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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-08

thru which the bosses in organized
trades forced upon the workers the
speed-up system, will not and cannot
fight against it. The workers will
have to, over the heads of the Off
cialdom, organize for a struggle
against the speed-up system which
is making hundreds Of thousands of
workers permanently unemployed.
These unemployed will be utilized by
the bosses in order to reduce the
wages and working conditions of
those employed. The workers will
have to organize themselves into
shop committees, and under the
leadership of the Trade Union Unity
Center fight against the back-break-
ing, inhuman speed-up system, which
is running the health of the workers.
A. F. of L. Takers or "Progressives"
Resolutions VIII Not Organize
the Unorganized.
The "old experienced" misleaders
of the American working class, the
officials of the American Federation
Of Labor, are in the union business
for many years. The policy that
they have pursued was to organize
only small portions of the skilled
workers inindustry; they have served
the interests of the bosses by keep
ing the working class of this country
divided into organized and morgan
lied, foreigners and natives, white
and colored, men and women.
Through this division they forced the
workers into submission to the rule
of the bosses. All kinds of fake pro-
gressives have time and again
adopted resolutions "favoring" the
organization of the unorganized; the
delegates of this conference realized
that not until the workers them
selves take up the struggle for the
organization Of the unorganized, the
greatest majority of the American
working class will remain morgan
lied. These were the sentiments
expressed by the representatives OF
the various unions, minority groups
and shop representatives.
Constructive Program Adopted.
The conference not only listened
to reports about situations in the
various shops, factories, trades and
industries, but also analysed the
present general situation throughout
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-08
PHILIP BARRY'S HOLIDAY
IN FINAL WEEK.

Holiday" Philip Barry's comedy,
which has been playing at the Ply
mouth Theatre since last November,
will close this Saturday night after
run of twenty-eight weeks. The
play will begin a road tour next
October in Boston with the current
company, according to an announce
ment sent out by the producer, Ar
thur Hopkins. Barry's "Paris
Bound" which was presented in
London with Edna Best and Herbert
Marshall heading the cast, was re-
Gently withdrawn after a four
weeks engagement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-08
BY H. SAFER.

The whip of speed-up, unemploy-
ment, long hours and starvation
wages brought together in New York
upon the call of the Trade Union
Educational League AIS delegates
representing unions, militant 7. U.
E. L. groups and workers from un-
organized shops and factories to lay
the basis for new militant metro
politan area Trade Union Unity
Center which would take up the
struggle for the organization Of
white, Negro, men, woman, and
young unskilled and semi-skilled
workers of industries.
Composition of Delegates.
In contrast to the composition of
the A. f. of L. conferences and
gatherings at which well-fed, welt
clothed, and highly paid bureaucrats
get together to lay their plans OF
betrayal of the interests of the work
ers, or the fake progressive Music
group who represented nobody but
themselves, this conference consisted
of workers who have come to the
conference from the shops and fac
tories, from the picket lines and
jails, like the Food, Textile, Shoe
and Iron workers, representatives
from unorganized shops and factor
les, facing the danger Of losing their
means of livelihood: who have ac-
lively participated in the conference
under assumed names.
In their reports, they have un-
yelled picture of extreme exploita-
ton and poverty of the unorganized
workers. The full meaning of the
trcacheries of the agents of the
bosses, the A. F. of L. bureaucrats,
found it's expression at this confer
ence. The struggles of the militant
textile workers, food, shoe workers,
marine workers, needle trades work
ers, iron and bronze workers and
others. Struggles in which the work
ers have shown their readiness to
sacrifice, and a determination to
fight for better working conditions.
Struggle Against All Speed-Up
Schemes.
Struggle against speed-up sys-
TENS is the struggle of the workers
themselves. The bureaucratic Off
ialdom which was the instrument
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-08
PLAN EAST RIVER TUNNEL

Plans have been submitted to the
board Of estimate for the East River
vehicular tunnel, to run from 38th
St., Manhattan, to Brooklyn and
Queens. Entrance would be at 38th
st. and Tenth Ave-, in Manhattan,
at Borden Ave-, in Queens, and near
Oakland and Huron Sts., in Brook
Ign. The cost is estimated at $751;
100000.
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The New Plays

