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You VIII Be Given Guns Learn Use Them Leni Told Youth

| the mouths Of their proletarian
mothers in the following words:
you viii soon be grown up. You
viii be given rifles; take them and
learn to use them. Military science
is indispensable to prOletarians, but
not for shooting at their own
brothers, or on the workers Of other
lands, as in the present war, and
as you are advised to do by the
social traitors. You must learn how
10 fight against the b0urgeOisie of
your own country, so as to put an
end to exploitation, poverty and
wars, not by pious resolutions, but
by overcoming and dlsarming the
bourgeoisie."
Thus, Lenin taught the revolution
airy youth that neither empty, alb
stract cries about replying TO all
wars by strikes and rebellions," re-
CARELESS Of the character of the war,
or the crisis caused by the war, nor
pacifist demands for disarmament
were the correct method Of fighting
against n1ilitarism and hnperialisl
war.
Only by analyzing the class basis
Of each war; by fighting against re-
dictionary wars and supporting pro-
gressive wars; by struggling against
the outbreak of imperialist wars, but
utilizing the crisis caused by imper-
ialist wars to hasten the overthrow
of capitalism; by fighting against
capitalist militarism, but learning the
use OF arms for the purpose of turn
ing them against the bosses; by fight
ing for the international solidarity of
the working class against the social
patriotism of the Second Interna-
tional; only by following this path
could the revolutionary youth carry
on an effective struggle against capt.
talist militarisnn and imperialist war.
On the third great problem of the
youth-its political self-education -
Lenin developed, fully and completely,
the ideas already contained in his
article on the International of
Youth" in the course Of a speech de-
livered to the 3rd Congress OF the
Young Communist League Of the So
Wet Union.
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perfecting the nationalized economy;
who are overcoming the powerful re-
sistance Of inertia, petty bourgeois
tendencies and selfishness; who are
laying stone after stone the founda-
ton Of new social bond, of a new
labor discipline, Of a new power Of
trade unions Of workers over their
members.
In carrying on their revolutionary
work mistakes are made by our So
VETS, which were created back in
1905 by mighty upsurge of the
masses. The Soviets Of workers and
peasants are a new type Of state, q
new and higher type of democracy,
the form Of the dictatorship Of the
proletariat, a means Of ruling the
state without the bourgeoisie and
against the bourgeoisie. For the first
time democracy serves the masses,
the toilers, having ceased to be a de-
mocracy for the rich, as it still re-
mains in all the bourgeois republics,
even the most democratic ones. For
the first time the popular masses are
deciding, on scale affecting hum
dreds Of millions of people, the task
OF realizing the dictatorship Of pro-
letarians and semi-proletarianS -
task without the solution Of which
one cannot speak about Socialism,
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Urged Young Workers
to Master knowledge for
Use in Class Struggle
BY MAO WEISS

The revolutionary proletarian
youth movement Is essentially q
product Of imperialism. Its growth
and development we're stimulated by
the three-fold effect Of imperialism
on the proletarian youth:
~. The increasing participation
Of youth and child labor In industry
leading to the struggle for the
special economic demands of the
youth.
az. The increasing nlilitarization
Of the youth as result of the growth
Of nAlitarism under Imperialism,
leading to the struggle of the youth
against capitalist militarism and i'm
perialist war.
80. The political awakening of
the proletarian youth due to their
growing participation in the class
struggle leading to the struggle for
the political self education Of the
youth.
On all three points the revolution
airy youth movement found itself in
violent conflict with the oportunist
leaders Of the Second International
Lenin Connection With Youth
The teachings of Lenin, which
.epresent the development of Marx
SIN and its application to the period
If imperialism and proletarian revo-
luton, played a powerful role in
sharlng this movement. The con-
nection of Lenin with the revolu-
tionary youth movement was not
limited to working out a general
program for the entire working class
with program for the youth inn
plicitly contained in it. He paid
serious attention to the special prob
lens Of the youth.
In his article on 'T'he Interna-
tional OF Youth" written in 1916,
Lerin said:
Frequently representatives of
the generation Of middle aged and
old do not know properly how 10
spprcsoh the youth. who Of peces-
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For the first time democracy serves the toiIers.

