The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-10
WORKERS Give
FUNDS TO RED
ELECTION DRIVE
Food Workers Hold Big
Dinner Rally

At a Red BANQUET he'll =
night by the Progressive Group of
Local 302, Delicatessen Co.
mems Union at the United Work
nrs' Cooperative Restaurant, 2731
White Plains Ave-, the Bronx, $3.50
was raised for the Workers (Com-
munist) Party Election Campaign.
Of this amount 500 was collected
from the food workers present by
Rebecca Grecht, campaign manager
of District 2 of the Workers Com
munist) Party, and $50 was netted
above the expenses of the banquet.
Labor Editor Speaks.
Paul Yuditch, labor editor of the
"Freiheit," Jewish Communist daily,
spoke on the exploitation of the
food workers and the bitter strug-
gle the progressive workers in the
food industries are waging against
the misleaders of their unions, and
against the socialist party leaders
of the United Hebrew Trades.
Rebecca Grecht, candidate for as
sembly on the red ticket from the
fifth Bronx assembly district, spoke
on the role of the republican and
democratic parties as the instru-
ments of big business and on the
misunderstanding role played by the
socialist party, which has openly
repudiated the class struggle and is
definitely the instrument of the
petty bourgeoisie.
Meeting Is Enthusiastic.
The spirit and enthusiasm of the
food workers present were exceed
ingly high. Those present repre-
sented all branches of the food in
dustry, including walters, and the
speeches of Paul Yuditch and Re-
becca Grecht were received with
prolonged applause by them. Especi-
ally did enthusiasm run high when
Rebecca Grecht spoke on the plat
form of the Workers (Communist)
Party in the election campaign. and
tied up the industrial and economic
demands Of the workers with their
political affiliation.
Among those who contributed
were NJ. Berkowitz. l. Himmelfarb,
I. Dreazin. M. Zimmerman. M.
Chorover, I. Ruditch, M Budesky,
A. Bederson, Fox, Miller and Cor
don.
This banquet marks the opening
of an intensive election campaign
among the food workers. leading up
to the Food Workers Election Mass
Meeting which will be held at Man
haitian Lyceum, &c E. Fourth ST..
on Sept. 21 at s p. m. Prominent
Communist speakers will be present.
Workers Camps Contribute
Camp UNITY. through the Work
ers (Communistl Party unit there.
has contributed to the Red Election
Campaign the sum of $3.50, through
the sale of Vote Communist stamps
and buttons, S11.95 as a donation
apart from the sale of buttons and
stamps, and has also donated S11.95
to the general expense fund of Dis
trict 2 of the Workers (Communist)
Party, is was announced yesterday
AS a result of a visit to Camp
Nitgedaiget of Arvid Osol, repre-
senting District 2 of the Workers
tCommunist) Party, S10468 was
collected from among the workers
there for the propagation of the
Communist platform in the election
campaign. This was part of the
Red Week activities which were held
during the weeks of August 10Th to
September Bird.
Trumbenick Gives SIS.
The initial donation made by the
workers of Camp Trumbenick was
$50. Beside this So worth of Vote
Communist stamps and buttons were
sold among the mentioning workers.
At all these camps funds were
raised for workers causes thruout
the entire season. among those who
benefited being the striking miners
of Pennsylvania and Ohio. the New
England striking textile workers
and the Chinese trade unions.
Camp Wocolona, it was learned.
has raised during the season over
three hundred and fifty dollars for
various causes. the amount of S164
being raised during Red Weeks for