The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1931, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WED tate Repre (This is the 2Ist and last of a | series of articles on the A. F. of L. and political corruption in New Jersey.) tet ee By ALLEN JOHNSON. Since one A. F. of L. official is usually as much like another as two peas in a pod, it will serve no good purpose to enter into a detailed de- scription of all of them in the state of New Jersey. The story of the A. | ~ontative of A. F. of L. Is for J. P. Morgan Company at $500 Per Month pened to Sherlock and nothing ever will if the capitalist courts can help it. What was Sherlock’s answer to | the suit? He called in Paul Morin, interna- tional head of the iron workers, to “judge” the situation. Many of the rank and file were more than willing. ‘They believed that it was impossible that the international head of the union could be as crooked as Sher- lock. They know better now. F, of L. in Atlantic City is even more ugly than the activities of the A. F. of L. officials in Jersey City and) Newark, and Camden, in the south- ern part of the state, is at least as much of a hell-hole for workers as Atlantic City. New Jersey is merely one of 48 states in which the A. F. of L. performs its function of mis- leading the American working class, ‘and since the Daily Worker, after all, fights for all the workers in the country, we will end today our dis- cussion of corruption in the New Jersey A. F. of L. by depicting just two more of its officials, Tom Sher- lock, head of the Newark iron work- ers, and “Honest Henry” Hilfers, state representative of the A. F. of L, Remember Brandle, \he north Jer- sey A. F. of L. official who got $25,000 @ year and “expenses” from the Iron League of N. J., an association of capitalists, to “smooth the antagon- ist, between capital and labor?” Well, Sherlock, as business agent of the iron workers’ local, was Brandle’s (and the Iron League's) representa- | tive in Newark. It was Sherlock's job not to send iron workers to con- tractors who were not members of the Iron League. He was well paid fo his efforts by both the employ- ers and Brandle. Aided By Police. | How is it, some workers who for- | tunately have had no experience with the A. F. of L. will ask, that Sherlock can get away with prevent- | ing members of his union from going | to work, especially when between 60 and 70 per cent of them are unem- ployed and have been for months, ‘There are various methods that Sherlock and his fellow-officials use. For example: about 95 per cent of | the members of the iron workers’ lecal hate Sherlock’s guts. They would throw him out of office in an hour if, and it’s @ big IF, Sherlock didn’t have the entire police depart- ment backing him up. Here’s proof. ‘The rank and file in Sherlock’s union recently went to court in an 5 Morin laid down the following law: The suit against Sherlock was to be withdrawn on threat of expulsion of those workers who had signed the affidavits against him; the local was to pay back to Sherlock the money that he had spent in defending him- self against the workers’ charges; meetings of the local were to be sus- pended for three months, during which time the,officers alone were to rule; the constitution of the local was to be suspended for 90 days to permit Sherlock to change the by- laws so he could justify his previous violation of the constitution. Morin was afraid to announce | mitted them through two interna- tional vice-presidents. Twenty-four policemen protected the vice-presi- dents while one of them read Morin’s decision, but the 24 cops didn’t pre- vent the members of the local from vigorously booing Morin’s decision. On Nov. 20, two weeks after this incident occurred, about 100 of the most advanced workers in Sherlock’s local held a meeting to draw up plans for a further struggle against Sher- lock and Morin. On the order of Police Chief Egan, Captain Brady, with a large squad of cops, descended on the meeting and ordered the workers to leave the hall immedi- ately. None of the workers were beaten, but that was apparently an oversight, for the normal result of protesting against Sherlock’s policies is a brutal attack. Orders Workers Beaten. -! Benjamin Cohen, for instance, a member of Sherlock's local, was beaten until he was near death by Porky Flynn, one of Sherlock's strong-arm men, for simply express- ing his opinion of Sherlock. Harry Peck, another member of the local, was. terribly beaten by