대동청년단 전남도단부의 결성과 활동

The Organization and Activity of United Young Men’s Party in Jeon-Nam Provincial Part

This study is about the organization and activity of United Young Men’s Party in Jeon-nam provincial part. United Young Men’s Party Jeon-nam provincial part was organized by united of other young men group like other central young men association. But the method of the union brought much repulsion, so many right wing associations became violent. In Jeon-nam provincial part had problems that they will approve central correspondent or not rather than they disagreed among their union of the other group. The central association, United Young Men’s Party wanted to control the Jeon-nam part by the correspondent and the Jeon-nam part didn’t want it. Jeon-nam part tried to decrease the affection of the central association. And then this try was accepted. According to this process we can realize that the central association United Young Men’s Party accepted the local part’s unique characteristic rather than they insisted the subordinate relationship. They are the union of many groups so there are limitation of the centralization. United Young Men’s Party in Jeon-nam provincial part was established on 1947, October 26 with Lee Chung Chun in attendance. Strangely Seo Min Ho had no relation with young men group, he was just Jeon-nam pronincial governor in Jeon-nam before but he became a leader of United Young Men’s Party in Jeon-nam. It wasn’t said, why did he change his concern into young men group. At that time the young men group was the action group. So the group’s leader will have so much power to the right wing in Jeon-nam province. After the establishment of United Young Men’s Party in Jeon-nam province, Bu, Gun(府,郡) part were established and then eup, myun(邑,面) were, too. This showed the difference with the right wing politician and the before junior group. It means that the right wing expanded its power to small part of the whole country. Korean National Youth Corps was established in 1946 and then province part were established in late 1947 It means that the right wing’s power reached to the province in late 1947. United Young Men’s Party wanted to be origin of national military. It concerned about military so it gave the spiritual education and the physical training. The train happened in each district or United Young Men’s Party’s training place. Another important mission was collecting rice. Those days the collecting rice was compulsory and violent execution. The farmer felt antipathy to not only United Young Men’s Party but also right wing’s young men group because they were against the left wing’s acting and the worse they collected the rice. There was a separate election at the late 1947 and this paper wants to look for the United Young Men’s Party in Jeon-nam Center connect with the election and its support and the connection of central part but there was no report. United Young Men’s Party needed a lot of money for all these action. United Young Men’s Party raised the fund with United Young Men’s Party sponsor group but they couldn’t raise enough money. Eventually they forced the money to farmer and they used the violence. 1947 in December United Young Men’s Party in Jeon-nam Center declared that they will take part in the separate election. And then they decided that they will support Rhee Syng Man through the meeting of the leader of province and county. United Young Men’s Party took part in the separate election and one of the candidate was elected. United Young Men’s Party expanded its power under the protect of U.S military and police. The right wing permeated all of the province like this way.