Vapaus, January 16, 1929

              No.13 —
Keskiviikkona, tamTnik. 16 p;iia—WeA, Jan* 16 Sivu 7
Y Q U T H S E C T I ON
AND LUXEMURG BY HGIfflNG
CANADIAN BOSSES!
BaDy to the Young Commimist League in Its Fight Against MiKtarisift
and Imperialist War _
THE COHING WAR AND THE LEGACY OF UEBKNECHT
During this month the -•working
joath of the v o r l d is commemora-ting
the Tenth Anniversary of the
marder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa
Luxemburg—a murder committed
by German capitalista, aided and
jibetted by Social Democracy and
World Imperialism—^and the Fifth
Anniversary of the death of Lenin,
leader of the world revolution.
At a time when the threats of war
are becoming more definite every
day, and when at every hand the
In^erialists are preparing for an
attack on Workers' Russia, the com-memoration
of the desth of these
three great vrorking class leaders
mnst not take the form of vague
«entimental homage rendered to
their memory/ The greatest homage
the Canadian young -«vorkers can
render them is to carry on their
work by daily and determihed strug-gle
against imperialism, against the
war-plans of the Canadian capitalist
claES, and for the defence of the
Soviet Union.
These three great leaders during
their vrhole lives carried on the
mofit heroic and relentless struggle
against the capitalist system, the
System under which we iri Canada
live, the system vhich inevitably
causes greät wars in which millions
of workers' lives are sacrificed.. AU
their lives they combatted capitalist
militarism, the bloody life-consum-ing
instrument of capitalist oppres­sion,
the instrument used by the
bosses in their wars for profits, the
Instruments used against the work-ers
during strike^ and loekouts.
Anti-Militarism Is War.Cry of
Youth
Thö best way in which the young
Tvorkers of Canada can honour the
memoiy of these f alien revolution-ary
lead-ers—mighty heroes of the
xevolutionary working class—is to
follovr their example, to study'their
teachirigs, and to put them into
practice. To the working youth par.
ticularly belongs the job of fighting
capitalist militarism. The young
•nrorkevs are the chief victims of
capitalist wars^ Young workers com-
Posed the largest part of the last
great imperialist tvar-s ten mUlion
corpses. It is the working youth
who are being trained by the bosses*
for participation in the next war.
In Canada the School Cadets, Boy
Scouts, Navy League, Militia, etc.,
are Instruments for this purpose.
The bosses seek to utilize the fight­ing
spirit and militancy of the youth
for their ovnx ends. They seek to
draw the young Tv-orkers into the
next w'ar as armed slaves not as
slaves who use their weapons to
fight their oppressors, but as slaves
who blindly fight their feliow slaves
in the intrests of their masters; as
slaves who fight for the perpetua-tion
of their own slavery. Young
workers, this must nof be! The
young workers of Canada must not
be deluded by the boss class. The
young vvorkers must show the bosses
that they are not to be regarded as
docile cannon-fodder to be chewed
up by the capitalist -»ar machine in
the next war. They must fight.
Yes. But who must they fight?
They must fight their real enemy,
the Canadian capitalist class which
exploits and oppresses them. Not
their fellow Avorkers in other lands,
but the Canadian bosses and their
war plans; there is the real enemy
of the Canadian young -vvorkers. In
the words of Liebknecht: "Now
more than ever anti-militarism must
be the war cry of the youth."
They Seek to Smash Workers'
Russia!
The Canadian governnient in its
war preparations is building two
new naval destroyers and riumerous
battle-planes. ' Against who are Tvar
preparations being made? Young
workers, they are being made for
a v>'ar against Soviet Russia! Against
workers' Russia, the fatherlapd of
the world's'working class. Canadian
capitalism is allied -vvith British Im­perialism
for the overthrow of the
Soviet Union. The Canadian cap-italists
want a share of the rich
spoils of such a war. They want ä
slice of the huge Russian market.
kertoman mukaan oli heidän ruumiin­sa
kauheasti pistimien raatelemat.
Koko päiväö on taisteltu, valkoiset
on edenneet 5 km. Illalla pimaiset
järjestyvät ketjuun rautatien penger-mäUe
— Moision pysäkin luo. Val­koiset
ottavat Lopen kartanon kivi­navetan
suojapaikakseen, kunnes
Tampereita lähetetty punaisten pans­sarijuna
ampuu sen rikkL Kalkista
punaisten . poimistuksista huolimatta
onnistui lahtareittein päämääränsä
saavuttaminen verrattain helpolla.
