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The daily worker., 1929-04-03

before we looked around it became
serious. The women began to peck
at their husbands like crows.
Widows,-soldiers' wives-a cloud
of them. What's more, our people
didn't like to hold office, especially
at that time-so they agreed.
Marya? All right, let it be Marya.
Let her burn her ingers.
We began to count Marya's votes
two hundred and fifteen.
CoMMISSAR VASSILI IVANICH
" made speech of congratulation.
"Well," says he, "Marya Grisha-
gina. you are the first woman in
the Soviet of Peasants Deputies. l."
says he, Congratulate you upon
your new office in the name of the
Soviet Republic, and hope that you
will uphold the interests of the
working proletariat."
Marya's eyes became big, bushes
covered her cheeks. But she stood
there without smile. 81" she says,
"will serve you, comrades. Don't
blame me if I fail,--help me-"
The Goat began to feel terribly
bad. He didn't know whether they
were laughing at him or paying him
honor. He came home and started
to think: GLOW am I to speak to
her now? She belongs to the gov
ernment." We also felt strange
Was it a play on before our eyes
A woman-and suddenly in the Dis.
trict Soviet--to run our business
We began to swear amongst our,
selves: "Fools that we were, what
right had we to put woman init
such an office?"
Grandfather Nazarov told Marys
straight to her face:
'Marya, you walked in at The
wrong gates"
But she only shook her head.
7 ATER we came to the Soviet t.
Il take a look at her. We didn'
recognize her. She put a tabl,
there, an ink-stand, two pencils, ;
blue one and a red one--a secretar,
stood in front of her with papers
She glanced swiftly over the line
on those papers. "This,' she says
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
BRITISH TEXTILE.
union BETRAyERS.
BAR COMMUNISTS
Refornists Fear Left
Influence

LONDON, England, April l.
A resolution appears on the agenda
of the next quarterly meeting of the
Blackburn Weavers' Association ask
ing that that organization allow no
member of any Communist organiza-
ton to hold office,
This resolution has been handed
in by fifty members of the Union
and has been endorsed by the ma
iority of the Executive Committee,
1t is the elimination of long CAM
paign that has been waged by the
reformists against the growing in
fluence of the Communist Party and
the Minority Movement in the
Union.
This influence was demonstrated
some time ago with the election of
Communist to the Executive Com
mittee.
At the very moment when this
resolution is allowed to go before
membership meeting, a Commun-
ist weaver has been fired from a
Blackburn mill because of her
politics.
A month ago at shop meeting
this weaver was elected shop rep
resentative and she is being fired
on flimsy excuse. The Union has
made no attempt to get action taker
by the workers to obtain reinstate.
ment.
The Communist Party of Great
Britain and the Minority Movement
are conducting a vigorous campaign
against such victimization.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
700 Killed i'm Iraq
lBorder Fight; Result
Of British Intrigue

JERUSALEM, April 2.-Five
hundred were killed in a raid by
Wahabi tribesmen on an encamp-
ment of Trans-Jordan Bedouins at
Jebelbeib, reliable advices from
Amman said today.
The Wahabis are reported to have
become suddenly active against Iraq
since the British government an
nounced the rupture of relations
with that country following re-
fusal of Iraq to make itself Brit
ish province.
Thirty thousand Turkish troops
are also reported to be massing on
the northern frontier of Iraq.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
Chamberlain, Mussolini
in Long Secret Farley

ROME, April 2,-Benito Mus
solini, dictator of Italy, and Sir
Austen Chamberlain, foreign minis
ter of Great Britain, reaffirmed the
strong cordially between Italian and
English fascists in the course of a
long conversation here today.
The existing accord between the
governments of the two nations on
the more important political ques-
tions affecting Italy and England
was again agreed upon. 1t was an
nounced the conversation dealt ex-
clusively with review of the gen,
eral political situation.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03

