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The Washington times., 1930-02-22
GLEANlNGS
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW R. KELLEY


When Rudy Vallee and his
Connecticut Yankees make
their appearance at the Ma
tional Press Club on Tuesday
night the indications are that
the auditorium will be filled
to overflowing. Washington
scribes are apparently just as
anxious as their women folks
to see the orchestra leader
who has been the target for
more uncomplimentary wise
cracks from New York column.
lists than prohibition.
There is very good reason to
believe that the Vallee follow.
ing among regular radio listen
erS is StupendouS-not all of it
among women of romantic
fancy-and the barrage of
strictly masculine criticism has
served to increase rather than
diminish interest in his public
appearances. Where Mr.. Val
lees soft, grooming voice over
the radio has not excited a de-
sire to hear him sing in per-
son, it seems to have created
a yearning for a peep at the
juvenile baritone said to wreak
havoc with feminine hearts.
Once I was inclined to be-
lieve that the long sustained
New York campaign Of be-
littling was inspired to keep
him in the public eye. The
columnists seemed to take a
peculiar delight in rapping
Rudy, as though the caustic
comment gave them a superior
standing among so-called "he-
men," Then would follow a
letter-writing drive from the lip
stick addicts. Thus was the
negative publicity tranSposed
into public interest bonds. Val
lee and his talent became a
topic for debate and generated
q curiosity of a positive value.
Scanning his progress to
prominence as an entertainer I
think the stumbling block am
bition failed to hurdle was his
attempt to become movie
star. The camera, microphone
and screen disclosed him as a
less than pulchritudinous youth
who dressed like an undertaken,
who was unable to inject any
reality into romantic speeches
and who performed generally
like a high school actor. For
this the blame must rest more
upon the director of "Vagabond
Lover" and upon the author of
a somewhat preposterous story
about a correspondence school
music student with all the clev-
erness of a half-wit. Where the
The Washington times., 1930-02-22
Ripley Was Pioneer
In PhOtO.RadiOgram

Robert L. Ripley, who is ap-
pearing personally at the Earle
Theater, is the author Of
Believe It Or Not" Ripley, who
will illustrate before Washing
ton audiences some of the oddi-
ties he has uncovered, was the
first artist to send a cartoon
across the Atlantic by photo
radiogram.
The creator Of the Believe
It Or Not" fad was in England
in 1925 shortly after the open
ing of the transoceanic photo
radiogram service and sent his
drawing of Coronach winning
the EPSON Derby to a New
York newspaper. The cartoon
was published the next morning.
The Washington times., 1930-02-22
PERIOD DRAMA
TO BE GIVEN
BY GUILD

A kaleidoscope succession Of
picturesque scenes, all laid in
Fifteenth Century Spain, will
feature the presentation of John
Tobin's hundred-year-old, up-to-
the-minute comedy of THE
Honeymoon" which the Com
munity Drama Guild will give
to the Washington public as the
fourth offering of the season,
at Mckinley Auditorium, Second
and T Streets Northeast, on
Friday. February % and Satur-
day March /, at 8 o'clock,
under the direction Of Alma
Kruger.
From a pictorial point Of
view THE Honeymoon" will be
the most beautiful production
thus far offered by the Guild,
the settings having been de-
signed by William F. Baker, a
member of the Guild, and its
colorful, medieval costumes
having been designed and exc
cuted by the costumes commit
tee Of which j. P. s. Neigh is
chairman.
The cast chosen from more
than Is outstanding amateur
drama groups in the city in
cludes Orme Libbey as Duke
Aranza; Walter Thorne as
Jacques: j. Martin Scrange as
Lampedo; Charles Farrar as
Rolando; Paul Graves as Count
Montalben: George T. Odell as
Balthazar; Ivan H. Liljeroot as
Lopez: Yvonne Kushner as
Juliana: Dorothy Crosby as
Volante; Jeanette Seller as "a
mora; and Ida Garrett Mat
tingly as the hostess.
The Washington times., 1930-02-22
Chinese Actor

