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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
- DRAMA TN
The Living Dead Man
at the Fifth Avenue
Playhouse

pIRANDELLO, the author of the
= Living Dead Man." is an ardent
admirer of Mussolini and has long
ago been nominated for the Hall of
Fame by Vanity Fair. His reputation
among the American intelligentsia"
is of high standing and his play
Fright You Are, if you Think You
Are" achieved great success at the
Guild Theatre recently.
Signor Pirandello is primarily a
philosopher, using the play and novel
only as mediums to tackle such eter-
nal problems as the futility of life,
the fallability of human truth, and
The mysteries and intricacies of the
soul.
Statesmen of the Mussolini brand
sponsor and endorse such philoso-
phies simply because they know that
they help to distract the masses
minds from those problems that are
of real import in their lives. Hence
the reason for Banito permitting
Sirandello to go on.
"The Living Dead Man is just the
kind of picture that will both con-
fuse and puzzle the mind of any man
whose is kept down to earth. We
will not annoy you with any details
of the story. Sketched in two words.
the tale of a young man, who, hav-
ing feigned death to escape his dreary
environment, plays into the hands of
a thousand psychological situations
that drive him back to his old identity
and his home. Two personalities had
begun to live in him and torture
him endlessly. He loses consciousness
of his real personality, so he chooses
the only way out and returns to his
old hometown only to find his former
wife remarked.
Here is problem that does not
concern US in our everyday lives. Such
things can only happen when people
who, like Pirandello, probably having
nothing better to do, set their anti
social brains working Even the solu-
ton of the problem that Pirandello
offers would get us no further and
no more than the solution of diff
cult chess problem. And, certainly,
Pirandello plays; he plays with fan
tastic and unreal ideas. And at that
no explanation is offered in the end.
A bit of mystery does not harm in a
theme calculated to keep you guess
ing.
The movie is adapted from the
novel THE Late Matthew Pascal. !"
Marcel L'Herbier, the director, as if
to make things worse, has succeeded
IN putting over the most intriguing
camera tricks. This is not commend
able in a film the story of which is
already SO complicated-S. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
Mass Prosecutions in France What We Can Do About Them
in America
Thirty years in prison and fine of $4,000 francs.
This is the sentence pronounced upon Jacques DucO5

Thirty prison and fine of $4,000 francs.
This is the sentence pronounced upon Jacques Duco Com
munist Deputy, by French court.
Marty dolzed by the French workers for his heroic
services to the labor movement muny in the
Black Sea fleet protest against its the
Russian workers and peasants is sentenced to ten He
has been the Chamber of Deputies by the French workers
in every election since the Black Sea revolt.
The French Communists sentenced for the specific
crime of urging soldiers to refuse to fight for French imperial
China other spheres of French influence and for their
activity for Sacco and Vanzetti.
France these harshness almost with
precedent in years they only the beginning
phase the merces drive French impera
men has under against the Communist Party and the French
working masses
of the leaders of the Communist Party the Young
mnt League and the left wing unions prison Included
them such well known worngcas fighters Cachn
Semard Doro Bernard Thore Monmousseau Bea Raynaud
Baangef Chassegne Gilbert Mdo Bonnefons and Barbe
addition to those already mentioned
Andre Marty wrote from his prison cell burning
reply to the declaration of Marshal Foch for the
Soviet Union he deprived of all rights political prisoner
and incarcerated with criminals.
Writing from Paris Michel Holay tells wholesale
activity He says
21 workers have in all to 359 months i'm
prsonment Communists to 1876 months sailors 4S5 months
soldiers to 618 months army months In
the last few months there imposed altogether 1867
months OF we'll fines The
suppression is rising still higher"
The for this of persecution
the aims of French npera diplomacy which Com
munst Party of France great sections the working
class which accept its leadership its powerful enemy
French finance be stabilized only the expense the
and the Communist Party fight against this
War the Soviet Union waged successfully only if the
Communist Party be crippled militant labor move
ment suppressed
There is the further that most reactonary sec
ton Of the French ruling class trying bloc
for the perpuaon of the present on the basis
Communist campaign which designed to brighten away
any support for the Communists the left
French government finance directly dependent upon Amer
lean banks and American imperialism therefore much
of the responsibility for reaconay campaign now in
progress
Here in the United pay part of the debt we
owe to the prisoners of French Imperialism for
he spendld struggle for Sacco and Vanz against war
the Soviet Union by organizing the largest possible protests
against their persecution
We must not remain silent while imperialism takes its re-
comrades who led the fight Europe against Amer
lean capitalist justice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
Continued from last issue.)
South Slav Situation.

