The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-01
$500 NEW MEMBERS
JOIN THE COMMUNIST
PARTY SINCE DEC. LIST
1000 Workers Enter Party In First Two Weeks
of Recruiting Drive Alone

On tine basis Of the struggles for
the daily needs Of the mass of
workers, the Communist Party has
recruited over $500 rev members
since December l in the course of
the preparation for the recruiting
drive Of which 1000 were recruited
between January II and January
IS, the first tive weeks since the
drive officially started.
In the Pittsburgh district the stub
born battles in which the Party and
the revolutionary unions have led the
miners and steel workers have con-
Vinced the workers there OF the need
for organizing into the Communist
Party. One hundred and twenty four
members were recruited into the
Party from January II to January
IS. OF this number so are unem-
pIoyed and So employed.
The strike nov on in the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal mine and the organ
ization Of miners for struggle in the
other mines, in addition to the work
that is being done in the steel mills
In the fight against the sweeping Sc
ries Of wage cuts gives the charac-
ter Of the workers already recruited
into the Party. OF the total, there are
81 miners, 20 metal workers and two
railroad workers. Two nuclei have
been organized, one in a steel mill
and one in a mine employing $50
men.
Three members recruited, work in
factories employing less than 100, 2
in factories with from 10000, Z in
those with from 3o0-5oO, II in those
with 5oo-10Oo, IN those from 1000
1000, and one in 4 factory employing
over 5000.
The leadership Of the struggles OF
the Chicago workers by the Commu-
mist Party especially in the fight
against the starvation and terror pro-
gram Of Mayor Cermak, and the mass
basis that it has there is reflected
In the recruiting of 495 workers be-
fore January II and f62 after that
date One shop nucleus was organ
lied The new recruits for the Com
munist Party include u miners, q
metal workers, railroad workers, 3
packing house workers.
In Boston until January II 20
members were recruited and 81 since
then The basic nature Of these re-
cruitments can be seen from the fact
that 3 are marine workers, metal
workers, workers in the a. r. of L.
and S former members of the Social
ist Party. One shop nucleus was or
gained
One hundred seventeen members
were recruited in Philadelphia, so
having been taken in after January
IL. Fifteen came from large shops, II
from the mining industry, from
steel, from marine, 1 from railroad
IS Negro workers, Is women workers
and II members of American Fedora
ton Of Labor locals.
IN Cleveland 113 were recruited be-
foe January II and 73 after OF this
number 10 are steel workers, metal
workers, are Negro workers and t6
former Socialists
Detroit reports 4 total Of 81 mem
bers recruited with 20 accepted be-
fore January II. Three Ford workers
are among those newly joined.
Two hundred eight new members
have been recruited since December
Z IN Minneapolis. One hundred eight
Of these were recruited since Janu-
5rv II. There are 81 miners, 5 railroad
workers and go farmers included in
t'7a total OF those recruited.
his total Of $500 new members
we're recruited into the Communist
eerty through the leadership Of the
Communist Party Of the struggle Of
The working class against starvation,