Samaan aikaan kun lahtarit pääsi­vät
radaUe Moision pysäkin luona,
toinen lahtarijoukko miehitti Kuljun
kylän ja pysäkin. Tämä joukko oU
metsiä myöteoL. marssinut Kuljuun.
Kuljusta oU nuoret miehet lähteneet
rintamille. jäleUe oU jäänyt vanhem­pia
miehiä. Jotka majaihvat työväen­talolla,
tehden vahtipalvelusta ympä­ristössä.
Marian päivän aamuina vahtisotilaat
hengästyneenä saapulv&t työväenta­lolle.
He kertoivat lahtarijoukon lä­hestyvän
Hoytämölsjärven jäätä myö-
. ten. Kiireesti, järjestyivät miehet ket­juun
työväentalon luo.
Torppari -— joka hevosensa oU jät­tänyt
lahtareUle — saapui myös pai-kaUe
hikisenä ja hengästyneenä.
Suoraan metsän lävitse oli hän rien­tänyt
sanaa tuomaan lahtareitten
tulosta Kffljim kaartille. Mutta sille
suunnalle ei nyt voitu apua lähettää,
koska joka mies tarvittiin paikoillaan.
Pian.saapuivatkin lahtarit, syntyi
lyhyt laukausten vaihto. Yksi lahta-reista
kaatui. Nähtyään luotinsa osu­neen,
lausui ampuja: — Nyt voin kyl­lä
kuolla, kun olen omalta osaltani
yhden lahtarin vähentänyt." —
Ylivoiman edestä täytyi punaisten
perääntyä Kuljun pysäkille, josta j u ­nalla
siirtyivät Sääsjärven pysäkiUe.
— joka viimeksimainittu on ensimäi-nen
pysäkki Tampereelta etelään päin.
Täällä järjestyivät punaiset ketjuun,
josta sitten perääntyivät Tamperetta
puolustamaan. Osa Kuljun kaartilaisia
pakeni metsiin, j a onnistuivat siten
säästymään lajitaiien kostolta. Osa
pakeni metsiä myöten Lempäälään,
punaisten alueelle.
Moisiosta i^räänlyivät punaiset ohi
Lempäälän Mattaan pysäkin!
vaiheille, johon pimaisten vihdoin on­nistui
järjestää puolustusrintama, jo­ka
ulottui Ifettijärveltä Lempäälän
kautta Kangasalle. Lahtarit eivät kat­soneet
hyödylliseksi jatkaa hyökkäystä
tällä rintanoalla. Olivathan he jo pää-
^Jiääränsä saavuttaneet — toistaiseksi
- - Tampereen eteläinen rata oU jou­tunut
lahtareille. Yhteys Tampereen
Ja punaisen etelä-Suomen välillä oli
katkennut. Tampere oli piiritetty, nyt
täytyi vaan se valloittaa, mitä pikem­min
sitä parempi.
Edellämainittu, Kangasalan—Lem­päälän
maantie tuli mitä vilkasliikkei-semmäksi
Lempäälän valtauksen jäl­keen.
Uusia joukkoja tuotiin sekä
Tampereen että Lempäälän rintamil­le
tätä tietä myöten. — Kymmeniä
hevoskuormia haavoittuneita näiltä
rintamilta vietiin vuorokausittain
päinvastaiseen suuntaan.
Salpa korven kuuset katsella sel­laistakin
näytehnää, että suuria mies­joukkoja
kuljetettiin tietä pitkin na^
rut kaulassa, toinen toiseensa kytket­tynä.
Miehet pakotettiin juoksemaan
ylös jyrkkiä vastamaita. Jo§ joku a l ­koi
jäädä, kiristi naru kaulassa ar-pxottomastl.
Nämä-miehet olivat lah-tarlen
Lempäälässä ottamia vankeja.
Eräs talon isäntä Lempäälästä oU
keksinyt tämän pirullisen kidutuskons-tin
ja siksi annettlinkln vankien kau­laan
tehdylle solmulle nimeksi, —
isännän nimen mukaan — "Mottlsen
solmu". Lempäälässä riehui valkoinen
terrori täydessä julmuudessaan. Oman
pitäjän porvariston johdolla panivat
lahtarit toimeen oikean työläismetsäs-tyksen.
