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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
A Backward Race
UPTON SINCLAIR.

Mongol Prince: Zone day will visit you in your
country"
Finnish Minister: "But Finland is a long way from
your country.
NJ. p: "What matters? have MANY horses and
camels and flocks of sheep"
F. M "But, you cannot travel through Europe with
horses, camels and sheep"
M. p: "Is there no grass?"
F. M eyes, but it is not allowed to travel through
grassland which belongs to people"
NJ P "How can land belong to people? No one can
buy land. buy something take away in pocket. No
one can take away land in pocket"
f. M: ain Europe men buy land and get paper
which says the land belongs to them"
M. p: Overcome by of ridculous) I under
stand So if some fool wish to buy moon from me
sell moon to him. give him paper saying moon be-
long to you and he pay me money"
Translated by D. J. Orchard
from Japanese Paper
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14

"Vetcherniaya Moskva"
% Boshaya Dmtrovka,
Moscow, U. S. S. R.
EDITOR:
have your request for message to my readers and
friends in Russia, and / moved to send this state
ever confronted.
Your enemies trying to draw you into war, know
ing that if they do it, they destroy YOU BY
raidng your Pein embassy through their hired agent
Chang Tso-ln, they commit what they know is act
Of war. They hope you will retaate Believing, l
do that century of human progress depends upon the
survival of Soviet Russia, hope you will walk into
their trap.
Do not think that presume to know better about
Russian affairs than your leaders. What l do
know is American affairs and it is about these that
would venture to write Britain alone dare not attack
you Her labor unions too strong; but if she
drag America with her, she do anything. And do
not let anybody misinform you this point, America
will follow England's lead. The caste-conscious and
money-conscous officials in state department
putty in Br1tains hands We have ten million young
with the bodies of workers and the minds of plu
tocras who would be convinced that they were saving
their souls by destroying the Soviet system.
l do not say that Russia can be invaded and con-
quered You will be bockaded and forced to divert all
energies to manufactures and thus your social
progress will be stopped.
And this you must get clear We few in America
who believe in Soviet Russia, are helpless. The great
capitalist propaganda machine would smash like
many insects.
On the. other hand, if you withdraw and avoid the
trap, nothing can harm you. Every day you survive
you stronger Your existence heartens every
thinking worker. And in the meantime capitalism is
going down. 1t cannot find markets. it cannot make
profits for its swollen of capital That explains
its desperation.
You confronted the very same conditions at Brest-
Litovsk The peace was humilating unthinkable, but
you had to sign it. Lenins great wisdom guided you
If you had not signed, you would not exist today.
The crisis now recurs, and l plead with you from
half way round the world withdraw avoid war at all
hazards stay clear of world capitalism with its blind
rapacity Show the workers of the world that great
working people can make civilization of their own
1t literally true there has not been week for ten
during which this message Russia has not been
in thoughts So the ideas here expressed have had
all the consideration my mind is capable of giving.
Sincerely,
UPTON SINCLAIR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
MilliOnaires Salve
Sore Conscience by
Puny Charity SOps

