The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-04

This is an earnest appeal to every worker
active in the class struggle, and to every
member of the Communist Party.
It is an appeal to help the Party to meet
the great tasks placed upon it by the sharp
ening class battles. by the necessities of or
ganizing the unOrganized, by the forward
movement o" great masses of workers.
Compared with its tasks, the Party's finan-
cia resources are entirely inadequate and the
struggles in which we are engaged, of histo-
rical Importance, suffer severely from this
fact
: Let us remind you of few of these great
tasks:
We are driving into the South, not only
with the revolutionary unions but also with
the Party organization. The A. f. of l.. said
it must have million dollars in order to be
able to do anything, and with all its money
ii does nothing but sabotage the struggle
but our Party and its sympathizers, with the
few stray dollars we could scrape together
are A CTU A LILY ORGANIZING THE
SOUTH. The Gastonia struggle placed enor-
that il provided the central ralIying point of
the movement in this period. The August
First AntiWar Demonstrations, the Cleve-
land T. U. u. l.. Convention, the big develop
ments in the mining fields, especially Illinois
ALI these notifications of the working class,
give opportunities and tasks to the Party
which require the utmost mobilization of its
resources,
We have made gains in mobilization of our
man-pOwer. But we have Jagged behind in
mobilization of finance, which is one of the
most necessary features of the work. Espe-
cialIy in the support of the Daily Worker,
which is our principal instrument for mass
work, we have Jagged behind.
Added to these financial problems, has been
the legacy of financial chaos left behind by the
L0vest0ne renegades when they attempted to
split our Party. The cleaning up of Love-
stones leavings has been an added burden
which will not be repeated but which leaves
the Party financially weakened for the time.
Now the multiplication of opportunities for
work, requires real mobilization of the
membership AND OF FINANCIAL SUP
PORT. The membership drive, for which a
quarter-millioE leaflets and fifty thousand
pamphlets have been issued, provides the
first basis for this task. The reorganization
of our dues-system, upon weekly payment
basis and the rate of two per cent of earnings,
according to the international practice of all
important parties, will stabilize the Party
finances in the coming six months, and will
relieve the membership of many irregular
demands now made in the units. The econ
omic crisis and growing unemployment will
hit many of our present members and sup
pOrters, but will greatly widen the circle of
workers who are ready to listen TO our pro-
gram and join in our work; and the Party's
publication of 100000 leaflets and $4,000
pamphlets on UNEMPLOYMENT provides
the basis for mass campaign, which will
further widen our base and help solve the
next problems. The improvements which are
being rapidly made in the Daily Worker con-
stantly help TO enlarge its circle of readers
and supporters and Tighten its financial bur-
den on the Party.
For solving all these problems, and pro-
viding strong central direction with strict
accounting of finances, a strong FINANCE