The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

familiar with Upton Sinclair's "Mon
never read this work, as progressive
writes, for this terse statement of
fact is proven by every daily press
except The DAILY WORKER, in the
periodicals that flood the newsstands
and in the books that fill the markets.
100000.
The most recent revelation in re-
CARDS to the activities of the Joint
Committee Of the National Utilities
Association, in other words the Power
Trust, show that at least $1,000,000
was spent in the last three years for
propaganda favorable to the gas, cleo
trio light and electric railway in
terests, so that they can continue to
mulct the workers of this country of
hundreds of millions yearly.
This money to write was spent all
the way from Richard Washburn
Child, former United States ambassa-
dor to Italy, for an unsigned "book-
let" opposing government ownership
of Boulder Dam, down to obscure text
book writers who wrote specially pre-
pared" books for use in high schools.
Of course, according to the investiga-
ton made by the federal trade COM
mission, the "sane and sober" profess
sors at our leading universities were
not overlooked by any means, for $685.
900 was spent at Harvard, $4,000
(estimated} at Northwestern Uni
versity, over $4,000 at the University
of Michigan, $4,000 at John Hopkins,
$4,000 at Howard University, $4,000
at the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, etc. etc.
"News Service"
Newspapers were paid for news
service" reports issued by these vul-
lures who were even successful in
placing such news" in the editorial
columns of many newspapers. All
this kind of rubbish is very old story
and has become rather commonplace.
But now in Philadelphia money
plays as well as writes. It plays the
violin, the viola, the cello, the piano
and other instruments. The Curtis
Institute of Music, Josef Hoffman,
Director, makes this announcement:
Beginning with the school year of
192S-29, the Curtis Institute of Music
will grant free tuition to all students
who qualify for admission at the reg
ular entrance examinations. AS a re-
suit Of this policy, every pupil of the
Curtis Institute Of GFusic will thus be-
come a scholarship pupil"
The Curtis Institute of Music is en-
bowed by c. H. K. Curtis and his wife.
Curtis is the northumberland pub
Usher who publishes the Saturday
Evening Post the Country Gentleman,
the Ladies Home Journal, the Even
ing Ledger and the New York Even
ing Post. In all of these publications
money writes and writes and writes.
Not satisfied with money merely writ
ing, Curtis and his friends hope to
see to it that money also plays.
Worker Talent.
At the preserts time i Philadelphia
some of the very best talent actually
have the handidood to fisy before
working class audiences and at work
ers' entertainments. These men and
women of talent, often Of an origin
purely proletarian, enjoy doing this
and do it gratis. B the Curtis In
stitute will see to it, if they can, that
talent of the future will play with the
full consciousness of an obligation to
the plutocrats: For Philadelphia
plutocrats are conscious that highly
talented names on program of enter
tainment Of workers may mean much
to the workers, draw many people to
the workers. organizations giving the
program and aid greatly in the sue
cess of many workers entertainments.
Therefore, they would, if they could,
keep worthy" talent for themselves,
in their own halls and at their own
private gatherings. And in order to
absolutely insure against any "inde-
pendent" tendencies amongst the
talents of the future, they engage in
this scholarship" form of philan-
throphy
However, workers organizations in
Philadelphia are growing, and in time