After all the growing and breast
beating over Americas wonderful.
generous philanthropic millionaires,
what shock it is to come across
the rude figures! In that golden
quarter of century from 1900 to
1925 they have given to religious and
social organizations beggarly $70,-
100000. And the income of Amer
ica's wealthy is estimated now to be
in excess of $4,000, 100000 a year.
But from that stupendous horde, a
meager $685. 900 trickled out in 1925
to salve the consciences of the men
who have Quilted a continent and ex-
plotted millions of workers.
The figures are sponsored by the
respectable national bureau of econ
omic research, which operates under
t. presidency of that great savant
and labor strategist, John P. Frey
himself. No less than 1876 agencies
cooperated, and among them all the
biggest ones.
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lowers to make a cult of this new
scenic method, we are moved to pro-
test. 1t is awkward to denounce a
thing one likes, yet one cannot but
denounce the hurrah-constructivism
for its extravagant claims and for the
way it distorts the entire art of the
theatre in order to appear the main
thing in it. When we see construc-
tivism thus served up to us as cure
it-all, as an absolute principle, suf-
ficient unto itself and independent
from all else, we are tempted to
brand it quack.
A Theatre of Masses.
AS a cult constructivism has no
basis of existence. If the artist has
the urge to create in the spirit of
modern life, to move with its dyna-
mic sweeps, he must regard himself
as part of the bigger thing to which
he seeks to adjust his creative urge,
and not as the dictator of fashion"
The constructivist must remember,
what he so often neglects to remem-
Der, that his method in stage craft
must go hand in hand with, and be
an expression of the theatre as a
whole; that his constructed settings
cannot all by themselves make the
old theatre new and that together
with the revolution in the craft or
the art of making stage settings
there must go the greater, the more
inclusive revolution in the theatre as
whole, in it's method as we'll as in
it's contents, in its artistic as we'll as
its social orientation.
The new theatre is in need not only
of new artists or artistic devices, but
of new patrons as well. The tired
business man goes i'll with construc-
tivism, and the bourgeois intellectual
goes i'll with dynamic mass action.
The new theatre, to be really new,
must be theatre of the masses, and
must harken to the rumblings and
STRINGS of masses, whence the
modern spirit of the times" derives
its restlessness and its tremor.
Theatre An Art.
While the constructed devices seem
to be better suited to the require
ments of the new theatre, it does not
by any means follow that if the set
tings are solid and scaffold-like in
stead of being flat and sheet-like, all
is well with the theatre and nothing
more remains to be desired. Nor does
it follow that by accepting construc-
tivism we must unreservedly reject
expressionism or estheticism in gen
eral.
We must remember that the thea
ire is an art, and that the function
of art is to create living beauty. 1t
is well that the constructivist seeks
to be unitarian, but if he does not
at the same time seek to be artistic
he removes himself from the realm
of art, hence from the realm of the
theatre, for theatre is after all an
art.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
COnstructivism in the Theatre
Freiheit Critic Tells What 1t Is and
Puts 1t In Its Place
By NATHANIEL BUCHwALD.

What consrucvst setting? Why is peculiarly adapted to
plays the modern Why doesn't the tired business
the bourgeois intellectual like it? COnsuctm the has
recently America such plays God Loves U.s. Pnwhee
and Loud Speaker shocked delighted tharegoers Is it
merely fad? Or has it useful the theatre?
These questions answered this article by Nathaniel Buchwad
dramatic critic for the Frh brilliant and profound of Am
Yiddish des Mr. Buchwads daily the
New York theatre scholarly than all the
cacke the vOlumnOus the capitalist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
Sport Briefs

They're at it again boys. The
baseball season is on. Some hundred
and fifty thousand bugs will pay
from fifty cents to dollar and a
half at the opening games. Figure
it up. "A hundred and fifty thousand
at one buck makes-not a bad little
sum! Pro baseball is sure a great
little sport. They ought to play it
on Wall st.
Who's going to win the pennant
this year? Put this down in your
notebook. The Pittsburg Pirates are
going to make the rest of the teams
in the National League walk the
gangplank. In the American League
(of business men) the Athletics are
going to bring home the bacon-and
eggs. But don't bet your money on
this inside information. The prophesy
is made without knowing what the
gamblers are going to do.
Have you organized a baseball
team? Let us know if you have. The
Youth Column will gladly tell the
world about it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
SEND IN YOUR LETTERS

The DAILY WORKER is anxious to receive letters
from its readers stating their views on the issues con-
fronting the labor movement II is our hope to de-
veiop Letter Box department that will be of wide
interest to all members of The DAILY WORKER family
Send in your letter today to 1.-THE Letter Box" The
DAILY WORKER 33 First street, New York City.
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y T. " 1 ' hAOfC
ment, one must
pay a visit to
t h e Physical
Culture Insti-
tute in Moscow.
All sorts of
gymnastic ap-
planes are to
be found in a
small gymnas-
tic hall of the
institute which
C a n accommo-
date about so
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THE ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
A FRIEND INDEED.

An opportunity arrived. Now can
PUNK down my dollar ($100) and SUBJ
scribe to the Young Worker for one
year. If you don't have the dollar
($1.00), you can send in so cents for
a half year subscription.
Send it to The Young Worker Edi-
torial Committee, 33 First St., N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
ASS0ilS War
Plot Against SOviets

EDITORS NOTE:-The following copy of a let
ter which he forwarded to the Russian publication
"Vetcherniaya Moskva" has been sent to The DAILY
WORKER by Upton Sinclair:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
With the Young Worker
LINOTYPE OR TWO.

l know guy
Named Ike McGore
He works eight hours
But gets paid for four.
Mary had some little lambs
From which she earned some dough
The trust, it came around one day;
Now Mary's funds are low.
Headlines seen in the "Daily Rot":
Bosses Strike For Increase in Profits.
Great Unemployment in Country:
100000 Bosses Walk the Streets.
THE ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
We're in the army, now,
We're out of job right now
Well never get rich,
Well never get rich,
Well never get rich.
(etc. until we have workers govern
ment).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
By PAUL REINHARDT.

