The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30


sixteen members, but for some reaso
members function. We could not man .
age to get more than three members
to meeting at time.
Nevertheless, we were not discour-
aged and kept up the work. The alb
sent members were sent registered
letters and visited personally until
they were finally impressed that the
first duty of every party member is to
attend the unit meeting regularly.
After that the attendance was very
good.
All Are Union Members.
All members Of our f. d. N. belong
to the unions Of their trade and also
to the fractions. The activity of the
comrades in the unions is the major
subject for discussion at our unit
meetings. Quite often a comrade is
reprimanded if his behavior and his
activity in his union warrants it.
Activity Well Planned.
Our factory work is still in the state
of discussion, but practical plan of
proceeding with the work is already
mapped out On all the campaigns
conducted by the party, such as aid
for the British miners, membership
drive, Passaic strike, ETC., the COM
rades were given detailed instructions
how to proceed with this work in their
shops and also in their respective
unions. The comrades at the sue
cessive meetings were requested to re-
port how these instructions were car
ried out, which quite often led to
lively discussions.
AS a result of the instructions our
F. D. N. collected for the l. l.. D. SIS.
obtained subscriptions to the Labor
Defender, $14.
Aid Our Paper.
Great efforts were stressed to aid
and spread The DAILY WORKER.
Our nucleus obtained subscriptions
for it for the sum Of 800 and col
lected about $40 for the campaign.
When the summer encampment was
held our nucleus sold tickets for the
sum Of $50. When the furriers were
out on strike, upon the initiative of a
member of our unit, the branch of
Workmen's Circle, of which he is a
member, donated $50 dollars for the
striking furriers. Our nucleus col
lected about $3.50 for the Passaic strik-
ers and four bundles Of clothing.
Individually the members of our
unit collected for the British miners
about $50, but the effort to have their
respective unions contribute to that
worthy cause fell thru, due to the
| opposition of the reactionary leaders
/ of these unions. How much an indi-
vidual comrade can accomplish if he
puts his heart and soul to it can be
seen from the fact that good deal of
the above given figures were collected
thru the initiative and effort of a
single comrade.
The greatest amount of the given
contributions and collections were
gathered among the workers of the
Mt. Vernon Fur Dressing Co., 3743
Brentwood avenue, Mt. Vernon, N. Y,
shop employing about so workers.
At the last meeting we made the
first step in the $4,000 campaign con-
Quoted by The DAILY WORKER. Our
unit collected $40 in cash and the rest
pledged to bring the So. which each
member was taxed, to the next meet
ing.
In general our meetings are inter
esting and participations and discus
sions are not limited to few so-called
leaders. In order to keep up this life
and interest and also to exchange in
formation that other party units may
profit by our experience, we have de-
cided from time to time to send arti-
cles to The DAILY WORKER describ-
ing the life and work Of our unit.
This duty of a worker correspondent
was not assigned to one comrade in
particular, but It was decided that
| each member of the unit should have
an opportunity to perform this work,
and this article is the first attempt to
carry the adopted decision thru.