Betsy Farley, a socialist and coal miner from Pennsylvania who made the appeal for contributions, explained that with the success of the $100,000 Pathfinder Fund--which had surpassed the initial goal, reaching nearly $103,000 on the eve of the conference--supporters of the publishing house could take advantage of the international gathering by increasing the total contributions to the fund even further.

The fund makes it possible to keep in print more than 350 Pathfinder titles, and to continue to issue new books, such as Cuba and the Coming American Revolution by Jack Barnes, the newest addition to the political arsenal of the working-class vanguard. The French-language translation of that book, already out in English and Spanish editions, came off the presses in time for the conference.

The increased sales of Pathfinder books, the political leverage they give the communist movement in the world, and the need to study the political lessons contained in them to help build a party of worker-bolsheviks were central themes of the conference.

Contributions are due by July 1. Checks should be written to Pathfinder and sent to Pathfinder, 410 West Street, New York, NY 10014.
 
 
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