The comrades of the former opposi-
ton have brought here a series of ac-
cusations as to differences. For in
stance, they give as one of the diff
ferences and one of the obstacles to
unity, the famous South Slav buga-
boo. China is a source Of difficulty
for unity. The Jugo-Slav question is
a difficulty. Comrades, you can go
all around the world to find obstacles
to unity, but you will not stop unity,
you will not interfere with the unfit
cation of our Party, because the basic
obstacles have been removed, first by
our Party development, second by the
Communist International decision,
thirdly by this Convention, and what
ever is left, all of us can get together
and we will remove the rest.
What was the South Slav situa-
ton? Has factionalism in the South
Slav section caused difficulties in the
Party? Comrade Cannon says yes,
and l say that this is just one in
stance where Comrade Cannon has
based his conclusion on temporary
and superficial phenomena. And you
know it very well, Comrade Vein
stone, and your speech yesterday was
1907 for unity, but Comrade Cannon
takes another position today. The
fight in the South Slav Fraction i'd
not a cause for a fight in the Party
but the fight in the Party is the cause
of the fight in the South Slav Frac-
ton. And you comrades who, in your
moment of factional bitterness, have
contributed essentially toward max
ing more difficult the situation in the
South Slav fraction, have not helped
unity. We are given a picture Of
chaos in the South Slav Fraction
What are the facts? Let me mention
just three facts about the South Slav
situation:
(1) The South Slav fraction has
the highest proportion of comrades
of all the language fractions who re-
manned in the Party after reorganiza-
ton.
(2) In one of the major campaigns
of the Party, the mining campaign
the South Slav comrades have carried
the banner of our Party forward
more theoretically than any other
section of our Party in the mining
territory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30

"And SO To Bed" the English
comedy based on the diary Of Samuel
Pepys, will be seen on Broadway the
later part of October. The author and
producer, James B. Pagan, is in New
York. together with his wife, Mary
Grey, and his daughter, Comma
Pagan, both of whom have parts in
the play. Charles Bryant is also in
the cast.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30

Lyn Harding has been engaged for
"Out of the Sea-" the new Don Mar
quis play.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30

the monopoly and the safeguarding the bread supplies OF the
81, 1917. CTen Years Ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
KornilOv arrested.

(3) Since the last Convention,
Comrade Foster said in spite, yes in
spite of attempts to bring factional-
ism of the Party on the ground of
South Slav difference which don't ex-
list. we have developed the paper from
a paper appearing three times a
week, into daily and the South Slav
daily is a powerful weapon in the
hands of the Party against Lewis and
his gangsters and gunner who are
infesting the ranks of the miners.
This paper exists because the South
Slav comrades have acted not fac
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30

ga Night in Spain," now at the
44th Street theatre will move to the
Winter Garden, Monday evening,
October 10th. "The Circus Princess"
which is now current at the Winter
Garden will go on to Boston on the
same day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
LOvestOne Summarizes Discussion of His Report
for the Political Committee

NOTE: Following his report to
the Fifth National Convention of
the Workers Communist Party
for the political committee, there
was lengthy discussion among the
delegates. Jay LovestOne, the re-
porter for the committee, then
summarized the discussion as fol-
lows:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
Chronicle of Events in
Russia Ten Years Ago