Flynn shortly after he assaulted Cohen. Peck went to court and as a result got his fir: taste of capitalist class-justice. Flynn went scott free, and the workers who testified for Peck have been hounded these rulings himself, so he trans; | attempt to prevent Sherlock from continuing. his sell-out policies. The | shit dragged through the courts in- terminably, but nothing has hap- &. . by Sherlock ever since. Flynn has since been “elected” an officer of the local by the various grocery clerks, office workers and even lawyers whom Sherlock has en- rolled on the union books so they could vote as he wanted. Sherlock’s intimate connection with city government is further disclosed by an incident that occurred recently. Sherlock asked one of the men in the local to lend him $300. Sherlock didn’t need the loan any more than the worker needed a broken arm, but the worker knew that when Sherlock asked for a loan it meant he was imposing a “loyalty tax.” The worker gave Sherlock the $300 and forgot about it. Sherlock did, too, until one day several months after, in a mo- ment of drunken good-nature, he said to the worker who loaned him the money: “Jim, I owe you $300, don’t I? Well, I'm going to show you how regular I am. I’m going to give you a nice, soft city job. Now, how do you like that?” The worker didn’t, particularly, because it meant that he could no longer work at his trade. But a steady job in the good old U. S. A. is nothing to throw over one’s shoulder, so he took it. Now let us meet “Honest” Henry Hilfers, recent president of the New Jersey A. F. of L, and one of the group, which included Matthew Woll, that tried so frantically to break the Passaic strike in 1927. Let’s not tarry with “Honest” Henry too long, | for he’s as likely as not to steal the | socks off our feet while we're looking | at him. = ‘| Bribed By Open Shop Firms. | In 1926 “Honest Henry” was editor | of the Union Labor Messenger, of- | ficial organ of the Essex Trades Council, affiliated with the A. F. of | |L. The magazine was founded, of | | course, to further the interests of or- ganized labor. Here is how “Honest” | Henry furthered the interests of the workers who elected him to represent them. He would solicit “contribu- | tions” from open shop corporations \ | Labor Sp NESDAY, JAD UARY 28, 1931 Page Three aw the U. S. Metal Refining Co., Victor Talking Machine Co., U. S. Trust Co., Du Pont, Colgate's, American Cable, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Chesbrough Manufacturing, United Lead and Wright Aero. Admits He Grafted $100,000. Some workers in the A. F. of L. caught Hilfers with the goods and | (CONTIN FROM PAGE ONE) extremely militant. The report of | Joe Dallet, organizer of the Metal Workers Industrial League, was fol- lowed by thorough discussion from |; the floor in which practically all of | the delegates and many of the work- |ers who atended the conference as spectators took part. The keynote of the conference was he was exposed at a state convention. Hilfers had to admit that he accepted shop corporations. Did anything | happen to Hilfers? Not a thing. He | told the other heads of the A. F. | of L. that if they threw him to the wélves to save their own skins he would expose them all at the con- vention. “Honest” Henry is today the state representative of the A. F. of L. Has Hilfers been scared into not .taking graft? Not a bit. “Honest” Henry is now a labor spy for J. P. Morgan. He is on the payroll of the Public Service Railway Corp., a subsidiary of Morgan’s Public Service of N. J., at $500 a month. Hilfer’s associate, Harry James, head of the street railwaymen’s union in Paterson, is also an un- dercover agent for Public Service. William Wepner, another officer of the railwaymen’s union, receives $400 monthly from the Public Ser- vice. This little income is eked out by a gambling house that Wep- ner owns in Fort Lee. ‘There are clubs and clubs. .Coun- cils of the Unemployed are clubs that fight for unemployment insur- ance, immediate relief, etc. These Councils of the Unemployed are affiliated with the Trade Union Unity League, a revolutionary trade union organization. There is a club in Newark frequented by A. F. of L. officials. Rank and filers are not admitted, for this club is the | and then write an article in the} magazine pointing to the remark- | |able working conditions in the fac- | | tory of the corporation that sent him | the “contribution.” | Read what Hilfers wrote about the | | Durant