The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-22
BIG CONFERENCE
MAKES new YORK
READY FOR DAILY
200 Delegates Plan to
Raise $25, 900
BY SYLVAN A. POLLACK.
Especial Gable to The Daily Worker)

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More than two hundred delegates re-
presenting trade unions, fraternal and
other working class organizations
were present at the conference to pre-
pare for the publication of The DAILY
WORKER in New York City, which
was held at the Manhattan Lyceum
Plans for raising of $4,000 was left
to the drive committee elected by the
conference, with the suggestion that
representatives of other organizations
be added later.
Issue Collection Lists.
1t was also decided that collection
lists be issued and all who contribute
have their named printed in the first
issue of The DAILY WORKER pub
lished in New York, to be issued at
the time Of the Lenin Memorial Meet
ing at Madison Square Garden, Sat
urday, January, %, 1927. That
proletarian banquet be held at York
vile Casino, January IA, at which
time the contribution lists are to be
turned in All unions we're urged to
elect a DAILY WORKER drive com
mittee and have representation on
the general drive committee selected
by the conference.
The conference was opened by
Charles Krumbein, who introduced
Ben Gitlow as the first speaker. He
was followed by Alfred Wagenknecht,
chairman, General Relief Committee
of Textile Strikers, Passaic, N ]. The
delegates who spoke from the floor
included Samuel Liebowitz, assistant
manager, New York joint board, Fur
riers' Union; Peter Darch, secretary
Window Cleaners Union; j. o. Ben
tall, of Philadelphia; Leo Killing and
Henry Minis.
Gitlow stated that New York, the
largest and wealthiest city of the
world, needs a labor daily published
here. 1t being the center of Amer
lean and world capitalism, the work
ing class must be ever ready to ex-
pose it's activities. That daily, mil
lions of copies of the capitalist papers
are read by the workers with its
mighty power to mould their minds
and thoughts. How advantageous it
would have been il The DAILY
WORKER had been printed in New
York during the Fassaic textile strike,
the recent Furriers strike, and at
present, during the cloakmakers
strike.
Wagenknecht showed the necessity
OF paper such as The DAILY
WORKER as a part of the every day
struggle to organize the unorganized
workers.
Must Organize Workers.
There are 20.000,000 wage workers
in the United States and only $780,
900 are organized into unions. It falls
upon us to build the American labor
movement. In this task The DAILY
WORKER is of great Importance"
continued Wagenknecht.
Leibowitz stated that during the re-
cent furriers' strike, 1t was realized
how important The DAILY WORKER
lis.
Attic the Jewish Daily rreineie,
was of great help to US, we were not
able to reach all Of the workers thru
It. About so per cent could read Jew
ish, but we had no means of reaching
the other 40 per cent. That is why
the publication of The DAILY WORK
Err in New York is Of such import
ance, was Leibowitz's conclusions.
The following delegates were elect
ed to the drive committee, with addi-
tional members to be selected by
various unions who are affiliated to
the conference: Samuel Liebowitz,
Peter Darck, Pascal Cosgrove, Ed
ward Royce, Milton Wattenberg, Sol
Schagren, Henry Minis, Abraham Mar.
koff. A. Cooper, Paul Sherer, A. Frad-
kin, l.. Ostregher, A. Severino, B. Gier
and G. Doniff.