The Militant - 12/28/98 -- $69,000 more needed by Jan. 1 for fund to buy Pathfinder's computer-to-plate machine

Vol.62/No.47 December 28, 1998

$69,000 more needed by Jan. 1 for fund to buy Pathfinder's computer-to-plate machine
A display (above) and special presentation at the YS convention and socialist conference highlighted the $550,000 capital fund that is being raised to help in the transformation of the production of Pathfinder books and pamphlets. Of the total fund, $350,000 is needed to cover the cost of the computer-to-plate (CTP) system newly installed in Pathfinder's printshop. This sum is needed by the end of the year. The rest will pay off the $200,000 still owed on the shop's web and two sheetfed presses.

At the conference, capital fund director Dave Prince announced that four workers at United Airlines who will be taking other jobs to strengthen socialists' work in eight industrial unions have pledged their "Employee Stock Ownership Plan" money -blood money resulting from a concession contract. A pledge from a fifth United worker brings the total contribution from this source to $46,000. So far $281,000 has been raised, a $15,000 increase since last week's report. An additional $69,000 is needed by January 1 to pay the balance owed on the CTP machine. To find out how you can make a capital contribution, write to the Capital Fund Committee, 410 West St., New York, NY 10014.

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