The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-27
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Philadelphia Section
Shows How Finance
Committee Should Work
low often in the Party is
III the work of the Finance
Committee underestimated or
entirely neglected? How often
do we see comrades frantic
with the effort of raising
enough money to pay last
months rent for some Workers Cen
ter.
Towards the end of December our
West Philadelphia, Section 3, Fl
nance Committee comprised of five
members, met and adopted a three
months plan, At that time we had
eighty-three regular monthly sus-
tanning pledges bring in $44
month.
The plan we adopted called for:
l. The securing of fifty new
pledges, totalling $25 a month.
2. The sending Of a political let
ter to all makers Of pledges week
before Lenin Memorial Meeting.
3. A meeting of pledge makers
and sympathizers to be called after
the political letter had been sent,
4, Er1larging the Finance Com
mittee by bringing more non-Party
members into the work. Formation
of a subcommittee to arrange af-
fairs for the Section
5. A movie to be held in February,
The first month l. now over, and
in reviewing the work during jan
uary we find the following results:
ID Twenty-six new pledges Sc
cured, totalling $11.50; in other
words, 81 per cent of quota in
pledges and 46 per cent in amount.
This was due to the efforts of the
collectors who followed up contacts
and got new pledges.
~ A political letter was sent
calling on every maker of pledge
to send in names of his friends who
might be approached for sustaining
contributions. A two-month cam
paign was called for and Lenin
set offered to the person who re-
cruited the most new pledges. At
the end of the campaign a social
will be held.
90 We have been unable so far
to enlarge the committee.
az The movie and a Kirov lee
ture we're held under the auspices
of the Finance Committee.
At the beginning of February our
Finance Committee reviewed its
work and decided on the basis of
our accomplishments:
Cd To fulfill the three months
plan in two months.
~ To challenge S ctton 1,
Philadelphia, Finance Committee to
draw up plan and do better than
our Committee. Other sections are
welcome to join in.
90 To follow UP the political
letter by the collectors talking to
the Pledgers and getting names of
new prospects from them.
"a To get every pledger to be a
Daily Worker subscriber. Most of
them are already.
90 To hold house Party and
movie during February for the
benefit of the Section.
Let us hear from other Finance
Committees.
Section Financial Secretary,
Philadelphia.
WE have published the above letter
" because We feel that the po-
litical Importance of our Finance
Committees is not stressed Suffi-
GENTLY in most of our Districts and
Sections. The best and ablest COM
rades often do not want to serve on
such committees because they feel
that this is not political work. The
fact is that this work of financing
the activities of our Party is one OF
the major political tasks.
When we approach this work
from this point of view. and po-
liticalize the work of raising oul
finances, we will find that oul
financial problem will not be The
difficult one that it is in many
places.
We have around our Party many
individuals, clubs and other or.
CARNATIONS, who, if approached or
political basis, will be glad to be.
come financial supporters of thu
Party. We must cease our rent
paying approach" and build up In
stead q regular monthly fund from
our friends and sympathizers, who
support us financially because We
are leading the struggles of the
workers against hunger, fascisn
and war, because we are fighting
for the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill, because we are fight
ing for the rights of the Negro PEG
pie, because they want to help ut
fight the attacks of the Hearst
press, and because they believe ir
the Communist Party.
Tof1, tho