Let the pedantS, or people hope
leSsly stuffed with bourgeois-demo-
cratic or parliamentary prejudices,
shake their heads perplexedly about
our Soviets, for instance, about the
lack Of direct elections. These peo-
pie forgot nothing and learned
nothing during the period of the
great upheavals Of l914-1918. A union
of the dictatorship Of the proletariat
with a new democracy for the toll
ers-civil war with the broadest in
volving Of the masses in politics
such union is neither to be achieved
at once nor is It to be fitted into the
dreary forms Of routine parliamentary
democracy. A new world, the world
OF Socialism, Is what rises before us
In its contours as the Soviet Repub-
lie. And it is no wonder that this
world Is not being born ready-made
and does not spring forth all at once,
like Minerva from the head of
Jupiter.
While old bourgeois democratic
constitutions spoke about formal
equality and right Of assembly, our
proletarian and peasant Soviet con-
stitution casts aside the hypocrisy of
formal equality. When bourgeois re-
pubicans overthrow thrones they did
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not care about formal equality of
monarchistS with republicans. When
we speak Of the overthrow Of the
bourgeoisie, only traitors or idiots will
seek to concede to the bourgeoisie
formal equality of rights. The free
dom Of assembly" for workers and
peasants is not worth a cent when
the best buildings are in the hands
Of the bourgeoisie. Our Soviets took
away all the good buildings from the
rich both in town and country, and
turned over all these buildings to the
workers and peasants for their
unions and meetings. That is our
freedom Of assembly-for the toilers.
That is the idea and content of our
Soviet, Socialist constitutional
And this is why we are so firmly
convinced that our Republic Of So
VETS is invincible no matter what
misfortunes befal her.
1t is invincible, because each blow
Of frenzied imperialism, each defeat
which we suffer from the interna-
tional bourgeoisie, calls to struggle
new strata of workers and peasants
teaches them at the price Of the
greatest sacrifices, hardens them and
gives birth to new mass heroisn.
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sity are compelled to progress to-
wards Socialism by other paths, in
ether forms, and under other cir
cumstances than did their fathers.
For that reason, we must uncondi-
tionaIly support the ORGANIZA-
TIONAL INDEPENDENCE of the
youth leagues, not merely because
the OppOrtunists are afraid OF this
independence, but because 1t Is
necessary In itself; for without
complete independence the youth
viii be unable either to train them.
selves into good Socialists or train
themselves for the purpose Of
carrying Socialism further.
1--WE must stand for the complete
independence of the youth leagues
but we must also stand for COM
plete freedom to criticise their mis-
takes i'll cOnradely manner. We
must not fiatter the youth"
Here we see the recognition of the
special character Of the youth move
ment. From the understanding that
the youth al. are of necessity COM
PEELED to progress towards Socialism
by other paths, in other forms and
under other circumstances than die
their fathers" flows the whole
method Of formulating special youth
demands and organizational form;
for the economic and political strug-
giles Of the youth. These arise, moi
merely from the appropriation o.
the youth as unorganized, unskillet
labor, but also-and most important
from the special needs of the youth
due to their special physical, mental
and cultural requirements.
Relationship Between Youth and
Adult Revolutionary Movement
From this understanding flows also
the establishment of a correct re-
lationship between the adult anc
youth revolutionary movements-or-
ganizational independence, but poll
teal Subor6ination.
On the question Of the struggle
against capitalist militarisn and i'm
perialist war, Lenin paid the closest
attention to the youth movement
As early as 1907, he scrutinized very
carefully the work OF the Interna-
tional Conference Of Socialist Youth
Organizations which was called in
Stuttgart on the initiative Of Karl
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Liebknecht.
He sharply criticized the semi
anarchist position Of Herve, who then
enjoyed great influence over the
revolutionary youth. In connection
with Nerves slogan Of replying" Il
all wars by strikes and rebellionS
Lenin, while commencing the posi-.
tive character of this slogan as q
correct revolt against the Sckiy par
iamentariSln Of the Second Inter-
national, declared:
HE failed to understand On the
one hand that war ID . necessary
product Of capitalism, and that the
proletariat could not bind itself not
to take part In revolutionary wars,
for such wars are possible, and have
occurred in capitalist societies. On
the other hand, he failed to under
stand that the possibility of ere
plying" to war depends on the
character OF the crisis which war
calls forth. The methods of strug-
gle must be determined In accord
ance with these conditions. Fur
thermore, the struggle must con-
siSt of not merely substituting
peace for war, but of substituting
Socialism for capitalism. II IS not
sufficient to prevent the outbreak
of war; 1t Is necessary to take
advantage Of the crisis caused by
the war to hasten the overthrow
Of the bourgeoisie."
Lenin on Mistakes of Youth
Movement
In 1915, In the same article referred
to above, "The International Of
Youth" Lentn once again returned
to the mistakes Of the youth move
ment on the question Of war and
militariSm. On this occasion, the
central point OF Lenin's criticism was
directed against the pacifist slogan OF
disarmament" raised by the Inter
national Of Youth"
This slogan was later subjected &c
through analysis In Lenin's famous
article on Disarmament" This clas-
sic, written expressly around the mis-
taken position Of the youth on dis
armament still remains today as the
basis for the anti-militarist position
Of the revolutionary youth.
Lenin speaks to the youth through
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BY VERN SMITH
Especial to the Daily Worker

