The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-02

United Struggle Program Of New York Youth Congress
WI Test the Sincerity Of Partcipating Organisations

erS to live? Certainly these condi-
tions do not affect only one section
Of the youth, be they members OF
churches, US, Settlement Houses
Young Communists, or Young So
cialists, but all the youth of New
York City.
There can be no doubt that the
only effective manner in which
these conditions can be changed is
through united action on the part
of all the toiling and student youth.
1t has been precisely this unity that
the Communist Party and the
Young Communist League have
been striving to obtain. Unity on
the most immediate questions that
affect the very lives of the youth.
Not only unity in conferences and
resolutions, but in the daily strug-
giles of the toiling youth.
1t has been precisely this unity
that the Young Communist League
has been struggling to obtain with
tbs Y. P. S. L. and which the lead
ership of the Y. P. S. L. has for
the longest time rejected. This
minimum program has finally been
adopted, unanimously, at the New
York Regional American Youth
Congress, end now it remains to be
seen as to what organizations will
come out most effectively in mo-
bilizing the youth of New York City
in the struggle for it.
Who Is Fighting For Unity?
II the Y.P.S.L. leadership is pre-
pared to carry on sincere strug-
gle for unity, why did it seek to
insist on the Congress supporting
only the A. F. Of L. instead OF all
organized workers in labor unionsP
Those workers in the independent
and revolutionary unions who for
years have struggled against the
reactionary oficialdom of the A. F.
of L., who have witnessed betrayal
upon betrayal perpetrated upon
them and after bitter struggles have
built up revolutionary or indepen-
dent unions - are they not to be
recognized? Is the Fur Workers
Industrial Union, with over go per
cent of the workers organized into
its ranks, the Metal Workers In
dustrial Union, or the Furniture
Workers Industrial Union, affiliated
to the Trade Union Unity League,
unions that have won the conf
dence and respect Of the masses OF
workers in their respective indus
tries, for it's militant leadership, to
be disregarded?
Does the leadership of the Y.P.
81. desire to ignore the masses OF
workers organized into the Railroad
Brotherhoods, the United Shoe and
Leather Workers and the Progress
sive Miners Union because they are
not part of the A. F. of L.? Does
it advise the miners organized into
the Progressive Miners Union of
America to abandon their union
and return to the treacherous lead
ership of John L. Lewis. who has
made history by his betrayals? The
YP.SL. leadership appears" to be
insistent on supporting the A. F.
Of L.
Why Is 1t then that it was not
instrumental in securing delegates
from the A. F. of L. unions to the
Regional American Youth Con-
gress? Not only has it not secured
delegates from A. F. of L. unions,
but has prevented the circles OF
the Y.PSL. from cooperating with
the units Of the Y.C,L. in the prepa-
rations for the Congress.
1t was only after the vast majority
of delegates at the Congress, fol-
lowing the leadership of the Young
Communist League, had shown their
indignant opposition to such sec
tartan proposals, that the leader
ship of the Y.P.SL. was compelled
to withdraw this proposal in favor
OF the original demand for support
to all labor unions.
Unemployment Insurance
The First American Youth Con-
gress in August went on record
unanimously endorsing the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill. How
is the consistency in the line Of
the leadership of the YP.SL. to be
explained when at the August Con-
gress it supported the Workers IN
employment Insurance Bill, and at
the Regional Congress in New York,
attempted to have the Congress go
on record in support of no bills