King Hou Chang, one of the
most brilliant of the younger
Chinese actors in America,
plays an important role in sup.
port Of Richard Barthelmess in
Son Of the Gods" the First
National Vitaphone production,
now playing at the Metropoli.
tan Theater. Chang plays the
role OF Moy, Barthelmess' valet,
and there are numerous scenes
IN which Barthelmess and
Chang actually converse in Chi.
nese, a revelation to Barthel-
mess followers.
The Washington times., 1930-02-22

of 1920 and played at nights
to pay his way. He led the big
football band in the Yale Bowl.
When he got out he went on
earning $50 a week with his
saxaphone for a while, then
organized an orchestra Of his
own. Moderately successful in
Manhattan cabaretS, he began
to broadcast. Soon hundreds,
then thousands of letters q
week arrived for him in care
of radio studios. Many were
from young women: Dear
Rudy Dear Mr.. Vallee
Dearest Rudy
Hello Rudy " I wonder
why the dear Lord gave such
a voice as yours to only one
person. -" Will you sing.
have a picture.
I love " it thrills me ="
I hope you don't mind.
Sometimes I get so. "
The love-hungry female public
began to crowd theaterS and
wait at railroad stations to see
him. Rudy Vallee began to
make $4,000 a week. InciSive,
businesslike, wary, he has no
hobbies, works hard. In his
respectable Manhattan night
club-Villa Vallee-he plays till
early in the morning, then
sleeps for a while, gets up early
to make records in the morn
ing, broadcaStS at noon. Beside
this routine he works in vaude-
vile or cinema house appear
anceS. He has made one other
picture-a short Sound-feature.
His early admiration for Rudy
Wiedoeft'S saxaphone ability
gave him the nickname Rudy.
His hair is reddish.
The Washington times., 1930-02-22
1928 Wampas Star

Sue Carol, in THE Lone, Star
Ranger" at the Fox this week
was a 1923 Wampus star. Miss
Carol was one Of the 13 Sc
lected by this group Of Holly
wood publicity dispensers.
The Washington times., 1930-02-22
Lavish BarthelmesS

,"Son Of the Gods" the First
National Vitaphone productions
starring Richard Barthelmess,
which is now at the Metropoh-
tan Theater, is the most pre-
tentious Barthelmess feature
since THE Patent Leather
Kid" a million dollar production
made over three years ago.
The Washington times., 1930-02-22

Vallee talent was permitted to
express itself in song or in di-
recting his ace band the result
was generally satisfactory. You
can still hear "A Little Kiss
Each Morning" and "I Love
You, Believe Me, / Love You"
If you are within listening dis
tance of a loud speaker. In
fact I defy you to turn on the
radio for a full evening. and
escape one or the other of the
song hits from his feature pic
ture.
Others with far greater stage
experience than Mr.. Vallee have
met their Waterloo in Holly
wood, though it has not dimmed
their luster in more appropriate
fields of entertainment. The
high-hatted Ted Lewis. Fannie
Brice, George JesSel, Belle
Baker end Texas Guinan to
make the indictment specific.
The weekly magazine, Time, dis
closes that as a Paramount the
ater master of ceremonies, "his
employers soon realized that his
almost inaudible and apologetic
announcements detracted from
his lure" Paramount's answer
70 that will undoubtedly be that
Rudy is used regularly with his
band in the Publix Theaters and
possesses a definite box office
appeal.
This, then, is the radio and
stage star who will sing for Mrs.
Hoover at the Congressional
Club breakfast, and then on
Tuesday night brave an appear
ance before the most severe au-
dience - hard-boiled, practical
newspaper men. Again Time
proves a convenient reference
for this breezy biographical
data:
Hubert Prior Vallee avoided
working in his fathers drug
store in Westbrook. Me-, by
playing the saxaphone in New
England cabarets and theaters.
He transferred from the Uni
Versity Of Maine to Yale (class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
BIZ FRED ELLIS

