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 the economic work of the Young Communists in the trade unions by propaganda and active support of their actions, and by supporting their daily demands in the general trade union struggle.

In view of the increased menace of imperialist war and the growth of reaction, the Communist Parties must give their utmost support to the anti-militarist campaign of the Young Communist organisations. The Young Communists should be the most ardent fighters in the defence of the working class against the reaction.

The Communist educational activity becomes of particular importance in the desire of the Young Communist organisations to become wide mass organisations. The winning of the masses entails the duty to give these masses a Communist-education. The educational work of the Young Communist organisations must be carried on systematically and as an independent organisation. The necessary support should be given by the Communist Parties in the shape of furnishing men and materials for the organisation of schools and training courses, and also by arranging for vacancies for Young Communists in the party schools, as well as by including the Young Communists' reviews in the publication problem of the Party.

The Congress deems it necessary for the Party Press to aid the struggle of the Young Communist organisations, by devoting regular columns and supplements to the youth, and by giving prominence to the life and struggle of the young workers in all the papers published by the Party.

The bourgeois world, whose efforts meet with stout resistance in the class consciousness of the adult workers, and in the revolutionary fervour of the young workers, seeks particularly to poison the mind of the children of the working class. This makes the organisation and maintenance of Communist children's groups a matter of paramount importance. These should be put under the organisational charge and guidance of the young workers, and the Party should aid this work by active participation in the central committee of the children’s groups. The Party should give every assistance to the Communist Children's Press, which has been started by the Young Communist organisations of the various countries.

Particularly close co-operation between the Young Communists and the Party is necessary in those countries where the Communist movement has been forced by the reaction to go underground.

The Fourth Congress of the Communist International, emphasising the particular importance of the Communist work in the direction of winning the masses of the young workers, extends its hearty greetings to the ardent fellow-fighters of the Young Communist International in the present, and to its reserves in the future.