Automobile Co., a notorious open shop corporation: “The hun- dreds of employees are paid the best | of wages and the co-operation which |exists between employer and em- | | ployee is very impressive.” At the {time Hilfers wrote this article, the | workers in the Durant plants were | working 111-2 hours on the night shift and 10 to 14 hours a day, seven |Cays a week, on the day shift. Very | “impressive” hours, Henry, we agree. Among the corporations which paid Henry for his eulogistic articles were meeting place of A. F. of L. offi- cials who are on the payroll of various detectives and “labor ser- vice. There are unions and unions. In this series of articles we have heen | | afforded a glimpse of the role that | |the American Federation of Labor! performs for the capitalists who sub- ject the American working class to @ comon doom—poverty, disease, war. Playing a diametrically opposite role to the A. F. ofL, is the Trade Union Unity League, the organization of revolutionary trade unions which is leading American workers in a re-| jlentless struggle against the slavery | which capitalism imposes on them. Workers, there is no other way out— | Join your revolutionary trade union! “Against the Law” to Stop Evictions of | Jobless Families Says Balto. Mayor; Demonstrate Feb. 10th to Smash This! Hundreds of Evictions Daily; Unemployed Councils Active in Fighting Such Evictions Daily Worker:— Baltimore, Md. Hundreds of eviction cases are taking place daily in the! city of Baltimore; workers thrown out on the streets to freeze with their families, while Mayor Broening is leaving for a var | cation to Florida. When visited by a committee of the unem- ployed Councils after a mass .demon-¢- stration of 6000 workers at the city hall, he replied that it would be “ the law” to give relief to the unemployed by taxing the rich.” ‘The. unemployed workers. are, how- ever, determined to. continue the struggle for unemployment relief and evictions. If it is the “law” tp Jet unemployed families freeze on the streets than such law will be broken. This is the reply of the un- gmployed to the mayor and the city Souncil. Several hundred workers gathered on Pennsylvania Ave., where BrNegro family was evicted and put tg furniture back in the house. An- other eviction took place the next day and the workers have put the furniture in again. The landlord cal- led the police and three workers were arrested, including Carl Bradley the secretary of the Trade Union Unity League. They are under $250 bail each. This, however, has not broken the spirit of the workers as immedi- ately after that the furniture of an-| other family in the nearby street! as put back in the house. The struggle against evictions which is assuming a mass character will be combined with the struggle against shutting off of gas, high rents, and Unemployed Councils are mobilizing for a huge demonstration at the city hall on February 10. Negro Workers Swinging Into Struggle Chicago, Ml. coming more ehthusiastic about this movement and are willing to follow its leaders. They are finding out that mislead- ers like DuBois, Kelly Miller, and Trotter, sky pilots like Bishop Carey and L. K, Williams don’t care a damn for the workers. ing off the swaddling clothes of in- Comrades, Negro workers are tak- fancy and getting into the serried ranks of the oppressed workers who are struggling to bring about a new social order and the triumph of Communism. —W.E.G. Odd Jobs Only Prolong Starvation New Haven, Gonn. | gins had the best report of any one. fellow Workers:— ‘To watch the fools and fakers try- ing to soothe the t conditions here ih New Hhaven, it is nauseating. On New Year's day a body known is the Voluntteer, a middle class el- ement. feeling 60 sorry for the dis- tréss in this city, started a house to house canvass for odd jobs for the $3.60 For 6 Weeks, - A man by the name of Wm. immediate unemployment relief. The! _ Farty Unit in Warren, O. Is Getting Active Warren, Ohio, Dear Comrade Editor: Iam writing you on the situation jin Warren, of the Party and affil- jates. Finally we have started on the upgrade. I would like to state right here the reason the Party has not made a gain at a much more rapid pace in membership is because of the fact that when the police began their terror on March 6 we did not +-Philadelphia, Pa. Editor Daily Worker:— The Hub Knitting Mills at 26th and Reed Sts. are not organized and if the T.U.U.L, will send an or- ganizer down to speak they will or- ganize