Työväen etiuivin miehet etu­päässä
raahattun vankltyrmlln. Van­geilla
itseUään kalvatutettiln hautan­sa
niin kutsuttuun Ämmäristln kan­kaalle.
Saatuaan haudat vaJmiiksi,
vietiin vangit öiseen aikaan haudan
partaaUe, jossa he ammuttiin. Mo­nen
rauhaa rakastavan työläisen elä­mä
päättyi täUä kankaaUa.
Tulkoon tässä mainituksi, että edel­lämainittu
torppari jonka lukija muis­taa
jättäneen hevosensa lahtareiUe
metsälammen jäällä - ammuttiin
myöskin Ämmäristln kankaalla y h ­dessä
17-vuotiaan poikansa kanssa.
On tunnettua, että lahtarit kunnos­tautuivat
julmuudessa yU kaiken odo­tuksen
missä vain he liikkuivat. Ei
naisia, el vanhuksia, eikä edes lapsia­kaan
he säästäneet. Lukemattomat
veijeshaudat kautta Suomen kertovat
tuleville polville näistä konnantoistä.
Työlälstoveri, jonka rinnassa heh­kuu
vallankumousaatteen pyhä tuU,
jos joskus joudut seisomaan näiden
veljeshautojen äärifle, paljasta päasi
vallankumousmarttyyrien muistoUe.
Muista, että nämä vauiajat oUvat esi­taistelijoita
uuden, paremman yhteis­kunnan
luomiseksi, — yhteiskunnan
jossa työläinenkin saa oikeutta. Hei­dän
hautansa ääreltä ammenna uut­ta
fohkeuttaa heidän alkamansa työn
voittoon viemiseksL Tiedä, että m ^
tvyrit cvat vapauden siemeniä. Tulee
aika jolloin Suomenkin lahtareitten
konnantyöt tulevat raskaina tuomioi­na
lankeamaan heidän omien päitten-sä
pääUe. — K . H .
of Russia's vast mineral resources
and wealth of raw materials. To-gether
with the capitalists of tho
World they want to overthrow the
Soviet Union because the Soviet
Union gives aid and guidance to ali
the oppressed peoples of the earth
and because the First Workers,
State founded by the mighty Oc-tober
Revolution is an example and
inspiration to vorkers the World
over. The Soviet Union is a radiant
beacon beckoning the world work-ing
class to the struggle against
capitalism; that is why the cap­italists
seek to destroy it.
Young workers, \th6 imperialists
in their war against the Soviet
Union must be defeated, and the
Canadian young workers must do
their share in bringring about that
defeat. An attack upon the Soviet
Union is an attack upon the inter­national
working class for the Soviet
Union is the possession and pride
of every thinking' worker. It is an
attack upon every one of us. The
enemy of the Soviet Union is the
enemy of the whole working class—
Capitalism. ,
United States and Britain Prepare
For War
British Imperialism and American
Imperialism are preparing for a
gigantic conflict tO decide which of
the two shall dominate and exploit
the World. In this war one of the
battlefields will be Canada. Canada
will be the scene of a devastating
war. In this vrar the,intQrests of
the Canadian capitalists will be d i i
vided. Some are linked up finan-ciälly
with Britain, _ some with U .
S. A. In this war situation sharp
conflicts will break out between the
two groups. There are strong pos-sibilities
of civil war between them.
When this Anglo-American war
breaks out the Canadian working
class must «se its strategical posi­tion
to smash Imperialism.
We Must Fight Now!
•We must prepare for this grreat
task to-day. The war-danger brooks
no delay. The Canadian workers
must not be taken by surprise as
they were at the outbr«ak of the
last war. The Canadian • bosses at-tempt
to lull the ^orkers to sleep
with their deceptive "Peace Pacts"
and peace taik. McKenzie King re-cently
signed the Kellogg Peace
Pact and then immediately after-wards
be signed a tender for two
new battleships. The Canadian
workers must not be deceived by
these "peace" manoeuvres. They
must start the fight now. Now is
the time for the young workers öf
Canada to rally to the aid of the
Young Communist League in its
fight against Canadian capitalism
and against capitalist war. The Y .