Before me, Notary Public in and
for the state and county aforesaid,
personally appeared Irwin Fralkin.
who, having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the Business Manager of 1.-The
Daily Worker" and that the follow
ing is, 10 the best of his knowledge
and belief, true statement of the
ownership management, etc, of the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, required
by the Act of August "a. 1912, en-
bodied in section All, Postal Laws
and Regulations printed on the re-
verse of this form, to wit:
1. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business managers are:
Publisher, National Daily Worker
Publishing Assn, Inc, 26-2S Union
ert Minor, 1928 Union Square, New
York City; Managing Editor. None;
Business Manager, Irwin Fralkin,
1928 Union Square, New York City.
2. That the owner is: If owned by
a corporation, its name and address
must be stated and also Immediately
hereunder the names and addresses
of the individual owners must be
given. If owned by a firm, company
or other unincorporated concern, it's
name and address, as well as those of
each individual member, must be
given. National Daily Worker Pub
fishing Assn, Inc, 26-2S Union Square.
New York City; ]. o. Bentall. 1928
Union Square, New York City; ]. L.
Perilla, 1928 Union Square, New York
City; Irwin Fralkin. 1928 Union
Square, New York City.
3. That the known bondholders
mortgages, and other security hold
/
more of total amount of bonds, mort
cages, or other securities are: III
| there are none, state.) None.
A. That the two paragraphs next
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ers, stockholders, and security hold
ers, if any, contain not only the list
of stockholders and security holders
as they appear upon the books OF
| the company but also, in cases where
the stockholder or security holder
appears upon the books of the COM
pany as trustee or in any other
fiduciary relation, the name of the
person or corporation for whom sucf
trustee is acting, is given; also thai
the said two paragraphs contain
statements embracing affiants full
| knowledge and belief as to the cir.
cumstances and conditions under
which stockholders and security hold
ers who do not appear upon the book:
I VI the COIlpdAy dS trustees, nOlC
stock and securities in a capacity
other than that of a bona fide owner
and this affiant has no reason to be
| lieve that any other person, associa
! ton, or corporation has any interes
direct or indirect in the said stock
| bonds or other securities than as 81
stated by him.
5. That the average number o
copies of each issue of this publica
i tion sold or distributed, through the
mails or otheBvise, to paid subscriber!
during the six months preceding the
date shown above is 32,S10.
(This information is required from
daily publications only.)
| IRWIN FRALKIN,
Business Manager
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this S0th day of March, 1929.
MAX KITES,
| (SEAL) Notary Public
(My commission expires March 80
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
BIG German WlR
MEETING OPENS
Foreign Delegates at
3rd Conference
Wireless By "TnprecoTr")

DRESDEN, Germany, April e
The Third National Conference of
the German section of the Workers
international Relief opened here
with a great demonstration.
A number of delegates from all
over the world addressed the con-
gress. The speakers include Mark
off, from the United States; Dan
dova-Stachova, from Czechoslovakia;
Aradi, from Rumania; Dutilleuil,
from France; Sillen, from Sweden
and Medard, from Belgium.
Alfons Goldschmidt opened the
sessions of the congress while Dun
ninghaus made the executive report.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
Police Attempt to
Frame French Labor

LILLE, France, April 2.-Police
here are attempting to frame Com
munists, leaders of the many strikes
here recently, charging them with
placing bomb at the door Of the
police commissioner.
The damage was slight and no
one was hurt, which makes it seem
probable that the bomb was planted
by the police themselves.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
Machado Police Jail
Worker for Spreading
Radical Propaganda

HAVANA, Cuba, April 2.-Ac-
cused of spreading Communist pro-
paganda here, Santiago Coleman, a
citizen of Ecuador, has been jailed
in Havana.
The Cuban authorities assert that
Coleman admits spreading Commun-
ism and that he declared it was his
purpose to do so among the exploited
workers of Cuba.
Fear is felt for Coleman in the
Cuban jails from which many class
war prisoners never return.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
DICTAToR's FLIERs COME.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, April q
W.H.-Francesco Jiminez and Ig-
nacio Iglesias, transatlantic fliers,
arrived here from Rio De Janeiro
at 4:44 p. M. today in their plane,
Jesus Del Grand Poder, in which
they crossed the Atlantic from
Spain.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
FAIL TO CROSS IN TINY BOAT.

Three Dutch sailors came into
New York yesterday on the Portu-
guese steamer San Lorenzo. They
had been rescued in mid-Atlantic
while attempting to cross the ocean
in a twenty-foot life boat. A storm
snapped off their mast, or they
might have made it.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
JUMPS FROM ROOF

CITY PATIENT KILLS SELF
Frank Gartia, held at the Met
ropolitan Hospital on Welfare
Island, jumped to his death from a
third floor bathroom window today.
He was 62 years old.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
New U. S. Control.

