The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-09
ActiUity Among Young Negro
Workers Stressed in Report
Ignoring of Demands of
Youth Held Weakness
in Trade Union Work
BY HARRY CANNES

CLEN ELAND, April 7. -
Clarence Hathaway, Editor of
the Daily Worker, was greeted
by a rising ovation from the
delegates at the Eighth Ma
tional Convention of the Commu-
mist Party when he was introduced
by Gil Green, national secretary Of
the Young Communist League and
chairman of the session, to report
today for the central committee Of
the Party on work among the youth.
In his usual clear and terse
manner, Comrade Hathaway pointed
out the unanswerable neglect Of the
Party in sufficiently paying atten-
ton to win the working youth for
Communism. He devoted the first
few minutes of his speech to brief
but sharp criticism of the Daily
Worker, official organ Of the Com
munist Party, U. S. A.
Danger of Youth as Fodder for
Imperialist War
After tracing the growing danger
of an imperialist war and the role
being prepared for the youth by
the ruling class, Comrade Hathaway
said:
"UnIess we develop our work
among the young workers, those
who will mainly be drawn into
the armies, navies, the air forces
of capitalism, those who will play
very decisive part in munition
production for war, we will not
he able to carry on the proper
struggle against war. We viii not
be able to perform the tasks be-
fore us during the period of
war situation. Therefore, at tins
point, emphasize the need serl-
ously of taking up the struggle
of winning the young workers in
the most decisive struggle against
war"
Roosevelt's war policy, the use OF
the New Deal in preparation for
war, was traced in detail by Com
rade Hathaway.
He warned: TN this struggle for
leadership over the youth, the revo-
lutionary working class movement
is by no means alone. The bour-
geoisie, with all its organizations
are actively engaged-more actively
than ever before-in an effort to
win the youth for their policy, for
the policy of fascism mad war; the
policy of extreme chauvinism."
Through offering pseudo-criticism
of the New Deal, various organiza-
tions of the bosses appealing to the
youth, like the Y.M.CA, are par
ticularly trying to win the youth
for the program Of fascism and war
Hathaway pointed out.
Win the Negro Youth
In this respect, Comrade Hatha-
way dwelt in detail with the prob
lens of the Negro youth, saying
eve have to note the activity of the
Negro reformists among the young
workers. Comrade Haywood has
dealt at length with the whole sys-
tenn of activities of the Negro re-
fornists. He told of the develop
ment of petty bourgeois Nationalist
tendencies among the Negro people
These particularly are directed TO-
ward the youth. They are the ones
that provide to a great extent the
mass base for any growing strength
that these organizations have"
Turning his attention next to the
numerous examples of white chau-
vinism in the Young Communists
League" which have to be eXtir-
pated, Comrade Hathaway gave one
outstanding, glazing example.
In Gary, Indiana, where a group
of petty-b bourgeois supporters of the
Party were holding social gather
ing, League comrades brought two
Negro girls to the aaffir Wher
they got there, the people holding
it objected to their adnittance. /
so happened that these people vert
contributors to the Party or to thu
League. So the League comrades
after due elaboration, went to thu