The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-21

Party Must Aid
Vel. in Building
Factory Nuclei

Party Must AID
Vel. in Building
Factory Nuclei
THE Y. c. L. has only
seventy-fve shop nuclei
and many of these are not in
basic industries. This shows
Immediately that the connec-
ton of the Y,C.L. with the
youth in the industry is very
weak. Even in New York where we
register such good results in build
ing the YCL, only three nuclei have
been built alongside the Party. The
fact that in more than eight
months the whole Party helped the
YCL. in building only three shop
nuclei, shows that the most i'm
portant decisions on youth work
have not been carried out.
What are the tasks confronting
the Party in overcoming this weak
ness2 First the League at present
has a membership of 5000. It has
set before itself the task of reach
ing a membership of 10000 by July
LIST, in connection with the Seventh
World Congress of the Y.C.I. Can
this figure be reached7 1t Can.
TT will be reached if the Party will
give full assistance in the con-
centration districts, and in all those
districts where the gaps in size be-
tween the Party and the Y.CL. is
large. This means that in some
districts We must be determined to
put over the task Of building the
League INTO a real mass organi-
cation.
Second: In the period from toda,
until July the Party must under
take to build at least fifty shop
nuclei of the Vel. Every district
must select factories to concentrate
upon. This means the assignment
OF forces, continuous follow-up, etc.
Third: In connection with the
DAILY WORKER circulation drive.
the Party units must spread the
Young Worker among the youth in
the shops, unions, mass organiza-
tions. The YOUNG WORKER will
become the best means of reaching
young workers, the best means of
recruiting for the Y,CL.
Fourth: The leading cadres must
be strengthened in all districts.
This means assigning of young
Party members for youth work. The
New York District in this respect
has already decided to assign 100
young Party members for League
work. This example should be fol-
lowed by all other districts. We
should not be stingy with the youth.
Fifth: In the next period there
must be more attention and guild
ance to the YCL. The VOL. is
making the first beginnings of
breaking away from it's sectarian-
ism, in connection with the broad
movement around the American
Youth Congress. The VOL, is
learning to connect itself with broad
masses Of youth, and as one of the
comrades stated, We must help on
a District scale to penetrate into
the C.C.C. camps.
LEADERSHIP and guidance to the
Il Y.CL. must take the form of
assistance in developing youth ac-
tivities in connection with all the
mass campaigns of the Party
unemployed insurance, work in the
AT. of L., etc.. No Party plan can
be considered complete unless it
indicates how the youth are to be
modified for the specific cam
paigns, and how the Party will aid
the work among the youth in the
campaigns. To the youth belongs
the future. But the future, where
the younger generation of the
American toiling masses will ac-
complish miracles is not far away,
and our task is to speed up the
tempo in winning over, this part of
the working class.
Why did we neglect the Y.C.L.q
Why did we not fulfil the Eighth
Party Convention decisions with
regard to the youth? What do the
districts intend to do in CARRYING
out these proposals?
Here comes the example of the
New York District, of the Harlem
Section, They have something that
no one other section of the Party
has: The HARLEM ORGANIZER.
What is the main headline in its
last issue? THE Party must inten-
SHY youth work" The examples,
the experiences of Harlem, of the
New York District must be followed
by the Party in all districts.