The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-19
WILL spur ALL
PARTY ACTIVITY,
SAYS WEINSTONE
Many to Attend Red
Banquet April 27


shops and in the working class halls
throughout the New York district
the Workers (Communist) Party
members and sympathizers are swing
ing into line in the $4,000 campaignl
for the new Workers Center on
Union Square, reports from all sec
tions last night showed.
The miners are on strike. The
New England textile workers are
conducting a strike which calls up the
heroic traditions of Passaic. Between
100000 and 100000 skilled and
unskilled workers Of all trades are
walking the streets and highways Of
the United States in search of Jobs.
shelter and food. The aim of the
campaign for $4,000 to finance the
occupation of the new Workers Cen
ter is to provide the revolutionary
workers cf the New York district
facilities adequate to the tasks Of the
immediate future.
To House Daily Worker
The building which is the goal OF
the campaign is at 1928 Union So.
1t is to be the new home of the
DAILY WORKER, official organ of
the Workers Party; the New York
/ district organization of the Party.
the Workers School; the Young
Workers 1Communist) League; nj
Elore, Hungarian language Commu-
INST daily; the Young Pioneers; the
Workers Book Shop and the Coop
crate Restaurant (Proletcos. Inc.).
The opening of the Workers Cen
ter will be celebrated with "Red
Banquet" the evening of Friday, Apr.
Y, at which the speakers will include
jay Lovestone, William z. Foster.
robert Minor, editor Daily Worker.
Bertram D. Wolfe and William W.
Welnstone. Tickets are now on sale
at the Workers Center and at tn
Workers Party district office at 108
E. 18th ST., the district office an
nounces.
Bronx Shows WAY
The Bronx is showing the wav in
the great drive. Though Section <.
the- Bronx, started work only a few
days ago the section, subsection and
unit functionaries have mobilized the
membership so effectively that this
section has already jumped into the
lead.
Branch 8 of this section, at a meet
ing addressed by John Di Santo. COL
lected $50 and pledged $3.50 more.
Some of the members contributed az
much as S25 and this branch intends
to far surpass its quota.
Branch 4 contributed $50 in cash
and pledged S175; Branch 2. where
donations were also as high as S25.
collected S62 in cash and pledged
S98; Branch 5: SAP in cash, seq N
pledges; Branch 1: $40 in cash, sss
in pledges.
Banquet To Be High Point.
Section is bending all efforts to-
wards making the best showing In
the district at the Red BANQUET.
which will mark the high point of TIL.
drive and which will be attended bv
hundreds of militant workers of this
city and vicinity. The amounts COL
lected in the campaign will be an
nounced at the banquet and all sec-
tions, subsections and units are max
ing special efforts to make as good
showing as possible
In addition to the Bronx. Browns
vile and Long Island City have been
particularly active. Brownsville yes
terday made new contribution of
S108, collected as follows: FD 1, s4s:
1B /. S2l; and 1B 2, S44. This brings
fthe total Of Brownsville to more than
half of it's quota of $500, which from
present indications will be surpassed.
Quotas Announced
Unit IF, Long Island City, has
handed in its second contribution of
$50, bringing it's total to 500. This
unit has promised to contribute $51
more next week.
Archie Merson, member-at-large,
contributed SIS.
Section l has assigned various
quotas to its units and active work
has already been begun. Though this
section has been late to start the
members feel confident that in short
while they will be battling the other
sections for the leadership. The
quotas for the units are: Subsection
lac: IF, Sl6o; 81, $3.50; If, $3.50;
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