6 JULY 1951, Page 7

The Daily Worker is - so integrally ,associated with the Com-

munist Party of Great Britain that the fortunes of the organ must be some index to the fortunes of the organisation. At present things do not seem to be going well with the Daily WoTker. "Our daily sales are still dropping " it proclaimed on Tuesday, under its daily appeal for funds from its readers. As I have mentioned before, the target is £3,750 a month. The May collection was £434 short of that when it was shut down on June 7th. The June total had by July 5th reached £2,758, and obviously it will be necessary to start on, the July target at once. But considering how small the circulation of the Daily Worker is (I should put it, at a guess, at about 120,000), the amount raised month by month is far from discreditable.