felt and appreciated the neces-
sity for an organization which
would be their leader in the
struggle against the bad conditions.
The support of the young workers
led to the formation of a loose
camp committee which pushed the
fight for his reinstatement in the
form of petitions and protests.
The first spontaneous reaction to
the condition in G. G. G. resulted
primarily in huge mass assertions
which in the first term Of enlist
ment numbered approximately 1907
900. This made the authorities more
careful but the fact that no orgari-
cation existed, naturally resulted in
no specific gains for the G. G. G.
Those camps whose forces were de-
creased by assertions, replace those
who had left by workers of the
immediate locality. They hoped
that these local boys would not
react and resist conditions in the
way that the city young workers
! did.
THE militancy of the young worker
1 naturally resulted in numerous
struggles. However the League in
the main was Not leading factor
: of them. This was mostly due to the
l wrong approach which was formu-
i lated in the slogan, Smash the
G. G. c. Such slogan, naturally
met with little approval by the
Il majority of the G. G. G. boys and
: in no way acted 10 smash the illu-
eions in the Roosevelt government.
n The fact remained that thousands
= and thousands of G. G. c. workers
= did remain in these camps and
n faced al sorts of bad conditions
O and INFLAMMATION, young workers,
It whom We could organize behind q
& program of immediate demands as
!. we'll as against militarization.
n The issuance Of the &c. c. G,
: Camp Spark" has advanced the work
o tremendously. This paper, which is
d the organ of the c. c. c. Boys Pro-
g tective League has won the ap-
e proval of many of the c. c. G. boys
" and it not only mobilizes them for
If struggle for the demands above
d raised, but acts to offset the poison
d Gus propaganda of Happy Days,
Y the official c. c. c. paper, as well as
If to weld the unity of the c. c. c.
IL workers in every camp
le The development of this organ
i ization must proceed hand in hand
l. with the development of the utmost
" initiative on the part Of the young
workers in each camp. This Is
particularly so because Of the tech
7 nioal difficulties involved in reach
- ing the G G. G. workers, since they
~ are far from city centers and mai
= is censored whenever any organisa-
y tional activity begins. The over.
aI coming of these difficulties, naturally
y is being tackled and will further
q require the utmost attention anc
~ initiative on our part.
y The Young Communist League
must carry on its independent roll
ne as the leader Of the young workers
of raising the struggles to a higher
s. level and particularly recruiting
rs constantly carry on agitation amonl
lie the workers in the shops and trad
s. unions, exposing the nature of tn
ne G. c. C. camps and modifying thes
n workers in support of the demand
I'D of the c. c. c. boys. The struggl