The statutes of the Grande Cordée, presided over by Henri Wallon, are published. The administrative council is composed of communist militants. The first adolescents are entrusted to the institution. Deligny joins the PCF (French Communist Party), sending his enrollment card to Maurice Thorez (secretary general of the PCF between 1940 and 1964) with a copy of Vagabonds efficaces. Deligny is invited to be a party candidate in municipal elections, but he declines.