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Evening star., 1928-04-15
COLUMBIA-"The Crowd"

King Vidor's production. The
Crowd" will remain for second week
at Loew's Columbia.
This new picture, directed by the
man who made The Big Parade" is
a story of everyday life, with its char
acters drawn from the millions that
make up the great American middle
classes.
Eleanor Boardman and James Muir
ray in the leading roles appear as
John and Mary. care-free young lovers,
who marry without a thought Of the
future and its sequences.
Niagara Falls and brief rapture.
Work and formless ambition. A cheap
fiat and leaky plumbing Drudgery and
quarrels To babies and the tawdry
pleasures of grubby picnics and shows.
A baby's death and frantic grief.
Worry. rebellion. the lesson that you
can't rebel without getting out Of step
with the crowd, and finally success and
happy ending.
The M-G-M news reel. other short
subjects and the Columbia Concert Or
chestra under Claude Burrows round
out the bill
Evening star., 1928-04-15
FOX-"A Reno Divorce"

The screen feature at the Fox this
week has It's locale In Reno. S. J.
stebbins' stage presentation Is laid in
Russia.
The photoplay is titled "A Reno Di-
vorce." and features May McAvoy and
Ralph Graves. The Stebbins contri-
button is visit to a Russian theater.
with Fred Berrens as a modern. but
Russianized. master OF ceremonies.
The screen feature presents a new
angle on the many couples seeking
freedom from marriage bonds in Reno
and concerns an ltra-modern deb. a
down-and-out young artist and two
newly ex-weds. The supporting cast
includes William Demarest and Robert
Ober.
Fred Berrens. the youthful artist who
scored last week with his Ampico re-
cording piano novelty. will be held over
onering an entirely different line OF
artistry.
The concert orchestra Offering will
consist of a medley of popular music
which Leon Brusiloff. the director. has
titled The Living Masters" The bale,
corps and vocal ensemble also will pre-
sent a new creation in keeping with
the motif of the stage offering.
RIALTO-"We Americans"
We Americans" which is being
shown at the Rialto this week. is a
perturbation OF the stage play by Her
bert Gropper and Mark Seigel.
1t deals with the tragedy. drama and
numor surrounding the great American
melting pot of humanity. A Russian, a
German and an Italian family who
have n 81
fork's lower East Side do not under
stand the rapid assimilation of new
customs on the part of their children
Levine drives his daughter Beth from
home. and the three families, acting on
the advice of school teacher, 90 "a
night school to become Americanized.
war Is declared on Germany. Pete
Aioertini. Phil Levine and Hugh Brad
leigh. Beth's aristocratic sweetheart.
enlist. PM Is killed saving Hugh, and
Pete loses leg. After the war they
return and Hugh goes to Beth's Easl
Side home. His, parents follow. disap-
proving the match. but finally consent
and the ending Is said to be of rar'
beauty and happiness.
The cast includes George Sidnev
Patsy Ruth Miller. George Lewis. Eddie
Phillips. Berry Mercer. John Boles, Al.
bert Gran. Michael Visaroff. Daisy Bel.
more, RoSita Marstini. ANDY De Vine
Flora Branley. Kathlyn williams. Ed.
ward Martindel, Josephine Dunn. Jacos
Bleifer and host Of others.
Rox Rommen. conducting the Rialtc
Orchestra, offers for the overture "Ach
Du Lieber AuRustin. A scenic. "Sc
This Is America" and International
Newsreel are added films.
Evening star., 1928-04-15
Photoplays This Week
SILENT DRAMA ATTRACTIONS

SILENT DRAMA ATTRACTIONS
PALACE-"The Big City" This afternoon and evening.
FOX-"A Divorce" This afternoon and evening.
RIALTO-"We Americans" This afternoon and evening.
EARLE-"Sand and Deliver" This afternoon and evening
COLUMBIA-"The Crowd" This afternoon and evening.
ETROPOLTTAN-"Speedy" This afternoon and evening"
LITTLE THEATER-oves of Pharaoh" This afternoon and
evening
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
Prof Says Kale
H0mPOweYMem
Not "UmethlCQL"

WASHINGTON, May 81. = Theo-
" dore j. Rayson, an associate
professor at the University of Penn
sylvania, can see nothing 'unethicaP'
in receiving pay from the power trust
lobby to speak against government
ownership.
Rayson so testified at the federal
trade commission power inquiry to-
day.
The professor teaches at the same
institution fro which Sol Auerbach,
21-year-old instructor in philosophy,
was recently fired. Expressing him
self publicly on public questions" was
the curious reason offered by the uni
versity authorities for his dismissal.
Auerbach had given talk on educa-
ton in the Soviet Union following a
visit with student delegation.
During the inquiry Rayson who has
been on the regular payroll of power
interests for propaganda talks against
government ownership, attempted to
explain his activities by declaring:
81 am opposed to government own
ership and business and always shall
be-"
The University of Pennsylvania has
not as yet dismissed Rayson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
BY SCOTT NEARING.

