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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-28
University of Penna. Fires a Teacher

designs on the carpet to please the
eye and divert the mind. The first
design that the Public was invited to
gaze upon was that bit of academic
thoroughness, sit is incompatible for
teacher to take a stand, etc. :"
Curiously enough, the professor who
formulated this as the policy of the
department at the last moments no.
tice was a little too frank. Whether
he realized it or not he had formulat-
ed the only conditions under which a
university could exist in the present
society. For a university, class in
stitution that it is, can not actually
do research work in social problems
Enor interest it's students in matters
that are embarrassing to the bosses.
1t either must abdicate entirely or be-
come an intellectual hermitage
The Floor Design"
The second pretty little design on
the carpet about Irregularities in
meeting my classes as the reason for
my dismissal is so falsely colored and
so evidently an unfortunate after
thought that l will say no more
about it.
We are, however, interested in the
basic floor design-the design under
the carpet. The simplest reality that
comes out of the matter is that there
is no freedom of speech at the U. of
P.--which is not news to many of US.
! The greater one is that the universe
| financed by the capitalists, as long as
our present system of society exists.
AS such, the financial masters are also
the moral and educational masters.
Students must be cautiously guarded
fand the faculty must always report
to the confessional cage of finance.
The process of education must be a
Etwofold one: first the process of
! doping. The fumes Of bourgeois inn
partially close the eyes Of the stu
dents to the most important issues of
today. The second stage is compare
! lively simple---it is easy to fill a
doped brain.
Organize, Slaves!
sympathize with those faculty men
who are conscious of the conditions
and must suffer them. There is one
way out organization. Why don't
you form union?
Students should take their lesson
from the students of the Soviet I'm
ion and South America where the stu
dents participate in the revolutionary
movement of the world.
Apparently, the University of Penn
sylvania made mistake by putting
me on their faculty and the Philadel-
phia press made similar mistake in
giving two days publicity to Com
munist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-28

workers. He owes his power, fed on
the blood of the Italian working class,
to the direct aid Of the United States
government.
"Only the workers will wage mill
.tant struggle against fascism. And
the workers Of New York, the strong
hold of American capitalism, which
helped to establish Mussolini's rule,
must join with the workers of the
world in fighting against this mon
strosity. Down with government by
murder! Demand the release of all
the victims Of the fascist terror!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-28
CHAMPION OF SLAVE
COURT AIDS HOOVER

WASHINGTON 27 l-Former Henry Of
labor the slave court" compulsory
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-28
AxTELL. CAP IN
HAND AT HOUSTON

Siias b. Axtell, ambulance chaser
end enemy of the Soviet Union will
be among those with hat in hand,
begging for handout at the demo-
cratic convention at Houston.
Axtell, together with Capt. George
Williams of the Neptune Association,
viii ask the Tammany-controilcd con-
vention Tor the extension of the right
of franchise to all seamen 1t is not
known how many minutes he will b.
granted before being bowed out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13

cial thinker. He failed to realize
that the basic maladjustments of
the world are economic and are
share'! in by the large masses of
the people. His chief preoccupation
was with the, psychological NAL
adjustments of isolated individuals
in an unfavorable social milieu. And
in IAN Enemy of the People" he
shows plainly that it was to the
intellectual minority land not to the
toiling masses whom he Jumped to-
gether with the despised bourgeois
compact majority" that he looked
to for social salvation.
Walter Hampden has done about
all that can be done with the play
in view of the fact that the cast
with the notable exception of him
self and Cecil Yapp, is only $3.50.
Hampden himself plays the role of
DR.. Stockmann and he gives spir-
tied, resourceful Interpretation.
Much should also be said for his
direction of the play, particularly
of the scene of the meeting in the
fourth act, one of the most effective
things of its kind I've seen on the
stage. Adm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
SINGING JAILBIRDS

