The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Party Life
New York District
of Communist Party Sets Up
Red Fighting Fund

Red Fighting Fund
THE following letter has been sent
to all Party members in the New
York District:
The rapid growth of the strike
movement in the United States the
ver-growing struggles of the unem-
ployed for relief and Unemployment
and Social Insurance; the constant
growth of the ranks of the Com
munist Party and other revolution
ary organizations through their &C
tivities for the immediate demands
of the workers; the increasing ex-
presSions of solidarity on the part
of the American working class with
the struggles in various sections of
the country and in foreign coun-
tries, are being met with in ensified
fascist terror against the revolu-
tionary workers and especially
against their leadership, the Com
munist Party.
THE events in Toledo, Mime
apoliS, San Francisco, etc, are not
isolated cases of reac ion but
samples of what the ruling class.
will resort to when faced with the
problem of defending the interests
of the bosses against those of the
workers. The placing of police
forces on military footing, the
| arming of thugs as vigilantes to
destroy workers centers and work
ers' property; the Harvesting of the
American Legion and of large fra
ternal organizations like the Elks in
red batting campaigns; the in
creased use of the militia in labor
! disputes, point to period Of in
creased fascist methods against the
American workers-the same meth
| DDS used against revolutionary
workers in Germany since Hitler
assumed power.
Under these circumstances the
u Communist Party of the United
States must learn from the e1-
perienceS of the Communist Party
of Germany and be prepared to
meet any emergency that may arise
at any time.
IF every comrade acquaints him
self or herself with the methods of
work of the Communiss Party of
Germany today, its means of prop
uganda, the hundreds of weekly
papers issued under absolutely il
legal conditions, the regular issu-
ance of the central organ of the
Party, the Rote Fahne, the hum
dreds of ingenious but costly meth
DDS of spreading Conlnunis5 prop
uganda. he or she will understand
the political significance Of finances
under such conditions. '
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"THE membership OF our Party
4 must awaken to the fact that it
is their DUTY not only to par
tfcipate in the everyday work of
the Party but also to undertake the
responsibility of financing such
work and establishing a strong
emergency fund for the future. We
must also keep in mind that many
of the La American sections of
the Communist International de-
pend on our Party for financial as
sistance. The New York District of
our Party has the task of helping
the Cuban Communist Party. To
the ex ent that our District can
come to the assistance Of the Com
muniSt Party of Cuba, to that ex-
tent the revolutionary work in this
colony of Wall Street. imperialism
can be extended.
This is the main purpose of the
Red Fighting Fund of the New York
District. This fund, which will be
equally divided between the various
sections and the District, will also
be used to meet immediate acute
needs of the Party. Twenty-Five
per cent of the Districts share will
go to the Central Committee.
WITH the rising militancy of al
w aggressive working class, the
work of our Party from the unit
to the Central Committee is null
tiplied many fold. Millions of leaf
lets must be distributed Pamphlets
on all problems confronting the
workers with the Communist way
out must be published and dis.
tributed. More functionaries mus
be sent into the field. More func.
tionaries must be trained in tht
District and sections. All this re.
quires great amounts of money
which cannot be gotten from thu
decreasing income from dues pay
ments.
No Party member who under.
stands the emergency CT such Ret
Fighting Fund can fail to give hi
full cooperation to the plan.
How the Plan Works
EVERY Party member is to col
Ii lect a minimum OF 81 enc
every two months or Whereabouts
for which he will receive a stamp t
be pasted in his membership boob
This collection will be mad
through the means of stamps of ;
| 10 and % cen, denominations
bound in small booklet.
| Two comrades from each stree
nucleus or one comrade from ever
shop nucleus of less than ten mem
| bers are to be assigned every wee
| to collect minimum of 81 each.
| The Finance Secretary of tn
| unit is to see that different com
: rades are assigned in rotation ever
n week for this work so that ever
: Party member gets his turn at a
AVERAGE of once every two s,oonte