The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-18

Detroit is far ahead of all other districts
with 1873 per cent of its quota. Next comes
New York with 1874 per cent, Phila. with
I31 per cent. Cleveland has beaten Chicago
with 80 per cent against Chicago's IS per cent.
Buffalo stands close behind Chicago and has
great opportunities to pass by its rival next
week Buffalo has filled "a per cent OF
its quota. Kansas City is the last district
with only IS per cent, and the Dakotas goes
only one better with 10 per cent. Seattle has
reached Is per cent and Pittsburgh isn't much
better with only % per cent. All other dis
tricts have at least passed the so per cent
mark.
This resuit-in spite of the total number of
members recruited being very satisfactory
is partly bad Just before the last week of
the drive there are districts still, which have
not filled more than 20 per cent or less of
their quota. This means that the result of
the drive has been got mainly in few dis
tricts: Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Cleve-
land, Chicago and Buffalo. There is still an
opportunity for ths other districts to make
good during the remaining week. Every force
in the districts must be modified to make
the last week of the drive the best week.
The percentage of recruited Negro workers
is little better but far from satisfactory; it
has been raised from Is per cent last week
to almost Is per cent this week. The last
week of the drive must be utilized to the ut
most for bringing up the percentage OF re-
cruited new Negro members Detroit Is first
with number of POI recruited members
New York is left behind definitely.
Boston leads in highest number of organ
lied shop nuclei 12) followed close by Detroit
with 10. New York and Chicago are far be-
hind with only and new shop nuclei. Cleve-
land and Minnesota have beaten them with
r Nj how ah IN
per cent of our shop nuclei quota This shows
that the Party still stands too isolated from
the shops More concentration of our best
forces for work in the shops!
Detroit is leading in shop papers followed
by Cleveland
Pha. is leading in Daily Worker subs fol-
lowed by Detroit, which now on the top of all
other work distributes 1,400 Daily Workers
daily. This splendid success by Detroit makes
the figures on the DIV drive from the other
districts look rather helpless and amateurish.
If the last week does not show any decided
Improvement in the DIV column Of the chart
the Party must seriously consider special
sub-drive for the DIV after the" 2sth of Feb
ruary when the membership drive is finally
closed. All the forces of the Party must be
modified for the Unemployment Campaign and
especially every member must be given
work in that field Immediately. The Unen-
ployment Campaign must be utilized for con-
tinuing the recruiting of more and more new
members to the Party, also after the official
close of the recruiting drive on February 49,
Revolutionary Competition.
The Drive has shown that our Districts
have not yet understood how to organize revo-
lutionary competition in an effective manner.
The weekly drive bulletins appeared at the
beginning of the drive, but now at the end
the districts completely fail to publish them.
Thru them the main activity for leading the