The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17
WORKERS DONATE
FOR MINERS IN
STORM DISTRICT
Labor Defense Plea for
Funds ANSWERED

About fifty delegates from various
workers organizations, including Ma
chinists, Carpenters, Wood Turner's,
Food Workers and other unions, Lith.
uanian, Slovak and Jewish fraternal
organizations, and Workers Party
and Young Workers League branches,
attended the last meeting Of the Chi
caeo Council for Labor Defense and
Relief.
Local secretary, William F. Kruse,
reported on the results of the March
goth International Unity Demonstra,
ton, and outlined the two new cam
paigns in which the organization is in
volved.
Collect Storm Relief.
The first of these is in behalf of the
working class victims of the tornado
which recently ragged thru that section
of the southern Illinois mining belt
which is the home Of the most mill
tant section of the miners union. The
Illinois Manufacturers Association,
which spent a fortune in trying to
hang the strikers at Herrin, is not
likely to pass up such chance to dis
criminate against working class fight
ers thru it's relief agencies. There
must be working class relief to work
ing class militants.
Circulate "Pay Envelopes"
The method by which this fund is
to be collected quickly is thru the cir
culation of thousands of 'pay en-
velopes." In party branches and
other organizations these are distrib.
uted, three to member, one of them
being filled Immediately by the mem
Der and returned to the Defense-Relief
delegate, who brings it to the local of
fee. The two Cor more) are used for
collection from shop mates and neigh
bors and are turned in at the follow
ing meetings. One per cent of the
weekly wage is asked for, one cent on
the dollar, and the response has been
very gratifying.
1t was brot out that some branches,
following the usual course of merely
announcing communications under the
report of the executive, did not follow
the procedure outlined. The dele
gates were instructed to insist that
the collection plan must be made very
plain, thru the reading of the letter,
and that it be carried out in detail inn
mediately.
Jewish Branches Show Interest.
Comrade Clara Cabin reported that
the Jewish branches showed keen in
terest in the plan and that good sum
would be collected at each of the
meetings to be held next week.
Comrade ]. Goebel promised to or
ganize corps of German speakers
from his branch to cover meetings of
the various WOrkmen's Sick and Death
Benefit Societies. Representatives of
other languages promised to make up
lists of meetings of similar societies
so that they could be covered.
George Maurer, national secretary
reported on the national situation as
to miners relief and Irish famine re-
lief. He stated that the San Fran
cisco !. w. A. had Immediately sent in
a check for 500 and had already col
lected a large amount of clothing
which would be shipped to our repre-
sentative in the storm area, Ross
White of Sesser, who is president of
the miners union local there.
A motion was made and carried
that the secretary bring in a compre.
hensive plan for clothing and food
stuff collection at the next meeting to
be held Friday, April "a, at Greek
Workers Hall, 722 Blue Island Ave.
Several meetings and affairs favor
able to the collection of money were
announced and committees appointed
70 cover them. Unrepresented branch
es were also allotted to committee
members.
The second big undertaking will be
meeting for Irish famine relief to
be held at North Side Turner Hall, on
Friday night, May s. This is to be adj
vertised mainly at the Mary Mac
Swiney meeting on April "a, at the
May Day meeting, and by general
distribution and posting on Sunday,
May 3. John Patrick Mccarthy, just
returned from the famine area will be
the chief speaker.