came a tool of capitalism and was shooting
down workers in the May Day demonstrations
of 1929
Samuel Darcy the assistant-drector of the
Workers School has an article on May Day
and Science. This article has particular impor-
tant reference to the activities of Comrade' G..
E. Ruthenberg and the great historical demon
strations which he led in Cleveland on May
First in the past.
In addition to these special articles on May
First which no class-conscious worker should
miss, Earl Browder has special article ana
lying the PIerum OF the Central Committee
and the Tasks of our Party.
The COMMUNIST is also devoting its pages
to a special article dealing with the activities
and problems of the Communist Party Of Mex
leo. This article in very clear manner pre-
sents the tasks of the revolutionary movement
in Mexico and the mistakes which were made
by our brother Party of Mexico.
The coming Fifth Congress of the Profintern
which is of great political Importance in view
of the developing revolutionary struggle of the
working class in every country is discussed in
brief in special article on this question.
The COMMUNIST for May also contains
very important book reviews on Volume Is of
Lenin, dealing with Imperialist War, by A.
Landy; and the recent publication Anglo-Amer-
lean capitalist differences entitled "Amerca
Conquers Britain by Denny.
The COMMUNIST for May is an important
issue which every workers organization and
every class -conscious worker mu~t buy and
read
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
The Reactionary Budget in
Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Esperanto Service).
The meeting of the budget recently presen-
ted is as follows: State help for the rich
property owners, and more expensive bread
for the workers.
The government proposed 100000 krons,
as financial help for the large property own
ers, at the same time proposed an increased tax
on grain, which means an increase in the price
of bread. For military purposes they spend
136,800,000 krons. To the unemployed they
offer 100000 krons, altogether while one
person gets an unemployment relief" amount
ing to 100000 krons-the king himself
All the other points of the budget are just as
reactionary. The social democrats help the
capitalists to fool the masses a little bit bet
ter. How the social democrats look at the
whole affair, you see from the following
extract from an article of the president of
the social democrats:
"The representatives of the people accepted
the budget critically, but with interest and
even favoring some points" According to this
confession you can see the united front--of the
bourgeoisie and social fascsts, to realize the
reactionary program, which only aims at soli-
difying capitalism and gaining the support of
the workers with radical phrases.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
A Farcical Boss Trial

judges as they wilted under scathing ndict-
ments of Foster and Minor. Evidently in great
pain, from the fearless denunciation of the de-
PENDANTS who exposed the courts as agencies
of working class suppression, and openly and
directly connected the judges with WHALE, Mos
covitz, and all the other henchmen of the cor
rupt Tammany institution The guilty face
defenders of Wall Street played with their
ears, WINGED, and writhed in agony as four of
the defendants. one after another piled up
their accusations. But for the fact that the
three judges were on the bench and the de-
PENDANTS on the floor, would have thought
that the judges were the ones to be led away
to prison
When Comrade Minor, in making the point
of a pre-arranged verdict, pointe out that
Judge Solomon had announced the decision
without consulting the other judges, one of the
judges shrieked that he could not sit there to
be insulted by the defendants The defenders
of capitalism were now crying fowl"
No sooner did Amter begin to speak, but
what the brave stalwarts blushing with rage,
and being able to stand no more, promptly
stopped him, uttered few words about the
necessity of maintaining law and order, pro-
nounced sentence and hastily left the court
room. >
The trial" is ended but the fight goes on.
Still ringing in our ears, is the echo of Fos-
ter's voice saying: "You may send us to jail,
but you will not prevent the movement from
going on Yes, the fight goes on. The fight
for work or wages. for unemployment insur-
ance, for the right to the streets, for the i'm
mediate release of the imprisoned delegation,
for the release of all class war prisoners for
mighty strikes and demonstrations May LIST.
The capitalists have spoken. Let the workers
snf +t.a po,1ntyr, .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29

/. For general mass and political strike.
2. For the struggle against the bourgeois
fascist dictatorship and for the Dictatorship
of the Proletarat.
s. On May l the street belongs to the
ProIetariat.
A. The Red International of Labor Unions
declares class war upon all imperiaist war.
5. For the struggle against capitalist ra
tonaization, for the seven-hour working day.
6. Workers of all races and all nations line
up under the banner of the R. |. l.. U.
T. Strengthen fraternal international con-
nections.
s. All hail the R. l. L. u, who is mob
ilzing the world proletariat for the defense
of the U. S. S. R.
g. Long live the Headquarters of the World
Revolutionary T. U. Movement-the r. |. L. u.
TO- The truth about the U. S. S. r. is
dynamite for the blowing up of capitalism.
IL. international Revolutionary Compet-
ton is the lever for the militant upsurge of
the masses.
IL. We are mobilizing the forces of the rev.
dictionary vanguard to win over the majority
of the working class.
10. Socialist Construction in the U. S. S. r.
the lever for the World October.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
More New Factories in SOvie
Russia