A new technique Of production is
being evolved by the New Play
'wrights Theatre for Upton Sinclair's
Singing Jailbirds." This innovation
in stage composition should solve an
important problem Of the stage di-
rector and scenic designer.
Most scenic designers have con-
tended themselves with constructing
pretty sets that do little more than
indicate the location of action. Now
and then a daring artist throws in
little symbolism for good measure
The stage director on the other hand
has been forced to accept the sets
as screens before which the actors
perform. Both have realized that
this method does not exploit the
possibilities for theatrical effect
that exist in the relation of acto,
to background. The occasional eff.
fort to achieve the proper effect
usually results in freakish scenery
presented under the guise of "mod.
ernism."
The New Playwrights Theatre has
adopted a procedure which will ere.
ate plastic background for the
actor, giving unity to the entire
stage composition. Sets are con.
structed that will be in harmony
with the size, posture and move
ments of the actors by having then
perform before rough scenery built
on movable platforms out of boxes
and cardboard. The constructions
are shortened, heightened or re-
shaped according to the demands Of
the scene and The action. The ac.
tors perform again, and the mould
ing OF scenery continues. At the
same time the actors are taught tc
accommodate their postures and ges.
lures to the special scenic designs
When the desired harmony is
achieved, drawings are made of the
final composition, the rough sets are
destroyed, and now permanent sets
are built. Thus the background and
the people on the stage are adjusted
to each other as the rehearsals pro-
coed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
An Enemy of the People"
Walter Hampden Gives a Spirited Perfor-
nance in Revival of Ibsen's Play

TBSEN'S "An Enemy of the People"
= is obviously autobiographical--
even more obviously than ''Thc
Master Builder" The character of
DR.. Thomas Stockman, who becomes
to his fellow-townsmen an enemy
of the people, is to a large extc,,t
an imaginative projection of Ibscn
himself, embodying many of the
ideas that were closest to his heart.
Less than a year before (188D the
appearance of Ghosts" had brought
down upon him the objurgations Of
every Mrs. Grundy who was half
way articulate. can Enemy of the
People" was Ibsen's answer, an
idealization of the role he had
played in Norwegian life and an ex-
preston of his contempt for the
middle class mind and soul.
Ibsen's passion for social reform
was essentially a moral and ethical
passion. All his social ideals lay
within very narrow limits and con-
Germ largely sensitive middle class
individuals struggling against the
hypocritical bourgeois m oralit y
which prevents their personalities
from attaining free expression. He
seems to have been untouched by
the revolutionary currents of his
time and to have been Indifferent
tn the lot of the great majority
of human beings for whom bourgeois
morality is something vastly more
pernicious than a structure upon
personal self-expression.
But in his attack on certain of
the moral skibboleths of bourgeois
society lhscn played effectively
(and within 'imitsl revolutionary
role. And we see this most clear ly
in IAN Enemy of the People, /"
which Water Hampden has revived
at his own theatre on uppar Broad
way. Incidentally, the translation
used by Hampden seems to be the
one by Eleanor Marx-AveIing, the
daughter of Karl Marx and herself
prominent in the English socialist
movement of the last century,
Tho one of the shallowest as it
was one of the most hastily written
ofsIbsen's plays, can Enemy of the
People" glows with all of Ibsen's
magnificent craftsmanship. And
even a comparatively shallow Ibsen
play is filled with flashes of his
genius. "An Enemy of the People"
is thoroly entertaining all the way
thru and its satire of the typical
bourgeois in the person of Aslaksen,
the printer, is superbly done. This
role is admirably played by Cecil
Yapp, a veteran of the Hampden
troupe.
The play reveals many of Ibsen's
fundamental shortcomings as a So
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
QUITS CHURCH-DRAMA
LEAGUE.

Charming Pollock, playwright
has announced his resignation from
the Church and Drama Association
of which he is one of the founders
The immediate cause of his res
ignation was the refusal Of the as
ISOLATION to endorse his latest play,
"Mr. Moneypenny." Pollock's disap-
proval of the association was said
to be based upon his contention that
the organization was Towering the
taste of the theatre in its campaign
to raise the morals"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
POLISH WORKERS
SCORE FASCIST
WHITE TERROR
'o--7'0--~ -@-'~Ao AGAINST
Pilsudski Senator
lBp a Worker Correspondent

