The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
Party Activities Of
Local Chicago

meeting, a very lively discussion took
place on the unemployment question
Resolutions were submitted by Simon
Felshin and one by the city Executive
Committee. The resolution on un.
employment presented by the City
Executive Committee was adopted by
the City Central Committee by vote
of 20 to 6. The resolution will be
printed in a forthcoming issue of the
DAILY WORKER and comrades are
requested to study the resolution and
program carefully in order to further
our activities amongst the unem-
ployed
Twenty-four members were taken
in at the last City Central Committee,
among whom were IL members from
various unions. OF the "a applica-
tions, twelve were from English
branches. There has been a very
steady and excellent growth of the
membership in Chicago.
The work of electing delegates to
the June 18th convention is going on
and reports are already in of dele
gates elected. The call for the for
nation Of a Cook County Farmer
Labor party will be issued Immediate.
ly after the June 18th convention
and comrades should be on the Job
when the call is issued to present it
before their union, fraternal and other
workers organizations.
The Farmer-Labor party assessment
issued by the City Central Committee
should be paid up entirely in the
next few days. English branches are
paying up swiftly and we expect the
language branches to make a similar
swift response.
The Speakers Glass will be in
charge of Comrade James P. Cannon.
assistant executive secretary of the
Workers Party, and will start very
shortly after the June 18th conven-
ton, exact date to be announced
later. Branches shall send in imme-
diately the names of those whom they
recommend for this class.
The class in Trade Union Conduct
and Activity will also start soon after
the June 18th convention, exact date
to be announced later, and will be in
charge Of Comrade Arne Swabeck.
Branches shall Immediately inform
the city organization whom they pro-
pose sending to this class.
Preparations are being made for
carrying on street meetings.
July 9Th and August 10th Press
Picnics.
Branches shall elect a committee
which will be ready to stage some
affair at the July 4th Party Picnic
and August 10th Press Picnic which
will serve as a means of attracting
workers Of their language to the pic
mic. Branches should also inform the
city organization at once of the com
rades who can be depended upon to
help in the work at the July 4th
Party Picnic at Stickney Park Grove
and August 10th Picnic at Riverview
Park.
Daily Worker.
Branches are to take up for the
next three meetings the matter of
getting every member to subscribe to
the DAILY WORKER.
All branches are being visited by
speakers from the city organization
to take up the matter Of advancing
the campaign for subscriptions to the
DAILY WORKER. All branches are
also being visited to speed up the in
dustrial activity which is being bet
tered steadily. This is especially true
since the very enthusiastic Trade
Union Educational League meeting
attended by some 800 comrades at
which reports were made on the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers,
Illinois miners convention, Illinois
Labor Party and the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers convention by
Comrades /. Davidson, Jack John
stone, Martin Abern and Earl Brow
der.
Work of getting delegates elected
to the Machinists' convention on Sep
TENDER 10th in Detroit is being bet
tered among our comrades. More
over, the Party caucus is not function
ing as well as needed and the ma
chinists' Party comrades should get
in touch with Comrade Paul Simon
son, in charge Of the metal trades
group at lib w. Washington st.
The work in Chicago has improved
very swiftly, chiefly because the
Party has been active in the various
strikes in Chicago, especially the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
strike, the present strike of the Anal
gamated Food Workers, and the Pull
man strike.
Our comrades. by getting into the
thick OF the daily struggles. have been
able to get real and valuable contacts
with the workers, who are thus made
acquainted with the Communist pro