In Leningrad new huge tractor smithy,
equipped with most modern technique, has be-
gun to work in the "Krassny Putilovetz" next
to the new foundry. This marks a new stage
in the development of the tractor industry in
the Soviet Union.
In Stalingrad the building of the main de-
partments of the first giant tractor factory
in the U. S. S. r. is already completed. The
setting of the machinery ha sbegun. The work
ers and engineers have decided to start the
factory going not later than June Is, which is
much earlier than called for by the plan
In the Soviet part of the Sakhaline Island
Far East, once the center whittier people
were exiled by the tar, there is now extern
sive work in progress for the development of
the oil and mining industries. The building of
the first railway and laying Of oil pipes has
begun.
In Moscow modern high pressure electric
station has been completed to serve on the fac
tories of the perfume and silk trust and is
already in operation. 1t is the most modern
electric station in Europe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
The Importance of the May Issue
of the Communist

THE COMMUNIST of the Month of May is a
special May Day issue in which leading COM
rades have prepared special articles. In addi-
ton to the notes of the month where an edi-
torial review of all political questions during
the last month is made, there are such impor-
tant articles as The Political Significance of
May 1st, $780, which reviews the present poll
teal situation in the United States, and IN
clear Marxist analytical manner presents the
tasks facing the American workers on May 1st
NJ. J. Olgin in a special article entitled From
March 9th to May LIST, points out the political
character Of the present struggles of the work
ers and the great changes that are now taking
place in the American working class, the work
ers are becoming radicalized and are acquiring
more and more of political consciousness,
under the leadership of the Communist Party
and the revolutionary trade unions.
May First as a traditional day of proletaran
political action is discussed in very valuable
study made by Alexander Trachtenberg, where
he points out the historical development of
May First in the United States from 1886 to
the present day.
William F. Dunno of the Trade Union. Unity
League makes special analysis on the present
tasks of the labor movement in his article on
May Firs. and The American Labor Movement.
Louis Kovess discusses in a very interesting
manner the attitude of the Socialist Party to
May First. His article and study point out how
additionally the Socialist Party tried to turn
May First into bourgeois festival up to the
present period, when the Socialist Party be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
May First-.The Magic 53rd Day
The Lie That Failed

"The value of building contracts showed
another Drop being 6 per cent less than it
was a week ago and more than so per cent
less than for the corresponding week of
1929
Further Declines
There will be a further drop in steel pro-
duction during the coming months. The main
stay of even the sharply reduced output is at
an end. The railroad orders for steel, which
admittedly the foremost prop of the badly
sagging steel industry, will be cut to the bone
because railroad earnings in the first quarter
of 1880 were % per cert below 1929. There
is vast overproduction of railway equipment.
Building is way off.
Structural steel orders have dropped ire
mendously. Automobile production is hamp-
cred by the tremendous overproduction, which
increased even by the curtailed output in
aJnuary, February and March, This effect on
the steel industry is already shown by the re-
ports of the National Association of Flat
Rolled Steel Manufacturers Supplying many of
the auto producers) which show a drop in
operating capacity in March to 1877 per cent
as against $50 in February.
May Day will be the workers answer to
Hoovers lies. The lie that failed was born on
March 9th and reaches its end on May First.
But May First will be a renewed raying
point of the workers-against the rotten cap
italism system which cannot hide the visible
symptoms of its decay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
The Client System

0F the slogans that will be put forward by
the workers demonstrations on. the First
of May this year. by no means the least i'm
portant will be the watchword of Full State
Maintenance for the Unemployed" In the
present conditions, when the crisis of capital
ism is deepening. when every day brings its
new quota of thousands of workers thrown
out of work, the question of providing ample
maintenance for the unemployed is especially
important. The problem of adequate unem-
ploymuent insurance has for the time being
been solved only in the Soviet Union, where
the State well looks after all the wants and
needs of the uneployed In the capitalist
countries, however, the question is solved in
the measure that the working class is able to
bring pressure to bear on the ruling class
the bourgeoisie
Of course, in solving the question of unem-
ployment relief, the bourgeoise endeavour to
shift the whole burden of this measure onto
the shoulders of the workers. One Of the
methods of solving this question has been the
so-called "Ghent System" Fundamentally,
it works as follows: Relief is paid out by the
union from membersh dues and from Govern
ent subsidies. Thus, only the organized-an
insignificant section of the working class
receive relief. But besides this, payent of re-
lief is subject to whole series Of bureau
cratic formalites.
Benefit is issued only during the course of
The first few months Of unemployment, after
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
How Did Albert Thomas Stud,
White Terror