WHEN economists say that the
" wealth of the United States is
400 billion dollars they include rail-
roads, factories, monies, houses,
theatres, autos, cattle, sheep, hogs,
baled cotton, steel ingots, calico,
shoes. These things have been pro-
duced by labor, working upon nat
ural resources, using tools and ma
chinery.
How about the people of the Unit
ed States?
Economists do not count them as
wealth.
Before 1863 the 100000 slaves
in the southern part Of the United
States were counted as wealth.
they had a value of about 5000
million dollars. 1t is not customary
to value "free" people on that basis.
Still, people cost money.
Louis I. Dublin, statistician of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany recently wrote a book Health
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
Take.
from
Swell" Party

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 81
Ten masked bandits early today
held up the Roadmoor Country
Club and robbed 200 guests of jew
elry and currency valued at be-
tween S150,O0O and 100000.
The victims were prominent bust
ness and professional men of In
dianapolis and their out-of-town
guests, here to attend the auto race.
The holiday festivities were in full
swing when the bandits trooped in
like squad of well-trained soldiers.
They were equipped with sub
machine guns, sawed-off shotguns
and revolvers.
The guests were ordered to. line
up against the wall. When a few
of the men objected a volley of
shots roared over their heads and
they quickly fell in line.
With the acknowledgement
women and men in evening clothes
lined along two sides of the spa
cious ballroom, the bandit leader
asked for their attention and gave
the following orders:
Drop your money and jewels in
the canvas bag that will be passed
down the line"
While nine of the bandits stood
menacingly with firearms levelled,
the tenth bandit went down the line
with the canvas bag and took up
the collection" Here and there a
woman tainted, but nothing was al
lowed to interfere with the orderly
progress of the robbery.
With the collection completed, the
men filed out in military manner,
leaped into large maroon-colored
sedan and disappeared in the dark
ness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
HOW MUCH MONEY ARE PEOPLE WORTH
Before the CivH War the Slaves Were Worth Three Billion

and Wealth" in which he estimates
that in the United States a family
with an income of $50 week
spends about $4,000 in raising
a boy from birth to age 1S.
THIS figure includes actual money
outlay. 1t allows nothing for the
work or the time that the mother
has devoted to the raising of the
children.
DR.. Dublin goes on: "The cost of
bringing up child may be looked
upon as capital invested which will
produce future returns" How
much? At age IS, man who will
work all his life as a skilled me-
chanic will produce over and above
his keep, an average of about
$4,000, what DR.. Dublin calls "the
present worth Of his net future
earnings" In other words, each
man Of 18 years, among skilled me-
chanics should leave the world
$4,000 richer as result.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
TAILOR'S BOSSES
hail Piece WORK.
CONTINUED from page one)

NONNN~fNNNN~
deep antagonism among the union
membership against this system" But
the union leaders admit that the union
membership is unreasonable, says the
clothing bosses organ.
In agreement with the Beckerman
dictatorship in control Of the work
ers' organization, the employers
Spokesman cynically declare, "by not
agreeing to piece work, the workers
plainly show that they have no vision"
The Socialist Jewish Daily For
ward, in reporting the sell-out, an
nounces apologetically that piece
work will be granted only to the
large and responsible firms" It's col
umns also declare that the union will
obtain big prices FOR piece work per
formed.
The statements of the leading man
ufacturers in the past few days brand
this as mere patter. The employers
announce that the granting of piece
work to a dozen large manufacturers
by no means settles their demands.
Only when the prices are agreeable
will they be satisfied, they say. More
important than this, however, is the
almost foregone conclusion that not
only large manufacturers will be per-
mitted to adopt this system but al
most the entire trade. 1t will no
doubt be conceded to the trade by
Beckerman when he begins negotia-
lions for renewal of the agreement
which expires June 80.
Even if the original prices set by
the union are favorable, there is
nothing to prevent the boss from low
ering prices as much as he desires,
when the wages earned are judged
by him as too high, the workers de-
clare in discussion. This will lead to
a constant inhuman rush of each
worker to produce more and more in
order to catch up to his previous earn
ings, they say
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idle textile
MILLS echo TO
STRIKE SON C S
Daily Worker is Vital
to Keep Men Singing