MOSCOW, U.S.S.R, Jan. 1S.-I
visited the house in which Lenin
lived and died, in the little town Of
Cork, near Moscow, today. The
Lenin residence was the former man.
sion Of the textile magnate Morosoff
given as a dowry for his daughter
marriage to Rainbot, Governor Cen
eral OF Moscow.
The house is similar in architecture
and size to Mount Vernon, the home
of George Washington in Monticello,
Virginia. It is located in a birch
forest. Other houses, nearby, form q
workers rest home.
Lenin's room is maintained exactly
as he left it, with documents, news
papers still lying untouched on the
great leaders work table. On this
table calendar lies open at page
bearing Robert Minors cartoon show
ing Clemenceau talking with Lenin.
The caption under this cartoon reads:
"Clemenceau: Where will you get
the soldiers?
"Lenin: I will use yours"
The original Of this cartoon was
first published In the old Masses"
about Is years ago.
The living room next to the bed
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Roosevelt Govt Placing
Shipyards Under Navy's
Supervision
BY JAMES CASEY

The New Deal administration has
launched its final drive In prepara-
ton for the new war.
Significant transfers and appoint
ments of high military officials are
being rushed. Major operations for
armed conflict are being executed by
the Navy, while the land forces are
being augmented through regimen
tstion Of the men in the C!C.C. camps,
those at work on C.W.A. projects, and
also by members Of fascist groups
springing up in all parts Of the coun-
try.
Governmental departments have
been instructed to cooperate directly
and actively with the nations largest
industries to speed production Of war
equipment. Open mobilization of
labor is soon to be an established
fact,
Out Of the great maze Of plans,
stands out the the projected shifting
Of Rear Admiral Paul B. Dungen. The
rear admiral Is now industrial man
ager at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and
one of the nations leading technical
experts on warships. On March l,
he is to become inspector Of all work
for the Navy Department at the
Bethlehem Shipbulding Plant at
Quincy, Mass. Herein lies a complete
story in itself, but at this time only
the bare facts will be outlined.
Schwab Is Placed in Charge
This shipbuilding plant is sub
sidiary OF the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration, OF which Charles M. Sehwah
is chairman Of the board Of directors
And Schwab is also q member Of .
rather secret Advisory Board Of the
War Department. The function OF
this board is to study and recommend
ways and means for quick mobiliza-
ton Of labor and industries "in the
event Of an emergency"
To the Wall Street government, the
word emergency Is Just q polite
name for war.
In assigning DUNCAN 10 Schwabs
plant, the Navy Department Is con-
fldent that Congress will act favor
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proposal, for military planes are a
two-edged weapon, Being relatively
cheap, even small countries can
afford them and with good marks
manship and daring few planes can
do lot of damage, although greatly
outnumbered. One need only think
Of what single bomber could do to
the Panama Canal. To get rid Of such
a menace to the US. Is Of no small
importance-especially when the US.
War Department has plenty Of fac
tories blue printed and ready to start
into mass manufacture Of these
planes at a moments notice. Such a
treaty, needless to say, would not
apply in case OF war.
DOoSEVLTS $23S,0OO,0OO naval
IL construction program and the
pending Vinson bill authorizing $513,-
100000 more for the construction Of
100000 tons of destroyers, $4,000 tons
Of submarines, an aircraft carrier,
and, in addition, under a general
clause, the replacement Of all Of the
$30,000000 battleshipS, many Of which
have Just been reconditioned at an
expense Of approximately $1,000, 900
to S10,000000 each-all this brings up
the question Of navies.
How about naviesP Nayies-battle-
ships, cruisers, airplane carriers-are
not offensive" weapons, at least
when made in the United States
And as to submarines-well, perhaps
the uniformed 1ieutenants of the big
US. corporations might agree to get
rid Of them. But the lieutenants Of
the big French and Japanese COR
porations have reams Of speeches
and documents ready to prove that
submarines are entirely defensive
and make 1t clear that they will not
abolish them until their rival imper-
ianst junk their defensive" battle
ships and cruisers Why this seeming
comedy? For the simple reason that
submarines, like airplanes, are re-
latively cheap and can operate ideally
as clone wolves"-they are poor ma
tons weapons.
On the other hand, only the richest
capitalist countries have enough
wage slaves and natural resources to
exploit for the maintenance Of huge
fleets Of warshipS. It is, therefore, to
the interest Of Great Britain and the
US, to maneuver French and jap
anese imperialists out Of compar-
atively cheap ornaments while hold
ing on their expensive ones.
THUS, one can see that Roosevelt's
1 demand for the abolition Of all
offensive" weapons amounts to a
demand for the scrapping Of some Of
the principal weapons Of the great
land powers, especially France, while
refusing even to consider the scrap
ping Of the largest weapons Of attack
in the entire world--the battle fleets
Of the great sea powers.
In the face Of all this, the liberals
and paci1sts greet the "disarnla-
ment" schemes Of the US. with en-
thusiasm, setting up smoke screen
behind which the -purpoSed i'm
perialists go on exploiting workers in
peace that they may be able to bleed
and slaughter more Of them in war.
Every time Roosevelt spouts about
peace and scores the mean politicians
(of other countries, Of course who
oppose peace, new warship slides
down the ways. That's part Of the
New Deal.
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Young Workers Needs
Differ from Those
of Older Workers