"NICE WOMEN" a new play by
William A. Grew, will be pre-
scented by L. Lawrence Weber at
the Longacre Theatre on Monday
night. Robert Warwick and Syl-
via Sidney will play the leading
roles.
"ADAM'S APPLE" a farce-comedy
by Test Dalton, will open at the
Princess Theatre Monday night
John J. Kelly is the producer.
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"a Letter from Moscow

Ia LeLter from mOSCOWs)
The Union of Atheists of the U.
s. S. R. carries on his anti-religious
work systematically, from day to
day. But there take place besides
its anti-religious campaigns connec-
Led with the high holidays, such as
Christmas, Easter, the Jewish Judge
ment day and the Mohammedan
Uraza- Bayram. The churchmen de-
veloping an intensive work among
credents during these days.
The Union of Atheists organized
this year an anti-Easter campaign
JON large scale.
2 The methods of anti-religious
work in the Soviet Union can be eX-
planned to the reader in the best
possible way by the example Of this
campaign.
The Union of Atheists shows it
self in this matter as skirmisher and
vanguard of the atheist front. This
campaign is made together with the
whole Soviet community: trade
unions, the Young Communist
League, school, political-educational
organizations, various voluntary as
sociations, such as the Anti-Alcohol
League, patronage societies, and
first of all, the Communist Party
which is leading and guiding the
whole work.
All this guarantees a mass propa-
ganda work including the largest
spheres of the working population
of the Soviet Union and involving
in atheist work masses of toilers in
town and country.
Atheist Work.
Beginning from the carnival and
during the whole Lent intensive
atheist work is carried on among
masses. In clubs, red corners, work
shops, workers homes, will a G e
libraries, offices and schools, the
atheists organize everywhere dis
courses, lectures, and reports dissi-
pating usual religious idec- Of Gre
dent people in connection with Eas-
ter, the greatest of Christian holi-
days.
We are quoting some of such Lent
lectures: "The History of Lent from
the point of view of exploitation"
'The class character of fast, con-
fession, and sacrament" "The cross
and third Sunday of Lent" "Anti-
semitism and religion" "The origin
of Lady-day," SIS resurrection pos
sible?" "The origin of Easter"
whether Christ existed" Intro
ducing new feasts and rest-days,"
"Fascism and religion" "The origin
of Jewish Easter (among Jewish
population),
Following topics are used for lee
lures in Lenin's corners and workers
homes: whether it is necessary to
FAST" "Whether Octobrines (red
christening) and red weddings are
necessary" infection throug h
sacrament being possible" whether
it is necessary to bake easter cake
and matzo and make preparatives
for the holidays" "How the atheist
must live" as the atheist helping
to build socialism," as it necessary
to wear a cross" "Is the sun truly
dancing on Easter-day," "Who has
interest with the holidays-drunks."
Based on Problems.
1t is clear now that anti-religious
propaganda work has as its problem
not only to show the economic roots
Of holidays but also their political
character, holidays being weapon
Of the exploiting classes and drag
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shops is recommended, in order to
involve masses in building up a new
life. There is a project to put up
for competition the best cultural
home of an atheist worker.
Crop Problems.
The lasting problems of crop rails
ing and of building up new life
promise the anti-religious campaign
to be of long duration and to begin
thereby systematic atheist work in
these regions.
Against the large agitation work
of priests and rabbis during these
days of christian and jewish Easter,
the atheists will set their own agita-
ton, giving it interesting, snowy,
and varied forms, characterised
for new revolutionary life, which
would divert the attention of masses
from the church.
This agitation work will be
carried out in the street. Streets
will be adorned with anti-religious
slogans, placards, emblems, and
wall-newspapers, and illuminated.
Anti-religious carnivals, professions,
garden promenades, river drives,
flying meetings near churches, with
estrada concerts and street movies
will take place everywhere. The en-
trance to theatres and other public
shows, as well as to clubs, will be
gratuitous in the Easter-night.
Schools will organize evening and
morning shows for unorganized chill
dren and their families.
Millions Leave.
Many millions of working people
will leave church this year and most
of them become members of the
Union of Atheists.
1t must be mentioned that there
was issued this year an abundant
literature specially for this cam
paign, such as an anti-Easter
almanac, atheist plays, folders. slo-
gans, pamphlets, a wall-newspaper
and other publications. The atheist
periodicals of the Soviet Union
printed many articles concerning the
campaign, and among them reports
on campaign-work. The Soviet
press in general increases anti
religious work.
Let US hope that the anti-Easter
campaign of this year, that is gain
ing large swing, will present the
socialist building with new attain
ments and make millions of new
atheists, helping them to escape out
of the hostile hands of religious
communities.
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The Anti Easter Drive OF the
Workers of the i. S. S. r.