KRONSTADT GOES TO THE LEFT.
Sept. 9.-Krorstadt (FOrtress near
Leningrad9 elects BOlshevist as
chairman of the Soviet Executive.
Kerensky orders the troops march
ing ON Petrograd (LeningraD to re-
treat,-Kornilov orders them to ad-
vance.
go BOESHEyIKS VERY ACTIVE.
Sept. 1O.-Kornilov calls on the
Cossacks to support him.
The BOIsheviki enlighten the peo-
pie by proclamations in their press.
Bolshevist meetings everywhere
pass fighting resolutions.
The Southwest Front takes sides
with the revolution.
YOUNG WORKERS SUPPORT
BOLSHEVIKI.
The first conference of the PetrO-
grad Young Workers, representing
$4,000 organized young workers, de-
clares it's solidarity with the Bolshe-
Wiki.
BOLSHEVIKI ATTACK KORNILOV
PUTSCH.
Sept. 12.-The "RabOtschi" pub
fishes an appeal of the BOlsheviki on
the KOrnilOv putsch.
The provisional government APP
points Kerensky cOmmander-in-chief
of the whole army.
The 'SOcial-DemCcrat" calls upon
the workers to arm.
LENINGRAD SOVIET SUPPORTS
BOLSHEVIK1.
The Petrograd (Leningrad) Soviet
accepts the BOlshevist resolution by
279 votes to 115 and 81 abstentiOns.
KORNILOv is ARRESTED.
Sept. 14.-The government is re-
constituted; Avksentyev, Sarudni and
SkobOlev resign.
"Novaya Shisn" (New Life) and
"Rabotschi" (The WOrker) are pro-
hibited.
Eorr;Jnv arrested
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
LENIN SAID:

Without doubt the main question of every revOlu-
ton is the question of state power. The decisive
thing is, which class has the power in its hands
And when the newspaper of the greatest govern
ment party in Russia, the "DyelO NarOda' COM
planned recently No. 147) that the question OF the
Constituent Assembly and the question of bread
supplies were being forgotten in the dispute, then
the only reply to be given the Social Revclutionares
is: You yourselves For it is the Indeclslon
and the irresOutOn of your party which are more
TO blame than anything else for the "antcs of the
minister's" for the eternal pOstpOnement of the Con-
stitutent Assembly and for the Illustration by the
capitalists of the projected and accepted
and the safeguarding of the bread supplies of the
Ten Years ApOl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30
Broaaoay Briefs

Ludwig Satz will open his season
tonight at the Public Theatre, Second
Avenue and Fourth Street, appearing
IN a musical comedy titled Grand
pas Sweetheart"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30

Bernard Shaw after all, is not
writing a play on Oliver Cromwell.
A rumor had it some time ago that
he was in the midst of such work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-30

"Porgy" will not open next Mon
day as previously announced but will
have it's premiere at the Guild The
atre, Monday Oct. 10. "The Second
Man" will continue at the Guild for
an extra week, closing here October
8, and then going to Chicago.
The Washington times., 1927-11-30
What! No Brains?

From his lookout tower at the University Of Wisconsin Dr.
Joseph Jasow professor Of psychology has observed the
worlds ways and works. and he hurled this conclusion
members Of the Columbia Institute Of Arts and Sciences the
other day:
Success is generally due to combination Of lucky cir
cmsances and outside influence One has only enough
Drains to keep from standing in the Of We have
greatly overemphaszed the value of intelligence in business
and other affairs Of everyday life
Now did he really mean it. he just taking college
professor crack at business men?
Of course some get rich by fuke But they arent
20 numerous that you II fall over them in Wall Street
And brains don count maybe Dr. Jastrow will explain
what Is quite obvious in these parts in Wisconsin
every trade and profession from fixing automobiles to build
ing bridges is scaled step BY step on basis Of ability
The difference for instance between good mechanic and
bad one is readily dscernibe the professor might see it
himself And taking it by and large the good mechanic gets
more than the other kind The thing goes
& bond saesmen and shipping clerks and storekeepss and
reporters and lawyers and, yes-colege professors
should the inferior intelligence get hosted BY chance into
gherup job the will need an extraordinary run 81
luck to stick. because he won't know how. se4
Oh well maybe the doctor was only spoong the Colum
bans But the boys take what he said to heart and sit
back waiting for the breaks theyre in for tough time
The Washington times., 1927-11-30


geline Lodge Lndbergh.
When her heroic young started his world
famous nonstop flight Detroit school officials thought that Mrs.
Ldbergh should take vacation. She demurred wanted
her but the school authorities insisted duties
be temporarily abandoned
The reporters sought her the day young ndergh making
his flight and found her garden flowers
She the house Neither sitting inside
discussing her boys possible fate with consOng friends
The reported that she smile, busy
digging the garden and appeared happy confident
What better evidence Of sound webaanced mind could
be found 1 $780,
When Mrs Lindbergh asked If she did wish go
abroad and share her sons honors she replied that the
hands Of friends and did need her.
This kind of mind is the result of mental contro-scpine
and firmness Of will It follows the clear
thinking combined with 1t happening.
OF the welbalanced character This the
foundation Undecided which
root before she knows much faculties
herself
strange that young Lndbergh having been the
ciary webaanced guiding early years,
showed poise and judgment in all he said during the
time he being showed with honors by kings the
people.
Later when money tempers failed to reach Colonel Lind
bergh with their offers they turned their attention his mother
thinking combined sense is no mere happening
her fine ideaism for peh.
The welbaanced mother priceless heritage family
her friends and all with whom she n-
nce tremendous and powerful She seeks the pauds of
The example set by Mrs. Lndbergh
raise the worlds conception Of Americans also teach Ame
cans truer appreciation Of ifes real values
MI tcepyrishs Mcclure syndica
The Washington times., 1927-11-30