In order to get acquainted with the
idea and technique of the Russian
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-14
lies Ginka"
By MARGARET GRAHAM.

(rhe Les Ginka is native Georgian folk danee.)
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'Vetcherniaya Moskva"
% Bolshaya Dmitrovka,
Moscow, U. S. S. R.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

membership of any parent-teacher
association in the city, the John
Eaton Parent-Teacher Association
also won special award for the
greatest increase in membership in
its section of the city.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president
of the congress, was presented with
a large bouquet of flowers by Mrs.
E r. Kalmbach in behalf Of the eX
ecutive board of the congress.
Musical Features.
Other features of the luncheon in
cluded the singing of the Parent
Teacher song by the ensemble, led
by George +. Hurt; music by the Ne.
Kinley High School Orchestra. direct.
ed by Dore Walten, and vocal solos
by Mrs. A. H. Fast.
Besides Mrs. Rafter, the president,
the vice presidents and others, whose
reports We're made at earlier meetings.
the following committee chairmen sub
mitted reports, which go on the record
of the Parent-Teacher Association
congress:
Committee on AmericaniZation. Mrs.
Albert n. Baggs: business manager of
the Parent-Teacher Magazine. Mrs
w l.. Rynerson: childrens reading
Mrs. ". II. Ross; Child Welfare Maga-
zine, Mrs. s. w. Rauscher; clothes
conservation, Mrs G. :. Fraser; edu
cation, Mrs. +. r. KaimbaCh; editor
of Parent Teacher" Mrs. II. Il. Ros-
sell; health. Mrs. Joseph Sanders;
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Il had stomach gas bad, making
my heart beat too fast and causing
weak nervous spells. Adlerika re-
lieved me right from the first dose.
Il. Smith.
Adlerika is a compound of the
best saline intestinal cleanser with
glycerine, buckthorn, cascara and
other as-expelling and detergent
elements. 1t is excellent for Intes
tinal Stasis, a disease due to mod
ern ways OF living and which is
often the true cause of sour stom-
ach, gas bloating, nervous dyspep-
sia and restless sleep.
Unlike most medicines, Adlerika
acts upon BOTH upper and lower
/ bowel, giving the intestines
REAL cleansing and bringing out
old poisonous matter you never
| thought was in your system Even
| if bowels move daily, you will be
surprised how much more old mat
! ter Adlerika brings out which may
have been causing all your trouble.
| In slight disorders, like occasional
constipation, GAS bloating, indi-
Evening star., 1927-04-28
Q Smooth SKIN

lose half their magic if the skin itself is not
smooth, exquisite! From France the gift of a
smooth skin!
1t is by that tried and treasured French
method Lux Toilet Soap is n1ddet
White, firm, deicately fragrant, it tends
your skin the true French way. All, even in
hard water that bubbhng caressing lather gives
you the same satiny all>over, luxurious feeling
you adored imported soap for! You paid their
extravagant prices for it but today Americas
genius for achievement, added to frances
passion for perfection, gives you Lux Toilet
Soap for just ten cents! Wherever soap is sold!
Made by the makers of Lux. Lever Bros. Co.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts,.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

She dsOelobedtbas famous method efmaking
fine toilet soap
Eager feminine feet tripping on to Paris
where loveliness awaits them
France so beauty>wise let nationality and
coloring be what they may she can make any
woman lovely, smooth>skinned, beguiing
Pale throat and satiny shoulder, blossomy
cheek and cream>smooth hand everywhere
Paris is full of laughing loveiness. Small won
der the whole world has looked to France for
fine toilet soaps!
For when France developed her famous
method for making fine toilet soap she knew
that her incompatible powders and perfumes
Evening star., 1927-04-28
Heart Beats Too Fast
Blames Bad Stomach
gestion or sick headache.
spoonful always brings relief.
Doctors Praise Adlerika.

