The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-10

give complete support to the Irish
famine meeting, Friday May Sth at
North Side Turner Hall.
Protest Mass Meeting Against White
Terror In Balkans
With white terror holding sway
truout Europe, especially in the Bal.
kans, the party is staging huge mass
protest meeting within a few days.
The South Slavic, Rumanian, Bulgar-
ian, Greek branches especially will
push this demonstration.
On The Red Aid Activity
It is evident that the International
Red Aid must receive mass support
from the party organization in order
to meet turnout the world the increas-
ing reaction of the imperialist nations.
Tho Young Workers League
The Young Workers League report
was received with reclamation. The
representative stated that the league
was participating intellectually in
all the party demonstrations and af-
fairs, such as the May Day demons
trations, street meetings, l. w. A., l.
R. A., Freiheit Jubilee, ETC., etc. The
league is showing a noticeably healthy
growth in membership, most of the
members being gotten thru nuclei and
factory campaigns.
A new working area branch organ
lied taking in South Chicago and
Pullman territories with their large
steel mills and cars shops employ
ing hundreds Of young workers, thus
offering fine field for factory camp
align which the league is contemplate
ing starting this summer in the
heavier industries. A number of
league comrades are already working
in some of the steel mills and car
shops.
Seven nuclei functioning and eight
more can be organized Immediately.
Taking very active part in the
Negro campaign, getting out special
leaflet, gathering information from
the branches on the factories employ
ing Negro young workers. touring
Com. Phillips to all league branches
to speak on this work.
Y. w. L. fractions organized in three
local unions In Chicago. Industry
group meetings called TO organize
fractions and get league members eli
gible for union membership into the
unions. Juniors active In schools,
helping league, organizing parents
councils.
Having a little difficulty in furnish.
ing all groups with responsible lead.
ers. Holding a dance to raise funds
for organizationd work this Saturday,
May at Workers Lyceum.
Plans For Book Store Under Way
City committee reported worked out
plans for the campaign for book store.
$4,000 are to be raised, the campaign
to begin May Goth. Purpose is to open
Workers Party Book Store by Sept.
Is. There will be a general appeal
for donations and those making dona-
tons will obtain a refund on literature
purchased. The Chicago party book
store is only one of a chain Of book
stores thruout the county under the
direction of the DAILY WORKER
Publishing Co., and the party COM
mittees. This book store undoubtedly
will give a great stimulus to the sale
and reading Of Communist literature
Of every description.
It is felt that the party will respond
enthusiastically for the success of the
book store which will also make it
possible to establish central library
and reading room. A special commit
tee consisting of comrades Sam Ham
mersmark. M. Chilofsky. G. Chrysos,
Natalie Gomez, Amy Schechter, Boris
Shklar and M. Steinberg was elected
to carry on the campaign for funds,
assign the money quota for the bran
ches, etc. This committee meets,
Saturday, May 9 for this purpose.
Industrial Activity
Interest and understanding OF the
importance OF the work Of the T. u.
e. L.. of building a left wing in the
labor movement is becoming manifest.
The printers group is making gradual
Roadway and is successfully pushing
the widest distribution of their bull.
letin. The Amalgamatlonist. In the
carpenters the progressive caucus has
drawn up a program for the coming
district elections. A program which is
bound TO have good effect on the rank
and file carpenters and draw them to.
wards the progressive group. This
program has been printed on the T. u.
e. L. page. The progressive caucus
meets every Sunday at 10 o'clock in
Room 6, third floor Of the Douglas
Park Auditorium, Kedzie and Ogden
avenues.
In the machinists the Metal Trades
Bulletin is aiding greatly in crystal.
izing left wing In the elections. Thus
far in the machinlsts the Chicago 10.
cal unions which have reported have
voted 4 TO 1 for the Anderson slate.
The machinists 7. U. T.. l.. group has
carried on an active campaign for tha