The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Youth Conference
Votes For One United
National Youth Day
Illinois Youth Meeting
Has Delegates from
10000 Workers

30, 500 Workers
NEW YORK. - One united Ma
tonsl Youth Day demonstration
against war and fascism was en-
Enthusiastically voted Sunday evening
by 253 delegates representing over
41.5O0 young workers and students
gathered in a conference called by
the American League Against War
and FaScism. Youth Section, at the
Church Of All Nations. (By print
ter's error. the Daily Worker yester-
day reported Ais represented, in
stead of 41,5O0).
The conference unanimously de-
cided that its arrangements COM
mittee meet with the arrangements
committee Of the Sociaist-control
led youth conference held last week
and work out detailed plans for one
parade and meeting on May 80.
The decision for unity came after
a delegation led by Ben Fisher of
the Young Peoples Socialist League
had proposed unity on four points
on which he wanted the conference
to agree in addition to any points
proposed by the conference which
would be acceptable to the Y. P. S.
L. His points we're:
1. Against the U. s. fleet maneu-
vers May 81 in N. Y. harbor.
2. Against the attack of police
on four members of the Y. P. S. L.
in a youth demonstration last May
30.
8. Against terror Of Mendieta
government against Cuban student
4. Against the deportation Of
four individuals (nan1es unknown
from Holland to Germany.
Discuss Plans Jointly
The united front conference Sun
day decided that all details as to
time and place of the demonstration
will be decided by both committees
jointly and that organization may
raise their own slogans 50 long as
they pertained to the struggle
against war and fascism.
Resolutions were passed based on
the anti-war. anti-fascist struggle,
for the freedom of Ernst Thaelnan,
leader Of the German Communist
Party and all anti-fascist prisoners,
against the fleet maneuvers May 81.
greeting the sailors Of the fleet and
urging them to Join in the anti-war
struggle, protesting the murder of
five Alabama coal miners.
Many Youth Groups Represented
Represented at the conference
we're fifteen shops and sixteen
unions including five A. F. Of l..
locals, 30 social and athletic clubs,
80 student clubs and organizations,
settlement houses and a Y. M. H. A.
branch, six Young Circle League
branches, IL anti-war groups, besides
numerous fraternal and workers
organizations and the Youth Sec
ton Of the American Jewish Con-
gress.
The arrangements committee of
both conferences will meet tonight
to make final plans.
The great demand for united
May 30 demonstration compelled
the 7. P. s. L. delegation, who had
come to the conference with the
intention Of raising minor points of
agreements which they hoped the
conference would find difficult to
accept, to agree to joint meeting
Of the two arrangements commit
tees.
Especial TO the Daily WOrker)
CHICAGO, May 14.-Thirty thou
sand five hundred youth sent their
delegates to the State Conference
Against War and Fascism here Sun
day. The same day, few hundred
liberals, Socialists and assorted
preachers met in the Morrison Hotel
to listen to the Christian Socialist
team Of Sherwood Eddy and Nor
man Thomas lecture on the same
subject.
At the Youth Conference 140 del
egates from over a hundred or
CARNATIONS hammered out q pro-
gram Of united struggle against
inperialist war.
The question of organizing the
fight against Fascism and war In
the factories, schools and neighbor-
hoods, the organization Immediately
of the greatest mass support for
National Youth Day, May 80, the
establishment of a broad committee
of the youth of illinois to CO.
ordinate all activities in the State,
and the planning of local confer
ences took up the time of the Youth
Conference.
Delegates from the Youth Con-
ference got the floor at the Nor
rison, when the crowd applauded
their demand to speak. They urged
united action. At last reports the
question was still buried in the res
olutions committee.
National Gusrdsmen at the Youth
Conference spoke, through letters
sent to the chair, pledging their
support for the work. An anony-
nous Fuardsnan was elected to the
state Youth Anti-War Committee.
I00 Musicians Attend