The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-21


The Recruiting Drive of the Party has
shown satisfactory results so far, as whole
despite the many shortcomings and the fact
that some districts have failed to show any
activity worth mentioning. Detroit has already
filled Go per cent of its quota and IS now the
leading district Philadelphia has been beaten
for the time being, but is good second (64fo).
In third place we find New York $3.50 and
the South in fourth $500 All other dis
tricts are below the so per cent level.
There are five districts who have not re-
ported this week; Cleveland, Dakotas, Seat
tie, California and the South. Others have
only given partial reports such as Chicago
and Connecticut This failure to give regu-
lar and complete reports is a shortening
which must be corrected. New York district
has this week brought in POI new members;
Detroit 113 and Pittsburgh at last succeeded
in getting few more than the permanent
in their column of the chart.
Out of the approximate 1000 new men,
bers. almost 400 are Negro workers (2OTo)
which is an achievement for the Party, show
ing that real successful results can be achieved
on this field. The figure of 20 per cent Ne
groes among the new members must still be
improved Detroit's challenge to all other dis
tricts shows it. Detroit is still leading With
1O1 new Negro members, then comes Chicago
with So, with Philly and New York following
each with 6S. Chicago is slowly catching up
on Detroit and accepting their challenge SER
iously.
Only 20 new subscribers for the Daily Work
er have been solicited this last week. This is
the weakest spot of the Drive and the activity
of spreading literature and selling the Daily
Worker must be improved. New York, But
falo Kansas, Dakota, Connecticut and tne
South show not single new subscriber. This
should be corrected at once. Detroit shows
the way in reporting that they now sell every
day 1000 Daily Workers. How about that in
direct chalenge-Chicago, Cleveland, New
York and other cities.
The tempo of the Drive has improved in New
York Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Mime
sofa, Philly fell back in tempo and at once
lost first place to Detroit
In building shop nuclei Minnesota and Bos
ton are leading this week with new shop
nuclei each. New York brings IN 3 and Pitts
burgh l. Chicago still has one new shop nu-
clei in splendid isolation. This very important
work of centering the activity more and more
in the shops-of concentrating most of the
Party's active forces in important large lac
tories, has been neglected and only now be-
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overwhelming majority of the new members
are proletarians-factory workers.
Philadelphia has gone over its quota IN
publishing 8 new shop papers already up to
this time and Buffalo has completed It's quota
of shop papers
Chicago and Detroit have taken up spe-
cial campaign without challenging each other
Detroit bringing in % Mexican workers this
week and Chicago %. Chicago recruited them
at a mass meeting against Mexican govern
ment oppression, in Gary.
There is insufficient revolutionary competl-
ton in the various districts as far as the sec
tions and nuclei are concerned. There IS still
time to instill this Revolutionary Competition
deep into the nuclei and membership OF the
PARTY New York in its challenge to Chicago
for more new members proportlonately mas so
far been victorious but Chicago still MAINTAINS
its lead over New York in the number OF Ne
gro workers recruited Philadelphia challenged
Detroit for more members and more shop nu-
clei but Detroit has beaten Philadelphia so lar
and at the same time also won victory over
Cleveland. Boston challenging California has
won an easy victory in new members, Dally
Worker subs shop nuclei and is even on new
sbon papers but looses in recruiting Negro
workers. Both districts, however, are scan
dalouslv low on new Negro members, and 3
new Negro recruits in two of our important
districts Minnesota has challenged Boston
and looses on new Negro members MINNIE
sofa having recruited not single Negro TO
the Party), looses on subs and shop nuclei, is
even on shop papers but wins good victory
in new members. Boston has dangerous
competitor in Minnesota, more formidable than
California.
The Lenin memorial meetings have been held
in a few places, in others they are gong 10
be held soon. These must be utilized to the