BY CLIVE TURNBULL

NEWARK - Supporters of James Harris for president and Laura Garza for vice president have stepped up their efforts to collect funds for the 1996 Socialist Workers campaign. Donations totaling nearly $13,400 from around the country were mailed in - the biggest one-week collection to date. But there's plenty of work still ahead to meet the $90,000 goal by July 1.

In Newark, more than $1,100 in donations and pledges was raised at a June 9 campaign rally of 50 people. Harris shared the floor with Marie Antoine, calling for support for her brother Max, who had just been brutally beaten by the cops.

"Campaign supporters in Seattle organized a picnic fund- raiser over the Memorial Day weekend that included an auction of items from Cuba," wrote supporter Kathy Wheeler. "Enclosed is $2,115 we raised at the event."

Supporters in San Francisco organized a barbeque, also over the Memorial Day weekend, where $883 was collected.

Contributions to the campaign cover expenses of the working class candidates to keep them on the campaign trail around the country and the world. Greg McCartan, the SWP national campaign director, said Harris will be traveling to St. Louis to lend solidarity to workers on strike against McDonnell Douglas, and plans to attend the National NAACP convention in early July.

Garza will attend the annual convention of the National Organization for Women, which will take place June 28-30 in Las Vegas. Anyone interested to join Garza at the gathering should contact supporters in Salt Lake City or Los Angeles (see directory on page 12).  
 
 
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