for they are very militant. Last year they were averaging from $40 to $45 per week and now they call it a good week if they top $25. The girls are only making $5 and $6 per .week. . Hub Knitting Workers Want to Organize est_ mistakes. February, 1930, we brought into our | ranks some ten -Negroes and they | immediately dropped out except for @ young worker who came into our | ranks with plenty of fighting spirit. | The reason why the Negroes dropped out was white chauvinism of which | our. biggest instigator is our old) Party member. He has been here | some 15 years. | One of our Negro comrades went | to this comrade’s house for the Daily | on one of the coldest days this win- | ter. The Party member came to the | door and asked the comrade what | he wanted and remained there with his head sticking out and refused to | invite him in. | —Mike, Unemployed Worker. | | fight back. ‘This is one of our great- | | | If you can’ send the organizer | down by this week the results will | be highly satisfactory. —A HUB WORKER. | see j The Hub worker should imme- | diately get in touch with the Phila- delphia district Trade Union Unity League organizer, Wm. Simons at | 39 North 10th St. and acquaint him with the situation at the Hub Knitting Mills. ——— 3,000 PHILLY JOBLESS MARCH (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) fere with the meeting, but the crowd “put them away” in short order, and then began a spontaneous march to the city hall. When they had marched three miles, riot squads of police met them with drawn clubs, and dispersed them, but only after a fight. William Simons and a Negro worker in the march were arrested. Prepart to March. The most active preparations are being made for the hunger march Thursday at noon. The march will start from Independence Square, Sixth and Chestnut Sts, afteer a short meeting which will be ad- dressed by ©. Everett, secretary of the unemployed councils, and by He was sent by the citizens’ unem- | Simons. Ployment committee to a house in the Cold Spring district, a bourgeois neighborhood. He got one day's work Cleaning out the cellar and washing an automobile. She also gave him his dinner and $3.50 for his day’s work. She also gave him advice say- ing not to get discouraged. For she him in about six weeks from now. would have another day's work for ‘The march has been prepared fer by ® distribution of leaflets and ty open-air meetings. At a meeting held yesterday morning before the city employment agency at Broad and Tasker St., the police waited until after the meeting, then rounded up those they thought were the spenk- ers and brolght them back to part of the audience remaining there and asked to have them identified as the speakers. “No,” said the workers, “and we wouldn't tell you if they were.” Among those thus seized was Guido Serio, a ee ae endorsing the Workers’ Unemploy- ment Insurance Bill. The latest is the Workmen's Sick and Death Bene- fit Fund, Branch 240, with a mem- bership of 200, Conference Held. An enthusiastic united front con- ference was held by the unemployed councils and workers’ organizations here Sunday. Sixty-five delegates, representing about the same number of organizations and some 4,500 workers in all took part. The collection of signatures for the} endorsement of the Unemployment | Insurance Bil] was one of the main points. It was decided to undertake @ quote of 50,000 signatures, and the deleagtes pledged to mobilize their membership for this work. The conference adjourned with the election of five to the Washington delegation. A committee was elected to go to the city council meeting on ‘Thursday. Also a signature collection committee to be in charge of this CAMP AND HOTEL NITGEDAIGET PROLETARIAN VACATION PLACE OPEN THE ENTIRE YEAR Beautiful Rooms Heated Modernly Equiped port and Cultural Activity Proletarian Atmosphere $17 A WEEK CAMP NITGEDAIGET, BEACON, N.Y. PHONE 731 more than $100,000 from the open | sounded by a Negro steel worker, a World War Veteran, who said, in |part: “It’s no use going way over to France to fight. We can demand things here just as good as we can there, fight here just as good as there, and if need be, die here just as good as there. You can’t do nothing by sitting .back and saying: “I can't.” Let's get rid of that. Let's stand up and do something. Let’s fight for ourselves, right here, now.” Fight Steel Wage Cut. Throughout the conference the ne- cessity for simultaneous building of the organizations of the Metal