bridge, visiting about--yes, life
has been gay and sweet for the
SWANS until this year.
Now boredom Is sitting over
them in an ominous, gray film
which they can't shake off.
They're getting tired of every.
thingnot physically tired. hut
mentally stale. They can't get
the old kick out of playing around,
making money, buying clothes.
Nothing seems worth while any
more and it worries them dread.
fully.
What will old age be like III
we're beginning to lose interest in
life now, writes Eleanor in ter
ror.
An enormous proportion OF our
successful Americans are asking
that same question. They're bored
in spite OF their comfortable pro.
grams and plagued with the feel.
ing that they're losing their in.
terest in life. /" As a matter OF
fact, they aren't losing their in
terest in life. Their trouble il
that they've never had an inter.
est in life. They've had an inter-
est in themselves-bu that's q
very different matter.
All normal human beings should
pass through two stages Of deyel.
opment. The first Is the PER
SONAL stage. Youthful amuse-
ments, adolescent sports, the
The Washington times., 1927-11-30
By ELSIE ROBINSON

their places slowly but surely in
the vast human drama. As they
do so, the pleasures and cravings
which sustained them in their
youth pass away. They are no
longer excited. or cotnforted by the
things which once served them,
hut their. hearts acquire new
rythm. They pulse in time with
the heart of the race.
People who have passed into this
second stage of development are
never bored. They have really
grown up and they are part Of an
engrossing spectacle which stimu.
lates them and keeps them young
in spirit. You can recognize such
people when you. meet them. They
are like great comets swooping
across life.
Those who do not pass into this
second stage pay a heavy penalty
las. We must always pay heavy
penalties for obstrncting life. They
grow restless. discontented- this Is
q. sign that they need to reach out
and give themselves more life.
They grow bored, as a man who
is being asphyxiated grows sleepy.
The two processes are, indeed,
much alike. One is suffocation of
the body, the other Is suffocation
of the soul. sesa
Are you getting bored? LOOK
OUT! Perhaps you need to grow
UP.
The Washington times., 1927-11-30
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. C. A. L. Reed
YOUR boy may be like the one
y described NV this nnother:

YOUR boy may be like the one
1 described by this mother:
my boy" she writes. SIS a
husky lad Of IL. He has been
free from most diseases Of child
hood, all but measles and wtoop-
ing cough. from which he recov-
cred promptly. But he has never
been a satisfactory eater. He has
distinct likes and dislikes. 81.
though he likes more things now
than two years ago. He takes but
little breakfast. better luncheon,
and yet better dinner. although
none OF his meals are full. About
o'clock every day he Is raven
ously hungry and generally eats
something. have thought this
was the trouble. and had linn
omit his piecing. Now he has
such an appetite for his dinner
that he bolts his food and over
eats, For the first time he is now
having fits Of indigestion. is sick
at his stomach in the evenings
with prostration. What can / do.
to make him eat just three meals
q day."
Don't do It. You've tried It and
you see what has happened. Now
look at the case. You say your
boy is husky. That means that
he gets enough food every twenty.
four hours to keep up his nutri.
ton and to maintain his growth.
You complain that ne has been
, and Is yet choosey about his food.
Well, so are you. There are
things you like and others you
don't like. You choose the things
you like and leave the others.
II you look the facts squarely
in the face you will see that you
are dissatisfied with the boys eat
ing for several reasons. He
doesn't like ali the things goa
like. He thereby makes. some
trouble in the cooking.
He doesn't like to eat Just Is
you do; that Is to say three times
day. with A full meal each time.
He, under the natural law in his
making. has q stomach with some
individ duality, Just as he has other
traits peculiar TO himself. He, Ii
entitled to have them respected
at least within reasonable limits.
The probability Is that the all
prevailing and peculiarly Ameri.
can habit OF three full meals
day il responsible for more stom-
ach diseases than any other one
cause. In the great ma iority Of
people, especially children. the
average full American meal
means a full stomach that the
stomach revolts.
What Is needed is from four
to five takings Of food every day.
This does not mean that there
shall be five 'sfullY American
meals. It simply means that by
taking Ed bit" In the forenoon
and another In the afternoon.
none Of the three regular meals
will need to be so nfniI. = 1t
means likewise that the stomach
will not be oyerwhelmede with
three avalanches Of grossly bolted
grub.
In European countries, especi.
ally on the Continent, it is the
custom TO take food oftener but
in less. quantities than in
America, where the three.nneal.
habit came about under the neces-
stiles. OF pioneer life. But pioneer
life has gone and its habit of three
meals 3 az GhCuld 50 with II.
/ ~ A..
The Washington times., 1927-11-30