to socialist building, as well as to
show the harm the holidays do in
everyday life. A connection with
questions of political and economical
struggle of the working class is OBJ
viously necessary for anti-religious
propaganda work.
The whole campaign of this year
was based on similar problems. In
the country side, where all forces
are called together in order to raise
the crop, to improve farming, to
carry on collectivization and
mechanization of agriculture, the
slogan of the anti-Easter campaign
is: Fighting for good crops and
atheism"
The town has other problems. The
worker is helping to carry on the
agricultural campaign in the country
by sending there brigades, but at
home he is fighting for improving
the conditions of his existence, extir-
pates the remainders of the past
and builds a new everyday life. And
here is another slogan: Fighting
for new life and atheism"
All mass lectures, Gscourses
and art evenings being by them
selves elements of neg life created
by the collective, cIe nevertheless
but auxiliary means for inducing
masses of people in socialist build
ing in town and country.
Atheist Sowing"
During the anti-Easter campaign
of this year the village atheists,
guided by agriculturists, will make
their atheist" sowing on the base
of scientific agronomy, in order to
improve the crop; they will be Skin
mishers in organizing the peasants
and encouraging them to do the
same; they will create farm COM
munities, peasants associations, and
show them the use of new agricul-
tural machines. And in doing this
they will carry on athenist propa-
ganda work, showing the peasants
that God is not necessary, that
science and collective labor, that the
union of workers and peasants in
their struggle against class enemies
are the only way out of misery, hun
ger and oppression, these remains
of the past.
The Central Council of Unions of
Atheists put up for competition the
best nucleus of the Union of atheists
showing itself in the crop campaign.
The town Atheists will study the
everyday life of workers in order
to induce them to begin a new, cul-
tural life. Religious names of
streets will be changed to revolu-
tionary ones, the remainders of for
mer religious emblems and inscrip-
tons on buildings will be taken off.
Agitation will be carried on for re-
moving saint images and other
church objects from the workers
home, first of all in atheist families;
sanitary conditions in homes and
workshops will be improved and
comfort will be created in public
places. Struggle against alcoholism
is of no mean Importance. The
erection Of childrens' homes and
cribs, or red corners in workers
homes, utilization of churches for
clubs and other cultural institutions
these are practically the problems
the Union of Atheists town-nuclei
are to solve during the anti-Easter
campaign. Organizing large confer
nncnc Of r,rnrIcnrr In mills and tunr.l=
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
THURSTON is
BOOKED AT ENGLISHS

Thurston, acclaimed the most
skillful magician living, is playing a
limited engagement in the principal
cities of the country in this twenty
third year of touring as magical
entertainer. He comes to English's,
opening Monday night, March 4.
A season without this suave,
amiable Mephisto would be like a
holiday season without Santa Claus.
The last of the great illusionists,
Thurston's program runs the
gamIt from sleight of hand to
stage-size scenic and electrical
effects.
The mechanical nlarvels presented
are not only humorous, but have
their dramatic effect as well. In
terstitially the Sleight of hand feats,
for which Thurston has been
famous for three decades, fill out
the program.
The most startling of the new
effects are THE Million Dollar
Mystery "Iatia," and 1.-THE
Mystery of the Whipped" In "Iatia, :"
a flesh and blood young woman act
ually vanisheS in the dome of the
theater, over the very heads of the
spectators.
THE Million Dollar Mystery is
the latest European sensation and
one of the most battling magical
illusions ever conceived.
In 1.-THE Mystery of the Whippet,"
real automobile, loaded down with
pretty girls, is tipped out of exist
ence on fully-lighted stage, with
a mere wave of the necromancer' s
hand. Another new illusion this
season is 1.-THE Magic Box Revue, .
a sort of Ziegfeldian Follies with a
Thurstonesque twist.
A dozen charming blonde ladies,
CARRIED in the latest Partisan crea-
tons, are produced out of a modern
Pandora's box. Then there is the
thrilling Lady or the Lion?" in
which a tawny denizen of the At
rican jungle and a very pretty
young woman exchange places in a
cage.
THE Moth and the Flame" is a
fantastic pantomime with more
than a soupcon of mystery. The
plot of "The Mystery of the Bathing
Beauties" would make a mystery
story and THE Mystery of the Blue
Boxes" is a sort of puzzle in the
fourth dimension.
His daughter Jane is co-starTing
with her father this season. She
does magic with her father and a
dancing and singing act of her own.
Her song. MY Daddy's a Hocus
Pacus Man. is one of the song hits
of the show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23

Show in
2 Parts
From the FoIlies'
Opens Sunday for
Run.