(Bp q Worker Correspondent)
DETROIT, (By MaiD a
mass meeting held on Sunday at the
International Workers Home in
Hamtramck more than 900 men and
women raised their voices in protest
against Michael Sokolovski, a repre-
sentative of the bloody fascist So
cialist party.
Sokolovski, a member of the Po-
lish Senate, came to this country
to raise money for his party and to
spread the fascist ideas among the
American-Polis workers.
Workers in Detroit met him
properly at the huge demonstration.
Comrade B. K Gebert exposed the
role of the Polish socialist party,
which has to its credit activity in the
Police secret police in helping the
Pilsudski government to persecute,
Jail and murder the revolutionary
workers and peasants of Poland. re
also pointed out that they were in
strumental in the murder of so many
revolutionary leaders during tie
May Day demonstration. 1t was
further shown that in every strug-
gle of the workers. peasants or ma
tiopal minorities the Polish socialist
party lined itself up with the CAPT.
talist and Pilsudski governments to
suppress these struggles. They
also are outstanding advocates for
war against the Soviet Union under
the slogan that Communism is a
Menace to Poland"
The meeting was also addressed
by Alfred E. Goetz, Tin English),
Kristalsky Tin Russian), an d
Schawala lin Ukrainian). Comrade
,Eronsky, the chairman, presented
resolution in which he greeted the
Communist Party of Poland and the
100000 striking textile workers, in
the name of the workers assembled.
The resolution condemned tn e
traitorous socialist-fascist party of
Poland and calls on all Polish work
ers in America to stand by the
Workers (Communist) Party of
America.
At the same afternoon at the
meeting of Sokolovski at Dom Pol
ski Hall which was held under the
auspices of the Polish Socialist Al
lance. scores of workers demanded
the floor to denounce the lies of the
fascist Sokolovski. For about ten
minutes Gebert demanded the right
to speak from the floor and despite
the fact that the chairman denied
him the floor, Comrade Gebert spoke
for few minutes exposing the
fascist Skolovski and his party and
was hailed by the large number OF
workers assembled Many of the
workers yelled from the floor: RE
lease the Political Prisoners in Po-
land" "Down with the Traitors,
"Down with the Bloody Fascism,"
"Down with Pilsudski," Down with
the Polish Socialist Party, and
"Down with the Traitors of the
Working Class"
The meeting was adjourned by
committee in charge turning out the
lights in an attempt to prevent Com
rade Gebert from continuing his
speech. The crowd left inspired by
the protest of the Communists, and
the socialist-fascist was not success
full in getting any funds or support
from the workers of Detroit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
WHITE TERROR
SOUGHT BY SOCIALISTS

which was the forerunner of the
fascist regime.
During the last few months the
Seipel government has already
shown its sympathy for the states
of white terror by many breaches
of the right of asylum and the like.
October Z and the attitude of the
Austrian government on this day
were an open proclamation of the
intention of continuing the policy
of friendship towards the fascist
and white terrorist governments,
and to become more and more the
inner and outer equal of this dark
est reaction of South Europe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
K. X. K. TERROR
AGAINST NEGROES
Election Won, They
Burn Crosses

OMAHA, Neb. (By MaiD The
Ku Klux Khan, jubilant over the
election of Hoover and the barring
of the Communist ticket in Neb-
raska are again burning fiery
crosses in various parts of the city.
Last night three crosses were
lighted, one in the Negro section
and two near Catholic institutions.
1t is interesting to note that no
crosses were burnt in the Negro
section until after the election. Be-
fore the election both parties were
busy corralling Negro votes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
OPEN SHOP And
COMP ANY union
RULE SEATTLE
Time Is Ripe to Build
Fighting Union
IBv a Worker Corvespondentj

(By a Worker Correspondent
SEATTLE (By MaiD In 1920
Local 38-12 of the international
Longshoremen's Association had 6
membership of 1000 and the list
system is working fine. When 6
bunch was sent to the Frank Water
house Dock and the writer investi.
gated the cargo. he found it was
consigned to Kolchak, via Vladivo-
stock, Russia. Back to- the union
hall, special meeting was called
and all members were called off the
ships. The motion that we do not
handle the munitions on the Frank
Waterhouse Dock was carried unani-
mously and resolutions were sent to
President Wilson and congress that
40 munitions would be handled in
the port of Seattle by. Local 1912
of the I. L. A. However, the S. S.
Delight was loaded by members of
the Y. M. c. A. and American Legion
under military and police protection,
but the boat was delayed due to in
experienced help.
SHORTLY after, the Associated In
dustries got busy and destroyed the
l. L. A. The "fink" hall on the scow
was disgrace to anybody who had
the first principle of unionism left
in him. The waterfront workers
were guaranteed steady work if they
would vote away the list system.
The boss men, that is, the walking
bosses, hatch bosses, dock bosses,
ETC., were the first to sell out to
the company union 1.-THE "fink"
union) and gradually the others
were forced to accept these condi-
lions.
Today there are several different
groups Of waterfront workers, the
steady men, the open-shop and the
closed-shop men. At the waterfront
dispatching hall 1000 men are listed
in gangs, under the control of a
Joint committee, representing the
employers and workers, to settle all
disputes. The Pacific Coast Ter
minal, Pier IA, employs 600 men,
an open shop. The Big G. Docks
are open shop; representatives of the
company select their help by the old
picking system. The Milwaukee
Dock is closed shop. The Alaska
Steamship Co., Pier 2, employs $50
men on the list. Bell St. and Port
Commission employ so truckers,
and last, and also least, the l. l.. A.,
with about $50 to 200 truckers. They
get the crumbs from the various
fink halls.
Conditions Bad.
Such is the deplorable conditions
in the Seattle port today. Less than
! s per cent Of the men employed in
the Seattle port have revolutionary
tendencies, and yet it was at this
port more than at any other that
en- organized attempt was made by
the workers to prevent the loading
of munitions to destroy the Russian
Revolution. The time has come to
act, to build a powerful union in this
basic industry, to prepare for the
next war by developing militant
revolutionary spirit among the
workers on the waterfront. THIS
must be the mission of the Com
munist Party in the northwest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
Ben Bess Appeal
Hearing on Nov. II