C L . of Canada fights under' the
banner of Lenin in the spirit of
Liebknecht and Luxemburg against
Imperialism and capitalist militarism
for the defence of the Soviet Union
and for the establishment in Canada
of a revolutionary Workers' and
Farmers' Government.
Young workers, our fight is your
fight. Join us in our fight against
Imperialist war. To-day in the great
names of Lenin, Liebknecht. and
Luxemburg we summon you to the
struggle.
YOUN WORKERSf
DEFEND THE WORKERS' SO-CIALIST
REPUBLIC!
FORWARD IN THE SPIRIT OF
LIEBKNECHT TO THE REVOLU-TIONARY
CLASS WAR AGAINST
IMPERIALIST WAR!
A new worId-war is being pre-pared
for a day by day and hoor
by hoor» in a l i directions. A new
World conflagxation may break oat
at any moment. Things are to hap-pen
again as they did in the past:
workers and farmers i n their best
years of manhood are to be driven
again into the trenches; there is to
be fresh wholesale butchery, the
Indescribable misery of the millions,
and wanton devastation." Hundreds
of thousands and millions of young
lives are to be sacrificed again for
the sake of capitalist super-profits.
There is only one way out of this
hell: the way of - the revolutionary
struggle against the imperialist war,
the way o f Karl Liebknecht.
Karl Liebknect devoted the best
years of his life to the struggle
against militarism and against i m ­perialist
war. He spoke and wrote
a great deal on the questions of
militarism. Yet i t is impossible to
separate his speaking and his writ-ing
from his action, not only be­cause
his actions vere always suited
to his word8, but because his words
were spoken in the majority of
cases under circumstances which
called for brave and daring revolu-tionary
deeds. Liebknecht advocat-ed
his revolutionary döctrine of the
fight against war i n the trenches,
before the military court, bef ore the
capitalist parliament during, the
war, whilst denounced as a "spy"
and a "traitor" by the flunkeys of
the capitalists, by the "socialists"
agents of the imperialist war-mongers.
V
STUDY LIEBKNECHT^S
TEACHINGS
" Now. that the struggle against
war and the war danger is the prin-cipal
task of the revolutionary
labour movement, it behooves us
more than hitherto to recall the
ideas and actions of Liebknect. It
is not enough to honour the mem-ory
of Karl Liebknect in festival
speeches. It is really worthwhile
to study Liebknecht, to deal system-atically
with his teachings and his
actions in ali their details, and to
bring them to the knovi^ledge of the
large masses of the people. To
describe Liebknechfs ideas on war,
and his actions, as they really were,
this constitutps definite and effec-tive
anti-rnilitarist propaganda. For
his ideas were corxect^ clear-cut and
brave, his words inspjring, and his
actions were of the, heroic kind
which is ivorthy of a great champion
of .the proletarian revolution.
UEBKNECHT AND CLASS.WAR
AGAINST IMPERIALST WAR
Below we reproduce some thooghts
in connection with the eombat of
war, which were expressed by Lieb^'
knecht i n spoken or written f orm
on various occasions:
The chief enemy of every people
is to be found in its own country.
To throw over the capitalist govem-ment
and the ruling classes in a l i
capitalist countries and in a l i rea-pects,
and above ali, to weaken their
military might, to crush them, and
to replace them by the decisive
power of the socialist proletariat,—
such is the political goal of inter­national
socialism. The class strug-gle
as against the war among na-tions.
Not civil peace, but civil
war. As against the Benapartist
"Better war than insurrection," the
socialists shöuld raise the slogan:
"Better insurrection and revolution
than war." It is our task to call
upon the working class of ali coun­tries:
"To work! Those working
on the land and those who äre in
the trenches, they should drop their
weapons and rise against the com­mon
f oe which deprives them of
light and a i r . " Anti-militarism has
made feverish preparations against
super-militarism. It has indeed to
follow the old adage: i f you wish
peace, be prepared for var. We
may say that i f we want the peace
of nations, we must prepare for the
class war and for the class struggle,
developing it more and mpue upon
an international scale. The anti-militarist
struggle is the intensified
form of the class struggle agrainst
war and against the intemal poKcy
of violence pursued by capitalism.
No unity with the civil-peace po-liticians
of the social-democracy,
but a War to the Knife with the
job-holders of the capitalists in so­cialist
grab who deliver the masses
of the people unconditionally into
the clutches of the war-mongers.
. Liebknecht remained true to these
ideas to their ultimate consequences.