gestion or sick headache. ONE
spoonful always brings relief.
Doctors Praise Adlerika.
DIR. II. l.. Shoub, New York:
"Adlerika. in addition TO it's intes-
tinal cleansing. checks the growth
of intestinal bacteria"
DIR. A. G. Curl: II prescribe Ad-
lerika with highly satisfactory re-
suits
DIR. J. Weaver: I'm my so years
practice / have found nothing to
excel Ad]erika."
J. f. Puckett: After using Ad-
ierika, ] feel better than for 20
years. Awful impurities were elinf-
mated from my system"
DR.. f. NJ. p. (name withheld by
request: Il use Adlerika in all
bowel cases. Some require only one
dose
No matter what you have tried
for your stomach and bowels, Ad-
lerika will surprise you. At lead
ing druggists in Washington and
Peoples Drug Stores.-Advertise-
ment
Evening star., 1927-04-28

IInboldine Congress for its stand on
school appropriations, Representative
polert q simmons of Nebraska,
enasking before the District of Colum-
ia congress of Parent-Teacher Asso'
cations Yesterday, declared the IeSls
lators are ahead of the DlstrlcL au
tborities in the administrator oil tne
school building program IN TINS cltEt
This declaration was made by the
sneaker before District ana SchooI au-
thorities in addition TO several hulluFeu
parents and teachers attendlnG lhe
''get-together luncheon OF the Parenl-
Teacher Congress in the RaIelSh no
tal which brought to a close the four
teenth annual State convention ol 'iie
latter organization.
Representative Simmons SAID that
mans have not been drawn nor CON
tracts let for several school buildings
already provided for in congressional
annropriations and indicated that the
District authorities should be ahead
instead of behind Congress in the
program named.
The luncheon was marked 10y au'
dresses, resolutions and awards to
psrent.teach associations for accom-
pIishments during the past year
Parents Aid Emphasized,
Superintendent of Schools Lr
Frank W. Ballou emphasized the nm
portance of parents cooperating with
school authorities in educating chill
dren. He also told of the importance
of modern schools being so equipped
"as TO provide every pupil with the
kind Of instruction which is adapted
10 his individual needs" In order to
do this, he pointed out, it is necessary
that there be a sufficient number of
schoolrooms and teachers to prevent
crowding too many children into one
class.
Cooperation between school ofi-
cials and parents also was the key
note sounded in an address by AS
sistant Superintendent of Schools
stephen Z. Kramer. He added that
cooperation means intelligent under
standing. sympathetic consideration
and "the very spirit of love which
seeks expression in service" lie
added that cooperation in all the
fullness and richness of its meaning
is the spirit of the Parent-Teacher
Association
Evening star., 1927-04-28

which may affect seriously the com.
mitment of insane persons TO the
Government hospital. He claimed
that the law limits the jurisdiction of
the Commissioners so that they may
take into custody only such insane
persons as are INDECENT or as have
homicidal or other dangerous ten
denotes. AS long as patients have
funds or friends willing to support
them, he claimed. they may not be
held at st. Elizabeth's.
The young woman claimed that her
father, William NJ. Fridell, caused hcr
to he placed in the hospital in order
to get control Of her property, which
it is claimed brings in an income of
S4O0 per month
Evening star., 1927-04-28
MRS. EDNA CASPERY
HELD SANE BY JURY
B1anton Raises Question That Only
INDECENT Patients Can Be Com
mitted by City Heads.

Mrs. Edna Caspery was declared
sane by a jury yesterday in a habeas
corpus proceeding before Justice Hitz
of the District Supreme Court.
Representa- tive Blanton OF Texas
appeared as friend of the court" and
addressed the jury in behalf Of the
petitioner who was represented by At
torney George +. Curtis.
Mr.. Blanton raised a new question
Evening star., 1927-04-28

home economics, Mrs. l.. B. Moffet;
home education, Mrs. Henry NJ.
Phillips; honorary member for life.
Mrs. Alfred Tolson; Juvenile Court,
Mrs. James w. Byler; juvenile pro
lection. Mrs. b. f. Zebley: legislation,
Mrs. William T. Bannerman; member
ship. Mrs. Andrew Stewart; assistant,
Mrs. j. II. Molineau; moving pictures.
Mrs. w. S. LaEarre; national publica-
tion, Mrs. Fletcher Sheffield; par
ent tea cher extension, Mrs. j. r.
Cox; pre-school circles, Mrs. George
w Lady: Parent-Teacher Association
in churches, Mrs. Rossel f. Mitchell;
recreation Mrs. Carl Smith; shoes and
rubbers, Mrs. Joseph +. Randall, and
social hygiene, Mrs. W. T. Roop.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