BUCHAREST, Roumania (Esperanto-S ervo)
"A few days ago came to Roumania the So
cial-Fascist leader Albert Thomas. He came
in special train, which the fascist govern
ment sent for him. When he came instead Of
visiting the working masses, he went to see
the king. In the afternoon he went to feast,
where there was plenty to eat and to drink.
Thus he concluded that in Roumania does not
exist the white terror nor misery of workers.
He did not want to visit the large working
class sections, where the greatest misery
reigns, where day does not pass without an
arrest of disconnected worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
SLOGANS FOR MAY FIRST

H. BY executing the Five-Year Plan the
U. S. S. K. proletariat is laying the bases for
the World Revolution.
Is. Workers, women workers and young
workers, line up in the ranks of the proleta-
rian self defense corps.
49, Greetings to the toilers of China, who
are struggling against their imperialist plum
derers.
II. All hail the proletarians of India,
fighting for their national and social liberia
ton
IS. Warm fraternal greetings to the Red
Army guarding the gains of the October Rev.
oluton.
10. We demand full state insurance for the
unemployed.
20 Close up the ranks of the organized
and unorganized workers for storming the
triple alliance-the capitalist state, employ
ers' associations and the fascsts and social
fascists.
Il. Drive out the opportunists and rene
gades from the ranks of the struggling revo-
lutionary proetariat.
%. Down with the Amsterdam Trade Union
International long live the Red International
of Labor Unions.
r. l. L. U. A. P. & W. E. DEPT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29
By CECIL s. HOPE.
foreman of Labor Jury.)

The farcical trial of the workers of the
unemployed delegation came to an end on the
morning of April 81, when the three spokesman
of American capitalism, who presided as
Judges, pronounced sentence of three years in
prison upon four of the defendants and 80
days upon the fifth. We say that the "triaP'
came to an end, reservedy because the work.
ers of the country, are still to be heard from.
The workers know that these defendants were
imprisoned for no other crime but that of de-
manding work or wages for the unemployed.
No one in that courtroom, packed with uni
formed and plain clothes thugs, could have
failed to observe the embarrassment of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29

Unemployment" remains, as hitherto, the mill
tant slogan, for the realization of which all
the workers. both unemployed and Employed,
must put up vigorous and unremitting strug-
gle. And on this First of May, when the work
ing class will put forward their demands, the
demand for Full State Maintenance" must be
pushed forward well to the forefront and
turned into watchword of the day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-29

which the unemployed are left to starve.
The socal-fascists consider that the Client
Systc, introduced by the State is a big achieve
ment and are no longer putting forward the
s'ooan of Full State Maintenance for Unem-
ployed." AS matter of fact the Client Sys-
tenn turns the trade unions into an appendage
OF the State apparatus since the payment of
TIE benefit. as granted by the trade union and
the State, is made through a special apparatus
set up for the purpose in the union. From
political point of view, the State can influ-
ence trade union policy by threatening to with
draw the right of any union to utilize the
Client System, if same is considered to be an
unreliable" organization. At the same time,
by means of various privileges the State is
able to encourage the development of those
unions that carry out its instructions and be-
tray working class interests. This is the po-
stion of things in Czecho-Slovakia, where the
Client System of Unemployment Relief has
been in operation since 1925 Whereas the
social-fascist unions enjoy various privileges
as regards subsidies, etc., provide by the State
the revolutionary unions are told: "Stop your
attacks on the Social Democrats and then the
question of providing you with subsidies will
be examined "The peculiar form Of bribary
hardly needs any commentary.
OF course, the Revolutionary Unions cannot
rest satisfied with 'the Client System, since
relief for the great raass of the unemployed.
The slogan of "Full State Maintenance OF
Unemployed WorkeyJ Throughout Period OF