And precisely therein lies the great-ness
of Liebknecht and the inestim-able
value of his legacy to the inter,
national working class. Without the
spirit of self-sacrifice, without pro­letarian
courage -and daring, the
striiggle against war, as generally
the revolutionary struggle, remains
but a phrase. Liebknecht has 6hown
höw the cause of the proletariat
should. be served in the event of
war.
LIEBKNECHT AND THE LAST
GREAT WAR
During May-day. 1916, i.e., dur­ing
the war, Liebknecht issaed leaf-lets
and handbUls i n which he ap-pealed
to the population for the
struggle against war. He p^rsonally
distributed them'in Berlin and vioin,
nity. At the demonstration on the
Potudammcr Platz, where eoldiers
were present, he explained many
times: "Down with the war! Down
with the govemment!" He~threw
out the '&ame slogans to the crowd
on being arrested. ,When subse-quently
called to account för these
anti-war cries on his trial, he f u r -
nished an example of the conduct
of a revolutionary fighter before
the class-court of the enemy. He
refused to give any Information as
to the source of the leaflets which
he had distributed, but assumed
fuU responsibility for its contents
and for its distribution. He regret-ted
that he vras unable himself to
distribute the leaflets. among the
soldiers, but he expressed his full
agreement with the distribution of
same among the soldiers. He went
on to declare that he was quite
aware of the prohibition to carry
on propaganda against the war, but
ho would act against prohibition
again and again, because i t was his
political and social duty.
Before the military court, which
sentenced Liebknecht to many years
imprisonment and privation of civil
rights, he delivered a speech which
should be known to every proleta­rian
throughout the World. He said,
among other things:
"I am here to accuse, and hot to
dcfend myself.
"Not civil peace, but civil war is
the slogan for me! Down with the
war! Dov/n with the govemment!"
At the "heresy t r i a l , " organized
against Liebknecht by the social-dcmocrntic
faction in tbie Reichsta^
he was accus^d, among other things,
with wanting to be the sole repre-scntative
of the peoplo's interests.
This fear of the social-traitors was
at any rate juBtified. Against the
dark backiground of the horror and
misery of the war, of the tremen-dous
treason of the Scheidemans
and the Noskes, • one perceives the
luminous personality öf Liebknecht
as a bright star amid a dark night,
Liebknecht is the. embodimcnt of
the Communist ideas and tactics in
the struggle against war. Lieb­knechfs
example will have to bo
followed in the struggle against the
coming war. This will be the augury
for our victory, * L. A .
Pioheers Conclode the First Conrention
The First Eastern Canada Con­vention
of the Young Pioneers has
just been ended. The delegates
have returned to their .towns, have
gone back to school, and are begin-ning
to study the decisions of the
Conve;jtion.
When the 30 delegates, wearing
their red kerchiefs, filed into the
large hali, marched around and
sang "The Builders", finally end-ing
up at the red tables where they
gave their Pioneer yell, the large
crowd of workers and their children
rose to f ervent applause. Delegates
ranged from the age of 8 to 15
years. Ali were school children.
The First Session was opened by
Comrade Harry of Montreal, who
in a rousing speech called upon the
delegates to prove their determina-tion
to organize the workers' chil­dren.
A prcsidium and a Secretary
w^ere elected.
GREETINGS FROM MANY PARTS
"The Sudbury District of the
Y. C. L . greets the Pioneer Conven­tion
as an event of utmost impor-from
the Sudbury League and Pio­neers.
The Kirkland Lake, Ontario,
Pioneers sent in a letter of greet-tings.
"The Central Bureau on
dren's delegation to the Soviet
Unioni We invite you to join us in
this task." The Young Pioneers of
Mexico greeted the Convention and
conveyed also the "fraternal grreet-ingrs
of the Palmazones or Pioneers
of Nicaragua, children that struggle
in Sandino's glorious Army of Lib­eration,
who have to organize in
our ränks also." The Children'8
Bureau of the Young Communist
International and the Pioneers of
the Soviet Union cabled their greet-ings
to the Canadian Pioneers. "On
behalf pf the two millions of L e -
ninist Pioneers of the Soviet Union
we convey our ferveht greetings to
the First Conveption of the Can­adian
Pioneers, With hope and joy
we watch your work and struggle.
Best wishes to the work of your.
Convention." This last cable . from
the Young Pioneers of the Soviet
Union evoked enthusiastic applause.