Lenin placed the task of political
self education as the main task Of
the youth:
'"The tasks OF the youth gener-
ally, and Of the Young Communist
Leagues and all other organizations,
particularly, may be expressed In
one sentence; The task is to ac-
quire knowledge"
However, while placing this as the
central task of the youth, Lenin
launched scathing attack on all ten
denotes to bookish learning by mem
DRY of formulas separated from ac-
tive participation in the class struggle.
For Lenin, the task of acquiring
knowledge was intimately connected,
in fact, inseparable, from participa-
ton in the struggle Of the working
class.
Today, when the eyes OF hundreds
Of thousands of American youth are
turned towards the Soviet Union as
the living example Of the liberation
Of the youth from the horrors Of
capitalism, it is our task to popular
ize widely the great heritage of Lenin
to the youth.
In particular. the young workers
and students now in the Young Peo-
Piles Socialist League, must be &C.
quainted with the teachings Of Lenin.
We must show them that the path
of Kautsky, Thomas and Hillquit lead
to fascist reaction; that only the path
of the Party of Lenin leads to So
cialiSnl.
Applying in practice the teachings
Of Lenin, we must go forward to the
organization Of mass Young Conn
munist League, which viii be able,
guided by the Communist Party, to
lead the struggles Of the youth
against hunger, fascism and war, and
together with the whole working class
fight for the overthrow OF the rule
of the capitalists and the establish
ment Of Soviet America.
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and what not, explain the con-
tent Of his disarmament" pro
posals, especially as set forth
In his recent Woodrow Wilson
Foundation speech.
Presenting again the theme Of the
various schemes advanced by the
United States delegates, from the last
year Of the Hoover regime, to the
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offense," said the man who is busy
forging navy second to none"
The so-called Geneva Disarma-
ment Conference consumed a great
deal of its futile discussions in debat-
ing whether this or that type Of
armament should be called Often
sive" or defensive Each country, of
course, insisted that it's own most
necessary brand Of weapon be con-
sidered purely defensive, with the ex-
ception of the Soviet Union which,
exasperatingly enough for the I'M
perialist disarmament" delegates,
actually proposed the destruction Of
all ornaments. ''Is my proposal prop
aganda?" asked delegate Litvinof Of
the Soviet Union. Certainly, prop
sganda for peace"
WHAT, specifically, did the United
W States regard as offensive weapons
which ought to be scrnpped by all
nations? First of all, it proposed that
everyone do away with poison gas, q
suggestion which bourgeois profess
sionsl hunanitarians greeted with
great approval. On closer examir1a-
ton, however, it eventuates that all
the US. wanted was to forbit the use
Of poison gas in war. But at the same
time 1t fought against any proposal
to destroy these gases or to stop their
manufacture. It did this because it
wanted to continue the building up
Of ever larger stocks Of new and more
deadly gases.
Secondly, the Us. proposed the
actual abolition Of tanks and heavy
artillery, specifically a generous
offer from an imperialist government.
But to anyone who knows anything
about the high degree Of develop
rnent Of American capitalism and the
degree to which 1t has been fitted
into the Schemata Of the elaborate
War Department characterization
Plan, It Is clear that with It's immense
factory equipment (the destruction
