ME ARE facing a Financial somewhat acute nature. Despire the hig gains made by the paper and the fact that our Fund Drive targets are regularly met, we huve an accumulated hack debe of E3000 which needs to he paid off within the nest month.
The substantial part of this debt is owed to design and printing firms who have produced Socialist Challenge, our Russian Revolution anniversary apecial, and the four-page supplements that have been inserted in the newspaper. Normally, commerciul firmas allow their customers a month's credit. Most of the firme we are dealing with have heen rather more generous than that. But their patience is wearing very thin.
We know that many readers donate as much 15 BE Ci extremely cynical ahout appeats for money. The fact of the matter is that we are at a very vital stage of the development of this H.H. Smith's outlets in London, If the test is successful, a national distribution could take place which could transform our circulation.
BAKUNIN IN THE FIGHT for survival of Challenge, monthly trankers enders made out by supporiers our lifeblood. This regular and retalling $138 per month, Torms the bedrock of the fund drive.
Soas we mose into February, Ine Junnur bankers order have fallen due.
make £1800 Domonth period, we need un averige £138.46 per week. The crisis of a special We siso know that many are NAME For if we sold another 3000 papers a week we n order to move forward we have do pay o ur back debis. Hence this appeal. We conl engage in demagogic and moralistic uppeals, wish to insult our readers Intelligence. All we say is that our books are aiways open If you want to come and check why we are in debt. Wedoubt whether we will need u increasing sales and your respise le the fund appeal like this again, Drive. So trest this as a one-off emergency.
Tenclose E...... for the SC Emergency Appea The following person ................. miant be able to donate E....... as well. Yol can write to him/her at the following address:
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Tear off and post to: SOCIALIST CHALLENGE EMERGENCY FUND, PO Box 50, Landon N1 MARX Jour a definite 1245 "GAN EV/NEVE AGA AGAR la brenotatinke tre vi 2,00