The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-22

event. The preparations for
the drive to solve the financial
problems Of the Daily as we'll as
the drive itself, we're viewed by the
Party and the mass organizations
around the Party as an integral
part of our daily struggles against
the Roosevelt program of hunger
and war We look upon the Daily
Worker as one of our sharuest in
struments in fighting against the
attacks of the employers, and the
task of ensuring its existence is
part and parcel of our daily strug-
giles.
The securing Of our quota OF So, 500
within eight weeks zone month less
than the time set for the drive)
and the unanimous vote to raise
81 900, proves conclusively that the
Philadelphia workers appreciate the
Daily Worker and understand the
role of the Daily in the building
of a mass Communist Party and the
strengthening of our daily strug-
giles.
Policy Of Concentration
The success of the drive was made
possible only by:
/. The carrying through of a
policy Of concentration in the Party
District and by making this drive
an integral part of the daily &C
tivities of the Party and the mass
organizations.
2. In this drive we made every
possible effort to create a mass base
for the drive. We do not have the
exact figures. but we can safely
state that thousands of workers
contributed.
8. The drive involved the whole
Party, the Party committees and
the leading bodies of the mass or
CARNATIONS. We can safely state
that beginning with the District
Bureau down to every Party unit.
to every mass organization, this
drive became the task of every lead
ing comrade who was personally
made responsible for the carrying
through of the quota of the or>ani-
cation,
4. The drive was organized and
divided in the following periods;
Mass Picnic at the OPENING Of
the drive which brought in $3.50
Banquet of Shock Brigaders which
brought in 5000.
Fifteenth Party Anniversary, 5000,
and finally. this FRIDAYS affair.
which brought in $1,000 The rest Of
the money was raised by sections cut
Of town or through individuals who
sent the money direct to the Office.
At these affairs the total atten-
dance was around 5000 workers and
these affairs helped to popularize
and create the necessary enthusiasm
for the drive while politically ex-
planning the role of the Daily
Worker.
5. No organization contributed to
the Daily Worker from their treas
uries. All money was raised through
individual work of the members or
through collective work, through
arranging of parties, affairs, mass
meetings, etc. where the Daily
Worker was brought forward polit-
ically.
There Is not single Party unit
or mass organization around the
Party in the city of Philadelphia
which did not arrange one or two
affairs or meetings for the Daily
Worker Drive. This Is the key to
the success of the drive, which has
proven to us and will prove to the
whole Party that by mass approach
and placing the Daily Worker as
part of the daily tasks of our move
ment, the workers will readily sup
port their most important press
weapon
Enumerate Weaknesses
While enumerating these achieve
ments we must also state definite
weaknesses in this drive. The weak
nesses were: important sections Of
our district did. not yet realize the
political Importance of this drive
Reading. Anthracite, Lancaster and
partially Baltimore).
Secondly, while the campaign was
brought to the opposition groups OF
the different trade unions, in very
few cases were efforts made to raise
the question of support of the Daily
Worker officially in the local unions
of the A. F. of L.
Thirdly, there was an insufficient
linking up Of this financial drive
with the increasing of the circula-
ton Of the Daily Worker.
The District Bureau Of the Party,
realizing these weaknesses and es-
pecially realizing the Importance of
the Daily Worker, in view of the
attack on the conditions of the
workers and the growing fascist ten
denotes in the u. S.. pledges itself
to continue the drive for an in
creased circulation. with the same
tempo. to overcome the existing
weaknesses in the drive, and to turn
the enthusiasm developed during the
course OF the drive to strengthen
the work, to build our Party and
above all to activize all those who
generously donated for the Daily
Worker, to bring the Daily Worker
to thousands of workers, who must
read 1t.
Signed: District Buro Of the C.P. 8.
A. w. Mills. for District Buro
Miller DAILY Worker Rem