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People re-
ports that the appeal of the case
Of Ben Bess, framed Negro worker,
who has served thirteen years of c
thirty-year sentence on white
woman's perjured testimony, has
been docketed for hearing in the
South Carolina Supreme Court on
November IL or 10.
Bess was once freed when the
woman admitted that she had lied
in order to protect white man.
He was again put into prison, when
the woman swore that she had been
forced to make the statement, which
she said was untrue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
COLLEGE HEADS CAR KILLS.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Nov.
IL U.D.-Miles Blythe, 81, was
killed here last night when a truck
driven by his father, John Blythe,
collided with an automobile driven
by DR.. Stratton D. Brooks, presi-
dent Of the University of Missouri.
DR.. Brooks left hand was injured.
Mrs. Brooks, who was riding with
her husband, and the elder Blythe
escaped serious injury.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
SEEKS AUTO SPEED RECORD

PARIS, Nov. IL (UP).-Major
Malcolm Campbell searched the
desert sands by airplane today for
a suitable spot for his attempt to
re-capture the worlds automobile
speed record, dispatches from At
RIGA said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13

We demand the imm ediate re-
mOval of all restrictions in all
trade unions against the member.
ship of Negro workers and equal
wages. hours and working condi-
tiOns for Negro and white workers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13

We demand the Immediate recoeni-
ton of Soviet Union by the United
~AAnAoa government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
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CIVIC REPERTORY l4st-.sthAv.
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SPECIAL MATINEE TODAY
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TONIGHT, "The Master Builder"
Wed. Mat, "The Cherry Orchard.-
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Thurs. Eve, "The Cherry Orchard"
Fri. Eve, "LTnvitatiOn au Voyage.
Sat. Mat, The Would-Be Gentleman
Sat. Eve, 'The Cradle Song"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13

All this and although
primarily concerned with the struggle his integrity
brings the presence of it into his work
But the title of the volume birth
continue along the path that his work. the present
inevitable
he
his admirable artistry both
chances that he will continue Otherwise
his writings
of E. and
worship before the shrine of
Observation-Disclosures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-13
B looks
A VALUABLE ANTHOLOGY

RUSSIAN Anthology Chosen and translated by
and Avahm Yarmomsk International Publishers $25
Reviewed by A MAGIL.
THE revolution which capitalism
Snrhfew the culture of ezrm and capitalism And its ruins
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gmppeGf this new culture as expressed in its poetry is offered
by Publishers unfortunately any adequate APP
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"a bourgeois. lonely mourner.
His nose tucked in his ragged fur,
Stands lost and idle on the corner,
Tagged by a cringing, NANCY cur.
The bourgeois like hungry mOngrel-
A silent question-stands and begs;
The old world like a kinless mongrel
Stands there, its tail between its legs"
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Big Improvement
Program For
koga|es, Son.

Nogales. Sonora, is to have paw
ed streets, new sewer system, a
new water system, and ornamental
street lights. it was learned yester-
day through a very reliable sour
ce.
Funds for the above improve
mehts are to be advanced the city
by the federal government of Mex
leo. Two percent of every dollar
taken in by the Mexican Customs
House in Nogales, Sonora, is to be
appropriated for the improve
ments.
The proposed improvements
were considered at special meea-
ing of the new city council Friday
night and on Saturday the new
mayor, Mr.. Salazar, left for Ca
jeme to take up the matter with
President-Elect A. Obregon, who
has already promised support for
the civic improvements.
The Mayor and Council expect
to complete all the improvements
before they go out OF office on
September 16, 1929.