SANTO DOMINGO, April e
Speculation is rife here over the
American mission, headed by
Charles G. Dawes, which is reported
to have departed to reorganize San
to Dominican finances.
Tho the government does not per-
nit open expression of opinion, it
is commonly said that the commits
sion, which in cludes James G. Har-
bord, president of the Radio Cor
poration of America, and a number
of bankers and industrialists, will
complete the financial control of
Santo Domingo by American capital.
During the imperialist war, Amer
lean capital took the opportunity to
supplant British capital in control
of Santo Domingo. The National
City Bank of New York and the
Chase National Bank entered the
field formerly occupied by the Royal
Bank of Canada in control of the
sugar industry.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03

The other classes decay and finally
disappear in the face of modern in
dustry; the proIetariat IL it's special
and essential p-Oduct.-NarI Marx
Communist Man.festO).
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
EXPECT Dawes IN
DOMINGO TODAY.
American Bankers to
Tighten Hold

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 2.
Charles Dawes has ar
rived here on his way to Santo Do
mingo, where he will reorganize
the finances. This morning the gen.
eral visited the fortifications, eX-
amining Fort Ell Moro. He will
reach Santo Domingo tomorrow.
The daily worker., 1929-04-03

Weisbord Calls on Textile
Workers to Join in Drive
to Build the Daily Worker

Albert Weisbord secretary, behalf of the National
TEXTILE Workers Union calls on all members and sympa-
zers the organization to join in the Subscription CAM
pagn of the Daily Worker and make it huge success
Wesbord points out the huge aid that the Daily Worker
has always been to the textile workers all their struggles
The appeal is as follows:
"Of all the working class which the Daily
Worker helped years of struggle for the inter-
ess working there which has been aided
than the textile section.
"n all big which the textile workers have
themselves within the past few battles in which
textile workers fighting against the most
employers yellow remst labor officials for the
right live and to build fighting union the Daily Worker
ardent champion of these mbattled textile
strikers.
"The National Textile Union a great DEAL
perhaps its very day day during
the Bedford strike the Fall River strike
strike other strikes it could rely the
Daily constantly Loyalty champion its and to
help mobilize the working class CT the country behind the textile
workers.
better service at this time in repayng the
the Daily Worker for this great work in
all of thousands of members and all of
many thousands adheren to join the subscription drive
tobuid Daily all the textile working
particularly those who have gained from the fact that the
Daily their champion in struggle and out to
rally Daily Worker drive and to build the Daily Worker
ALBERT WEIsBORD, Secretary,
NATIONAL TEXTILE WORKERS UNION"
Special Textile Worker Correspondence Page Monday.
There will be special Textile Worker Correspondence
Page of the Daily Worker Monday. Textile workers should
order bundle of this issue for general distribution in the
mills where they work Also send in stories and articles
this ISSUE Textile workers should also take advantage
of the Subscription Offer, copy of Bill Haywoods Book
free with years subscription This offer is announced in
this column Haywood the leader in the tremendous
battles the textile workers Lawrence, Massachusetts,
and Paterson Jersey Read his story about it in
his own book. -....
The daily worker., 1929-04-03
NEW YORK, TUESDAY,
APRIL 2, 1929.
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP.
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION,
ETC, REQUIRED BY THE
ACT OF CONGRESS OF
AUGUST "a, 1912.

or "The Daily Worker" published
daily, except Sunday at New York,
N. Y, for April l, 1929.
State of New York
County of New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

WASHINGTON is perhaps one of the
last places in the world that
would be expected to have attained
prominence on the movie horizon, yet
the Capital is the headquarters Of what
is claimed to be one of the fastest
growing theater chains in the country
Usually New York or Hollywood is con-
sidered to be the seat of progress in
the film world, but the Motion Picture
Guild, exhibitor of unusual and ar
tistic' films, is q local institution, be-
gun as an experiment in May, 1925.
In Washington the Motion Picture
Guild is best known for its operation
of the Little Theater, that tiny play
house on Ninth street which opened
its doors to the public in April, 1927;
but Washington is not the only city
with little Aim theater," for at the
present time the Motion Picture Guild
owns and operates similar playhouses
in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Detroit,
and will soon, 1t announces, 1nau-
gurate other theaters in Boston, Pitts
burgh, New York and Chicago.
The rapid growth of the Guild Is at
tributed by its founders to the fact that
it's presentations have tried to fill a
demand for new type of entertain
ment. The policy of the organization
is to bring out the unusual and "d1t-
ferent" in films, in the belief that the
movies can be more than a means to
while away couple Of hours. The
Guild, 1t feels, has shown that the
cinema can be as interesting when 1t
deals with science, history. philosophy
and religion as when 1t deals purely
with popular flctional entertainment.
The Guild has specialized In import
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

