The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-18

Report of Cook County (Chicago)
Workers Party City Central Commit
tee meeting held on Tuesday, July Is.
Nine new members for the Party
were gained during the last two weeks
and three comrades were transferred
into Chicago. OF the nine new mem
bers four are in unions, Tool and Die
Makers, Machinists, Photo-Engravers
and Tailors. Four of the applicants
were formerly members OF the socialist
party and one of the socialist-labor
party.
Workers Party, Local Chicago, held
several very successful meetings in
the last two weeks. The Mcdonald
meeting, Workers Party Nominating
Convention meeting and the Party
membership meetings were all very
successful, as was ealso the anti-Fas-
cist meeting held recently. The Party
membership meeting was the best at
tended in many months.
The anti-militarist meeting and cele-
bration> of the International Anti-Mili-
tary Week will be held on Thursday,
July 81, at Wicker Park Hall, 2O4O
w. North avenue.
Street Meetings Successful
Street meetings held by the Work
ers Party in all parts of the city were
very successful in attendance, litera-
tnre sales and general effect. Lam
guage branches are also holding street
meetings in their own language, which
are also proving successful, especially
the meetings arranged in the Polish
and Italian neighborhoods.
The class in Trade Union Conduct
and Tactics, conducted by Comrade
Arne Swabeck, is going well, but
branches are urged to send their union
members to that class. The Speakers
Glass has been started. with Comrade
James P. Cannon as the instructor.
Tickets for Prose Picnic
All branches and language units Of
the Party have been supplied with
tickets for the great Press Picnic,
which is to take place in Riverview
Park, August 10. AS its name signi-
fies, this Picnic Is for the benefit of
the Party Press, both language and
the DAILY WORKER.
Agents for Daily Worker
Every branch of the Party, if it has
not already done so, will be expected
to elect an active comrade as the
DAILY WORKER agent Of the branch,
who is also to be a member of the
campaign committee of the branch in
accordance with the Program of Ac-
ton outlined by the Central Executive
, Committee. Branches in territory
where carrier delivery has been estab-
lished will organize squads to cover
the territory from house to house to
get new subscribers for THE DAILY,
who are to receive the DAILIES by
carrier early in the morning. The
Young Workers League members and
members Of the Junior Groups are
expected to lend their whole-hearted
Incorporation to this campaign.
Sales of Workers Party literature
have been very good the last half
month. Particularly at street meet
ings and Party meetings has the sale
been good. Union meetings. are not
yet attended to by many branches
which were assigned several union
meetings to cover. Labor Heralds
must be pushed more strongly. espe-
cially at union and street meetings.
There is literature on hand at the
local Office which can be distributed
free to workers whom we want to get
acquainted with our literature, IL
branches will call for same.
Young Workers League Active
The Young Workers League is con.
Quoting factory drives in many large
plants in Chicago. Just finished a
successful campaign at the Bunte
Candy Company. Are now tackling
the National Biscuit Company. VIII
hold an anti-military meeting together
with the Workers Party on July 81.
They have arranged an industrial
membership meeting to discuss the
various industrial. trade union and
shop nuclei problems In their relation