Work- ers Industrial League inside the mills and the unemployed councils out- | side were stressed. A motion was | adopted to send greeting of solidarity | to the Youngstown steel workers who lare preparing to fight against the | wage cut recently anounced by the steel bosses of the Mahonning Valley. One of the delegates pointed out | that up to that time most of the | signatures collected on the bill in Gary had been collected by unem- | ployed workers who were not even | workers of any of the revolutionary working class organizations, and it was agreed that much greater steam must be put behind the collection of signatures during the duration of | the campaign. | Other motion adopted were one | settig a quota for Gary of 7,500 sig- | natures on the bil; another condemn- ing charity collections in general and the new $10,000,000 Red Cross drive jin particular, and a third sharply condemning the Fish Committee Re- port. as an attack upon the entire working class and assuring the Com- munist Party of the support of the unemployed steel workers of Gary. Seven delegates, four of them Ne- gro workers, were elected to the State wide conference for support of the bill to be held in Indianapolis Feb. Ist. | The conference adjourned after in- | structing the Campaign Committee | to send committees to the employ- | ment offices of the mills and also to PLAN DEMONSTRATIONS FEB. 10; JOBLESS; NEW HUNGER MARCH all the breadlines and flop houses in town, to organize the fight against starvation. ( Unemployment insurance bill con- ferences were also held in Indianna Harbor, another steel town, and Hammond, that same afternoon. Both conferences endorsed the Bill, worked out programs of local demands, elec- ted delegates to the state conference, and set dates for local hunger mar- ches. In view of the fact that dele- gates to Washington would be elec- ted at Indianapolis, it was decided to defer the election of delegates to Washington until it could be seen what representation Lake County had in the delegation elected by the state conference. oe iy Active in Charlotte. CHARLOTTE, N. C. (By Mail). — Within two weeks the council of the unemployed here held 1 2neighbor- hood meetings, at which lists for signatures to the Workers Unemploy- ment Insurance Bill were distributed and dozens of workers promised to circulaeé them, So far 30 lists (750 names) have been filled, and 150 are in circulation. Each Sunday this month is Red Sunday for collections. Two mass meetings at which the same program is pushed have been held with over 200 attendance, Twice it has sent a committee to the city council, demanding lower rent, no evictions, free gas, light and water for the jobless, free fare for their school children, etc. The neighborhood unemployed councils have succeeded |so far in Stopping four evictions. Arrangements are made for a state delegation to Raleigh, the capital, on Feb, 2 to demand an ynemployment fund-of $10,000,000. Delegates to Washington were elected at a united front conference held January 26. Twin Cities Pick Delegates. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 27.— The Trade Union Unity League ex- ecutive bureau here at a recent meet- ing made arangements to collect funds for the sending of the delega- tion to Washington on Feb. 10, tak- ing 200 coupon books for that pur- pose. Increased activity in the col- lection of signatures to the Work- ers Unemployment Insurance Bill was planned. ‘The mass meeting January 24 in St. Paul ratified the sending of Wm. Zimmer, a metal miner, who collected the greatest number of signatures for the bill of anybody here, to Washing- ton, Feb. 10 as a mmebr of the dele- gation. In Minneapolis, it is proposed (sub- ject to ratification by the |United Front Conference, that A. C. Johnson, a food worker who leads there in collection of signatures, be on the Washington delegation. Delegates are being elected from Duluth and the Iron Range, and Sd Multilla, copper miner, has been se- lected from the copper town to go to Washington, Feb, 10. tar oer GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 27. Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 are important days for Grand Rapids workers. They are mobilizing all forces for a big push to wind up the signature collection drive for the Workers’ Un- employment Insurance Bill. A quota of 15,000 names has been set, and already more than 3,000 names have been collected in spite of the fact that all possible workers have not been brought into the drive. To rally greater numbers, these two days have been set aside for a house- to-house canvas for signatures and money enough to meet expenses of the unemployed councils in their fight against hunger. A minimum of $200 must be collected. All workers are asked to rally at the following stations to get signa- ture lists, collection cans and to} make final preparations to “go over | the top.” Trade Union Center, 3rd floor, 756 S$ Division Ave., at 2 p. m. Saturday and 3 p. m. Sunday. Lithuanian Sons and Daughters’ Hall, 59 Seward, near Fulton St., 11 a. m. Saturday and 1 p. m. Sunday. AMBRIDGE, Pa., Jan. 27—A real competition is going on among the signature collectors here to see who gets the most. The leading man will probably be elected on the Washing- ton delegation, to present the Work- ers. Unemployment Insurance Bill to congress, Feb. 10. A hunger march is being prepared on February 10, and the unemployed council is sending a committee to the city council Monday, to demand the use for the unemployed of the High School Auditorium. Milwaukee Mass Meet MILWAUKEE, Wisc., Jan. 27.—On Jan. 30, at 8 p. m. a huge mass meet- ing will be held at Miller Hall, Fighth and State Sts., to ratify the election of a delegate to Washington to pre- sent the Workers’ Unemployment In- surance Bill, Feb. 10. The conference held Jan. 18 in which 28 organiza- tions participated, elected Charles Green as the delegate and is calling this mass meeting to rally the masses of workers throughout Milwaukee to give him a rousing send-off and en- dorse the Unemployment Insurance Bill, and ta demonstrate in support of the bill, Feb. 10. Many workers’ organizations have endorsed the bill, including AFL. and railroad unions. About 8,000 sig- natures have already been secured to the bill and the number is rapidly increasing. The workers of Milwaukee are seeing through the fake scheme of -La Follette and the promises of socialists Mayor Hoan and learning that they mean nothing but further misery and starvation for the unem- “ployed: At the mass méeting on the 30th, Joseph North of Labor Unity will be the principal speaker. This mass meteing will be the be- ginning of the mobilization of the Milwaukee workers for the great dem- onstration on Feb. 10, when thou- sands and tens of thousands of work- ers will demonstrate their determina- tion to get Unemployment Insurance as the delegates present the petitions to Congress. Jt will also begin the struggle for immediate relief from the fakers in the Common Council who, under cover of lying promises of jobs and relief for the unemployed are increasing their attacks upon the working Clas. Alabama Farmers Unite Against Hunger (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) time at prevailing cash prices. The present practice is to sell this fer- tilizer at cash price plus 40 per cent, which places an intolerable burden upon the poor farmer. The government drought relief | fund is already being disbursed in Cullman, but not to share croppers. The local committee which handles the disbursement of these funds, which is headed by the president of the Tennessee Valley Bank, who is himself a big plantation owner, in- formed the Farm Bureau that relief would be given only to croppers ap- proved by the committee. They stated further that this relief would be given only to those croppers whose ltandlord would sign away the right | to the rent from next year’s crop in the event that this crop was only large enough to satisfy the govern- ment drought relief Joan. This con- dition cleverly and completely bars the croppers and tenants from get- ting loans, as no landlord will sign such ati agreement. The farmers of Cullman are lead- ing the way, and the movement which they started will be followed by the poor farmers and share crop- pers throughout the South. Gain in Circulation tor Past Week Is 1,000; Districts Have 3 Weeks to Reach Quotas 'HIS week's tables show an increase in circu- lation of 1,003 in the Daily Worker campaign for 60,000. About 300 of this increase is due to special orders, leaving a net gain of 700 for the week. This increase is largely owing to Detroit's putting on an increase of 609, making up for its drop of 599 last week. | The most outstanding gain is in District 13, California, which increased its circulation by 348, half of which is due to special orders. Dis- trict 8, Chicago, shows the next largest in- crease of 117, of which only 15 are special orders. District 