"HERE and There" and 1.-THE
"a Three Lovers" are titles that
label the two divisions of burles-
que Girls From the Follies," will
present at the Mutual during an
engagement that opens Sunday
matinee.
The featured players will be
Gladys (Youth) Clark and Sam
Raynor, classified, respectively, as
Soubrette and comedian.
Miss Clark features her dancing,
singing and instrumental musician
ship, while comedian Raynor puts
both of his best feet forward in
dancing with the added effective
ness of eccentric nonsense in
"comeding"
The array of chorines will be led
in various ensemble numbers by
Miss Clark as we'll as IONA DuvaI,
ingenue; Mae Raynor, prima. donna,
and Jean lie Roy, a dancing
Soubrette.
Accounting the score of talent en-
ployed in the burlesque scenes, the
vaudeville interludes and comedy
"bitS, John Crosby, Italian
character comedian; Lew LIE Roy,
singing and dancing juvenile, and
Frank Hallahan, leading man, will
assist Sam Raynor in keeping mere
man from being showed under by
the abundance of femininity on dis
play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23

the Machine Ages wGnton son, the
City. Girl, wife, mistress, murder
ess, driven by hunger for freedom
into excessively rash and stupid sit
uationS, taking the only Tilt of ro-
nance from hurdy -gurdy playing
outside the furnished room where
she burrows with her cheap lover,
killing her Babbitt husband with the
desperation of sheer madness of her
pandemoniac world-of such are the
ten episodes of "Machinal."
Then, lastly, the courtroom, the
death cell, the unseen execution in
the darkness of CHASTITY irnplica-
lions. The machine conquers.
Metal is the last embrace, electric
ity the final kiss.
"MachinaF' contributes much to
the modern theater. It is ques-
ton handled by a person with clear
eyes and pictorial hand.
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even more popular than Hender-
sons Black Bottom" and Good
News" from which the title of the
play is taken, and which is being
hummed and whistled by most
everybody.
TIE piece is presented by a large
cast among them, Bill Ahern, Max
Hof imam Jr., Margaret Breen, Jer-
ry Downes Peggy Bernier, Joseph
Allen, Katharine Morris, Dorothea
James, Barry Walsh, George Schil-
Ter. Edwin Michaels, Ralph Sanford,
Gene Sheerin, John Mcdonnell
George Olsen's band, and the chorus
of Fifty Flapper FreshieS.
Of course, as it is a college play,
there is d football game for the
hero TO win, but there's the funny
part of it, he doesn't win it, al
though it is won just the same. And
therein lies the difference.
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At Colonial

The Colonial players next week
will offer Help. I'm Married" 1.
manual of domestic warfare. Friend
husband dispenses large chunks of
cynically humorous wisdom on the
subject of whether matrimony is all
1t is cracked up TO be.
Friend wife finds out thai mar
rage is a great institution for the
blind, as it opens the eyes quicker
than anything else.
Paul Workman will enact the part
of the husband, with Nelly White
as the wife.
The show has Chorus of youth
flu f1apperS, and many new novelty
song numbers and vaudeville Spe-
cialties
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
Big Policy

A $4,000 policy with the North
American Insurance Company was
takenout last week by Ken May
nard, popular western star, for his
pal and equine partner, Tarzan.
According to officials of the in
surance company, this is the only
policy of its in existence, for it
covers not only the death of the
horse, but any injuries that might
occur to him at any time or place.
It is also the only policy covering an
animal that this company has ever
written.
Tarzan is now recognized as the
most valuable animal appearing in
motion pictures, and the premium
on the above policy costs over So, 800
year.
This i'>e''rance was taken during
the filming of THE Royal Rider
Ken's current vehicle now being
made by the Charles r. Rogers
Company for First National Vita
phone pictures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23

