The Press: Trouble for the Workers

Manhattan’s Communist Daily Worker has been in financial trouble for so long that even its most devoted readers yawn at the cries for help. But last week the cry of “wolf” had a convincing ring to it. Said a boldface box covering Page One: “We are at the end of all resources. Our printers’ bill has piled up, and he cannot go without payment . . . We must receive at least $5,000 in the next few days if we are to be able to continue, and $10,000 by the end of next week. We ask that every reader—and we mean every reader—immediately send from five to ten dollars.” The Worker could expect no help from its blood brother across the Atlantic, the London Daily Worker. For months it, too, has been appealing for money on Page One, may have to slim down to a single page, or fold altogether.