The Daily Worker

ELECT TEXTILE
UNION OFFICERS
Russak, Pippin Chosen
at Paterson Meeting

PATERSON, N. J., Jan. 6.—
More than three hundred silk workers met here at the first general membership meeting of the Paterson local of the National Textile Workers Union at Oakley Hall, Saturday afternoon.

The meeting, which was enthusiastic from the start, chose as its officers, Martin Russak, militant textile worker as secretary-organizer, and John Pippin as Italian organizer.

It further elected three representatives to the National Committee of the union and one member to the National Council.

An executive board of thirty was also elected, three places being left open for the dye workers.

Lena Chernenko, who has been active in the Paterson local for two months, reported to the meeting that the local has been making steady progress in organizing the broad silk workers and the dye workers.

Chernenko also reported that the National Textile Workers Union was in the process of organizing several new locals in Paterson.

"Every Member an Organizer!"

Following Chernenko's report, Russak, the newly-elected secretary-organizer, outlined plans for the future work of the union and raised the slogan, "Every member of the union an organizer for the union."

Plans have been made to divide all the shops in Paterson into sections according to the mills so that mass meetings can be called for the individual districts directly after work.

The Executive Board met immediately after the general membership meeting and elected B. Leib as its chairman.