even to be equaled in Buckingham
| Palace.
In q description of the Empire Thea
| ter. forwarded from London, note the
| following flossy line, there are arm
chairs for $500 guests" The word
guests" of course, means cash custo-
mers The same description goes on 10
say, from the magnificent gllded dome
bronze ribs extend downward TIL they
terminate in wide circle running en-
tirely around the building. The sectors
between these ribs are treated in a
graduated leather tone of warm tint
and contain a series of 48 circles, alter
nately filled with one of the signs Of the
Zodiac or some other allegorical symbol.
The proscenium arch is fine flllgree
work. affording a frame to the hlghly
ornamental safety curtain when lowered,
or to the remarkable tableau curtains
and pelmet when raised. These special
curtains are composed of three shades
Of velvet-wine, rose and sand. Life
sized embroidered cartouches occupy the
central positions in the main curtains,
surrounded by ornamentation OF gold
silk applique. In the pelmets, unique
effect is produced by the use o! the
three colored velvets in the oVerdrape,
valance and underdrape."
I'm not entirely certain what all tnae
means, but it certainly sounds as though
the British were taking up American
ideas of art with a vengeance.
ON the walls of the Empire Theater
are handsome Photographic portraits OF
Marion Davies, John Gilbert, Norma
Shearer, Buster Keaton, Greta Carlo
and Lon CLANCY.
X X X
There has been much speculation as
to how British audiences would take 10
the talkies, and 1t was freely predlcteo
that however they might feel about the
Vitanhone and Movietone, they would
never accept the raucous American &C
cents that went with them.
In spite of which, talking pictures
from Hollywood have been received
more cordially in London than they
were in Kansas City. All the big Lon
don theaters are now wired for SOUND
and the proportion of theaters so wired
throughout the rest of Great Britain Is
much greater than the proportion IN
the United States and Canada. Al
.Jolson in 1.-The Singing Fool" has scored
the same triumph over there that he
scored over here.
All of which leads to strange and
disturbing thought; the tremendous
number of American movies that nave
been shown in England have caused
the younger folk of that venerable king
dom to adopt American styles OF jazz,
chewing gum, slang and wearing ap-
parel: it has even been complained that
American films have introduced that
awful American institution, the cock
tail, into England, and have thereby
caused British youth to flame.
od
it is entirely possible that the American
accent will become standard throughout
those nations which once spoke Eng
lish. We shall hear cockney f1appers
trying to talk like Clara Bow.
What, indeed, is this world coming
to?
tCopyrisht, 1929)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

0EOR over a quarter Of q century I
have been producing musical
plays on Broadway, but never have
sponsored a production that has given
me more personal satisfaction than has
1.-THE Three Musketeers."
Somewhere in the back of my head
had been harboring desire to make
an operetta of this Dumas classic for
many, many years. But each season
there was always the "Follies" to pro-
duce, then other plays demanded my
attention and kept putting it off. The
most important reason for this was that
until met Dennis King and saw his
performance in THE Vagabond King"
I never had been able to picture any
actor in the role Of D'Artagnan who
could play it the way wanted the role
played.
L first read 1.-THE Three Musketeers"
when was small boy, living with my
parents in Chicago. remember that
I was enthralled with 1t. even though
I'm afraid that I missed most OF its
significance at that time. Many years
later. after I had become a producer.
read the book again and decided that
of this classic.
The dashing, handsome, romantic
D'Artagnan would make an ideal char
acter for the Stage-if the right actor
could be found to play the part. And
what a perfect heroine is Constance
beautiful, full of romance. tender. And
what a really polished actor could do
with the role of the Cardinal! Every
thing was propitious for production.
And there was another, all-important,
reason for my desire to produce the
story. It carries a vital message
message of loyalty, devotion and COM
radeship.
My long -slumbering idea to produce
"The Three Musketeers" as musical
play first sprang into active life when
saw Dennis King playing in "The
| Vagabond King" Here" I thought,
sis the man ideally suited to the role.
I talked the matter over with William
Anthony MCGUIRE, who was to write
| the book, and he was enthusiastic.
Then I communicated with Mr.. King
and he was even more enthusiastic. The
production got under way. I secured
the services of Rudolph Frinll to write
the music because I believed that he
could do that particular job better than
any other man in the world. To Joseph
Urban I intrusted the job of designing
scenery fitting to the period. and John
Harkrider designed the costumes.
| I searched high and low for the right
actors for the right parts, and, as
watch the performance now, do not
believe, in all modesty. that I could
improve on the cast. What more regal
and beautiful prima donna could be
found than Yvonne DArle for the role
of Queen Anne-or what more charm
ing heroine than Vivienne Segal foI
Constance, Lester Allen. the diminu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

