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C e ~ims of B.S. Communists Drive for College Yout Yonducted Under Cover Of ‘United Front’ Group To obtain an accurate Rrat-kend picture of the present activities and future plans of american Communisis, The Inguérer assigned « afeff reporter and herewith presents his : x findings in @ series of articles. . , : (Becond of a Series) oT By Oliver H. Crawford : sik brick and stone camapus o] New York University looks ful enough, but it’s the front line in the Communist Party open drive to recruit American youth in colleges and achoo! Like the three other major colleges of New York, the Univeral aa waged a long struggle against Communisin and with varying uctegg—ousting teachers and fighting to control young Communist lube. Now New York school leaders are braced for another fight, for ie Communist Party has placed college youth as the No. 1 target + strengthening its hand for future support of Soviet Union for- sem policy. _ » « : OU need go po farther than under the famous arch and int the shaded walkways of Washington Square to learn of the youth program, which Communist Party members boast will ach every large schoo] and college in the country. . As basic strategy, the national committee bas decided that the nung Communist League, which drew 20,000 members to its ral- _s in Madison Square Garden before it was ostensibly disbandsd wring Ear) Browder's collaborationist period, will remain under “und. . Instead. the Communist Party has given its blessing to, inited front” organization known as American Youth for Demo: .stor Place. Other youth organizations. which served the American Com- vais “pacifist” purpose during the perios of Soviet Union co- achools—days when the Easton, Pa.. high schoo) gTaduating 585 was circulatized to join the Communist Party and oppose nurchill. Roosevelt and aid to Britain. Carl Ross. a member of the Communist nations! committee om New York, has been called upon to set forth the new youth ‘ocram and party members are now carrying on the work. Ross doesn’t faince words in his directive, an unusual thing for Communist and indicative of the stress the party places on rug- yss of ite youth ¢ffort. i “Gur immediate aim,” he has instructed the party, “should Be n training of severe! thousand active young Communists, both fer ass work and for developing the special activities of our nong the youth.” “bass aude of the Communist . With which party m: “ing cireularized, on them to: : 1 Develop special sctivities among youth, project a program for youth in all felds of party work, and give guidance to young vm nteee sativn 17 BBS WORK. 2s tion and activity among youth. 3 Conduct « campaign of education in the entire party Jeader- ‘J. shin and membership to establish the necessity of a special :proach and special attention to youth and thelr proDien, 4. m4 v the Communists—vather than to the party 1¢ campaign tooks for Its success. . o “yARTY members are citing the example of the French Young Communist . aay it has doubled the effective- sess of the 150,000 members with which it came out of the war y becoming the Union of Republican Youth of France and luring 175,000 non-Communist members. Ross calls point-blank for the same procedure in the Com- runlat drive to organize American ‘th. ' believe ‘¥ and mass movement. youth. that, precisely in order to live up to this sound prin- own seps Marxist youth today into heir own separate you organization -stablishing the party line. “Rather, it abould be their task to set he wide masaes Of youth into motion, go they from thelr ‘Wh experience. ee ae TEemaciee ape rand repeat . ns me es UT r aod alting, such'as the American Youth for Democracy, the youth wii! rar not only from experience, but will be able to examine the “lewpolnts of all progressives, including the Communists.” iple, It ix incorrect to separste the Foung wy, which maistains national, State and city headquarters ais ocration with Hitler, will not be. upon until T FORESHADOWS for Pennsylvanians a return to the grim days: of 1941 and the fight to bar un-American tea # from their fork” in the Communist jargon is work with groups Party. A ational Youth Commission has been set up to fur- we : Pec sne its emnbert Dow are’ Fest #5 hiladelphia Inquirer Study the question of developing special] forms of organtza- | gystematicslly begin to recruit youth into the party and as 22) sign and train leading personne! for youth work, both in’-, ” tig to tie Maas Movement organisations indirectly controtled ° - meniberahi: tod Sa OO ims of U. S. Communists . nited Front’ Camouflages- Drive to Win College Youth By Oliver H. Crawford Centineed from Firsi Page York is thal the yeuth group 4 industrial field in connection with /eusest rwayed and eases! recrusco Tegular senior program. Modent deme matrations have organization of Comrounists,” uc- | again. . “ soe 8 cording to the directive, “te Which ists are of thelr youth program is summed up in these quotations from party literature. “Young people emerge from the war imbued with hopes and dreams of a better America, with the aspira- tien of achieving © future with full Bad equal opportuntiies for full edu- cation, jobs, and « home bobby and family. “They just want to keep the wor, Lili Ing class out,” one sald. “Ihe dirt) é do not have the extensive | Fascists. experience of older workers to oye Fated with the cold reality of post-war these illusions could on! (Continued Temorrew) e in. ~ _ PYny the Communists have chosen | yOUlh ad & principal target & quea- Pas eee WRC s ids -_, we we wt ca oi ae kee ea See > ene