The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-22

Something Big Coming

ETROIT declared war on Chicago defy flung by
- Comrade Edgar Owens challenging Chicago boosters to
envy but not equal the showing made by Detroit has been
accepted by Comrade Gus Schuenberg city agent for Chicago
and the battle is with heavy increases in the DAILY
WORKER circulation expected on both sides
In the meantime Comrade Harvitt DAILY WORKER
chief of Toledo making hostile demonstrations but
quietly knocking off subscriber after another The most
bitter suffering being endured in THE DAILY WORKER
business office where overtime has become the generally
cepted fate that the subscriptions be entered
the mailing list promptly.
The of the whole matter the hostility spreading
thru the entire country to such extent that there is hardly
city In which the DAILY WORKER boosters longer
attempting maintain neutrality. 1t that civil
and bitter Under the conditions there is longer
conceang the fact Let there be and SUI
scripions without stint limit Only there ought to be
rules set that the punishment which is being
lied in the business office be made painless pc
Within the next few days definite plans will be
real national DAILY WORKER subscription campaign
reader of THE DAILY WORKER. every Workers Part
and City Central Committee, every branch of the You
League and its Junior Groups, in other words
turnout the length and breadth of the country will
into the drive which adds at the very least ten hous
readers to THE DAILY WORKER list Watch THE
COLUMN for additional information regarding Il
Thousand New Readers Campaign. No reader of oul
party unit afford to be uniformed late in
into the drive from the very start.
THE name of Comrade Harvitt Of Toledo cannot be
Il out of THE POWER COLUMN, it seems This conn
has ideas which good that they be kept from
rest OF the DAILY WORKER boosters Harvt reports that
using his commissions finance those who wish to subsc
to THE DAILY WORKER but who do not have the ready
pay Harvtt pays the subscription price for these loyal
broke DAILY WORKER readers and collects when their na
cal condition is improved That is good for keepi
the circulation of paper everyone benefited THE
DAILY WORKER, the agent and the reader Comrade Leo
Walewtch of the most successful branch agents of Min
neapos Mnn has also employed the plan and makes
the further suggestion that branches which financially able
set aside small amount ten twenty dollars in addition
the funds which the branch agent advance In this way
suggests Comrade Waewtch many comrades especially those
who subscribe to foreign language but who would also
like to have THE DAILY WORKER, the paper and
pay for it later.
HIGHLY efficient but modest Chicago comrade who does
not want his published has another excellent ug
gestion Says this comrade, It is easy sell subscp
workers who already sympathetic and who know
THE DAILY WORKER But there many whom APP
who have been any with
militant labor movement and who slow in approaching the
worth of paper With these people have been employing
different method.
Instead of showing them the paper and telling them how
good it is pick out particularly good article ed
tora which contains information that other papers
print Then get my prospect to read that article If then
he interested tell him why it is that THE DAILY WORKER
print and articles which capitalist paper would
dare to because THE DAILY WORKER published solely
the interests of the workers and has interests of bankers
employers advertisers Often single article or
editorial will sell subscription to THE DAILY WORKER,
when sample copy of the thrown away without
ing been read"