Speeches of greeting were delivered
by Stewart Smith on behalf of the
C. E. C, of the Communist Party
and Oscar Ryan on behalf of the
Young Communist League. Com­rade
J . L , Farbey greeted the Con-read
a wire ^gntion for the Toronto Y. C. L .
Comrades Ross and Joe conveyed
the greetings of the Toronto Pio­neers.
Comrade Pete addressed the
Convention as fraternal delcgate
behalf of The Young Comrades' | ^^^^ y^^^j^ gecfcion U.L.F.T.A.
. „ . ^ , (League of Great Britain extends t o ! A , . ., -r,. . ^
National Execntive Committee, you on the-.occasion of the first
After the First Session had come
to a close with the "International", Young Con.n.unUtLea^e of C n a ^ , Convention of Eastern Canada Pio- i d^ie^ates ' adjoumed" until^the
jneers our heartiest Pioneer «Teet-j g^^^^j Session, where the actual
\sr,r,^T.^^ i'"^- ^-^^ ^ ' "^ Convention Of discussion of Convention problems
DEVIATION its kind held by the Canadian Pio- +i,w.„,,i,o..f fhJa nr,A *ha
well developed arguments, featured
the discussions, which seemed to
gain momentum as the Convention
spirit developed. Attention was de­voted
to the fight against the cadets
and the bourgeois children'8 organ.
izations. The ' Canadian Christian
Crusade came ih for sharp attack,
Älethods of conducting the school
struggle were thoroughly reviewed.
The issuing pf new school papers
and the organization of Pioneer
School Patrols were stressed. Slo­gans
for the schoöls were formulat-ed.
The struggle against religious
teachings in the school, work among
the farm children and the children
in the factories, the brightening of
the inner life of the Pioneers ( re-cruiting,
participation,in strikes, or­ganization
of new crroups, the chil-dren's
press, th6 mass work among
the children,—ali these received i n -
dividual attention, Lengthy discus-sion
took placc on the quiestion of
educational work of the groups. The
Convention rccorded itself in favor
of a Pioneer uniform to be worn
at demonstrations and at meetings.
Great interest centrcd around the
need for increase i n circulation, the
improvement in contents and the
eniargement of the "Xoung Com­rade."
An editorial committee for
the paper wa8 selected.
A TURNING POINT
its own specific tasks in the ciass
strdggle.
This Convention must saatk a
tuming point, the beginning of a
new period of activity for the Pio--
neers, of special attention on tha
part of the Communist Party and
Young Communist League to the
actual problems of building the
movement The Pioneer organixa.
tion mnst have as its objectiTa
within the next few years the
donbling of its membership» the
doubling of the circulation of-the
"Young Comrade", the transforma-tion
of the Pioneer groups into-
GchoQl patrols, the permeation of
every school with Pioneer school
papers.
The Convention wa8 closed by an
excellent concert on Sunday eve-ning,
consisting entirely of Pioneer
talent A packed hali greeted this
final demonstration. (Reprinted
from the "Young Worker.")
BUILD THE YOUNG WORKER,
SUPPORT THE FIFTH Y.C.L.
CONVENTION
Builder's shop 8teward: "Excuse
mg 9»
The Convention is a significant
event for the Canadian Working
Clas.'3 inasmuch as it signifies the
First Eastern Canada gathering of
a working class children'» organiza­tion.
It is evidence of the special
attention the Young Communist
League 13 devoting to the organiza­tion
of the worker5' children. It is
J a demon.'5tration of the gnrowth and
DISCUSSIONS ON HIGH LEVEL j devclopment of the Pioneer Move-
Reports were delivered on Gen- ^^^''^ excellent promise
jity for winning the mass of the j eral Organization Questions, War expanding systematic mass äc
!e, Mass
ard of the Young Pioneer.?;" j Work, Organization, Inner Life,
The Young Pioneers of U . S. A . : Young Comrade, and IndustriaL AU
neers, is a reflection of the growth
me,' but are you the lady wot's sing- opfe r,i yood.u , r anod,r g wanei zaartieo nc erit.n a i,n t hwei, l,l, p adsot
took place, throughout this and the
Third and Fourth Sessions
t""L ~War \de., yll:, "xmY«ei•gs rh, L tI T, . Iwr aass sk1m• gym-o ug. nWiomthi - y.t ?Xo« ,m^ t.u ocnh ant.o d gc.i ovnes oali, dleaat^de xt toh *f eui t.u orreg ana*icz-taiv-1-
hang on that top note so long. j ^.^^j^j ^^^^^^^ ^ stand-i Danger. School Strugg!.
