BY DEBORAH LIATOS
As the campaign to raise $125,000 got under way September 1, supporters of Pathfinder Press in Atlanta, Boston, and Seattle got off to a strong start in setting the kind of pace that will be needed to meet the fund drive goal in full and on time.

In the first one of what they project as weekly installments, Seattle supporters sent in $800 they received from 10 contributors. This type of collection on a weekly basis will be central to a successful campaign.

The Pathfinder Fund will make possible the publication of several new books, as well as help keep in print the publishers' more than 300 titles by revolutionaries and working-class leaders.

In many places, Pathfinder supporters are already organizing public forums to raise money for the fund drive. In Boston, the event will center on the book The Changing Face of U.S. Politics: Working-Class Politics and the Trade Unions by Jack Barnes. In Newark, New Jersey, supporters are planning a fund event to highlight the soon-to-be-published French language edition of the same book, Le visage changeant de la politique aux États-Unis.

Supporters in Sweden launched the fund August 29 at a reportback from participants in the 14th World Festival of Youth and Students, and the conference of trade unionists from around the world; events that were recently held in Cuba. They plan to contact members of the Pathfinder Readers Club and subscribers to the Militant to ask for contributions.

Ved Dookhum explained in a letter that Birmingham supporters are also planning an event centered around a reportback from the trade union conference. He said local fund backers who are members of the United Steelworkers of America and United Auto Workers adopted a combined goal of raising $130 in contributions from co-workers.

Starting with this issue of the Militant, the scoreboard will reflect all money received in the Pathfinder offices every Saturday. In addition, supporters of the fund are urged to send in stories about how they are raising money for the fund drive.

All workers and revolutionary-minded youth who appreciate the place of Pathfinder books are encouraged to contribute to fund. You can make checks payable to Pathfinder and send them to Pathfinder Press, 410 West St., New York, NY 10014.  
 
 
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