The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-14
Party Life
Cleveland Y. c. L.
Demands Action
In Open Letter

COMRADES: We demand actionl
y You will remember that in the
Ohio District Resolution and the
Four Month Control Plan adopted
at the Conference, August 1926,
1884, the following point was
stressed " .. the winning Of the
working class youth is a primary
task Of the whole party" UNTO
MASS Work.
With full recognition Of the seri-
BUSINESS of the situation as regards
the size of the Y. c. L. the Party
resolved to prepare a plan which
would result in enlarging the mem
bership of the League to FIVE
HUNDRED IN DISTRICT SKI
HOW Is THIS TO BE DONE2
''The fulf1llment of this task i,
involves the giving of systematic
assistance and guidance to the
Young Communist League, the
Party's assistance in the fight for
Socialism. -. Every Party unit, and
every Party member must help the
Y. C. L. to carry out this basic task. Z"
(Bittelman: Communist Party in
Action.) Comrades of the Party,
how many of you in Section Two
have read and agreed with Com
rade Bittelman's statement?
Why are there no Party members
actually working with League mem
bers, from day to day? Why are no
Party members present at the meet
ings of the Section Committee OF
the League or at unit meetings?
Let us examine a little further.
We know that organizationally the
League is independent of the Party
But is it not also subordinate to
the Party which helps and
correctS the League in its work
among the proletarian youth" Also
there is complete freedom to
criticize their mistakes Oeague) in
comradely manner. We must not
hatter the Youth" Lenin: Commu-
mist, JAN, 1934)
How strange this sounds. Today
there is no help. No corrections,
No criticism. No comradeliness. Do
we need help? In Section as terri
tory we have only three units of
% members with a Party section of
200. Not a single member of the
Y. G. L. section committee a Party
member and it is our task to see
that we build a strong Party core in
our section, but this core will not
| takn fkn rxIaan ~ -
the section and the units.
Comrades: 1t is over six months
now that there has been no contact
between the Party and the League
in Section Two. Some, if not many
Of our new recruits have not taken
part in any struggles or actions
which the Communist Party has
led. We are forced to rely on stray
leaflets to let us know when we
can take part in some activity which
may enable us to build the League.
Party members are fast asleep
when it comes to the matter of re-
cruiting for the League. A casual
visit to the Single Workers Club on
l05th netted the League two mem
bers and two prospects. And the
Party has a fraction in this club
RES pom SIB ILITY MUST BE
PLACED AND A CHANGE MADE!
We believe the above statements
clearly indicate the criminal and
dangerous neglect of the League by
the Party in Section Two. We de-
mand actionl Rectify this sftua-
ton! We propose as follows:
1. Immediately assign respon-
sible and capable comrades from
the Section Committee of the
Party to work with the Section
Committee of the League.
q Immediately put Party COM
rades to work with the various
League units.
3. All comrades Of League age
to be put into the League, take
out League books, and their Party
work, YOUTH work not agit-
props of the Party, ETC., for what
more important task is there than
the winning of the working class
youth? We shall submit soon a
list of all comrades of League age
to the Party in Section and Sec
ton IA.
We suggest that you indulge in
some Bolshevik self criticism anc
hope relations between the Commu-
mist Party and the Y. G. L. in Sec
ton Two will change for the better
Forward to mass Young Commu.
mist LeagueI
SECTION TWO,
Y. G. L. District Six, Cleveland
A COMRADE has just sent us thi
"A Letter which he received from :
young sympathizer, whom he is try
ing to persuade to join the Youns
Communist League. The lette.
speaks for itself and needs no com.
ment from us. We hope that tn,
Brooklyn unit to which it refers will
take note of it. This column re-
ceives so many letters from Y!C.L..
ers complaining about disorderl,
and disorganized unit meetings
that this would almost seem to b,
universal disease of Y. C. L. units
But we hope that all Y. C. l.. unit,
are not so lacking in friendlines
and so careless in their approach tt
new members and sympathizers.
Though my sympathies ar
wholly and entirely with the Com
munist Party. must admit tina
they received serious Jolt tn
other day. AS you know, I attent
school every evening except Friday
Monday I cut classes so that
could visit the Y. C. L. group in m,
neighborhood, and see the Youn,
Communists in their own element
AL and l went together When W,
arrived there, the meeting was ii
fun session. We we're unaware O
l.. f.