per cent above its assessed value.
A resolution was adopted deploring
the growing tendency of the press
TO exploit the wrongdoing of q few
boys and girls In the public schools"
This action was taken on the basis
that the power of suggestion through
publicity encourages more wrong
doing. The resolution also declared
that ''the schools do not furnish a
legitimate field for sensationalism."
Another resolution advocated the
establishment of work shops. Ii
brary, a science laboratory, drawing
and music rooms, an auditorium and
ample Fairgrounds at every school
being erected in connection with the
f1ve.year building program.
The congress indorsed the proposal
OF the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission to build parks
near schools in order that the for
mer might be utilized as play
grounds.
1t also was voted to send a mes
sage to President Coolidge express
ing the sympathy of the congress
for the people in the Mississippi flood
area. and to commend him for steps
taken for the relief of sufferers.
Additional Awards Made.
Additional awards made during the
afternoon besides those published
yesterday. included a certificate for
Standard organization" to the
Randle Highlands-Orr Parent-Teacher
Association and for superior organ
ization" to the John Eaton and Lang
don Woodbridge ParentTeacher Asso-
Citations The terms STANDARD" and
superior" govern the functioning of
the associations under the regulations
adopted by the Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations.
Besides winning a prize of IS for
the greatest increase in its individual
Evening star., 1927-04-28
DISTRICT ALLOWING SCHOOL
WORK TO LAG. SIMMONS HOLDS
Nebraskan Tells PARENT Teacher Groups
Congress Is Far Ahead of City in
New Building Program

An address OF welcome was deliv-
cred at the luncheon by Commits
sioner Sidney + Taliaferro. DR..
". e. Fowler, District health Off
Ger. spoke on the importance of
"Summer roundups" of children in
order that all of their physical de
fects might he remedied before the
opening of the Fan school session.
An address also was delivered by
Miss Ellen G., Lombard of the Bu-
reau of Education. who told of the
work of the bureau and other or
ganizations in furthering child vel
fare and education.
Roundup Aid Sought.
Following DR.. FoWler's address the
congress adopted a resolution TO sup
port the work of the so-called sum
mer roundup by asking the various
parent-teacher groups represented in
the Congress of Parent-Teacher AS
sociations to cooperate
The congress went on record as
opposed to the law restricting the
purchase of land for school sites by
the District to not more than 70
Evening star., 1927-04-28
First Sergeant Is Retired.

First Sergt. Zach Simpson, 25th In
fantry, who has more than thirty
years active service to his credit,
has been placed on the retired list of
the Army ON his own application.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-25
(BY BILLY EVANS)

The passing of Roger Pockin, paugh from the Washington club tc the Chicago White SoX reminds me that he once figured in one of the most unusual batting performances I have ever seen in the major leagues. Perhaps 1t would be more correct for me to say that it was the lack of batting that featured Peck's unique afternoon.
 Tn five trips to the plate Peck didn't make 50 much as even a foul. yet he reached first base In each instance. I do not recall the Philadelphia pitchers who opposed New York that afternoon, Peck be- ing a, member of the Yankees, but they all looked alike 10 him.
 Whenever Peck stepped into the bat'er's box the Athletic pitchers suddenly developed a case of wild ness. The first two pitches would invariably be wide Of the plate and Peck would have decided edge, which in each instance he took ad- vantage Of.
 Five bases on balls was his record for the day. which falls one short of the major league record hold by Walter Wilmot. Not once during the afternoon did he swing his bet at single offering and in each case the count was three balls and two strikes on him when he walked,
New Britain herald., 1927-04-25
 
'PHANTOMS DOWN
 WALLINGFORD CLUB
Locals Spring Surprise by
 Trouncin5 Pirates 8 to 5

The Phantom baseball team of this city sprung q complete surprise yesterday afternoon when the local diamond aggregation beat the fast W2lilngford Pirates by the score of $ to ,. This made the fifth straight win for the New Britain team. Cohen, who occupied the mound for the Phantoms. pitched the best game of hls career letting the Wallingtord team down with 10 scattered hits while his mates, led by Garro. col lected Il bingles.
 The score Was 10 against them when the Phantoms started 6 rally which tied the score. In the seventh. Saunders blew up and four more runs were counted. Buchas started the works with q single to right, He stole second and scored or Garro's double. Garro scored on q double by Levine. Carr singled, scoring Levine and Baldesari scored him. Another run came in in the eighth on singles by Baylock and Truman and an error.
 Garro was tho hitting star Of the day getting three safeties. Levine, Truman and Carr starred in the field while Oros played the best game for the losers. The Phantoms also de- feated the Laurels over the week oned by the score of l2 to l.
 The summary: