The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 5, 1924, Page 14

The Youth in the R It is always an exhilirating sight to see a mass of young people enjoying themselves. The spirit and enthusiasm at a football game here or in Great Britain, the steadied motion of the young athletes of Germany or Sweden as they execute their maneuvers are interesting and enjoyable to everyone; but these in no way compare with the almost limitless flow of life and laughter and goodfellowship to be found at any gathering of the Russian Kemsomols (Young Communists). Whereas the whole trend of the edu- eation given in all capitalist countries is one wherein the individual is taught te think first and foremost im terms of his own success, in Russia it is the opposite. There the students are taught to regard society @s a unit of which they are parts. They are de- veloped so that their own advance- ment and success is measured in terms of their ability to contribute to the development and advancement of the entire community. \ Social science becomes a part of the training of chil- dren from the time when they enter school, but it does not c@ase when school days are over: but is carried on in the workshops, the mines and the offices... Furthermore, there ‘is at no time made the hard and fast line of distinction between manual and mental work such as we find thruout the rest of the world. The work schools, which are being established all over -* evolution - the Soviet Union as rapidly &s,ing in Russia. There they want their conditions permit, link up the school and factory, combine theory with prac- tice and make out of the rising gen- eration men and women who possess a balanced training, so they can serve in. the capacity of both brain and brawn workers. Children Both Heard and Seen. The discrimination against the youth which exists in every other country is not to be found in Rus- sia. The political barriers which pre- vent all under 21 years of ago to vote (in many countries the age limit. is 23 or 25 years) does not exist in Rus- sia. Every worker there irrespective of his age, can participate in all elec- tions. The barriers set up by the trade unions in ali other countries against the admittance of young work- ers do not exist in Russia. Quite to the contrary, the youth have their special representatives on all commit- tees of the unions to see to it that the interests of the young workers are especially looked after. In every respect the young people of Russia are trained in such a fash- ion that they will be prepared to state their views and opinions on all mat- ters, In their schools, in their clubs, everywhere, they are expected to gov- ern themselves as much as they pos- sibly can. They are trdined to speak up, not to hold their tongues. The old saying about “children should be seen but not heard” is in bad stand- children both seen and heard. As a sonséquence, I have seen any num- ber of good sincere Communists from other countries almost shocked at the forwardness, or as some of them put it, “the audacity” of these youngsters. The environment under which these comrades hyd been forced to live the whole of their lives made it almost impossible for them to accept the idea of children talking as equals to their elders. But the youth of Rus- sia, freed from the old restraint, is developing at an almost unbelieveable rate. Time and again I have wit- nessed long and serious discussions on political problems of the day by groups of kiddies ranging from nine or ten to fifteen years of age. It is no longer an unusual thing over there. The backbone of the Soviet govern- ment is the Communist Party but back of that party stands a Young Communist League with a member- ship almost a million strong. This ‘is a mighty army of young workers rang- ing in age from 15 or 16 to 22 years of age. Most of them had no part in the earlier struggles of 1917 or 1918. They have developed into man and woman- hood under this new workers’ gov- ernment—and there are none so loyal to it as just these young Communists who know that theirs is the actual task of building a new social order. And back of the Komsomols stand the Young Leninists, hundreds of thou-. «By Oh sands of them, as the third line of defense for the workers’ state. " Creating’a New World. Small wonder that the joy, the en- thus}ism-of the Russian youth ex- ceeds that of the youth of all the world for it is a joy and an enthusi- asm that arises out of a conscious- ness of their importance in. creating a new world. The youthful guards- men of the Russian proletariat are the guarantee that world capitalism can never reconquer the Soviet gov- ernment. They are the guarantee that the rising generation has thrown off for all time to come the shackles of serfdom and wage slavery. They stand as a guide and an inspiration to the working class youth of all the world to follow in their footsteps. For every year that the Soviet gov- ernment has existed there has grown up behind it a° million new ardent supporters. From Vladivostok to Len- ingrad and from Murmansk to Tiflis the Young Communist League and the Young Lenintsts are to be found, train- ing, organizing, educating their mem- bers and their supporters to become able and efficient citizen-workers in the United Socialist Soviet States. The first seven years of struggle are past. The critical period is .over. The Youthful Guardsmen will see to it that the future will make up for the misery, the ignorance, the brutmli- ty inflicted upon the masses of Rus- sians for centuries. (Continued from Page 7.) knows no personal considerations. He | who is. not fit, must go. 3 Honesty, integrity, clean living are) a fundamental pre-requisite of a Com-| munist. Members are being expelled | for laxity, corruption, favoritism, for | heb-nobbing with bourgeois elements, | for extravagance, haughty attitude to-| wards subordinates, an inclination to: draw away from the mass of workers. This is a workers’ republic, the party. says, and a member who cannot live the live of a- worker may not stay in; the party. A maximum of earnings has been | fixed by the party for its members. | What a Communist receives above the ; maximum must be turned over to the treasury of the party. Last summer the maximum which no member of the party could overstep was 190 roub- les monthly ($100.) : It is a privilege to be a Communist im Russia. It is a strenuous task to be a Communist in Russia. The party demands, and takes, all a man’s en- ergy, all his abilities, all his life. A Communist must set an example for the rest of mankind. Those who fall RUSSIAN PARTY ithe pfoletarian rule, for Having acquiesced in the existence of the Soviet system and in the prole- tarian dictatorship, the bourgeois ele- ments are hoping for a slackening of disagree- ments, dissentions and struggles with: in the party itself, as this would in- crease the chances of some kind of a “democratic” (bourgeois) order in the future. A deviation in the direction of so-called democracy, a deviation from the tried principles of proletarian dic- tatorship under the leadership of a monolithic Communist Party is, there- fore considered by the party not as a différence of opinion but as a conces- sion to the petty bourgeois classes which are still numerically strong in the Soviet Republic. Only, Bolshevism will carry the revolution to a victor }ious conclusion. Strength in Unity With. the Masses “We, the non-partisan workers, are with you. ° Together we shall work to make our Workers Republic a Com- munist -country.”. “Lenin, our great leader, is dead, but his party lives and will continue his work. We shall fol- low its lead.” “We, plain workers of the shop, greet your congress and are certain that you will make decisions Order for Your Nov. 7 Meetings Just Off the Press! - LENIN THE GREAT STRATEGIST OF THE CLASS WAR. By A. Losovsky, General Secretary of the Red International of Labor Unions., introduction by Alexander Bittelman. An attractive booklet of 48 pages—heavy paper cover with a drawing of Lenin—the whole work a tribute to our great leader, and an instrument toward mastering Leninism. 3 ORDER NOW! Single copy 15 cents. 10 to 25 copies 12c per copy. Translation and Send remittance to The Trade Union Educational League Wm. Z. Foster, Secy. 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Ay Ay i ee Re ee SS TESST SST TTF VTS TAT ETT 25 or more 10¢ per copy. Chicago, Illinois ver Carlson mgr’. aa sac ER Sen EOI LD short quit the party. Women, Youth, Pioneers to the best interests of the working : class.” “We have come from a far tf A-ramified organization has been) away district to tell you that you must constructed to work among the W0-| unginchingly follow the path‘of Len- men. A splendid, active, boyant, @B-|inism, for only in this way shall we gressive and spirited organization is| win’ “Long live the Party of Ilyitch! the Union of Communist Youth with a Long live our victory the world over!” membership of 600,000. A beatiful, | inspiring, happy and hopeful organi- zation is that of the Pioneers, the Com- munist children. Color, riotous joy of life, reckless contempt for bodily diffi- culties, a burning desire for construct- ive work in the present and in the fut: ure are being brought into Russian Mfe by the youth and children’s or- ganizations. The Watchman on Guard. g. We tread a narrow path in a difficult country We are surrounded by enemies. We have little experi- ence. We are, so far, alone in our great endeavor to create a new or- der. We must be cautious. As long as we are united and uniform in ac tion, we are safe, and safe is the cause of the revolution. As soon a8 we have deviated from the straight path, as soon as there appears the slightest crack in our solid wall of unity; the revolution is endangered. This is how the Russian Communist Party looks upon its task. This is why it is so anxiously watching every @esention in its organization. The party is aware that the bourgeois ele- ments which still remain in the coun try werve for some political expression. eee In these words non-partisan work- ers, delegates from factories and plants greeted the 8th Congress of the R. C. P. at which the writer had the privilege to be present. In these words, the intimate unity, nay, the sameness of the working class and |’ the Communist™Party found its ex- pression. The Russian Communist Party is strong with the strength of the work- ing masses, Long live the Russian Communist Party, the leader of the Russian Prole- tarian Revolution! For a Fraternal Order and and Communistic movements, party, Call State 8491 or write oe tenia sprmser dap Wanted General Organizer throughout the world. Applicant must understand principles and Our slogans are; Law Order, Enduring Fraternity based upon economic and secial Our | world-wide movement for the emancipation of the class. WORLD REPUBLIC UNIVERSITY 1006 Burnham Building . PHILADELPHIA NOTICE CELEBRATION 7th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution Friday November 7, at 8 P. M. Labor Lyceum, 6th and Brown Sts. C. E. 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