OF gun and tank factories, of course,
was not suggested the US. could get
Off to q much quicker start in build
ing these ornaments at the begin
ming Of war than Japan, France or
Great Britain.
Finally, the United States delega-
ton included bombing planes on the
list Of ornaments to be strapped.
This constituted q dernagogic appeal
TO the masses Of workers who in
stinctively associate eirplane raids
with modern war. It was also crafty
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only through such mistakes will the
workers and peasants learn to build
a new life, learn to do without capt.
talists; only thus will they blaze a
new trail-through thousands Of OBJ
stacles-to a victorious Socialism.
In carrying on their revolutionary
work mistakes were made by our
peasants who abolished all private
landed property at one blow in one
night, Oct. 1926 (old Style, 1917.
Now. month after month, overcoming
tremendous hardships and correcting
themselves, they are solving in a
practical way the most difficult tasks
OF organizing new conditions of eco
nomic ife-struggling with kulaks.
securing the land for the tOiIers (and
not for the rich people, and bring
ing about the transition to a Com
munist large scale agriculture.
In carrying on their revolutionary
work mistakes were made by our
workers, who have now rationalized
after a few months, almost all the
major factories and plants and who
are learning from hard, day-to-day
work the new task of managing
whole branches Of industry; who are
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ALvARADO DIES IN VENEZUELAN
CELL

NEW YORK.-Captain Rafael AL
varado, for nearly six years political
prisoner in the dungeons of Dictator
Gomez Of Venezuela, died In his cell
late in December, OF tuberculosis, the
International Labor Defense has just
learned.
Alvarado participated in an army
uprising at Caracas in April, 1928
For the last few years he had been
shackled to Lieut.. Barrios, another
political prisoner, who is dying Of tu-
berculo&s
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Soviet Smelling $4,000
Tons of Iron Ore Daily

MOSCOW, Jan. 17.-Notwith-
standing the severe winter
weather, the metallurgical fac
tories of the Soviet Union made
a record smelling Of 23,400 tons
daily. During the same period
last year the daily smelling Of
iron ore wayered between $4,000
to 1900.
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first year Of the
New Deal, Roose-
welt appealed for
the destruction of
Offensive" weap-
ons. let every
nation agree to
eliminate over a
short period of
years and by pro-
gressive steps
every weapon of
defense in its pos
session and to
create no addi-
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ably upon its request for $780,
100000 appropriation. BY the same
token, Schwab, as member Of the
war board, Is certain that his corpo-
ration win receive a large share Of
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WALL STREETS
CAPITOL
By SEYMOUR WALDMAN.

WASHINGTON JAM 19-President Roosevelt's tremendous
" machine, his hundreds of millions for of the
greatest naval programs in history the many millions for
echanizaon motorzaon increase of the naval personnel
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the contracts to be awarded for war
ship construction. Dungan'S appoint
ment actually means the forthcoming
militarization of labor at the private
yards Of the Bethlehem corporation
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Lenin's Letter to the
American Working Glass

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