9, Minneapolis, put on a solid gain last week of 41, following another gain of 39 last week. Detroit's record shows an increase of 609 with special orders of only 10, which brings the solid increase to 599, the amount decreased last week. Seattle Shows Decrease of 222 Seattle shows the largest decrease for the week. Despite the fact -that District 12 two weeks ago had reached 74 per cent of its quota, tables for this week show a decrease of 222. The Seattle District, which includes some of the large industrial cities in the northwest, should have no difficulty in increasing its cir- culatior instead of showing a drop. A strong district apparatus, activizing Party and Young Communist League members in systematic, day- to-day selling, canvassing for subscriptions is the surest way to build up a steady increase in cir+ culation, and Seattle would retain its good record. One other chief weakness in Seattle is the absenc. of a Red Builders News Club, There is one in Portland which has shown little activity. The city of Seattle can boast of some of the best Daily Worker sellers in the country, but these as yet have failed to organize a Red Builders Club which would concentrate their energies on new and more effective methods for spreadin,; the Daily Worker, and in drawing in more unemployed workers to sell the paper and earn their expenses. District 15, Conn., shows a decrease of 143. This, however, is modified by increases in the past two weeks, the result of special orders from | Summary By Cities Cities Sau, 17 ‘Total Jan, 24 Tota. Baltimore...... TL U3 73 113 Wash. 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Conn, 236° 287° «686-43 143) and conducted a thorough campaign. iy beaclif iy Fed es Ld 136 2/ Formerly, a charge of $15 was made for spe- 17 Birming. 3 13-28! cial district: pages. Now the page is offered free, Te Derr’ .-= ts mht mms aut ame bee g| BOvided an order for 2000 extra copies of the anes Pt I i AGP cd fon *| Se wal be estos of ortem in tee oneen 10002 20007 10054 20746 20899 81702 1003 | will make the page more attractive to workers. Note: The above figures A <,ectal page for each district on one selected un for the Dost weak wan 80,900, 8 STe*E* P**] dey during tbe week could boost the circulation. Districts ordering first will get first choice in selecting the days for each week. Get your district in line for special issues|, Send articles in advance, place your order, an boost the 60,000 circulation in your district! Need Reports From Districts, Red Builders Too often we have to depend upon the change in bundle orders to determine what's going on | in the districts and Red Builders News Clubs. HI Occasionally we get reports, but these are not sufficient and. are not frequent enough. In order to push the drive with the greatest speed possible, Districts and Red Builders should keep in closer contact with the national office of the Daily Worker, giving details of how the work is carried on, wherein it does or does not attain the maximum results, and in this way the na- tional office will be in a positionto help both district and clubs in getting better circulation. There will be an. exchange of experiences and one district will be able to profit by the mis- takes or successes of another. Red Buildérs News Clubs! Send in reports of your meetings; what you discuss; what prizes are awarded; how many function in the club, and what means you are using to draw in new members and in- crease circulation.. Send in pictures of your Daily Worker sellers. They will be printed in the circulation columns to show Red Builders in other parts of the country what you're doing. Twenty More Days To Reach District Quotas ‘Two weeks plus four days are left for the dis- tricts to reach their quotas in the 60,000 circu- lation drive. With District 19, Denver, past its quota by 114 per cent, the following districts lead in the campaign: Seattle, 56 per cent; Cali- fornia, 45 per cent; Chicago, 38 per cent; Cleve- land, 37 per cent. During the last two weeks (districts should concentrate on collecting subs, gaining new customers for carrier routes, ap- proaching newsstands to order bundles, and sell- ing the Daily in new neighborhoods. Speed up the campaign! Send your subs in and increase your bundle orders. Workers! Join the Party of Your Class! Communist Party U. 5. A. 43 Bast 25th: Street, New York City. Please send me more information on the Cum: munist Party. 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