The walls of the New Bedford tex
tile mills are built like most New
England textile mills Of gray field
stone. Like the walls of prison
they stretch off for blocks, pierced by
many windows.
Nearly every mill is surrounded
by a high board or iron-spiked fence.
The gates are padlocked for the
machinery lies idle. There is no
sound in the interiors of these blank
building, for the starving men and
the women who ordinarily keep the
machines running and the profits
mounting, are standing in picket lines
before the gates.
GAS they march they sing" said
Elsie Pultur, DAILY WORKER
agent in District /, who was telling
US the story in the business office of
the paper. "And while their singing
drives the police patrols frantic it is
the most heartening thing in that New
England town.
d pei 1uCOuI ObllhSAos
at is to this line of singing men and
women and children that the progress
sive leaders of the New Bedford strike
have been distributing The DAILY
WORKER. 1t is The DAILY WORK
Err which all these days has been
encouraging the textile pickets in
their struggle. And it is the con-
that The DAILY WORKER
is fighting on their side which has
helped to put spirit into the songs
of these strikers.
'But tho distribution is invaluable,
it is not permanent" Elsie Pultur
said. "It is subscriptions which must
bring The DAILY WORKER to the
striking textile workers day after
day.
Must Subscribe.
eff The DAILY WORKER is to
become daily power in the lives of
10000 textile strikers, it is necessary
that the paper be subscribed to by
hundreds of textile workers. 1t is
necessary for them to see the progress
of their struggle, and the part which
The DAILY WORKER is taking in
their struggle be made apparent to
all the textile strikers in the columns
of their only English labor daily.
"It is with the intention of pushing
the drive for subscriptions to The
DAILY WORKER that 1 am return
ing to New England" Elsie Pultur
declared. "The Importance of the sit
uation in New Bedford cannot be
overstated as the basis of a subscrip-
ton drive. We are going to put the
paper in New Bedford" she con-
Guided.
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DR.. Dublin then capitalizes this
future earning power, allows half
as much for the net worth of women
as for the net worth of men, and
reaches the conclusion that "the to-
tai capital value of the present pop
ulation of the United States is about
1880 billion dollars.
ALL the tangible property (includ-
"A ing real estate) in the United
States is worth about 400 billion
dollars. The capitalized earning
power of the population is about
four times as great.
By this application of modern ac-
counting to the life of the American
masses, DR.. Dublin has pointed out
one vitality important factor for the
workers of the U. S. A. When it
comes to a show-down-even in
money terms,--it is the working
masses and not the property owned
by the upper classes that is the real
economic factor.
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Union (affiliated with the Textile
Mills Committees) has only succeeded
in drawing more and more workers
into picket line activity and to build
up the morale of the militants. Pre-
vious to the arrests there were never
more than 200 On any picket line, aft
er the first big demonstration, this
being due to the fact that many work
ers could not be convinced that there
was any great danger of the mills be-
ing opened and run by scabs.
"The answer of the workers to the
arrest of Beal, Murdoch, and the five
others on Saturday was a picket line
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
MOBILIZE FORCES
FOR PARTY FUND
Launch Drive to Get
100000 for Campaign

Continued from page one)
the speakers to various parts of the
district.
Towards the close of the campaign
a "Red Special will be chartered, a
railroad train that will carry our two
candidates to all the main cities. The
"Red Special" will also stop at small
er cities and the candidates will speak
from the rear platform. Seats on
this train will be sold to Party mem
bers and sympathizers.
"Our entire aim in this campaign
will be to politicalize the raising of
funds. We want to establish an in
separable connection in the minds of
the workers between contributing to
this campaign fund and voting for
the candidates of our Party, the only
candidates that represent the inter-
ests of the American workers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
MINERS GUST ALL
LEWIS OFFICIALS
in DISTRICT One
Militants Lead Figh t
Against Brennan
Especial to The DAILY WORKER)

