The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08

October l marked the opening of
the 1884 membership drive of our
International Workers Order. The
object of the drive is to secure the
growth of the Order to $4,000 mem
bers by the next convention in May,
1885. To this end the second Six
Months Plan of Work of the Order
provided for the inclusion into the
Order of $4,000 new members. Since
July l, 1850 new members were
taken in without a campaign. That
leaves about 10000 more to be re-
cruited during the rest Of the year.
To recruit these new members is
the task of the membership drive
between October l and December IS,
Political Issue of the Campaign
The drive for new members is
based on a mass campaign for social
insurance. This campaign will par
ticularly center on the support of
H. R. Bill 1898. An organized eff
fort will be made by all sections of
the Order to mobilize masses Of
workers in the bourgeois fraternal
organizations for active support of
Unemployment and Social In
Surance Bill (H. r. 1899. These
efforts will bring the International
Workers Order to the attention Of
the toiling masses of America as =
fighter for working class interests.
That will fix the International
Workers Order in the minds of these
workers as worthy of their MEM
bership.
That is why the campaign for
social insurance is such an impor-
tant part of our membership cam
paign in the next three months. All
language sections will plan this
campaign. All city Central and
District Committees will check up
on the activities of the branches
and members in this campaign. The
greater the mass movement of fra
ternal organizations we can organize
in support of Social and Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill 1898, the
more successful will be our mem
bership drive.
Socialist Competition
For the drive to build the Order,
prizes have been set aside by the
N tional Executive Committee.
These prizes are utilized in some
instances by the districts to slim
ulate socialist competition. The
Committees on their part
are offering prizes contingent on
the achievement of the quota by the
district. The general purpose Of
the prizes is to stimulate the estab-
lishment of TWO. workers centers.
OF course, these prizes are not the
only spur for the drive. Our mem
bership realizes full well that the
TWO. is a most valuable defender
Of workers interests. They know
that the value of the Order as a de-
fender of workers interests in
creases in the degree in which the
membership grows. They know,
that every effort they
make to increase the membership
will increase the value of the Order
for themselves.
That is why the comrades every
where are enthusiastic in their
preparations for the campaign. They
organize for socialist competition.
The Akron city organization of the
TWO, for example, challenged the
Canton City organization that it
will complete and go over its quota
before Canton. The loser is pledged
to pay contribution of $25 to the
Daily Worker.
The Jewish Section Of Cleveland
has challenged the Jewish Section
of Detroit that it will complete it's
quota before the end of the month
of October and that its work dur
ing November and December will
to be exceed the quota as much as
possible. The challenge, which was
accepted, provides that the loser
present banner to the winner.
Other challenges have been re-
ported. We will bring the news of
the progress of these challenges
from time to time in these columns.
Immediate Action Required
The success of the campaign de-
ponds on the energy applied in the
first weeks. Lost weeks cannot be
made up. We must achieve