why women worry About Men
0NE of mans pet hobbies. is
~ the secret conviction that
woman "just loves to worry!'
Well perhaps he's right. But
there's q reason! In one week.
two women In New York. City
we're shot and killed by two men.
for falling to call said men in
time for work. Wouldn't THAT
worry you?
The mechanical alarm clocks
did not go off: and the human
alarm clocks were not ON the
job.
A woman has GOT to do a
mans worrying for him. or hen
find out why!
Whether its worrying about
where he is nights or when he
shall get up mornings; about
what he'd like to eat or what he
ought not to eat; about how he
overworks or why he doesn't work
harder; about when he, SHOULD
take his tonic or where ne left
his overshoes; about how to make
him stay in the house or how to
get him into heaven-it's all up
to the woman!
Before marriage. he calls it
"mothering' him; after marriage,
he calls it "naggings him. But he
loves i'll And H she stopped it,
he'd call 1t ''neglecting him.
Nothing gives a man such a
luxurious feeling as to turn over
and tpIacidIys dCze for five or ten
minutes more in the sweet con-
sciousness that his wife is worry
ing" because he won't get up.
s3 --A--a----- III III \ "A
when, woman reaches the
point where she stops worrying
about what time her husband
come home nights. it takes half
the kick" out Of his pleasures.
When she stops worrying about
whether or not he loves her. il robs
his little fllrtations Of all their
piquancy and flavor.
( When a woman n1arries a man,
she elects herself the little shock
absorber between him and all the
petty cares and anxieties Of life
and appoints herself his memory,
time.clock, conscience and diges-
ton.
Up to his wedding day, the aver.
age man can take perfectly good
care OF himself. He can find his.
own things, remember to have his
haircut, always be on time at the
Office. keep his evening clothes
pressed. write the weekly letter to-
his mother. and keep out Of Jail.
But from the moment he prom.
Uses to CHERISH b woman. he al. ,
parently loses all his faculties: his
memory his sense of response
bility. and the physical strength to
lift things after he has dropped
them on the floor. !
The truth H.. that a.man iust
loves to be worried about"--and a
woman loves u worry about him.
That IL what they MARRY for
ID
The Washington times., 1927-11-30
Men Dislike Killing
1000 zlotys Per Hanging.

Dislike Of the death penalty spreads gradually over the
earth Men longer enjoy killing other men, Just for the
fun Of it. at least in Western countries When from the
North captured Rome they threw and the children out
make them confess where they had hidden their wealth Some
seyages sn enjoy killing tcrturing Civilized do not
Now Poland aboishes shooting death penalty because
don't LIKE their job and looking around for hanemen
Poland raises the fee for hanging from 100 to 1000 oys
or about $11260
The Washington times., 1927-11-30
Old Style

Speaking Of companonate marriage as about everybody
seems to be these days. Homer very long ago. wrote one Of the
best advertisements Of the Oldashcned kind 81 marriage
penned This the wish he had Odysseus address to the
heros preserver, the lovely maiden Nauscaa
And may the gods grant thee all thy hearts desires
husband and home and mind one with his may thew
give good gift for there is nothing mghtier and nobler
than when man and wife of heart and mind in
grief to their foes and to their friends great 10y
but their own hearts know it the best. y
There the marriage Of the OTHER kind Of companion
ship. not the new variety.