After seeing Leiber's Macbeth, I
am sure that in this play of Shake
speare he is giving about three times
the value then asked at the box
Office.
The Lady Macbeth OF Virginia
Bronson was splendid, especially her
first scene when she matches up
most Of the trouble. Her sleep
walking scene was done with ma
jesty that comes with a troubled
mind.
The cast on the whole vas good.
It is as follows:
Duncan: King of Scotland. -. Philip Quin
Malcolm, his son. ............ Robert Allen
DonaIba1n, his son. Harold Robert
Macbeth, general of the king. Fritz Leiber
Banquo. general of the king. Hart jerks
MacDuu ........'.ss.....s.. .John Burke
Gennox.. .....s..............D ID. X. Hodg1n
Ross. ,.st.s.s"....s..ssss' JACK Forrest
Fieance. ....s.s'.... ...ss.. Harriet RuSSIeI
Seyton: ..........s..s.... FRANCIS woods
a DocIor 4. .Reomono Flooo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
Barry to
Top New
Program
The Lady-KiIIerS' Opens
Sunday at Lyric
Theater.

TTEADLINING the Six-act vaude-
Il Il vile bill at the Lyric for the
coming week will be a Broadway
comedian, Johnny Barry and COM
pany, presenting a farce, The
Lady-Killer."
The action centerS around the
lady-killer's visits to ladies who
have applied for mates through a
matrimonial agency. Mr.. Barry, as
the lady-killer, is supported by
Helen THAN. May Beehan, Virginia
Ware and George Goodrich.
The bill will include:
Fox and Lorraine Entertainer
An eight-piece musical organization
Offering a wide range of novelties
under the billing of East and
West"
PlOetz Brothers and Sister-Two
French buffoons and woman aero
bat who performs some perilous and
sensational falls from a high lad
der, in versatile act entitled "Clas-
sic Buffoonery," terminating in an
upside down dance wherein the trio
step lively on their hands.
Brown and Lavelle-A mixed
team of comedians in a comedy
oddity" closing the laughter and
song show with some tuneful zylo-
phone playing.
Phil and Fred Vallain-"Two Arts
tocrats From Sunny Italy," present
a comedy offering.
Grace Darling-"The Personality
Girl will offer a song cycle.
On the Smoke Bellew,"
tale of the Alaskan gold rush of
'98 written by Jack London, will be
the feature photoplay for the week.
Conway Tearle one of the screens
most popular leading men, has a
role to his own liking in Smoke
Bellew." The story is a tense
stirring drama, a human drama,
such a story as only a Jack London
could have written, picturing the
gold rush days In Alaska. The
photography, depicting the cold
waste of the north in all its
glorious beauty, is exquisite and
contributes much to the photoplay
as a whole. In addition to Con-
way Tearle, the cast includes Bar
bara Bedford, j. P. Lockney, Mark
Hamilton, AL Either and William
Scott. Alaska Jack, the original
Alaska Jack, who is one of Jack
London's best known characters, is
also in the cast. Fred Myton, who
wrote the adaptation and continuity
also wrote the titles. J. o. Taylor
and j. Walters are responsible for
the photography which the pros
ducers promise will prove a revela-
ton of the far north in new and
glorious light.
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Big Play
D u e a t
Playhouse
'MachinaP Opens Soon at
Little Theatre for
Week.

HAD Sophie TreadWell not ''cov-
IL cred" the Snyder-Gray trial
it is most likely that "Machinal,"
to be presented by the indianapolis
Little Theatre Society at the Play
house the week of March 4, would
never have been written.
But she did, and during the trial
she asked herself, What impulses
prompts woman to kill her hus-
band?"
The subsequent study Of the
question led to the writing of her
new play, though Ruth Snyder
supplied only the starting point;
the play itself contains no char
acter who can be even remotely
identified with her.
1t is no one man who hacks out
the destiny of Mrs. Sny6Hr-o~. to
give her her dramatic alias-Mrs.
Jones. 1t is the Machine Age, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-23
New Dove Film

John Francis Dillon will direct
Billie Doves next picture for First
National. The story, as yet untitled,
is now being prepared by Forrest
Halsey, who has just signed con-
tract with First National to do origi-
nails, adaptations. continuity and
dialogue.