We've knocked off twice, already,|__^ i « r „ t . T*-
mistäkin' it for the dinner Wjiistle.";
i called upon the Convention to 'mob-
^ . , i iJizc the workers' cliildren in the
Eleven thousand additlonal men i , . r- - *
will be required to man the new naval 1 S- A . and Canada to fight against
vessals and military planes that will '^'^^ ^nd defend our Soviet Father-be
ccmmissicned in the U . S. i n 1S3D, iand. The U . S. A. Pioneers are
This is another peace sign. preparing to send a worker3 chil-the
abovc repbrts, v/ith the excep-tion
of the first, were delivered By
Pioneers. Our Pioneers were very
serious in their discussions. Even
the little tots of eight years had ä
lot to say. Criticism, sharp debate,
tivity among the children.
The Pioneer Convention should
serve the purpose of centering the
attention of the whole movement 1
ifpon one of our most important
problems. The Piohear Convention
brings into bold relief the real
hature of the Pioneer Movement, as
a movement, as an organization with
This year the months of Jaauary
and February are set aside for the
combined "Young Worker" and V
Convention drive.
During these two months every
class-conscious young worker, as
well aa every adult worker, must
help our paper and contribute tö-wards
making the 5th National
Convention of the Young Communist
League of Canada a huge demon­stration
in f ace of the attack of
the bosses.
The "Young Worker" during its
almost fivc years of existence, has
been the champion of the young
workcrs' interests, it gives the lead
towards the organization of the un-organized
young worker8 and in our
struggles against capitalist militar­ism
and exploitation.
The capitalist press scrvcs fath.
fully the interests of tho ruling
class; our mighty wcapon to combat
their attacks i» our own press and
inxthe case of the Canadian working'
youth, it is the only revolutionary
youth paper, the "Young Worker."
Fight the Boi>—Build Our Paper!
The imperialists of the world are
busy with the preparations for a
new war against the only worker8'
rcpublic, the Soviet Union. It is
our duty to prepare for this attack
in order to-combat our own capital­ist
class and defend the Soviet
Union. To reach the masses of the
Canadian toiling youth we must
strengthen our press. The "Young
Worker" must bo cnlargcd, it must
apper more than once a month.
Before we can atart a bi-weekly wc
must lay the sound foundatioins f i -
nancially for its existence.
The "Young Worker," being the"
organ of the militant youth, expects
full support from the ranks of the
Canadian young workers.
Convention and Young Worker's
Drive Combined
This year the drive for the
"Young Worker" is combined with
the drive for funds to organize the
5th National Convention of the
Young Communist League of Can­ada.
The Young Communist League is
the only working class political
youth organization, it leads the
young wörkers in the struggles for
the immediate improvement of their
conditiöns, i t leads the fight against
the war plans of the King Govem­ment
and for the final abolition of
capitalism and the establishment of
a classless Society.
Build the "Young Worker"t
Raise funds iFor the League Con­vention
1 ,
Send in your subs. and donationst
FINANCE COMMITTEE N;E.C.,
Y . C . L . OF CANADA.
BEFUSE AID F O E BOSSJ
The Äed element of the Labor'party
dontlnates the Winnlpeg city councll.
Is the complalnt heard following the
refusai of the couiicil to make grants
to the Industrial development board
and the Manitoba chambcr of mincs,
booster organizatlons. To make such
grants a two-thirds vote Is required,
and 6 of 16 aldermen voted against.
The attitude of the labor aldermen
was that the city had got scant value
for prcvious grants to these societies.
Labor wlll have one more repre-sentatlve
on the 1929 council, having
captured a seat in the cholcest resi-dential
district.
One of the aldermen, W. N . KoUs-nyk
-sccured re-electlon rcoently wlth
an Increased vote. He is a member
of the Communist Party of Canada,
and has been an active member of
the IJkrainian Labor Farmer Tcmpla
Association for many years. — Ed.
"In some Wel8h villages 60 per
cent of the children are facing the-rude
Winter of the mountains with.
out proper clothing and shoes."—
Canadian Press Dbpatch.