TIME first skepticism which greeted
the advent of the talking mo-
ton picture, both in and out
of the industry itself, appears
to have been largely dissipated
by now. Without reference to the tech
meal development of the device which
brought a voice to films, there appears
to be a definite acceptance Of its per-
manence. While the conjunction OF
sound and sight in the movie form
may still be scientifically experimental,
producers seem willing to take full
part in the evolution, rather than await
perfection.
It is significant that one of the large
companies, First National Pictures, Inc,
has Just completed contract (the first
of its kind with Corinne Griffith, Spec1-
fying that the star will appear only IN
talking pictures. Interest attaches to
the announcement in view of the fact
that Miss Griffith is essentially prod
uct of the silent drama and has mad
little, if any, stage experience.
In respect to this lack of legitimate
dramatic work during her career, MISS
Griffith shares the position OF many
other Hollywood players. The treploa-
ton which followed the first faint her
aldry of talking pictures was widely
shared among those in cinema colonies
who. while confident of their min1icry,
were dubious of their voices. Silence
to many of them was a charity when,
undisturbed, afforded them protectlon
and salary. However, many OF tnem,
born in the South, coming inevitably
according to their press agents. from
distinguished old families" might nave
carried out the grace and accomplish
,f nOfAnle
that in an embarrassing number OF
cases infection and grammar talled
to support the pretty tradition.
There arose, obviously, more exact
ing demand for uniformity OF culture
in the work, not alone in drawing
room scenes, but in all circumstances
under which the sound of the voice,
as well as the sight of face and figure,
was to play a part in the characterize
ton 1t was the same requirement
which actors had to meet before the
footlights; the principal distinction be-
tween the stage and the screen was
eliminated. But those who played be-
fore tie lens were. in many cases, I'M
qualified, either by natural lmperfec-
tions of their vocal system or by lack
of training in the proper dramatic use
of the voice, to meet the new require
ment. The outcome Of many Of these
cases remains undetermined. II the
form of Miss Griffth's new contract
comes to be a standard, it would seem
probable that many of the presently
acclaimed stars would fade from the
scene. AS memorable as this might ap-
pear, it is scarcely to be doubted that
the sagacious producers will find new
players to fill the gaps. If new sys-
TENS demand new policies and new con-
cessions they will surely be forthcom-
ing In five years, perhaps, but even
tually.
One clearly fertile field from which
70 draw talent to the new cinema form
Is the stage itself. There Is no wan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Washington Little Theater.
THE Washington Little Theater,

THE Washington Little Theater, a
l. dramatic organization, is resum-
ing activities this afternoon with tea
in honor of Prof. Will Hutchins of
American University. who has been as
ISOLATED with the theater in some ca
pacity for most of his life and par
ticularly with the Little Theater move
ment. He was the promoter of the
Morningside Players and Of the Beech
wood Players at Scarborough, N. Z.
At one time Prof. Hutchins was di-
rector of dramaticS at Yale and he also
has had experience as director OF
plays in New York City. At present
he is in charge of the dramatic depart
ment at the American University.
The tea this afternoon will be given
In the ballroom of Stoneleigh Court and
all who are interested in the Little
Theater movement are invited to come.