The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-06

| front between the Y.CL. and YP
ST., you prefer to discuss the abso-
lutely impossible united front be-
tween the Y.CL. and the renegades
Instead of removing this obstacle
to the united front. you cling to
it. Thus, instead of aiding unity
you hinder it.
you state in your communication
to us: The argument which you
raise to exclude the two groups
[LovestoneiteS and Trotskyites - J
IL might just as easily be used
against us. -. Why does the Y.CL.
overlook these charges against us,
but raise them as obstacles against
other groups in the united front
which we have proposed?
We raise these questions not for
the purpose of opening old sores,
but to determine how serious or how
frivolous is your attitude to the
united front which we have made.
S. P. Youth viii Not Agree
"We are quite sure that the
masses Of Socialist youth most GER
tainly will not agree with the impli-
cation that they are identical with
the counter-revolutionary Trotsky-
ties and Lovestoneites. We are
quite sure that the masses of Social
ist and Communist youth do not
relish such an attempt to place
them in the same category with the
enemies of the working class-the
LoveStoneites and Trotskyites. We
are sure that they want to disasso-
ciate themselves and not identify
themselves with these enemies of
the working class.
I'VE are also certain tha5 the
masses of Socialist youth who are
anxious to enter into united front
action with their Communist class
brothers are not supremely inter-
ested in why the Y.C.L. is willing
to unite with the YP.SL. but does
not want unity with the counter
revolutionary renegade groups,
What they are above all else inter-
ested in is the fact that the Y.C.L.
does want unity with the Y.P.SL.
We are also certain that they can
not understand the insistence with
which you raise the question of
unity between the Y.CL. and the
renegade groups as a necessary con-
dition for unity between the Y.C.L
and the YP.SL.
Test In Action
If as you state, your only pur-
pose in raising these questions is
to determine how serious or how
frivolous is the attitude Of the
Y.CL. towards the united front.
then why can you not conclude a
united front agreement with the
Y,CL. for joint struggle against the
attacks Of the capitalist class upon
the working class youth, and test IN
action the seriousness or frivolity
of both organizations? We know
OF no other way of making this test,
Simple statements to this effect are
proof of nothing. Only in action
can both the Y.P.SL. and Y.CL.
be tested.
Fer our part. we are convinced
that we have already been tested
and found not wanting. The seri-
BUSINESS of the Y.C.L. in the styug-
gle for the united front has been
demonstrated on innumerable oc-
casions. Only few days ago. in
the face Of an unprecedented mo-
bllization of police, members of the
Young Communist League and
Young Peoples Socialist League
carried out united front action
against the fascist musicians in the
Academy Of Music on 14th Street,
by conducting militant and Joint
picketing.
IF the Y. P. S. L. wishes to test
again what has already been tested
then, why does it not carry through
the proposed united front action
with the Y. G. l.. on Oct. IL? If on
the other hand. the Y. P. S. L. re-
Trains from uniting with the Y.CL
on this occasion. merely because il
does not understand why the YCL
is willing to conclude a united front
agreement with it and not with the
counter revolutionary renegade
groups, then no honest vouna
worker can be blamed for inclininl
to the belief that the City Commit.
tee of the YP.SL. is INDUCING more
in a desire to involve itself in end
less discussion than in realizing tht
united front of action.
"On the same grounds, the City
Committee could refrain from
achieving the united front with the
Y.CL. merely because it did not un.
! derstand why the Y.C.L. takes 6
certain position on any other prin.
cipled question on which it differ.
from the Y.PSL., and if it refused
to unite with the Vel. until i
understood these questions. then tht
united front would be postponed in.
definitely until every single prin.
cipled difference between the Vel
and the Y.PSL. had been discussed
Nevertheless, in the interest Of
eliminating this artificially created
unclarity, which seems at presen-
to restrain the Y.P.S.L. from tht
united front. it is only necessary t.
state the following:
Differences In Policy
The charges which you claim
we raise against you are those thai
arise out of the differences in thu
program and the policies of our two
organizations. 1t is precisely il
order to overcome the division il
the ranks of the youth brough
about by these differences in pro.
gram and policy. that the united
front of action is necessary. 1t i
not a condition for such united from
that either organization shall aban
don its fundamental program anc
nclicy The Y.P.SL. cannot insis