Especial to The DAILY WORKER)
SCRANTON, May 31.-Mine work
ers 'of district 1, in the anthracite in
special convention here yesterday
ousted the whole officialdom of the
Lewis Cappelini machine including
all members of the district executive
board.
The maneuver by the Brennan and
Harris forces was an attempt to save
John Boylan, member of the Dis
trict Executive Board of the first in
spection district and also Kmetz,
member of the fourth inspection dis
trict. Brennan and Harris sought to
form an alliance with them tho they
have opposed the special district con-
vention and have continually voted
and fought against the rank and file
of district one. The opposition to this
was led by Hogan and Stanley Ed
munds and the left wing forces within
the convention.
The resolution was referred back to
the resolutions committee which
brought in a compromise resolution
conceding to the progressive forces
within the convention and recommend
ing the removal and ousting of the
entire Rinaldo Cappelini machine.
To Elect New Officers.
The election Of the temporary Of
ficers will take place on the first of
June when the convention which adj
journed for the holiday May 80, will
.reconvene. The delegates at the con-
vention and the membership of dis.
trict one are warned to watch the
convention and the leaders very close
ly, especially the Brennan Harris
forces who will do everything in their
power to make an alliance with Lewis
in order to betray the miners further.
Another resolution Of Importance to
the membership which was passed
was the resolution that the appointive
power of the district office and the
district executive board shall be taken
away and all organizers and field
workers shall be elected by referen-
dunn vote. Also the resolution that in
case Lewis fails to recognize the con-
vention, the per-capita tax to the ma
tional office shall be cut off until
such a time as he does recognize the
convention. During the whole con-
vention the rank and file representing
the local unions exposed the methods
used by Cappelini, coal operators and
the individual contractors in suppress
ing the resentment of the rank and
file against the wage cutting and the
breaking of the contract by the coal
operators.
Expose Cappelini.
1t was pointed out that anything
that was progressive or in the inter-
ests of the rank and file, the Cappelini
machine quelches. The left wing is
trying to force the leaders of the
convention to bring up the question
of the Lewis machine and it's dis
ruptive tactics before the convention
and force the leaders of the so-called
opposition, led by Harris and Bren-
nan, to take stand So far the ma
chine of Harris and Brennan has been
able to suppress any opinion on the
question. There have also been sew
eral complaints by delegates of sew
eral resolutions being suppressed by
the resolutions committee.
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Of over 1000 in the South end and
picket of about 400 at the Nonquit
and Whitman in the North. With
hundreds of workers singing Solidari-
ty and "Ramboya," a folk song of
the Portuguese, the police attempt to
brighten the workers had failed.
cat the Page mill picket on Monday
afternoon the police, led by Sergeant
Mccarthy, pulled Manuel Bernado, a
small boy member of the Strikers
Children's Club, off the picket line
and then when the boy returned at
the invitation of Murdoch, they took
him away in their machine to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
DEFENSE FARLEY
FOR Mill STRIKE
Call Boston Conference
to Fight Jailings
Continued from Page onel

NSOHSH&e'N JfOHS N1t GfsSt
rested. The trial of the first group
resulted in stiff Jail sentences and
heavy fines. Two women pickets--
both mothers-received six months
and fines. By order Of the mill barons,
the police are attempting to terrorize
the strikers by all possible means.
Additional victims are expected as
the fight goes on.
"The International Labor Defense
has undertaken the defense of those
arrested. All forces must be mobil-
lied, or else we are not in a. position
to carry on successfully the defense
of New Bedford strikers. All our
members and friends must help and
keep the strikers out of Jail.
"Your. organization is kindly re-
quested to send two delegates to this
conference.
"All !. L. D. branches should send
two delegates each, one of them may
be the Branch Secretary.
"The time is short and the emery
ency is great. Act Immediately. Let
your executive committee appoint the
delegates if there is no time for full
meeting of your organizations. Be
sure to send two delegates without
fail.
"Send your contribution with your
delegates. No contribution is too
small nor too big. Act promptly and
help to win the strike by keeping our
brothers and sisters out of jail"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

The results of the recently adopted
policy of wholesale arrests inaugural
ed by the police authorities in the
New Bedford strike area, where
$4,000 textile workers are ending the
7th week of their fight against a
wage cut, are described by the leader
of the New Bedford Textile Mills
Committee, William T. Murdoch, in
the following communication received
yesterday.
"The attempt of the police to
spread terror amongst the members
of the New Bedford Textile Workers
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dancing will begin to the music OF
a jazz orchestra.
Tickets for tomorrow nights affair
should be bought Immediately as ac-
commodations are limited to 600, it
was announced. They are so cents in
advance and rs cents at the door and
are on sale at the Workers Center,
the Workers Bookshop, 1928 Union
Square; United Workers Cooperative,
27O0 Bronx Park East; and Unity
Cooperative, 1900 Seventh Ave.
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station, at the same time making a
great fuss around the line in an eff
fort to provoke the workers to resist.
When Alphonse Lameiras called to
the workers to maintain the line and
keep order as usual he was immedi-
.ately arrested for disturbing the
peace.
"When the boy was taken away
the police were Immediately answer
cd by the workers who had previously
been only watching the pickets com
ing over and joining the line, which
was then led by the older sister of
tho boy who had been pulled off the
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line, who helped Murdoch lead the
singing.
Later as the pickets marched back
to the hall the police arrested Muir
doch and three others in another at
tempt at intimidation. The an
swer of the New Bedford strikers to
the latest action of the police will be
more and better pickets.
"The answer of the workers in 9TH
err centers to the attack must be to
redouble their efforts to raise relief.
The New Bedford workers are put
ting up real fight for Labor. Let
labor support them in their struggle"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
Mooney Meet, Concert
Tonight in Brownsville

The demand for the immediate re-
lease of Tom Mooney and Warren K
Billings will be made at a mass meet
ing and concert to be held at Browns
vile Labor Lyceum, PIG Sackman ST.,
tonight under the auspices of the
Brownsville branch of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense.
An attractive musical program will
follow brief talks by prominent speak
ers.